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Qin Ming was also stunned for a moment before saying, "Shi Quan, your attainments in Martial Spirit Cultivation are highly praised even by the Three Great Committee Members, and this matter was personally arranged by the Three Great Committee Members; I am only relaying it. You don't need to hide your abilities; I believe in you."
"As for you guys…" Qin Ming's gaze swept over the six people.
He knew the temperaments of Yu Tianheng and the others—they were proud and arrogant, and it was time they were tempered. He then asked, "Do you know what Shi Quan's Innate spirit power Rank is?"
"Rank eight? Rank nine?" Based on Shi Quan's current spirit power Rank, several people spoke up successively.
"No, it's Innate Rank one!" Qin Ming threw out another bombshell.
Including Yu Tianheng, the six members of the Heaven Dou Battle Team showed expressions of disbelief.
Yu Tianheng looked at Shi Quan and said, "Teacher, are you joking? Looking at him, he should only be a bit over ten years old, right? Innate Rank one, how could his spirit power Rank possibly reach Rank twenty-two so quickly?"
"Hmph! Why would I lie to you? Shi Quan's Innate spirit power is indeed Rank one, but he used his theoretical knowledge to find a way to make his Martial Spirit grow, forcibly changing his talent. Everything he has now is something he achieved step by step through his own efforts. And there's one more thing I forgot to tell you: Shi Quan is not even eleven years old yet."
Listening to the bombshells Qin Ming kept dropping, the six members of the Heaven Dou Battle Team were slow to recover.
"How is this possible?" Everyone looked at Shi Quan, their gazes becoming very complex.
"I know the truth is hard to believe, but I want to tell you that all of this is real. These have all been personally confirmed by the Three Great Committee Members, so do you still have anything to be unconvinced about?" Qin Ming's sharp gaze swept over the six people.
The six people collectively shrank their heads; they were quite afraid of Teacher Qin Ming.
Shi Quan covered his head. This Qin Ming was quite direct, essentially revealing all his secrets.
From this posture, it seemed that after joining the Heaven Dou Battle Team, he wouldn't be idle.
He was already annoyed by Ning Rongrong's Cultivation, and now he had to guide six more people, all of whom were arrogant and proud, which would likely be even more difficult.
"But fortunately, there's still Qin Ming," Shi Quan thought to himself.
The Heaven Dou Battle Team's training and learning were all led by Qin Ming, and the curriculum was also arranged by Qin Ming. Shi Quan's involvement in the planning would, to some extent, facilitate his own Cultivation.
Shi Quan's joining didn't involve any welcoming ceremony for the team; everything happened very naturally.
In the afternoon.
Qin Ming also wanted to see what unique insights Shi Quan had regarding Cultivation. Before Shi Quan and Yu Tianheng could chat much, he pulled Shi Quan aside to discuss the plans and arrangements for future Cultivation.
Although a bit helpless, Shi Quan also took this opportunity to have a reason to gain a deeper understanding of the six people's Martial Spirits, especially Dugu Yan. This would make it more convenient later to use the excuse of guiding Cultivation to discover Dugu Yan's poisoning, thereby attracting Dugu Bo's attention and thus finding an opportunity to enter the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
However, a current problem was that he knew nothing about medicine or herbs, so he needed a good excuse to get Dugu Bo to take him to the herb garden.
Regarding the Cultivation plan, after an afternoon of discussion, only a general arrangement was made. At the same time, Shi Quan drew out all the basic Artifact Refining equipment from his past Life's memory, such as gym exercise equipment and wooden dummies, and handed them to Qin Ming to prepare.
Mainly, these crude training grounds were just a bit too much for Shi Quan to bear.
Dinner.
Aside from daily training, the dining and chatting sessions were the easiest way to deepen the camaraderie among teammates.
After confirming the discussion, led by Qin Ming, Shi Quan followed everyone to the dormitory.
In addition to assigning dormitories to each student, the academy also had a special collective dormitory for the Heaven Dou Battle Team after they joined.
Everyone arrived at this collective dormitory.
Though called a dormitory, it was actually a large villa, or rather, a luxurious apartment complex.
The dormitory was nearly ten meters high with three floors. The first floor housed common areas like the living room, kitchen, and dining room. The second and third floors were for students' and teachers' personal areas, with each person having an independent room, and each room was over forty square meters with ample amenities.
There were more than ten rooms in the dormitory.
So there were still many vacant rooms. Led by Qin Ming, Shi Quan reluctantly chose another room on the third floor.
At one academy, he now literally had three residences.
When the two returned to the first-floor hall, the other six were already seated at the dining table. Beside the table, a middle-aged man and woman, dressed in chef uniforms, were placing dishes from a food cart onto the table one by one.
"Let's have a meal together, chat, and foster some camaraderie." Qin Ming patted Shi Quan's shoulder and led him to sit in the center.
Shi Quan smiled and sat down, looking at the six people and smiling as he said, "Everyone knows my age; I should be the youngest. You can just call me Shi Quan from now on."
"You can call me Tianheng, or you can call me Boss, or Captain. Mainly, they all like to call me that." Yu Tianheng, as the leader of the team, was the first to speak.
