The sun rose in the east, and a faint morning glow scattered over Peach Garden Academy.
Early in the morning, after the academy's four students washed up with cool, clear well water, they began their daily special training.
Su Ran, as a teacher, led by example, starting his morning exercise early.
Su Ran's morning exercise was actually very simple; he just leisurely performed a set of Peach Blossom Swordplay with the peach branch usually kept in the left window by the schoolhouse entrance, and that was enough.
Ning Rongrong would always actively arrive early at the schoolhouse to wait, gazing adoringly at Su Ran as he wielded the peach branch.
Zhu Zhuqing would also accompany her, arriving early at the schoolhouse to await class. When the teacher explained well or danced wonderfully, her usually cold face would reveal an expression of sudden realization, as if bathed in a spring breeze.
A good teacher is someone who can open people's hearts and help them change themselves.
Meng Yiran was the fourth student of Peach Garden Academy, and the third direct disciple. She had only recently arrived and sometimes found it difficult to get up early.
On her first day of class,'Senior Sister' Ning Rongrong seriously warned her not to be late or leave early, or the consequences would be severe: she would get her palms slapped and have to write a self-criticism!
After morning exercise and breakfast, they gathered in the schoolhouse, where students could ask their teacher, Su Ran, questions.
For example, difficulties encountered in cultivation the previous day, or anything they didn't understand about unique skills, cultivation methods, or Spirit.
After answering their questions, the daily special training officially began.
Peach Garden Academy's special training was different from Shrek's unified special training.
Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Meng Yiran, the three female students, all had their own customized training standards, and even Wang Sheng was no exception.
Ning Rongrong focused on physical strengthening, with a heavier physical load, but as a support system Spirit Master, she endured immense pressure.
Especially after cultivating the third stage of Golden Bell Cover, she entered the second phase of special training, beginning to refine blood and temper bones. Every day, she had to use the Golden Bell Cover secret technique to compress all her blood and bone marrow, condensing and densifying them.
Each moment of crushing pain was no less than being inside a sealed compressor, feeling as if she was about to be pressed into a meat patty.
In addition to bone compression and blood condensation, she also needed to practice Yongchun, sparring daily with a hard iron stake without using Golden Bell Cover to protect her arms.
Su Ran told her, "One day, when you can use Yongchun's Inch Punch to pierce through the iron stake, and also leave a fist print on tofu without damaging its shape, then your boxing skill will be complete."
Ning Rongrong believed him.
The poor little girl, despite having undergone two months of physical strength training, had transformed from a delicate, pretty little princess into a 'tough guy' with two small buns in her hair. But that was still just a mortal body!
Whoosh!
She struck the tofu with one small hand and the iron stake with the other.
The tofu was directly smashed to pulp.
And the small hand that struck the iron stake immediately swelled red, making her face fill with grievance and her eyes well up with tears:
"Wah—Teacher, you lied!"
"A normal punch would easily smash tofu, let alone a punch that can pierce through an iron stake. And… can a fist really pierce through an iron stake?"
Forget piercing through it, she couldn't even dent it.
Su Ran said nothing, merely took another piece of tender white tofu from the nearby water Cylinder and placed it on the wooden stake beside the iron stake.
"Rongrong, stand back."
"Huh? Oh."
Ning Rongrong was a bit puzzled. Even if the teacher was going to unleash power, he'd hit the iron stake, not her. Why did she need to stand back?
As Ning Rongrong took two steps back, Su Ran then found a position, and without using his Spirit or spirit power, he simply stood there, took a deep breath, extended his palm, and transformed it into a fist!
Boom!
Two fists struck simultaneously.
With a violent tremor, the iron stake in front of them shook wildly. A violent impact force struck, and a fist-sized hole instantly appeared on it. For a moment, iron fragments and shavings flew onto the roof of the house, shattering tiles.
If one were too close to this terrifying instantaneous force, these iron fragments would likely be enough to pierce through human bones.
"Ouch." At the same time, a stifled cry of pain, not daring to be fully released, sounded from a hidden rooftop of Peach Garden Academy.
And Su Ran's other fist was perfectly imprinted on that white tofu.
When his fist retracted, the tofu surprisingly had no cracks whatsoever, only a faint fist print, indicating that it had indeed been punched just moments before.
