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"From now on, practice the eight basic sword forms a thousand times every day. Not a single day of slacking off!"

"Yes!"

Yun Feiyang was like a strict instructor, teaching from the side.

"Spread your stance wider. How can you fight anyone if your lower body is unstable?"

"Yes!"

"There are no shortcuts to becoming stronger. No matter how great your talent is, it is wasted if you do not train hard. Every drop of sweat you shed will reward you. You may not see results in the short term, but after years of accumulation, you will understand what it means to be completely transformed."

After correcting several of Erza's mistakes and seeing that she had found her rhythm, Yun Feiyang began training beside her as well.

Upstairs at the Guild, Makarov stood on the balcony and watched the two figures training hard in the distance, a smile appearing on his face.

"Youth is wonderful!"

Watching these energetic new members filled him with delight.

"Today is another wonderful day!"

Meanwhile, two uninvited guests came running over from the shore!

"Well, well! You two were secretly hiding out here!"

"Feiyang, duel me!"

"And Erza too!"

Who else could they be but those two troublemakers, Natsu and Gray?

"Come on, let's have a proper fight! I'm already fired up... Ahh~~"

"Help~~"

The moment the two approached, a whirlwind suddenly swept up, and they turned into Light Spots that vanished beyond the horizon!

"Ignore them. Keep training!"

"Yes!"

They trained until noon. Since it was Erza's first time, she was inevitably unaccustomed to it, so it took a little longer.

Fortunately, her physical condition was excellent. Otherwise, she would not have been able to handle this amount of exercise on her first try.

Even so, she was panting heavily, and her entire body ached.

"Come on, let's eat. My treat!"

"Okay!"

When they arrived at the restaurant, the two wolfed down their food like Starved ghost reincarnations, drawing frequent looks from the other diners.

"How long will training like this continue?"

"What? Can't wait?"

"No, I was just asking!"

There was no such thing as mastering the basics completely. It was best to maintain this habit forever if one wanted to keep improving.

"I understand!"

"As for swordsmanship training, one year. Once you have built a proper foundation, we can begin other lessons after a year."

"One year?"

Erza clenched her fists. "I'll stick with it!"

"Please come again!"

With the owner warmly seeing them off, the two left the restaurant and headed toward the Guild.

"The principle behind Disguise Magic is to use Magic Power to open up a space within your body. It can be located anywhere on your body."

"This space is invisible, but you can sense it. Externally, it can be as tiny as dust, while internally, it can continuously expand. It mainly depends on how much Magic Power you have. The more you have, the larger the space you can create."

Yun Feiyang nodded. "It is like the principle of the Sumeru Mustard Seed: one flower, one world; one leaf, one bodhi."

"That's right. Since it is constructed with Magic Power, it is essentially part of yourself. You need to use Magic Power both to store things and take them out!"

"I'll teach you how to use Magic Power to touch the mustard seed and then open up the space. Try practicing it."

"Okay!"

Under Erza's guidance, Yun Feiyang gathered his Magic Power in his palm.

Slowly, he could sense a tiny space forming, then expanding.

"I did it!"

The two stopped in front of the Guild. Yun Feiyang removed Muramasa from his back, and with a turn of Magic Power, the katana vanished from his hand.

With a thought, the katana appeared again. He repeated the process several times in succession.

"That was easy!"

"Let's go. Let's take a look around the Guild!"

Watching Yun Feiyang push the door open and walk inside, Erza tilted her head!

"Is Costume Change Magic really that easy to learn?"

"Forget it. That is not important!"

Erza caught up and explained, "From now on, just keep using Magic Power to nurture and expand it! Also, this space can only store dead things, not living things."

"Okay, I understand!"

The moment the two entered, they immediately drew everyone's attention.

"Yo, Feiyang's here!"

"And Erza too!"

"Why are you two together?"

"They seemed to have been together since this morning!"

"No way, no way. Are they already dating?"

Dating?

Erza's face instantly turned completely red, steam practically rising from her head!

"Feiyang!"

"Erza!"

"Duel us!"

Those two idiots, Natsu and Gray, charged over again!

With her strange fantasies shattered, Erza flew into a rage from embarrassment. She rushed over and punched each of them once, knocking them flat on the ground!

"S-So scary!"

"You two really never give up, do you?"

Yun Feiyang ignored the two bodies lying there and walked straight past them!

Erza caught up and volunteered, "I'll show you around the Guild!"

"I'd appreciate it!"

First, he met the Guild members. Though most of them were mere extras, it was still good to become familiar with their faces.

There were over a hundred people in the Guild at the moment. Including those who were absent or out doing missions, there were at least two or three hundred in total.

But if he remembered correctly, after the Tenrou Island incident, only a handful of people had remained in the Guild.

So most of these people were not even supporting characters. A casual introduction was enough!

Yun Feiyang arrived at the mission board and studied it with great interest.

All kinds of missions were posted there. Simple ones included helping people move or recover lost items, with the lowest rewards being only a few hundred J.

Difficult ones included subjugating magical creatures or escorting important people. Those paid hundreds of thousands of J, with the highest rewards not exceeding one million.

Erza explained, "Anyone can take missions from the hall, but they must act within their abilities. For Mages with a certain level of strength, the difficulty is limited. These missions generally do not exceed one million J."

"There are also special cases, such as capturing Mages, subjugating high-level magical creatures, or dealing with Dark Guilds. Those are much more difficult, and their rewards exceed one million J."

"Of course, as an intermediary platform that provides Mages with a way to earn money, the Guild takes one-tenth of the reward. That is also for the Guild's development."

Yun Feiyang nodded in understanding and asked, "I heard there are even higher-level missions?"

"There are. The ones in the hall are all ordinary-level missions. On the second floor, there are S-Class missions, Ten-Year Missions, and Hundred-Year Missions."

"S-Class missions pay at least five million J. As for Ten-Year Missions and Hundred-Year Missions, the amounts are frighteningly high!"

"Of course, high rewards mean high danger. These are missions where a single mistake can cost you your life!"

"Most importantly, if your rank is not high enough, you are not allowed on the second floor. You must become an S-Class Mage to qualify!"

Yun Feiyang asked, "How many S-Class Mages does the Guild have now?"

"Excluding the Guild Master, there is only one: Gildarts!"

Erza said excitedly, "He is an incredibly powerful mage. The missions he takes are generally Ten-Year Missions, so he is rarely at the Guild."

A Ten-Year Mission meant that no one had been able to complete it for over ten years. Its difficulty was easy to imagine, let alone that of the highest-ranking Hundred-Year Mission.

Only one?

That meant Makarov's grandson, Laxus, had not yet become S-Class.