Douluo Continent: Starting with Self-Created Soul Rings.

Chapter 13 Training Accident

In the Soul Master Academy, combat is also a very important subject.

It is essentially a contest of skills.

A battle between Soul Masters is not simply a clash of Soul Skills.

In that case, what difference would there be between weapon spirits and beast spirits?

In battles between Soul Masters, besides unleashing Soul Skills, fighting techniques are also of paramount importance.

"I give up!"

On the training field, a student from the class of 15 fought Gu Ziyi for a long time before raising his hand to admit defeat.

The students weren't too surprised by this; they had already expected it before.

No one would have guessed that Gu Ziyi, who was just a support-type Soul Master, was so skilled.

"call--"

"You flatter me!"

Gu Ziyi breathed a sigh of relief and then went down to the training field.

"Gu Ziyi, you're just a support-type Soul Master, there's no need for you to practice combat so relentlessly!"

After Gu Ziyi came down, Tang Yuehua handed him a bottle of water and then couldn't help but offer some words of advice.

"Gurgle gurgle~"

After taking a few sips of water, Gu Ziyi smiled and said, "Didn't I tell you? Support-type Soul Masters can't be without any combat power either; they can't rely solely on others for protection."

This was also Gu Ziyi's true thought, and he always felt that his martial soul should not be a purely auxiliary martial soul.

In any case, improving one's skills is never a bad thing.

"what……"

"careful……"

Suddenly, a gasp rang out from the training field.

Upon hearing this, Tang Yuehua looked up, her pupils immediately shrinking: "Ah..."

A wooden sword flew straight toward Tang Yuehua's face.

It turned out that during a training session, two students were practicing combat using wooden weapons. One of them lost his wooden sword during the exchange, and it flew right towards Tang Yuehua's face.

The other students on the training field exclaimed in surprise, "Even a wooden sword would be dangerous if it got hit!"

sigh~

At the critical moment, Gu Ziyi pulled Tang Yuehua over and then used his back to shield her.

"ah--"

Tang Yuehua, who had been pulled away by Gu Ziyi, almost fell down because she lost her balance.

Seeing this, Gu Ziyi quickly pulled her back and into his arms.

As he hugged Tang Yuehua, Gu Ziyi couldn't help but turn around in confusion. Why was there no sound behind him?

When Gu Ziyi turned around, he realized that Bai Lu had appeared behind him at some point and was firmly holding the wooden sword in her hand.

"So fast..."

"Too fast..."

"I didn't even see when the class monitor appeared, and he grabbed the wooden sword in an instant. He's amazing..."

"..."

The students exclaimed in surprise again.

Gu Ziyi was also somewhat surprised; this was the true speed of Bai Lu, a pure agility-type Soul Master!

The egret had never shown its full potential before.

"Gu Ziyi, can you let go of my cousin now?"

Bai Lu frowned as she looked at Gu Ziyi's current state and quickly said something.

"……oh!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Ziyi realized that Tang Yuehua was still in his arms, and that his right hand seemed to be in a very inappropriate place, but he was facing away from Bailu and she didn't see it.

As Gu Ziyi released Tang Yuehua, he couldn't help but pinch her.

After pinching Gu Ziyi, he realized what had happened, but immediately pretended to be nonchalant and asked Tang Yuehua, "Tang Yuehua, were you scared?"

At this point, you must pretend it was unintentional.

It wasn't an act; it was completely unintentional.

I must say, it feels amazing.

"I...I'm fine, thank you..."

Tang Yuehua, blushing, thanked Gu Ziyi after he released her.

She glanced up at Gu Ziyi, and seeing his nonchalant expression, she thought to herself that Gu Ziyi probably didn't mean it.

"Don't mention it, I can't just stand by and watch you get hurt!"

Gu Ziyi smiled.

"..."

Upon hearing this, Tang Yuehua felt her heart race. Was she overthinking things?

"snort!"

"With me here, no one can hurt my cousin!"

"You actually got to hug my cousin just now, you got off easy!"

Bai Lu was still unhappy that Gu Ziyi had hugged her cousin, and upon hearing this, she immediately interrupted their conversation.

"Oh dear, cousin, please stop talking..."

But when Bailu said that, Tang Yuehua became even more shy.

"Thank you so much, cousin! Let's go!"

After thanking Gu Ziyi again, Tang Yuehua quickly pulled Bailu away.

If she were to stand in front of Gu Ziyi now, she would only feel shy and her heart would race.

However, the image of Gu Ziyi protecting her with his back without hesitation kept flashing in her mind.

And the sensation coming from my buttocks.

"hehe……"

Watching Tang Yuehua's retreating figure, which resembled a hasty escape, Gu Ziyi reached out and touched his nose, chuckling to himself.

For Gu Ziyi, intercepting Ah Yin or Bibi Dong was too far-fetched; he might as well pursue Tang Yuehua, who was practically offering herself up.

Although he wanted to get to know Tang Yuehua, Gu Ziyi didn't spend all his time on it.

For Gu Ziyi, improving herself is still more important.

I only contacted Tang Yuehua to see if there was any possibility.

