Chapter 5: Seven Treasure Golden Bell Shield
“Teacher, I want to learn this!”
In the classroom at Taoyuan Academy, Ning Rongrong bit her lip and said, no longer wanting to drop out.
She wanted to see how a support system Spirit Master should add defense points.
“Not leaving anymore? Then write a self-criticism letter to admit your mistake.”
Su Ran said calmly, sitting on the podium in the Taoyuan Academy classroom.
Ning Rongrong was full of grievances; she had never suffered such hardship in her life.
“How do I write a self-criticism letter?”
“It seems you still don’t know your mistake. There’s no need to teach today then. Wang Sheng, go to the school gate and see if there are any other students with good aptitude passing by. We’re recruiting new people.”
“I originally wanted to cultivate an unprecedented support system disciple who wouldn't need Spirit Master protection and would possess top-tier defense. Now it seems I can’t teach her.”
Su Ran placed a secret manual of peerless martial arts on the podium and said leisurely. He was not in a hurry; a little princess like Rongrong needed to be tamed slowly.
“Ah?”
A support system Spirit Master with top-tier defense?!
Ning Rongrong felt excited just thinking about it.
However, she really didn’t know how to write a self-criticism letter…
A quarter of an hour later.
“Respected Teacher Su Ran, I know I was wrong. Rongrong shouldn’t have been late for class, and even more, shouldn’t have gotten angry and said she wanted to drop out just because she was punished by the teacher.”
“I deeply realize my mistake and beg the teacher to forgive me. I will never dare to be late or leave early for class again, nor will I ever say I want to drop out again. A teacher for a day is a father for life. Teacher Su Ran will always be my dearest teacher.”
“It’s barely acceptable. If you make the same mistake again next time, it won’t be as simple as writing a self-criticism letter.”
Su Ran said lightly.
He was not a petty person. Since his student had obediently admitted her mistake, he couldn't be unreasonable.
Ning Rongrong pursed her lips, her small face full of pity.
Just those two short paragraphs of self-criticism had exhausted her brain cells.
“Then, Teacher, can you teach me how to become a support system Spirit Master who doesn’t need others’ protection?”
“Of course, but that might require enduring a lot of hardship. Can you bear it?”
“I can!”
Ning Rongrong’s eyes were incredibly firm at this moment.
If she could solve the drawback of support system Spirit Masters needing teammates’ protection, she might become the most powerful support in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School in the future, completely changing the status of support system Spirit Masters in the Spirit Master's world!
Su Ran glanced at Ning Rongrong and reached out to hold her palm.
Her delicate hands, which had never done any rough work, were swollen and red.
“Does it hurt?”
Su Ran asked.
Ning Rongrong looked at Teacher Su Ran in front of her. Although the teacher wore a mask, the bright eyes beneath the mask were like shining stars in the vast starry sky, and a faint, refreshing fragrance wafted towards her.
At that moment, Ning Rongrong’s heart skipped a beat, and her small face flushed: Is Teacher feeling sorry for me? Does he regret punishing me?
Hmph, then I’ll reluctantly forgive Teacher…
“Ah—”
A girl’s scream echoed through the campus of Taoyuan Academy.
Ning Rongrong looked at her small hand, already swollen from the bamboo board, and when Su Ran pinched it with two fingers, it was the most painful experience of her life.
With just that one pinch, she cried, her face streaked with tears.
Ning Rongrong looked pitifully at Su Ran.
Indeed… she had overthought it.
Teacher Su Ran didn’t understand how to cherish and protect women at all!
“It will hurt more than this, ten times, a hundred times more.”
“Seven Treasure Golden Bell Shield, this is a peerless martial art that is very compatible with your Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. Do you still dare to learn it?”
Su Ran waited for Ning Rongrong to calm down a bit before placing the secret manual in front of her.
The cover of the secret manual clearly showed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Spirit, but it was slightly different from Ning Rongrong’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda on the secret manual was also enveloped by seven layers of majestic golden ancient bell energy, appearing indestructible.
