Jiang Jiannan stared at the group of six cautiously, feeling the obvious malicious intent emanating from their bodies.
His instincts as a Spirit Saint warned him of the dangers the tallest cloaked figure presented, which caused him to believe their leader was also a Spirit Saint.
Wulin smiled as he used his Observation Ability on their headmaster.
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Name: Jiang Jiannan
Spirit Rank: 72 Spirit Saint
Spirit: Sword Spirit
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Jiang Jiannan was the only teacher in his group, with the other ten being part of the competing students.
After using his observation ability on the students, he found that none of them were very strong, with their strongest only being a rank 37 Spirit Elder.
Even though they are ten and Wulin's girls are five, he believed that the teamwork between the five of them was much better than the teamwork between the ten of them.
Not to mention that all of his girls had their fourth Spirit Rings and were higher quality Spirit Masters overall.
"Why do you block our way?" Jiang Jiannan had a somber face as he asked Wulin, stopping his group from moving forward at the same time.
Wulin stepped forward as he spoke calmly, "Naturally, we won't tell you our reasons unless you can beat us."
Jiang Jiannan didn't back down in the least as he stepped forward and released his Spirit, an elegant looking longsword.
"Then, it looks like I will never hear it since you will not live past this battle." He sent a deathly glare at Wulin.
Wulin only smirked in response, "Are you sure you want to fight here? All your precious little students might die from our battle."
This caused Jiang Jiannan to pause as he thought about the wellbeing of his students.
If he and Wulin fought here, there was no doubt that they would die. Wulin could even use them as hostages to force him into a disadvantage.
However, he also knew from Wulin's words that he was confident in his own people's strength since he was allowing them to fight against twice the enemies.
Jiang Jiannan was hoping that Wulin was simply overconfident and the numbers advantage his student held would let them win.
"Follow me, we will fight further away." He said as he flickered away, making sure Wulin followed.
What Jiang Jiannan didn't know was that Wulin was instead worried about his battle affecting his girls.
Feeling relieved, Wulin gave a glance at his women before following Jiang Jiannan through the forest.
Swish—
The two of them travelled a short distance to make sure their battle wouldn't disturb the others when something suddenly occurred.
Jiang Jiannan, who was leading the way, landed on one foot and bent his knee, coming to a short stop.
Then, like a spring, he shot backwards with all his speed as he summoned his Spirit and struck at Wulin's heart.
A good attempt, but Wulin never let his gaze leave Jiang Jiannan's body and was ready for his retaliation.
He knew that Jiang Jiannan would want to finish the battle as quickly as possible, so he could return to his students.
The Primal Chaos Staff was already in Wulin's hand as he deflected the sword tip to the side and smacked Jiang Jiannan's chest with force.
Jiang Jiannan was sullen that his surprise attack didn't work but didn't dwell on it as he once more charged at Wulin while activating his Spirit Ring.
Under Wulin's straw hat, ash grey hair slivered through the gaps of the paper strips and a bangle of grey fur was slightly exposed from the cuffs of his cloak.
This was Wulin's Monkey Emperor Transformation, increasing his capabilities by a couple times.
Wulin calmly pointed the tip of his staff at the incoming sword strike and allowed it to get close before making his move.
Once the sword came close, Wulin flicked his spear gently, smacking the face of the sword and causing it to veer from its target.
Jiang Jiannan was shocked senseless at this move, he had used a striking Spirit Ability, yet it was nullified by his opponent's strange movements.
Jiang Jiannan tried a couple more times but Wulin deflected each stab before giving a couple counters of his own.
The force of his attacks caused Jiang Jiannan's body to ache as he retreated.
"If you keep holding back, then you will lose before you know it…" Wulin spoke with certainty as he finally began his counter attack.
Wulin had scoped out Jiang Jiannan's powers enough and figured that without his Spirit Avatar, he didn't stand a chance against Wulin.
Making full use of his Monkey God's Steps and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, Wulin charged at Jiang Jiannan in an unpredictable and profound manner.
Whenever Jiang Jiannan thought Wulin was charging at him, he was actually retreating, and when he thought he was retreating, he was suddenly struck by Wulin's staff.
Sweat was beading on Jiang Jiannan's forehead as he struggled to keep up with Wulin's strength, using his Spirit Abilities to give him some breathing space.
