Chapter 22 - Devils Training (1/2)
When they heard that he was Tang Sans teacher they had a trace of respect on their face, they knew how talented Tang San was and to raise such a monster what type of teacher should he be. Only Rongrong had a slightly different expression, yesterday Tang San told her that the person who he liked was his teacher's daughter and that she allowed him to have other women, so seeing his teacher was a slightly complicated issue for her.
But they didn't forget their manners and greeted him,
”Greetings, Grandmaster”
Tang San went ahead and said,
”It's good to see you master”
With a smile Grandmaster replied,
”It's good to see you too, are you well these days??”
”I am fine, master. The friends and teachers at the academy are all good”
He then turned towards the others and said,
”My name is You Xiaogang you can call me Grandmaster just like Tang San. From today I will be in charge of your training, unlike ordinary academies, my training will be different and how much you can benefit will depend on yourself.
From now everyone morning you will be given breakfast at 7 and after an hour nothing will be served, following that you will have spars based on my regulations and then you will be undergoing physical training to improve your body conditions.
After that you will be allowed to do as you want for the rest of the day but you should know that if you have some free time instead of slacking off you all should take that time to do something productive instead, for today we will only have a sparring session and if you don't perform to my expectations you will all be punished”
When Tang San heard that he felt a little depressed as he knew that with how they underestimated Grandmaster's punishment he would surely suffer the punishment.
”Oh! You also can't use any of your spirit bones ability keep that in mind”
When the others heard that he had a spirit bone they were shocked, how could they not be, any ordinary spirit master could only ever dream of having spirit bones and according to what grandmaster said Tang San had one, plus he was only 12!! They then realized that he had truly concealed himself deeply.
Even Rongrong was a little shocked by this, though for her clan it wouldn't be so tough to get spirit bones it was an entirely different thing if she had to get them herself.
Even a normal hundred-year spirit bone is enough to get a small clan or even a minor noble to act and who knows what type and age of spirit bone Tang San had.
”The First match will be Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun and Oscar vs Tang San while the second match will be Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong vs Tang San. There will be a break of 10 minutes between each match. DO remember that punishment will be given out fairly and I won't differentiate between any of you. From now on I will mostly divide you based on age with Dai Mubai being the eldest followed by Oscar, then Tang San and Ma Hongjun, the fifth being Xiao Wu and then Zhu Zhuqing and finally with the youngest Ning Rongrong.
The only reason I'm telling Tang San to fight against you is because he already has proper physical training and combat experience compared to you all. I forgot to mention but he is already a gold rank fighter in the Spirit Arena.
If he just reaches the 40th rank then he has the rights to graduate from the college”
They were now thoroughly shocked, being a gold rank is not an easy task at all, no one in the Academy is even a copper rank fighter not to mention gold rank. This was the moment they understood how wide the gap between them and Tang San truly was, it was also at this moment that Ning Rongrong made up her mind about a decision which would change her life.
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Though it was a three to one fight and with Tang San being handicapped with his third skill they couldn't even land a hit. It could be said that Tang San performed perfectly and without any flaws but the opponent's side was the one who made quite a lot of mistakes.
Mubai and Fatty directly attacking leaving the supporters to fend for themselves, Xiao Wu not taking this seriously, Zhu Zhuqing not cooperating with others and Oscar and Rongrong separating from the main attackers without saying anything, it was literally a suicide mission.
”All of you have greatly disappointed me, is this the so called monsters to me it only looks like a bunch of arrogant kids. As punishment, you will all travel back and forth between Shrek Academy and Suotuo City ten times along with weights behind your back since Tang San did well I will reduce his punishment to 5 times. The weights will be ready at the entrance of the academy and with your names written on them, remember that if you can't finish it by sundown then there will be no breakfast for you all”
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Ongoing outside they found seven baskets with rocks filled inside of them, but when they all saw Tang San's basket their eyes nearly fell off, it was filled to the point that they might even fall down.
