Settling a Personal Grudge

Jiang He had no idea that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Heaven Dou Imperial Family were both planning to recruit him.

After resting for the night, Jiang He arrived at the academy early and found Qin Ming.

Qin Ming understood Jiang He's intentions as well. "The academy has already approved it. You can train in the Gravity Training Room from now on, but I'll need to keep watch over you to prevent any physical discomfort."

"Alright, Teacher Qin."

"Mm. I'll take you there now and let you experience it first."

Qin Ming then brought Jiang He to the academy's Gravity Training Room.

The room itself was not large, only around twenty square meters.

In the center of the training room stood four strange Soul Tools. They enclosed a small area of roughly ten square meters, with a large controller placed beside them.

"Stand in the middle. I'll activate the Soul Tools."

Qin Ming had Jiang He stand between the four Soul Tools.

Following his instructions, Jiang He stepped inside and curiously examined the Soul Tools around him.

Qin Ming then went to the main switch at the edge and activated the Soul Tools.

As the main switch was turned on, an inexplicable pressure descended upon Jiang He.

That pressure did not merely affect the surface of his body. Even his internal organs could clearly feel it.

Since he had never experienced anything like this before, Jiang He felt somewhat short of breath in the first instant.

Fortunately, his powerful physique allowed him to adapt quickly.

At that moment, Qin Ming's voice reached his ears.

"Only one-fold gravity is activated right now, so the pressure isn't too great. If you feel very uncomfortable, sit down and meditate. Carefully sense the changes in your body and adapt to it bit by bit."

Jiang He did not force himself. Although he felt that he had already adapted, he still decided to explore it further.

So, following Qin Ming's instructions, he sat cross-legged and began cultivating the Tyrant Emperor World-Devouring Art.

As his cultivation progressed, Jiang He could clearly sense that the muscles and internal organs in his body were not as active as before.

It felt as though an additional layer of weight had been added to his entire body, making every movement more difficult.

However, with only one-fold gravity applied, that burden was not especially great.

If Jiang He had not observed carefully, he might have felt little difference from normal.

After roughly a quarter of an hour, his internal organs and muscles began functioning almost no differently from usual as he adapted.

He opened his eyes and said to Qin Ming, "Teacher Qin, I think I've completely adapted."

Upon hearing Jiang He's words, Qin Ming smiled.

Yet that smile looked somewhat strange to Jiang He.

"Is that so? You've adapted already?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Ming stepped into the gravity field as well and said to Jiang He, "Let me test that for you."

Jiang He was still puzzled when, in the next instant, Qin Ming charged straight at him.

The gravity field was not large to begin with. In the blink of an eye, Qin Ming was in front of Jiang He, throwing a punch at him.

Jiang He instinctively tried to dodge.

But the instant he moved, he realized that his body's reactions had suddenly slowed.

The feeling was the same as when he had first fought Yu Tianheng yesterday.

No, he was even slower now than yesterday!

Bang!

Caught unprepared and delayed by the gravity, Jiang He took the punch with practically no defense at all.

His body was sent flying, directly out of the gravity field.

Standing within the gravity field, Qin Ming smiled and asked Jiang He, "Do you still think you've adapted?"

Jiang He did not answer. Instead, he moved his body a little.

The instant he left the gravity field, Jiang He felt as though some restriction had been lifted from his body, and he felt entirely refreshed.

He slowly walked back into the gravity field, and that pressure appeared once again.

It did not make Jiang He feel as though he were trudging through a swamp, but it was still extremely uncomfortable—like being underwater, where movement was hindered without being able to use the water's force to swim.

Seeing Jiang He experience the difference, Qin Ming explained from the side, "Under the effects of gravity, your body will react more slowly than usual.

"If you want your body to react normally, you'll need stronger control over it. Adapting to that feeling takes time.

"But even with the academy's resources, the Gravity Training Room cannot be activated whenever we please. Even with your talent, you can train here for at most two hours a day.

"So, to avoid wasting time, I need to speed up your adaptation."

Hearing that, Jiang He blinked.

Since there was no one else around, he asked Qin Ming directly, "Teacher Qin, are you sure you're not using this to settle a personal grudge?"

Qin Ming twitched the corner of his mouth and said somewhat speechlessly, "I, Qin Ming, am not that petty. What, are you scared?"

"I'm not that timid either."

At that, Qin Ming slightly raised his head and said,

"Then let's continue. What you need right now is to improve your control over your body.

"Besides, actual combat in the Gravity Training Room will also strengthen your body to a certain extent.

"It's thanks to you that we can use this room. Otherwise, us teachers would have to spend merit points to train in here."

"Alright!"

As soon as Jiang He spoke, he charged toward Qin Ming.

Although his body had not fully adapted to the environment here, and his control over his body had not reached its limit,

having already experienced one round of actual combat, he had no intention of willingly taking another beating.

With neither of them using Martial Soul Possession, Jiang He had no reason to fear Qin Ming.

Especially since Qin Ming's Martial Soul was not strictly that of a Power Attack-type Soul Master, but an Agility Attack-type Soul Master. In terms of physical strength, he might not be much stronger than Jiang He.

However, Jiang He had misjudged one thing.

That was... Qin Ming had visited the Gravity Training Room many times before.

While he was here for the first time.

Their levels of adaptation to the Gravity Training Room were completely different!

After fighting for several minutes, Jiang He had been beaten for several minutes.

Just when he had finally begun to show signs of resistance, Qin Ming turned around and increased the gravity to two-fold.

Jiang He was immediately knocked back to square one and began getting beaten again.

Throughout the entire process, Jiang He only managed to touch Qin Ming a limited number of times with his attacks, and they were almost all blocked.

Meanwhile, nearly every one of Qin Ming's attacks caused damage to him.

For nearly half an hour, Jiang He served as Qin Ming's punching bag.

Until... the gravity reached four-fold!

At this point, Qin Ming also began showing obvious discomfort.

Jiang He was not having an easy time either, but since he had felt uncomfortable all along, he actually found it manageable.

However, Qin Ming's movements were affected to a certain degree, causing him to make frequent mistakes during their fight.

So Jiang He began to counterattack!

"Teacher Qin, it seems your control over your body isn't quite up to par either."

Hearing Jiang He's words, Qin Ming was somewhat speechless.

As he blocked Jiang He's attacks, he said, "My physical strength is starting to reach its limit. It's not a problem with my control over my body."