Bleach: Getting Stronger Starting from Teaching at the Spiritual Arts Academy

The sword skill level increase from "Sword Heart Clarity" is additional!

In other words, the higher the sword skill level in July, the more significant the improvement brought by the attribute!

Furthermore, the "Sword Heart Clarity" attribute makes it easier for July to learn new sword techniques.

The sword skills I practiced in July were not limited to those displayed on the panel; it's just that some of them were not yet mastered and therefore not shown on the panel.

With the "Sword Heart Clarity" attribute, he learned sword skills much faster.

The extra reward includes 10000 points of general experience in basic abilities. In July, I plan to allocate 9000 of these points to spiritual pressure and the remaining 1000 to Shunpo.

The experience required increases every five levels. July's current spiritual pressure level is 55, and it now requires 3000 experience points to level up.

After allocating general experience, spiritual pressure level increased from 55 to 58.

1000 general experience points are just enough to level up Instant Step twice, raising its level from 23 to 25.

In July, I looked at my basic panel:

[Basic Abilities: Spiritual Pressure lv58, Swordsmanship lv54, Kido lv20, Hakuda lv11, Shunpo lv25]

This time, the rewards also include random skill proficiency levels.

This time, the skill proficiency level was increased in Returning to the Dao, and Returning to the Dao has reached the Great Mastery level!

Countless experiences of applying the Dao suddenly flooded his mind, as if he had been using the Dao to heal patients and study the Dao for the past one or two hundred years.

The Daoist practice involved a great deal of medical knowledge, and this advancement to mastery yielded far more memories than the improvements made to sword skills. The sheer volume of memories left July stunned for a long time.

With this skill, he could even become the vice-captain of the Fourth Division.

He has no chance of becoming the captain of the fourth division, because he can't even beat Unohana.

In addition, three more disciple binding slots were obtained in July, confirming that there is a way to increase the number of disciple slots. Now there is no need to worry about not having enough slots to recruit new disciples.

July felt that the reward for the first lesson of this swordsmanship training course far exceeded the previous rewards.

The advanced swordsmanship class should be taught by the head of the swordsmanship club.

In July, Minister Asido was busy with his mission to participate in the Hueco Mundo expedition and could not spare the time to lead the team.

Meanwhile, another veteran teacher, Mr. Murata, fell ill due to his advanced age.

This is why the swordsmanship training course fell to July.

Otherwise, before becoming the head of the swordsmanship club in July, he would not have been qualified to lead swordsmanship training classes at all.

"I've earned three disciple binding slots for the first lesson of this swordsmanship training course. Will I get such generous rewards for teaching other training courses?" July wondered to herself.

If that's the case, then he can also receive the reward of a disciple's bound quota by teaching the Kido, Shunpo, Hakuda, and Huidao advanced training classes.

However, he can only think about it now. Like the swordsmanship training course, other advanced training courses require a minister to be qualified to lead them.

In July, recalling the memories of the Dao she had just received, she tried to find a way to cure Ba Yunzhai.

Unfortunately, after much searching, no way to heal the damaged spiritual pressure core could be found.

However, he completely understood the treatment plan for Unohana's suppression of her spiritual pressure core injury.

By comparing the treatment plans for Unohana, July felt that his medical skills and medical expertise were already very close to Unohana's.

His medical skills and those of Unohana should be at the same level, except that Unohana has more medical experience.

July speculated that a proficient level of return technique is considered average in the Fourth Division, while a master level of return technique is equivalent to a senior officer level in the Fourth Division. His mastery level of return technique is more than enough to qualify him as the vice-captain of the Fourth Division.

"Perhaps if I reach the pinnacle of Dao, I will find a way to heal the damaged spiritual pressure core," July thought to herself.

"Shikatori-kun."

A familiar, gentle, and melodious voice entered her ears, pulling July back to reality from her thoughts.

When July saw the gentle and beautiful woman in front of her, she couldn't help but be slightly taken aback.

He was just comparing his own and Unohana's response levels when he unexpectedly met her so soon.

