Chapter 1: Nie Li's Eloquency

A/N: So, I have just realized that it's been a long time since I have read the original. Meaning, all the knowledge I may have could be non-canon. That's why I decided to reread the work.

In the meanwhile, these are some of the chapters(drafts) I've cooked up. They are mainly a glimpse of what's to come.

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"I heard that the new teacher, Shen Xiu, is one of the Sacred Family's 3-star Silver rank Demon Spiritualists!"

A few students could be heard discussing softly among themselves.

The attention of the students was focused on the teacher. She had a tall figure, was wearing a lavender dress that wrapped tightly against her body, giving an emphasis of her perky chest. She had a pair of slender, white legs, and wore exquisite make-up that made her look beautiful and elegant. Her eyes were full of pride and arrogance. The Sacred Family is one of the three Major families of Glory City. Because she is of noble birth, and a 3-star Silver rank Demon Spiritualist, she naturally has the capital to be prideful.

As a 3-star Silver rank Demon Spiritualist, she wouldn't normally come here to teach. She only agreed to because her nephew is in this class.

"Demon Spiritualists and Fighters have five different ranks, which are: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Black Gold, and Legend rank. Each rank is then divided into five levels, from 1-star to 5-star. "

"A Demon Spiritualist is above a Fighter. We are a truly noble existence. A Demon Spiritualist can form a soul realm within their dantian. They have the ability to integrate a captured demon into their soul realm and then merge with the demon in combat. This allows them to possess matchless strength, which is far above the strength Fighters could compete with."

While Shen Xiu was discussing animatedly on the podium, a man, or a teenager, rather, is thinking to himself.

'This day had finally come. Can't say I'm feeling excited.'

This teenager is Shen Yue.

'It's been a few days since I came to this world, and yet, I still cannot decide on what to do with Nie Li. Killing him would leave me with no one to distract the pain in the ass that is the Sage Emperor, and not killing him would also leave me with a knife constantly pointing at my neck.'

Shen Yue thought as he glanced at Nie Li.

*Sigh*

'A visible knife is better than a hidden one. I don't know jack shit about the Sage Emperor besides him being the final boss and is apparently going to consume all the realms for his breakthrough.

Suddenly, he turned his head towards what he could hear as a faint sound of commotion.

'So he's awoken.'

Turning his head back and then looking at Ye Ziyun beside him, a look of resolve could be seen on his face.

'Alright, since I could neither kill nor befriend you, I can only do this to ensure my survival.'

"He seems interested in you." Shen Yue softly said to his seatmate, Ye Ziyun who wore a frowning expression on her face.

"Hmph! He's just a scoundrel." Ye Ziyun replied with a huff feeling displeased with the lecherous orange-haired scoundrel.

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As the lecture continued, the famous scene was fast approaching.

"Fighters and Demon Spiritualists are divided into Bronze, Silver, Gold, Black Gold and Legend ranks. The higher the rank, the more powerful one is. If a family produces a Gold rank Demon Spiritualist, they can become an aristocratic family. If a family produced a Black Gold rank Demon Spiritualist, they can become a Noble family. If a family produces three Black Gold rank Demon Spiritualists or a Legend rank Demon Spiritualist, that family can become a Major family. We have thirty-six people here. Some come from commoner families, some come from noble families. Although your starting point is the same, your identities are not. I hope each and every one of you has self-awareness and a degree of manners. Commoners will always remain commoners. It's impossible for you to become an Aristocratic family, so do not dream of rising up to become a phoenix. Even within the nobility, they have a strict difference of levels that can never be exceeded."

As expected, after saying this most commoners lowered their heads in shame, while the nobles proudly raised their heads with the exception of a few, like Ye Ziyun, Nie Li, Lu Piao, and a few others.

Du Ze and a few others, on the other hand, were biting their lips and clenching their fists.

"Teacher Shen Xiu, I have a question!" Nie Li suddenly spoke.

All the students were listening quietly and Nie Li suddenly interrupted her speech. This made Shen Xiu unhappy. Shen Xiu recognized Nie Li since he was the one who had covet over Ye Ziyun. The words she spoke previously was directed at Nie Li. Who would have thought Nie Li would actually speak up?

She coldly snorted, "What is it?"

