Jiang Yunzhou's face was calm as he nodded slightly.
The work of serving tea and water was no longer Zhu Zhuqing's responsibility, but had been handed over to the adorable beast girls in the academy.
Some of them had quite good talent, so Jiang Yunzhou directly decided to let them become students of the academy as well.
Of course, they still had to do chores.
After all, with an average worth of 300,000, if they were only for appreciation and didn't do more work, it would feel like too much of a loss.
Jiang Yunzhou looked at Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er and asked, "Which of you two wants to go first?"
One was ice and the other fire; they should have been mutually exclusive, but they stood together with an inexplicable harmony, and their relationship was quite good.
"Hey! The teacher is talking to you!" Xiao Wu reminded them with a grin from the side.
"Either of us is fine, Teacher!" Both answered almost simultaneously.
Jiang Yunzhou smiled and directly named, "Then Bing'er, you go first."
Shui Bing'er was a little nervous; it was her first time experiencing such a formal apprenticeship ceremony.
However, she had already heard about the process from Xiao Wu and the others, so she just needed to follow it.
Jiang Yunzhou took the apprenticeship tea offered by Shui Bing'er, took a small sip, and said,
"From today onwards, Shui Bing'er, you are my fourth direct disciple."
As per custom, he took out a sword leaf bracelet and handed it to her: "This is the token of a direct disciple; be sure to keep it safe and wear it."
Shui Bing'er's small hand trembled slightly as she took the bracelet, clearly a little excited.
"Thank you, Teacher!"
She carefully slipped the bracelet onto her wrist, and at that moment, Jiang Yunzhou's consciousness had quietly entered the system.
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully taking on his fourth disciple: Shui Bing'er!"
"Direct disciple Shui Bing'er has been successfully bound to the host's fourth spirit ring slot!"
"The host's current fourth spirit ring's age limit has dynamically updated to: 9000 years!"
"Shui Bing'er's information panel has been expanded:"
Name: Shui Bing'er
Aptitude Assessment: S-rank
Spirit: Ice Phoenix
Current spirit power: Level 36
spirit ring Configuration: Yellow, Yellow, Purple
"Shui Bing'er has been thoroughly analyzed by the system! Granting exclusive growth gift package:"
martial soul advancement pill * 1: Can optimize the Spirit's origin, greatly enhance its potential, and guide the Spirit towards a higher-level benevolent evolution.
Profound Ice Phoenix Record * 1: A supreme classic perfectly suited for the Ice Phoenix Spirit, allowing mastery over extreme cold, freezing a thousand miles, a phoenix dancing in the sky, and rebirth through nirvana.
"Recommended supplementary cultivation method:"
"Ice Heart Art": Extremely refines mental force, maintains absolute calmness, enhances precise control over ice-elemental energy, strengthens resistance to mental attacks, and improves the smoothness of Spirit Fusion Skill execution.
"Compatibility Assessment: Perfect match! This disciple has immense potential. This cultivation method will greatly enhance her top-tier crowd control abilities and push the ice-elemental characteristics of freezing, slowing, defense, and burst to the extreme, granting her stronger area control, single-target lethality, and self-preservation methods."
"Profound Ice Phoenix Record Core Ultimate Skills Summary:"
Profound Ice Saint Body: Uses extreme ice-cold power to temper one's body, making one immune to heat and cold, greatly enhancing resistance to ice-elemental damage, increasing physical strength, and allowing assimilation of touched objects.
Icebound Kingdom: Unfurls an extreme cold Domain. Within its range, temperatures plummet, enemies' speed and spirit power circulation are greatly delayed, ice-elemental skill effects are enhanced, and targets weaker than oneself can be instantly frozen.
Phoenix Wings Soaring: Condenses a pair of ice phoenix wings, granting extreme flight ability, soaring through the sky. The wings can fire countless ice crystal feathers for area-of-effect attacks.