"Shikatori-kun?"

"Captain Unohana, I didn't expect to meet you here."

"Dean Kotetsu invited me to give a lecture to the students on the application of the Dao of Return. You're already teaching a swordsmanship training class?" Unohana pointed to the plaque above the swordsmanship room, which read "Swordsmanship Training Class".

Unohana passed by the swordsmanship room of the swordsmanship training class and heard the sound of students practicing swordsmanship inside. She looked inside and unexpectedly saw Shikatori Nanatsuki there.

The matter of July taking the class was only the result of internal coordination within the Swordsmanship Club and had not yet spread beyond the Spirit Arts Academy, so Unohana was unaware of July's substitute teaching.

"Minister Asido is going to participate in the Hueco Mundo Expedition and won't be able to teach the swordsmanship training class, so I'm teaching it for him now," July explained with a smile.

"I see. But being able to teach the refresher course shows that Shikato-kun's teaching ability has been recognized." Unohana was surprised. She knew about the Hueco Mundo Expeditionary Force, but she didn't expect that the substitute teacher would be assigned to Nanatsu, after all, he was just a newly hired teacher.

"It was just a coincidence," July said modestly.

"I'm going to give a lecture now. It's been quite a while since I've guided you on the way of returning to the Dao. You should come along and listen too. I might need your help later. Today I'm going to teach an advanced way of returning to the Dao technique. If any of the students can understand it, they might become the future captains of the Fourth Division," Unohana said gently.

The way of returning in July was learned from Unohana.

In July, he asked Bayunzai if he could teach him how to return to the Dao, and then Bayunzai took him to the Fourth Division, where he studied under Unohana for a period of time.

However, Unohana believed that Nanatsuki was the successor of the Shikatori school, so she only taught him the Way and did not accept any disciples, nor did she allow him to call her teacher.

July naturally wouldn't refuse Unohana's suggestion and followed her to the classroom of the Rehabilitation Class.

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Chapter 29 The Return Lecture of Unohana

In July, she followed Unohana to the classroom of the Rehabilitation Class.

The proportion of female students in the advanced training program is higher, accounting for two-thirds of the total number of students.

Unohana is the captain of the Fourth Division. She comes to the Spirit Arts Academy to recruit students every year, and every student who wants to learn the Dao knows her.

The students in the refresher course looked at Nanatsuki, who was following behind Unohana, with curious eyes.

Most of the students didn't know July; only a few students recognized him. These few students were from the sixth class he taught.

In addition to the students, there were three teachers from the Reincarnation Department in the classroom, one of whom was an elderly man with white hair who was the head of the Reincarnation Department.

These four teachers all transferred from the Fourth Division and are very familiar with Unohana.

The news that Unohana would be teaching advanced back-passing techniques had already spread throughout the back-passing department, so the teachers there also came to listen to the lesson. For them, this was a rare learning opportunity.

"Thank you, Captain Unohana, for taking the time to give us a lecture." The white-haired old man stood up and led the applause.

"Minister Yamada, you're too kind. It's also the Fourth Division's responsibility to train more returnees for the 13th Guard Squadron," Unohana said gently.

"Haha, when we heard that Captain Unohana was coming to give a lecture, we all forgot everything else and rushed over to listen to the lecture," Department Head Yamada laughed.

"Yes, I rushed over as soon as get out of class ended. Luckily, there was only one class today, otherwise I would have missed Captain Unohana's lecture." Ms. Kobayashi exclaimed. She was so excited when she heard from Captain Yamada that Captain Unohana would be giving a lecture on advanced return techniques that day that she couldn't sleep all night.

Unohana came here this time to see if there are any geniuses who can return to the Dao in the Spirit Arts Academy. If she can find a genius who can return to the Dao, she will take him back to the Fourth Division for training in advance.

Those who excel at Dao are not necessarily good at combat. The practical assessment for Six-Year Returning Students has a certain attrition rate, and she doesn't want Dao-returning geniuses to perish in the practical assessment.

In July, I took my seat next to several teachers who were returning to their hometowns.

