64: Chapter 64 Training

After eating, Bai Qi sat there, watching everyone busily moving between the kitchen and the dining table with a look of contentment.

Xiao Wu quickly carried a stack of bowls and plates toward the kitchen, with Ah Yin following closely behind, fearing she might drop them.

Ning Rongrong wiped the table with a rag, her movements looking decent enough, but she started complaining of tiredness after only a few wipes.

Zhu Zhuqing quietly tidied up the leftovers on the table, stacked the empty plates together, and carried them into the kitchen.

Meng Yiran was the last to get up, putting her chair back in place and then standing aside to wait.

Bai Qi looked at them with a smile on his face, thinking to himself that this was what life should be like.

After tidying up, Bai Qi stood up from his chair, clapped his hands, and said to everyone.

"Let's go, I'll take you to find Yanzi and Lingling."

Xiao Wu wiped her hands and said.

"Okay."

Bai Qi followed up.

"For the next period of time, you will be training together."

Ning Rongrong curled her lip and asked Bai Qi.

"Training? Training for what?"

Bai Qi reached out, wagged his index finger, and said with a smile.

"You'll find out in a moment."

The group walked through a small path and arrived below the girls' dormitory.

Since it was the girls' dorm, Bai Qi asked Ah Yin to go up and call them, while the others saved their strength. Before long, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling followed Ah Yin down.

Bai Qi looked at them and said.

"Starting from today, you might have to battle me once every day."

Dugu Yan was stunned and said.

"Fight you? The six of us against you alone?"

Bai Qi nodded.

"Of course, the six of you against me alone."

Hearing Bai Qi speak, Xiao Wu jogged to his side, massaged his shoulders, and said.

"Xiao Qi, you'll go easy on us, right?"

Bai Qi smiled.

"Let's fight first and see."

They arrived at a secluded training ground with no other students around. Bai Qi stood in the center, facing the six of them: Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Meng Yiran, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling.

Ah Yin stood by the side, sitting at a table and chair Bai Qi had prepared, ready to watch the battle and see the girls' coordination.

She didn't need to participate in this kind of training, so it was a good chance to observe everyone's teamwork.

Bai Qi didn't release his Spirit; he just stood there with his arms crossed as six spirit rings slowly rose from beneath his feet: one yellow, two purple, two black, and one red, shining brilliantly in the sunlight.

Xiao Wu was completely stunned; when did Xiao Qi get a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring?

She pulled on Ning Rongrong's sleeve and pointed at the red spirit ring, her voice filled with disbelief.

"Rongrong, do you see that? It's red! When did Xiao Qi get a red spirit ring?"

Ning Rongrong's eyes also widened, the light of her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda dimming. She stood with her mouth open for a long time before squeezing out a sentence.

"This... this is impossible..."

Meng Yiran opened her mouth to say something, but found her throat too dry to make a sound.

Ye Lingling's hand holding her Spirit jerked violently, and the light of the Nine Heart Begonia instantly dissipated. Her usually calm face was filled with disbelief, her eyes fixed on that red spirit ring, her breathing even slowing down.

Zhu Zhuqing stared at the red spirit ring, a flash of shock crossing her cool eyes.

Dugu Yan even took a step back, not expecting his sixth spirit ring to be of the red rank.

"A hundred-thousand-year spirit ring."

Ning Rongrong finally regained her composure and whispered to Xiao Wu.

"My father said that a red spirit ring can only be obtained by hunting a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast, and there are very few people in the entire continent who have one."

Xiao Wu opened her mouth; although she felt something was off about this spirit ring of Bai Qi's—it lacked the violent aura belonging to a Spirit Beast—her expression still held disbelief, and her voice trembled when she spoke again.

"Then... then Xiao Qi, he..."

Bai Qi waited for them to calm down for a moment before speaking.

"How about it? Shall we begin?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Wu, unaware of the truth, was the first to charge out in a bit of a huff.

Her first spirit ring lit up, and she activated Waist Bow, pouncing toward Bai Qi like a gust of wind.

Seeing this, Bai Qi didn't dodge. He simply raised a hand to block, steadily catching Xiao Wu's kick and pushing upward with the momentum. Xiao Wu flipped in the air and landed steadily.

