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

However, she didn't inquire where July had obtained the asagi, and continued:

“I examined that knife before, and it was definitely not an ordinary weapon made by a common swordsmith. I always thought it was just a shallow-cut sword.”

"Now it seems that it is not an ordinary shallow strike, otherwise you should have been able to enter a deep level of blade Zen meditation long ago, and perhaps you would have formed a consciousness space and learned the initial release."

"I think this knife might be a divine weapon. Although divine weapons are rare, I have seen quite a few."

"For example, the Shihouin family, known as the 'Heaven-sent Armored Family,' has many family heirlooms of divine weapons, some of which are in the form of swords."

"Or perhaps it's the divine sword 'Enra Kagami-den' passed down through the Tsuna-yayo family; that too is a divine weapon in sword form."

"Oh right, and the Ise family's 'Eight Mirrors Sword'... You've probably heard of it too. The Ise family's situation has made this divine weapon quite famous."

July nodded; of course he knew about the "Eight Mirrors Sword".

The divine weapons of the Shihōin and Tsuna-Yayo families are little known, but the Ise family's "Eight Mirrors Sword" is famous.

Some Grim Reapers even privately refer to this divine weapon as the "Sword of Death."

Men who marry into the Ise family tend to die young for various reasons.

July recalled what Shadow Princess had said in the consciousness space—that one's spiritual pressure must be at least at the vice-captain level in order to wield another sword.

At that time, he already suspected that the knife was the legendary "divine weapon".

Moreover, based on his conversation with Yingji, he could guess that Yingji had already seen the consciousness of the sword.

Like Zanpakuto, divine weapons also possess their own consciousness.

He could vaguely sense that, through years of carrying it and practicing Zen meditation, he had developed a connection with the sword.

Therefore, he guessed that the knife's consciousness also manifested in the consciousness space.

This also explains why he was unable to enter the consciousness space when he used this knife for blade meditation before.

Because it's not a regular shallow strike at all!

This sword has wasted a lot of July's time. If he had been wielding an ordinary asabu, he might have met Kagehime much sooner, and his spiritual pressure wouldn't have remained at the level of a low-ranking soldier.

However, divine weapons usually possess very powerful abilities, something that many Grim Reapers dream of.

Trading ten years of Zen training for a divine weapon is still worthwhile.

"Although I don't know why this divine weapon ended up in your hands, it is a case of 'if Heaven gives it to you, you will suffer the consequences.' You must be careful. If anything goes wrong, you must tell me immediately. Divine weapons can bring great power to their masters, but many divine weapons carry curses. If you are not careful, it will have serious consequences!" Ba Yunzhai's serious tone revealed his concern.

"I'll be more careful." July felt a warmth in her heart.

Chapter 50 Powerful Terms

Two months later, in July, he finally got the opportunity to give a lecture to the Huidao Advanced Studies Class.

At the invitation of Department Head Yamada, July returned to the classroom of the Rehabilitation Class.

Although Minister Yamada invites experts from the Back Dao training program to give lectures to students in the Back Dao advanced training class every month.

However, the decision to invite July to give a lecture was made on short notice. Prior to this, he had already extended invitations to several officers of the Fourth Division.

Therefore, the lectures in July had to be scheduled for later.

It had been several months since he last came to this classroom.

However, the students have not forgotten that the level of his response he demonstrated in this classroom that time was even better than that of Captain Yamada.

Today in July, I explained several return techniques to the students, as well as how to deal with different situations, from simple to complex, which they found very helpful.

"In many cases, there are multiple treatment methods. You need to analyze the situation based on the circumstances. In battlefield medicine, our primary focus must be on saving lives and quickly restoring combat effectiveness..."

"In the case of post-war medical care, we should do our best to prevent the wounded from developing any lasting health problems. For us, it just requires more patience and time, but for the wounded, it could mean a lifetime of pain..."

"Alright, that concludes my lesson for today. Thank you, Minister Yamada, for this opportunity. I hope it has been helpful to you all."

