Chapter 22 - Devil's Training

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.

For Mubai he had given him a concoction which would strengthen his body and improve his stamina.

For Fatty, it mainly worked on reducing his fat, improving the blood flow and yang properties of his body.

For Oscar, he gave one which would continuously cleanse his body and strengthen it completely at the same time. This also helped to slightly improve his cultivation speed.

For Xiao Wu, he only made it to improve her internal organs and strengthen her body, being a spirit beast he knew that these things wouldn't help her much so he just kept it simple and focused it on her speciality of attack spirit master.

For Zhu Zhuqing, he provided her a similar one as Mubai and also helped her to strengthen her bones while making her skin smoother and muscles softer and also cleansing her body while trying to improve her talent and foundations. He knew that in the original novel she had the least talent among the seven devils and had worked really hard to catch up to the rest so he would do his best to solve that problem this life.

For Rongrong it was even special as he tried to improve her body as a whole, she to had one similar to what Oscar had which improved her entire body but her bath also helped he absorb energies between Heaven and Earth and also yin and yang energies which were similar to the energies from the Sun and Moon.

The main reason for these medical baths was for the immortal herbs which they will use in the future. Though using such medical baths won't help them as much as those immortal herbs, it had a hidden effect of promoting the effects of the immortal herbs.

With his medical knowledge as a 7-star Doctor, he was easily able to do this, though the only ones who would see immediate effects would be Mubai, Oscar, Fatty and Xiao Wu. For Zhu Zhuqing and Rongrong, it would only display the most effects when they reach a higher stage and continuously use these types of baths after overexerting their bodies.

He didn't have any medical baths of his own and only used one which would help him absorb energies easily at a faster speed, though it would display similar effects as his Spirit Gathering necklace it directly acted upon his body so it was much more potent.

Plus, he had already given his necklace to Grandmaster as a gift without specifying what it was, he knew that such a thing though would improve his speed it wouldn't be nice without a proper foundation.

Though the effects of this bath were not comparable to the immortal herbs it was still greater than any normal training method or even may be the best ones as he used only the best herbs from the Magical Space and even a few 1000 year ones.

If anyone else knew about this they would just puke blood for him using these herbs for a medical bath.

Soon they all woke up and noticed that they were in a weird liquid, but when they noticed the energy in the liquid they just started cultivating and after finishing the energy within it they got up and left out of their rooms.

Outside of their rooms, Tang San was preparing breakfast for everyone, this would be the first time he had prepared breakfast for them so he made something nutritious and filling.

Dai Mubai was the first to come out from his room, he saw all the teachers and Tang San having their breakfast so he went and took his plate,

"Tang San it looks like you're up early, how long were we out??"

"Good Morning Boss Dai, you were out from yesterday evening so we didn't have any dinner here you must be starving after that medical bath"

Saying that he gave him a bowl of food, it looked like any normal soup but he added a few medical ingredients which would help him recover his energy and stamina faster.

He now had a few plans to raise some spirit beasts in his Magical Space, he hadn't done this earlier because there they had a high chance to develop into spirit beasts. But now with his current power and the need for some spirit meat he was willing to do it.

Soon followed by Mubai, Oscar, Fatty and all the girls came out of their rooms. The clothes for the girls were removed by the women in the village so they were a little-relieved knowing that,

"Did you guys enjoy the bath I've prepared for you all??"

"Brother San, who knew that Dean Flender was actually so generous giving us such expensive medical baths??"

Hearing that he just started laughing, he still remembered the face Flender made when he was paying the cost of the baths, but he did give him a HUGE discount seeing that he used 1000 year herbs for the price of the market herbs.

Seeing that they didn't know why he was laughing he explained to them about Flender's reaction after hearing that they too started laughing, even Zhuqing's cold face had a slight smile to it. After yesterday's punishment, they all loosened the restrictions between them.

"Dean Flender was crying when Grandmaster told him the price for the herbs. I specifically prepared the ingredients unique to each of you all, but some may gain more benefits than the others due to the nature of their spirits"

Fatty who heard that asked him,

"Brother how were you able to prepare such concoctions?? Only those large clans and sects have people who can do that right??"