Sadly, as a Power Attack System Spirit Master, he didn't have any defensive Spirit Abilities and could only attack Wulin but his attacks were controlled at every step.
Suddenly, a black Spirit Ring rose from Jiang Jiannan's sword as it glowed brightly.
Jiang Jiannan swept his blade at Wulin and created a destructive sword wave. Wulin had no choice but to dodge the attack and stop his chain attack.
With this small breathing room, another black Spirit Ring rose from Jiang Jiannan as it glowed brightly.
A giant illusory sword appeared behind Jiang Jiannan's back. Looking exactly like the one in Jiang Jiannan's hand, the sword was large enough for its tip to pierce the sky.
"Spirit Avatar…" Wulin muttered as a smirk uncontrollably found its way onto his face.
He likes it when he can go all out in a fight. At the academy, he could only fight the teachers, and they couldn't go all out on each other without causing some problems in the academy.
Jiang Jiannan was different though, he treated the battle with the intent of life and death, if he didn't die, then his opponent certainly wouldn't live.
Jiang Jiannan's blade glowed once more as he swept out, shooting a blade wave towards Wulin.
However, unlike the previous one, this one was three times larger and faster, giving Wulin barely any time to dodge.
The sword wave shot over Wulin's shoulder and sliced through tens of trees before running out of Spirit Power and dissipating.
Not giving him the time to recover, Jiang Jiannan flickered in front of Wulin and slashed violently, "Die!"
Wulin had his head down, in the perfect position to get decapitated as he had no chance to dodge.
The blade quickly made its way towards Wulin's neck, bringing elation to Jiang Jiannan, 'Serves you right, underestimating me and not using your Spirit Avatar! Now, you will die, and I will also kill your goons.'
However, before Jiang Jiannan could rejoice, a light flashed from Wulin's back and his blade was blocked.
With wide eyes, Jiang Jiannan saw an ash grey tail sprouting from Wulin's sacrum and blocking his Spirit, his Spirit!
'This, it must be a Spirit Bone. However, it doesn't follow the conventional six areas… wait! It must be an External Spirit Bone!'
Jiang Jiannan couldn't believe his own thoughts as it was simply too ridiculous, but greed soon took over.
After all, any normal Spirit Bone could make many high-ranking Spirit Masters go crazy, let alone an External Spirit Bone like this.
However, Jiang Jiannan was in no position to get greedy. Under his hat, Wulin smiled as he said, "Got you!"
Taking a forceful step forward, Wulin arrived right under Jiang Jiannan and stabbed his staff into Jiang Jiannan's sternum.
"Kugh—" Jiang Jiannan was winded and coughed up water from the force of Wulin's attack as he quickly tried to retreat.
However, Wulin wouldn't let him have another chance and chased him with incredible speed and stuck him multiple times.
Wulin slammed his Primal Energy Staff onto the face of Jiang Jiannan's blade, sending him flying a couple meters.
Jiang Jiannan was glad that Wulin made such a move since it will give him a chance to breathe.
However, he went aghast as he saw a giant Staff glowing and piercing the heavens above Wulin's head.
The giant Staff began to tilt towards the ground as it parted the clouds and made a loud whistling noise.
Jiang Jiannan stood stiffly as he helplessly watched the giant staff plummet towards him, no matter where he ran, he would still be in range of the Staff.
Only a single thought ran through Jiang Jiannan's mind, 'I am going to die. Hahh… at least I forced him to use his Spirit Avatar. I am sorry, my students.'
Jiang Jiannan raised his Sword and used all his powers to try and defend against the gigantic Staff, but it proved to be fruitless.
Jiang Jiannan was crushed by the weight and power of the Staff as he was knocked unconscious in an instant with large injuries covering his body.
Wulin retracted the Giant Staff and approached Jiang Jiannan's unconscious body.
Quickly inspecting him, Wulin made sure that Jiang Jiannan didn't have any injuries that would hurt his foundation.
It is after all Wulin's fault for picking a fight with this group, Jiang Jiannan is only an innocent man trying to protect himself.
So Wulin didn't wish to bring unnecessary harm to them, but he has to keep them unconscious at least for the start of the tournament to take their place.
Wulin picked Jiang Jiannan up and looked in the direction he came from, wondering if the girls had already finished their battles yet.
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"Daddy!"
Seeing the cloaked figure casually returning while carrying the Spirit Saint with his ash grey tail, Little Jing immediately leapt into his embrace.
