Special Training

During the day, Su Jiu followed Gu Yuena's example, delegating his bodily authority to A-Qi so that A-Qi could teach the students of Class Five in his stead. Once the dismissal bell rang, A-Qi would never linger for even a second, withdrawing from Su Jiu's body immediately.

This gave the students of Class Five a fixed impression:

During class, Teacher Su was a stern instructor who was humorless and devoid of emotion, but after class, he was a smiling big brother from next door—a stark, polarizing contrast.

Even Su Na'er was left completely bewildered by this situation.

"Student Su Na'er, please answer: what are the pros and cons of Blue Silver Grass absorbing a ten-year Lone Bamboo?"

"Ah?"

Na'er truly didn't know what a Lone Bamboo was, so how was she supposed to answer that?

"Teacher Su, I don't know."

"That is one warning. Do not let your mind wander during class next time."

"Understood, Teacher Su..."

Gu Yue, sitting in the adjacent seat, snickered. Didn't you often brag to me about how good Su Jiu is to you?

That's it? That's all you've got?

"Student Gu Yue, you answer this question."

Gu Yue: "..."

"Teacher Su, a ten-year Lone Bamboo can successfully place Blue Silver Grass between a grassy and woody state, greatly enhancing its toughness, making it resemble a flexible pole, and granting it the divine skill: Pole Vault."

"A very good answer. Sit down."

"Hmph!"

As soon as Gu Yue sat down, she haughtily lifted her little chin toward Na'er, her tone filled with smugness. Learn a little more; if you're bad, just practice more.

Na'er, however, ignored her entirely, lost in her own thoughts as she silently refined the prototype of a certain plan in her mind.

After school.

The horizon was still ablaze with fiery clouds, painting the sky crimson and flushing the cheeks of the young boy and girl a rosy red.

In the prime of their youth, their brilliance was just beginning to bloom.

Su Na'er, Gu Yue, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie stood in a neat row. Rare for her, Gu Yue didn't throw a tantrum this time.

"Ahem~"

Su Jiu coughed lightly, breaking the quiet atmosphere.

"I will tailor my teaching to each of your martial soul characteristics, as well as your individual weaknesses and strengths. Therefore, the training content for the four of you will be completely different."

"Gu Yue, here. Take this book and you can head back first. Tomorrow, I will quiz you on the content of the first chapter."

Gu Yue took the book Su Jiu handed her with a blank expression.

The booklet wasn't thick, only about a hundred pages or so, but the two characters on the cover—"Physics"—made her brow furrow slightly.

What on earth was this?

Although she couldn't grasp the specific meaning of these two characters, as her fingertips touched the pages, she inexplicably felt an indescribable weight, vaguely sensing that the significance of these two words was not simple.

Oh no, this... this feels like it's going to require brainpower!

And that was indeed the case. Su Jiu had discovered that after so many years of development on Douluo Continent, research into physics was incredibly backward. He had simply had A-Qi print out a document from the database containing Physics knowledge from Blue Star regarding elements (temperature, energy, and waves) and tossed it to Gu Yue.

Gu Yue possessed the World-Shocking Wisdom of the Dragon God; she would likely be able to understand it, right?

"Next, Tang Wulin."

"You go to the East District throwing range and wait for me. I'll finish up here and be there shortly."

The nervousness and unease in Tang Wulin's heart vanished in an instant, and he quietly let out a sigh of relief.

He knew very well that the others standing here all possessed talents far superior to his own—a gap that could even be called a generational divide.

He had always wondered why Teacher Su Jiu would choose him.

After all, his martial soul was merely the Blue Silver Grass, a "trash" martial soul that others deemed unworthy of mention.

Yet, just now, when Su Jiu looked at him, there was clearly no trace of disdain or contempt in his eyes, but rather, they were filled with certainty and expectation.

Truly, the bond between him and Su Jiu was like the Gangsan Friendship of old!

Not judging by one's inferiority, not discarding one for their flaws.

Tang Wulin secretly swore to himself that he would train hard and not bring shame to Su Jiu!

