Bleach: Getting Stronger Starting from Teaching at the Spiritual Arts Academy.

“Yes, the wooden swords in the dojo are not sharpened, so it’s very difficult to cut through the straw mat using only the sharpness of the wooden sword. No matter how strong your strike is, you can only break or shatter it,” July said.

He set up another roll of straw mat, held a knife in his right hand, and with a swift stroke, the straw mat was instantly cut in half.

"How did the teacher do that?" Cilantro examined the cut of the straw mat; it was perfectly smooth. "This cut looks just like it was made with a real sword!"

“Reiatsu not only allows you to unleash greater power, but it can also make your swords sharper.” July held out the wooden sword in his hand. “Touch the blade and carefully feel the difference in reiatsu.”

Cilantro reached out and touched it; it didn't feel like normal wood. She sensed spiritual pressure on the blade.

Moreover, it's not simply about gathering spiritual pressure into the wooden sword; rather, a layer of spiritual pressure is attached to the surface of the wooden sword, forming a sharp "spiritual pressure blade."

In other words—spiritual pressure became the blade of the wooden sword!

"I understand. I need to shape my spiritual pressure into a sharp blade and attach it to the wooden sword, but that seems really difficult." Kana scratched her face. This kind of operation requires even stronger spiritual pressure control skills. No wonder her teacher only taught her this after she had a basic grasp of spiritual pressure control.

"That requires you to practice hard. These are the basics. Swordsmanship is never something that can be mastered overnight. Only by mastering the basics can you go further," July said earnestly.

"I will try my best!" Cilantro nodded emphatically. She was working very hard to be able to come and eat at her teacher's house.

...

Two weeks later.

At the Shikatori Dojo, Kana Azajo and Kensei Muguruma were both diligently training.

Cilantro is still practicing cutting grass mats with a wooden sword. Cutting grass mats with a wooden sword is more difficult than she thought. She only spent a week to reach the standard set by the teacher, but she still couldn't master cutting grass mats with a wooden sword after two weeks.

On the other side, Liuche Quanxi was practicing the sailfish shojin.

Kensei's foundation is weaker, and his control over spiritual pressure is much worse than Kana's.

It took me two weeks to get a basic grasp of spiritual pressure control techniques.

Today he has also gained a basic understanding of how to properly allocate spiritual pressure.

"Teacher, I'm done. I've swung for a full hour today." Kensei put down his sword and let out a long sigh of relief.

He finally reached the standard of being able to continuously vibrate the sword with a sailfish-shaped wooden knife for an hour.

"Very good. From now on, you must persist in the sailfish vibrating training every day until your foundation is solid."

"Yes—I will keep training!"

July glanced at the pop-up message.

[You have given a lesson to your disciple, Rokuche Kensei. Reward settled.]

[Reward: 20 Swordsmanship Experience Points]

[Bonus Reward: 20 Free Experience Points]

[Your disciple, Kensei Rokugurashi, has made initial progress in spiritual pressure control techniques. You have received an additional reward.]

[Gain 1000 swordsmanship experience points]

The rewards for mentoring apprentices will increase as your reputation level rises.

After Kensei has mastered the basics of spiritual pressure control, he can give July 20 points of swordsmanship experience per day.

Cilantro's reputation level is one level higher than Kensei's, and it can give July 40 swordsmanship experience points per day.

In other words, the rewards for mentoring others are doubled as your reputation level increases.

In July, she glanced at her basic stats and saw that her swordsmanship level had increased to 52.

Also.

In July, it was discovered that, in addition to feedback on experience, mentoring disciples occasionally yielded other extra rewards.

Furthermore, the extra rewards you receive from Cilantro are different from the extra rewards you receive from Kensei.

The extra rewards you get from guiding Kana are Soul Society currency or extra swordsmanship experience.

The extra reward for guiding Kensei is either free-fighting experience or additional swordsmanship experience.

Furthermore, July felt that the probability of obtaining extra rewards was related to reputation level, and the probability of obtaining extra rewards from Kana was significantly higher than that from Kensei.

"Alright, Cilantro, stop for a second." July waved to Cilantro, who was still practicing cutting straw mats with a wooden sword, and gestured for her to come over.

"Teacher, what's the matter? I think I'll succeed soon!" To reduce the interference of swinging the knife, Cilantro tied the wide sleeves on both hands with rope.

"Oh? Really? Then you can continue. I was thinking of inviting you to dinner," July said with a smile.

Cultivation also requires a balance between work and rest. In July, I didn't want my disciple to force growth and ruin her body before she had fully developed.

"Looks like you're not hungry yet, teacher. Let's go. I feel really hungry today. You can leave the cilantro portion for me!" Kensei laughed and ran to the kitchen.

"What! Wait a minute! You're not allowed to eat my food!" Cilantro hurriedly chased after her.

After tasting the delicious food his teacher made, Kensei felt that the food at school was tasteless and started staying here for dinner every night.

After finishing their meal, the two of them would help the teacher clean up before going back.

The two now have a clear division of labor: Quanxi is responsible for cleaning the kitchen, and Cilantro is responsible for cleaning the yard and sweeping up the fallen leaves.

