"Hello, my name is Su Yue. In our class Eight, there are only two of us left."
Su Yue smiled.
"Actually, I knew you would come to me."
Sima Lingling said.
"Huh?"
Su Yue was taken aback.
To be honest, I just made the decision.
"Your dad is Prince Qing. If you leave the Wetland, many people will help you, and you donât need a tutorâs protection at all.
"I saw your performance at the freshman ceremony. Your understanding of combat techniques doesnât need a tutorâs guidance either, youâre top in all three systems.
"Your reason for coming to West Martial is that your father asked you to find the Moon Nether True Scripture. With your temperament, itâs impossible for you to be controlled by Xiang Jing Mountain. If youâre a bit smart, you wonât just waste your time, and you donât need absolute freedom because you donât have any family constraints behind you, unlike Du Jingâs Book, who has to listen to the elders in everything.
"So, you donât need to care about secular evaluations of augmentation martial artists.
"Here with me, itâs best if you can learn something new, even if you canât, learning a little more aligns with a learnerâs character.
"You didnât master so many fighting techniques before school started because youâre someone willing to be average."
Ignoring the crowd in the playground.
Sima Lingling led Su Yue and Ma Xiaoyu towards their class Eightâs classroom.
On the way, Sima Lingling analyzed Su Yueâs thoughts.
"Teacher, youâre amazing. Did you study psychology before?"
Su Yue was surprised.
This analysis made him convinced.
It was exactly like what he had in his mind.
If someone else chose Sima Lingling, they would definitely be ridiculed as a timid coward, after all, generally only girls choose support.
But Su Yue wasnât afraid.
He didnât need to consider anyone elseâs opinion.
If anyone dared to mock, they could come for a match, and then kneel and take a beating.
Besides, not even Du Jingâs Book could have a glamorous circle of friends like Su Yue.
Su Yue choosing Sima Lingling could be described as countless coincidences culminating in an inevitable choice.
"Psychology? No, when I was in high school, I was a dabbler. I liked researching astrology, I Chingâs Eight Diagrams, and Tarot divination. After researching deeply, I realized there were indeed traces to follow.
"Actually, what you said is also right. These metaphysical things are just a kind of psychology and psychological suggestion."
Sima Lingling said.
"Impressive."
Su Yue nodded.
"Not impressive at all, actually youâve been fooled.
"If you hadnât chosen me, if you had chosen Xiang Jing Mountain, or Class Three, or Class Five, I could come up with a theory on why you inevitably went there.
"These astrological and Tarot card things are best at post-analysis of whatâs already happened.
"If you go to class Three, I could analyze that you have more important things to do, no time to waste in West Martial.
"Going to Class One, I could analyze you as someone who becomes more resilient with setbacks, proving yourself to Xiang Jing Mountain.
"If you went to Class Five, I could use this resilience theory too. As long as itâs flattering, as long as it uses complimentary terms to describe you, youâll subconsciously accept it, and Iâll appear mysterious and unpredictable.
"A very simple trick. If you plan to date a girl, you could try to fool her with this.
"Whether she wants hotpot or steak, praise her taste as unique, different from others, flatter her to death, and youâll quickly win her over."
Sima Linglingâs next words overturned Su Yueâs worldview.
"Donât act like youâve never seen the world. If you donât believe it, search for a virtue, all twelve astrological signs on the internet can match it.
"People look up astrology, get fortune-told just to hear themselves praised, itâs nothing to be embarrassed about.
"People pray to gods, theyâre really worshipping their desires, which is why the God of Wealth is the most popular. Have you ever heard of someone praying to the God of Wealth, hoping their relatives and friends get rich first?"
As the three were talking, they arrived at the faculty area.
The staff at West Martial receive excellent salaries and benefits, everyone has a set of luxurious mansions.
Usually, students are allowed free training. If there are special courses, they go to the public classrooms or training rooms at the school.
"Tutor, youâre really insightful."
After being educated, Su Yue suddenly felt a bit more insightful himself.
Ma Xiaoyu had long been fervently admiring the tutor.
"Drawing a high salary at West Martial, teaching two to three students in four years, and just watching the show in the Wetland, others fear youâll be slightly hurt, can such a bored martial artist not be insightful?"
Sima Lingling wasnât putting on any airs either.
She welcomed Su Yue and Ma Xiaoyu in, thoughtfully poured coffee, but Su Yue wanted to drink ice cola and didnât have the courage to speak up.
"Iâve been divorced for over a decade, thereâs no outsider at home, you both can relax. Thereâs no need for too much formalism with just the two students of yours in class Eight.
"Itâs getting late today. Iâll send you two some augmentation system materials later. You can go back and study them. Then, I could pass down the augmentation techniques, but my strength is only a fifth grade, a bit weak, so after each inheritance, I need to rest for a while."
Sima Lingling sat down again and brought over some fruits.
Su Yue and Ma Xiaoyu no longer felt restrained as they did at the beginning.
"Are you two curious about why I got divorced?"
Sima Lingling sipped her coffee, still smiling.
"Ah, no, not at all!"
Su Yue quickly waved his hands.
This tutor, she might have mind-reading capabilities.
Ma Xiaoyu lowered her head further, her face blushing red.
Teacher Sima is really formidable.
"I canât read minds, just like to associate with othersâ privacy, itâs a natural instinct.
"If Su Yue said he had a child, Iâd also be curious about who the childâs mother is and could imagine 200 dark endings, itâs very normal, although impolite."