Chapter 69: The group training (1/2)

”Eh? What do you mean?!” Ed's imagination ran wild for a while, before forcefully calming himself down.

”I want you to teach me your technique.” It seemed like Ed's power left a deep impression on her.

”I can't teach you that.”

”I know that it might be a secret technique, and I know I'm out of line. But I need to get stronger!” Ellie had some tears in her eyes as she spoke. It seemed like getting stronger was a very important thing for her.

”It's not that I don't want to teach you, I can't. If I teach you this technique you'll probably end up discarding your cultivation. You shouldn't be training both things at once. At least not until you reach Heavenly Establishment.” When reaching Heavenly Establishment, people are able to absorb QI from their surroundings, without having to go into a meditation state. Their bodies would be cleansed making them a perfect vessel for QI.

”However, I don't mind training you with QI only.” QI and Nen were almost the same. Only with Nen, you can create special techniques specific to you only. But with QI you can practice all sorts of techniques easily. Ed could simulate Nen training with QI even though the results would probably be lacking.

”As long as I can get stronger!” Ellie seemed to agree with his proposal.

”Good. Then we'll meet in the training hall. You guys can come as well if you want.” Ed also invited the rest of his friends. It was better than being alone with Ellie.

After everything was over, Ed's friends went to their rooms. Ed summoned his companions and got Raikou to come out of his shadow, they headed to the training room, and he brought out the rest of the cockatrice. All of them greatly enjoyed the feast and looked as if they could go on training for days without stopping. However, Ed would only train for three hours today. He would be undergoing a very intense schedule of training starting tomorrow.

Ed got his companions to train their Ren, and then some advanced techniques while he continued his training of Shunpo. This time he was only using Ten to protect himself in case of falling or going off course. He finished with some Ren training and took a bath. Before going to bed, Ed was thinking about the tournament. 'Since it lasts only for one day, it will probably be a team fight. Perhaps we'll have teams from each class face off against each other, even other classmates.' Ed finally decided to stop with his speculations and drifted off to sleep.

In the morning, Ed made breakfast for everyone. Raikou wanted to train alone, so Ed let him use the training room as much as he wanted. Ed left the room with Suika and headed to the training hall. On the way, he met up with Leon and chatted until they went in separate ways. Ed had also invited Leon to join him in training, but Leon preferred to train alone, so he could fight Ed without having to hold anything back.

Inside the training hall, Ed found Hayato, Emilia, Stephanie, and Ellie. There were also some of the classmates that joined them before, but they didn't plan to rely on Ed's training this time, they wanted to get stronger on their own.