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"Congratulations, Boss Dai."
Everyone congratulated him one after another.
The courtyard was filled with laughter and joy.
Dai Mubai had already broken through to Rank 38 for some time before consuming the Immortal Herb, and after consuming the Immortal Herb, his spirit power reached Rank 39.
Coupled with the new high-pressure training regimen customized by Yu Xiaogang during this period, along with medicinal baths and diets, it would have been difficult not to Breakthrough.
"If we continue to train like this, our bodies will eventually give out, so we can only laugh for now." Ning Rongrong smiled slightly, but did not speak.
During this month, she had returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect twice, and she had also told her elders at home about Yu Xiaogang's high-pressure training methods.
Sword Douluo's assessment, however, was that it was unsustainable, with the input not covering the output.
High-intensity training could indeed squeeze out the body's potential, but excessive exploitation would only lead to physical exhaustion.
Ning Rongrong had long understood Yu Xiaogang's self-righteous personality; anything she said would be useless, and she might even be ostracized by Tang San and others. If they wanted to train, let them train; she was too lazy to bother.
Fortunately, she had initially proposed that the training intensity was too high, allowing for a reduction in intensity as appropriate.
Shi Quan's original customized plan not only considered the academy's medicinal baths but also Ye Lingling's healing abilities.
In contrast, Yu Xiaogang, who did not understand pharmacology, self-righteously believed that the Immortal Herb's medicinal power was hidden within their bodies. Such high-intensity training, with the body and internal organs operating under overload, would inevitably cause damage sooner or later.
Yu Xiaogang smugly believed that his training methods were flawless, but in reality, he was planting bombs within each person's body.
In contrast, within the valley, the Heaven Dou Battle Team members.
Shi Quan and the Shi Family Brothers had already broken through to Rank 39 and were pushing towards Rank 40.
Yufeng had also broken through to Rank 37, and even Zhu Zhuqing, with the lowest Rank, was about to Breakthrough to Rank 36.
In addition to the increase in spirit power Rank, all six had entered the realm of martial arts, and their actual combat capabilities had significantly improved.
Under Shi Quan's leadership, everyone's strength was steadily increasing, forming a stark contrast to the Shrek members, who were all exhausted to death.
The uneventful days of training passed one by one.
Until three months later, the semester of academy life finally came to an end. The academy began its annual holiday, lasting for one month.
Training ended.
The Shrek members lay on the training ground and shouted, "Finally, a holiday!"
Months of high-pressure training had left them breathless. Under the exhaustion, Ma Hongjun's evil fire did not even flare up once, which showed how exaggerated Master's training intensity was.
After a simple rest, everyone got up. Ma Hongjun immediately went up to Dai Mubai, "Boss Dai, look, it's holiday now. As the boss, shouldn't you take us brothers out for some fun?"
"Get lost." Dai Mubai first glared at Ma Hongjun, but a wicked smile involuntarily appeared at the corner of his mouth. After he subtly glanced at Ma Hongjun with his evil eyes, Ma Hongjun immediately understood.
"Hehehe, understood, understood." Ma Hongjun gave a lewd smile and walked towards Oscar and Yu Tianheng.
Ning Rongrong, seeing this scene, was filled with disgust and turned to leave.
It was bad enough that he himself went astray, but he also wanted to lead others to degenerate.
As for Tang San and Xiao Wu, the two were already intimately discussing what to eat and play during the holiday.
That evening, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Yu Tianheng, and Oscar sneaked out of the academy.
After such a long time, he also realized that Ning Rongrong had no feelings for him whatsoever, so he was not prepared to continue wasting his time.
Just like in the original work, for him, giving up the entire forest for a towering tree that was beyond his reach was clearly not a wise choice. He could pick up and put down.
Despite this, his desire to possess combat power remained unaffected.
But this did not affect his relaxation.
Half an hour later.
In a certain brightly decorated room.
"What's going on? Is it because the training intensity is too high? Too tired?" Ma Hongjun, who couldn't last even half a quarter of an hour, frowned slightly. After a short rest, he flipped over and pressed down again.
At the same time, on the other side, Dai Mubai was also doubting life. He felt that he didn't seem as brave as before?
The same situation appeared in Yu Tianheng's room. Why couldn't his Dragon Overlord be arrogant today?
Only Oscar's situation was slightly better; he contentedly held the beauty in his arms and fell into a deep sleep.
As for the dormitory in the valley on the other side.
The group dinner had just ended, and Shi Quan began to briefly summarize the training during this period.
The two Shi Family Brothers had both broken through to Rank 40 two days ago. Dugu Bo took them to hunt Spirit Beasts that same day, and they were now Rank 41. Zhu Zhuqing's strength was also Rank 36, Yufeng was Rank 38, Ye Lingling was Rank 42, and Dugu Yan was Rank 45.
As for Shi Quan's spirit power, it had actually also broken through to Rank 40, but Shi Quan did not disclose this to the outside world, because Shi Quan had his own arrangements for the fourth spirit ring.
