Chapter 274: Instructor Amy Drained Dry

"This is... a long story."

"Then make it short."

Flora rolled her eyes.

Lin Mo didn’t try to hide anything and briefly described what had just happened: "Actually, it was like this..."

Flora was stunned after hearing it: "So you’re going to let her work for nothing?"

"What are you saying... Instructor Amy was just being kind and helping a diligent student, doing something good."

Pfft—

Flora imagined Amy’s various excited expressions while sparring with Lin Mo, and then thought about how hard Amy had worked only to be toyed with and left empty-handed. She couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

Even all the past grievances she had against Amy melted away in that moment.

"Well, she got all worked up and brought it on herself, serves her right for being hooked... But I think having only one instructor might not be enough?"

Flora pondered for a moment, then said seriously: "When it comes to this kind of helpful activity, we should give everyone a chance!"

Lin Mo looked at her blankly. When had he noticed she had such a scheming streak?

Flora recalled the repeated blows dealt to her by Lin Mo’s displayed talents over time and decided her good colleagues should also taste the misery she had endured.

.......

The next day, after the Water Element magic class ended, the students went off to train individually or to study in the library. Instructor Amy naturally had plenty of free time.

Early in the morning, she hurriedly got up, put on a pretty outfit, carefully did her makeup, and arrived early at the agreed meeting place to wait.

It was still more than an hour before the appointed time from yesterday.

Amy checked her makeup and outfit again, made sure everything was fine, then walked into the practice hall to wait.

This was the academy’s dedicated practice facility, with over a hundred training rooms. All demonstrations, practice matches, and student sparring took place here.

Of course, teachers sometimes came here to hand out advice or resolve disputes.

For example, Amy had previously arranged sparring matches with several instructors from the Warrior Academy...

However, just as Amy was eagerly anticipating how she would give that young, teacher-like student hands-on guidance, the person walking toward her made her freeze and her expression stiffen.

"Good morning, Instructor Amy. Practicing here?"

Flora smiled and waved at her, taking the initiative to greet her.

"Um... good morning."

Amy forced a smile while a sweat began to form on her back.

"Instructor Flora, you—"

"Today I’m here for a practical lesson."

Flora said as she waved. Her proud little student Milun immediately sprinted over; upon seeing Lin Mo, she bowed slightly and, rather rudely, greeted: "Good morning, Instructor Li Yan."

"Um, hello..."

Amy’s mouth twitched; she felt incredibly nervous.

Why did the Fire Element class suddenly have a practical session?

In fact, this was Flora’s spur-of-the-moment decision. She had changed the lecture to a practical class late last night through the teaching system.

And the reason?... of course, it had something to do with Lin Mo.

Partly to come and see the "old woman" Amy made a fool of herself, and partly to prevent accidents.

Although Flora knew Lin Mo was just using that old woman and that his strength meant he wouldn’t suffer under Amy, what about Fang Yi?

What if Fang Yi got tricked by that crafty old woman and was taken advantage of? That would be bad!

After all... after all, he was Finnie’s boyfriend. As Finnie’s sister, it was only natural to help look after him.

Yes, that’s it!

Flora convinced herself and changed today’s lesson to hands-on overnight, arriving early eager to see Amy’s reaction when she encountered Lin Mo.

Sure enough, the woman looked guilty as a thief and wore a stiff fake smile.

Sweet!

Flora recalled how the old thing had once used her seniority to criticize Flora’s teaching, and she relished the sweet revenge.

Of course, she wasn’t going to let her off easily.

"Is there some arrangement for Instructor Amy to be here? I thought the Water class’s session had already ended?"

"Well..."

Amy was momentarily at a loss for words and stammered for a long time: "I came to practice with the Warrior Academy’s instructors. I haven’t done much combat recently and wanted to get some exercise."

"I see."

Flora nodded, her smile even brighter: "I thought perhaps you went over to flirt with the Warrior Academy students again and got called out by their instructors..."

Amy was rendered speechless and had no way to refute it.

After all, that had happened before, more than once.

And it was better that Flora thought that than to see through anything and "catch them in the act" later on.

She also didn’t dare to ask the obvious question, "Is Lin Mo coming to class too?" That would be too transparent.

Fortunately, Flora had no intention of continuing the conversation, and after a little while, she left with her students to teach a class.

Amy finally breathed a sigh of relief, calmed down for a while, patted her face, and began to look forward to the session again.

An hour later, Lin Mo strolled slowly into the practice hall.

As soon as he entered, he spotted Instructor Amy waiting in the corner of the hall.

