.Card Harvest

Evening, Zhao Ruo returned from the Nine‑Story Tower and said, "Chen Hao, when do you plan to go out into the wild? It's still more than a week until the 29th. With your abilities as a spiritual mind‑master, I'm sure your battle points will soon surpass most people, and your ranking will be high. Next month you won't have to worry about training resources."

Chen Hao looked at the lively Zhao Ruo, shook his head, and replied, "I don't intend to hunt monsters in the near future. Teacher Jiang Fang's guidance has been very useful to me. I plan to study with her for a while, then go monster‑hunting. At my pace, even a single day is enough to hunt enough monsters."

Zhao Ruo's expression turned a bit odd as she stared at Chen Hao. "Teacher Jiang Fang's guidance is indeed valuable; I hope it helps you." She then muttered softly, "Another big pervert."

Hearing Zhao Ruo's whisper, Chen Hao's mouth twitched involuntarily. "Don't worry. In the next few days Teacher Jiang Fang will help me make contacts, and other teachers will give me comprehensive guidance. It's not as much as you think."

Zhao Ruo rolled her eyes. "Fine, just don't forget your battle points. Training all day is exhausting." She waved her hand, returned to her room, and muttered while walking, "It's just that… your skin is a bit fairer, your front a bit bigger, your back a bit perkier, your waist a bit slimmer, your face a bit prettier…" Her voice grew lower and lower until she finally shouted in frustration, "You're driving me crazy!"

Seeing Zhao Ruo leave in a frenzy, Chen Hao smiled. His senior sister's personality was truly carefree, but that made her easy to get along with sincerely.

With no other disturbances, Chen Hao went back to his bedroom. After a silent night, he woke early the next day, finished his activities, and received a call from Jiang Fang.

"Chen Hao, are you ready? If you are, come to the staff villas; I'll introduce you to a few people."

"Okay, teacher, I'll be there right away." He quickly stood up, hung up, and headed toward the address Jiang Fang had given him.

The residences of the god‑level teachers were a notch above the trainees', since many of the gods lived with their families.

Thus the teachers' homes were all detached villas. Following Jiang Fang's directions, he arrived at a quiet villa's entrance.

The villa's gate was wide open, and he could hear occasional conversations drifting from inside.

Chen Hao didn't rush in; instead, he called out loudly at the doorway, "Teacher Jiang? It's Chen Hao."

"Come in," Jiang Fang's voice replied from within, and Chen Hao stepped inside.

On the first‑floor lounge of the villa, he found more than a dozen teachers already seated. From their aura, it was clear they were all god‑level. "Hello, Teacher Jiang! Nice to meet everyone," he said.

"Don't be formal. Besides, your current cultivation isn't that far behind ours," they replied.

Chen Hao was taken aback, then politely said, "My strength is still far below yours. I hope you'll all guide me in the future."

"No need to be overly modest. Let's exchange contact info; if we have time we'll let you know. If you have any cultivation questions, just ask your teacher. We can probably only be sparring partners, but your strength will catch up to us soon." The teachers each swapped contacts with Chen Hao and then took their leave.

"Is it really that easy to talk to them?" Chen Hao was puzzled by the teachers' attitude.

"Is that so strange?" Jiang Fang chuckled at his bewildered expression. "Your physical condition should already be at the senior war‑general level, right? Then your spiritual mind‑master cultivation must be at the intermediate god level. A spirit‑master's combat power generally exceeds that of ordinary fighters at the same rank, so you're not far behind us. I told them your physique is already at senior war‑general tier, so they know how to treat you. With a talent like yours, you wouldn't want to miss out on connections now and later regret it, would you?"

He tapped his forehead, surprised that Jiang Fang could guess his physical state so accurately. Her insight was indeed impressive, and the recent gains were certainly worthwhile.

These god‑level teachers' sword techniques and movement styles were almost all perfect‑grade, and their advanced cultivation methods were varied—of little use to him.

He possessed thirteen perfect‑grade basic movement skill cards, nine perfect‑grade basic sword skill cards, one perfect‑grade basic gun skill card, three perfect‑grade basic blade skill cards, and one realm‑grade basic movement‑and‑gun skill card.

Among them, three were practitioners of the Nine‑Layer Thunder Blade: two at the fourth layer and one at the fifth.

Of course, any technique that can be copied will be copied first; with his current spiritual power, replicating these methods costs almost nothing.

"Don't overthink it; it's not a big deal. When you become an invincible god, they'll brag about it, and that'll be their bragging rights. Follow me to the underground training room," Jiang Fang said, leading the way.

Looking at the spacious underground training room, he felt a surge of admiration. A god‑level residence is on another level; the underground chamber spanned over a hundred square meters, several times larger than a trainee's.

In the training room, Jiang Fang drew her twin blades from the weapon rack and stood in the center. "Why are you staring at me? Pick your own weapon quickly."

Chen Hao blinked. "Uh, okay, just a moment." He then pulled the only blood‑shadow dual‑type warblade from the rack—clearly prepared by Jiang Fang.

He pretended to pull out a 900‑year‑old Polygonum multiflorum that he hadn't finished eating yesterday and swallowed the remaining piece.

Without waiting for the medicine to take effect, he immediately activated Jiang Fang's realm‑grade sword and movement skill cards.

A flood of cultivation memories, combat experience, and battle knowledge surged toward Chen Hao.

Jiang Fang's eye twitched at his actions, but seeing that he wasn't using any prohibited drugs, she didn't intervene.

"Teacher, I'm ready. Watch out, I'm coming." He raised his warblade and charged at Jiang Fang, while the memories in his mind began to be absorbed and digested.

Jiang Fang blocked his attack while observing his condition, finding nothing abnormal, and relaxed a bit.

However, his face turned a deep red, and his vigor seemed boundless, which made her slightly uneasy.

Their sparring went on for over an hour. Jiang Fang's breathing grew rapid, yet Chen Hao remained as fierce as a dragon and tiger.

Was his earlier state caused by what he ate? No wonder she felt uneasy earlier.

Gradually, Jiang Fang realized that sparring with Chen Hao was becoming increasingly stifling, as if she were facing another version of herself.

Moreover, as the duel continued, she saw his strength rising rapidly, and a faint, lingering aura began to appear around him.