After July finished speaking, Ms. Lin led the applause.

"Shikatori-sensei's lecture was excellent; I felt I benefited greatly from it!" Kobayashi-sensei said with a smile.

"You flatter me. We're all learning from each other." July waved her hand dismissively.

At this moment, a new notification appeared on his panel: the reward for completing the first course of the Return to the Dao Refresher Course had been calculated.

In July, I left the classroom to check the rewards I had received.

[Rewards awarded upon successful completion of the first return-to-school training course]

[Gained a random trait attribute - Self-Healing Return]

[Gain 10000 points of basic general experience]

[Random skill proficiency level +2]

[Gain 3 disciple binding slots]

In July, a new feature entry was obtained. Focusing on the "Return to Self-Healing" entry, more information was immediately revealed.

[Return pathway self-healing: Your return pathway has formed a muscle memory at the level of neural reflex. When injured, the body will use the return pathway to heal itself.]

The effectiveness of the "Return to Self-Healing" entry still needs to be tested.

The learning process for most skills involves the body memorizing and developing muscle memory. His skill level has already reached a high level, and he already has muscle memory.

With the addition of the term "return to self-healing," his muscle memory was strengthened to a deeper level.

A lot of experience is needed to increase spiritual pressure; currently, 30000 experience points are required to level up.

In July, instead of saving up experience to increase spiritual pressure, she chose to address other weaknesses.

All 10000 points of basic ability experience gained will be invested into Instant Step.

During this time, Shinji Hirako also learned the "Instant Strike" sword technique and completed a training mission, which earned July 5000 points of basic ability general experience and the "Raikiri" sword technique.

These 5000 general experience points were also used to improve Instant Step.

Therefore, the Instant Step skill has been upgraded to level 50.

Moreover, after obtaining the "Sword Heart Clarity" attribute in July, his swordsmanship training became smoother. In addition, the swordsmanship experience he gained from class feedback and daily training with his disciples also improved his swordsmanship level.

He is currently practicing swordsmanship at a decent pace, and he has many ways to gain swordsmanship experience, so he does not intend to invest general experience into swordsmanship.

Otherwise, it would take a very long time to make up for other shortcomings.

The panel in July is vastly different from what it was a few months ago.

【Shikatori July】

[Basic Abilities: Spiritual Pressure lv75, Swordsmanship lv60, Kido lv20, Hakuda lv15, Shunpo lv50]

Sword Techniques: Instant Step Iaijutsu (Mastery), Instant Strike (Mastery), No-Sword Draw (Mastery), Flowing Light (Proficient), Thousand Mashups (Skilled), Wave Breaker (Beginner), Crimson Tide (Beginner), Raikiri (Beginner), Four Directions Instant Strike (Beginner), Jaw Cut (Beginner)...

[Kido: Return Path (Mastery), Destruction Path I: Rush (Beginner), Binding Path I: Block (Beginner)...]

【Characteristics: Culinary Master, Patient and Persuasive, Natural Battle Freak (Activating), Sword Mind Clarity, Self-Healing】

[Disciples: Kana Azajo, Kensei Muguruma, Shinji Hirako, Isane Kotetsu, Jin'emon Kotsubaki (5/9)]

The random skill proficiency level was added to "Catching a Blade Without a Blade," raising this skill, which allows you to catch a blade bare-handed, to the highest level!

As July recalled the new memories of "No-Sword Technique" that had suddenly appeared in his mind, his expression was somewhat strange. He was probably the only one in the entire Soul Society who could master "No-Sword Technique."

The "no-sword technique" at the master level is no longer limited to the "sword catch" stage.

In July, she can even disarm someone with her bare hands using her superb "no-sword disarming" skills!

The essence of the mastery-level "no-sword take-off" lies in disarming the opponent with bare hands and using that disarming technique to launch a counterattack.

After returning to the dojo in July, he immediately tested the effect of the "Return to the Way for Self-Healing" entry, as he was very curious about its effectiveness.

