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

“I think you should go to the wilderness when you practice Blade Zen meditation in the future.” Ba Yunzhai leaned against the door frame, which no longer had a door, and spread his hands. “If this continues, we’ll go bankrupt!”

Chapter 49 Zanpakuto and Divine Weapons

Death's growth is not always gradual and smooth.

There are a few key milestones; once crossed, one's strength will undergo a qualitative change.

July just crossed one of the milestones, his consciousness space took shape, and he saw his Zanpakuto, even learning its true name from it.

Therefore, his spiritual pressure surged again.

I looked at the panel.

My spiritual pressure has increased from level 63 to level 75!

Sixth-level Spiritual Might!

In other words, his spiritual pressure has now reached the level of a seated official.

Even within the entire 13th Guard Division, the seat commander was already considered a well-known figure.

If July were to leave his teaching position at the Spirit Arts Academy and instead take a job in the Eighth Division, with his level of spiritual pressure and swordsmanship, he would definitely be able to secure a high-ranking seat officer position.

Looking at the experience required to increase spiritual pressure, I immediately felt a chill run down my spine. It now takes 30000 experience points to level up.

There is too much experience needed for further improvement, so I plan to make up for other shortcomings first.

"Your spiritual pressure seems to have increased a lot. Could it be..." Baiyunzai examined July's Zanpakuto and made some guesses.

"I guessed right, I saw the Zanpakuto in the consciousness space, and..."

July drew his Zanpakuto, gently stroking the blade with his left hand:

"Observe all things, Shadow Princess."

The shape of the Zanpakuto remained unchanged, but the blade quickly turned black, transforming into a completely black Zanpakuto.

"You've already mastered the initial liberation?" Bayunzhai said happily.

"Although I'm not very skilled yet, I can already do the Shikai..." July nodded and said, "My Zanpakuto's ability is related to shadows."

His Shikai grants him some new abilities, but he still needs to further develop his Shikai to better utilize his Zanpakuto.

"Quickly test what your sword can do!" Ba Yunzhai seemed even more excited than July.

Ba Yunzhai sensed some spiritual pressure fluctuations nearby. Turning her head, she noticed a knife-shaped shadow had appeared on the door frame beside her ear.

Moreover, this shadow extended from beneath July's feet.

The blade of July remained unmoved, but a new notch appeared on the door frame.

“I can control my shadow,” July said.

"Your shadow can actually cause real damage." Ba Yunzhai was somewhat surprised. "Then your attacks will become very unpredictable."

She touched the shadow and found that she was only touching the door frame, not the actual object, but the gap in the door frame was real.

"I need to materialize the shadow before I can attack. I just materialized it for a moment and used the shadow blade to cut through the door frame. But I'm not skilled enough yet. You should have sensed the spiritual pressure just now. I think once I'm more skilled, I should be able to reduce the spiritual pressure reaction and make my moves more covert," July explained.

Furthermore, the shape of the shadow can change!

In other words, he can extend his shadow to attack enemies beyond the range of his Zanpakuto.

Moreover, he could sense that he could control not only his own shadow, but also the shadows of others, though this seemed to require a deeper understanding of the initial release.

"With your abilities, it's a waste that you're not in the Second Division." Baiyunzhai exclaimed in amazement, believing that July's Zanpakuto ability was very suitable for the Onmitsukido.

July thought so too. When they were in the consciousness space, Shadow Princess had shown him the ability to move by shadow. This move was practically a divine assassination technique. However, he hadn't developed his Zanpakuto deeply enough to use it for the time being.

His next training session would focus on developing his Zanpakuto.

“However, you weren’t born with dual swords.” Ba Yunzhai stroked his chin. “It seems that the sword you brought from Rukongai has some secrets.”

Originally, July wanted to pretend that she was born with dual swords, but now it's clear that one sword is freed and the other is not.

Moreover, the two swords have different tsuba shapes, and Ba Yunsai could tell at a glance that the Zanpakuto he released was not the original one.

However, she didn't inquire where July had obtained the asagi, and continued:

“I examined that knife before, and it was definitely not an ordinary weapon made by a common swordsmith. I always thought it was just a shallow-cut sword.”

"Now it seems that it is not an ordinary shallow strike, otherwise you should have been able to enter a deep level of blade Zen meditation long ago, and perhaps you would have formed a consciousness space and learned the initial release."

"I think this knife might be a divine weapon. Although divine weapons are rare, I have seen quite a few."

"For example, the Shihouin family, known as the 'Heaven-sent Armored Family,' has many family heirlooms of divine weapons, some of which are in the form of swords."

"Or perhaps it's the divine sword 'Enra Kagami-den' passed down through the Tsuna-yayo family; that too is a divine weapon in sword form."

"Oh right, and the Ise family's 'Eight Mirrors Sword'... You've probably heard of it too. The Ise family's situation has made this divine weapon quite famous."

July nodded; of course he knew about the "Eight Mirrors Sword".

The divine weapons of the Shihōin and Tsuna-Yayo families are little known, but the Ise family's "Eight Mirrors Sword" is famous.

