After understanding the current level of the team members, Yun Ming customized a cultivation path and training schedule for each individual.
Besides the team members, Yun Ming himself had quite a heavy daily cultivation workload, so in order to save time, he appointed Oscar as the vice-captain.
What does the vice-captain of the Empire Team mean? It means that when Yun Ming is absent, Oscar is the captain. Therefore, during the nearly year-and-a-half training period of the Empire Team, Oscar served as the de facto captain for ninety percent of the time.
Yun Ming only took half a day each week to inspect the team members' progress from the previous week and to arrange or adjust subsequent training plans; all other captain duties were dumped onto Oscar.
Regarding the team, in addition to daily unified physical training—though with varying intensities—and ten hours of daily meditation, every member of the Empire Team had many personal cultivation projects.
For Feng Xiaotian, because he came from Godwind Academy, Yun Ming was not worried about his mastery of his Martial Soul. What he lacked now was only Soul Power, the study of combat techniques, and the accumulation of combat experience with new fighting styles. To this end, Yun Ming required him to obtain the Purple-Gold Soul Arena Badge before the start of the Soul Master Competition.
As a smart person who could independently research the Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes, Feng Xiaotian only needed direction and time from Yun Ming, and he would arrange his own daily schedule.
For Dugu Yan, her control over her Hell Poison Dragon Martial Soul was still very low. Her grandfather, Dugu Bo, could teach her about poison, and her boyfriend, Yu Tianheng, could teach her about the close-quarters combat techniques of dragon-type Martial Souls. All she needed to do was combine these two to form her own poison-dragon combat system.
As for Yang Yi and Ning Rongrong, being from clan-based Soul Masters, they only needed to cultivate according to their family heritage.
Moreover, with Yun Ming's memories restored, he happened to modify, perfect, and supplement the heritage of the Breaking Clan, such as the Mysterious Heaven Skill, some spear techniques suitable for the Soul Breaking Spear, self-created footwork Soul Skills, and the essence of spear techniques summarized by later generations.
For Niu Bi and Gong Ming, Yun Ming replanned their cultivation directions.
Although Niu Bi also came from a clan-based Soul Master background, he clearly felt like he had been born into the wrong family; he was born into the Defense Clan but had a heart yearning for power-attack.
As a purely defensive Martial Soul, it was indeed difficult for the Plate Armor Rhinoceros to obtain attack-type Soul Skills through Spirit Rings. However, some counter-damage defensive Soul Skills, as well as auxiliary combat skills like positioning, tracking, or gravity-based skills, were possible. Furthermore, many Soul Beasts that produced these skills were species with astonishing defensive capabilities. Coupled with some close-quarters combat training, transitioning from pure defense to defensive counter-attacks was feasible.
Yun Ming's proposal delighted Niu Bi. That very day, he dragged Yun Ming to the residence of the Defense Clan to try and persuade his grandfather, Niu Gao. Ultimately, seeing that Niu Bi's personality and Yun Ming's plan were indeed attractive, Niu Gao agreed to let Niu Bi change his Spirit Ring attachment strategy, which could be considered finding a new development path for their Defense Clan.
Gong Ming came from a commoner background. Although his talent was quite good for a commoner, his path was a bit wild, and he had never been taught by a good teacher. Regarding Gong Ming's future development, Yun Ming set him on the path of a close-quarters archer. His Heaven Quaking Bow Martial Soul destined him to never be the type of sneaky archer; he would focus on mastering archery for team deterrence and fire support, while learning close-quarters bow techniques as his personal development route.
Ye Qingyin was the easiest to guide. There was nothing wrong with her Spirit Ring attachment path, so she just needed to maintain it. She only required some specialized training in Soul Skill control and movement evasion.
The one who gave Yun Ming the biggest headache was Oscar, whom he considered to have the highest talent among the group.
According to the information from Yun Ming's past life, Oscar was not only the first Food-Type Titled Douluo on the continent but also the first Food System Soul Master with powerful combat capabilities.
However, after chatting with Oscar, Yun Ming discovered that although the current Oscar had a slight yearning for Battle Soul Masters, his lazy nature and love for a simple life gave him no motivation to become one. Moreover, now that he had joined the Breaking Clan, he had even less need for combat ability.
In this regard, Yun Ming ultimately decided to respect Oscar's choice, requiring only a few extra classes on food-system knowledge and evasion training. He was the most relaxed among the current Empire Team members, so Yun Ming made him help with the chores.
If Oscar changed his mind later, Yun Ming would simply arrange a new training plan for him then.
The first year or so would be for individual study and improvement, and the final two or three months would be for polishing team cooperation.
Perhaps because Yun Ming had always far surpassed his peers, even though he had been one of the Shrek Seven Devils in his past life, he never truly understood where the significance of a team lay for him.
From the perspective of Yun Ming's two-thousand-year history of the continent, it seemed that in the Soul Master World, the weak always banded together, while the strong always walked alone.
Therefore, the development paths Yun Ming planned for the Empire Team members were basically all for their individual benefit, not for any team.
Just like that, Yun Ming and the entire Empire Team entered a silent period of development.
One month after Tang San had his bone extracted.
With the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng and Tang San's self-regulation, his internal injuries were mostly healed, and he could take care of himself, though his complexion remained somewhat pale.
Should one say that the Tang God King is truly a man with the Blue Silver Emperor Lineage? Even with the assistance of an Immortal Herb, an injury involving his very essence—like having an External Spirit Bone extracted—could be mostly recovered within a month; his vitality was indeed tenacious.
Today, for the first time, Tang San walked out of the residence of the Strength Clan. He came alone to the center of Heaven Dou City, in front of a five-story, elegant, and ancient small building.
The bloodless Tang San looked at the two characters "Moonlight Pavilion" on the plaque, and the people coming and going, all of whom were dressed in fine clothes or possessed extraordinary temperaments. He felt some doubt in his heart as to why Tang Hao had told him to come here before he died.
It wasn't that Tang San looked down on his Father, but Tang Hao clearly didn't seem like the type of person who could be associated with such an elegant place.
However, since he was already here, he had to go in and take a look.
Tang San stepped toward the interior of the Moonlight Pavilion.
Two greeters dressed in green, with quite handsome appearances, saw Tang San's plain clothing and the smell of medicine on him, and they raised their hands in unison to block his path.
The youth on the right said calmly.
"Young brother, please wait. The Moonlight Pavilion does not receive those with an overpowering odor."
Hearing the youth's words, Tang San frowned slightly, feeling a bit annoyed in his heart—another person who judged people by their wealth. But he was still recovering from severe injuries, and this place didn't look simple, so he explained.
"This elder brother, I am recovering from severe injuries, so it is inevitable that I have the smell of medicine on me."
"I do have an important matter to attend to at the Moonlight Pavilion; could you please make an exception?"
The youth continued to reply.
"Don't take offense, young brother, but I truly cannot make that decision."
"I wonder what your business is? I can go and relay it for you."
Hearing that the person's tone was still polite, Tang San agreed.
"Just tell the Pavilion Master: 'When the full moon is waning, a faint trace of an old friend arrives,' and she will know who has come."
The gatekeeper youth nodded and went back to deliver the message.
Before long, the youth returned to the entrance and said to Tang San.
"Young brother, the message has been delivered to the front desk. Please wait a moment."
Tang San nodded and waited outside.
But this wait lasted for two hours.
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