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--- Chapter 85 ---
A month later.
Han Yuan has learned Heart Separation Control, including its concept and appliance on cultivation.
He also has reached the realm where he can use one thought process to cause five branches of control, capable of doing unconscious operations like constant mental defense in the form of an advanced electromagnetic field around his head. This unconscious operation proves his wild ideas about creating mental computers, or supercomputers, are possible!
In fact, Han Yuan unhurriedly prepared to turn his Mental Palace into the "Spiritual Core" as the center of his mental computing instrument. The only thing holding him back is the lack of spiritual power.
Moreover, Han Yuan's perception and learning speed improved drastically thanks to the Heart Separation Control. He has studied the White Tiger's Lightning Degree and Sage Spirit Immortal Legacy, which should bore results soon.
He already had some ideas about replicating the Profound Art and making the Spirit Soul Contract. Of course, he needed some spirit beasts to test the latter.
At the same time, Han Yuan also get much closer to Ning Rongrong and Ning Fengyuan.
The young lady of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan becomes friends with Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Han Yuan's eight students after bonding in the summer camp. Since this was a genuine friendship, unlike anything she had at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, she became comfortable and treated others more warmly, often joking here and there.
Even then, the little witch in her started appearing. She began calling Han Yuan more endearingly, acting cute and attached like she was his real younger sister.
Thankfully, Han Yue didn't take this seriously. She, the older sister, holds the higher ground!
Meanwhile, Ning Fengyuan looked at Han Yuan more positively after he showed his monstrous talents and charisma. She's no longer too guarded and often discusses the world with him, whether politics, spirit masters, or even life. She was naturally amazed by his visionary thoughts.
Ning Fengyuan genuinely appreciates being Han Yuan's tutor because it's eventful but also regretful at the same time. After all, this will be over in a month or so.
Sometimes, Ning Fenyuan asked herself with a sigh, "I won't meet such a genius anymore. What a shame. After leaving this place, I couldn't get this feeling of guiding a young genius to the right path anymore."
This regretful state of mind from Ning Fengyuan is what Han Yuan wanted from her, though Liu Erlong jokes, calling it a seduction by using his charms. Of course, Han Yuan brushed it off. He's a pure boy with a pure mind! There is no such thing as seduction!
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At the canteen, Han Yuan and Ning Rongrong walked beside each other with trays in their hands.
"Big Brother Yuan, I heard you're teaching a self-created skill to Sister Yanyan. Can you teach me~?" asked Ning Rongrong. She gave him a puppy eyes expression, too.
Han Yuan's mouth twitched, "Your formal training only begins for a month, and you're already asking for my self-created skill. You're asking for too much as a little sister, Rongrong."
"Just focus on your summer camp."
"Hmph, but I've finished the escape, trickery, and suppression." Ning Rongrong pouted unhappily.
"Yes, yes, Rongrong is amazing. However, learning my self-created skill is dangerous without proper control." Han Yuan consoled her. "Don't forget that you haven't learned Heart Separation Control."
If Ning Rongrong wanted to train Rasengan with poor energy control, she would injure her hands in days. Compressed and rotated spirit energy is dangerous, kids.
"Uugh, don't remind me that..." Ning Rongrong looks defeated. She could complete tasks in summer camp because they are very fun, but having to study and meditate to learn Heart Separation Control is too dull.
Thinking of a solution, Ning Rongrong recalled the most efficient trick she had in mind, "What about this... I will rub your shoulder every day for fifteen minutes~!"
Han Yuan raised his brow, tempted, but still rejected her, "Nope."
"Eeeh~!" Ning Rongrong couldn't believe it. This method usually works on her father and grandfathers. They would even give her a gift if she extended it by a few minutes.
Han Yuan chuckled and tapped her forehead gently, "Maybe, next time, Rongrong."
Then, he walked away to the nearby seat.
Ning Rongrong rubbed forehead and smiled, "Hmph, I will get that self-created skill eventually!"
As they ate together in the canteen, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling also came in and joined them.
"Morning!" 2x.
"You guys are early." Dugu Yan said, sitting in front of Han Yuan.
"Yes, too early." Ye Lingling yawned slightly, taking a seat beside Dugu Yan.
Ning Rongrong puffed her chest and said, "I woke up early and watched the sunrise with Big Brother Yuan."
"Wow!" Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling were amazed. They are not even that disciplined, but the second half of Ning Rongrong's words made their hearts a little sour.
"So, you're just looking for an excuse to get closer to Xiao Yuan. You're really becoming his younger sister at this point, Rongrong." Dugu Yan commented playfully.
"Younger sister, how envious..." Ye Lingling added.
Han Yuan chuckled, "You guys had no idea that Rongrong is doing nothing there. She basically took a nap while leaning on me."
"Hoho..." Dugu Yan gave the princess a cunning look.
Ning Rongrong blushed and made an excuse immediately, "I-I'm too tired, okay! Yesterday's training was too much..."
"Sure..." Ye Lingling smiled at her.
Ning Rongrong's red face became even redder as she puffed her cheeks like a squirrel at Han Yuan, "Big Brother Yuan, how could you expose me like that! I'm mad now, hmph!"
Okay, that is adorable!
Han Yuan, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling finally stopped teasing her.
They had breakfast together and then went to the artificial lake where the other students had been waiting. There are also Liu Erlong, Dugu Bo, and Ning Fengyuan.
"Well, everyone gathered earlier than I expected." Han Yuan chuckled at them. "You guys must be excited about the spirit rings."
"Hmm, is there a training program I didn't know about?" Ning Rongrong tilted her head in confusion. "Are we going to hunt for spirit rings in the Soul Hunting Forests?"
Dugu Yan pinched Ning Rongrong's cheek playfully, "Who said you can only get spirit rings from there?"
Ning Rongrong becomes even more confused, "Then, did the academy raise spirit beasts? I don't think those spirit beasts are good enough, though."
Although some ambitious factions tried to capture and breed spirit beasts for specific spirit rings, the spirit rings they produced were worse than spirit beasts in the wild.
Also, those tamed spirit beasts are never older than a thousand years.
Ye Lingling patted Ning Rongrong's shoulder, "Just wait and see..."
"Err, okay." Ning Rongrong's curiosity was piqued once again.
At the same time, Ning Fengyuan was also confused. Ten minutes ago, Liu Erlong came to the guest house and invited her to attend today's training, which made her suspect something, and Han Yuan's words gave her this weird feeling.
Ning Fengyuan secretly glanced at Dugu Bo and saw the infamous Poison Douluo had transformed. Not only did he become younger, but his aura reminded her of the clan's Sword Douluo.
She was shocked. Such depth is not something Dugu Bo should have, as she has seen him a few times before. How could someone change so much in a short time?
As expected, there is something special about this academy.
Then, Han Yuan brought out something. A seemingly ordinary bronze ring appeared on his palm as he smiled and threw it to Ye Shan.
"Ye Shan, you have reached level 30. It's time to absorb your third spirit ring, inject your spiritual power into that ring, and let out the spirit ring."
"Okay!" Ye Shan caught the ring and slowly closed his eyes, operating his spiritual power into the ring and bringing out the sealed spirit ring inside smoothly.
Swoosh!
A deep purple ring appeared before everyone's eyes, flickering with an image of a two-headed tiger with rich brown fur and black stripes.
"Impossible!" Ning Fengyuan's eyes widened in shock.
Ning Rongrong reacted similarly to Ning Fengyuan and even covered her little mouth adorably because this was too unbelievable.
A Storable Spirit Ring!