Some Grim Reapers even privately refer to this divine weapon as the "Sword of Death."

Men who marry into the Ise family tend to die young for various reasons.

July recalled what Shadow Princess had said in the consciousness space—that one's spiritual pressure must be at least at the vice-captain level in order to wield another sword.

At that time, he already suspected that the knife was the legendary "divine weapon".

Moreover, based on his conversation with Yingji, he could guess that Yingji had already seen the consciousness of the sword.

Like Zanpakuto, divine weapons also possess their own consciousness.

He could vaguely sense that, through years of carrying it and practicing Zen meditation, he had developed a connection with the sword.

Therefore, he guessed that the knife's consciousness also manifested in the consciousness space.

This also explains why he was unable to enter the consciousness space when he used this knife for blade meditation before.

Because it's not a regular shallow strike at all!

This sword has wasted a lot of July's time. If he had been wielding an ordinary asabu, he might have met Kagehime much sooner, and his spiritual pressure wouldn't have remained at the level of a low-ranking soldier.

However, divine weapons usually possess very powerful abilities, something that many Grim Reapers dream of.

Trading ten years of Zen training for a divine weapon is still worthwhile.

"Although I don't know why this divine weapon ended up in your hands, it is a case of 'if Heaven gives it to you, you will suffer the consequences.' You must be careful. If anything goes wrong, you must tell me immediately. Divine weapons can bring great power to their masters, but many divine weapons carry curses. If you are not careful, it will have serious consequences!" Ba Yunzhai's serious tone revealed his concern.

"I'll be more careful." July felt a warmth in her heart.

Chapter 50 Powerful Terms

Two months later, in July, he finally got the opportunity to give a lecture to the Huidao Advanced Studies Class.

At the invitation of Department Head Yamada, July returned to the classroom of the Rehabilitation Class.

Although Minister Yamada invites experts from the Back Dao training program to give lectures to students in the Back Dao advanced training class every month.

However, the decision to invite July to give a lecture was made on short notice. Prior to this, he had already extended invitations to several officers of the Fourth Division.

Therefore, the lectures in July had to be scheduled for later.

It had been several months since he last came to this classroom.

However, the students have not forgotten that the level of his response he demonstrated in this classroom that time was even better than that of Captain Yamada.

Today in July, I explained several return techniques to the students, as well as how to deal with different situations, from simple to complex, which they found very helpful.

"In many cases, there are multiple treatment methods. You need to analyze the situation based on the circumstances. In battlefield medicine, our primary focus must be on saving lives and quickly restoring combat effectiveness..."

"In the case of post-war medical care, we should do our best to prevent the wounded from developing any lasting health problems. For us, it just requires more patience and time, but for the wounded, it could mean a lifetime of pain..."

"Alright, that concludes my lesson for today. Thank you, Minister Yamada, for this opportunity. I hope it has been helpful to you all."

After July finished speaking, Ms. Lin led the applause.

"Shikatori-sensei's lecture was excellent; I felt I benefited greatly from it!" Kobayashi-sensei said with a smile.

"You flatter me. We're all learning from each other." July waved her hand dismissively.

At this moment, a new notification appeared on his panel: the reward for completing the first course of the Return to the Dao Refresher Course had been calculated.

In July, I left the classroom to check the rewards I had received.

[Rewards awarded upon successful completion of the first return-to-school training course]

[Gained a random trait attribute - Self-Healing Return]

[Gain 10000 points of basic general experience]

[Random skill proficiency level +2]

[Gain 3 disciple binding slots]

In July, a new feature entry was obtained. Focusing on the "Return to Self-Healing" entry, more information was immediately revealed.

[Return pathway self-healing: Your return pathway has formed a muscle memory at the level of neural reflex. When injured, the body will use the return pathway to heal itself.]

The effectiveness of the "Return to Self-Healing" entry still needs to be tested.

The learning process for most skills involves the body memorizing and developing muscle memory. His skill level has already reached a high level, and he already has muscle memory.

With the addition of the term "return to self-healing," his muscle memory was strengthened to a deeper level.

A lot of experience is needed to increase spiritual pressure; currently, 30000 experience points are required to level up.

In July, instead of saving up experience to increase spiritual pressure, she chose to address other weaknesses.

All 10000 points of basic ability experience gained will be invested into Instant Step.

During this time, Shinji Hirako also learned the "Instant Strike" sword technique and completed a training mission, which earned July 5000 points of basic ability general experience and the "Raikiri" sword technique.

These 5000 general experience points were also used to improve Instant Step.

Therefore, the Instant Step skill has been upgraded to level 50.

Moreover, after obtaining the "Sword Heart Clarity" attribute in July, his swordsmanship training became smoother. In addition, the swordsmanship experience he gained from class feedback and daily training with his disciples also improved his swordsmanship level.

He is currently practicing swordsmanship at a decent pace, and he has many ways to gain swordsmanship experience, so he does not intend to invest general experience into swordsmanship.