Wulin caught her tiny body with ease and massaged her little fleshy legs as he looked around the area.
There were a couple trees broken and patches of burnt and frozen ground all around the place.
The ten students from Brave Sword Academy were all unconscious and tied up in a bundle, their clothes were all patchy and destroyed.
But it could be seen that they went considerably easier on the females since their clothes were much better than the male students.
Little Yue, Feng Feng, Rong Rong and Xue Mei were sitting on a couple tree stumps, keeping and eye on the unconscious students while chatting happily.
Seeing them acting so casually made Wulin unsure of how to feel, "You girls, what if I had lost? You didn't even come to check on me!"
Rong Rong stuck her little tongue out as she replied, "We knew that Brother Wulin would definitely win!"
Wulin was happy that they were that confident in his abilities, but there are no certainties in battle, and he could get killed randomly.
"Master, we only finished our fight a little while ago. We were going to join you, but when we saw your Raging Monkey God's Slam, we knew you had already won."
Perhaps seeing his helpless face, Xue Mei tried to explain their reasoning as she quickly reached his side.
Wulin nodded his head and accepted their excuse, setting the unconscious Jiang Jiannan down with the rest of the students.
"Let's take a little break before we find a place to keep these people, we don't want others finding them before the start of the tournament."
Luckily, Wulin had asked Tang San for some sedatives in advance, prompting Tang San to give him some of his strongest stuff.
Even Jiang Jiannan won't be able to wake up for a couple days once he takes a whiff of the poison.
"You are too late, we have already found you…"
A bone-chilling voice appeared out of nowhere, causing Wulin to become startled as he went on full alert.
However, he felt like the voice was quite familiar. He didn't have to wait long before it was confirmed.
"Grandpa Bone?!" Rong Rong stood up and looked around as she called for her grandpa.
Sure enough, a black portal opened near where Wulin was standing and two figures walked out.
The first obviously being the gigantic frame of Grandpa Bone, while the other was of course the leader of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan and Wulin's Father-in-law, Ning Fengzhi.
Hello guys, I have finished all my exams and I am pretty sure I passed them all, so hurray for me!
These three chapters are what I owe, so I dug into the stockpile to post them and will try to build it back up in my own time.
We will try to go back to the weekly posting, but I am having a little mind break on the current raw chapter.
"Daddy! Grandpa Bone! What are you two doing here?" Rong Rong was alert as she watched Ning Fengzhi and Grandpa Bone walk out of the portal.
Ning Fengzhi glanced at Rong Rong angrily and snorted, "Hmph! What am I doing here? What are you guys doing here, beating people up!"
Rong Rong shook slightly and hid herself behind Wulin's large back, "How did you even find us?"
"Dean Flander told me about your plan to compete in the Spirit Master Tournament!" Ning Fengzhi said.
"No matter how roundabout you thought you were asking the clansmen, you couldn't keep it hidden from us!"
From this, Rong Rong knew that the clansmen she asked had sold her out to her father, causing her to pout in unhappiness.
Wulin took his straw hat off, knowing it served no purpose in hiding their identities in front of Ning Fengzhi.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan had mysterious techniques that allowed him to view the Spirit Rank of other people.
Using this ability along with his deduction abilities he could easily figure out that their group was the group he was looking for.
The rest of the girls followed Wulin's lead and took their hats off. They weren't worried about anyone else seeing them since they were all unconscious.
"Wulin, why did you follow her whims! If you wanted to compete, why didn't you just come and compete in my team?" Ning Fenzhi asked is half helplessness and anger.
Wulin only shrugged his shoulders as he answered, "I thought it sounded like a fun idea. Plus, if I really wanted, I could imitate these people perfectly with my illusions."
Ning Fengzhi sighed as he motioned to all of them, "… Just hurry up and go into the portal, I will deal with these people."
Grandpa Bone opened the portal and Wulin led his girls into the portal as they cutely thanked Grandpa Bone.
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"Urghh…" Jiang Jiannan groaned as he felt pain shooting through his entire body.
As his consciousness returned, Jiang Jiannan was immediately confused, 'I am not dead? Why did he keep me alive?'
Jiang Jiannan opened his eyes and looked around, he was in the same spot he first encountered the cloaked group.
He also found all his students laying on the ground.
