Xin stood there calmly, and two yellow hundred-year spirit rings shimmered on Meng Yiran's snake staff Spirit.
"Second Spirit Ability, Snake Body."
Meng Yiran's body was like a graceful Snake Woman, boneless, allowing her to escape many Binding and restraining Spirit Abilities. She could also accelerate herself, flexibly rushing towards Xin.
She had heard Rongrong say earlier that she absolutely must not take off the teacher's mask, but she refused to listen. She just had to see what the teacher looked like.
"Explaining your intentions to your opponent beforehand is not the mark of a qualified agility-attack system Spirit Master. What an agility-attack system Spirit Master pursues is surprise."
Xin held the peach branch and skillfully blocked Meng Yiran's body joints, making it impossible for her to touch him in the slightest.
"Hmph!"
Seeing that she couldn't touch Xin's body at all, Meng Yiran slid, attempting to seize the moment Xin swung the peach branch, raised her snake staff, and a two-foot-long blue venomous blade shot out.
First Spirit Ability, Snake Blade!
But to Meng Yiran's surprise, Xin merely calmly raised his right hand, extending that ordinary peach branch from his sleeve, and parried her snake staff.
The snake blade spat out by the snake staff brushed past Xin, unable to hit him at all.
Meng Yiran tried several more times, from left to right, from front to back, without exception. That peach branch, with just a light touch, could dismantle all of her offensives prepared for the [Snake Blade].
Meng Yiran was very frustrated: "Teacher, your reaction speed is too fast. It's impossible for me to hit you."
"It's not that I'm too fast, but that you're too slow." Xin said, shaking his head.
"Am I slow? My Snake Body has a lubricating and accelerating effect, how can it be slow?"
"If you were a Beast Spirit, the speed granted by your Snake Body would indeed not be slow, but unfortunately, you are a Tool Spirit, and specifically a staff-type Spirit."
"Although the snake staff isn't a clumsy Spirit, because it's too long, exceeding half the body's length, it's easily discovered when used for a sneak attack, and it's difficult to vary attack methods."
Xin tapped Meng Yiran's forehead twice with the peach branch, then continued:
"So, every time you finally get close to an opponent, you're immediately detected and can only engage head-on. An agility-attack system Spirit Master doesn't have an advantage in head-on combat. The opponent only needs to slightly deflect your snake staff, and your Snake Blade won't be able to hit the target at all."
Meng Yiran thought for a moment, and it seemed to be true.
A few days ago, when hunting for spirit rings in the Star Dou Great Forest, it was because the Phoenix-Tailed Crested Serpent was too agile, making it difficult for her grandma's Spirit Ability to hit it, which was why the Phoenix-Tailed Crested Serpent escaped.
"So, Teacher, you think I shouldn't follow the path of an agility-attack system or attack system, but instead become the summoning system Spirit Master you mentioned?"
"Yes, I once told Wang Sheng something, and today I can give you the same words."
Xin led Meng Yiran back to the classroom and wrote eight large characters on the blackboard:
"Tailor to the Spirit, Unity of Person and Spirit."
Meng Yiran's eyes widened when she saw these eight characters.
Dragon Duke and Snake Woman, who had secretly come to peek, worried about their granddaughter, heard Xin's words, and saw these eight characters. They exchanged glances, greatly astonished.
These eight characters, though brief, contained profound wisdom, not something an ordinary person could summarize.
"No matter how good a Spirit is, it fears cultivation errors and choosing the wrong system. Only by following the appropriate path based on the Spirit's characteristics, achieving the unity of Spirit and Spirit Master, can one unleash their strongest power."
"According to my research, staff-type Spirits have two suitable cultivation directions."
"One is a Mage, which you can also understand as a control system Spirit Master, consuming the opponent from a distance, controlling the opponent's movements, preventing them from getting close, playing to your strengths and avoiding weaknesses."
"Second, is the Summoning system. A summoning system Spirit Master uses your snake staff as a vessel to establish a contract through the power of the spirit ring, summoning Spirit Beasts to fight. This way, you no longer need to clumsily attack with your snake staff; instead, you can control Spirit Beasts to fight for you."
"Combined with the study of the Netherworld Instrument Hundred Way's hellish netherworld instruments, you can multitask, mastering Netherworld World Hidden Weapons. In the future, you can even fight alongside the Spirit Beasts you summon, achieving the effect of two, or even three or four Spirit Masters, with just one person."
Upon hearing this, Meng Yiran's mind buzzed. She couldn't fully comprehend Xin's words at once, but it didn't prevent her from understanding that the path Teacher Xin was laying out for her was very powerful.
The girl's slender body, like a water snake, trembled slightly as she nodded excitedly: "Teacher, then I'll learn this!"
Dragon Duke and Snake Woman, who were eavesdropping outside the classroom, exchanged glances, their faces showing some emotion. The Spirit Master knowledge Xin spoke of was too advanced for them:
"Summoning system Spirit Master?"
"It seems I am truly old. The Spirit Master's world of the future belongs to this young friend Xin."