Sparring with Shui Bing'er

"How about this? Have a spar with Bing Yekong. If he wins, he can be the class monitor."

In truth, she also felt that Bing Yekong was extraordinary and wanted him to become class monitor. After all, he was a peerless genius with Two-Ring thousand-year Soul Rings, and his temperament and character had earned the approval of the headmaster, Shui Qingrou.

Having Bing Yekong spar with Shui Bing'er was simply to find a suitable reason.

This would also allow her to better understand Bing Yekong's strength.

As for whether Shui Bing'er would deliberately go easy on him, she felt there was no need to worry.

She understood Shui Bing'er's character. Shui Bing'er would not treat something like this as a joke; after all, going easy on him would also be a form of disrespect toward Bing Yekong.

After hearing this, Shui Bing'er thought for a moment before finally nodding. "Teacher Yun, I'll do as you say."

The homeroom teacher was named Yun Xue, hence the students called her Teacher Yun.

Upon hearing that Bing Yekong would be sparring with Shui Bing'er, the atmosphere in the class was instantly stirred up.

Shui Bing'er's strength ranked overwhelmingly first in the entire class, while Bing Yekong was at the same level as her and possessed Two-Ring thousand-year Soul Rings. This match was bound to be exciting.

Led by Yun Xue, the entire class arrived at an arena within the academy.

Bing Yekong and Shui Bing'er entered the arena together, while Yun Xue and the other students watched from the sidelines.

"Let me make this clear first: friendship comes first, sparring comes second. Be mindful of safety. All right, you have one minute to summon your martial souls. Begin!"

At Yun Xue's command, Bing Yekong and Shui Bing'er summoned their martial souls at the same time.

The instant the Heavenly Frost Sword appeared, icy winds swept through the entire arena, making quite a few students shiver.

One yellow and two purple Soul Rings appeared beneath Bing Yekong's feet, fully revealing his rank thirty-eight soul power.

Shui Bing'er likewise circulated her soul power and summoned her Ice Phoenix martial soul.

A faint, shadowy projection of the Ice Phoenix appeared behind her.

After cultivating together for six years, Shui Bing'er's martial soul had become extremely stable under the influence of Bing Yekong's Ultimate Ice. The previous incidents of soul power raging uncontrollably within her body had rarely occurred again.

The instant their martial souls appeared, both of them moved.

As Shui Bing'er rushed toward Bing Yekong, she lit up the first Soul Ring beneath her feet.

"First Soul Skill, Ice Seal!"

With a sharp cry from Shui Bing'er, ice surged up from beneath Bing Yekong's feet and sealed him within it.

Yet the restraint lasted only an instant before Bing Yekong shattered it from within.

Before Ultimate Ice, an Ice Seal formed from ordinary ice elements was simply too weak to withstand a blow.

As Bing Yekong steadily closed in, Shui Bing'er fought while retreating, continuously conjuring ice to attack him.

Sword qi surged around Bing Yekong as he continuously released sword qi to slash apart those attacks.

Just as Bing Yekong was about to reach her, Shui Bing'er decisively unleashed her third Soul Skill.

Centered on her, a layer of icy-blue light spread outward.

The instant Bing Yekong was struck by that light, he was sent flying.

This was Shui Bing'er's third Soul Skill. It was very similar to Huo Wu's Repelling Ice Light and, at Bing Yekong's suggestion, had been named Repelling Ice Light.

Repelling Ice Light successfully widened the distance between them, giving Shui Bing'er a brief moment to catch her breath.

However, Repelling Ice Light was ultimately only a delaying tactic. After being knocked back, Bing Yekong steadied himself and charged forward again.

The Heavenly Frost Sword in his hand gleamed with biting cold, its blade flashing as wave after wave of sword qi slashed forth.

With every swing of his sword, Shui Bing'er was forced back several meters.

Gradually, Shui Bing'er was driven to the edge of the arena.

"Second Soul Skill, Ice Ring Armor!"

A layer of ice-element armor formed over Shui Bing'er's body, helping her withstand the sword qi attacks.

However, under the sword qi imbued with Ultimate Ice, the armor did not even last three seconds.

The armor shattered, and Bing Yekong arrived before Shui Bing'er.

Shui Bing'er closed her eyes and awaited defeat.

Yet the pain she expected never came.

She opened her eyes and saw that Bing Yekong had already withdrawn his martial soul. He reached out and patted her on the head.

"Big Sister Bing'er, you lost."

Shui Bing'er's pretty face flushed red. She gave a huff and ran off the arena.

The students watching were all dumbfounded. None of them had expected their usually imposing class monitor to reveal such a bashful side.

What shocked the students even more was that, despite being at the same level, Shui Bing'er had been almost completely suppressed throughout the match before being effortlessly defeated.

Shui Bing'er had used all three of her Soul Skills, while Bing Yekong had not lit up a single Soul Ring from start to finish.

"All right."

Yun Xue clapped her hands, drawing everyone's attention.

"Since student Bing Yekong has achieved victory, as agreed beforehand, he will be our class monitor. As for student Shui Bing'er, she will serve as deputy class monitor."

After Bing Yekong became class monitor, the students had a legitimate reason to approach him.

As soon as class ended, a large group of girls would gather around him, chasing after Bing Yekong to ask him all sorts of questions.

They were nothing more than trivial matters, asked solely so they could speak with Bing Yekong a little longer.

Shui Bing'er sat beside Bing Yekong, silently watching them.

Whenever this happened, Bing Yekong always felt the back of his neck turn icy cold.

To make the wielder of Ultimate Ice feel cold, the effect was truly terrifying.

After returning to the dormitory that evening, Bing Yekong took out a notebook. When he opened it, the pages were densely filled with notes.

These were not notes on martial soul knowledge, but the pharmaceutical knowledge he had accumulated over the past six years.

For six years, Bing Yekong had been preparing for this very moment.

According to the original timeline, the Shrek group would encounter the Imperial Battle Team before long.

After that, Tang San would trigger the Icefire Yin-Yang Well storyline.

The reason Bing Yekong had studied pharmacology was to seize this opportunity before Tang San did.

When he first began studying pharmacology, Bing Yekong discovered that, as a transmigrator, he seemingly did not lack a cheat ability after all.

Apart from his two top-tier martial souls, he seemed to possess another cheat ability: astonishing comprehension.

He only discovered this passive ability after he began studying pharmacology.

He had merely found a few books related to pharmacology, yet he quickly grasped the basics and mastered the foundational knowledge.

After six years of refinement, Bing Yekong's attainments in pharmacology were now no worse than those of veteran physicians with twenty or thirty years of experience.

But that was still not enough.

Being proficient in ordinary medicine would only be somewhat useful, but the place Bing Yekong intended to visit was the Icefire Yin-Yang Well. He did not recognize the immortal herbs within.

If he relied only on the descriptions from the original work to judge them, he would simply be gambling with his life.

Therefore, before intercepting Dugu Bo's storyline, Bing Yekong needed to find someone first.

That person was one of the few people in the world, apart from Tang San, who recognized immortal herbs.

Yang Wudi, the patriarch of the Po Clan, one of the former affiliated clans of the Clear Sky Sect.