Originally, Cilantro was in charge of cleaning the kitchen, and Kensei was in charge of cleaning the yard.

However, one July, seeing that she had been in the kitchen for a long time without coming out, I went in to look for her and found her squatting in the kitchen eating raw radishes. After that, I never asked her to clean the kitchen again.

In July, she glanced at the pop-up message and saw that Cilantro's teaching feedback reward had been settled.

[You have given a lesson to your disciple, Zhicheng Xiangcai; reward settled.]

[Reward: 40 Swordsmanship Experience Points]

[Bonus Reward: 40 Swordsmanship Experience Points]

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Chapter 15 Shallow Fighting

July arrived at the office. Today, in addition to teaching, I also had to arrange for students to receive "shallow tea".

The "Asauchi" that the Spirit Arts Academy is going to distribute is actually an unnamed Zanpakuto.

By constantly communicating with Asauchi, the Shinigami inscribes the essence of their soul into Asauchi, thus creating their own Zanpakuto.

The shape, state, and abilities of a Zanpakuto are forged based on the soul of the Shinigami (death god).

"Why does Ms. Sakai look so worried?" As soon as July entered the room, she saw the green-haired teacher sitting opposite her with a furrowed brow, as if she had encountered something troublesome.

Ms. Sakai teaches Kido, and she and Nana teach the same class, so they've been interacting quite a bit lately.

"Ah, it's Shikato-sensei. Sigh, I just heard from our Kido Club president that the exams are coming up soon. You know our class's situation; our grades are definitely going to be at the bottom." Sakai-sensei said listlessly, propping her face up with her hand.

The students in the class taught by July and Sakai-sensei are mostly from Rukongai, so their foundation is relatively weak. It will definitely be difficult for them to outperform those students from Seireitei in the placement test.

"It's only been a month since school started, and we already have exams?" July frowned slightly. The students in his class were indeed not very good at their basic skills. Even with the help of vocabulary, he couldn't improve them much in such a short time.

"This fall assessment is also to get a feel for the new students. It will be held in two weeks," Professor Sakai explained.

Just then, a message appeared in July's field of vision.

The Autumn Examination is about to begin. After the examination, rewards will be distributed based on the disciples' performance.

July was somewhat surprised that the autumn exam had triggered a task that could settle rewards.

"Thank you for the news, Sakai-sensei. Our swordsmanship club president is never here. If I hadn't heard from you, I don't know when I would have found out about this," July said gratefully.

The head of the swordsmanship club was seconded to the Spirit Arts Academy and is now in a semi-returned state. He no longer leads classes and rarely comes to the Spirit Arts Academy.

"Ah, it's nothing." Ms. Sakai waved towards the door. "Good morning, Ms. Tsunayoshi."

A short-haired young man entered through the door. He simply nodded to the two men, then walked past them and went inside.

I met this teacher in July; he was the swordsmanship teacher of the class with the best students—Tsunayoshi Tokinada.

This person has a cold personality and rarely speaks when he comes to the office.

Moreover, I heard that he often skips classes, and attending his swordsmanship class is no different from attending a self-study class.

In July, before he had gone far, she took the opportunity to check his profile.

【Gangmi Daishi Beach】

[Talent: S-]

[Spiritual Pressure: lv85]

[Reputation Level: Unknown]

His panel was similar to that of Dean Kotetsu Ayane, but his status was not visible. July guessed that if someone's spiritual pressure was too much higher than his and their reputation level was also very low, they would not be able to see the other person's status.

"Tsuna-sensei is really hard to approach," Sakai-sensei said, somewhat annoyed.

"It's almost time. I need to take my students to get their 'shallow fighting' today." July checked the time, estimating that the students should have arrived by now, and left the office for the swordsmanship room.

The students were also looking forward to the event, and everyone was present; not a single one was late.

"Before class today, we need to go get the asabas. Kana Azajo, Kensei Rokusha, Shinji Hirako... and Jin'emon Kotsubaki, you guys come with me to get the asabas." July called on a few students she was familiar with.

Kotsubaki Jin'emon was the student who had cried in class before, saying he wanted to learn kendo from Nanatsuki, and he had left a deep impression on him.

"Huh? Why did they call on me..." Hirako Shinji was a little confused. He had always kept a low profile since enrolling in school, and he didn't expect the teacher to remember him.

"Tch, outstanding people can't hide their brilliance no matter what." Hirako Shinji felt things were getting complicated, but directly confronting the class president was obviously a more troublesome matter, so he had no choice but to get up and follow.

In July, he took four students to the logistics department.

"Teacher, how long does it take for Asauchi to become a Zanpakuto after I get it?"

"Everyone is different; it depends on how smoothly he communicates with Ren Chan."

"Was the communication with the teacher smooth?"

"Not going very smoothly."

"Ah, I wonder what kind of ability my Zanpakuto will have. I wish it could make food taste better!"

"Your words... might be able to..."

Shinji Hirako looked around at his classmates and noticed that Kensei Muguruma and Kana Azumashiro seemed to be quite familiar with their teacher.

The five of them quickly arrived at the logistics department, where they met Shirai Riko again in July.

"Ms. Shirai, where is Asauchi from our class?"