"Thank you, Teacher Wu. I understand."
After hearing Wu Changkong's words, Xie Xie nodded in sincere acceptance.
At first, he had resented Wu Changkong's physical training.
But after witnessing Wu Changkong's strength and experiencing his own shortcomings in actual combat,
Xie Xie had finally put aside his young master's temper and humbly accepted Wu Changkong's advice.
"Tang Wulin, I can tell that your Martial Soul has undergone a mutation. This is a rare opportunity."
"What you need to do is gain better control of your Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and develop toward the control type."
"At the same time, you should make use of your own strengths, namely your natural talent for strength."
"If you can combine the two,"
"then at least until you break through to Soul Elder, you'll be stronger than most of your peers."
"Your greatest weakness is Soul Power. Powerful Soul Power is the foundation of a Soul Master."
"Because of this, you can stop participating in physical training from now on and focus on meditation instead."
Turning around to face Tang Wulin, Wu Changkong calmly shared his opinion.
"Teacher Wu, I understand. I'll work hard to improve my Soul Power!"
Hearing this, Tang Wulin nodded firmly.
Clearly, he knew that his Martial Soul and Soul Power had always been his weaknesses.
"As for you two..."
At that moment, Wu Changkong turned to Zhao Tao and Gu Yue.
"Although I'd rather not say this, I have to admit that your performances are outstanding even among your peers. It's difficult for me to point out any problems."
"So I can only offer you some advice for your future development."
"For example, Gu Yue, you can try combining or even fusing different elements. That will surely help you reach an even higher level."
"As for Zhao Tao, you can try training your footwork. That might help improve your combat abilities and keep you from being easily kited."
"I happen to know a footwork skill that would suit you very well. However, it doesn't belong to me personally. It belongs to another mysterious organization!"
"If your performance and character satisfy me in the future, I can try recommending you to that organization!"
With a satisfied look on his face, Wu Changkong offered his advice to Zhao Tao and Gu Yue.
He was especially impressed by Zhao Tao. Wu Changkong thought he was exceptionally talented and hoped to recommend him to the Tang Sect!
"Thank you, Teacher Wu."
Hearing Wu Changkong's words, Gu Yue nodded in thanks.
Zhao Tao also thanked him, but inwardly, he was full of disdain.
What mysterious organization? Wasn't it just Tang San Dog's Slave Group—the Tang Sect?
Although the Tang Sect constantly touted its righteousness and called itself the guardian of Douluo Continent,
Zhao Tao, as a Transmigrator, knew the truth—
This was just a smokescreen put out by the Tang Sect to lure more ambitious young people into joining!
During their probationary period, recruits were put through all kinds of brainwashing, instilling in them the image of Tang San as an utterly righteous hero.
Most of the young people recruited into the Tang Sect were still quite young, and their values hadn't yet fully formed. They had generally heard of Sea God Tang San's many "glorious deeds" since childhood.
Then, after entering the Tang Sect, they were subjected to deliberate brainwashing and indoctrination, until they eventually became fanatical followers of the Tang Sect and loyal servants of Tang San.
As for new members who could think independently, the Tang Sect would find all kinds of excuses to make them fail the trials, ensuring absolute loyalty to Tang San within the organization.
The Tang Sect would even send powerful Soul Masters to secretly eliminate talented young Soul Masters who had no backing and showed disrespect toward Tang San, preventing them from growing into a threat.
The goal was to maintain the secret rule of Tang San and the Tang Sect over Douluo Continent.
As for Tang San, the founder of the Tang Sect, he was a thoroughly hypocritical man, a treacherous backstabber, and a complete hypocrite.
Not only had he blocked the unification of Douluo Continent and turned it into the Tang Family's private garden,
he was also the root cause of the Evil Soul Masters' later rampage. He had even manipulated the so-called Ten Thousand Year Plan, inviting the Abyss to attack Douluo Continent.
Tang San, that beast, had committed endless atrocities. His crimes were too numerous to record!
How could Zhao Tao possibly join an organization founded by such a damned scoundrel, or one that deserved to be wiped from existence?
On the contrary, after being reborn, Zhao Tao had set himself a small goal—
To thwart Tang San's Ten Thousand Year Plan, send the evil Tang Slave Group—the Tang Sect—to its doom, and save Douluo Continent with true love!
Of course, despite his disdain, Zhao Tao was very good at keeping his composure and didn't let any of those feelings show.
After all, he was also a Soul Master without any backing. If he actually showed disrespect toward the Tang Sect, he might well be crushed by its iron fist!
"These are my suggestions for each of you. I hope they'll be helpful!"
"However, Soul Fighting isn't a solo effort. It requires cooperation!"
"Although each of you performed reasonably well, your teamwork was a complete mess!"
"You'll need to focus on improving that from now on!"
"Rest for half an hour and recover your Soul Power. Then we'll continue combat training!"
At that moment, Wu Changkong looked at the four of them sternly and continued.
"Understood, Teacher Wu!"
Hearing Wu Changkong's words, the four sat down cross-legged and began cultivating, recovering their Soul Power and energy.
After that came three more rounds of combat training. It was nearly nine o'clock when Wu Changkong finally called an end to the battles.
"Whew, training with Teacher Wu is really stressful!"
As they walked back to the dormitory, Tang Wulin panted heavily and sighed.
"Yeah, but I feel like my combat skills have improved a lot!"
"Also, I never expected you to be so strong, Zhao Tao!"
Hearing Tang Wulin, Xie Xie nodded, then looked at Zhao Tao and exclaimed in admiration.
Clearly, the battles they had just fought had made Xie Xie admire and respect Zhao Tao, just as Tang Wulin did.
And although he'd joined Class Five because of Zhao Tao's influence, he'd ended up with a great teacher in Wu Changkong. Xie Xie's resentment toward Zhao Tao had vanished as well.
"Your abilities are just as impressive!"
"Gu Yue in particular played a major role in keeping the enemy occupied during the fight, which took a lot of pressure off me!"
"Still, Teacher Wu was right. Our teamwork has a long way to go. We'll have to work together from now on and try to get a good result in the Class Promotion Tournament!"
At this, Zhao Tao smiled slightly before replying.
"Thank you!"
Hearing Zhao Tao's words, a faint smile appeared on Gu Yue's stunning face.
"What's wrong?"
At that moment, Xie Xie stopped and looked at Gu Yue curiously.
"Don't flatter yourself. I was thanking Zhao Tao for the compliment."
Without even looking at Xie Xie, Gu Yue offered a brief explanation, then continued walking.
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