"Teacher Shen Xiu says that Glory City is the only one that survived the Age of Darkness, that we are the only surviving humans. What proof do you have on this statement? May I ask if teacher ever went out of the St. Ancestral Mountains and visited the Endless Desert, the Toxic Forest, the Blood Moon Marsh, the Spirit Gulf, the Heavenly Luster Mountains, and the Northern Snow before?" Nie Li asked.

"What Heavenly Luster Mountain? What Northern Snow?" Shen Xiu frowned.

She had heard of the Endless Desert, Toxic Forest, and Blood Moon Marsh before, but those places were very far away from the St. Ancestral Mountains. She has only heard of them in legends.

Shen Xiu snorted, "I've been in Glory City since birth, and have never been to those places."

Shen Yue, hearing this entire debacle could not help but frown in frustration. This aunt of his was walking straight into Nie Li's trap with her head held high.

Nie Li smiled faintly and said, "Since Teacher Shen Xiu never went to those places, then how can you be so sure that we are the only human beings alive?"

Shen Xiu was at a loss for words.

Shen Yue could only watch as his aunt was about to get slapped in the face. Nie Li has a point, there was no denying this. Even if he had been the one in Shen Xiu's place, he could only sagely "Understand" where he was coming from and acknowledge his mistake.

The students in the class started to talk quietly. They have no idea what kind of places Nie Li spoke about. Ye Ziyun, who was sitting far away, began to show interest that flashed across her eyes. She curiously looks at Nie Li. How did Nie Li know of those places?

Shen Yue, who was paying attention to Ye Ziyun asked her, "Hmmm.. even my Sacred Family has no records of those Heavenly Luster Mountain and Northern Snow. At least not on the ones I've read. Do you know about them, Ye Ziyun?"

"Huh? No, I haven't read about them either." Ye Ziyun startled by the sudden question replied. Her interest was mainly in cultivation, she had rarely gone deep in regards to other subjects.

'Hmph, if what Shen Yue is saying is true, then this Nie Li not only is a scoundrel, he also likes to brag.'

Seeing the students below discussing away, Shen Xiu's face was extremely displeased and scoffed, "So what? How can you prove that we are not the last surviving human beings?"

"Proof?"

Nie Li faintly smiled. His experiences from his past life is the proof. Mankind's wisdom is amazing. After experiencing the Age of Darkness, a lot of humans still survived. They built many monumental cities. But he couldn't say that out loud. Instead he calmly said, "Let me tell Teacher Shen Xiu a story. There was once a frog in the depth of the well. Since his birth, he has always been in that well. Since the start he could only see a part of the sky, so he claimed that the sky is only as big as the hole of the well. But is the sky only the size of the hole? We could only say that the frog is ignorant."

Listening to what Nie Li just said, the students in the class couldn't help laughing. They felt that what Nie Li said makes sense. And the idiom, "a frog viewing the sky from the bottom of the well", is indirectly calling Teacher Shen Xiu a frog.

"Viewing the sky from the bottom of the well, what an appropriate description," a few girls said while giggling away. They all disliked Shen Xiu, and couldn't help looking at Nie Li full of admiration, since Nie Li was the only one daring enough to openly insult a teacher in class.

"You..." Shen Xiu started as she stared at Nie Li. She was furious to the point of almost vomiting blood. Nie Li actually compared her to an ignorant frog. She has never encountered such a rampant student.

Ye Ziyun, who was sitting far away, couldn't control her laughter as well. She realized that Nie Li is quite interesting and is rather eloquent with with his words. He had actually made Teacher Shen Xiu speechless.

"This guy has quite a way with words, huh?" Watching this, Shen Yue could only save his face by appearing as open-minded as possible. He really couldn't think of a way to counter his statement so he could only pray for his aunt.

Ye Ziyun's a natural beauty. Her smile was fascinating. Nie Li winked towards Ye Ziyun and smiled.

Seeing Nie Li's expression, Ye Ziyun immediately turned her head back, and thought in her heart, 'Such audacity!'

Nie Li's impression in her heart was still a bad student.

Watching Nie Li not only choke Teacher Shen Xiu, but also tease Ye Ziyun, Lu Piao, Nie Li's seatmate couldn't help raising a thumb at him, thinking this guy's awesome.

Nie Li looked at Shen Xiu, and continued "Teacher Shen Xiu, I still have another question."