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

If you can combine "Raikiri" and "Shunho", you can achieve an effect similar to "Shunho: Raiju Sentai: Shunryu Black Cat Battle Princess".

July stroked her chin, wondering if Yoruichi stopped using her Zanpakuto later on because her Zanpakuto abilities could be replaced by lightning-based Kido.

When using "Shunho," punches and kicks also possess the power of Kido, thus completely replacing the abilities of a Zanpakuto.

However, Yoruichi has now learned "Raikiri," which allows her to better utilize the lightning power of her Zanpakuto. If she can combine the two, Yoruichi's potential will be even higher.

“Next, I will teach you ‘Instant Sedation’,” July said.

“Okay! I have one last vacation, I’ll stay here and learn more!” Yoruichi said energetically.

[Current training task has been added: Guide Yoruichi Shihouin in completing her Shunko training (in progress)]

The Spirit Arts Academy is about to have a holiday. In the summer, there will be a long vacation of one month. In July, we plan to take the disciples to the back mountain for training.

In particular, the students in the first-year class will undergo another swordsmanship assessment after the start of the next semester.

In July, we will try to help them improve their skills during this holiday so that they can achieve better rankings in the assessment.

The general experience gained this time is 15000 points. Combined with the experience invested before, it is now possible to increase spiritual pressure by one level.

By investing general experience into spiritual pressure, the spiritual pressure level increased from level 78 to level 79.

In July, I took another look at the other reward—"Spirit Gathering Pill Recipe".

"Spirit Elixir" is a medicine made from one's own spiritual pressure and medicinal herbs. After use, it can restore spiritual pressure and make July more durable in battle.

...

Spiritual Arts Academy —

Today is the day the results of the Spirit Arts Academy are released. The graduates who are on the list will enter the Gotei 13 and become official Shinigami.

Hoshino Rie and Shihouin Yoruichi went to check the list together. Their names were both on it. Yoruichi's name was on the Second Division's list, and Hoshino Rie's name was on the Fourth Division's list.

Hoshino Rie saw her name on the list, but she was still very nervous.

Although she performed excellently in her practical assessment, her ambition lies with the Fourth Division.

The Fourth Division only accepts students who have mastered the Dao of Return, so she will have to take a Dao of Return test later. She only recently learned the Dao of Return and is a little afraid that she will not perform well.

Yoruichi patted her on the shoulder: "It's okay, relax. If it doesn't work out, we can just go to another squad!"

A gentle voice came from behind them: "You're here too."

The two turned around and saw Shikagiri Nanatsuki.

He also came to check the rankings in July. The sixth-grader class was graduating and would definitely be able to get a round of feedback rewards, so he came to check the rankings early in the morning.

Apart from Teruta Ohno, who died during his internship assessment, and En Kaneki, who died in the Bakuya-tō incident, all the other students' names were on the list.

"Teacher!" X2

July nodded and said gently, "Liyi, the return test is not difficult. Your return level is enough to pass the test. Don't be too nervous."

Upon hearing the teacher's voice, Hoshino Rie's nervousness quickly subsided: "I'll definitely pass the test!"

Chapter 87 The Graduation Class's Reward (Seeking First Subscription)

"Success!"

The fish on Hoshino Rie's table came to life.

The Shinigami from the Fourth Division stepped forward to inspect, found no problems, and smiled, "Test passed. Congratulations on joining the Fourth Division. Report to the Fourth Division after your vacation."

The Fourth Division's return test is simple: reassemble a fish cut in half and keep it alive to pass the test.

As expected, Hoshino Rie passed the Fourth Division's return test smoothly and became a formal Shinigami of the Fourth Division.

"I did it!" Hoshino Rie rushed out of the classroom, where Yoruichi was waiting for her at the door. "Hey, where's the teacher?"

"Congratulations! I knew you'd pass!" Yoruichi said. "I just ran into Dean Kotetsu, and he called the teacher away."

...

Dean's Office

"Shikatori-kun, your performance was much better than I expected." Kotetsu Ayane poured Nana a cup of tea and continued, "The class of sixth-graders you taught originally had twenty-six students, right? Apart from the two who died in an accident, the others all graduated smoothly."