Tang Yuehua is still young, so we can take it slow.

When Gu Ziyi was at Liusha Academy, it was difficult for him to gather information, but it's much better at Tianbao Academy now.

The college library contains many things that Gu Ziyi had never encountered before.

For example, the meditation techniques cultivated by Soul Masters.

The library records that, in addition to ordinary meditation techniques, each major sect has its own more advanced meditation techniques, which are faster to cultivate than ordinary meditation techniques.

Ordinary meditation involves absorbing external energy through meditation and then gradually transforming that energy into one's own soul power.

Advanced meditation techniques are different. They also absorb external energy through meditation, but after absorbing energy, they no longer passively wait for the energy to slowly transform. Instead, they use their internal soul power to envelop the energy, thereby accelerating the transformation.

"Actually, it's nothing much. It's just like my Purifying Heart Mantra talisman, except it speeds up the energy digestion process, allowing you to reach the saturation point of your martial spirit cultivation more quickly!"

"In short, it means less time is spent cultivating soul power, leaving more time for cultivating other things!"

"In the original story, Yu Xiaogang developed a relatively advanced method for circulating soul power, which he was very proud of. However, Tang San secretly commented that it already had the shadow of his previous life's internal energy cultivation method!"

"Tsk tsk, all I can see is a shadow..."

"I used to wonder why the Douluo Continent, with its tens or hundreds of thousands of years of development, couldn't develop better internal energy cultivation methods and was easily defeated by Tang San, a martial arts world that had only developed for a few thousand years. Turns out, the soul masters of the Douluo Continent just don't care!"

"Even with advanced meditation techniques, it only helps to complete soul power training ahead of schedule each day!"

Despite his complaints, Gu Ziyi was also tempted to try it out after learning that Yu Xiaogang had created his own advanced meditation technique.

Trying things haphazardly is dangerous.

Gu Ziyi didn't understand those meridians and acupoints.

However, Gu Ziyi felt that as long as he adhered to one principle, he should just do whatever made things comfortable.

Just like any ordinary meditation practice, it is comfortable at first.

That way, it's definitely not dangerous at all.

While it might be impossible to develop a genuine internal energy cultivation method, creating a slightly more advanced meditation technique should be no problem.

"You're going way too far!"

Gu Ziyi inadvertently revealed to Tang Yuehua and the other woman that he was tinkering with advanced meditation techniques.

When Tang Yuehua found out, she became anxious and quickly advised Gu Ziyi not to do anything rash.

"No, cultivation allows us to continuously evolve, that is, evolve in a positive direction, and what's positive makes us feel comfortable!"

"As long as I stick to this principle, nothing will go wrong!"

Gu Ziyi said confidently.

"How could it be that simple..." Although Gu Ziyi's words made sense, Tang Yuehua still felt that Gu Ziyi was acting recklessly.

Seeing that Gu Ziyi didn't seem to be giving up, Tang Yuehua opened her mouth, wanting to say something.

She naturally possessed advanced meditation techniques.

She not only possesses her own family's advanced meditation techniques, but also advanced meditation techniques from other sects, all of which her father found to help her solve the problem of her inability to cultivate.

None of it helped her!

Out of consideration for their friendship, Tang Yuehua didn't want to see Gu Ziyi act recklessly, so she wondered if she could teach Gu Ziyi one of the methods.

She understood the pain of wanting to cultivate oneself but not knowing the right method.

"Cousin, since he's so confident, let him give it a try!"

But before Tang Yuehua could speak, Bailu stopped her.

"Gu Ziyi, you can try it, but remember to stop immediately if you notice anything wrong. This kind of thing is still very dangerous!"

However, after stopping Tang Yuehua, Bai Lu still said something that was for Gu Ziyi's sake.

"...Of course, I wouldn't joke around with my own life!"

Gu Ziyi smiled and agreed.

He secretly lamented that Bailu, that long-legged girl, had ruined things!

In the days that followed, Gu Ziyi would spend some time each day studying advanced meditation techniques.

Tang Yuehua and Bai Lu were both worried and curious about Gu Ziyi's behavior, so they would ask him about his progress every few days.

Then Tang Yuehua would also participate in Gu Ziyi's research, occasionally suggesting that Gu Ziyi might be better off changing direction, and then directly suggesting a direction for circulating soul power to Gu Ziyi.

Therefore, Gu Ziyi and Tang Yuehua could often be seen discussing a figure drawing filled with lines in the library.

Since it wasn't appropriate to directly teach Gu Ziyi advanced meditation techniques, she would offer suggestions one by one.

After Bailu noticed this, she didn't stop her anymore, because she could tell that Tang Yuehua was only suggesting things occasionally and hadn't come up with a complete set of suggestions.

Moreover, Gu Ziyi doesn't accept all suggestions. Many suggestions were abandoned after Gu Ziyi tried them and said they didn't work well.

Tang Yuehua didn't dare to offer any more suggestions after that.

However, she and Bailu had a feeling that Gu Ziyi was really going to develop an advanced meditation technique.

Tang Yuehua and Bai Lu couldn't help but start to look forward to it.

……

(End of this chapter)