Martial Arts Instruction! Ahead-of-Its-Time Teaching Philosophy! Tang San's Surprise!

Atop the Great Wall.

A soldier whose armor was covered in blood was reporting intelligence to Xue Luochuan, who was reading through documents: "While the Great Wall was being constructed, it was attacked by a small Tian Dou force. The commanding general was a Soul Douluo. They seized a breach in the Great Wall and entered the city through the damaged section. There were not many soldiers in the city, so the losses were considerable. However, General Hua Mulan promptly led her troops to repel them and retake the city."

Xue Luochuan calmly moved his fingers.

Understanding the gesture, the soldier withdrew.

The Chang'an Empire currently had too few troops. After its territory expanded, there were not many soldiers assigned to each city either.

It was only natural for Tian Dou to launch a surprise attack.

After all, a frontal battlefield consumed enormous amounts of manpower and resources. Sneak attacks were the norm in war.

He set down the document in his hand, his expression becoming somewhat grave.

Xue Ye had begun imposing economic sanctions on Chang'an.

The Tian Dou Empire had prohibited trade with the Chang'an Empire.

He had even joined forces with the neighboring nations to wage a trade war against Chang'an.

Chang'an had spent vast sums constructing Jixia Academy and the Great Wall.

Now, there was no money left in the treasury!

It had also lost a great deal of foreign trade.

At this moment, the Chang'an Empire appeared prosperous on the surface, but only he knew how impoverished the treasury truly was!

Still, it was not all bad news.

The system suddenly chimed.

Because this was the first time he had retaken a city and preserved the integrity of his territory, the system awarded him an additional chance to draw!

"Retaking a city comes with an extra reward?"

Xue Luochuan was somewhat surprised.

Unfortunately, it was only a one-time reward.

Still, that was fine.

Xue Luochuan entered another sealed room with no one inside.

With a thought, he activated the summoning.

The flowing light faded.

A young girl stood before Xue Luochuan, lazily chewing on a small dried fish.

He wore a bright orange Chinese-style training outfit that was comfortable and agile, with a loose outer robe designed for convenience and mobility.

His hair was tied up with a yellow ribbon, while the coverings on his two legs were of uneven lengths, revealing his carefree and uninhibited nature.

Level 71 Soul Saint, Martial Arts Prodigy, Ji Xiaoman!

Ji Xiaoman carefully examined his surroundings and realized that this was a completely unfamiliar environment!

The laziness he had shown moments ago instantly vanished, and his eyes lit up!

When he was summoned here, he had gained a basic understanding of this world.

He knew this was another world, inhabited by humans known as Soul Masters!

There was no Jixia Academy here, nor was there any discipline from the Master.

He was free. He could thoroughly experience this wonderful world of another realm!

Ji Xiaoman bent deeply at the waist and gratefully saluted Xue Luochuan, the Summoner who had called him here. "Thank you, Summoner. Now I can finally escape the Master's discipline!"

"Tell me, what do you need help with? I'll definitely give it my all!"

Though he said he would give it his all, he was already thinking about how to slack off.

"Jixia Academy has only just opened. Go to the Martial Arts Academy and assist the Master with teaching."

Xue Luochuan smiled faintly.

The academy had only just begun, and it could not find any high-level Soul Masters to teach the students.

Since he had happened to summon Ji Xiaoman, he could assign him to help teach at the Martial Arts Academy!

"..." Ji Xiaoman's smile froze on his face.

Then, his entire demeanor visibly became listless.

"As you command, Lord Summoner."

Inside the Magic Academy building.

Hu Liena and the other two felt a stir in their minds.

The consciousness of all three returned to their bodies without obstruction.

They returned to the classroom building where everyone was sound asleep.

Yet the mysterious figure in the open-air pond before them was nowhere to be seen.

They had left the dreamscape!

The three reluctantly emerged from the Arcane Arts Building.

"If Spirit Hall had a powerhouse like that to establish a dojo, that would be wonderful!"

Hu Liena was truly consumed by envy!

Growing stronger just by sleeping—this was an incredible opportunity one could search the entire continent and never find!

Unfortunately, such an opportunity did not belong to Spirit Hall.

It belonged to the Chang'an Empire!

"Still, although Chang'an has such an excellent learning environment, their foundation in Soul Masters is very weak!"

Xie Yue rested his chin on his hand as he carefully analyzed the situation.

Jixia Academy's teaching environment had already surpassed Spirit Hall's!

But they had started too late, and the gap between Soul Masters was simply too great!

Any Soul Master with even a little talent had been snatched away by Spirit Hall.

Those they could not take had mostly affiliated themselves with other major factions.

The only ones left for Jixia Academy were mediocre talents!

"At the next Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament, we can give Jixia Academy a proper humiliation!"

Yan's voice carried a hint of resentment.

Zhuang Zhou had learned all those teaching theories of Spirit Hall from their dreams, and Yan grew angry every time he thought about it!

Yet there was nothing he could do about the man.

He could only vent his frustration at the next Soul Master Academy Tournament!

As the three talked, Dai Weisi's voice sounded behind them again:

"Let's go. We'll take a look at the Martial Arts Building. It's the teaching grounds for close-combat Soul Masters, and it should be quite helpful to you too, Zhu Zhuyun."

The members of the Star Luo team passed by Hu Liena's group.

Behind them, the people from Shrek Academy emerged as well.

Following the crowd, they headed toward the Martial Arts Academy Building next door.

The Martial Arts Building was shorter than the Arcane Arts Building, but it covered a much larger area.

The instant they entered—

Hu Liena and the other two felt a powerful suppressive force descend upon them!

"Our long-range soul skills have been sealed!" Hu Liena was slightly startled.

Within the entire Martial Arts Building, every Soul Master had their long-range soul skills sealed.

The interior layout of the Martial Arts Building also differed from that of the Arcane Arts Building.

They were still classrooms, but there were not many seats.

In the large empty classrooms, only a few stools stood along one wall, with books on close-combat martial arts placed atop them.

Most of the space was filled with barbells, horizontal bars, parallel bars, and all kinds of training equipment such as sabers, spears, swords, and halberds.

There was also plenty of open space.

This place felt less like a classroom and more like a fighting arena or an armory!

At the very front was another open-air platform that seemed to drop away like a cliff, except it was shaped like an arena!

In every classroom, many students held weapons and sparred in close combat.

This place seemed to be enveloped by a terrifying Soul Power field.

Any aftershocks caused by their soul skills would be completely swallowed and dispersed by the void!

So they could go all out without any concern!

"A fight? I love fights!" Xiao Wu rubbed her hands together excitedly as she looked at the teaching building where they could freely battle!

"So there are no teachers here either? Their teaching methods are this advanced?" Tang San looked around.

Jixia Academy's teaching style was incredibly relaxed!

There were practically no mandatory requirements for the students.

They provided the venue and funding, while everything else depended on the students' own efforts!

This kind of educational philosophy was something countless Soul Masters dreamed of!

"I think they simply can't afford teachers, and they don't have any Soul Masters suitable to be teachers either."

Zhao Wuji immediately saw through the truth!

"That can't be it. It's still an empire, after all." Ning Rongrong was somewhat surprised.

But when she thought of the Great Wall stretching endlessly outside, realization dawned on her!