Absolute Zero: Condenses a point of extreme cold energy, releasing a terrifying cold current capable of freezing space and concepts, dealing devastating freezing damage to a single target, almost impossible to defend against.
Ultimate Divine Ability: Ice Phoenix Descent: Summons the complete phantom of an Ice Phoenix, unleashing a destructive cold wave impact, freezing everything in a large area, freezing spirit power and thoughts, possessing the power to change the environment and cause devastation... Jiang Yunzhou scanned the system information, his heart filled with envy.
Because these skills were simply too incredible.
This Undying Ice Phoenix had a hidden characteristic, which was the ability to trigger nirvana rebirth; even if she was beaten into pieces, she wouldn't die.
This was a divine ability exclusive to Phoenix Spirits.
Moreover, his fourth spirit ring had reached nine thousand years, and it was about to turn from purple to black, which made him happy!
Presumably, it wouldn't be long before his first few spirit rings would also upgrade to ten-thousand-year black ones.
When that time came and he revealed his spirit rings, who knew how many jaws would drop.
Ah, he could show off again; what a simple and unadorned joy.
"Bing'er, please sit properly. Next, I, your master, will bestow a great fortune upon you."
Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu, the three girls, watched silently from the side, with expressions of 'I understand,' just waiting to enjoy Shui Bing'er's reaction.
It was just right, those expressions were just perfect.
He didn't know why, but even though Jiang Yunzhou was the one showing off, they also felt proud.
Shui Bing'er looked at Jiang Yunzhou with a somewhat bewildered expression, but her heart was already uncontrollably excited:
Was she finally going to become as powerful as Zhu Qing and the others?
Jiang Yunzhou handed her a pill: "Take it."
Shui Bing'er didn't hesitate. She took the pill and put it into her mouth, not even thinking about whether she might choke.
After the medicinal power entered her mouth, it quickly dissolved, and her Spirit began to subtly stir.
The originally ice-blue phoenix quietly underwent a transformation... The process of Spirit advancement was not painful; instead, it brought an indescribable comfort, as if she were floating to immortality.
She suppressed the urge to make any strange sounds. With so many people around, it wouldn't be good if she was misunderstood...
The onlookers clearly felt that Shui Bing'er's aura was visibly sublimating, and her Spirit uncontrollably manifested behind her.
It was noble, majestic, powerful... The original Ice Phoenix had impressively completed its advancement, becoming: the Undying Ice Phoenix!
After the Spirit advancement was complete, Shui Bing'er's expression was momentarily dazed; she was clearly astonished by her own Spirit.
She couldn't imagine that such a heaven-defying opportunity would actually happen to her.
Her original Spirit's quality was already not low, and now it had leaped to a higher level of existence.
Her spirit power also jumped two levels; now Shui Bing'er was Level 38, not far from becoming a Spirit Ancestor.
This speed was much faster than before.
She tried to speak several times, her lips trembling, but for a long time, she couldn't utter a single word.
Jiang Yunzhou couldn't help but chuckle, seeing how excited the girl was.
"Te-Teacher, my Spirit has successfully evolved. It's called: Undying Ice Phoenix."
Huo Wu, standing nearby, had her mouth slightly agape; the shock this brought her was no less than what Shui Bing'er herself felt.
If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she would never have believed it.
Her Spirit was Fire Shadow; if it could also advance... what would it become?
She couldn't help but fall into endless reverie.
"Wow, Undying Ice Phoenix! It sounds super impressive ~ Xiao Bing'er, you're about to take off!" Ning Rongrong exclaimed sincerely.
She was happy for her but not envious, after all, who hadn't had their Spirit advance?
Her current Spirit was in no way inferior to others, even firmly ranking among the top.
Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu had the same mindset.
They had all experienced the baptism of such an opportunity and felt no jealousy, only blessings, after all, they would all be the teacher's disciples from now on... Jiang Yunzhou pressed his hand down: "Don't get excited yet, sit properly, it's not over."