Ning Rongrong was stunned:
"It can really be done?!"
"Teacher, you're amazing!"
Ning Rongrong was dumbfounded.
"Rongrong, what I taught you in the first two months were just the basic introductory martial arts of Golden Bell Cover and Wing Chun. This is because, as a support system Spirit Master, your body cannot compare to other systems, so you need to progress gradually."
"Now that you have absorbed your third spirit ring and obtained a rare Spirit Bone, although its age is slightly low, as long as you persist in bone refining and blood condensing, combined with my bone-nourishing Spirit liquid, you will be able to transform it into a ten-thousand-year Spirit Bone within two years, doubling its strengthening effect. You now need to pursue a higher goal."
"Next, you need to learn 'momentum' and 'pressure,' to control them freely, combining strength and gentleness. No longer be limited to defense; you must also possess offensive power."
Su Ran said calmly. He actually had high hopes for Ning Rongrong, as she was, after all, his first direct disciple.
"What are 'momentum' and 'pressure'?" Ning Rongrong, having grown up, had only heard Grandpa Sword talk about things like 'man and sword as one,''sword momentum,' and'sword qi,' but she understood nothing.
"'Momentum' is one's own aura, pushing one's strength and majesty to the extreme. This is the momentum of suppression, the power of a fierce attack."
As he spoke, layers of Golden Bell Cover appeared behind Su Ran, and a massive Glazed Tile Golden Pagoda pressed down on Ning Rongrong's head, making her feel an urge to kneel.
"What? Teacher, how do you also have the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda?!"
"Don't ask too many questions. Just feel this power carefully. Your next goal is to cultivate the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to this extent, transforming the Glazed Tile Pagoda into an Adamantine Glazed Tile Pagoda."
"Press!"
Rumble!
The golden pagoda was like a small mountain, pressing down with the weight of Mount Tai. Even Ning Rongrong, who had already manifested the third Golden Bell Cover aura, felt as if she was about to be crushed to death.
"Free control, fist and man as one."
The next moment, the Glazed Tile Golden Pagoda disappeared.
In its place was Su Ran's Wing Chun momentum, a fist as large as a sandbag came rushing towards her, generating a powerful gust of wind that messed up Ning Rongrong's hair. However, the fist stopped one millimeter from Ning Rongrong's nose, then transformed into an index finger touching the thumb, lightly flicking her nose:
"Silly girl, this is 'man and fist as one,' free control, strength within gentleness, not harming a single hair, and gentleness within strength, instantly defeating the enemy. Do you understand?"
"Inch Punch has three levels: Level One breaks bones and splits stones, Level Two cuts iron and opens mountains, Level Three breaks rivers and opens the sky. You are currently at Level One."
Su Ran said calmly.
Ning Rongrong was indeed startled by Su Ran, but she was also charmed by the teacher's light flick of her nose. For a moment, she was both surprised and delighted, unable to cry or laugh, her face slightly flushed:
"Teacher, you're naughty."
"If you ruin my face, you'll be the one at a disadvantage!"
Teacher called me a silly girl, hehe, I am quite silly, silly enough to drool all over my pillow~
"Alright, wasn't this to let you feel this power?"
"In short, your next cultivation goal is for the Golden Bell Cover to enter the Pagoda, refining the Adamantine Glazed Tile. Once you achieve 'man and fist as one' and free control, then you can unleash the second level of Inch Punch."
"Upon completing this second phase of special training, you will truly no longer be a simple support system Spirit Master. Your Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda will not only possess defensive power but also generate offensive power not inferior to that of ordinary attack system Spirit Masters."
Su Ran smiled faintly. Seeing Ning Rongrong's somewhat foolish expression, he sometimes found this girl Ning Rongrong quite amusing.
Ning Rongrong took a deep breath, looking at Su Ran with grievance:
"But it sounds so difficult."
"That's natural. Advanced unique skills are, of course, not comparable to basic unique skills."
Yes, she had trained for more than two months, and only after completing basic cultivation could she fight against attack system Spirit Masters. So, how strong would she be after advancing?
"Teacher, besides you, can anyone truly cultivate this 'man and fist as one'?"
"Yes, your Senior Brother is practicing basic Tiger Fist, and he's almost turned into a simple-minded tiger from practicing it."