Triggering a treasure chest in Douluo Continent

Chapter 43 Strict Teaching

Hardening is a defensive amplification soul skill, and its main function is to increase defense.

Although Blue Silver Grass is weak, Shi Quan's Blue Silver Grass does have mutated attributes, and the Black Jade Bamboo is also a thousand years old.

Shi Quan cleverly used this to create a cage that trapped the enemy, and unless it was a powerful attack-type soul skill of the same thousand-year level, it would be impossible to break through it.

Shi Quan was also aware of the current strength of the Blue Silver Grass, so he just quietly watched them make a fuss.

Before long, seeing that their attacks were not causing much damage to the vines beneath them, and that their hands were numb from the impact, the seven of them all looked to the avalanche for help.

As the sounds around them gradually faded away, Avalanche angrily looked around before finally saying through gritted teeth, his face flushed, "We surrender, please let us go."

Shi Quan raised his hand and clenched it; the Blue Silver Grass regained its softness and quickly disappeared.

"What's your name?" Xue Beng looked at Shi Quan with a grim expression.

"Don't you know my name?"

Xue Beng paused for a moment, then said calmly, "How would I know your name?"

"Hehe." Shi Quan chuckled lightly, turned to look at Ning Rongrong, "It seems you've been cultivating too easily these past few days, you still have so much energy to go looking for trouble."

Ning Rongrong seemed not to have heard Shi Quan's words, and stepped forward in surprise to ask, "Shi Quan, you can control your distractions?"

"Don't try to change the subject."

"I wasn't changing the subject," Ning Rongrong said anxiously. "Didn't you just use Distraction Control to trap all seven of them at the same time with your Blue Silver Grass?"

Shi Quan explained, "That's because I have a strong degree of control over my martial spirit."

"It's clearly a matter of distraction, yet you were able to split the Blue Silver Grass into seven vines and control seven targets simultaneously. This is the Seven Apertures Exquisite Heart Realm!" Ning Rongrong looked at Shi Quan with shining eyes.

"I don't know anything about distraction control."

Shi Quan waved his hand and said that the reason he was able to control the Blue Silver Grass so freely was partly due to his strong mental power and partly due to his martial soul control, and had nothing to do with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's distraction control.

However, in Ning Rongrong's view, this is distraction control.

Ning Rongrong had come to understand Shi Quan’s prowess over the past few days, but she never expected that Shi Quan would be able to control himself even when he was distracted!

This is a secret technique of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. She hasn't even mastered it yet, but Shi Quan has already reached the highest level of distraction control.

Moreover, this secret technique is not being passed on to outsiders by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School for the time being. According to Shi Quan, does that mean that Shi Quan actually comprehended the control of distraction with his talent and directly reached the strongest Seven Aperture Exquisite Heart realm?

Thinking of this, Ning Rongrong couldn't help but admire Shi Quan a little.

The avalanche, ignoring the two, felt insulted, but since the seven of them were no match for Shi Quan, they could only snort and turn away.

Ning Rongrong then pestered Shi Quan, asking, "You really don't know how to control your attention? Didn't my dad tell you?"

"I suspect you're just trying to change the subject to avoid getting into trouble," Shi Quan said calmly.

"I take responsibility for my own actions, why would I be afraid?" Ning Rongrong looked at Shi Quan with her head held high. Seeing that Shi Quan didn't even glance at her and turned to walk towards the cafeteria, she could only follow quickly. "Hey Shi Quan, do you still think my father ever told you about distraction control?"

"Uncle Ning didn't tell me any of this." Shi Quan covered his ears, turned around, and pinched Ning Rongrong's mouth shut. "Aren't you hungry? Go eat something, I'll gag you."

"Waaah...waaah..." Ning Rongrong wanted to say something, but couldn't. She could only reach out and keep patting Shi Quan's arm, signaling him to let go.

"Hmph!" Ning Rongrong glared at Shi Quan, then turned and walked towards the cafeteria window.

Shi Quan chose a window and got a meal. The food at Tian Dou Royal Academy was quite good. Not long after Shi Quan sat down, Ning Rongrong also sat down opposite him with a plate of delicious-looking food.

"Shi Quan, you just said that you have a strong level of control over your martial soul. So how did you practice controlling your martial soul?" Ning Rongrong asked curiously while eating.

She cultivates her ability to control distraction by constantly releasing her different skills, differentiating the speed and timing of each skill's release, and striving for accuracy and complete control.

The whole process was extremely tedious, and she couldn't concentrate on her cultivation, so her progress was very slow due to distractions.

So she was very curious about Shi Quan's method of distraction control training, to see if it could help her with her distraction control.

"Comprehend the Martial Soul".

"Comprehend a martial spirit?" Ning Rongrong asked, looking puzzled.

"It's about comprehending the power of your martial spirit, understanding its will, and connecting with its mind," Shi Quan explained simply. He continued, "Let's talk about that when you can calm your mind. For now, just focus on practicing your horse stance. We'll discuss other things once you've mastered it."

