Chapter 33: The Road to Evolution
Dai Mubai limped back to the group of students.
"Anyone else want to try their hand at challenging Xiao Yi?" Flender's voice slowly reached the crowd.
Everyone exchanged glances, but no one stepped forward.
Tang San, Xiao Wu, and the two auxiliary spirit masters, Oscar and Ning Rongrong, naturally had no objections. Ma Hongjun, seeing Dai Mubai's plight, didn't dare to say anything. As for Zhu Zhuqing, it didn't matter who taught her as long as she could become stronger.
"Very good, since there's no such thing, then this resolution is passed. If you think you've become stronger and have objections, you can choose to challenge again. As long as Shi Yi fails, you won't have to take his class anymore," Flender said with a smile.
Shi Yi, in turn, glared at Flender, who was talking so freely.
Flanders continued, "From today on, Master will be fully responsible for your teaching, and we will all cooperate with Master. You just came back yesterday, and I think everyone is quite tired, so I will give you a day off today. Classes will resume tomorrow. During this trip to the Star Dou Great Forest, two more people have reached the Soul Master realm. Ning Rongrong, Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Tang San, who have not yet broken through to level 30, you also have to work hard to catch up with the others as soon as possible. Master, do you have anything to say?"
Yu Xiaogang nodded slightly, looked at the Shrek people, and said lightly, "There are only seven of you students in the academy. In my opinion, you are also a whole. I have read your resumes, and I will work with Xiao Yi to develop targeted teaching methods later. "Aside from cooperating, I don't want to hear any dissenting opinions."
Yu Xiaogang's gaze fell on Shi Yi, and he said calmly, "Xiao Yi, do you have anything to say?"
Yu Xiaogang's words focused everyone's attention on Shi Yi. Shi Yi pulled a booklet from his soul guide and said slowly, "You may be curious about how I cultivated from the first level of Xiantian to where I am now. Now I can give you the answer. Improving cultivation speed and breaking free from the shackles of aptitude is not a simple matter. Constant change is actually a form of cultivation. So the first thing you need to do now is to change your meditation method."
Shi Yi tossed the booklet in his hand towards Tang San, and everyone's curious gazes formed a parabola, following the booklet.
"This is a new cultivation method I created when I was six years old. I call it the Soul Power Circulation Method. Compared to meditation, it significantly increases cultivation speed, restores soul power faster, and uses soul power more economically. Xiao San, you will be responsible for teaching it," Shi Yi said calmly.
Curiosity crossed the teachers' faces. Even they themselves were intrigued by Shi Yi's cultivation method. What astonished them even more was that Shi Yi had already developed such a technique at the age of six.
Tang San's heart was in turmoil. He could not understand why Shi Yi would so casually share such a precious technique.
"To win people's hearts?" Tang San thought to himself.
"Yes, Senior Brother," Tang San said respectfully to Shi Yi.
Shi Yi also noticed the teachers' curiosity and continued, "Teachers, if you're interested, feel free to take a look."
The master glanced at the group. "Well, Xiao Yi is right. A good cultivation method is a good start. You may disperse now. Meet here tomorrow morning. Also, I don't want anyone absent from breakfast. Otherwise, you will receive special training."
Shi Yi then left with Yu Xiaogang and the others. Zhao Wuji had somehow managed to sneak up on Shi Yi.
"You're a jerk. You're only showing off something this good now," Zhao Wuji said to Shi Yi.
"This... is just average. I wanted to give you something more useful than this," Shi Yi said to Zhao Wuji.
Zhao Wuji's eyes lit up. He put his arm around Shi Yi's shoulders like a brother and said bluntly, "Make another copy of that Soul Power Circulation Method for the teachers."
Shi Yi nodded. While the basic version of the Twelve Meridians was merely a foundation-building technique and wouldn't be very useful to the teachers, it was certainly faster to cultivate than normal meditation. As for Shi Yi's own personal version, it simplified many unnecessary steps. Based on his physical characteristics, it focused on speed and efficiency. Shi Yi estimated that even the Xuantian Gong wouldn't be able to match his speed.
As for the so-called "endless vitality," Shi Yi believed it wasn't a result of the technique, but rather a state that a master should exhibit when they have reached a deep level of cultivation. When the soul power volume increases, its circulation efficiency reaches its maximum, and soul power control becomes stronger, and one can rationally arrange the release of soul skills in battle, then wouldn't that be "endless vitality"?