Xiao Wu then started to boast,

"Hmph, Fatty, unlike you Brother San, is a spirit doctor and an alchemist, Oh!! I almost forgot, he's also a Blacksmith he created many unique weapons which even normal humans can use. So don't go and compare him to yourself"

When they heard that they were slightly surprised, they only knew of Blacksmith's and Alchemists due to all the pills and tools on the market but a spirit doctor was an occupation which they heard about for the first time. Even Rongrong, Mubai and Zhuqing who had a noble birth have never heard of such a profession. But they were all surprised to know about him being an Alchemist and a Blacksmith.

Usually, a person who becomes a combat master doesn't focus on such occupations as they end up taking their time for cultivation and hence focusing only on cultivation. Leaving these professions only for those with spirits specific to such occupations, though there are exceptions like Tang San they too are very in number.

He was only doing this because of the Magical Space which he has since there is a time dilation in that place and he's unable to cultivate for some reason he could at least practice such occupations instead of wasting his time. His magical space is one of the few secrets he had never told anyone, he knows that the matter regarding his Spirits was known to Flender and Zhao Wuji, he also suspected that his father also knows about this since Daydream sometimes warns him about a Titled Douluo's presence close to him.

"Brother San, what do you mean by a spirit doctor?? I've never heard about such a profession from my clan"

Rongrong who couldn't keep her curiosity just asked him about it and everyone turned their heads towards Tang San expecting an answer.

"Spirit Doctor is similar to an Alchemist and Blacksmith a side occupation which deals with medicine, spirits and all the related fields which help in cultivation. We also have a high understanding of Alchemy due to the professional requirement, the medical bath which you all took helps you in unique ways to improve your cultivation.

Mubai's bath helps him improve his body and stamina which is a key factor for his White Tiger Spirit.

Fatty's it improves the blood flow and yang properties of his body which for his Phoenix spirit is a great improvement and if continued he may eventually lose his fat too, though I wanted to purify his flames I realized that it is possible only by an immortal herb and using herbs for that would have barely any effect so I instead enhanced his flame.

Oscar's would mainly work towards cleansing his body, food type spirit masters have a slow cultivation speed so doing this would improve it be a great degree and also though lesser than Mubai's your body will also be strengthened by these baths.

Xiao Wu's only does the basic improvement of the body as I too can't think of any concoction for her soft sill with medical baths. So I may have to make you a few pills for that later but don't depend on them for your cultivation though.

Zhu Zhuqing's case was a little special as compared to the rest of us she is lacking in many aspects so her bath has a lot of uses, Flender really burned his pockets for your concoction so thank him later on"

She was a little taken aback by this as she didn't expect him to give her the special treatment among all the other, even ignoring Xiao Wu and Rongrong. She mechanically nodded her head and was lost in thought.

Fatty lazily asked him,

"Brother San, what does her concoction do though??"

"Her concoction similar to Mubai improves her physique, and like Oscar cleanses her body this also makes her skin smoother and whiter. It also helps you improve your Hell Civet spirit by providing it with a little Yin and moon energies, though even I can't say to what extent, it also improves her bones and muscles which will greatly increase her reaction time and overall speed.

This cost a lot but was the easiest to make considering her spirit so she was the one who got the most benefits among all of you.

Rongrong's was also special as it was similar to Zhuqing's but instead of working on your muscles and bones and unlike her Yin energy, your's will only help you absorb the energies between Heaven and Earth which are similar to the Sun and Moon energies. This should also improve your spirit but only to a slight extent for any major breakthrough, you'll need to take Heavenly Herbs. Your's was the second most expensive after Zhuqing's so you also should thank Dean Flender"

"Brother this is unfair why does it seem like only Rongrong and Zhuqing are receiving the benefits and nothing for us??"

Fatty and Oscar who felt slightly jealous about how different their concoctions worked complained to Tang San about him being partial to women.

"Sigh,.... Unlike Rongrong and Zhuqing who need to take such baths for a long time before receiving benefits your work simultaneously. If you don't believe me then try cultivation to find out"

Fatty and Oscar then sat down and started to cultivate they noticed that their previous ranks of 26 and 31 were now 28 and 32. Though it was an increase of one or two ranks they knew that it was tough to get that this soon.