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

July was a little confused, but she still stretched out her left hand.

Yoruichi grabbed July's hand and then put a silver ring on her middle finger.

"The book says that you should wear this kind of clothing when you put a ring on the finger of your loved one~"

Night spoke frankly, her orange pupils shimmering with light.

She stared intently into July's eyes, anticipating her next answer.

"Is that your wedding dress? ... You'd only wear that when you get married."

"Huh?! Marriage...? The book...the book doesn't mention it!"

Yoruichi's cheeks turned bright red. She had intended to take this opportunity to express her feelings, but she misunderstood the contents of the book.

Just as Ye was at a loss, July whispered:

"However... I really like this gift."

...

In the room, July raised her left hand, and the surrounding spiritual particles quickly converged on the silver ring on her middle finger.

After the spiritual particles gathered on the silver ring, they unfolded into a blue spiritual longbow and a holy annihilation arrow.

Yoruichi touched the arrow, her eyes sparkling with interest.

July is demonstrating his Quincy powers to her.

Yoruichi pestered him all night, insisting on seeing his Quincy power.

In July, Yoruichi had no choice but to experience the power of the Quincy.

"They've truly mastered the power of the Quincy!"

Yoruichi was convinced.

She had initially found it hard to believe that July could possess such power.

But after July made her personally experience her Quincy power, she had no choice but to believe it.

"My Quincy power comes from the Soul King."

July revealed part of the truth.

What he said wasn't entirely wrong.

His Quincy power comes from the Kurosaki clan and originally belonged to Yhwach's bloodline.

However, after the eyeballs were altered, they no longer have any connection to Yhwach.

Rather, the large eyeballs were created by the Spirit King, so in a sense, they came from the Spirit King.

"Lord Soul King does indeed possess the power of a Quincy..."

As a member of the Shihouin family, who knew many secrets, Yoruichi Shihouin had read in ancient texts that the Soul King possessed Quincy powers.

"However, why is Teacher involved with Lord Spirit King?"

Yoruichi asked, puzzled.

“This is related to my background,” July said slowly. “In the Three Realms, only the Spirit King, the Zero Squad, and the Ba Yun Zhai know about this.”

In July, she is having an in-depth conversation with Yoruichi.

He said these were well thought out, and that Yoruichi was now the head of the Shihouin family, and that there were some things that required Yoruichi's support.

The Shihouin family already knew quite a bit about the Soul King, so it wouldn't hurt to tell Yoruichi.

"The teacher's background?"

Yoruichi realized that what was about to be said was important, and immediately sat up straight.

The wedding dress she wore last night was very restrictive, so she took it off as soon as she got back.

"You should have heard that I was brought back from Rukongai by Ba Yunzhai, right?"

“That’s right, we’ve all heard our master say that…”

“You command the Covert Mobile Unit, so you should know that Baiyunzhai was involved in the ‘Captain's Instrumentality Project’.”

"Hmm... what does this have to do with the teacher?"

Yoruichi paused slightly. Although she didn't know the details of the 'Captain Instrumentality Project,' she quickly realized what July was about to say, "Spirit Remains?!"

"My spirit body is the remains of the spirit of Baiyunzhai."

July nodded.

"The remains of my grandmaster?!"

Yoruichi was shocked. Her first reaction was disbelief: "Can a spirit body really grow to this extent?"

Based on the timeline, if Lu Qu Qiyue is a spirit corpse, then it must have been created before the spirit corpse technology was sealed away.

As far as she knew, the spirit skeleton technology at that time could only create spirit skeletons with a spirit power of level 20.

"The remains are just a vessel."

July shook her head and continued, "The 'Shadow of the Spirit King' is still inside my spirit body."

"what?!"

The mouth of the night is wide enough to fit an egg.

"I don't know if you know anything about Jushiro Ukitake's background."

Although July uses Jushiro Ukitake as an example, his situation is actually quite different from Jushiro Ukitake's.

The right arm of the Spirit King within Jushiro Ukitake's body is an independent entity.

The Spirit King's right arm was merely attached to him.

Jushiro Ukitake was not the right arm of King Rei.

And July is the 'Shadow of the Spirit King' itself.

After his 'Shadow of the Spirit King' merged with the spirit remains, he became an independent entity.

"Although the circumstances are somewhat different, our spirits all possess fragments of the Spirit King."

July did not explain the differences.

"Captain Ukitake..." Yoruichi suddenly realized, "I see..."

As the head of the Shihōin family and in charge of the Covert Force, she knows more than other Shinigami do.

She also knew a little about Jushiro Ukitake's affairs.

"Captain Ukitake's case can be described as a coincidence... but how did you, Master, get possessed by the Spirit King's shadow?"

Yoruichi had a new question.

“That’s related to Squad Zero. It was Shutara Senjumaru who sewed the Shadow of the Soul King into the remains of the spirit of Bayunzai,” July said.

