Chapter 1018 - Brave Women (2/2)

The first day.

Tang Xiu had the illusion array arranged in the training ground. He only arranged a very weak array due to the weak cultivation stage of these children. But as long as they didn’t take the illusion array lightly and were able to fully unleash their mid-stage Qi Refining power, they could survive inside the array.

Illusions, in and of itself, could make people lost, yet it could also temper their hearts and mentality.

The 979 children, including Tang 28, must face endless streams of enemies which were weaker than them yet many in number. Furthermore, Tang Xiu also set up this illusion to create enemies as children of their age in order to adapt them to fighting. However, their opponent would be getting older and they must eventually face big and burly men.

An hour passed was another round of fighting, and they could restore their strength by taking a pill.

For 12 hours, the 979 children all experienced 12 rounds of fighting with over 200 opponents for each round.

Tang Xiu told the children that they would fight alone, yet he still controlled the entire illusion array in the back. Whenever any of them faced death, he would secretly let them off. It was all to gradually enrich their combat experience.

The second day.

Tang Xiu took all of the children out of Nine Dragons Island and dived down to endure the pressure of the sea. Further, he also made a rigid rule for the children to dive very deep nearly at the limit they could manage.

The third day.

Alone facing 979 children, Tang Xiu let them employ various tactics to face him, be it besiegement, individual combat, or ganging up, all the while instructing combat skills. He even taught them how to use magic spells in battle. He crushed them all constantly to make them benefit from the fight and continued making rapid progress.

The fourth day.

Tang Xu taught them the method to train their spiritual sense and reviewed the training results of the last few days so they could learn from the experience. He went as far as answering every issue they couldn’t understand carefully while at the same time, generously taking out a massive amount of pills whenever resources for cultivation were insufficient. Ultimately, he told the children to write all the harvests they obtained for the last few days and share them with their peers.

Ultimately, all the children progressed rapidly after four days of special training, with 36 children advancing to the late-stage from the mid-stage of Qi Refining and five children breaking through to the early-stage of Foundation Establishment. Tang Xiu believed that these days of special training would make the children have continuous breakthroughs in a short time, with some of them very likely advancing one or two stages.

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On September 10th, Tang Xiu brought Zhang Xinya, Tang 28 and his four team members back to China. Just as they exited Shanghai Airport, Zhang Xinya looked a bit excited and Tang Xiu could sense it despite the big sunglasses and the mask she wore.

“Well, we’re back. Let’s live our daily lives well, shall we?” said Tang Xiu with a smile while holding her hand.

Nodding in response, Zhang Xinya looked like she recalled something and glanced around like she was looking for something. Shortly after, her eyes were locked on a female who dressed up just like her with sunglasses, mask, and duckbill cap.

“Hey, over here!”

She waved her hand and loosened Tang Xiu’s hand, striding toward the girl as the latter approached. After hugging her, she smiled and said, “I told you not to pick me up, didn’t I? Haih, you didn’t even listen to me, girl.”

Seeing the scene of Tang Xiu holding hands with Zhang Xinya gave Zhang Xinyue a complicated feeling, though she still tried hard to hide it. Putting on a calm face, she smiled back and said, “You’re finally back from abroad, so of course I must fetch you up, Big Sis. Anyways, that brother-in-law of mine didn’t bully you all these days, right?”

“Uh, brother-in-law?”

Zhang Xinya’s smiling face receded a bit. She turned her head to look at Tang Xiu and suddenly whispered, “You’re not allowed to call Tang Xiu brother-in-law ever again, Xinyue.”

“Come again?” Zhang Xinya was stunned and looked a bit at a loss.

“I already know what happened between you two, so you don’t have to explain anything to me,” whispered Zhang Xinya again. “Tang Xiu has already told me everything about it. But let’s save the talk for after we get back, okay? If anything, it’s fine if you call him Tang Xiu directly.”

“I…”

Zhang Xinyue’s mouth opened but was at a loss to say anything. Inwardly, she felt a bit angry toward Tang Xiu as to why he must tell her big sister about the things that happened between them. It made her at a loss as she didn’t know how to face her older sister.

Zhang Xinya herself was aware of how Zhang Xinyue felt at this time. In fact, telling her sister about this matter in advance was because she wanted to find an opportunity to let her understand some issues. Likewise, she had long predicted that Zhang Xinyue would react like this.