Chapter Eighty-Seven: Protection

  "Huh?"

  I received news that Gu Wu Shuang already knows you've arrived at Shen Xiao Academy. If you were just an insignificant small fry, perhaps with Gu Wu Shuang being busy breaking through the Qi Xuan stage at this critical juncture, he would at most send some followers to deal with you, and you'd still have a chance to catch your breath, or even... fight some small monsters and break through in battle. However, given his influence within Shen Xiao Academy, it's easy to find out how you entered the academy: defeating two Inner Circle stage experts, defeating the 71st ranked He Jia Yuan on the Divine List, a Master-level Body Refiner... all these messages indicate that you possess the strength to threaten him. In this situation, I couldn't think of any method that would allow him to leave you unscathed for nine whole months.

  Qin Tianyi glanced at Han Yue and then at Shui Rou, vaguely understanding something: "Perhaps this is the real reason you brought me here today."

  "Ah, my mysterious aura hasn't been rendered enough yet, and, your face doesn't even show fear or panic... how boring."

  “……”

  "Alright, alright, no more wasting time then."

  Han Yue said, his expression finally looking serious for once: "Cough cough, to solve this problem, the method is very simple... become my apprentice, young man, and I'll take care of you!"

  "Gu Wushuang is so extraordinary, logically speaking, his mentor can't be some unknown nobody."

  Qin Tianyi didn't rush to agree.

  "That's natural, his mentor is Jing Wuming, one of the several vice deans in the college, a Sky Sword Master with great strength, a true top-notch figure. Even if placed in the Shengxu Sect, he would be an existence with status and position. If he were to dominate a region, he could even become a respected overlord, establishing a top-level sect. If I were to take you as my student, it would be equivalent to offending such a Sky Sword Master with great strength. Tell me, how should you repay me?"

  Han Yue said, suddenly losing her serious demeanor, and carefully looked Qin Tianyi up and down for a moment, seemingly quite satisfied, nodding: "You're not bad-looking, to repay my lifesaving kindness, join my harem!"

  “……”

  "Yue sister, you are a formal disciple of the Shenxu Sect. Although your cultivation is not as good as those few deputy deans, they are all old and have lost the possibility of further progress. In terms of identity and status, you are even more respected than them, how dare they not give you face?"

  On the side, Shui Rou hastily came out and exposed Han Yue's secrets.

  Suddenly...

  Han Yue was speechless again, covering her forehead.

  "Girls are outgoing, indeed girls are outgoing..."

  "I appreciate Coach Han Yue's kindness."

  At this time, Qin Tianyi suddenly spoke up.

  "Gu Wu Shuang, now although he is a Sword Master realm cultivator, ranked second in the God Void Academy, but what does that matter..."

  At this point, Qin Tianyi looked at Wang Si, Liu Yue, Hua Yuanyuan and others with a hint of sarcasm... Although they all hid it very well, and maybe it was just their inner thoughts, but the spiritually sensitive Qin Tianyi still sensed it.

  Estimated...

  No matter what he says, it will never make sense.

  Even Han Yue himself was only willing to give him some protection because of Shui Rou's face.

  Shaking his head, Qin Tianyi threw away what he was going to say and said directly: "This matter, I will solve it myself, thank you, goodbye."

  After finishing speaking, he turned around and directly walked out of this training hall.

  "Ah, Qin Shixiong... wait for me."

  Shui Rou saw Qin Tianyi suddenly leave and was shocked, hastily chasing after him.

  "Shui Rou, you go back first, from now on, I'm afraid there will be endless troubles around me, and it will be difficult to take care of you completely."

  "But Qin Shixiong, I..."

  "Cultivate properly, if you can have the cultivation of a sword master at this moment, wouldn't all problems be gone?"

  "Cultivation..."

  Shui Rou listened, with a worried and bitter expression, but soon she thought of Qin Tianyi's precarious situation in the Shendu Academy, as if she had found some motivation to persevere. She nodded vigorously, her cute face set in determination: "Qin brother, I will work hard to cultivate my skills, I will definitely become someone as powerful as Yue sister, and then I can protect you."

  "Uh..."

  When he heard the soft and weak girl in front of him say that she wanted to protect herself, Qin Tianji couldn't imagine it in his mind, but at this time he naturally didn't want to hit her confidence, so he nodded and said: "Good, go for it, work hard, you can do it."

  "Hmm!"

  With a wave of his hand, Qin Tianyi didn't look back at the training ground again, and turned to leave without hesitation.

  "Hmm..."

  Han Yue looked at Qin Tianyi, who had once again taken the initiative to leave, and curled up the hair that fell on her shoulders. A playful smile appeared at the corner of her mouth: "Interesting guy, it seems like this is the second time he's eager to leave my side in a hurry. I'm not really planning to take him into the harem, so why is he in such a rush to leave?"

  "This Qin Tianyi is obviously a person with very strong self-esteem."

  Liu Yuan, who was standing by as a male, gave an evaluation.

  "How strong is his self-esteem? From what we know, although he gained a bit of unexpected luck and can temporarily possess the power of a master-level cultivator, this power that isn't his own can at most let him dominate in the swordmaster stage. When facing any swordmaster, he'll immediately fall into disadvantage. The previous test made it clear that he's not even as good as me, so how can he be an opponent for Gu Wu Shuang, whose cultivation is higher than mine?"

