Inside Yu Xiaogang's office.
Yu Xiaogang's eyebrows were furrowed into a figure-eight, and he looked confused and shocked.
"Xiao Tian, can you tell me what's going on now? Why has your strength improved so quickly, and why are your first two spirit rings from thousand-year Spirit Beasts?"
Xiao Tian looked at Yu Xiaogang's eager expression, chuckled, and thought to himself that he had long wanted to trick Yu Xiaogang like this.
So he feigned ignorance and said, "Grandmaster, actually, this is all thanks to your guidance."
Yu Xiaogang: ???
What on earth?
When did I ever guide you to absorb two thousand-year spirit rings? Why don't I know I'm that amazing?
Boom!
Tang San immediately turned his gaze to Yu Xiaogang, full of doubt.
What did Xiao Tian mean by that?
Could it be that his teacher had given Xiao Tian special tutoring, and he himself didn't know about it?
As if sensing Tang San's faint gaze, Yu Xiaogang suddenly felt immense pressure and quickly said, "Xiao Tian, stop playing games. When did I guide you to absorb two thousand-year spirit rings?"
Xiao Tian chuckled darkly to himself, then quickly explained on the surface.
"Grandmaster, Tang San, both of you have misunderstood. Grandmaster indeed didn't teach me to directly absorb thousand-year spirit rings. This was my own doing."
Phew~
Hearing Xiao Tian say this, both of them inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
Yu Xiaogang: That's right, you scared me to death. I almost thought Tang Hao was going to kill me.
Tang San: That's more like it. He's the Grandmaster's only closed-door disciple. How could the Grandmaster give Xiao Tian special tutoring?
"But... Grandmaster, you did teach me how to better use Sword Qi and Sword Intent, didn't you? Do you remember what you said, that in daily life, one can try to cover their entire body with Sword Intent as much as possible, which is beneficial for one's comprehension of Sword Dao and can also increase one's strength?"
Yu Xiaogang: ???
Huh? Did I say such a thing?
He did give Xiao Tian some simple guidance, but since he wasn't a sword cultivator, he only briefly mentioned some of his own views mixed with some guesses, using Xiao Tian as an experiment to verify his theories.
Perhaps he really did say that?
Xiao Tian was just a six-year-old child at the time. He couldn't possibly be so cunning as to deceive him now, could he?
So.
Yu Xiaogang could only bite the bullet and nod, showing a slightly stiff smile: "Yes, I remember. And then? You're not going to say that's why you improved so quickly, are you?"
Tang San's face was expressionless at this moment, a complete poker face, as he looked at Xiao Tian and Yu Xiaogang, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Yes, yes, yes, Grandmaster, you're so smart!"
Yu Xiaogang:
"I followed your advice at the time, continuously releasing Sword Intent and covering my entire body with it in my daily life as much as possible. After a long time, I found that I truly had a deeper understanding of Sword Dao.
Most importantly, I could feel my physical fitness constantly strengthening, and my spirit power cultivation speed also increased significantly! It seems that the improvement of Sword Intent helps the improvement of my spirit power."
Xiao Tian said excitedly.
"So, I dared to take the risk of directly absorbing a thousand-year spirit ring as my first one. But to be honest, it was also good luck. Originally, I just wanted to find a three- or four-hundred-year-old Spirit Beast to absorb, so I didn't ask the academy teachers for help at the time, because for a hundred-year Spirit Beast, it shouldn't be a problem with my strength.
But I was quite lucky. On the way, I encountered a dying silkworm-type Spirit Beast that had just reached one thousand years. I remembered Grandmaster once saying that silkworm-type Spirit Beasts are generally very weak and usually provide Spirit Abilities related to spirit power, so I..."
After Xiao Tian's explanation, the three people present were dumbfounded. Was there such a way to do things?
At this moment, Yu Xiaogang was so bewildered by Xiao Tian's audacious move that he started to doubt his life. He had studied theories—no, researched for a lifetime, and it was his first time encountering such a situation.
Did Sword Dao Chenxin also cultivate this way?
Yu Xiaogang had the thought of going to ask, but it was quickly suppressed. He estimated that Chen Xin wouldn't even bother with him.
"Xiao Tian, why were you so impulsive back then? Even if silkworm-type Spirit Beasts are weak, a dying camel is still bigger than a horse. What if you failed? Weren't you afraid of exploding and dying?"
Tang San asked doubtfully, his eyes deep. He felt a bit unbalanced.
Tang San: Why is Xiao Tian so lucky to just happen to meet a dying silkworm-type Spirit Beast? Why didn't he just explode and die when absorbing his first spirit ring?
Xiao Tian smiled harmlessly and said, "Actually, I was quite confident. Didn't you say back then that you only took one minute to absorb your first spirit ring?
Before absorbing the spirit ring, my physique should have been similar to yours, and after the body tempering through Sword Intent, I became even more confident.
But speaking of it, I was indeed lucky. It took me most of the day to absorb that Qingyu Silkworm. I have to say, a thousand-year Spirit Beast is indeed not to be underestimated."
After Xiao Tian said this, the resentment in Tang San's heart grew even stronger.
Of course, it wasn't directed at Xiao Tian, but at Yu Xiaogang.
Yu Xiaogang, as his teacher, had not performed a check on him before he absorbed his first spirit ring.
Now he finally understood that he had been fully capable of absorbing a higher-year Spirit Beast back then!
Even if he couldn't be as lucky as Xiao Tian to absorb a thousand-year one, he could have absorbed one around eight or nine hundred years, right?
His second spirit ring came from a six-hundred-year-old Ghost Vine, and when he absorbed it, it didn't take too long either.
Now Tang San was filled with regret.
"Grandmaster, don't you often tell us that there's a theoretical limit to spirit ring absorption? The first spirit ring cannot exceed 423 years, and the second spirit ring cannot exceed 764 years."
Xiao Wu's puzzled voice rang out.
Holy crap!
Xiao Tian couldn't help but praise Xiao Wu in his heart. What a great assist!
"And you, Xiao Tian, when you obtained your first spirit ring, why didn't you call us? Don't you know how dangerous that is! And you clearly knew that the first spirit ring could only be from a hundred-year Spirit Beast, why did you try so desperately for a thousand-year one?"
Xiao Wu was truly a bit angry.
Better safe than sorry. What if Xiao Tian was really unlucky and died?
And absorbing a spirit ring alone, for most of the day, Xiao Wu felt it was a miracle that Xiao Tian wasn't discovered and eaten by other Spirit Beasts!
Xiao Tian: ...
Looking at the worried expression on Xiao Wu's face, Xiao Tian's heart also warmed slightly.
But Yu Xiaogang's expression froze. Facing the gazes from the three of them, especially from his disciple Tang San, he was truly sweating profusely.
Xiao Tian looked at Yu Xiaogang's expression at this moment, feeling incredibly pleased. Sweating, are we, buddy!
For the past two years, to exploit him, Xiao Tian had endured Yu Xiaogang's occasional nagging about how to use a sword, and the most outrageous part was having to insist on running every day!
Xiao Tian was completely speechless. What's the use of running anyway?
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