Douluo: Breathing Makes Me Stronger, Tang San Was Terrified!

Lu Chen was exceptionally talented. He easily entered a meditative state in class. With every breath, the energy of heaven and earth entered his body. Under his active guidance, the energy traveled through the major and branching meridians before finally gathering in his dantian.

It was absorbed by the two Martial Souls within Lu Chen's body. After being purified and refined, it transformed into his Soul Power and settled in his dantian.

After sensing it carefully, Lu Chen was overwhelmed with surprise. After learning the complete Meditation Method, his cultivation speed had actually reached twice that of his normal free-breathing state.

After discovering this, Lu Chen quietly mocked Wang Sheng in his heart. That guy really was a terrible student.

Such a fine Meditation Method had its actual effect drastically reduced after Wang Sheng learned it. Once he returned, he could properly laugh at that guy and share all his cultivation experience with him. After all, Wang Sheng had never held anything back from him.

In class, Lu Chen was an exception. He entered a meditative state with ease, perhaps because of his Gold Finger. After all, every breath he took could absorb the energy of heaven and earth.

As for everyone else, they all had their own problems. Some were too lively and restless to calm their minds. Some were slow-witted and couldn't grasp the trick even after a long time. Many students scratched their heads anxiously, unable to enter that meditative state.

Seeing this scene, the teacher on the podium could only shake his head helplessly. He really wanted to shout at all the students:

You are simply the worst class I have ever taught!

Except for Lu Chen!

The teacher looked at Lu Chen, who had entered a meditative state so early, with eyes full of approval and nodded in satisfaction.

Then he turned his head and saw Xiao Wu sleeping soundly. He was so angry that he nearly tore out his beard.

The other students couldn't enter a meditative state, but at least they were trying. Only Xiao Wu couldn't even be bothered to pretend and had gone straight to sleep in class.

But it wasn't really Xiao Wu's fault. As a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast Transformation, she had already accumulated an enormous amount of energy within her body and simply had no need to meditate.

She only needed to mingle among humans and gradually absorb human aura to slowly unearth the immense energy within her body.

The Victory of the Work-Study Students

The last bit of the morning slipped away amid the disorderly classroom.

The teaching instructor could only shake his head helplessly at today's results:

"Class is dismissed. Go eat, and remember to practice diligently on your own from now on. If there's anything you don't understand, come ask me. Meditation is the only way to increase Soul Power. Only by mastering the Meditation Method early can you reach level ten Soul Power sooner."

After the instructor finished speaking, the poor students who had failed to enter a meditative state throughout the entire lesson visibly breathed sighs of relief.

Since the instructor had not yet left, the students all sat obediently in their seats. Not one of them dared to leave without permission.

With his hands behind his back, the instructor stepped down from the podium and walked over to Lu Chen. Looking at Lu Chen, who had left his meditative state and opened his eyes, he said approvingly:

"Child, your talent is excellent. After I taught the Meditation Method, you were the first person to enter a meditative state so quickly."

"Although your talent is good, you must not slack off in cultivation from now on. If you encounter anything you don't understand, you can come find me. I will certainly explain it to you patiently. Cultivate well. I have high hopes for you."

Hearing this, Lu Chen rose from his chair. He was not someone who didn't know gratitude. The instructor's goodwill was already so obvious that he naturally felt it.

Facing the instructor, Lu Chen gave a deep bow and said gratefully:

"Thank you, Teacher. I will certainly cultivate diligently. If I encounter anything I don't understand in the future, I will come ask you immediately. I hope Teacher can clear up my doubts."

Lu Chen's humility and eagerness to learn made the instructor even more satisfied with him. He patted Lu Chen on the shoulder to encourage him.

Before turning to leave, the teacher gave Xiao Wu another fierce glare. She was still sleeping soundly.

Only then did the utterly helpless instructor leave the classroom with his hands behind his back.

After the teacher left, the other new students in the classroom all cast complicated looks at Lu Chen.

Those looks contained envy, jealousy, and a measure of dissatisfaction and resentment.

Clearly, they wished they could replace Lu Chen, the one so favored by the teacher.

The resentment of poor students toward a top student!

Faced with the complicated looks from the new students, Lu Chen remained perfectly calm and felt no discomfort whatsoever.

After leaving his seat, he walked straight to Xiao Wu's desk.

Xiao Wu sat by the window. Golden sunlight streamed through it, illuminating the side of her face as she slept on the desk. Her rosy cheeks were fair with a hint of red, glossy and radiant, like a ripe red apple.

