Chapter 383

Chapter 383: Farewell Advice

Fifteen minutes later, Chu Nan appeared outside the office of the academic director of the Martial Arts Branch.

He hesitated for a moment before raising his hand to knock.

“Who is it?” Sun Xiangren’s voice sounded.

“Director Sun, it’s me, Chu Nan.”

There was silence in the room for a moment before footsteps sounded. Then, the door was pulled open, revealing Sun Xiangren’s calm and clearly exhausted face.

“You’re here. Come in.”

Chu Nan followed Sun Xiangren in and was surprised to discover that the room seemed to be undergoing a cleanup. Many messy things had been placed out, and some things were clearly still in a state of packing.

“I’m leaving tomorrow. Today is my last day in the academy.” Seeing Chu Nan’s surprise, Sun Xiangren explained.

Chu Nan looked at him in surprise.

Although everyone knew that after Dean Semondi was transferred away, everyone was certain that Sun Xiangren would definitely not be able to escape, now that they heard him say that it was his last day here, Chu Nan still could not help but feel something.

…

In fact, this matter was really a little strange.

He was only an ordinary student who had just entered Star Cloud Academy for less than a month, but he had caused such a huge commotion because of a matter. In the end, he forced away the most powerful dean and academic director of the Martial Arts Branch.

Under normal circumstances, this should be impossible, but now, it was truly displayed in front of him.

“I know that you definitely think that you forced me and Dean Semondi away,” Sun Xiangren said, “but that’s not the case. Although your matter is a very important factor, the main problem is that Dean Lin has long wanted to remove us.”

At this point, Sun Xiangren smiled bitterly and shook his head.

“Forget it, why should I tell you these things? From your point of view, there’s nothing wrong with what you did this time. You’re only fighting for your own rights. Instead, I’ve let you down. I should apologize to you.”

Chu Nan was a little surprised.

Sun Xiangren had been the academic director of the Martial Arts Branch for 13 years. In private, he was called a demon by those senior students. When had they ever heard him take the initiative to apologize to a student?

Of course, this did not lower the hatred Chu Nan had for him.

Sun Xiangren’s performance before and after this incident, as well as in the ultimate arbitration, had long made him sentence Sun Xiangren to damnation in his heart. It was impossible for his attitude to change just because of an apology.

“I don’t expect you to forgive me.” Sun Xiangren clearly understood this and coolly said his thoughts, “I was indeed wrong in this matter. I have no right to refute. However, every time I think about it, I sigh in my mind. This matter… shouldn’t have reached this stage.”

Chu Nan could not help but sneer, “What? Do you regret it now? Why didn’t you regret it when you slandered me previously?”

Sun Xiangren glanced at Chu Nan and smiled.

“I know. You must have a lot of complaints. I don’t expect to obtain your understanding, nor do I want you to change your opinion of me. I only wanted to mention a few things to you this time. It has a lot to do with you.”

“Oh?”

“Firstly, every student only has one chance to propose the ultimate arbitration. Now that you’ve already used this opportunity, even if there are similar situations in the future, you don’t have the qualifications to do this again. Do you understand?”

“Of course, I know this.” Chu Nan sneered again, “If not for the fact that I was forced into a corner by you, I would not have chosen to use such an intense method. This will not be beneficial to my future studies in the academy.”

“Very good. It seems that you’re indeed not such a rash child as I expected.” Sun Xiangren revealed a gratified smile, “The second thing I want to tell you is that you don’t have to use the ultimate arbitration this time because I never wanted you to really drop out.”

“Are you joking?” Chu Nan could not help but raise his voice, “It’s only been a week, and you plan to deny what you said in the ultimate arbitration?”

“I didn’t forget, but under the circumstances, I had to choose between the Martial Arts Branch and you. Who do you think I would choose?”

Chu Nan sneered.

Of course, he understood this principle, but the result of Sun Xiangren choosing the Martial Arts Branch was that he would be the sacrifice. He naturally did not agree.

“What I want to say is that the reason why this matter ended up like this is because I underestimated your ability too much. I really didn’t expect you to really study so many martial techniques in such a short period of time. I’ve worked in Star Cloud Academy for so many years, but I’ve never seen a student with such talent.”

“Then you see it now?”

“Yes, I see it now.” Sun Xiangren nodded. “I’ve learned a lesson from you. No matter what, don’t easily deny any possibility. Perhaps it’s because I’ve been this director for too many years that I’m already used to making judgments from my own perspective. That’s why I made a huge mistake and lost my integrity.”

Chu Nan glanced at the white hair on Sun Xiangren’s temples and remained silent.

“The second reason is that there was too little communication between us. I unilaterally denied your ability and made a judgment, but I did not communicate with you enough, causing you to misunderstand that the branch would punish you extremely severely. In fact, that’s not the case at all. If we had enough good communication previously, I believe this matter would not have ended up like this.”

Chu Nan sneered, “Director Sun, don’t forget that you represent the high and mighty leader of the academy. Any of your decisions might not be much in your eyes, but in the eyes of ordinary students like us, it’s a very serious matter.”

“You’re right. The reason why this matter turned out like this is completely because I’ve already lost the quality I should have as a teacher, so I feel that I’m no longer worthy of staying in this position. Coincidentally, I’m old enough and can use this opportunity to finally retire. It’s not a bad choice.”

Chu Nan glanced at the messy items around him and did not comment.

“Before I leave, other than apologizing to you, I also want to tell you a piece of good news in advance.” Sun Xiangren suddenly smiled, “The standard of the branch’s martial arts evaluation has been modified. From tomorrow onwards, you can submit another martial arts exchange point application and obtain a large number of points as a reward. With your strength, I believe you can quickly obtain enough points from this to quickly become a higher-grade student.”

“Apart from that, I also need to give you a warning. Although according to the new points system, you can even increase the levels of the students without taking a step out of the academy, if you want to become the top S-rank student, you have to participate in more combat trials. This is because combat is a very important factor in the test standards of the branch.”

“You should go take a look at the academy’s library more often. Although there are no specific martial techniques inside, it maintains the casual records of many martial artists. Inside is the comprehension of these martial artists towards their cultivation, and it’s very helpful for you to improve yourself. A portion of it is specially reserved to store all kinds of comprehension regarding breaking through the Cosmic Heaven’s Gate. I believe you definitely need this.”

“The academy’s curriculum is actually very flexible. You can…”

…

In this not-so-large office, an old man who was about to retire seemed to want to hand over everything he knew as he rambled on…