Chapter 406: The Genius Siblings

"You can just drop me off here," Chen Shu said, sitting in the passenger seat and pointing to the side of the road as he spoke to Chen Banxia.

"Right here at this turn?"

"Mm."

"Alrighty~"

Chen Banxia's mini car stopped at the entrance of the faculty apartment building.

Chen Shu got out of the car, then leaned on the window, bent over, and said to her, "Don't overthink it, and you won't be nervous. If you still feel a little bit, take a few deep breaths, relax your mindset, and if you can overcome it, do so. If you really can't, you can try telling the students about it right from the start to lighten the atmosphere. If you really make a mistake because of nerves, don't panic, don't try to cover it up, don't take it too seriously, just admit it calmly and treat it like a joke."

Chen Banxia turned her head to stare at him and suddenly smiled.

Her smile was as bright as a flower.

A few minutes later—

Chen Banxia parked the car under the Teaching Building, picked up the lesson plan she had made, thought for a moment, then threw it back onto the passenger seat and walked toward the Teaching Building empty-handed.

She went up the stairs.

Stopping at the classroom door, she followed what her younger brother said and took a few deep breaths before walking into the classroom.

The bell for class rang just then.

The room was already full of people.

This was a group of sophomore students.

Facing the gaze of dozens of eyes, Chen Banxia felt the relaxation she had just achieved suddenly turn into nervousness again. For a moment, she didn't know what to say. In the end, she chose to set aside her dignified image as a teacher and instead squeezed out a shy smile, like a girl next door.

Paired with her face full of baby fat, big round eyes, and snow-white skin, she looked for a moment as if she were a few years younger than the students sitting there.

"Hello everyone, my name is Chen Banxia.

"I will be teaching 'Pharmacy Spirit Power' this semester. You can call me Teacher Chen, or Banxia Laoshi, or Sister Banxia."

A chorus of "Hello, Teacher" erupted from below.

The name Chen Banxia had been very popular in the field of pharmacy over the past two years, and since she was also their direct senior, the students present had all heard of her great name. Some students weren't even from this class; they had come specifically to audit the lecture. Therefore, everyone was very excited, their gazes burning as they stared fixedly at her.

Such a gaze made her feel immense pressure.

Remembering her brother's words, Chen Banxia lowered her stance and said sincerely, "This is my first time being a teacher, and my first time giving a proper lecture to people. To be honest, I'm very nervous right now. I might make mistakes later, so please feel free to point them out bravely and bear with me... If you really can't help it, laughing out loud is fine too."

If you don't place yourself too high, you won't be afraid of falling.

If you sincerely admit your own shortcomings, you won't be afraid of being laughed at for making mistakes.

Her brother's tactic was indeed very useful.

Chen Banxia felt relaxed inside.

It was just that... it felt a bit different from the dignified and imposing teacher image she had envisioned before class.

"Ahem."

Chen Banxia coughed twice and tried to make her voice as loud as possible: "Let's go through the motions. May I ask who the class monitor is? Let's get acquainted."

"I am."

A student in the first row raised their hand.

"Hiccup!"

Oh no! I ate too much tripe at noon!

Chen Banxia rubbed her chest: "What is your name?"

"Li Jianhang."

"Do you have the roll call list?"

"I do."

"Good, good. I'll do a quick roll call so we can get to know each other." Chen Banxia thought about how her favorite teachers used to do it. "In the future, I will rarely take attendance in my class, but I will do my utmost to put everything I know into the lectures. If you feel you can gain something, then come to class. If you feel you won't gain anything, or if you have more important things to do, not coming is fine too. You've all tested your way into this place, and in this regard, I fully trust your judgment."

"Oh..."

Some students let out a soft exclamation.

Chen Banxia looked down at the roll call list, though she was actually secretly observing their expressions. For a moment, she felt a bit lightheaded—

Banxia Laoshi had managed to leave a pretty good first impression on them, right?

"Wen Qi."

"Here."

"Wen Shi."

"Here."

While calling the names, Chen Banxia looked at everyone, trying hard to remember every student.

This process lasted for several minutes.

Chen Banxia put down the roll call list, returned it to the class monitor, and took two more deep breaths before saying to everyone, "Actually, I was a bit conflicted before I came. When I found out I was going to teach this class, I had a strange idea in my heart, but I am a new teacher, so I was timid and hesitant. After thinking it over, I decided to honestly follow the regular procedure, so I made a lesson plan according to the textbook. But when I was downstairs, I suddenly changed my mind. I don't know where the courage came from, but it made me decide to stick to my original idea.

"I think this will be more beneficial.

"So, for those students who brought the textbook, I am very sorry. Perhaps for the first three classes, we won't be using the textbook at all.

"I will use this time, using the things I have learned and experienced, to first establish a rough but complete view of Pharmacy Spirit Power for everyone. Once you have a complete framework in your minds, filling it with knowledge later might yield twice the result with half the effort.

"This has to start with Spirit Power..."

Chen Banxia stepped off the podium and walked into the classroom. This gave her a feeling of equality with everyone, as if she weren't a teacher and this were just an exchange she was having with other students during her own student days. Since that was the case, she naturally wouldn't be nervous because of her identity as a teacher.

Chen Shu teased the dog at Teacher Shi Qian's house for a moment, then stated his purpose: "My Tracer Technique is just about modified."

"So fast?"

Teacher Shi Qian was very surprised.