Panic and anxiety immediately settled in, but it was soon washed over with relief once he saw their chests rising and falling softly.
Jiang Jiannan was wondering what happened to the cloaked group and why they were all alive when he suddenly heard a voice.
"You are awake, excellent." A calm and majestic voice sounded from his side, causing Jiang Jiannan's head to swivel in that direction.
He saw a middle-aged man in pure white garments, along with a towering old man with a face that could strike fear into the heart of a stone statue.
He also felt his instincts telling him that the old man was extremely strong, enough to destroy him with ease.
"W-who are you? Are you the leader of those cloaked people?" Jiang Jiannan stuttered with fear.
There was no being brave in front of such an existence, if he tried to fight back, it would be a meaningless death.
The middle-aged man shook his head lightly and replied with a graceful smile, "We are not their leaders, but their killers."
"We came across their group attacking yours and took it upon ourselves to exact justice. You are lucky we came when we did, otherwise you and your students would all be dead." He said.
Jiang Jiannan wasn't shocked when he said that the cloaked group was dead, after all, the old man there would be able to kill them all with ease.
He hurriedly got up and clasped his hands as he bowed deeply towards the pair, "I, Jiang Jiannan am eternally grateful to the two saviours!"
The majestic middle-aged man waved his hand gracefully like a king, "It wasn't a problem, we were just passing by and stumbled upon this incident."
Jiang Jiannan nodded his head and looked at the pair with gratefulness.
Suddenly, he realised that he didn't even know the names of his saviours. He especially wanted to know the name of the old man since he could likely be a Titled Douluo with that power.
"Two saviours, may I please have the honour of knowing your names?" Jiang Jiannan once again bowed as he asked politely.
The middle-aged man chuckled slightly while the old man stayed deathly silent and stared into the distance, ignoring their existence.
"I thought that most people would know who I am, looks like I am not as famed as I thought I was. My family name is Ning and Uncle's family name is Gu." The middle-aged man answered.
Jiang Jiannan felt those names ring a bell as he stared at the duo, realising that the middle-aged man seemed quite familiar.
'Why does he suddenly seem familiar? Family name of Ning, Ning…! It couldn't be!' Jiang Jiannan was startled.
Looking at Ning Fengzhi's face, he couldn't deny that it looked exactly the same as he remembered it.
Almost all high-level Spirit Masters knew of Ning Fengzhi and had seen his picture before.
This is because he is at the top of the list of people you never want to anger. He controls the entire Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan which is backed by two Titled Douluos.
Jiang Jiannan then remembered that Ning Fengzhi introduced the old man with the surname of Gu and immediately connected it to a single person.
'Gu Rong! The most secretive Titled Douluo! They actually saved my life!' Jiang Jiannan was elated to be able to meet such legends.
"Clan Master Ning, Revered Titled Douluo Gu, I will remember this kindness forever! If you ever require my assistance, I will not hesitate to assist in any way!" Jiang Jiannan spoke strongly with bright eyes.
Ning Fengzhi only chuckled, "I will have to remember that. You seemed to be on your way to compete in the Spirit Master Tournament, are you still going?"
Jiang Jiannan looked at his unconscious students after hearing Ning Fengzhi and felt downtrodden.
He wanted to prove to the other Advanced Spirit Master Academies the power of his students, but now they were all injured.
Jiang Jiannan sadly shook his head, "No, we will return to the academy. There is no time for them to recover and compete in the tournament…"
Ning Fengzhi nodded his head, "I see, it is time that Uncle Bone and I returned to the Clan. I wish you safe travels to your academy."
Jiang Jiannan reciprocated as he also said, "Thank you, Clan Master Ning. I also wish you safe travels to the Clan."
Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong left Jiang Jiannan alone with his students and moved in the direction of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan.
Once they were out of Jiang Jiannan's perception, Gu Rong opened a portal and the two of them stepped through.
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Walking through the portal, Wulin arrived in a beautifully decorated room, likely the hall of Ning Fengzhi's home.
The room was simple yet held an artistic and beautiful feeling, with soft white colours painting the walls.
In the centre of the room, a couple couches and a small table was positioned. On one sofa, an old man with long white hair was calmly sitting with a cup of tea in his hands.
The old man looked up and smiled gently to the group, "My Little Princess, you have come back to visit me."
"Grandpa Sword!" Rong Rong bounced from behind Wulin and leapt into Grandpa Sword's lap.
