Dream vs Reality

Nie Li spoke with a snort, "…I guess it was to be expected that you would stand up for the teacher considering the blood relation between you. But I have another question for teacher Shen Xiu."

Internally, Nie Li was fuming as he added, 'Why don't you intercept that one, you pretentious bastard?!'

Meanwhile, Shen Xiu was rather proud of her nephew, who dealt with the situation calmly and humiliated Nie Li badly!

She responded to Nie Li in a good mood, "What question do you still have?"

Nie Li faintly smiled as he heard that sentence as he spoke, "Teacher Shen Xiu said, 'a commoner will always remain a commoner, they can never become a noble.' I have a little question. wasn't the Legend rank Demon Spiritualist, Ye Mo, a commoner when he was still young?"

He then took a short pause and further asked with an innocent expression on his face, "Is Teacher Shen Xiu not aware of this?"

This time, Alan didn't intervene immediately. This was a trap, and he had to let Shen Xiu take the brunt of it first.

After listening to what Nie Li said, the eyes of the commoners in the class lit up. They are all aware of Lord Ye Mo's story. He was an example to follow when one wants to become a powerful existence.

"You… In the hundreds of years of Glory City, Lord Ye Mo's the only one able to climb to the peak by relying on his own ability," said Shen Xiu, showing a moment of lag. She quickly retaliated with her far-fetched reply.

"But didn't Teacher Shen Xiu say that it's impossible? Why are you being so self-contradicting?" Nie Li coldly sneered, "Lord Ye Mo is a clear-cut example. No matter if it's a noble or commoner, the future's potential is infinite. Nothing is difficult, as long as one is willing to climb."

Alan's eyes glinted with excitement as he heard those statements. He quickly stood up, and just this action caused all students to stare at him with a curious look.

The last time Alan stood up, Nie Li was humiliated. They were curious to see whether Nie Li would be humiliated again, or would it backfire on Alan?

"Teacher Shen Xiu did contract herself, but it's not to the extent of you going after her using that example. You used Lord Ye Mo as an example. Then I would like to point out a few examples as well."

"Jing Shui, Yin Fen, Yi Ming, Zhou Ling, and many more. All of them were commoners with average talent who worked hard. They worked so hard that they ignored their family condition and hoped for a stroke of luck to reach their peak. But do you know what happened? That stroke of luck never occurred. Before long, their families were buried under massive debt. I know this occurred because the Sacred Family was the one who paid their debts and enlisted them."

Alan then looked at the commoner students, who seemed somewhat depressed to hear these words. He then focused on Nie Li and spoke resolutely, "It's good that you showed them a dream through your words. But tell me, who will be responsible if they take your words too literally and become a menace to their families?"

"It's no secret that becoming a Demon Spiritualist requires a high number of resources. For that, you require the assistance of a Noble Family or another association in Glory City. The commoners don't have any capital. So what will they put up to acquire those resources? Their future!"

Alan took a short pause and let his words sink into the students' minds.

Nie Li immediately used Alan's silence as an opportunity to respond!

"Those are no excuses to give up! Without a continuously fighting heart, without the courage to turn the impossible possible, even possessing extraordinary talent would be useless!"

Those words were spoken with a determined tone and managed to uplift the spirits of the commoners.

Alan rolled his eyes and said, "That was a great speech. But I wonder why you don't talk about realistic challenges rather than give out empty speeches."

[Preventing Nie Li from gaining complete support of all the students. Reward: +100 Celestial Points.]

[Manipulating the minds of all Noble Heirs and gaining a favorable impression of Host. Reward: +300 Celestial Points.]

[Suppressing the commoner students' confidence. Reward: +100 Celestial Points.]

"Interesting…" Alan muttered as he sat on his seat again.

Shen Xiu was delighted and asked Nie Li, "Anything else you want to ask?"

She was essentially gloating to Nie Li about how her nephew had just humiliated him!

Meanwhile, Nie Li mustered his most hateful glare at Alan.

Alan had humiliated him so greatly that Nie Li was no longer confident in speaking anything in the class. He felt that Alan would again use some analogy to humiliate him!

Meanwhile, Alan received another notification.

[Affected Nie Li's mentality and destroyed his confidence. Reward: +500 Celestial Points.]

Zila's voice resounded in Alan's head immediately, 'Congratulations, Host! You have earned 1000 Celestial Points! You are allowed to choose a skill from the System Shop for free. You are allowed to choose from the Cultivation Techniques, Alchemy Techniques, and Inscription Patterns only.'

'Two free points? That's good.'

"I would like to exchange 50 Celestial Points for the Daoyin Technique."

Zila heard his order and immediately deducted 50 Celestial Points before giving him the complete knowledge of the Daoyin Technique. Alan had instantly reached perfect proficiency with the Daoyin Technique.

'Interesting. It feels as though I have always known this Daoyin Technique. The system must have sent the information directly to my spirit.'

Shen Xiu continued her lecture, and Nie Li was then compelled to suppress his rage and frustrations in fear of Alan's rebuttal.

Nie Li was wondering why Shen Yue appeared far different from his memories. To be fair, he didn't know Shen Yue personally so he couldn't say that this wasn't Shen Yue's true personality.

But still, he had accomplished his aim of making commoners view him in favorable light.

The class ended after an hour or so. All the students stood up and prepared to leave. Alan cast a glance in Nie Li's direction and noticed the latter was lost in deep thought while staring at Xiao Ning'er.

Upon noticing Alan's gaze, Nie Li stared right back at him, trying to intimidate him.

Alan did sense an intimidating aura from Nie Li and thought with a frown, 'He will be a difficult opponent.'

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Name: Nie Li

Title: Reincarnated Hero, The Survivor, Temporal Demon Spirit Book's Master

Age: 13

Cultivation: White Rank (5 Soul Force)

Charm: 74

Condition: Healthy

Relation to Host: True Enemy

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