He understood that with this he can't help others by taking their rocks and can only let them fend for themselves, but the others didn't understand this point yet and were giving pitying looks towards him.
They took their respective baskets and started to travel towards the city, the actual distance might not be small but when summed up to a total of ten times it became large, nearly 70 to 80 kilometers or so.
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They were able to maintain three rounds easily but when they were at their fourth round they finally felt exhaustion catching up to them. This was particularly true for Rongrong and Oscar who were support type spirit masters and had weaker bodies than the rest of them. But despite four rounds, Tang San didn't even break a sweat, he was leisurely walking with the rest of them as if he had nothing on his back at all.
”Brother San, how are you able to walk so easily with that weight on you back, not to mention that you have even more weights than all of us??”
Rongrong who was now slightly out of breath asked him, he just replied,
”Well after I reached the 25th rank at 7-years-old and with my theory teachings going at a smooth pace he started training with me in cultivation and I had to go through these types of training quite often so I'm pretty much used to it.
Don't worry you'll feel that it is extremely hard at first but later on, you'll understand the benefits of such training”
When he said that they were a little disbelieving about all this so he just said,
”I still haven't shown you guys my ring combinations for my second spirit right??”
When he said that they were all interested in the topic, even Xiao Wu was interested as he had never shown it to even her.
After activating his Samsara Eye he made three rings float up and made them look like 10,000 - 15,000 - 20,000-year-old rings. When they saw that they were shocked, but before they could ask anything Tang San continued,
”Of course this is not only due to Grandmaster's training and even has a little of my own hard work and luck into it I can guarantee that for your next ring you can have it higher than the limit if you follow his training properly”
Fatty who couldn't feel a little shocked and said in a quivering voice,
”Brother San, are you saying that we can also have a ring of 10,000 years for our next ring if we follow Grandmasters teaching??”
”How can it be that simple, I myself had to train for nearly 5 years to get this and the training we're doing right now can only be considered as warm up for what I went through in the middle stages. According to grandmaster a person can sustain absorbing a ring higher than the ring proportional to their own body strength. So if you properly train your body then your first ring can also be a hundred thousand ring”
He said with a wry smile to Fatty's question, what he said wasn't necessarily false as Grandmaster had actually theorized such a thing. After knowing about his they all developed great respect for Grandmaster and had motivation on their faces, seeing that he then spoke up about how they were able to share their weights and they might be tested on teamwork and physical training instead of a simple punishment.
Hearing that they then started to share their weights and continue with their punishment, slowly a small bond was being formed between all of them, though Tang San didn't share or take any of their weights he kept on motivating them to not give up and continued with the punishment despite reaching the quota assigned by Grandmaster.
He had to mainly motivate Fatty, Oscar, and Rongrong the most as they were the ones who had a bad physique. Rongrong also didn't require much of his motivation as she decided to prove herself to him after knowing part of his strength.
Oscar who saw that someone had actually trusted him and was helping him so much gave it his all just like Rongrong.
The only problem now was Fatty who had a really bad habit of slacking off, but after a while, he only said that he will help him solve his Evil Fire problem if he completes it without slacking off and also help him become thin and handsome. When he heard that he was instantly welled up with motivation, he had always felt that his Evil Fire was a huge problem to him and needing women to relieve himself from it was not a great option as it too had a lot of disadvantages to it.
Tang San had a few pills prepared already for his weight and Evil Fire, though for the Evil Fire he only had a suppressant pill and wouldn't last for a long time he knew that he could completely cure him when he gets the Immortal Herb from Ice - Fire Yin Yang Well or in the worst case he can just buy it from the system.
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Soon all of them had nearly completed their punishments and they were at the last l_a_p, Tang San had a few body strengthening, energy replenishing, spirit strengthening herbs from his Magical Space ready for the herb bath later on. He would, of course, do this with a price from the academy as the teachers had their own pride and wouldn't let him do this for free.