She was anxious about being too conspicuous, so she was wearing a hat.

Seeing Lin Mo walk in, she straightened up excitedly and came over.

"Instructor Amy, why are you here so early?"

Lin Mo asked feigning surprise.

"This... I was worried you’d just arrived and were unfamiliar with the academy... so I thought coming early would let me show you the practice hall."

Amy patted her chest with a concerned look.

Lin Mo was moved and grabbed her hand: "Thank you, Instructor Amy. You’re the most considerate instructor I’ve met!"

Amy felt like her soul was floating away. Her head was dizzy and she walked unsteadily.

She barely maintained her instructor demeanor and entered the training area.

"Okay, this is it."

Lin Mo hurried into the practice room impatiently. Just as Amy was about to follow, the door to the adjacent practice room suddenly opened, and Flora emerged fuming.

"Really useless, stupid to death, can’t even get something so simple!"

Amy was stunned.

What was going on? The Fire class’s reserved practice room was right next to hers?

"Oh, Instructor Amy?"

Flora quickly noticed her and exclaimed in feigned surprise.

She was, of course, doing this on purpose. Lin Mo had told her last night the practice room number Amy had reserved, and Flora had deliberately chosen the one right next door.

"This... what a coincidence?"

Amy’s smile froze terrifyingly; she said weakly, "Again... being angered by the students?"

"Of course."

Flora rolled her eyes—not pretending this time; she was genuinely angry.

Those students were hopeless—first-year students like that, second-year students still like that; such simple things were taught multiple times and they still could not learn.

"Haha..."

Amy could only force a laugh. Rarely did she seize the opportunity to slam Flora’s teaching ability; instead, she complimented: "Students are like that, and compared to you, Instructor Flora, the students are all fools..."

Flora glanced up at her, secretly pleased, but said aloud: "Instructor Amy, what’s going on with you today? Is there something you’re hiding from me?"

"No... no!"

Amy immediately waved her hands.

"Then is there something you’re concealing?"

Flora squinted.

Amy became even more flustered, standing at her practice room doorway shaking her head: "How could there be... back when I was younger and naive, we were colleagues and should understand each other."

Flora barely held back her laughter.

She nodded and said: "If he really thinks that, it’ll be bad... By the way, the one outside is the Warrior Academy instructor practicing with him today, right? Why don’t you go say hello?"

"No! No need!"

Amy shivered and her eyes darted rapidly: "Actually... actually he hasn’t arrived yet. I’m also waiting... Your students are waiting for you too. Why don’t you start class first?"

"No rush. Let them practice by themselves for now. I’ll wait with you."

Flora’s mouth curved almost to her ears.

"No, really, it’s fine..."

After a while of this back-and-forth, Flora was satisfied, shut her door, and returned to teach.

The Fire class students looked confused: their previously angry instructor had suddenly turned happy again.

"What are you staring at? Get training!"

One sharp word from Flora made them shrink their necks and obediently begin practicing.

Amy felt drenched in cold sweat.

She had finally tricked that brat.

She wiped the sweat from her brow, hurried into the practice room, and closed the door.

Seeing Lin Mo calmly waiting and curiously surveying the surroundings, she licked her lips and smiled.

Hmph, brat, I’ll stomp you good!

Lin Mo was reviewing yesterday’s gains.

The Shared Cultivation effect recently had been improving, and everyone was more active; he barely had any rest time now.

Luckily his Constitution was tough and he didn’t need much sleep, and meditation let him quickly recover, so he could still manage.

As for Ellie... well, her Constitution attribute was also no slouch, and compared to Lin Mo, she was clearly more relaxed. She didn’t need to spend much stamina and even benefited from Shared Cultivation, so her regular classes wouldn’t be affected much.

It was worth noting that because of her Half-Orc identity, Ellie had felt some odd looks from classmates yesterday... If she were her former self, she might have been bothered, but now she no longer cared—because she had someone who truly cared for and loved her. How others saw her mattered not at all.

Also, that class happened to be Eve’s. Quiet Eve had stood up for her, which immediately quieted the gossipers.

Ellie felt grateful, but she still wanted to beat up those who spoke ill behind her back.

So she was extra motivated to become stronger... currently her strength was only mid-tier in class, so she wanted to improve to challenge them to duels and fix them one by one.

With that resolve, her skill effects seemed to intensify, directly raising her to Level 6!

Lin Mo’s main gain was skill proficiency increases.

[Shared Cultivation] Lv4 (19/100)

A remarkably fast growth rate, much quicker than before.