Zhu Zhuqing also saw the opportunity and cut in from the side. Although she only had two spirit rings, her speed was not slow at all.

Her first spirit ring lit up, and her Hell Rush Stab was as fast as lightning as she lunged a claw toward Bai Qi's shoulder.

Bai Qi leaned aside to avoid it, and Zhu Zhuqing's second spirit ring, Hell Hundred Claws, followed immediately, with a continuous barrage of claws enveloping Bai Qi's upper body.

Bai Qi remained calm, deploying the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track footwork. His figure shifted left and right, and every one of Zhu Zhuqing's claws brushed past the edge of his clothes.

Ning Rongrong stood at the very back, her two spirit rings lighting up as she released her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Spirit.

"Seven treasures turn, and out comes the glazed tile. First: Strength. Second: Speed."

Two beams of light shot toward Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing respectively, causing their speed and strength to surge instantly.

Dugu Yan also released her Jade Phosphor Serpent Spirit, and her three spirit rings—two yellow and one purple—lit up. Her third Spirit Ability, Jade Phosphor Purple Poison, was activated, as a cloud of purple-black poisonous mist enveloped Bai Qi.

The second spirit ring at Bai Qi's feet lit up, and the Slow Dragon Domain expanded. The pale gold force field stalled the poisonous mist in mid-air, and the mist's expansion speed dropped sharply.

With her Snake Staff Spirit in hand, Meng Yiran was also a three-ring Spirit Elder; her two yellow and one purple spirit rings lit up. Her first Spirit Ability, Snake Blade, fired a blade of light straight at Bai Qi.

Bai Qi waved his hand and activated the Mysterious Jade Hand, directly crushing the blade of light.

Ye Lingling released her Nine Heart Begonia Spirit, her three yellow spirit rings lighting up as a soft green light covered the field, ready to heal at any moment. With her present, Xiao Wu and the others could attack without worry.

Bai Qi was fighting one against six.

Without using power above his third Spirit Ability or his Spirit Bones, he neutralized the six's offensive one by one using only Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and Mysterious Jade Hand.

He easily parried Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing's close-range attacks, Dugu Yan's poisonous mist was slowed by the Slow Dragon Domain and couldn't even spread, and Meng Yiran's attacks were caught with ease.

While Bai Qi was looking at the others, Xiao Wu activated her third spirit ring's Teleportation, instantly appearing behind him and kicking toward his back.

Without turning his head, Bai Qi reached back and grabbed Xiao Wu's ankle, giving it a gentle toss. Xiao Wu flew out, flipped twice in the air, and was caught by Zhu Zhuqing.

The battle continued for another fifteen minutes, and the six girls' Soul Power was almost exhausted, while Bai Qi remained as composed as ever. He retracted his spirit rings and said with a smile.

"Not bad. Your coordination still needs practice, but your individual abilities are quite good."

Xiao Wu panted and gave a huff of dissatisfaction. Only now did she remember that Bai Qi seemed to have a god-bestowed spirit ring.

Ning Rongrong bent over, supporting herself on her knees. It was her first time assisting so many people, and she was too tired to speak.

Zhu Zhuqing stood there looking at Bai Qi, while Meng Yiran wiped the sweat from her forehead.

Dugu Yan retracted her Spirit and curled her lip, but a hint of admiration flashed in her eyes.

Ye Lingling also gave a final healing to the bruises that appeared during the fight with Bai Qi before retracting her Spirit.

At the edge of the field, Ah Yin clapped lightly, a smile on her face.

Then Bai Qi changed the subject.

"However, you still have a lot of room for improvement. Xiao Wu doesn't have any problems for now, and for Lingling, Yanzi, and Yiran, being three-ringed isn't a big issue either."

After saying that, Bai Qi looked at Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing.

"The problem lies with Rongrong and Zhuqing. Being younger, you haven't had enough time to Cultivate."

"And so?"

Hearing Bai Qi state the obvious, Dugu Yan asked.

Bai Qi smilingly took out the Wishful Hundred Treasure Purse given to him by Dugu Bo and said slowly.

"And so, I'm going to give you some supplements."