She was initially worried about handing over the graduating class to a new teacher. If it weren't for the severe shortage of manpower, she wouldn't have even considered such a thing. However, she didn't expect that Shikagiri Nanatsuki would do a much better job than she had anticipated.

His performance in the internship assessment was particularly outstanding.

Most of the teachers at the Spirit Arts Academy did not have the ability to handle the unexpected events that occurred in Karakura Town.

July nodded: "Except for Teruta Ohno and En Kanonoki, all the other students' names are on the list."

The internship assessment results are crucial. Due to the Karakura Town incident, all surviving students achieved a passing grade or higher.

As long as you pass the internship assessment, you can become the Grim Reaper.

Even if an intern who has expressed their intention to join the Fourth Division fails the Fourth Division's return test, they will be assigned to another division.

“Shikatori-kun is already an excellent teacher. I called you here because there’s something else I’d like to know…” Dean Kotetsu paused, then continued, “How is the swordsmanship level of the first-year class you taught?”

"The teaching progress is quite good. The overall results in the swordsmanship competition next semester will probably be very impressive." July took a sip of tea and said confidently, "My disciples should also be able to achieve higher individual results."

The phrase "patient and persuasive" also works when he teaches, and students of the Spiritual Arts Academy can also enjoy the blessing of this phrase.

Therefore, his students progressed very quickly and basically mastered the basics of swordsmanship.

These students' talents are basically in the C to D range. Without the help of special terms, it would probably take them at least two or three years to reach this level.

Kotetsu Ayane said, "The position of captain of the swordsmanship club is still vacant, and Vice Dean Tsunayoshiro intends to nominate Tsunayoshiro Tokinada-sensei as the new captain of the swordsmanship club."

Minister Asido has already gone to Hueco Mundo, so the Swordsmanship Club is currently without a minister.

Kotetsu Ayane continued, "I rejected the nomination and put it on hold for now. However, the fall exam will be held in the second month after the start of the next semester. If Tsunayoshi Tokinada-sensei's class can still achieve good results in the fall exam, then I'm afraid I can no longer reject it."

Seeing that Shikagiri Nanatsuki was making great strides and that the pass rate of the sixth-year students he was teaching was so high, Vice Dean Tsunayoshi accelerated the process, hoping to quickly appoint Tsunayoshi Tokina as the head of the swordsmanship club.

"The class as a whole has a chance to beat Class 1, and in terms of individual performance, the percentage of the top four can even be better than Class 1..." July frowned, "But Class 1 has Kuchiki Sojun, so it won't be easy for them to win the swordsmanship assessment championship."

Kuchiki Sojun was groomed to be the next head of the Kuchiki family. He was excellent in all aspects, and he ranked first in the assessments of White Fighting, Shunpo, and Kido.

“Kuchiki Aoi is indeed very strong... but the students’ individual grades account for half of the weight in this department head selection,” Kotetsu Ayane said.

The Spirit Arts Academy is where the Gotei 13 trains Shinigami (death gods), and individual strength is always the most important evaluation criterion.

"I will take them on a spiritual practice during the holidays." July can only do her best.

Currently, these disciples' swordsmanship and spiritual pressure are still inferior to Kuchiki Sojun's, but their training during the summer vacation should narrow the gap somewhat.

The main issue is the vast difference in spiritual pressure.

He heard that Kuchiki Sojun had mastered Shikai in the past year, and his spiritual pressure was probably far greater than before.

However, he remembered that the experience of Blade Zen could help Yoruichi communicate with her Zanpakuto. Perhaps he could use the experience of Blade Zen to help his disciples communicate with their Zanpakuto and learn Shikai as soon as possible.

"Do your best, but don't put too much pressure on yourself or your students," said Ayane Kotetsu.

If possible, she still wouldn't want anyone from the Tsunayoshiro family to be the head of the swordsmanship club.

It has been several hundred years since Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni changed the "Genryu" dojo, Genjijuku, into the Spirit Arts Academy. Over those centuries, the Spirit Arts Academy has supplied a large number of Shinigami (death gods) to the Gotei 13.

The Tsunayo family values ​​the influence of the Spirit Arts Academy, and thus they have promoted a vice-principal named Tsunayo within the academy.

Before Vice Dean Tsunayo arrived, the Vice Dean of the Spirit Arts Academy was Ayane Kotetsu's deceased husband.

