The Demonic Sealing Method and the First Generation's Legacy

Fighting wasn't about who could fight best. Even without Tang Ritian, Tang Qinghe might not necessarily be able to beat Han San.

To be honest, he had only practiced martial arts for half a month at most, and his spirit power was merely at the fourth rank. His victory over Xiao Wu just now was largely due to her carelessness—there was an element of luck involved.

If he were to truly go all out, with his half-baked Heavenly Speech and a six-rank gap in spirit power, it really wasn't certain who would come out on top against that old rabbit.

Let alone Han San, who had a hidden ace up his sleeve.

Han San was about to say, "Since that's the case, then according to the rules of the Seven Treasures, I'll have to trouble you to come with me," when Tang Qinghe turned and left directly, leaving Han San dumbfounded.

Where am I?

What the hell am I doing?

After this sudden retreat, a nameless sense of grievance rose in Han San's heart. That brat was so unpredictable that even he, who was usually sharp-tongued, found it hard to strike back.

[Han San's resentment +18888]

Han San took a deep breath. "Fine, for the sake of Senior Ke, I won't argue with you. But first, you've insulted my master three times and five times—that cancels out Senior Ke's kindness to me. If you dare do it again, don't blame me for being rude."

"What a fine 'don't blame me for being rude.' In your eyes, when Senior Ke delivered food to your family at their most desperate moment and saved your entire family's lives, and I, following Senior Ke's instruction to help each other, kindly reminded you not to worship that so-called 'Great Power' as your master—now that becomes an excuse to cancel out Senior Ke's kindness to you? A fine case of 'a favor turned into a grudge.' Han San, oh Han San, I see you clearly now. From now on, let's go our separate ways, each walking our own path."

With that, Tang Qinghe walked out of the dormitory with an air of righteous indignation, as if Han San were the one who had truly forgotten kindness and betrayed gratitude.

He slipped away just in time—he had already collected enough emotional value points. If he stayed any longer, that little madman would have found a way to kill him.

And the moment he left the dormitory, the notifications popped up one after another.

[Han San's resentment +18888]

[Han San's resentment +28888]

"Haha, got it, got it!" Tang Qinghe's heart was wild with joy.

But Han San's expression was far from pleasant. He lowered his head slightly, his face half-shrouded in shadow, and no one knew what he was thinking.

Being accused of "a favor turned into a grudge" was an unbearable humiliation for Han San, who prided himself on his sharp tongue.

Han San silently remembered this.

"Han San, are you alright?" Xiao Wu noticed Han San's mood was off and limped over, asking with concern.

Han San shook his head. "I'm fine. What about you? You just got kicked flying by Tang Qinghe—are you hurt badly? Did it injure your bones?"

At the mention of Tang Qinghe, Xiao Wu was full of anger. "Hmph, that was my carelessness. Next time, I'll make sure to beat him until his ass blooms and he can't walk straight."

Han San smiled upon hearing this, his anger gradually calming.

That was true.

This was the academy. For the sake of securing a stable cultivation environment to break through to the Spirit Essence realm, as long as the other party didn't come looking for trouble, he could let it slide this once. If they did otherwise...

According to the third rule of the Heavenly Emperor Pill's general outline, once an opponent was confirmed as an enemy, if they showed intent to kill, one must not show mercy, or else it would only bring more trouble.

On the other side, Tang Qinghe had already returned to the hall.

After ordering some dishes and wine, he began to tally his emotional value points. In just this short time, Han San and Xiao Wu had provided him with seven or eight emotional value points.

Counting them up, he now had over thirty emotional value points.

That was enough to buy a ten-year spirit stone.

Unfortunately, he still couldn't absorb it yet.

But no matter, emotional value points weren't heavy to carry. Later on, exchanging for the Nether King's divine position would require a lot of emotional value points. Where else would he get them?

Still, he couldn't push too hard. Now wasn't the time to break through to the Spirit Origin realm.

The top priority was to improve his actual strength.

As for the three free draw opportunities provided by Xiao Wu, he could use them directly.

After all, as long as he didn't withdraw them, no one would notice.

With nothing else to do, Tang Qinghe opened the first draw.

[Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining Million Year Spirit Stone x100.]

It turned out to be a hundred million-year spirit stones. Tang Qinghe wasn't disappointed and silently chanted, "More is better. System, continue drawing."

[Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining a one-time Spirit Stone Replacement Card (allows you to freely select one spirit stone and replace it with another).]

"This isn't bad. With the Spirit Stone Replacement Card, I can temporarily use the thousand-year Spirit Essence first, and later use this one-time replacement card to swap the Spirit Essence for a ten-thousand-year one."

"System, continue drawing."

[Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining the Drunken Immortal Technique from the Jianghu World.]

"The Drunken Immortal Technique? This is great. I didn't expect to draw such a good item besides the Spirit Stone Replacement Card. It actually fits my second martial soul..."

Tang Qinghe checked the Drunken Immortal Technique in the system mall's collection. It was exactly the same as Li Yuanfang's Drunken Immortal Technique, costing a full fifty emotional value points to purchase.

Lost in thought, Tang Qinghe had unknowingly finished all the food and wine.

When he returned to the dormitory, he had an extra set of bedding and a pillow in his hand, which he had just bought from the street in Jedi City.

But he couldn't just sit cross-legged on the bed board every day in place of sleep, could he?

By now, the sky had gone completely dark. Aside from Han San, who was still sitting cross-legged on the bed in meditation, everyone else had already burrowed into their bedrolls to sleep.

"Tang Qinghe, once my butt heals, I'm definitely going to get revenge for that kick." Little Dance hid in her bedroll, poking out a small head and grinding her teeth at him.

"Whatever you say." Tang Qinghe replied flatly with two words, then minded his own business and lay down to sleep.

As for Han San, he sat on the bed board and began meditating to cultivate the Heavenly Net Technique.

"Keep shouting—you're just wasting your breath." Little Dance muttered indignantly, then pulled the blanket over her head, not wanting to see his face anymore.

A night of silence.

The next day, before the sky had even begun to lighten.

When the other students of the Martial Arts Academy were still sound asleep in their dreams, Tang Qinghe had already opened his eyes, withdrawn from his cultivation state, run to the training ground, and started tempering his body.

For him, cultivating the Heavenly Net Technique to raise his Spirit Power was certainly important.

But training his physique was equally important.

And his method of training his body was very simple: one hundred push-ups, one hundred squats, one hundred sit-ups, and a ten-mile run.

The only one who walked out of the dormitory with him was Han San. He had arranged to go with Jade Little Sister today to the Spirit Beast Forest to hunt for a first-grade Spirit Essence.

Jade Little Sister glanced at Tang Qinghe, who was sweating profusely on the training ground, and said to Han San with a heavy heart:

"Little San, Tang Qinghe's innate Spirit Power is only three strands—a world of difference from your innate full Spirit Power. No matter how hard he tries, he'll never catch up to you. In the future, don't bother associating with him anymore, so he doesn't affect your cultivation. Later on, you have an even broader stage to perform on."