"Isn't this the swordsmanship club's... Shikatori-sensei?" Yamada, the club president, didn't recognize Nanatsuki. It took him a while to remember his name, and he was puzzled by his presence here.

"Is Shikatori-sensei here to listen to Captain Unohana's lecture on swordsmanship?" Kobayashi-sensei introduced to the other teachers. "Shikatori-sensei also studied swordsmanship with Unohana-sensei for a few years. I used to see him often when I was in the Fourth Division. Don't let Shikatori-sensei's position in the swordsmanship club fool you, his swordsmanship level is actually no worse than mine."

Ms. Xiaolin is also a new teacher who just joined the company this year, and she teaches the same class as July.

Furthermore, Ms. Kobayashi was transferred from the Fourth Division. When Nana was learning the Dao from Unohana, she was still in the Fourth Division, so she was quite familiar with Nana.

"Oh? That's truly a promising young man. Shikatori-sensei is so young, yet he has already made achievements in both kendo and kendo." Yamada-sama was somewhat surprised. Kobayashi-sensei was able to serve as a kendo instructor, so his kendo skills must be quite strong. Although his technique is still relatively immature, given time he could reach the level of the last seat officer of the Fourth Division.

"Captain Konohana taught us well," July said with a smile.

Unohana began her lecture, starting with the basics and gradually progressing to more advanced techniques, beginning with some basic and intermediate-level response skills.

However, Unohana's insightful explanations, even when she spoke of ordinary reply techniques, were incredibly enlightening. Even Ms. Kobayashi gained some new insights and had fresh perspectives on techniques she thought she had mastered.

An hour later, Unohana began to explain the key points of the day.

"As you all know, Hollows at the Grand level often evolve unique abilities. Today, I'm going to talk about a special way of treating injuries that is related to Grand Hollows," said Unohana.

"This kind of injury is caused by the invasion of Hollow Poison. The toxins released by some Hollows at the level of Grand Hollow are extremely terrifying. Even a Captain-level Shinigami cannot remove the Hollow Poison with their own spiritual pressure without the corresponding treatment methods. They can only use their spiritual pressure to barely suppress the Hollow Poison and delay the time it takes for the toxin to spread in their body."

"If left untreated for a long time, even a captain-level Grim Reaper will die from the corrosive effects of the Void Poison."

Unohana took out a semi-transparent syringe containing a tube of black liquid: "This tube of Hollow Poison comes from a Grand Hollow of the 'Adjuchas' level."

"For the upcoming demonstration, I will inject this vial of illusory poison into my hand to simulate the state of poisoning."

After Unohana finished speaking, the teachers from the Daobu Department immediately changed their expressions.

"Adjuchas" class Hollows are Hollows evolved from "Ghilian" class Hollows. Even in Hueco Mundo, they are rare and powerful. The terrifying toxins evolved from "Adjuchas" class Hollows can kill Shinigami below the captain level in a short time.

"Captain Unohana, this is the Venom of an Adjuchas-level Hollow! To demonstrate... inject yourself with such a terrifying toxin... couldn't you have used an animal for the experiment?" Ms. Kobayashi said worriedly.

“Animal experiments are not an option. The Hollow Poison of the ‘Adjuchas’ level is enough to instantly collapse most spirits. Even a vice-captain level Shinigami probably wouldn’t last long. There are no animal spirits in Soul Society that can be used to experiment with ‘Adjuchas’ level Hollow Poison… However, it’s far too risky for Captain Unohana to use her own body for a demonstration experiment.” Department Head Yamada frowned. He hadn’t expected Unohana to perform such a dangerous operation in class.

Minister Yamada didn't distrust Unohana's medical skills, but he was afraid that Unohana's performance would be affected by the poison, making her unable to treat the poison in her body.

Unohana was very confident in herself and smiled lightly, "Don't worry, I can suppress the illusory poison with my spiritual pressure and prevent it from spreading in my body. As long as the illusory poison is suppressed within a small area, it won't have much of an effect on me."