Ayane Kotetsu's husband died mysteriously, and she suspected that it was related to Vice Dean Tsunayo, but unfortunately she was unable to find any clues.

After leaving the dean's office in July, he checked the panel.

The feedback and rewards for the graduating class have arrived.

[Class graduation, homeroom teacher's (one-year) bonus settlement]

Twenty-four students became Grim Reapers, gaining 12000 points of basic ability experience.

[Rewards will be distributed for the first class taught by the student who graduates.]

[Gain a random trait attribute - Mind and Skill as One]

[Gain 30000 points of basic general experience]

[Random skill proficiency level +1]

[Disciple Yoruichi Shihouin becomes a Shinigami; reward settled.]

[Gain 10000 points of basic general experience]

[Random skill proficiency level +1]

[Disciple Hoshino Rie becomes a Shinigami, rewards settled]

[Gain 10000 points of basic general experience]

[Random skill proficiency level +1]

Another bumper harvest!

He only taught this class for one year, so his homeroom teacher reward only counts as one year's reward.

For each student who becomes Death, you gain 500 general experience points. If you teach for 6 years, you will gain 3000 general experience points for each student.

In July, I first checked the new entries I had acquired:

[Mind and Technique as One (General): You have a deeper understanding of moves, and when improving or creating derivative moves, you enter a focused flow state, making it easier to spark inspiration.]

In July, he discovered that this was a general term that applied to Kido, Hakuda, and Shunpo techniques. He was quite perceptive with swordsmanship and could integrate it into his combat system, but his sensitivity to Kido, Hakuda, and Shunpo was much lower.

Now that the "Mind and Skill as One" entry exists, perhaps we can try to integrate various sword skills with "Instant Spell" to create a unique "Instant Spell" system.

In July, I checked my skill list and found that all the skills whose proficiency levels had been increased were sword skills. After the increase, they reached the following levels:

Red Tide (Master), Breaking Waves (Skilled), Frosty Dance (Skilled).

The total general experience gained this time is 62000 points, enough to raise his spiritual pressure level again!

After this upgrade, his spiritual pressure will reach the level of a vice-captain!

Chapter 88 The Name of the Divine Weapon (Seeking First Subscription)

July darted forward, dashing up the outer wall of the tower.

He climbed the white tower within the consciousness space once more.

The last time he tried to climb this tower, he was unable to reach the top, as if the tower were endless.

Now that his spiritual pressure has reached the level of a vice-captain, he can finally approach the top of the tower.

A moment later, July stood at the very top of the white tower.

The silver-haired girl I had glimpsed briefly earlier was sitting on the edge of the top of the white tower.

In July, she took the initiative to sit down next to the silver-haired girl: "It's really not easy to see you."

From this perspective, the vast black desert on the ground and the night sky almost merge into one.

The silver-haired girl continued gazing into the distance, and slowly said, "You couldn't bear the price of using me before."

"Are you a divine weapon?" July wondered. "Why are you here with me?"

According to the dream guided by the "Dream Eater", his spiritual body should have originally been a spiritual skeleton.

When he awoke in Rukongai, the sword was right beside him.

He picked it up and used it immediately. At first, he thought it was just an ordinary shallow sword, since it could be used for blade meditation. However, he was unable to establish a connection with the sword.

If this sword is a divine weapon, then it's very likely that Shutara Senjumaru placed it there.

“I don’t know, I was in a deep sleep before.” The silver-haired girl turned to look at July, her silver eyes revealing no emotion, and said expressionlessly, “I only woke up after you entered into Blade Zen meditation, and my memories started from here. You are the first Grim Reaper I have ever met.”

July raised an eyebrow. So, he was the first user of this knife?

He felt that this knife was most likely not a divine weapon passed down from ancient times, but a newly forged one.

He thought of another member of the Zero Division—Nimaiya Oetsu—who was capable of forging divine weapons and was also related to Shutara Senjumaru.

Nimaiya Ohetsu is the creator of Zanpakuto and the world's top blacksmith, so naturally he also has the ability to forge divine weapons.

July continued, "I am Shikagiri July, as you should already know, but I don't know your name yet. Could you tell me your name?"

The silver-haired girl directly stated the name: "Duantian Divine Bone".