Yu Tianheng Feels His Head Turning Green!

For the next several days, Dugu Yan appeared in Jiang Yu's courtyard punctually every day.

Jiang Yu's training methods were simple and brutal, but undeniably effective.

For the first few days, it was all physical training.

Running, push-ups, squats, and weight-bearing exercises.

By the end of each session, Dugu Yan could barely hold her chopsticks steady at night.

Yet she never missed a single day.

Dugu Bo saw it all. Though it pained him to watch, he did not say much.

When he had cultivated his poison arts back then, he had suffered more than ten times as much.

On the tenth day, Jiang Yu changed the training regimen.

"Starting today, we'll train soul power control."

Jiang Yu pointed at a tree in the courtyard before continuing, "Coat your hands and feet with soul power and climb it... No brute force. Rely only on the adhesion of your soul power."

Dugu Yan looked at the smooth trunk and tried several times, but she slipped down every time she reached halfway.

Jiang Yu sat nearby and watched, offering a few pointers from time to time.

"Your soul power output is too strong. You're wasting it... Just keep it at the level needed to grip the bark."

"Don't rush. Slow down... You're not fighting right now. You don't need an instant burst."

Dugu Yan tried again and again, failing each time, but every attempt took her a little higher than the last.

After three consecutive days, Dugu Yan finally managed to clamber her way to the top of the tree.

By the time she came back down, the skin on her palms had been rubbed raw.

Yet there was a subtle sense of satisfaction on her face.

She could feel that after several days of training, her control over soul power had improved considerably.

Whenever she used soul skills before, they always felt powerful but imprecise.

Now, she could control the amount of soul power she released with far greater accuracy.

This made Dugu Yan even more certain that cultivating under Jiang Yu was the right choice.

As for Ning Rongrong, she had never shown up again after running away that day.

Jiang Yu could not be bothered to care.

Whether she came or not was her own business.

After that, Jiang Yu arranged a new training exercise for Dugu Yan—walking on water.

More precisely, she had to coat the soles of her feet with soul power and stand and walk across the water's surface.

Jiang Yu brought her to a pond in the backyard. As he instructed Dugu Yan, he stepped onto the water himself.

"The principle is the same as climbing a tree. Attach soul power to the soles of your feet, but instead of pressing downward, spread it outward in all directions to form a supporting surface."

Dugu Yan nodded at his words and cautiously took her first step.

Splash!

She fell straight into the water.

Dugu Yan crawled out of the pond, soaked from head to toe, with a piece of waterweed still hanging from her hair.

Jiang Yu could not help but smile at the sight.

"Again."

Dugu Yan wiped the water from her face without saying anything, returned to the pond's edge, and tried again.

She fell in again.

Over and over, throughout the entire morning, Dugu Yan fell into the water no fewer than twenty times.

By the end, her whole body was trembling, whether from the cold or exhaustion, even she did not know.

But she never uttered a single word of refusal.

Jiang Yu's opinion of Dugu Yan rose another level.

This girl really was no ordinary person.

By afternoon, Dugu Yan was finally able to stand steadily on the water for three seconds.

It was only three seconds, but for the first day, it was already quite impressive.

"That's enough for today."

Jiang Yu said to Dugu Yan.

"Jiang Yu, where did you learn these training methods...?"

Dugu Yan, who had just climbed out of the pond, asked curiously.

Jiang Yu froze for a moment.

That was a difficult question to answer.

He couldn't exactly say he had learned it from anime he watched in his past life, could he?

"I figured it out myself," Jiang Yu said without changing expression.

Dugu Yan nodded and did not press further.

"Can this training... really make me stronger?"

As she wrung the water from the hem of her clothes, Dugu Yan asked curiously.

"What do you think?" Jiang Yu asked in return.

"I do feel like my control over my soul power has improved compared to before... When I used soul skills in the past, I either didn't use enough strength or used too much. Now, it seems like... I can control it more precisely."

Dugu Yan spoke thoughtfully.

"When you completely master your soul power, not only will you be able to use soul skills with ease!"

"You'll also be able to create soul skills of your own!"

As Jiang Yu spoke, a Blue Silver Grass sprouted from the ground with a thought.

Under Jiang Yu's control, the Blue Silver Grass rapidly grew, constantly transforming into all kinds of shapes.

"I understand!"

Dugu Yan clenched her fists and said with a determined gaze.

That evening, just as Dugu Yan finished training and walked out of Jiang Yu's small courtyard, drenched from head to toe, someone suddenly appeared at the entrance.

He was a tall, handsome young man dressed in a fitted blue outfit.

The moment he saw Dugu Yan in that state, an aura of rage surged from the man's body.

He was Yu Tianheng.

The direct grandson of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect's leader, a student of Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and also Dugu Yan's classmate.

Yu Tianheng's gaze first fell on Dugu Yan. Seeing that she was soaked all over, his expression suddenly changed as he loudly demanded.

"Dugu Yan, why are you here!?"

For some time now, Yu Tianheng had been pursuing Dugu Yan.

But Dugu Yan had never accepted him.

At first, Yu Tianheng had not thought much of it, merely believing that he had not done enough.

However, during this time, Dugu Yan had often left early and returned late.

At first, Yu Tianheng had not thought much of it either.

But gradually, he began to feel that something was wrong.

So today, Yu Tianheng followed Dugu Yan and discovered her walking out of a man's residence, soaked from head to toe.

All sorts of scenes immediately flashed through Yu Tianheng's mind, and fury rose in his heart.

"Yu Tianheng, why are you here!"

Dugu Yan was equally surprised to see Yu Tianheng suddenly appear here.

"I'm the one asking you!"

"Tell me, why did you come out with this man!"

"Did the two of you do something behind my back!"

Yu Tianheng grabbed Dugu Yan's arm, pointed at Jiang Yu, and roared.

"Yu Tianheng, are you sick in the head?!"

"Why should I tell you what I do!"

Dugu Yan shook off Yu Tianheng's hand and said irritably.

"Damn it!"

Seeing Dugu Yan treat him this way, Yu Tianheng felt even more like he had been cuckolded.

Furious, Yu Tianheng turned his gaze toward Jiang Yu.

"So you're the one who stole Yan from me!"

"I challenge you to a duel!"

Yu Tianheng glared at Jiang Yu and roared angrily.

"A duel? I'm not interested!"

"And you're no match for me!"

Jiang Yu glanced at Yu Tianheng and said with open disdain.

"Bastard, how dare you look down on me!"

"Go to hell!"

"Martial Soul Possession, Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon!"

Blinded by rage, Yu Tianheng did not think twice before directly summoning his Martial Soul.