Lu Chen shook his head and laughed. No wonder that teacher had given Xiao Wu such a fierce glare before leaving. She was sleeping incredibly well!

He stretched out his hand and slapped the desk with loud bangs, finally waking Xiao Wu.

After being woken up, Xiao Wu rubbed her eyes drowsily. Still somewhat groggy, she asked:

"What is it? Is it time to eat?"

Lu Chen raised his brows and answered with a faint smile:

"Yes, class is over. Let's eat quickly. This afternoon, us Work-Study Students have an appointment to fight the noble students. Xiao Wu, as the second-in-command of Room Seven, you're one of our main forces. Don't be late because you were sleeping."

At the mention of this, Xiao Wu immediately perked up. She sprang from her chair, waving her tiny, not particularly intimidating fists. Her eyes were full of eagerness as she said excitedly:

"Boss Lu Chen, don't worry. I definitely won't be late. Hmph, a bunch of little punks dare bully us Work-Study Students? The Work-Study Students are under Sister Xiao Wu's protection. Watch me beat them until they're crawling around looking for their teeth."

After waking Xiao Wu, Lu Chen went to the cafeteria with her. Lu Chen ate on the first floor, while Xiao Wu went to the second floor.

Lu Chen was a poor Work-Study Student with little money of his own, so he could only eat the large-pot meals and dishes on the first floor.

As a One-Ring Spirit Master, Xiao Wu had already received a Gold Soul Coin subsidy from Spirit Hall. With money in hand, she began living extravagantly, eating only the best food, so she went to the second floor of the cafeteria.

Around two in the afternoon, in the small forest behind Notting Academy!

Two student groups from Notting Academy had gathered in the small forest. Both sides cracked their knuckles and cursed at each other, ready to start fighting at any moment.

On the Work-Study Students' side, Xiao Wu stood with her hands on her hips, her expression stern like a female general commanding thousands of troops. She turned and asked Wang Sheng:

"Wang Sheng, is everyone here?"

Upon hearing the question, Wang Sheng immediately straightened up, lifted his head, and answered proudly:

"All our Work-Study Students are basically here. Only Tang San hasn't shown up. But he doesn't follow the rules of our Room Seven, and we never counted him as one of us."

Xiao Wu's delicate brows furrowed. She looked down on Tang San even more now and waved her hand.

"Forget it. Even if that coward came, he definitely wouldn't be of any use. With me and Boss Lu Chen here."

"Boss Lu Chen, we can begin!"

Lu Chen nodded at that, then looked toward the leader of the noble students, the city lord's son Xiao Chenyu, and called out loudly:

"How do you want to compete?"

A gleam flashed through Xiao Chenyu's eyes. As the city lord's son, he wasn't a useless fool and had some schemes of his own.

These Work-Study Students had actually dared to challenge them to a fight, which meant they had some backing.

Xiao Chenyu would not blindly start a brawl. After a brief moment of thought, he made his demand:

"We will each send out three people. They will fight one-on-one in turns. The loser leaves the field, while the winner stays to accept the next person's challenge. This continues until all three people on one side are defeated. The side with someone remaining in the field at the end will be the winner."

Xiao Chenyu had a few tricks up his sleeve, but before absolute strength, any little scheme was completely useless.

Lu Chen agreed to Xiao Chenyu's proposal!

The first contestant sent out by each side was Wang Sheng for the Work-Study Students and Liu Long for the noble students.

Wang Sheng's Martial Soul was the War Tiger, and he had level eight Soul Power.

Liu Long's Martial Soul was the Long Staff, and he also had level eight Soul Power.

Although their Soul Power was equal, without Soul Skills, Liu Long's Long Staff Martial Soul was more flexible to use.

After a round of fighting, Liu Long successfully defeated Wang Sheng.

Losing the first match lowered the Work-Study Students' morale.

Seeing this, Xiao Wu impatiently took the field as the second contestant.

Her movements were extremely agile.

She was swift, clean, and decisive.

In the fight, she threw Liu Long away after only a single exchange.

The Work-Study Students won the second match, greatly boosting their morale once more. They all loudly cheered and applauded Xiao Wu.

On the noble students' side, Xiao Chenyu could see that Xiao Wu was far from ordinary. He had originally planned to make his appearance as the final fighter.

But Xiao Chenyu felt that, aside from himself, no one on their side could defeat Xiao Wu. Therefore, he could only take the field second.

As soon as Xiao Chenyu entered the field, he immediately used Martial Soul Possession.

