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Everyone was taken to a spacious and bright reception hall and sat down.
The hall's decoration style is simple yet elegant. Several paintings depicting water scenes hang on the walls. The tables and chairs are made of precious blue wood, exuding a faint fragrance.
The servants quickly brought tea and snacks, which were all special snacks from Tianshui City. They had a sweet and refreshing taste.
Not long after, a burst of hurried footsteps came from outside the door.
Everyone looked up and saw an elegant middle-aged woman in a light blue dress walking in quickly - it was Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er's mother, Shui Wu Yue, the dean of Tianshui College.
Mizunoe had just rushed back from the training ground of Tianshui College, and his face still looked a little tired, but the moment he saw Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er, his tiredness was replaced by joy.
She walked quickly to the two sisters, holding their hands, her eyes full of longing:
"Bing'er, Yue'er, you're finally back! Come on, let mother see if you've lost weight."
Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er were also very excited. They snuggled up to Shui Wu Yue and chattered about their experiences over the past few years.
After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Mizunoe turned to Xue Tianxing and the others with a gentle smile on his face:
"These are the companions you often talk about, right? Welcome to Tianshui City. I am Mizunoe, the mother of Bing'er and Yue'er. During this time, let them take you around Tianshui City."
"Hello, Dean Shui!"
Ning Rongrong and others stood up and greeted them in a respectful tone.
Then Mizunoe looked at Xue Tianxing and said to him with a smile:
"Son-in-law, you alone have caused my two daughters to leave home for several years, and now they are finally back together."
Xue Tianxing nodded awkwardly when he heard this, and then said to Mizunoe:
"I won't do that again."
Mizunoe smiled and waved his hand:
"You don't have to be so polite. Since you are Bing'er and Yue'er's friends, you are also my guests. You must have worked hard on the journey. Have a good rest first. I will host a banquet for everyone tonight."
The atmosphere in the reception hall was warm and lively. The sunlight from outside poured in through the windows, illuminating the smiles on everyone's faces.
For Xue Tianxing and his group, the journey to Tianshui City has just begun.
After Xue Tianxing and his companions settled down in Tianshui City, they lived a particularly comfortable life.
Every morning, Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er would lead everyone through the streets and alleys of Tianshui City - to taste the sweet ice cream in the century-old shop, to choose exquisite jade pendants in the jewelry street, to listen to the locals telling the legends of Tianshui City in the lakeside teahouse, and even to the back mountain of Tianshui College to experience the exclusive training ground for ice-type soul masters.
Ning Rongrong had a special liking for the silk from Tianshui City and bought several rolls of colorful silk in one go; Oscar was obsessed with the local specialties.
Dugu Yan was very interested in the herb shop in Tianshui City and would discuss the matching of poisonous and medicinal herbs with the shopkeeper from time to time.
Cao Qing was relatively quiet, following behind the crowd most of the time, and occasionally stopping to observe the weapons shop on the street.
Xue Tianxing was enjoying this rare leisure time. While following everyone to experience the customs and culture of Tianshui City, he was silently feeling the grand ice and water spirit power of Tianshui City.
A few days later, Xue Tianxing found Mizunoe and said sincerely:
"Auntie, I'd like to borrow some information from you—the research results of Tianshui Academy on ice-attributed martial spirits. I also cultivate an ice-attributed martial spirit, and I'd like to read more of the information handed down by Tianshui Academy to learn from its strengths and improve my cultivation."
Upon hearing this, Mizunoe nodded in agreement without hesitation and then said to Xue Tianxing:
"No problem! This information is the result of hundreds of years of accumulation at Tianshui Academy. It is indeed of considerable reference value to ice-type spirit masters. It is an honor for these materials that you can use them."
Mizunoe agreed very readily, because she knew very well that Xue Tianxing was the man chosen by her daughter Shui Binger, and would most likely become her son-in-law in the future, so there was no need for the family to worry too much.
What's more, Xue Tianxing's talent and strength are obvious to all. These materials may help him grow faster. With Shui Bing'er's relationship, this is also a good thing for Tianshui College.
That afternoon, Mizunoe had a thick stack of information delivered to Xue Tianxing's room.
Some of these materials are neatly bound books, some are yellowed manuscripts, and there are even a few volumes of ancient texts recorded on animal skins, exuding a faint scent of ink and the breath of time.
In the next few days, Xue Tianxing almost never left the house and devoted himself to studying the information.
Xue Tianxing carefully read through the pages, meticulously recording the cultivation techniques, soul skill combinations, bottleneck breakthrough methods, and other contents related to ice-attribute martial spirits.
However, as the research deepened, Xue Tianxing gradually discovered that ninety-nine percent of the content in these materials was not of much use to his Ultimate Ice Martial Soul - ordinary ice-attribute martial souls focused on the accumulation of soul power and the proficiency of soul skills, while the Ultimate Ice Martial Soul focused more on the control of the "ultimate" attribute. The cultivation systems of the two were essentially different.
Just when Xue Tianxing was feeling a little disappointed and was about to put the materials aside for the time being, a manuscript with a worn cover and no title caught his attention.
The paper of this manuscript has become brittle, and the handwriting on it is a little blurred. It looks like it is at least several hundred years old.
Xue Tianxing opened it carefully and found that what was recorded inside was not systematic theoretical knowledge, but more like a soul master's practice diary and autobiography.
As he read deeper, Xue Tianxing's eyes gradually lit up - judging from the description in the manuscript, the recorder was none other than the dean of Tianshui College five hundred years ago!
More importantly, Xue Tianxing came to a conclusion after reading this autobiography, that is, the dean's martial soul is actually the ultimate ice martial soul!
The manuscript records the dean's cultivation journey in detail:
From the surprise when his martial soul was awakened, to the pride of the rapid improvement of his soul power in his youth, to the responsibility after becoming the president of Tianshui College.
Among them, what concerned Xue Tianxing the most was a description of a bottleneck in cultivation. After the dean's soul power reached level 30, he suddenly found that his cultivation speed began to slow down. His soul power, which could be improved by several levels in a year, could now hardly be improved by one level in half a year.
Seeing his companions, who were once far behind him, now having soul powers exceeding his own, the proud dean fell into deep anxiety.
She searched through the ancient books of the academy, consulted the Soul Douluo and Titled Douluo of the time, and even went to the Spirit Hall to seek help from the Spirit Hall priests of the time.
However, no one could find any problems with her body and could only conclude that "slowing down her cultivation speed is a normal phenomenon."