The suddenness of her actions caught Grandpa Sword by surprise and he quickly moved his cup of tea out of the way as he received her.
Wulin and the rest of his girls sat opposite of Grandpa Sword, the sofa was large enough to fit all four of them, with Little Jing in Wulin's lap.
Seeing them sitting together, Rong Rong jumped from Grandpa Sword's lap and onto the other sofa, forcing everyone to get closer.
But they were all intimate and had nice and soft bodies, so it wasn't uncomfortable in the least.
"Wulin, thank you for giving me that divine medicine, I have finally broken through to the 97th level and I feel decades younger!"
Grandpa Sword stood and bowed to Wulin, he didn't know how much time he saved by using this medicine and it even increased his future cultivation potential.
Wulin already expected something like this to happen as he quickly said, "Grandpa Bone, we are family, there is no need to thank me for something like this. I am only doing what is right."
Hearing Wulin's words, Chen Xin's eyes squinted even more than usual as his face widened in happiness.
Nodding his head, he said, "Good! Since we are family, I won't be unfamiliar and call you Little Lin."
Wulin nodded his head in satisfaction when Rong Rong spoke up, "Grandpa Sword, these girls are also your family!"
Grandpa Sword laughed as he nodded gently, "Yes, Fengzhi spoke about all of you. My granddaughters, come and greet Grandpa."
The girls were happy to be easily accepted by Grandpa Sword as they greeted him, "Grandpa!" "Great-Grandpa!"
At this time, another black portal opened to the side, with Ning Fengzhi and Grandpa Bone walking out.
They sat down as Ning Fengzhi poured a cup of tea for himself and took a sip before looking at Wulin's group.
"It is good that you guys were wearing disguises, otherwise I wouldn't know how to deal with that Jiang Jiannan."
Wulin nodded his head, "We know what repercussions revealing our faces would have, we were cautious enough to make sure they couldn't find out."
Ning Fengzhi nodded his head silently. He was inwardly surprised by the fact that Wulin was able to defeat Jiang Jiannan on his own.
He had asked Jiang Jiannan about what happened and discovered that he had been forced back by a single person.
Granted that he was taken surprised by the appearance of the External Spirit Bone, but the power exerted by the final attack was simply too much for Jiang Jiannan to defend against.
Wulin was able to release such immense power because his meridians and pathways have been strengthened beyond the natural limit, allowing him to burst out Spirit Power at the levels of Spirit Saint and above.
"Since you guys wish to compete, you are participate using the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan's spot."
After a little deliberation, Ning Fengzhi spoke again.
"But daddy! What about the team you have been cultivating? Didn't you say that you were going to participate in this year's tournament?"
Rong Rong worriedly asked, she knew Ning Fengzhi had been cultivating a team and wanted to let them participate in the coming tournament.
This was also the reason that she didn't wish to ask her father to compete, she didn't want to steal the position those people worked hard for.
Ning Fengzhi only slowly shook his head, "I don't usually send out a team, I only thought about it this time since this generation was pretty decent."
"There is no problem in them not competing, and they won't have any complaints. You can use this spot without worry."
Rong Rong felt bad, even if it didn't hold any significant meaning to Ning Fengzhi, she didn't like to intrude.
This was the result of Rong Rong's growth, although still a mischievous girl, she was innately kind and didn't hurt others.
Wulin pat her thigh gently as he focused on Ning Fengzhi, "Father-in-Law, you should know that we will be representing Shrek Academy in the tournament."
Ning Fengzhi only chuckled lightly, "That is even simpler. Yes, you are representing Shrek Academy, but you are also representing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan."
"You are all my children, the direct members of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, but you were raised by Shrek Academy. It isn't a problem to represent both." He smiled.
Wulin thought about it and realised he was right, as Rong Rong's husband, and the girls being adopted by Ning Fengzhi, they were considered direct clan members.
As he said, even if they said they were representing Shrek Academy, being direct members, it showed off the power of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan.
This would only lead to more benefits, making the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan to become more popular and interest more talented into joining.
"Alright, Father-in-Law, we will participate using the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan's place." Wulin accepted.
Ning Fengzhi nodded his head in satisfaction, "Good! Now, you guys should just stay here until the beginning of the tournament. Rong Rong, show them around the clan."
Sorry for being late, had some things to do in the morning and didn't set a timer.
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