"It sounds so difficult." Ning Rongrong pouted and took a big bite of the food on her plate.

……

in the afternoon.

Tian Dou Team Training Ground.

Yu Feng said quirkily, "Have you heard about what happened at noon? A monster has come to our academy with a second soul ring that's already a thousand-year soul ring. He has crowd control abilities even with just two rings. This person should be the one Teacher Qin was talking about, right?"

Even the usually taciturn Shi brothers spoke up at this moment: "We've heard about it too."

Oslo said disdainfully, "This has caused quite a stir, and it happened to be lunchtime when there are the most people. Who in the academy doesn't know about it now?"

As the team leader, Yu Tianheng spoke up at this moment: "This person is not weak, and he is a control-type Soul Master. You all have to be careful."

Oslo and Yufeng exchanged a glance, their eyes flashing with fighting spirit.

"I won't leave the Heaven Dou Team so easily," Yu Feng said with a grin. "So what if you have a thousand-year soul ring? It won't be that easy for you to beat me."

Oslo replied with a serious expression, "Me too."

Currently, only three members of the Heaven Dou Team maintain two Soul Rings: Yu Feng and Oslo, and Ye Lingling, who serves as a support Soul Master.

Although they are still at the second level, both of them have reached level twenty-nine, and are only one step away from the level thirty Soul Master.

As a control-type Soul Master, Shi Quan wanted to join the Heaven Dou Team, so he naturally wouldn't replace Ye Lingling, who was a support Soul Master. Therefore, the most dangerous ones were still Yu Feng and Oslo, who were both at the second ring.

However, everyone knew in their hearts that the most dangerous person was actually Osro.

Yu Feng and Oslo have similar talents, both being agility-type battle spirit masters, but their spirits are quite different. Yu Feng's spirit is the Wind Chime Bird, while Oslo's spirit is the Ghost Leopard. One is a flying spirit master and the other is a ground spirit master, and the difference between them is self-evident.

If Shi Quan really has the ability to break into the Tian Dou team, then the person eliminated by the Tian Dou team will definitely be Oslo.

The seven of them have been training together for two or three years, and they have already developed a very deep friendship. They would all be unwilling to eliminate any one of them.

But that's how the Heavenly Battle Team works; only the strong can enter, and if you want to stay, you can only keep striving to become stronger.

……

A simulated training environment.

"Don't you have so much energy you don't know what to do with? Get up and stand for a full half hour."

The dark blue vine whip snapped down beside Ning Rongrong, startling her.

During the previous few days of cultivation, Ning Rongrong would sit cross-legged to rest when she got tired of standing. Shi Quan had never been strict with her. But after what happened at noon today, Shi Quan decided to give Ning Rongrong a good "lesson".

"I can't stand up." Ning Rongrong slumped on the ground, too lazy to move. She simply didn't believe that Shi Quan would actually hit her.

The next second, with a loud crack, Ning Rongrong immediately clutched her hand and groaned in pain.

"How dare you actually hit me!" Ning Rongrong roared angrily.

Shi Quan looked at Ning Rongrong calmly, "I'm telling you to stand up, otherwise the next lash won't just land on the back of your hand."

"Who do you think you are? Even my father has never hit me, how dare you hit me?" Ning Rongrong grabbed a stone from the ground and threw it at Shi Quan with all her might.

Shi Quan gently dodged to the side, then lashed out with another whip, causing Ning Rongrong to cry out in pain once more.

"I told you, since you're learning from me, I'm practically your teacher and your elder. This lash is to teach you a lesson for disrespecting your elders."

"Stand up!" Shi Quan shouted sternly.

Ning Rongrong was in pain, her eyes reddened, and tears welled up in the corners of her eyes. Hearing Shi Quan's stern voice, Ning Rongrong had no choice but to stand up and stand properly.

"Shi Quan, you just wait and see! I will tell my father and the others what happened today. How dare you whip me!" Tears streamed down Ning Rongrong's face as she stood shakily in a horse stance, looking pitiful as if she had suffered some great injustice.

"Since Uncle Ning has entrusted you to me, you must naturally fulfill your responsibilities. If you want to complain, then go ahead. As for now, you'd better stand still obediently, or don't blame me for my merciless whip."

Shi Quan walked to Ning Rongrong's side, his voice neither warm nor cold, and raised his hand to press Ning Rongrong's body down again.

"Shi Quan, you bastard, you bullied me..." Ning Rongrong's legs trembled as she squatted in a horse stance, tears streaming down her face, while she continued to curse Shi Quan.

The result was that another lash landed on Ning Rongrong's back.

"Ah!" Ning Rongrong cried out in pain, and her already trembling legs fell to the ground because of the whip.

"If you like to curse, then continue." Shi Quan chuckled, brandishing his blue-silver vine whip, and then said, "Stand up!"

"Waaaaah!" Ning Rongrong, who was originally crying in grievance, suddenly burst into tears. When had she ever been beaten like this since she was a child, when she had always been so domineering?

Happy New Year.

(End of this chapter)