The Ascension of Contracted Spirits

Chapter 62 - 61: This Assistant Has a Unique Personality_1

There’s an interesting phenomenon in human society.

When you are among a group of harmless students, with a young appearance, you will naturally be considered a student.

But once you wear an Assistant Instructor Badge and stand with two other undeniable assistants.

Even if you look young, the students who don’t know you won’t guess you are of the same age as them.

Especially the signing of the Contracted Spirit Fond Spirits, which compensates for the biggest loophole in personal aura.

Students will only guess how he takes care of himself, whether he eats longevity spiritual pills, or if his ability relates to facial modification - after all, there is actually an "Makeup artist" as a power option.

Ye Hanjun was successfully ignored by most students.

A few perceptive students indeed tried to see something else from his face.

But when he appropriately showed a hint of indifference typical of superiors, these students shrank their necks and didn’t dare to continue to probe.

The biggest exception has to be Su Mei.

This girl, who lost control of her Pink Ostrich on the street, naturally left an impression on Ye Hanjun.

She carried a Spirit cloth scroll with her and recorded down any gains made.

The cultivation of such excellent habits will surely help her go further on the Path of Controlling Spirits.

"I didn’t expect she would also be interested in identifying metals..."

Thinking this through, Ye Hanjun found it reasonable.

As long as she develops towards a battle-type Patron, it is inevitable to go out hunting.

Hunting is not just about hunting wild beasts, mining, gathering herbs, fishing, treasure hunting... all are part of the collateral gain.

More understanding of metals, marking the location of valuable sand ore, might be an opportunity to get rich overnight.

At worst, when buying protective gear and weapons, simple material identification would prevent her from being ripped off over and over again by unscrupulous merchants.

"Wow, are these colorful things all metals?"

"Idiot, those are raw ore stones, they haven’t been refined yet!"

After entering the first floor of the initial refining workshop.

Old students like Pan Ling’er, who are familiar with the layout and what to do next, are naturally all too familiar.

But the new Patron who came for the first time, pacing between various showcases, staring at the items on display, mostly showed surprise.

Orange top lights that can be seen everywhere, casting a soft halo.

Inside the crystal-clear showcases, blocks of irregular ore stones are as if coated with a layer of luminescence.

Red as fire, mixed with a small number of grey sandy stones, that is red iron ore.

This kind of metal is innately warm and has an extremely strong fire conduction capacity, making it the most suitable base material for fire attribute protective gear.

Blue as water, inlaid with many white crystalline foreign bodies, that is blue copper ore.

This metal does not need refining, its hardness is too low, and its practicality is poor.

But water attribute wild beasts can use it to grind their teeth, the ground powder swallowed directly instead has a little benefit for their physique growth.

Pink sand, green stone, white tin, pine flower iron, colorless mercury, secretive zinc, black silver...

Just the metal ores used for display, there are actually more than five hundred varieties!

"Oh my gosh, my eyes are getting blurry."

"Not only do they have different colors, but this bunch of black ores also have ten-plus names?"

Chen Guangtao almost stuck his eyeballs to the glass, squinting hard, and finally returned with disappointment:

"Where are they different in the end? Pattern? Size? Weight? It’s also too hard to distinguish!"

"It seems I can only honestly fight monsters in the future, learning all these things still can’t make me smart, I might as well stick to brute forcing my way through everything..."

"Quiet!" Da Mu’er swept him a glance, "Next, I announce the method of class."

"Given that there are three assistant instructors today, we have enough hands, we will learn in groups."

"Of course, if you are not interested in repeated content and want to study on your own, you can also freely visit."

"With your student emblem, you can take one piece of raw ore from the showcase each time."

"You can hold it in your hand for observation, or you can experiment and explore with the micro-vision equipment over there, a certain loss is okay, you just need to return it to the original place before the end."

"Yes, Pill Master!"

More than half of the students responded sparsely.

"Wait--"

A female student whose power is suspected to be an F-grade "Bug Raiser" with a three-star ladybug lying on her back, hesitated again and again and finally asked timidly:

"We know Pill Master and Master Si."

"Who is this third assistant exactly? Why not introduce him to us, otherwise we won’t know how to address him."

With these words, as if they had coordinated in advance, several girls immediately echoed.

As soon as they noticed Ye Hanjun, they dared not ask him directly, but they kept whispering and stealing glances at him, it was even a bit difficult not to notice.

What’s awkward is.

This time the focus is not weakness, not black hair and black pupils.

It’s purely that some girls have been wildly guessing what skincare products he used to present such a smooth, fair, and wrinkle-free face.

If it belongs to some home remedies, and the price is not that expensive, there’s a chance that Ye Hanjun could overtake them and immediately become their shining "Health Master" in their minds.

"Ah, I forgot about it if you didn’t mention it."

"This assistant is indeed strange, I have never seen him before."