"You can call me Dugu Yan."
"Call me Leng Leng."
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The six people responded one by one. Before long, after everyone had spoken, the dishes on the table were all set, and the two chefs pushed the cart away.
With a creak, the main door closed.
It was then that Yu Tianheng spoke again, taking the initiative to ask, "Little Quan, where exactly did your second spirit ring come from? Honestly, we're all quite curious. What kind of Spirit Beast could make the soft Blue Silver Grass so hard, to the point that even an attack system Spirit Master of the same Rank can't break it?"
"I was just lucky," Shi Quan replied with a faint smile. "This second spirit ring came from a thousand-year-old Black Jade Bamboo."
"Black Jade Bamboo?" Qin Ming frowned, looking at Shi Quan.
"Teacher Qin, what's wrong with Black Jade Bamboo?" Everyone looked at Qin Ming, puzzled.
The six clearly didn't understand the drawbacks of absorbing a Black Jade Bamboo spirit ring, but Qin Ming, as their teacher, obviously knew. He then explained the situation of the Black Jade Bamboo in detail to the six.
Only then did everyone show a look of sudden understanding.
"Shi Quan, I see that when your Martial Spirit is released, it's still very soft. It doesn't seem to have Martial Spirit hardening?" Qin Ming asked with surprise and uncertainty.
"It might be because of my Martial Spirit's mutation," Shi Quan explained. "After my Blue Silver Grass mutated, its Life force is much stronger than ordinary Blue Silver Grass. Plus, Blue Silver Grass itself is soft and inherently weak, so even after hardening, the change isn't obvious."
"You're really daring. If there was even a slight mishap, your Martial Spirit would be crippled." Yu Tianheng couldn't help but exclaim, feeling a bit more approval and admiration for Shi Quan in his heart. He then asked, "Shi Quan, your second spirit ring is thousand-year-old, so your first spirit ring's age limit shouldn't be low either, right?"
"Mm, my first spirit ring's age limit is also over five hundred years," Shi Quan nodded.
Yu Tianheng confirmed, "Shi Quan, your first Spirit Ability should be Growth, right?"
"That's right."
"First Spirit Ability Growth, second Spirit Ability Hardening. Martial Spirit Abilities can be combined like this?" Hearing Shi Quan's confirmation, a hint of astonishment flashed in Yu Tianheng's eyes. He secretly thought, "Using the first Spirit Ability's Growth to envelop the enemy, then hardening to control them. Conversely, hardened Blue Silver Grass can also be used for defense and attack. Control, defense, attack—a three-in-one combination. Two Martial Spirit Abilities that are weak or even useless on their own, yet combined they can have such astonishing effects?"
"These two Martial Spirit Abilities combined seem a bit too strong," Dugu Yan also used the same method as Yu Tianheng, unable to help but exclaim.
"The Blue Silver Grass grown through the Growth Spirit Ability is not only fast, but its consumption must also be lower than growing it with spirit power. That is to say, unless someone expends spirit power to repel or shatter the Blue Silver Grass, the longer the time drags on, the more Blue Silver Grass grows, and the harder it becomes to fight?" On the other side, Yu Feng also chimed in, dumbfounded.
"Pretty much, but if someone can shatter the hardened Blue Silver Grass, that's another story," Shi Quan nodded.
As if thinking of something, Yu Tianheng asked again, "Shi Quan, you seem to be able to control more than one Blue Silver Grass at a time? This seems like something only the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Heart Separation Control can do, right? Are you from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect?"
Shi Quan shook his head, "I'm not from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. I only learned about this Heart Separation Control a while ago. What I do is not Heart Separation Control."
He then explained again, "I achieve this effect by sensing my Martial Spirit, treating it as part of my body, and then continuously Cultivating and practicing."
"From the moment I Awakened my Martial Spirit until now, I have been practicing constantly."
Upon hearing this, Yu Tianheng was also dumbfounded and exclaimed, "Shi Quan, your perseverance alone is worthy of my admiration."
"Then how many dodging vines can you control now?" Dugu Yan asked curiously.
"Nearly ten," Shi Quan replied.
After Xiao Meng's integration, Shi Quan's mental force significantly improved, and his control over the Blue Silver Grass also increased proportionally.
"Monster." At this moment, even Dugu Yan had to admit that Shi Quan was truly formidable.
"He really is a monster." Yu Feng, who was beside them, also gasped, "If I were to control these vines, I would have had a mental breakdown long ago."
"Perseverance, like water dripping through stone. Shi Quan's ability to reach his current level is inseparable from his years of accumulated practice," Qin Ming sighed, and at the same time, his gaze swept over everyone. "Now you understand that there's a reason Shi Quan could get to where he is. His diligence and effort in Cultivation are many times greater than yours. This is what you need to learn."
"We understand," Yu Tianheng and the other six responded in unison.
Seeing this, Qin Ming nodded with satisfaction and continued, "Alright, the food is getting cold. Everyone, quickly eat while it's hot. Let's eat and chat."
Thus, everyone picked up their bowls and chopsticks and began to eat.