“Squad Zero…” Yoruichi frowned, thinking of the experimental content of the ‘Captain Instrumentality Project’, “They want to use Lord Soul King’s ability to cultivate a spirit body, to cultivate a spiritual pressure core that can be replaced by Master Hakunsai?!”

"Could it be that Squad Zero would remove the teacher's spiritual pressure core?!" Yoruichi raised an eyebrow.

She absolutely will not allow such a thing to happen!

“Bayunzhai has voluntarily abandoned this plan.” July shook her head. “I also have a new solution. As you know, we obtained a lot of research data on spirit remains from Miyamoto Tetsuya’s laboratory that time. The spirit remains technology has now broken through the bottleneck. It’s only a matter of time before we can cultivate a spirit pressure core that can withstand Bayunzhai’s spirit pressure.”

"That's good..." Yoruichi breathed a sigh of relief.

"Having the shadow of the Spirit King is not necessarily all a good thing."

July gave Yoruichi a heads-up, saying, "As the head of the Shihouin family, you should be aware of the Soul King's current state."

"Hmm... It's a bit embarrassing to say, but..." Yoruichi frowned and said, "The current situation in Soul Society and Lord Soul King's predicament were indeed caused by the five great families."

"This was also the Spirit King's own choice."

July said.

The more you learn, the more you realize that the Spirit King's strength is far beyond what the five great families can match.

Becoming the covenant of the Three Realms was the Spirit King's own choice.

"That's what the ancestors of the Shihouin family said too." Yoruichi nodded. "Lord Spirit King made sacrifices for the stability of the Three Realms, but why did you say that possessing the Spirit King's shadow isn't all a good thing? Could it be that you are influenced by Lord Spirit King?"

“There are no signs of it being affected at the moment, but if the balance of the three realms is disrupted, people like me and Fuzhu will have to step up,” July said.

"The balance of the three realms... With Lord Spirit King supporting it, there shouldn't be any problems, right?" Yoruichi asked doubtfully.

"Things are unpredictable. Putting aside everything else, the Lord of Hell is making frequent moves, and who knows what he might do to harm the Three Realms in the future. I must be prepared to deal with the crisis."

July looked at Yoruichi earnestly, "Yoruichi, I need more Soul King fragments."

The Shihōin family has a long history and witnessed the division of the Spirit King back then, so they should also have collected some fragments of the Spirit King.

Chapter 302 Fragments of the Spirit King

Yoruichi brought July to the family's secret vault.

"This place is designed like an underground maze," July exclaimed.

The roads here are so winding that you could easily get lost if you're not careful.

"Before Captain-Commander Yamamoto established the Gotei 13, the Shihouin family was already known as the 'Heavenly Armored Division.' Everyone knew that we possessed many divine weapons, which often attracted petty thieves to steal them."

Yoruichi explained the situation to Nanatsu, "This secret vault is also a divinely bestowed weapon, which we call the 'Labyrinth Vault.' Its path changes depending on the time of entry and the number of people. If you want to force your way through, even a captain-level Shinigami like myself would need several days."

"To be able to trap even a captain-level Grim Reaper for several days... that's pretty impressive," July praised.

The labyrinthine vault can hold a captain-level expert for several days, which is enough to handle most unexpected situations.

Moreover, this is just one layer of insurance. The training ground of the Covert Force is located above this treasure vault, so if anything happens inside, the Covert Force can arrive immediately.

"We think we just passed this area. You don't know the way, do you?"

July looked at the seemingly familiar path and hesitated.

"...Really...I think we took the wrong turn..." Yoruichi scratched her head. "I don't come here often!"

The maze has multiple paths that lead to different treasure vault rooms.

They were heading to the treasury room where the Soul King fragments were stored. Yoruichi rarely came to this room; she had only been there once with the former head of the family and wasn't very familiar with it.

"Wait, let me think about how to get there... I don't quite remember..."

Yoruichi stroked her chin, carefully recalling the correct path.

"It's clear that the defenses are very well-prepared; even you, the head of the family, would have a hard time finding the correct path."

July couldn't help but chuckle.

"I couldn't help it, I wasn't interested in the things in that room, I only went there once when I was getting familiar with the place!"

Yoruichi said helplessly.

"We should go this way... right?"

Yoruichi chose the left path from the three options, but her tone didn't sound entirely certain.

Fortunately, Yoruichi knew how to avoid the traps in the maze; otherwise, finding the way would have been much more difficult.

The two walked along the passage on the left for a while and, sure enough, entered a new fork in the road.

"I knew it! I recognize this place, I know how to get here!"

A moment later, the two arrived at a door forged from killing intent stones.

July had seen doors like this many times in the maze.

They all look exactly the same on the outside, and you can't perceive what's inside with your spiritual senses.

Some doors open to traps or mechanisms, while others lead to rooms filled with treasures and valuables.

Yoruichi opened the murderous stone door, revealing a spacious room, roughly the size of a basketball court.

After July followed Yoruichi in, she saw the situation in the room.

The walls of the room were covered with densely packed demonic runes.

"Are these all sealing techniques?"