He conjured a "spiritual pressure blade" with his right index finger and made a cut on his left palm.

The sharp "spiritual pressure blade" pierced the skin instantly, and blood squeezed at the edge of the wound, trying to flow out.

But in the next instant, before the "spiritual pressure blade" had even left the skin, the wound was already glowing with a faint light.

The wounds inflicted by the "Spirit Pressure Blade" healed rapidly.

As the wound healed, some fresh blood was squeezed out.

He pulled the "spiritual pressure blade" out of his palm, and the last remaining wound healed rapidly under the effect of the return to the source, leaving only a drop of blood in his palm.

A hint of surprise flashed in July's eyes; the effect of the "Return to Self-Healing" entry had exceeded his expectations.

He didn't use the return path on his own at all!

The return path has already formed a neural reflex, as if it has been integrated into his self-healing system!

It's like hitting your knee with a hammer; your foot will kick forward.

When he is injured, his body will automatically use the healing method to heal itself.

In this way, he can continuously heal himself before his spiritual pressure is depleted!

In July, she changed the location of her wound and used the "Spiritual Pressure Blade" to cut her chest, preparing to test whether "Return to Self-Healing" would have any effect on parts of her body other than her opponent.

The wound on his chest also glowed with a faint light, indicating that the injury was healing rapidly.

After several rounds of testing, July speculated that the speed and effectiveness of "self-healing through the return to the body" were based on his level of recovery.

Therefore, if one suffers an injury that exceeds the capacity of their own healing abilities, they will not be able to quickly recover through "self-healing through healing."

However, July's return was already quite remarkable, second only to Unohana in the 13th Division, and she could handle most non-fatal injuries.

The "Return to Healing" attribute greatly enhances July's actual combat strength.

Even when facing a death god at the vice-captain level, he can wear down the opponent by trading blows.

Chapter 51 Instant Step Master

In July, he casually blocked Yoruichi Shihouin's Kesazhan (貣芍) and commented on her performance:

"The strike is ineffective!"

"The stance is poorly executed!"

Yoruichi Shihouin felt a tremendous force coming from the wooden sword in her hand. She was knocked back several steps by the force of the impact, and the wooden sword in her hand was almost knocked away.

"Loose footsteps!"

Yoruichi Shihouin quickly adjusted her stance, and was about to continue swinging her sword when she found that her teacher had already arrived in front of her.

The next moment, her facial expression twisted into a grimace.

Her foot was stepped on!

"Responsive!"

Yoruichi Shihouin completely lost her balance and fell flat on her face with a thud.

July shook her head slightly: "Not a single movement is proper!"

Yoruichi Shihouin jumped up, covering her nose, and said, "Shikatori-sensei! That was a foul! How could you step on my foot?!"

"Still thinking about the swordsmanship competition rules?" July sighed, "You weren't paying attention in class again, were you? Your class is about to have a practical assessment, and we're doing sparring right now!"

Yoruichi Shihouin wasn't very interested in swordsmanship and often slacked off during class, frequently getting caught chatting with classmates or sleeping in a corner.

Very mischievous.

However, she attends every class, and even if she doesn't listen, she won't skip class.

"Huh? So that means I can use Shunpo and Hakuda?" Yoruichi Shihouin became interested, straightened her back, and her purple ahoge on her head swayed back and forth.

She often didn't pay attention in class, and was singled out as an example in July, receiving many reprimands during practice sessions.

Now, the chance for revenge has arrived!

She felt that with her Shunpo and Hakuda skills, she could easily defeat Shikatori-sensei!

You should know that she hadn't lost to her tutor in many years!

Her tutor is the vice-captain of the Second Division!

She was very confident in her abilities and even thought that becoming a vice-captain after graduation would be no problem.

"Of course. As your class's acting homeroom teacher, and also your supervising teacher during your internship, it's necessary to assess your abilities first for your safety during the internship."

July said, "Swordsmanship, Kido, Hakuda, Shunpo, Kaido, even Zanpakuto, you can use any of your own abilities."