"Xie Xie, your martial soul is the Twin Dragon Daggers, but your physical strength, endurance, and explosive power are insufficient—clearly a result of a lack of training. My advice is to combine running with pull-ups for the first month, and I will teach you blade techniques for the next two."

"Right, go to the track and warm up for two laps first. Later, I'll teach you a breathing technique so that at least you won't be so winded when you run."

Upon hearing that he had to run laps, Xie Xie immediately wanted to back out, resisting the idea from the bottom of his heart.

He wore a miserable expression, looking as if life had lost all meaning.

But then, thinking of his determination to become stronger, he could only grit his teeth and endure it. He would just have to survive three months to see the results of the training; he'd treat it as if he were dying once.

Only Na'er remained at the scene. Her martial soul was the Silver Dragon Spear, and she should theoretically know all the spear techniques the Dragon God knew. The biggest problem at the moment was her lack of practice and experience, so one-on-one combat training was in order.

"Na'er, tell me, how much of the Dragon God's spear techniques have you mastered?"

Na'er scratched her head and gave an embarrassed smile.

"Brother A-Qi, I only have the theory; I've never actually put it into practice, so..."

"So you're like someone who has nine out of ten orifices open, but the last one is completely blocked, right?"

Su Jiu mercilessly exposed her bottom line. She felt even more embarrassed now, but her puffed-out cheeks were a clear protest against him.

"Brother A-Qi, that's too much..."

"Smack!"

The little girl was trying to act spoiled, was she?

Su Jiu immediately swatted the restless little bottom she had used to seduce him yesterday; the sensation was exceptionally good.

"Brother A-Qi, how could you do that!"

"Na'er, didn't you keep saying you wanted to break away from Gu Yuena? Have you ever thought about what you would do if your relationship with her fell apart after you separated?"

Na'er was silenced by Su Jiu's words; they had truly struck a chord.

Indeed, once she separated from Gu Yuena, how she would snatch Su Jiu away from Gu Yuena's grasp was a real problem!

So...

Read, overthinking.

"I taught you before that if you know yourself and know your enemy, you will never be defeated! Although you don't understand Gu Yuena's Seven Elements, you do understand her spear techniques. Grasp the essence and the tricks of them; if she ever turns against you, you might just catch her off guard!"

Na'er nodded, the smile on her face showing her agreement with Su Jiu.

"Na'er, just practice your spear techniques here in the training ground. You have to be able to endure the boredom, okay~"

Na'er didn't speak, but the clumsy spear techniques she danced with the Silver Dragon Spear in her hand represented her resolve!

East District Training Ground.

"Tang Wulin, I heard you're a blacksmith. Could you take out your forging hammers and let me see them?"

Although Tang Wulin was very confused as to why Su Jiu wanted to see his hammers, he did as he was told.

"Teacher Su, here you go."

Each hammer in the pair weighed roughly 80kg; this wasn't something you'd want to hit someone with.

"Tang Wulin, try to twist your Blue Silver Grass into a rope, tie it to the hammer handles, and try hitting someone with this setup."

"Huh???"

Wouldn't the Blue Silver Grass just snap?

No, no, Teacher Su said to twist it into a rope first, but could he do it? Was his Blue Silver Bind up to the task?

"Hesitating?"

"Tang Wulin, a great man once said that nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets their mind to it. You must try first to discover the problems and difficulties, then try to think of ways to solve them yourself. If you truly can't solve them, come find me."

After saying this, Su Jiu left.

Tang Wulin looked at Su Jiu's retreating back and silently cheered himself on. He could do it, he definitely could!

"Hey~ Little Gu Yue, you came to find me so soon? Did you run into a problem?"

"Old Su, take a look at these characters. What are they?"

Su Jiu raised his eyes to look: Physics!

Damn, isn't this English!

He had miscalculated. He had only told A-Qi to print it, not to pay attention to these details.

A-Qi, are you doing this on purpose to get back at me?

A-Qi: "..."