Shi Yi simply didn't believe the Xuantian function was so powerful that it could grant unlimited firepower.
Shi Yi soon returned to his room and rewrote a basic version of the Twelve Classics for Zhao Wuji, who nodded in satisfaction. After all, a teacher couldn't possibly learn from Tang San; that would be demeaning.
After Zhao Wuji returned with Shi Yi's handwritten copy of the Twelve Classics, Shi Yi headed towards Soto City. While he didn't know how to harvest all the immortal items, he did know a good portion of them from the original texts, so he still needed to prepare the necessary supplies.
He needed to buy tools made of gold, silver, copper, iron, jade, and wood.
With this in mind, Shi Yi headed towards Soto City.
As time passed, he soon found himself browsing the material markets and herbal medicine shops in Soto City.
The medical landscape on Douluo Continent was unusual. Many auxiliary spirit masters moonlighted as doctors, and spirit masters generally didn't need medication to treat common ailments. There were only two areas where medication was used: nourishment and poison making, with the Po Yi clan being a prime example.
This led to a phenomenon where medicines were extremely expensive, making them unaffordable for the average person. Only spirit masters would buy them, either to aid their cultivation or to create poisons to harm others. Only in the rare case of a serious injury, one that even a healing spirit master couldn't control, would they need medication.
Shi Yi browsed the pharmacy according to the prescription Yu Xiaogang had given him. The only unit of measurement was gold coins, and each ingredient was quite expensive.
"No wonder even a spirit master like Flanders couldn't afford it, training seven geniuses at once—oh, eight now," Shi Yi thought to himself.
Shi Yi figured that apart from the wealthy like the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, even Blue Lightning wouldn't dare to offer all of its direct disciples daily access to this stuff. As for the Haotian Sect, let alone the poorest of the three upper sects,
Shi Yi shook his head, casually browsed the pharmacy, and slowly left. He couldn't afford it, he really couldn't.
As he left the shop, Shi Yi heard a familiar voice.
"Shi Yi..."
Shi Yi instinctively looked in the direction of the voice, only to see Ning Rongrong slowly approaching him.
"It really is you, Shi Yi." Ning Rongrong chuckled at Shi Yi.
"What's going on, Miss Ning?" Shi Yi chuckled.
"Just call me Rongrong. I do have something I want to talk to you about," Ning Rongrong whispered to Shi Yi.
"You're not asking me to join the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, are you?" Shi Yi said with a smile.
Ning Rongrong shook her head slightly and said, "It's not convenient to talk here. Let's find a place. I'll treat you."
Shi Yi bowed slightly, raised his hand and smiled very gentlemanly, "Please..."
Ning Rongrong seemed to be very familiar with Soto City. She took Shi Yi to a rather elegant restaurant with ease.
The two sat by the window. Shi Yi took a sip from the fragrant tea in front of him and said, "Rongrong, can you tell me what you want to talk to me about now? If it's a question about cultivation, as your teacher, I can answer it, but if it's about personal matters, then..."
Ning Rongrong's beautiful eyes flashed with cunning. "Of course, it's about cultivation."
"Oh? The eldest daughter of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect is concerned about cultivation. Tell me about it," Shi Yi asked curiously.
Ning Rongrong's eyes rolled slightly, and she chuckled softly. "Then, Teacher Xiaoyi, can you tell me how to cultivate to evolve my martial spirit?"
Shi Yi smiled and said, "You are quite clever. I can answer that question, but the value of this question is not enough for me to answer with just our shallow teacher-student relationship."
"Oh? Then what kind of relationship does Teacher Xiaoyi want us to have?" Ning Rongrong's words became frivolous and vague, her large eyes looking at Shi Yi with innocence.
Shi Yi's face showed resignation. "Forget it. I don't want to be targeted by your Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect. You might as well give me some money."
Seeing Shi Yi didn't accept the challenge, Ning Rongrong's expression returned to normal, her beautiful eyes fixed on Shi Yi as if to say that he was boring.
"Then I'll give you 100,000 gold soul coins. Can you answer this question? Of course, the premise is that your answer satisfies me," Ning Rongrong said seriously. "
100,000?" Shi Yi was a little stunned, thinking to himself, "Is this what it feels like to be showered with money? I've never felt so good."
"What? Not enough? Then 200,000, as long as your answer satisfies me." Ning Rongrong continued, looking at Shi Yi.
"200,000! How many medicinal herbs can I buy?" Shi Yi's heart was filled with joy.
