Translator: CinderTL
Jiang Ye suddenly remembered something and turned to Chen Zilu. "I call Old Qiu 'Teacher.' What should I call you?"
Chen Zilu froze, clearly having never considered this question. She had been so focused on introducing Jiang Ye to her teacher that the matter of how he should address her had completely slipped her mind. Now, faced with Jiang Ye's question, she fell into deep thought.
Seeing her expression, Jiang Ye decided to seize the opportunity. "How about I call you 'Senior Sister' from now on?"
Chen Zilu froze again.
"Teacher Zhu told me he and Old Qiu are close friends," Jiang Ye continued. "If I call you 'Teacher' in front of him, my own teacher might get upset."
"Mm," Chen Zilu nodded. She understood the logic perfectly well. Zhu Honglie and Qiu Cang were peers, so their disciples should also be considered peers. If Jiang Ye addressed her as "Teacher," it would effectively demote Zhu Honglie by a generation. While their generation might not care about such formalities, the older generation still took these matters very seriously.
Yet...
A faint awkwardness flickered across Chen Zilu's cold, fair face.
Jiang Ye calling her "Senior Sister"?
She had never imagined it.
But... it didn't seem wrong either?
"Teacher, if you agree," Jiang Ye said earnestly, "I'll call you 'Senior Sister' from now on."
In matters like this, the man had to take the initiative.
As expected, after a moment's consideration, Chen Zilu nodded slightly. "Alright, I agree."
"Senior Sister!" Jiang Ye grinned, cupping his hands in a respectful bow.
"Wait a minute," Chen Zilu suddenly frowned, her delicate brows furrowing.
She seemed to realize something was amiss.
How had their perfectly normal teacher-student relationship suddenly become a senior sister-junior brother dynamic?
This...
"Senior Sister, you gave your word," Jiang Ye chuckled. "You can't take it back now."
Chen Zilu stared at his smiling face, finally understanding.
"Hmph."
"You sly fox, always scheming," the girl's gaze suddenly turned dangerous.
Whoosh!
In the next instant, a seven-foot silver spear materialized in Chen Zilu's hand.
"Let Senior Sister see how much you've improved lately!" Chen Zilu's fair, jade-like hand tightened around the spear, its tip pointed directly at Jiang Ye.
Her peach-blossom eyes suddenly blazed with a formidable, heroic spirit.
In an instant, she transformed from a secluded, ethereal fairy into an peerless female general ready for battle.
Jiang Ye's expression shifted.
Chen Zilu's sudden transformation had indeed caught him off guard.
But he quickly smiled. "Very well, then allow me to experience Senior Sister's guidance."
Please select your weapon.
Nine-Foot Black Dragon Spear!
In the next moment, a massive, nine-foot-long pitch-black spear materialized in Jiang Ye's hand.
It was incredibly heavy.
Yet the moment he gripped it, a surge of overwhelming power coursed through his entire body.
He abruptly raised his head.
"Senior Sister, please instruct me!"
Before his words could fully fade, Jiang Ye's figure blurred into a phantom.
Boom! He exploded into motion, his spear thrusting toward Chen Zilu with explosive force.
Clang!
Clang! Clang! The two clashed instantly.
Jiang Ye's spear flashed in a relentless barrage, his strikes like the continuous blaze of the Great Sun—powerful, relentless, and unyielding.
Yet Chen Zilu remained rooted in place, immovable as a boulder.
Her true strength and skill far surpassed Jiang Ye's. Had she unleashed her full power, she could have crushed him effortlessly.
But that wasn't her intention.
Through virtual settings, she had long suppressed her combat capabilities to a level below the second breakthrough.
Even with this self-imposed limitation, Chen Zilu effortlessly parried every one of Jiang Ye's attacks.
Strength could be suppressed, but experience, insight, and honed spearmanship couldn't simply vanish.
"Senior sister's spear..." Jiang Ye sensed it.
