However, Xu Ran has quite a few small goals—
To achieve the Golden Achievement [Young Venerable]...
To achieve the Golden Achievement [Killing Intent Burned]...
To explore the mist within the Red Gold Treasures...
To accumulate Blessed Fortune and extract the Red Gold Root Bone...
To self-discipline out a divine skill from the Fourth Sequence...
And, incidentally, to eliminate the Talisman Vengeful God...
Looking ahead, every day of his future will be spent in self-discipline and fulfillment!
As everyone knows, when one person in a group starts slacking, everyone gets contaminated and starts slacking, and when one person in a group starts working hard, everyone enters an era of intense competition.
So far, the geniuses in the Demigod Kindergarten have been competing intensely for over 400 days.
The most intense among them is Feng Yan, on the nearby lawn; that naturally shield-type guy who dreams of dealing damage is muttering quietly: "Three Thousand Thunder Moves! Three Thousand Thunder Moves! Three Thousand Thunder Moves!"
With the burst of mutterings, the Profound Turtle Shield shines with brilliant golden light, sharp spikes emerging on the outer shield, reflecting a chilling metallic gleam. In the next second, Feng Yan, wrapped in his shield, crashes into a boulder.
The sound is deafening, and the ground shakes.
"Not bad, Three Thousand Thunder Moves, finally mastered. Keep diligently practicing until you perfect it. Then I’ll teach you even faster magic."
Feng Yan is both shocked and delighted: "Okay, Teacher Xu Ran!"
Xu Ran slightly nods, his gaze shifts: "Bian Yue, don’t be too conspicuous; Mysterious Footwork should be more free-flowing."
"You don’t necessarily have to hide in the shadows. Find the weak points in the sunlight and hide there! Or sync with the shade of the trees, trying to understand the curves and undulations of all things..."
Xu Ran flashes in front of the two, patiently demonstrating once more.
Guiding Light progress +1...
Guiding Light progress +1...
Already about to reach the next sequence [High Person’s Guidance]. Achieving High Person’s Guidance might enable me to teach Bian Yue and others the Invisibility Skill.
Of course, it’s just a possibility; Xu Ran doesn’t dare to promise.
After all, the Invisibility Skill is quite complex.
"Thank you, Teacher Xu Ran."
Xu Ran hums in response, floating behind Tiger Girl and Zhu Yuheng, watching for a while.
"The Invisibility Skill must be flawless; any flaw means invisibility failure! This is a very serious matter, with no room for mistakes!"
"Besides, let your surroundings become a bit more complex; tomorrow I’ll have the principal make a room that occasionally has strong winds, sometimes rain, sometimes bright and dim, to train your ability to adapt to randomness. Only in such complex circumstances, after failing ten thousand times, will you know how to use the Invisibility Skill."
The Invisibility Skill is a good magic; if they can learn it, it’s equivalent to receiving a Heaven-Gifted Divine Technique. Xu Ran certainly hopes Tiger Girl and Zhu Yuheng can learn it.
Yet, for the two to master the Invisibility Skill to perfection, it’s still an extremely long journey.
Tiger Girl nods earnestly: "Okay! Brother Xu!"
Zhu Yuheng: "...Alright...Thank you."
Xu Ran nods slightly and habitually glances over to where Zhuge Huangjin usually is.
Oh... Zhuge Huangjin hasn’t come for the last ten days.
Ten days ago, that little chubby guy suddenly became all secretive and applied to go home and cultivate for a while.
Missing someone to chat with made him, as the mentor, feel a bit uncomfortable.
Xu Ran shakes his head, his body flickers as he vanishes on the spot.
Invisibility Skill progress +1...
Invisibility Skill progress +1...
Invisibility Skill progress +1...
"The taste of self-discipline is truly delightful!"
Xu Ran couldn’t help but sigh; the feeling of progressing every minute is truly enjoyable.
However, only about half an hour of cultivation had passed.
From the end of the path in the library to the lawn, an immature voice rings out, full of excitement and enthusiasm: "Teacher Xu Ran! I’m back, Zhuge Huangjin!"
Xu Ran doesn’t reveal himself, he just turns his head invisibly.
In his sight, Zhuge Huangjin is hugging a golden object, running toward the lawn.
"The all-new Zhuge Huangjin, has arrived!"
He stands upright, saluting at the spot where Xu Ran often stands.
Xu Ran: "..."
Speechless, just returning and already pulling such awkward moves? Awkward enough to make one’s scalp tingle.
Xu Ran reveals his figure.
Everyone simultaneously turns their heads, waving over here as a gesture of greeting the unseen-in-ten-days Zhuge Huangjin.
Zhuge Huangjin: "I actually brought you all gifts, but the principal forbade luxurious trends into the campus... Ah, I’ll have to give them to you another time."
"..."
Forbidding luxurious trends on campus? Uh... what on earth did this kid bring that was so extraordinary, it got blocked by the principal? Just thinking about it seems outrageous.
Xu Ran: "Bring ordinary gifts next time."
Zhuge Huangjin wears an expression of someone among wealth without recognizing it: "But they’re all ordinary. Yet, the principal insists they’re too luxurious."
He sighs, then suddenly becomes excited and pats the golden turtle shell in his embrace: "Teacher Xu Ran, guess what this is?"
Xu Ran looks over: "What else could it be? Anyone can see that, alright? A peculiar golden turtle with spiked shell..."
Zhuge Huangjin blinks his eyes: "No, no, no, I mean, guess what I’m going to use it for?!"
Uh.
Xu Ran falls silent, he actually immediately realized the potential use of the golden turtle: "You... plan to use it as your missile?"
Upon hearing this.
Zhuge Huangjin proudly places his hands on his hips: "No wonder you have the strongest Comprehension Root Bone in history, Teacher Xu Ran. You saw straight through my half-month-long genius scheme!!"
"Exactly! My Root Bone, when pushing non-living things to strike enemies, its effect is greatly diminished... To increase lethality, I’ve been sacrificing sleep and meals daily, trying to create an attack skill of my own. As the saying goes, Heaven does not treat those who strive in vain; my great wit did think of a solution!"
"Hence, I rushed home overnight, asking my elders to carefully select a high-intelligence, high-defense Crystal Beast companion with the Iron Head Charge Divine Technique! This is it—the Invincible Turtle!"