"Is it considered fast?"

Chen Shu glanced at the ceiling, thought for a moment, and said, "It seems I started around the New Year: 'It's been seven or eight months.'"

"That's fast enough," Teacher Shi Qian said, "Several of us teachers, along with a group of graduate students, also spent nearly half a year before we managed to cobble together something decent."

"Hehe..."

"How is the performance?"

"Average, but it's usable, much more powerful than the non-intelligent version," Chen Shu answered honestly, while maintaining the proper humility, "Based solely on my own ability, if not for a sudden flash of inspiration, it might be difficult to improve it further."

"Let me see."

"Sure thing."

The two of them went to the study.

Teacher Shi Qian's study was almost a spell design studio, with two computers, seven or eight monitors, a new model of Spell Simulator, many related small devices that could be used, and a pile of figurines.

Chen Shu showed his spell to Teacher Shi Qian, and Teacher Shi Qian also unreservedly brought out the version researched by his own team.

The two sets of spells showed significant structural differences.

"This of yours is quite something..." Teacher Shi Qian stared at Chen Shu's version and quickly saw the ingenuity within, "The idea is very special, the structure is unique, especially this mechanism that independently identifies incoming Spirit Power targets and actively greets them; this line of thinking is something an ordinary person wouldn't think of, and I estimate it is very likely the only one of its kind in the world."

"..."

Chen Shu did not answer, but instead stared at the version from Teacher Shi Qian's team.

He did not have as much rich experience as Teacher Shi Qian, so he could not see the technical points at a glance; he had to look very carefully, with his brain running at high speed, to be able to convert these Runes and structures into their corresponding effects in his mind.

"Have you tested it?"

"I have tested it."

"Is there a test report?"

"There is."

"Send it to me on Feixin and let me see."

"Okay."

"Do you have an electronic version of the spell structure?"

"I do."

"Let's try simulating it."

"I used a lot of classified Runes..."

"It's fine, this machine of mine isn't connected to the internet, and I have also been updating its Runes; the Rune library and simulation program were both written by myself, and most restricted Runes, as long as I have mastered them, it has mastered them too."

"That's good."

The Crystal Disk was inserted into the machine, and the spell was imported.

The spell began to bloom on the monitor.

This naturally could not be simulated exactly the same as the real effect, but it could also serve as a very important reference.

Teacher Shi Qian tried it many times, using it to attempt to intercept many types of spells or weapons with physical forms, and finally gave his critique:

"Powerful!"

"Let's look at yours."

"Sure!"

Teacher Shi Qian was very straightforward.

Another Tracer Technique with a different structure, similar function but with not-insignificant differences, bloomed on the monitor.

Chen Shu stared with focused attention.

Comparing the two, because of the ingenuity of the idea, the Tracer Technique improved by Chen Shu performed better and was more excellent in the aspect of independently identifying Spirit Power attacks and intercepting them without being connected to the Thousand Machine Art. The Tracer Technique improved by Teacher Shi Qian's team performed more intelligently when intercepting different targets; this was not controlled by a unified central hub, but was autonomously decided by the characteristics of the individual Tracer Technique, and the subtlety within this made Chen Shu marvel.

Teacher Shi Qian saw a genius-like line of thinking and a brand-new, exquisite structural design in the Tracer Technique improved by Chen Shu. Chen Shu, on the other hand, saw solid foundations and rich spell design experience in the Tracer Technique improved by Teacher Shi Qian's team.

Both sides were filled with wonder.

However, this was only a rough look at the moment; wanting to study it in detail was not something that could be completed in a short time.

Before Chen Shu could speak, Teacher Shi Qian said first: "Copy your version to me, and I will also give ours to you; let's both study them well, and if there are any questions, we can open a video call on Feixin to communicate, and we can discuss it after we've finished looking."

"Okay!"

A few minutes later, Chen Shu left.

Carrying the ideas of another group of people.

Everyone's ideas are unique and limited; referencing each other is destined to be the beginning of a technological explosion.

Pharmacy Building.

Chen Shu stood on the side of the road and saw a large group of students in the prime of their youth pouring out from the narrow corridor entrance, then dispersing; some were hurrying along alone, others were gathered together whispering or chatting, and his ears quickly caught words of interest.

"I didn't expect Banxia Laoshi to be so pretty; before, her image in my heart was a girl with glasses who was a bit chubby, but later I saw what she looked like when I scrolled past her on a short video, I didn't expect her to look even better in person."

"She looks so young, like she's only in her teens."

"And she's so gentle, and loves to smile."

"Yes, yes, yes, I thought that a genius in pharmacy like this would be at least a little bit rigid."

"I quite like this teaching style of Teacher Chen; I feel like I already know how it works before the class has even started."

"..."

Chen Shu curled the corners of his mouth.

Immediately, a figure wearing a floral dress walked out; her face was round, her eyes were big and bright, and her skin was snow-white, making her look like a neighbor's little sister.

Chen Shu waved at her: "You're out; I thought you had fallen asleep in the classroom."

"How is that possible!"

Chen Banxia felt a sense of alarm in her heart, thinking that the fact she had slept for ten minutes during the break had been discovered by him.

"How did it go?"

"Easy peasy!"

"Were you nervous?"

"Not at all!"

"How was the atmosphere in class?"

"My aura was so powerful, I shocked everyone into silence!" Chen Banxia boasted without a second thought.

"Is that so..."