He grew taller, his muscles swelled, gray fur covered his entire body, fangs grew in his mouth, claws extended from his hands, and his eyes turned into emerald-green vertical pupils.

Then, beneath his feet, a white Spirit Ring slowly rose. It represented his identity: he was a One-Ring Spirit Master.

But after he used Martial Soul Possession, the Work-Study Students did not feel afraid. Instead, they all looked at Xiao Wu expectantly.

At that moment, Xiao Wu also used Martial Soul Possession. Her legs became longer, creating exaggerated proportions with her body. Her black eyes turned red, and a pair of fluffy rabbit ears grew from her head.

What terrified the noble students even more was that a yellow Spirit Ring slowly rose beneath Xiao Wu's feet.

A yellow Spirit Ring, a Hundred-Year Spirit Ring!

Compared with Xiao Chenyu's Decade Spirit Ring, a Hundred-Year Spirit Ring was clearly far rarer and more precious.

There was no suspense in the result of this battle. A Hundred-Year Spirit Ring completely crushed a Decade Spirit Ring, and Xiao Wu easily defeated Xiao Chenyu.

After Xiao Chenyu was defeated, the noble students could no longer send out a third contestant. Even Xiao Chenyu had lost, and the noble students had been thoroughly frightened.

This arranged fight ended in a crushing victory for the Work-Study Students!

Xiao Wu's Dog Training Diary

Lu Chen's plan was a great success!

After Xiao Wu revealed that Hundred-Year Spirit Ring, she not only defeated Xiao Chenyu physically, but also crushed him mentally.

Xiao Chenyu, the city lord's son, didn't even possess a Hundred-Year Spirit Ring.

Yet he had seen a gleaming yellow Hundred-Year Spirit Ring on Xiao Wu.

After filling in the blanks in his own mind, Xiao Wu had become the descendant of some reclusive family. Her attendance at Notting Academy was merely a test arranged by her family.

After thinking of all this, Xiao Chenyu accepted his defeat wholeheartedly. He no longer dared to act arrogantly before the Work-Study Students, and whenever he saw Xiao Wu, he respectfully called her Sister Xiao Wu.

Ever since Xiao Wu displayed her might in their previous arranged fight.

Xiao Wu was no longer merely Room Seven's Sister Xiao Wu. She became Sister Xiao Wu of the entire academy.

Even Lu Chen benefited from it.

Although Lu Chen had never entered the field during the three matches, even Xiao Wu, who possessed a Hundred-Year Spirit Ring, called him Boss Lu Chen.

As a result, Lu Chen had now become synonymous with "unfathomable" throughout the academy. It left him both amused and helpless. He was merely a Spirit Scholar without even a Spirit Ring, so how had he become "unfathomable"?

Still, this was good as well. No one dared provoke him for no reason, so he could study peacefully at the academy.

After some time had passed, Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, the master and disciple pair, returned to Notting Academy.

Lu Chen happened to run into them when they returned.

Yu Xiaogang's face was deathly pale, as though he had lost too much blood. He looked far weaker than before.

This made Lu Chen suspect that, just like in the original plot, they had encountered that four-hundred-year Datura Snake.

After Yu Xiaogang was poisoned, Tang San had treated him by giving him blood, which was why he had become so weakened from blood loss.

Based on that, Tang San's first Spirit Ring had most likely come from that four-hundred-year Datura Snake.

Lu Chen wanted to laugh. The farther Tang San went down the wrong path, the more beneficial it would be for him.

When Tang San saw Lu Chen, his expression was quite interesting. Whether intentionally or not, his eyes would reveal a hint of provocation. It seemed he regarded Lu Chen as a rival, competing for Xiao Wu's favor.

Therefore, after Tang San escorted his teacher Yu Xiaogang back to where he was staying, the first thing he did was go find Xiao Wu.

He wanted to share with Xiao Wu the fact that he had absorbed his first Spirit Ring and become a One-Ring Spirit Master, hoping she would see him in a new light.

Who would have thought that Xiao Wu would react coldly, scolding Tang San as a coward and having no desire to speak with him further.

Tang San was completely baffled. How had he become a coward?!

After asking around, Tang San finally learned that while he had been away, the academy's Work-Study Students and noble students had held a match.

Everyone on the Work-Study Students' side had attended, except Tang San, who had been out hunting Spirit Beasts and therefore could not participate.

Because of this, Tang San had become the coward in Xiao Wu's eyes.

Tang San could not defend himself no matter how hard he tried. The first impression had already formed, and any explanation would only seem pale and powerless.