Leng Yaozhu
Di Tian gave him careful pointers on all aspects of swordsmanship, sharing everything he had learned about the way of the sword.
Chen Jianshu studied diligently. Although Di Tian's wooden sword left him black and blue, the corrections had already brought his swordsmanship into proper form.
Each lesson lasted a hundred minutes, or an hour and forty minutes. After class, Di Tian left the training room, apparently having business to attend to.
Chen Jianshu stayed to digest the lesson and summoned Life Slime.
The emerald-green Life Slime bumped against his bruises, sending the power of life into them. The swelling in the black-and-blue patches slowly subsided.
He sat cross-legged on the floor, digesting what he had just learned about the way of the sword. Sweat poured down his body, but he paid it no mind. Life Slime silently treated him, crawling back and forth over his body.
Fifteen minutes soon passed, and four o'clock was approaching. Chen Jianshu's second scheduled tutor, the teacher who would instruct him in Elemental Control, was about to arrive.
Click, click, click!
The rhythmic sound of high heels came from the corridor. Chen Jianshu slowly came back to his senses, recalled Life Slime, and stood up to face the door.
The training room door opened automatically, and a fiery red figure walked gracefully inside. He froze for a moment.
He realized the newcomer was the woman he had met before—the most beautiful person he had ever seen, he could safely say.
"Hello, young Jianshu. I'm your Elemental Control instructor. You can call me Teacher Leng."
The woman in the red-and-white qipao embroidered with phoenixes gave him a gentle smile. After recovering his senses, he bowed.
"I am Chen Jianshu, your junior. Please honor me with your guidance, Teacher Leng."
"Then may I learn about your Martial Soul? That will also make it easier for me to devise a study plan for you."
She said she wanted to learn about his Martial Soul. After a moment's thought, Chen Jianshu still chose to reveal three parts and hide seven. A Character Card appeared in his hand and merged with him.
This time, he used Gu Yue's Character Card. Chen Jianshu himself showed no great change, but the woman before him keenly sensed that the elements around him seemed to have grown a little more active.
At the same time, her beautiful red eyes fixed on his. His originally dark eyes had turned a gorgeous purple, giving him a distinctly uncanny look.
"My Martial Soul Card can randomly give me an ability, such as controlling elements, using weapons, or summoning companions to fight."
As Chen Jianshu spoke, he gave her a demonstration. Flames first rose from his hand, then a Dull Blade appeared in his left hand, and finally, a green slime brimming with the breath of life suddenly appeared on his head.
"A card Martial Soul... is it a random-type Martial Soul?"
Teacher Leng thought for a moment and ultimately classified it as a random-type Martial Soul. Such Martial Souls were not unheard of on the continent. One Soul Master had a four-leaf clover Martial Soul, for example, and whether their Soul Skill healed or dealt damage was random.
There were precedents on the continent, so she was not all that surprised. What surprised her was how broad the range of his Martial Soul's randomness was.
Elemental Control, weapons, summoning companions, and the like—it was as though... whatever he dreamed of came out.
"I understand your situation. Then I'll start by teaching you how to improve your control over the elements. Elemental Control is actually much like Soul Power control..."
Teacher Leng began her lesson and even demonstrated for him in person. Chen Jianshu listened attentively.
Another lesson passed, and Chen Jianshu gained a great deal. He had picked up many insights into Elemental Control and could try them out when he got home.
After he left the Spirit Pagoda, Di Tian stood quietly before the floor-to-ceiling windows in the office at the top of the tower. The red-haired woman entered the office and gave him a slight bow.
"Teacher Di Tian, have you been well lately?"
His gaze remained calm as he watched the small figure beneath the Spirit Pagoda head toward the food street through the floor-to-ceiling windows.
"Everything is as usual, but Vice Pagoda Master Leng seems to be reaching a little too far."
His calm voice echoed through the room, and the atmosphere fell silent for a moment. The red-haired woman was none other than one of the Spirit Pagoda's Vice Pagoda Masters, Heavenly Phoenix Douluo Leng Yaozhu.
She had once been a student at Star Dou Advanced Soul Master Academy, where Di Tian was the dean. She had attended his lectures before, so she called him teacher.
"Whatever do you mean, Teacher Di Tian? The Spirit Pagoda's branches are bound together. When I meet a promising talent with outstanding gifts, I naturally feel inclined to cherish him, so I offered him a few pointers."
Still smiling, the woman broke the silence. In truth, she had been trying to poach someone and had been caught by Old Di.
After all, this was a wild commoner genius, and a red-level genius certified by the Beast God himself at that. Naturally, she wanted to lure him away.
"Hmph. I won't concern myself with other talented Soul Masters, but you are not to touch this one. Is that clear?"
Di Tian's voice turned cold, and a faint pressure spread out. Leng Yaozhu felt the pressure too. Although surprised by his firm attitude, she chose not to fight him to the bitter end.
"I understand... I've been missing my younger sister lately. I wonder if she's doing well?"
To keep the atmosphere from falling silent, she changed the subject. When Di Tian heard her mention her sister, the corner of his eye twitched, and his tone softened.
"She's doing quite well in the Blood God Legion. She even broke through to Level 98 some time ago."
It had all started when the Phoenix Family sent the sisters Leng Yaozhu and Leng Yulai to Star Dou Academy. While receiving an inheritance from a statue, Leng Yulai caught sight of the First Generation Spirit Transmission Douluo's face.
She fell in love on the spot and became a dream girl. Leng Yaozhu could only throw up her hands. Her younger sister's obsession with good looks was downright terrifying, wasn't it?
Later, Leng Yulai was injured after running off to Shrek to beat someone up. In the end, the Phoenix Family had to step in and get her out. To keep her from pulling any more stunts, they sent her to the Blood God Legion for further training.
All in all, it was quite absurd. She slept beside the first Spirit Pagoda Douluo's statue in the dead of night, then challenged the first Spirit Pagoda Douluo in the virtual battlefield, facing him at the Soul Ancestor level while she herself had the cultivation of a Soul Douluo.
She flirted with a historical figure and was then called to the academic affairs office to write a self-criticism. She had utterly disgraced the Phoenix Family.
Star Dou Academy had also gained a few new rules.
First: no sleeping beside the First Generation Spirit Transmission Douluo's statue in the dead of night.
Second: no flirting with virtual historical figures in the Douluo Hall of Heroes.
Third: no buying indecent storybooks on campus to read in the dormitories.
Although these rules were rather absurd, he had not done anything that harmed heaven or defied reason. None of it was against the law, but his behavior was improper, so he was sent to the Blood God Legion for military training to suppress her love brain.
Of course, the Spirit Pagoda also had many principles concerning love brains. They absolutely forbade the development of a love brain: unless the person you liked belonged to the Spirit Pagoda, you would not be made a core disciple.
The third update for July 9, bringing the total to six thousand Chinese characters.