Tales of Demons & Gods

2. Challenging Her Authority

     Lu Piao had every reason to be afraid of the instructor that was in their classroom, for she was a piece of work and then some. She stood tall before the class, wearing an outfit that didn't leave many curves to her student's imagination. She didn't care anyway, because any had that tired to touch her would be broken before they came within two feet of her, and they all knew it. With long flowing red hair, a tight purple dress, knee high black boots, and a yellow fur sash at the very top, their instructor looked as majestic as many of the students thought she would be.

     "I heard she's from a sacred family," one of the students whispered to another beside him, "and that she's also a silver ranked demon spirit."

     "One of the three sacred families?" the other student asked, "Wow."

     "Enough talk!" the instructor finally called out. "Silence!"

     The mumbling that were going on soon faded off as she finally had the class' undivided attention. She strolled to the front of the stage and looked at the class sternly as if they were all in trouble just to make them a little nervous. She was clearly the kind of person who preferred to use fear to get her points across.

     "A demon spiritist and fighter have five levels," She started to inform the class, "Those are the bronze, silver, gold, black gold, and Legend ranks. As opposed to a fighter that uses their own strength, a demon spiritist can integrate their demon spirit into the soul realm, and can merge with them during battle. This allows the spiritist to gain far more power than any fighter could."

     There was some mumbling from the class again.

     "Just like me," she then informed them, raising her hands up and preparing to do something. "My demon spirit is a scarlet flaming fox."

     Without warning, the instructor's entire body was engulfed in flames. At first many of the students were petrified from what they thought they were observing, which was the sight of their teacher being set on fire. She was not in any pain however as she slowly transformed into a large fox that was still on fire. The animal she changed into was majestic and a sight to see. The students changed from scared to being fascinated at the sight of their teacher's power. They all watched in amazement as she then transformed back to her human form and was seemingly unharmed by the flames that had surrounded her. Once the flame was put out and gone, she continued to lecture the students.

     "After merging with my demon spirit, I can control its strength and gain fire abilities that I did not possess before." She said, showing her arms to reveal they were unharmed. "The Scarlet Flaming Fox is a beast that belongs to the gold ranks. This also means that the highest level I can reach is gold rank demon spiritist. When I move up to a higher ranking, I am able to replace my fox with a more power demon spirit."

     As she looked out at the class, most of the students were captivated by her lecture thus far, all except one. Not only wasn't he surprised or amazed by her demon spirit, he almost looked to be bored with the class in general and was distracted by something. She disregarded the kid and proceeded to address the rest of the class.

     "Over the next two years, you are going to be my students!" she called out, "Even though the school likes to promote a sense of equality, I am however more inclined to inform you of a harsher truth that resides outside this institution. Equality does not exist! After you are all grown up, you will agree with my words or continue to live the fairy tale you were raised on by your parents and previous instructors!"

     Many students shifted in their seats, uneasy to hear the truth that was being dropped onto them. Nie Li was not one of them, as he didn't believe a single word that came out of that woman's mouth. He had heard this sermon before and after the long he had lived, he was fully aware of how full of it she really was.