The system's experience bar suddenly jumped, and it was just a hair away from reaching Lv2.
However, that was not the most important thing. What delighted Shen He the most was that he had actually obtained the Nine Secrets: Dou.
The Nine Secrets: Dou represented the pinnacle of combat. It could evolve into an infinite variety of marvelous battle techniques, giving its cultivator an immense advantage in close combat.
It also possessed an incredible ability: it could imitate an enemy's attacks, allowing the cultivator to quickly adapt and counterattack when facing an enemy.
For someone like Shen He, whose physique was a Sacred Body, the Nine Secrets: Dou was one of the best secret techniques.
After cultivating the Nine Secrets: Dou, he would inevitably be able to unleash even greater combat power.
Although this was a simplified version of the Douluo Continent, for this low-level plane where even creating one's own sword technique was enough to claim the title of peerless genius, it still absolutely amounted to cross-dimensional suppression.
With the support of the Nine Secrets: Dou, Shen He would undoubtedly gain even greater combat power, allowing him to alter the original storyline to an even greater extent and obtain more experience points and rewards.
"All right, Teacher Flender. Let's begin today's lessons."
"Today's training is for Dai Mubai and the others to have a group battle!"
"What? Shen He, Dean?"
Dai Mubai and the others had just gathered when they heard Flender announce this shocking news.
"Good boy, you changed your way of addressing me pretty quickly." Shen He nodded with a beaming smile. "But your voice was a little too soft and lacked presence. Say it again."
Dai Mubai and the others exchanged glances before helplessly shouting, "Greetings, Dean Shen He!"
However, Tang San merely opened and closed his mouth without making a sound. His gaze toward Shen He was filled with venom.
He had suffered all the losses yesterday, while Shen He had taken all the glory, causing him to suffer a devastating setback.
This Shen He was practically courting death!
"All right. From now on, I'll work with the other teachers to formulate everyone's training plans." Shen He waved his hand.
"Oscar, Ning Rongrong, go run ten laps around the village."
"Why? I'm a Support System soul master. Why do I need to train my physical strength?" Ning Rongrong asked unhappily.
"If you were on a battlefield, as a Support System soul master, you'd have to run faster than both your enemies and your teammates. Do you understand what I mean?" Shen He chuckled.
"Besides, there will be a group battle later. You two are Support System soul masters, so you're not suitable for participating. You might as well go train your bodies."
"Running is the most basic form of physical training, and it can also fully reflect your overall physical condition."
"Furthermore, according to my research, a soul master's age limit for absorbing a spirit ring is closely related to their physical condition. If you want to try absorbing a spirit ring beyond the usual level, you should listen to me."
Oscar nodded and quickly ran off,
Ning Rongrong gritted her teeth and hesitated for a moment before chasing after him.
Flender exchanged a glance with Shen He and smiled faintly before following them soundlessly.
"That's impossible!" Tang San suddenly said. "My teacher told me that the upper limit for the number of years of a spirit ring a soul master can absorb at each cultivation stage is fixed. How could something as simple as running raise it?"
Shen He chuckled without answering Tang San's question and walked to the back of the group.
At the very back of the line stood a short-haired, small-eyed fatty. He was not tall, and two little mustaches had appeared above his lips, seemingly having just grown in after puberty. No matter how one looked at them, they resembled a pair of rat whiskers.
"Who is this?" Shen He asked Dai Mubai.
Of course, he knew Ma Hongjun's identity, but the two of them had never met. He still had to pretend not to know him.
"Before this batch of new students arrived, there were only three students studying at the academy, including me," Dai Mubai explained.
"His name is Ma Hongjun. He's the third besides Oscar and me, and the last of the three of us to enter the academy."
"His Martial Soul is very strange. Although the Martial Souls passed down in his family are all Grass Chickens, his Martial Soul is the king of birds—the Phoenix."
"Because of his Martial Soul's mutation, Ma Hongjun gained extremely powerful fire abilities, but it also had a certain effect on his body."
Ma Hongjun hurriedly added, "That's right, Dean. Once the Evil Fire rises, I can't suppress it!"
"Exactly. He even did that to the girl named Cuihua..." Xiao Wu's pretty face flushed red as she spoke.
Seeing Xiao Wu's bashful appearance, Tang San immediately swallowed.
However, Shen He showed no reaction. As a man who had seen countless green-tea women in the modern world, he was practically immune to such tactics.
Xiao Wu's combat power in the art of tea was at most eight hundred, while Shen He's ability to identify tea was at least over ten thousand.
Besides, as a hundred-thousand-year-old rabbit spirit, who knew how many rabbit descendants Xiao Wu had in the Star Dou Great Forest? What was she pretending to be innocent for?
How disgusting. She was disgusting enough to make disgust itself open the door—disgusting to the extreme.
"All right. Today's training will be group combat. Dai Mubai and Tang San, you will each be a captain and choose your own teammates."
"Dai Mubai can choose one person as his teammate, while Tang San can choose two. All right, begin choosing now."
"Tang San, you go first," Shen He said.
Without the slightest hesitation, Tang San said directly, "The first person I choose is Xiao Wu!"
Xiao Wu gave Tang San a radiant smile and threw herself into his arms. The pair of shameless lovers became openly affectionate, acting as though they were deeply enamored with each other.
Next came Dai Mubai's turn, but judging from his expression, he seemed somewhat hesitant.
His gaze was fixed on Zhu Zhuqing. He already knew Zhu Zhuqing's identity, so he naturally wanted to try using their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
However, after sensing Dai Mubai's gaze, Zhu Zhuqing turned her head away without looking at him.
Seeing Zhu Zhuqing's reaction, Dai Mubai's expression stiffened. He took a deep breath and said, "I choose Ma Hongjun."
Ma Hongjun was instantly overjoyed. "Boss Dai, I knew you'd choose me. When brothers unite, they can cut through metal. We've definitely won this battle."
Dai Mubai nodded. To a certain extent, Ma Hongjun's Phoenix Evil Fire countered Tang San's Blue Silver Vine. With Ma Hongjun holding back Tang San, the Control System soul master, he could perform better.
"All right. Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun versus Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing. You have fifteen minutes to discuss your tactics. Then we'll begin." Shen He spoke.
Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun needed no further discussion. On Tang San's side, Zhu Zhuqing frowned and asked, "Are you confident you can deal with Ma Hongjun's Phoenix Evil Fire?"
However, Tang San merely nodded confidently. "No problem. We'll definitely win this battle—and we'll win decisively!"
Xiao Wu cried out in surprise. "Third Brother, could it be that you're planning to..."
"Hmph. During the freshman assessment, I originally wanted to make a move, but I didn't expect this lousy Martial Soul to cause me so much trouble." Tang San snorted coldly. "What Sacred Body Martial Soul? This time, I'll let him witness the might of the Tang Sect's Hidden Weapons."
[Tang San was preparing to use Hidden Weapons in the two-against-three battle.]
Looking at this line of narration, Shen He smiled faintly. With a thought, he changed "Hidden Weapons" to "musical instruments."
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