The Golden Throne

Liu Feng just stood there without making a sound. He didn't want to disturb the person who attacked him the first time they met. He waited until the period officially started, and coughed. Yue Zhifeng woke up, and saw Liu Feng.

"You're here? I thought you'd quit after yesterday. Whatever, a pain. You should've just quit. Here, grab this spear.", Yue Zhifeng muttered, as he handed Liu Feng a spear, and took one himself. He then told Liu Feng to take the position.

"I taught you how to pierce forward right? Use it against me. I want to see how you'll do."

Liu Feng thrust the spear forward at Yue Zhifeng, and Yue Zhifeng just tapped the spear with his own, and Liu Feng lost the grip.

"Again. You are very disappointing."

Liu Feng calmed down. He didn't let the taunts get to him. He kept trying to hit Yue Zhifeng, but he couldn't, and he learnt from his mistakes on each try, but the problem was that he was only learning. Liu Feng had many faults that were uncovered in this practise.

"We'll stop this here. You are too boring, only have one move and don't know how to use that too. Now, I will teach you the rest of the basics. But if you can't practise them it is useless. You have to understand that the spear requires years of dedication, but the stupid management saud that one week was enough. So, you have to take time and practise to know if you can actually use it well, and if you have an affinity with it."

Liu Feng nodded. Yue Zhifeng then proceeded to teach him the different basic moves that he could use with the spear. After a while the bell rang. Liu Feng bowed and quickly left, because he didn't want to get late for the next class. Today, the third class was magic practicals. The group of students went to the field with targets and dummies, when they were greeted with a scowling Jean. She looked at Liu Feng with rage. Liu Feng smiled bitterly.

"Looks like she still did not forget about yesterday.", he thought to himself.

Li Zhang also appeared, and he came down from the sky. Again, all the children were truly impressed. Flight was an ability that always impressed humans, and these children were no exception.

He sat down and said out loud, "Today's class will be conducted by Jean. Don't worry, I will be watching. But she will be taking the lead."

Jean harrumphed, and said, "Today we will be starting with different sizes and powers of the fireball. I know that most of you don't even know how to form a fireball, but heh, that's not my business. If you snooze, you lose. Life isn't a marathon. It's a sprint. You will be tested to your limits, so short bursts will actually be the driver. You are all protected from the truth, so you don't know. This year, you will see the true world when you go to the magical forest. You will see things there that you can't even imagine. So, it is better to know who can't make it now, rather than as an obituary then."

She shook her head and started teaching, but everyone was fixated on the word, 'Obituary'. All the students were terrified, and even Liu Feng was surprised. After all, they were all children of very powerful people. It is quite hard to imagine them letting their children go to the magical forest given the immense risk. But Liu Feng put that aside and started focusing on the class. Although Jean was a detestable person, it was undeniable that she was a wonderful teacher. She did explain the topics with clarity, and Liu Feng even inferred things that he didn't even try before.