Tokinada Tsunayashiro (Part 1)

"Guards? It seemed Soul Society still cared quite a bit about the safety of the Soul Reaper Academy."

After leaving Gin Ichimaru, Shen Fei immediately headed for the Soul Reaper Academy. This academy, proposed by the current Captain-Commander, had supplied Soul Society with countless powerful Soul Reapers over the past thousand years, thereby establishing the Seireitei's current order. Such an important place naturally required careful protection during an invasion by intruders.

Of course, since the intruders' strength was still unknown, none of the Soul Reapers assigned to guard the academy were captain- or lieutenant-level figures. They were mainly seated officers leading ordinary Soul Reapers, and naturally, they could not stop Shen Fei.

Even with intruders invading, the Soul Reaper Academy had not suspended classes. Lessons continued as usual, and many students were extremely curious about the intruders. If Soul Reapers had not been guarding the outside, some probably would have been unable to resist going out to take a look. Only then did Shen Fei understand that this was another reason Soul Reapers had been stationed here.

It was to keep curious students from rashly running outside and encountering danger.

"Inject spiritual power into the Asauchi and slowly nurture it. That was more or less what I had guessed."

Relying on his black cloak, which could conceal spiritual pressure, Shen Fei was able to move freely through the Soul Reaper Academy. Before long, he had figured out how Zanpakuto were cultivated and obtained Kidō texts for Hadō and Bakudō below Number Fifty, as well as healing spells.

Being a Soul Reaper was entirely dependent on talent. Put simply, it depended on one's spiritual-pressure rating in the entrance examination. If one's spiritual pressure did not reach a certain level, it was impossible to turn an Asauchi into a Zanpakuto.

Thus, after