  Wang Si said, shaking his head slightly, apparently thinking that Qin Tianyi's approach was very unreasonable.

  " Impulsive, with a strong sense of self-respect... completely an immature hot-blooded youth. You guys are all young, but the education you've received since childhood has made you all unsmiling and mature beyond your years. But now that I see Qin Tianyi, I really feel like I'm seeing something refreshing for the first time."

  Han Yue looked at Qin Tianyi's direction with a seemingly smiling yet not quite smiling expression, her eyes slightly curved upwards, showing great interest.

  "Master, what's going on..."

  "It seems I'll have to go to Deputy Director Jing's place after all. Can I master the Tianji Flowing Light Sword in a month? Let me think... what tasks have rich rewards and can be completed outside for a month without delaying my cultivation... this is a headache..."

  Listening to Han Yue's muttering, Liu Wang and Wang Si exchanged a glance, the mentor's approach did not exceed their expectations.

  "But on second thought... if it weren't for this guy being reserved by my family's Rou Rou, entering the harem, he wouldn't be bad at all... what a young and passionate youth..."

  A huge drop of cold sweat slid down from the back of their heads...

  ……

  "Swordsmanship realm, master mid-term, cultivation realm, swordmaster early peak!"

  Qin Tianyi's mind was filled with thoughts of the relevant news he had obtained from Wang Si's mouth, his expression was solemn.

  His current swordsmanship realm is not even close to that of a grandmaster, and his cultivation realm is only at the early stage of a great swordsman. Even with the Cloud Sword, it's not difficult for him to advance to the middle stage of a great swordsman in a short period of time, but this process will inevitably take time...

  "Time!"

  This is what Qin Tianyi lacks most now.

  There is motivation with pressure.

  He came to Shenwu Academy with the expectation of colliding with Gu Wushuang, and he had never thought that there would be a possibility of reconciliation between him and Gu Wushuang...

  The only thing beyond his expectation was Gu Wu Shuang's strength.

  Rank 2 on the Divine Communication Board!

  At the initial peak of a sword master, actual combat ability is not inferior to any mid-term strong sword master.

  "If it were the early days of Sword Master, I would start No. 2 in load mode, normally activate the X-01 bio-mechanical armor, and with one hit, there is a 90% chance that Gu Wu Shuang can be killed instantly. At that time, as long as the environment permits, it should be Gu Wu Shuang who feels fear, but... In the mid-term of Sword Master... I have also cultivated the superior footwork of the master-level "Moving Shadow" technique, and my probability of killing him with one hit does not exceed 40%!"

  40%

  Too low.

  Once X-01 Bio-Mech is activated in an overloaded state, if one hit does not kill Gu Wu Shuang, the person who will end up dead will be himself.

  "It seems that I must temporarily avoid his sharpness, at least until I have practiced the Tianji Flowing Light Sword Technique and initially possess the strength to rival a Sword Master-level expert. Only then can I formally contend with Gu Wu Shuang. After exchanging blows with him and understanding his strength, I will formulate a new plan based on his strengths and weaknesses."

  Qin Tianyi muttered to himself.

  Gu Wu Shuang had crippled Yun Lai Jian Zong's young sect master, severing his meridians. Whether it was for the sake of that already dispersed Yun Lai Jian Zong's young sect master or to make his own thoughts clear, he and Gu Wu Shuang would inevitably have to distinguish between victory and defeat in Shen Xiang Academy.

  As he pondered, Qin Tianyi had already arrived at the training hall where he was going to teach the body method today.

  In the hall, a mid-term instructor of swordsmen was teaching students. The movement technique being taught was just an ordinary master-level movement technique - the Art of Shifting, a small-range dodging and evading technique, which was somewhat similar to Qin Tianyi's Ling Hou Bai Bian Shen Fa (Spirit Monkey Hundred Changes Movement Technique).

  Qin Tianji quietly recorded it and entered this body method into the database of No. 2.

  It's probably going to take several months to re-cultivate a new body technique, so Qin Tianji decided to use No. 2 to merge the teleportation technique and the Linghou Bai Bian two body techniques, taking the strengths of each and making up for their weaknesses, striving to create a new body technique.

  This will ensure a rapid improvement in his new body's agility and enable him to master it as soon as possible.

  He recorded the body method and waited quietly for the fusion result of No. 2, when a middle-aged man walked over from outside the training room, he searched for a moment in the training hall, and finally his eyes fell on Qin Tianyi, then took big strides to walk over, saying directly: "Are you Qin Tianyi?"

  I am.

  Qin Tianyi took a glance at the middle-aged man's attire and recognized him as a follower of one of the deputy deans.

  "Qin Tianyi, who just turned twenty two months ago, was a fourth-level swordsman eight months ago. In just eight months, he rose from the fourth level to the early stages of a great swordsman, suspected of having an extraordinary encounter, and mastered a mysterious technique that greatly increased his physical abilities in a short period of time, comparable to those of a master-level cultivator. He received a special invitation from Jiang Daowu, the lord of Riyue City, to enter Shenyuan Academy. Before entering, he specifically went to the Divine Communication Stage, where he successfully passed the test."

  "Of course."

  These are no secrets, as long as others have a mind to investigate, they can all be investigated.

  "Not bad for a rookie. There's a task here that requires you to complete it at the fastest speed possible. The completion rate of this task will directly determine the intensity of the academy's training for you going forward."