If his spearmanship was like a scorching sunrise, Chen Zilu's was like an ancient glacier—imposing, icy, and so dense it seemed to freeze the very air around her.
No matter how fiercely he attacked, he couldn't break through her defenses.
"Isn't this the kind of challenge I've been craving?" Jiang Ye thought, a sense of relief washing over him.
He rarely encountered opponents like this.
Even Teacher Zhu Honglie would never suppress his own strength to the first breakthrough level to spar with him; the gap between their abilities was simply too vast.
Only Chen Zilu!
The difference between them was significant, but not insurmountable.
Since she was giving him this opportunity, he had to seize it with both hands.
Boom! Boom!
Boom! Jiang Ye abandoned all restraint, unleashing his full power as he charged toward Chen Zilu.
Their spears clashed in a lightning-fast exchange.
In mere seconds, they had traded hundreds of blows.
"This guy..."
"His spear?" A glint flashed in Chen Zilu's peach-blossom eyes. "He's improved so quickly?"
She hadn't taught Jiang Ye spearmanship.
She knew he had only started learning the spear after entering Penglai University.
To have progressed so much in just over three months was truly astonishing.
Suddenly—
Boom! A Pale Crimson Great Sun erupted into the air.
The spear's radiance blazed with explosive force, crashing down on Chen Zilu.
Tap.
Beneath the hem of her moon-white dress, a delicate, petite foot, encased in a white lace-trimmed sock, stepped back.
This was the first time Chen Zilu had been forced to retreat by Jiang Ye.
"I underestimated you," Chen Zilu said with a sudden smile, her long, jet-black hair swaying, her beauty reaching its peak.
"Senior Sister is too kind," Jiang Ye replied with a smile. This was the first time he had managed to push her back.
He had never achieved this even at Ancheng Third High School.
"It seems..."
"You've made significant progress at Penglai University," Chen Zilu chuckled softly. "Not bad. I'm quite satisfied."
"As long as Senior Sister is pleased," Jiang Ye said with a smile.
"Don't get too excited yet."
"This is just the beginning," Chen Zilu murmured, her captivating eyes fixed on him. "Your spearmanship still has many flaws."
"From now on, I won't hold back."
With those words, Chen Zilu vanished from her spot.
Boom! A silver spear, radiating an overwhelming, icy pressure, crashed down on Jiang Ye like a colossal tidal wave.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Explosions echoed as the two clashed once more.
This time, the clash was far more intense than before.
Clang!
Clang, clang, clang! Jiang Ye felt as if he were facing a ferocious blizzard, its icy blades piercing and relentless.
Like a world-ending storm, it instantly engulfed him.
Each strike from Chen Zilu's spear remained within the power range of the first breakthrough realm.
Yet they carried the explosive force of that realm's peak, combined with unparalleled skill, erupting like a comet piercing the sun—unstoppable!
Under this overwhelming pressure, Jiang Ye felt like a lone boat tossed in a raging storm, on the verge of capsizing.
"Senior sister," Jiang Ye struggled to parry, experiencing unprecedented pressure for the first time.
"Don't speak," Chen Zilu's voice was as clear as spring water, her captivating eyes fixed on Jiang Ye. "Focus on feeling."
Her spear strikes grew even more relentless.
"Feel?" Jiang Ye's expression shifted slightly as he immediately understood.
As he continued to clash fiercely with Chen Zilu, his mind gradually calmed amidst the blizzard-like assault.
Following her instructions, he tried to sense the essence of her spearmanship with his heart.
Gradually, Jiang Ye seemed to perceive something extraordinary.
"Senior sister's spear..."
"It's connected to mine in some strange way?" Jiang Ye was inwardly stunned.
He sensed the profound mysteries within Chen Zilu's spearmanship—a coldness as deep as a ten-thousand-year-old glacier.
It seemed to form a subtle complement to his Great Sun Spear Technique.
This realization finally loosened the bottleneck that had remained stubbornly fixed for over ten days.
(End of the Chapter)
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