The boisterous Tuoba Han, his interest piqued, while rubbing his bald head and speaking in his gruff voice questioned curiously:

"However —— there’s something odd."

"I just feel that he looks ill. His complexion is off, his constitution seems weak, and his aura doesn’t carry much pressure..."

"Shh, are you trying to get yourself killed?" Another male student nudged him with his elbow, lowering his voice to whisper:

"Being able to win the recognition of Master Tu, along with Pill Masters and Master Si, it’s impossible for him to be just a showpiece."

"You’d rather not make baseless conjectures. Your ’Soul Painter’ skills are mediocre at best, and your abstract view of others has never been accurate."

"Instead of making a fool of yourself, it would be better to keep quiet. What benefit could possibly come from offending the Assistant?"

"Right, let’s listen to the senior."

Tuoba Han chuckled goofily, seemingly wholeheartedly agreeing with that opinion.

Then, he chose to remain silent, putting on a serious look on his face, and his eyes shimmered with a big curiosity.

"Ahem." Sikong Wei, unable to bear it any longer, quickly coughed a little and began to introduce:

"This is the newly appointed Assistant Han, who is very learned and talented."

"He has made significant achievements in metal identification, the older students with a certain foundation can listen to his lecture, it’s likely to be very rewarding."

"Oh? Really?" Pan Ling’er, who had been silent, playing with the Moon Cat in her arms.

Hearing his words, she suddenly lifted her head, her usually dead-fish eyes lighting up, showing a hint of interest.

Sikong Wei did not immediately respond.

His gaze landed on Ye Hanjun, seemingly seeking his opinion.

Regarding Ye Hanjun’s knowledge base, Sikong Wei was not particularly worried.

The point of major concern was the identity that Ye Hanjun’s age represented.

A 20-year-old assistant.

First grade, who had just bonded with the Contracted Spirit Fond Spirits in the past few days.

These tags were the most contentious points.

If they were to set off within the student community, the gossip wildfire could potentially become overwhelming, and the biggest entertainment news in the recent months could perhaps be monopolised by him alone.

"Group teaching, right?"

With everyone’s eyes on him, Ye Hanjun shrugged his shoulders and casually raised the brim of his hat.

During the discussions on the vehicle, he was more inclined to have Da Mu’er as the main teacher, while he and Sikong Wei played supporting roles behind the scenes.

It’s not that he really wanted to be lazy.

His knowledge system was too vast, encompassing many aspects.

For the first lesson, Ye Hanjun wanted to survey the general level of understanding among the students.

In addition, he also wanted to gauge the knowledge base of the Pill Master and Master Si, and how far they had gone.

From then on, Ye Hanjun had to demonstrate his unique insights, proving his abilities to gain the approval of both the students and the two assistants.

He also had to maintain his image, avoiding delving too deeply without considering carefully, so as not to become the most conspicuous target.

Metal identification, after all, was different from the specialized topics listed by Jiang Yongnian.

If he expressed too explosive or advanced content that had a disruptive practical value, then a few days later, even Master Tu would willingly become his student, and in another few days, all of the star teachers and deputy deans would seek him out for his fame.

Without real strength to back him, the thrill of such an experience balanced on a knife’s edge hid immeasurable risks.

Unfortunately...

Da Mu’er and Sikong Wei did not entirely agree with his plan.

They were quite curious about Ye Hanjun and didn’t want him to hide his talents, they wanted him to show his capabilities again.

For example, amongst the three of them, whose lecture content would be most popular with the students?

Seeing forty pairs of eyes focused on him, Ye Hanjun kept his cool, and calmly stated his own requirements:

"First of all, I am the newly-appointed assistant who just started, I am not familiar with the standard teaching model, nor do I aim to adapt to it."

"Secondly, don’t ask me anything unrelated to teaching, I’m not interested and don’t intend to answer."

"Those willing to respect the above two points, come listen to the class."

...

The atmosphere in the initial refining workshop went slightly silent.

Lu Ting, who was the first to voice her curiosity about his "secret beauty formula", had an astonished expression on her delicate face.

"What a very unique assistant."

Pan Ling’er tucked a strayed lock of hair behind her ear, her eyes appearing to widen in interest.

"I’ve made up my mind, I want to listen to your lessons!"

"Hey hey hey, take me with you~~~"

Piao Chenlong, with a big string of beast tooth necklaces on his chest, crossed his arms.

The splashy colors randomly smeared on his skin made him look like a hunter who just entered the city, unyieldingly said:

"I just like tutors with a temper."

"Such people are either truly talented or merely pretending."

"Before confirming his ability, I tend to lean more towards the former... Master Han, I am pretty straightforward, is it okay to include me?"

"Lower your voice." Ye Hanjun glanced at him, "Also, keep an eye on your Ton-Ton pig, it’s far away from you."

At the corner of his eye, a pink tubby pig of more than two meters long was merrily wagging its tail, happily darting around in the crowd, looking very pleased with itself.