Hearing is believing.
At first, when Ye Lingling heard Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng talk about Jiang Chen's terrifying strength, she developed quite a bit of interest in him.
Later, the more Dugu Yan and the others spoke about him, and the more exaggerated their descriptions became, she gradually lost interest.
Eventually, whenever Dugu Yan mentioned Jiang Chen again, she would simply shake her head and smile.
Only now did she realize how wrong she had been, terribly wrong.
She had severely underestimated Jiang Chen's strength and talent.
Thinking back to how she had previously dismissed him with contempt and even wanted to leave immediately to find Shrek Academy, her face suddenly burned with embarrassment.
Jiang Chen looked about the same age as her, yet he could defeat the combined forces of Yu Feng and the others. That meant Jiang Chen at least possessed the strength of a Soul King.
What did that represent?
It meant Jiang Chen was also an unparalleled genius.
Yu Tianheng had said she had long hair but short vision, and it truly described her perfectly.
The more Ye Lingling thought about it, the hotter her face became.
Jiang Chen's strength had slapped her hard across the face.
"Lingling, that's enough," Dugu Yan reminded her.
Ye Lingling let out an "Ah," only then realizing that Yu Feng and the others had already recovered from their injuries. She had been distracted, and her skill was still continuously outputting.
Jiang Chen stood not far away, curiously watching this girl with some amazement in his heart.
As expected of the Nine Heart Begonia, hailed as the continent's number one healing martial soul, its healing effect was truly terrifying.
Even Ning Fengzhi had said that if Nine Heart Begonia soul masters weren't so rare, the title of the continent's number one auxiliary martial soul would undoubtedly belong to Nine Heart Begonia, not their Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
Jiang Chen had not taken Ye Lingling's earlier attitude toward him to heart.
She was just a little girl who had never seen the world.
"Everyone, stand properly!" Yu Tianheng roared, walking over with a smile on his face.
These arrogant and unruly fellows had been thoroughly beaten by the teacher; each one had a flushed face and looked extremely ashamed, which greatly pleased Yu Tianheng.
Yu Tianheng stood in the first position, followed by Dugu Yan and then Yu Feng and the others.
Ye Lingling stood at the back. After thinking for a moment, she bit her lip, stepped forward, and lined up at the very end.
However, her face was already burning red with shame.
"Now, my teacher is going to teach you. Do any of you still have objections?" Yu Tianheng asked triumphantly.
Yu Feng still looked somewhat unconvinced and muttered, "Beating us doesn't prove he's qualified to teach us. Our academy has quite a few Soul Saint-level teachers. No matter how strong he is, can he compare to a Soul Saint?"
Yu Tianheng's expression changed, anger rising.
This prickly Yu Feng was still refusing to accept it.
But Yu Tianheng couldn't refute Yu Feng's words. In his heart, he also wondered: although the teacher was powerful, he was still young, could he really compare to a Soul Saint?
Jiang Chen chuckled and said, "You're right. I really can compare to a Soul Saint."
As soon as his words fell, everyone's eyes widened, their faces filled with disbelief.
How old was Jiang Chen? He claimed to have Soul Saint-level strength?
"What is your martial soul? What level are you now?" Ye Lingling couldn't help asking.
Ever since discovering Jiang Chen's terrifying strength, she had abandoned the idea of going to Shrek and wanted to find out more about him.
Jiang Chen stood in front of the group and smiled. "If I release my martial soul, I'm afraid it will scare you and leave you unable to lift your heads."
"How is that possible?" Several people clearly didn't believe it and muttered quietly.
Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan, however, had complete faith in Jiang Chen's words. They had also doubted whether he had Soul Saint strength earlier, but once Jiang Chen said it, they trusted him unconditionally.
"Teacher, can we see your martial soul?" Dugu Yan asked excitedly, looking at Jiang Chen with anticipation.
Jiang Chen nodded. "Since you're curious, I'll let you broaden your horizons today."
"Watch carefully."
Jiang Chen gave a warning, then released his zombie martial soul.
Dense black qi surged out from his body, rolling within one meter around him and emitting an extremely evil and terrifying aura.
This black qi could be emitted or retracted; he released it now only to make the visual impact more shocking.
Immediately after, two extremely sharp fangs protruded, and his nails grew wildly.
With a thought, the black qi contracted and returned to his body.
At this moment, five black soul rings revolved around his body.
In that instant, the entire scene froze. Several people's eyes nearly popped out, as if they had seen a ghost.
Even Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan couldn't help feeling shocked when they saw Jiang Chen's soul rings.
The first to cry out was Ye Lingling. She quickly rubbed her eyes, then exclaimed in shock, "How is this possible? How can there be such a soul ring configuration?"
Her heart pounded like never before, her face flushed red, and her head felt a little dizzy.
The others were no better; all of them were deeply shaken.
Jiang Chen's soul rings had completely overturned their understanding.
Five ten-thousand-year soul rings, it was simply unimaginable.
If someone had told them this before, they would have sneered.
But now, a living example stood right in front of them.
At this moment, they no longer doubted that Jiang Chen possessed strength equivalent to a Soul Saint.
With something as bizarre as five ten-thousand-year soul rings already present, reaching Soul Saint combat power didn't seem impossible at all.
Yu Feng suddenly became excited and asked, "How did you do this? Can you teach us?"
As soon as his words fell, everyone's eyes lit up at once, and their heartbeats began to accelerate.
If there really was a shortcut, then the year limits of their future soul rings would definitely increase greatly.
Jiang Chen shook his head. "You're overthinking it. This mainly depends on talent. No matter how hard you try, you won't reach my level."
"Then what can you teach us?" Shi Mo asked.
Jiang Chen said, "I can target the weaknesses in your battles and defeat you in different ways, trying my best to eliminate those weaknesses."
"What about me?" Ye Lingling asked softly.
She had now completely given up on the idea of getting to know Shrek Academy. A Soul King with five ten-thousand-year soul rings, this kind of talent was, in her view, absolutely worthy of being called the number one on the Douluo Continent.
Getting to know a group of thirteen-year-old boys was nowhere near as good as getting to know this terrifyingly talented peer.
Jiang Chen looked at Ye Lingling and shook his head. "You are a healing-type soul master. No matter how I train you, your combat power will still be pitifully weak. So you can leave, or you can stay on the side and watch."
"Oh." Ye Lingling responded somewhat dejectedly but did not leave.
For the rest of the day, aside from eating, the rest was all fighting.
What shocked everyone again was that Jiang Chen seemed like an iron man, tireless.
It was only at dusk that Jiang Chen finally stopped.
He had gradually grown somewhat bored. The initial enthusiasm for battle had disappeared; it would be better to go back and cultivate with Qian Renxue.
"Um… come back next week on this day. I'm usually very busy and don't have that much time to teach you."
Jiang Chen set a time, planning to spend another half day here then.
The Royal Battle Team members all looked somewhat reluctant to end the session.
When leaving, Ye Lingling deliberately stayed behind until the end.
"I'd like to treat you to a meal. Is that okay?" Her large blue eyes were clear and bright as she looked at Jiang Chen expectantly.
"Why do you want to treat me to a meal?" Jiang Chen smiled at her.
Ye Lingling's face reddened slightly. She lowered her head and said, "I want to apologize to you. I looked down on you before."
"No need," Jiang Chen refused.
Ye Lingling's large eyes filled with astonishment. Jiang Chen had actually refused her.
With her martial soul, she was extremely popular wherever she went.
Moreover, she was a beautiful young girl who had never experienced being rejected before.
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