"This guy's luck is really beyond belief." Flender's face looked constipated.
Why hadn't he ever encountered such fortune back in his youth?
As if struck by a thought, he asked another question.
"Xiaogang, the place where Yang Yunhai found that rare treasure,surely many forces have already gone searching there, right?"
If they hadn't, then with his owl spirit's ability to fly and its powerful vision, he felt he might try his luck.
The moment he said this, Tang Hao's expression upstairs immediately changed.
Then Yu Xiaogang's voice followed, "Yes. The Spirit Hall, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect," his voice paused slightly, "and even the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan all searched the mountainous area near the imperial border around Nuoding City. The environment they described matched Yang Yunhai's account, but unfortunately, they found nothing."
"Bang!" Upstairs, Tang Hao shot to his feet, his expression grave.
Such a rare treasure would absolutely have been taken seriously by those three powers. The search area might not have been limited to the borderlands,perhaps they had scoured all the mountains around Nuoding. That meant the mountain range where he had hidden A Yin's body and spirit bone might also have been included.
For now, Shrek's special training was complete, and Tang San was injured. They would be returning to the academy soon to rest and recover, with no immediate danger.
But at this point in time, the three major powers had likely already finished searching. Being anxious was useless; he could not afford to lose sight of priorities. To be cautious, he decided to wait until Tang San and Xiao Wu returned to the academy before heading to the mountains to check. Suppressing his inner anxiety, he sat back down to keep listening.
"What a pity," Flender shook his head.
Yu Xiaogang also fell silent for a moment. If, during his travels across the continent, he had stumbled upon such a treasure, he would not be in his current situation.
If his martial spirit problem were resolved, then with his knowledge, he believed he could have reached the very peak of the Spirit Master world.
He could have reclaimed the power that should have been his through his own strength.
But reality was cruel. He turned to Tang San. "By the way, regarding Yang Yunhai's martial spirit abilities,"
He then relayed what Yu Tianheng had told him about Yang Yunhai's use of his martial spirit.
After finishing, without caring about the others' expressions, he turned back to Tang San, who was deep in thought. "Xiao San, the purpose of battle is to gain experience from opponents, taking the essence and discarding the flaws, continuously improving yourself. Yang Yunhai's methods are indeed unique. Especially his way of reallocating soul power to strengthen parts of his vines, and adding variations to them,you could learn from that."
Isn't that just copying? Ning Rongrong thought to herself, her mind drifting. Yu Xiaogang must have gone to see his nephew Yu Tianheng earlier. Which meant this information came directly from him. Just how big-hearted was this Yu Tianheng, revealing his teammate's secrets like that? And now Yu Xiaogang had shamelessly announced it in front of everyone.
For a moment, she didn't even know what to say.
Her mind couldn't help recalling Yang Yunhai's performance on the battlefield today, as well as his generosity afterward. She also remembered Tang San mentioning how Yang Yunhai, with only 0.5 innate spirit power, had cultivated to level 20 in just six years at the junior academy.
That was 0.5 innate spirit power! How hard must he have worked to improve so quickly?
Looking back at the Shrek team that had just lost, and recalling how her teammates usually behaved, she suddenly realized,they all seemed to have quite a few flaws.
Tang San was usually steady, but whenever it involved Xiao Wu, he became a completely different person, acting recklessly and with too much killing intent. Xiao Wu was fine in most ways, but her sharp tongue and love of drama easily offended people.
As for Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai, they were the notorious brothel duo. Oscar seemed more normal, but his vulgar soul incantations were concerning. From what Ma Hongjun had grumbled before, Oscar had dated several girlfriends already. People said the soul incantation reflected one's inner self,did that mean Oscar's heart was really that perverted?
Her eyes drifted toward Oscar sitting beside her.
An involuntary shiver ran across her scalp, and she instinctively shifted away.
"Yes, Teacher!" Tang San did not refute it,Yang Yunhai's methods truly were valuable references.
Yu Xiaogang nodded slightly. "Since that's the case, everyone return to your rooms and rest. The second phase of training ends here. Tomorrow we'll head back to the academy. After two months of rest, we will set out for Heaven Dou City. Xiao San, you're injured now, so rest early tonight."
"Alright." Tang San nodded slightly.
Everyone began to rise. But suddenly, Yu Xiaogang turned to Ning Rongrong. "Rongrong, you stay."
"Huh?" Ning Rongrong instinctively thought of how Yu Xiaogang had earlier extracted information from his nephew and became cautious, turning her head with feigned calm.
"Master, what is it?"
"The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect is located in Heaven Dou City. As the sect master's daughter, you must be very familiar with the city's situation. There are some things I want to ask you. I haven't been to Heaven Dou City for many years and don't know much about its current state," Yu Xiaogang replied.
"Sigh, it's been over ten years already," Flender also sighed.
"Oh, in that case, alright." Ning Rongrong relaxed a little and nodded, sitting back down.
Once everyone else had gone to their rooms, Yu Xiaogang began questioning Ning Rongrong about information on Heaven Dou City.
She answered one by one.
As they spoke, Yu Xiaogang took a sip of tea and suddenly changed the subject. "Rongrong, if I remember correctly, your Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect has a technique called Distraction Control, right?"
"What level have you reached in your training?"
Thanks to her female intuition, the unease she had just set aside instantly returned. Thinking carefully, she realized this might be related to Yang Yunhai's ability to control multiple vines. Still, she answered honestly. "I've just reached the stage of controlling with two minds, but I can't use it skillfully yet."
Yu Xiaogang's brows immediately furrowed. "So you're still only at the beginner stage."
"Next, I will design specialized training for each team member. For you, the focus will be on this."
"The Emperor Team we fought today was strong, but they do not represent the full strength of the continent's top academies. As far as I know, the Five Elemental Academies of the Heaven Dou Empire are all long-established teams with formidable strength. The Royal Academy of the Star Luo Empire once even won the championship. As for the Spirit Hall Academy, they are even stronger, having taken the championship many times."
"Without a doubt, the opponents we face from now on will only grow stronger."
"Rongrong, your Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect rose to become one of the Upper Three Sects purely through auxiliary spirit masters, which shows how extraordinary your sect's inherited spirit is. I can almost say that whether our team can win the championship or not will heavily depend on your ability."
"Master, are you praising me?" Ning Rongrong immediately laughed.
Yu Xiaogang's expression hardened.
"I'm not praising you. I'm praising your Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. With your current ability, you can't fully bring out your martial spirit's potential. In battle, your contribution is still very limited."
Ning Rongrong's face instantly darkened.
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