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— Chapter 134 —

Two weeks later.

After Ah Yin and Zhu Zhuqing joined the academy, they caused a wave in the circle. However, they quickly proved themselves to be capable.

Ah Yin rounded a group of spirit masters with plant-type martial souls and trained them, transforming the usually control-focus group into fearsome attackers.

Of course, not every student is lucky. Ah Yin only started teaching, so she didn’t dare take too many students. Ultimately, she picked three inner students (two females and one male) as her students.

Surprisingly enough, Han Yuan knew Ah Yin’s male student because he was none other than the son of a Spirit King and Spirit Ancestor Han Yuan and Liu Erlong met a few years ago.

(A/N: Chapter 21)

His name is Chen Jue.

A talented 17-year-old young man with the Spirit King Realm cultivation. Chen Yue possessed a mutated Ghost Vine martial soul, which is why Ah Yin chose him.

Fun fact. At first, Chen Jue joined the Blue Tyrant Academy because that was where Liu Erlong recruited him.

However, when he realized neither Liu Erlong nor Han Yuan were around in the Blue Tyrant Academy, he quickly dropped out and applied to join Dao Academy. That was two years ago.

Funnily, Chen Jue’s parents joined the Dao Academy as middle-grade teachers and profusely apologized for their actions back then, though Han Yuan didn’t care much.

Chan Jue’s father, Chen Ming, has reached the Spirit Emperor Realm, and his mother, Chen Lan, also reached the Spirit King Realm.

Chen Jue’s combat prowess and control over his martial soul developed rapidly under Ah Yin’s guidance. He had defeated black-grade students effortlessly and gained the attention of several red-grade students and teachers.

Chen Jue’s mutated Ghost Vine showed a sign of evolving, which might become a top-tier martial soul.

Realizing Chen Jue’s growth was explosive in mere weeks, no one dared to look down on Ah Yin’s teaching ability anymore. Even Han Yuan was impressed by Ah Yin’s unconventional way of teaching, but the result didn’t lie.

Meanwhile, Zhu Zhuqing also displayed her fast growth. Since she just ate an immortal pill a week ago, she hadn’t fully absorbed the pill’s medicinal properties, so she entered a phase of rocket-like cultivation.

Zhu Zhuqing reached level 30, a Half-Step Spirit Elder Realm, in a week and condensed a third spirit ring with her Ghost Tiger’s Spirit Soul in another.

Recently, Zhu Zhuqing reached level 34, and her cultivation speed shows no sign of slowing down. Not until she reached a half-step Spirit Ancestor Realm, that is.

In addition, Zhu Zhuqing fought with Han Yuan’s students, winning and losing some.

While she couldn’t defeat someone like Du Busi, she could match Xiao Wu with her sharp fighting sense. Her super cat-like reflex really gave her an edge over others.

After Han Yuan gave the modified Tang Sect’s techniques, Zhu Zhuqing started training them. A few days ago, she reached entry-level mastery and defeated some of Han Yuan’s weaker students.

Well, the future is bright for both Ah Yin and Zhu Zhuqing.

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The morning sun slowly rose to the sky.

Han Yuan, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing meditated on a hill and gazed at the sun. They caught the purple qi in the air, nourishing their eyes and enhancing their eyesight and spiritual power.

Of course, they are doing it with the modified version of Purple Demon Eye, or what Han Yuan called Demon-Breaking Eyes. Yeah, it sounds cringe, but that’s the best he can come up with.

Unlike the Purple Demon Eye, Demon-Breaking Eyes doesn’t cause any changes in one’s pupil color. After all, Han Yuan made it so the technique refines spiritual energy more rather than noticeable displays.

Anyone would have noticed if their enemies’ eyes suddenly glowed purple.

However, the best perk of cultivating Demon-Breaking Eyes is tempering one’s heart and inner self because it also has some profundity of Heart Separation Control from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, making the practitioner of this ocular technique invulnerable to illusion and spiritual manipulation.

As the concentration of purple qi lessened, their morning routine naturally ended.

Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu stretched lazily, “Phew, finally done~!”

Han Yuan watched them helplessly and commented, “You act like a few minutes of meditation was a fight or something.”

“Big Brother, it’s tiring to stare at the morning sun, okay? I also had to wake up so early.” Ning Rongrong pouted, yawning slightly.

“True, true! Xiao Wu is still sleepy!” Xiao Wu agreed with Ning Rongrong’s statement. She was busy counting her carrots in her dream when Han Yuan suddenly pulled her out of bed to train.

It’s been a week since they started this new exercise, and Xiao Wu hadn’t adapted. As expected of the Rogue Rabbit.

“I don’t see Zhuqing complaining.” Han Yuan used the trick he learned recently.

Comparison!

Just like your typical Asian parents!

And it’s very effective.

Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu glared at Han Yuan in displeasure, but they knew they were nothing to the training maniac, Zhu Zhuqing. That crazy catgirl woke up much earlier than them and started physical training before cultivating Demon-Breaking Eyes with them.

Running, Push-up, Sit-up, Squats, you name it.

Zhu Zhuqing also wore the gravity bracelets Han Yuan made for training purposes. Yet, unlike Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu, who like to set their gravity up to twice or thrice their original, Zhu Zhuqing set hers at four times the gravity. No, it might be five times now.

Even Du Buzi, the academy’s number one body training maniac, admitted that Zhu Zhuqing was something else.

If it weren’t for the mandatory 5-8 hours of sleep every day, Zhu Zhuqing would definitely train 24/7.

‘There is no way we can win against such a nutjob!’ Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu complained in their heads.

Zhu Zhuqing heard her name mentioned and glanced back, “I’m just doing a little more training than others…”

To Zhu Zhuqing, her training was standard. Every day, the catgirl felt she was improving at an alarming rate.

Pain? It’s nothing compared to the pleasure of getting her strength to grow!

Of course, Zhu Zhuqing felt thankful to Han Yuan. He provided resources for her training, whether it was a medicinal bath that made her body recover faster, pil, or the Tang Sect’s legacy.

Han Yuan smiled, “Alright, alright. I won’t compare you to Zhuqing anymore.”

“I know you also had your advantages.”

Ning Rongrong’s Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda is a bugged martial soul capable of wielding treasure qi with miraculous effects on support, defense, and attacks.

In fact, Ning Rongrong’s cultivation path focused on harnessing the treasure qi. Besides ‘normal’ cultivation, she learned to be a spiritual master.

On the other hand, Xiao Wu focused more on becoming human and cast away her spirit beast’s aura. She is already successful but wants to refine her beast-like fighting style to be like humans.

Besides Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu similarly learned about the Tang Sect’s legacy. She was thrilled when Han Yuan shared that these techniques came from Tang San.

After all, Xiao Wu also wanted revenge on Tang San for tricking her.

Hmph, how dare you covet Xiao Wu’s spirit ring and bone?! Xiao Wu is Master Han Yuan’s cutest pet!

Xiao Wu’s training direction was more of a martial arts master or pugilist than a cultivator. But this doesn’t mean she abandoned her spirit master’s cultivation because these are her choice of dual cultivations.

‘Rongrong with her treasure qi, and Xiao Wu with her blood qi. The girls, they are growing so quickly.’ Han Yuan was amused. The feeling of having your students thriving on an unknown path is really amazing.

Han Yuan was very proud of the girls but knew he couldn’t spoil them too much because the Douluo Continent was about to enter a change stage, and the Spirit Tournament would happen in a few years.

“It’s time to contact those old guys…” Han Yuan mumbled. “I wonder how fast they are going to answer my letters.”

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