Ning Rongrong stopped sobbing, wiping her tears as she choked out:
“If I learn it, can I become the best support on the continent, a perfect support who doesn’t need teammates’ protection?”
“Although it can’t make you a perfect support, it can allow you to develop the potential of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to its utmost.”
Seeing Ning Rongrong in such a state, Su Ran didn’t know whether to laugh or cry; she was quite cute, and he explained:
“Every Spirit Ability of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda is fixed. No matter what spirit ring is absorbed, the Spirit Ability gained is the same. However, as a pagoda-type Spirit, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda actually has defensive properties.”
“It’s just that because the pagoda body is glazed and relatively fragile, it focuses on support.”
“And when this Seven Treasure Golden Bell Shield is cultivated to perfection, it can not only strengthen your Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda for self-defense, reaching the realm of human-pagoda unity, but also, after cultivating seven layers of glazed golden bell energy, you will become impervious to blades and spears, and invulnerable to water and fire.”
“Once it reaches great accomplishment, Spirit Masters of the same rank will find it difficult to harm you, allowing you to achieve a balance of support and defense, and even possess a certain degree of offensive capability.”
“However, to cultivate it to great accomplishment, you need to refine qi, refine the body, and also refine blood and bones. Each of these will be much more painful than the hand-slapping you endured today. Can you do it?”
Su Ran asked.
“Impervious to blades and spears, invulnerable to water and fire, the strongest support!”
In just twelve characters, Ning Rongrong was already fired up.
“I’ll learn it! I can endure any hardship!”
It was precisely because support system Spirit Masters lacked self-preservation abilities that their Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School needed Grandpa Sword and Grandpa Bone to protect them. If she could create this miracle, she would surely make her father and the others look at her with new eyes!
“Since you’ve decided, you must forge ahead. No matter how hard or tiring it gets in the future, you must endure it. I won’t lower the standards for you just because you’re a girl. Think it through carefully.”
“I’ve thought it through! I want to add some defense for myself! I want to learn the Golden Bell Cover!”
Amidst falling blossoms, peach petals danced, and a gentle breeze wafted into the classroom.
Ning Rongrong forgot the pain in her palm. Holding the Seven Treasure Golden Bell Shield secret manual, her eyes became incredibly firm.
Su Ran looked at the girl in front of him, discerning the longing in her eyes, and suddenly understood the meaning of taking on disciples.
Perhaps the Great Dao should not be so narrow, only allowing him to pass through.
His disciples should not be so few, with only one girl.
“As long as you genuinely want to learn, I will teach you well.”
“The first step in practicing the Golden Bell Cover is to cultivate your qi, then to temper your body. Starting today, you must practice Horse stance for two hours every day, and breathe in and out at noon and midnight, when the essence of the sun and moon is most abundant, to sense the acupoints throughout your body, whether in cold or heat.”
Su Ran began to prepare a cultivation plan for Ning Rongrong.
As a teacher, Su Ran also possessed the ability to share and upgrade the cultivation techniques practiced by his disciples.
Ning Rongrong looked at Su Ran’s serious expression, and her eyes suddenly lit up:
“Teacher, I’m planning to practice diligently, and I’m your direct disciple. Shouldn’t you show your disciple what you look like?”
“How can a disciple not even know what their teacher looks like?”
Su Ran was stunned: “It’s just a facade. My Peach Blossom Branch Spirit is unique; knowing my Spirit is enough.”
“Honestly, he won’t even let me see his face. Wang Sheng must be lying; he said Teacher is very handsome. If he’s handsome, why does he wear a mask every day?”
Ning Rongrong muttered.
“Then just consider me to be unremarkable.”
“Unremarkable, I still want to see! How can a disciple not even know what their own teacher looks like?” Ning Rongrong complained slightly.
Su Ran, instead, smiled:
“If you really want to see, once your Seven Treasure Golden Bell Shield reaches the introductory level and achieves a minor accomplishment, I will take off my mask and let you see. I just hope you won’t be disappointed then.”
“Okay!”