"Still not enough?" Ning Rongrong looked at Shi Yi and glared at him.
"300,000?" Shi Yi whispered tentatively.
Ning Rongrong realized by now that Shi Yi wasn't complaining about it being insufficient, but rather that she had completely stupefied him. She rolled her eyes at him and said, "Get lost! It's just two hundred thousand, take it or leave it."
Shi Yi coughed awkwardly and cleared his throat.
"If you keep on asking, it'll be one hundred thousand," Ning Rongrong glared at him. She finally understood that Shi Yi was short on money, desperately so.
"I'll start right away. Don't worry. I know that the evolution of martial spirits has always been a major concern for your Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect. To resolve this, we need to start with the relationship between martial spirits and spirit masters."
"Relationship?" Ning Rongrong asked, a little puzzled.
"Yes, that's the relationship." Shi Yi nodded slightly.
"Martial spirits are inherited through the bloodline of spirit masters. Obviously, if you want to evolve martial spirits, you have to start from that perspective."
"Bloodline?"
"That's right," Shi Yi nodded. "Do you know the difference between a weapon soul and a beast soul?"
Ning Rongrong asked, somewhat confused. "What does this have to do with a beast soul?"
"My martial soul originally took the form of an ant, but after consuming three Thousand-Ten Thousand Ant soul rings and its own food, it changed."
"But my martial soul is different from yours. I'm a weapon soul, and the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda isn't a living thing," Ning Rongrong said matter-of-factly.
"So, back to what I said earlier, martial souls are inherited from bloodlines. If you want your martial soul to evolve, you must enhance the power deep within your bloodline, just like my little ant, evolving by absorbing spirit rings of its kind, consuming its own kind, and even better bloodlines," Shi Yi explained.
Confusion still flickered across Ning Rongrong's pretty face; she didn't know what to do.
"So what should I do?" Ning Rongrong asked Shi Yi directly.
"A spirit master who wants to tap into the power within their bloodline must first persist in cultivation. Practice the twelve meridians I've given you. Soul power is a magical force. Quantitative change leads to qualitative change. With your talent, you have a good chance of evolving the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda," Shi Yi said to Ning Rongrong.
"But Dad has persisted for so many years and it's all in vain," Ning Rongrong said in disbelief.
"Your dad's talent is nothing compared to yours. And don't interrupt me before I finish my sentence," Shi Yi said helplessly.
"Secondly, strengthen your physical training. Don't say that physical training is useless for auxiliary spirit masters. Spirit masters and martial spirits always promote each other's progress. The quality of the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda is very high, but as a spirit master, you are so weak, how can your martial spirit evolve? A strong body can make the spirit master more resistant to energy and allow the spirit master to absorb spirit rings of higher age."
"Third, when choosing spirit rings for the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda, you must not be careless. Although the characteristics of your martial spirit mean that no matter what spirit ring you choose, you can obtain corresponding amplified skills, but the changes and blessings that weak spirit beasts and powerful spirit beasts bring to spirit masters are completely different."
"When choosing spirit rings, spirit masters with the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda spirit should rather have nothing than something awful, and never settle for something awesome. Even if a Titled Douluo is dispatched, it is worth it for a talented Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda spirit master like you."
"Fourth, something your Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect can definitely do: arrange for you to have a set of high-aged spirit bones. The higher the quality, the better. The sooner you absorb them, the better. Don't focus on the skills you choose, but rather on their age and the degree of their benefits to your body. This way, you can absorb higher-level spirit rings, increasing the probability of your martial soul evolving."
"The last point depends on luck. If you can find rare treasures to help your martial soul evolve, that's also a good idea."
Shi Yi's mouth was dry, and he dropped the gentlemanly pretense, gulping down the fragrant tea in front of him.
Ning Rongrong remained silent, staring deeply at Shi Yi. She admitted she was amazed by his theoretical knowledge. It seemed that following Shi Yi's advice might actually help her martial soul evolve.
Ning Rongrong then pulled a card from her soul guide and gently pushed it across the table toward Shi Yi. Shi Yi, without hesitation, tossed the card into his own soul guide.
"Keep going, Rongrong. While Oscar's support abilities are incredibly powerful, when it comes to supporting a spirit master in individual combat, the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda is the world's best spirit. I hope to see the eighth and ninth rays of light on you. Thank you for your hospitality," Shi Yi chuckled.
With that, Shi Yi slowly left the restaurant. It was time for him to go and spend some money.
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