Seeing that Unohana was so insistent, Minister Yamada didn't try to persuade her any further, since he could also handle the Hollow Poison of a "Adjuchas" level Hollow.

If Mao Zhihua fails to suppress the poison, he will step in to remove it.

The students didn't really realize how terrifying the "Adjuchas" level Hollow Poison was; instead, they were moved by Captain Unohana's willingness to harm herself to teach them.

July was also peaceful. Based on his understanding of the Void Poison and the Flower of the Rabbit, the Flower of the Rabbit was sure that it could suppress the Void Poison at the "Adjuchas" level.

The poison was injected into the back of Mao Zhihua's hand, and the back of her hand quickly became black and swollen, with dense black lines emerging from the back of her hand and rapidly spreading to the surrounding area.

The poison spread rapidly, reaching the wrist in no time, and showed no signs of stopping. It was now spreading to Unohana's forearm.

July's eyes narrowed. The speed at which it was spreading was a bit too fast, unlike the speed at which "Adjuchas"-level ethereal poison spread on a captain-level Grim Reaper.

Chapter 30 Is this the swordsmanship club teacher?!

The poison spread extremely quickly. In just over ten seconds, Unohana's hands were covered with terrifying black lines, as if countless earthworms were wriggling under her skin.

“This isn’t ‘Adjuchas’ level Void Poison!” Unohana realized the problem, but she had prepared this vial of Void Poison herself last week, and now this unexpected situation had occurred.

This was the Void Poison she extracted from a Grim Reaper who had been poisoned by it. Judging from the Grim Reaper's injuries, it should be a "Adjuchas" level Void Poison.

Unohana continued to use her spiritual pressure to suppress the spread of the illusory poison. After a while, some fine sweat appeared on her smooth forehead.

The terrifying spiritual pressure emanating from the captain-level aura reverberated throughout the classroom, giving everyone the illusion that all the air had been sucked out. A suffocating feeling instantly overwhelmed them, and it felt as if a mountain was pressing down on their backs, making it difficult to breathe.

"Captain Unohana!"

"Oh no, Captain Unohana can't suppress the Void Poison!"

The other teachers also realized that the current situation was clearly not what Unohana had expected.

Despite the pressure of spiritual energy, everyone stepped forward to check on Unohana's condition.

Unohana rolled up her sleeves, revealing that her left arm was completely blackened, with black lines even spreading to her left shoulder. However, she managed to temporarily control the spread of the poison by suppressing it with all her might.

However, this situation cannot be delayed for too long, otherwise, when Unohana's condition declines, the spread of the poison will no longer be able to be suppressed.

"Captain Unohana, do you still have a chance to deal with the Void Poison?" Department Head Yamada asked nervously.

"No... I have to suppress the ethereal poison with my spiritual pressure... There's no room for me to be distracted by dealing with the ethereal poison..." Unohana frowned deeply.

Using the Returning Path to treat the Deficiency Toxin is already a very complex procedure. With the Deficiency Toxin being suppressed with all her might, she no longer had the option to use the Returning Path to remove it.

"Then let me help. I can handle 'Adjuchas' level venom." Minister Yamada thought to himself that it was fortunate he could handle venom, otherwise, in this situation, there might have been a major teaching accident.

“No…” Unohana said.

"Captain Unohana, this is a kind of poison, we can't be careless about it, let me handle it!" Department Head Yamada said urgently.

"Minister Yamada, this is probably not a 'Adzukas' level ethereal poison," July said seriously.

"Shikatori-sensei, what do you mean by this?" When Captain Yamada saw that Nanatsu was questioning his judgment, his opinion of the swordsmanship club teacher quickly dropped.

"With Captain Unohana's strength, suppressing the 'Adjuchas' level Void Poison is absolutely no problem," July said quickly.

“He’s right, I can still suppress the ‘Adjuchas’ level Void Poison without any problem... This should be the ‘Vastod’ level Void Poison…” Unohana nodded.

She was somewhat surprised that July could guess that it was a "Watstow" level venom.