As he watched these stats, the door closed and Amy hurried over, lightly clearing her throat and speaking gently: "Lin Mo, shall we start our lesson?"

"Bad, teacher."

Ellie once again showed an innocent smile, like a pristine sheet of paper.

Lin Mo could almost hear his heart beating. He held back impulsive, clumsy actions, worried about scaring her, and prepared to focus seriously on the lesson so as not to leave a bad impression.

"Lin Mo, how much do you currently understand about Water Element magic?"

But not two minutes later, Amy’s smile stiffened.

Watching Lin Mo easily complete the tasks she set and refusing to give her a chance to teach him "hand-in-hand," she scratched her head.

Something felt off.

So she delved into deeper knowledge, sweating more and more...

Gradually, the content approached or even exceeded her cognitive scope.

No doubt, academy instructors had real skills.

Although Lin Mo had not systematically studied magic, his extraordinary comprehension meant he was already quite adept at mana circuits and mana control.

But what Amy taught could help him further optimize mana flow, making it smoother.

These were lessons distilled by generations of mages through experience, so they had value.

Lin Mo was very satisfied—this session was more useful than he expected, capable of boosting his Water Element learning speed by at least thirty percent!

A skill that originally took half an hour to learn now only needed twenty minutes.

His release and understanding of water skills also improved, giving him greater room to combine more variable skills.

Nice, very nice...

Lin Mo was pleased, while Amy was collapsing inside.

She felt utterly drained.

What started as basic material had escalated to daily teaching difficulty, and before she could react, the discussion had become like an instructor seminar.

It even reached depths comparable to content taught by heavyweights like Elvish...

Wait, is this right?

Is this student normal?

Amy wasn’t a fool—she could tell Lin Mo already knew water magic as soon as he began. Lin Mo hadn’t hidden it; he answered truthfully.

But—

The knowledge and techniques she imparted, knowledge that normally would be extremely difficult to grasp, seemed to be absorbed by him in a flash.

Things that had taken her a week or even a month to master, this young man needed less than an hour for!

Is he even human?

Amy remembered when Flora had been a student; the academy instructors had been collectively shocked by her talent back then. Compared to the boy before her now, Flora seemed like an adorable angel.

Soon, Lin Mo had squeezed every bit of knowledge out of Amy.

He then said with an innocent air: "Instructor Amy, I’d like to try what I just learned. Could you practice with me?"

Amy felt uneasy but couldn’t refuse, so she blankly nodded.

When Lin Mo cast his magic, she finally woke up.

This young man—how is he so strong?!

His power didn’t resemble a student’s at all; he was practically at instructor level!

She hurriedly countered. Fortunately, Water Element magic was decent for self-preservation. Her strength still exceeded his a bit, so she didn’t lose face entirely.

"Instructor Amy is amazing!"

Lin Mo praised her, then began his real performance.

Under Amy’s dazed gaze, his left hand formed a water sphere while his right hand suddenly rose with flames.

Dual Casting?!

And two different elements at that... how could this be?

Clearly, this was beyond Amy’s understanding and cognition of magic.

Magic could be used like this?

Watching that ice-and-fire amalgamated orb surge toward her, Amy’s love-struck haze cleared completely.

The sheep-like exterior before her was actually a predator that chose its prey and devoured them!

She no longer dared be careless and unleashed her full power, fighting seriously.

As an academy instructor, Amy was formidable when taking things seriously.

Although her talent wasn’t as great as Flora’s, she was older and had stronger current strength than Flora.

To Lin Mo, she became an ideal opponent—serious Amy could suppress him, allowing him to confidently attempt skill combinations and strike boldly.

When spells clashed and neither side overpowered the other, Lin Mo often didn’t dodge; he used defensive magic to block, and when he couldn’t block, he took hits to increase [Unyielding Body] proficiency.

At first Amy worried and wanted to stop and heal him, but found that after her magic was blocked by his defenses, her attacks barely registered. She was even more shocked.

Where did Flora find this monster?!

Even an imperial prince or a holy scion from the church-level prodigy probably wouldn’t be this absurd, right?

By the time Lin Mo was satisfied and stopped, Amy’s mana had been completely drained.

She panted heavily, utterly exhausted, and collapsed to the ground.

Lin Mo walked over with a smile, patted her shoulder: "Thanks for your hard work today, Instructor Amy."

He guessed this woman—even if slow—must have realized she had been used by now. She was probably about to explode from anger.

So after saying that, he promptly slipped away.

A long while after Lin Mo left, Amy slowly lifted her face hidden by disheveled hair, supported the shoulder he had patted, and on her slightly tired face bloomed an excited flush....