After the summary, Shi Quan immediately began to arrange for the holiday, "Everyone knows that there is still more than half a year until the Spirit Master Competition begins, and time is pressing. There will also be a battle with Shrek at the beginning of next semester, and I hope everyone can defeat Shrek with an overwhelming force, so our holiday will be shortened by ten days. In the next twenty days of holiday, I hope everyone has fun, but please do not slack off on Cultivation."
"Don't worry, Shi Quan." Everyone nodded in agreement, especially Yufeng and the Shi Family Brothers. They could feel that the medicinal baths provided by Shi Quan were quite different from the ones provided by the academy before. Their Cultivation speed in the past few months was much faster than usual.
They also wished to return earlier to Cultivate diligently.
"Then that's all for today. Those who want to leave now can leave. Those who think it's too late can leave tomorrow." Shi Quan said with a smile.
Yufeng and the others left one after another, leaving only Dugu Yan and the two girls, and Shi Quan.
"How did you arrange it, Shi Quan?" Dugu Yan couldn't help but ask.
Ye Lingling, as usual, would not return to her Family, and Zhu Zhuqing was the same. Since Dugu Bo was here, Dugu Yan naturally would not go anywhere else.
So now, only Shi Quan's situation remained unknown.
"I have something to take care of alone. Lingling, why don't you spend the New Year with Sister Yanzi and the others this year? We can go back together next year, how about that?" Shi Quan looked at Ye Lingling.
"Okay." Ye Lingling nodded, her cheeks slightly flushed.
Zhu Zhuqing looked at the two of them and couldn't help but miss Zhuang Zhou in her heart.
Looking at Zhu Zhuqing's appearance, Shi Quan's expression was also a bit complex, wondering when he should tell Zhu Zhuqing the fact that he was Zhuang Zhou.
"Since that's the case, Zhuqing, why don't you join us? It's livelier with more people." Dugu Yan turned to look at Zhu Zhuqing upon seeing this.
"Okay." Zhu Zhuqing nodded in agreement.
After the three girls left, Shi Quan stood up and looked at the valley bathed in the dark moonlight outside, lost in thought.
"What are you thinking about, Shi Quan?" Dugu Bo's figure suddenly appeared beside Shi Quan.
"Nothing." Shi Quan snapped back to reality and rubbed his head.
"You boy always like to hide things in your heart." Dugu Bo shook his head and said, "Are you thinking about Ye Lingling?"
"Partly." Shi Quan nodded.
"Don't worry, the youngest unawakened Martial Spirit of the direct Bloodline in Ye Lingling's Family is only four years old, which means even if someone awakens the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul again, it will be at least two years from now. Two years is enough time to do many things."
"Thank you, Grandpa Dugu."
"Why are you being so polite with me? But this child Ye Lingling's feelings for you are so obvious, and aren't your feelings for her the same? Why do you keep delaying it?"
Shi Quan clenched his fist, "Perhaps I feel that I'm not strong enough to protect her yet?"
The so-called not strong enough was actually Shi Quan's concern about something unexpected happening to him.
This unexpected event was Tang San and Tang Hao. He also discovered a problem with himself: he always thought things through carefully. While it could be called steady, sometimes he lacked a bit of bloodlust.
Being afraid of this and that, perhaps it was precisely because he knew too much that he had so many scruples and considerations.
"What? Do you intend to wait until you are invincible before confessing? How long will that take?" Dugu Bo rolled his eyes at Shi Quan upon hearing this.
"Didn't I say I'd take her home next year? By the way, Grandpa Dugu, why are you in such a hurry?" Shi Quan turned to look at Dugu Bo.
Dugu Bo coughed lightly and said faintly, "Actually, your Sister Yanzi is about the same age as Lingling, and she's also quite good."
"Grandpa Dugu, are you serious?" Shi Quan took a step back, his eyes wide, and looked at Dugu Bo with a speechless expression.
"Isn't Yan Yan excellent?" Dugu Bo's eyes also widened, "There are many men with multiple wives in this world. As a strong man, what's wrong with having a few more wives?"
Shi Quan looked at Dugu Bo meaningfully, "If I remember correctly, Grandpa Dugu only had one wife, didn't you?"
"Cough cough." Dugu Bo coughed lightly and said awkwardly, "That was because your grandmother was too strong back then. This old man had the will, but not the strength. Later, this old man reached this age and was used to freedom, so I was too lazy to look for anyone else."
"Oh? Is that so?"
"Of course it's true." Dugu Bo said with his head held high, looking at Shi Quan's suspicious gaze.
Shi Quan chuckled, "If I have time, I'll have a good chat with Sister Yanzi."
"You two, a man and a woman, should talk about what needs to be talked about. Other unnecessary things, talk less, talk less."
Dugu Bo smiled, his expression gradually returning to seriousness, "However, Shi Quan, sometimes, it's better to think of things simply, don't put too much pressure on yourself, be a little unrestrained, a little relaxed, that's also very good."
"Unrestrained, relaxed?" Shi Quan looked up at the bright moon in the sky and sighed softly, "I want to too, but there are still too many things waiting for me to do, waiting for me to work hard. I can't stop even if I want to…"