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

Kana Mochi chimed in, "Yes, next year Mako and I will all be graduating, and we probably won't be at the dojo every day anymore, so it will probably be a bit deserted. If you move in with us, we can look after each other and it will be more lively."

Lisa hesitated, "But I can't afford the tuition for the dojo..."

July smiled gently and said, "Don't worry about the tuition. After you finish your studies, you can serve as the instructor at the dojo and help teach new students."

Lisa knew that Shichiru was taking her in out of kindness, and she was filled with gratitude.

"Shikatori-sensei, I will definitely repay you in the future!"

Chapter 144 God-given Weapons

In July, I guided Lisa in practicing swordsmanship in the courtyard.

After Granny Jiang passed away, Lisa stayed at the Shikatodo Dojo, and in July, she was taken in as a disciple.

Everyone at the dojo took good care of the new girl, helping her to quickly integrate into the dojo.

"Lisa, swinging a sword requires more than just the strength of your arm," July corrected Lisa's sword-swinging technique.

“Let me demonstrate for you.” He took the wooden sword, squatted down, and had Lisa place her hands on his back. “Can you feel it? My back muscles are working too.”

"Wow...wow, those muscles are amazing...what am I thinking...I should be practicing my sword now!" Lisa shook her head, trying to dispel the thoughts in her mind.

"Use the power of your back, arms, and wrists together to power the sword you swing." July swung the wooden sword several times to let Lisa feel which parts of his body he was using. "You can even use the power of your legs and waist. I will teach you sword techniques that will allow you to use the power of your legs and waist later. For now, practice the basics well."

"Yes!" Lisa said, but something seemed to awaken in her heart, and the feeling of that perfect muscle lingered on her fingertips.

"Keep practicing."

In July, he returned the wooden sword to Lisa and went to check on the other disciples' training progress.

"What are you two doing?"

In July, I saw Shiba Isshin and Aizen Sousuke fiddling with something together.

Shiba Isshin was an outgoing person; soon after arriving at the dojo, he put his arm around Aizen Sousuke's shoulder.

“Teacher…” Shiba Isshin stood up, holding a long, narrow object in his hand. Aizen Sousuke was also holding one.

“We found this while cleaning the warehouse,” Shiba Isshin explained.

The two long, rectangular objects looked like two thin blocks of white plaster, each a few centimeters long.

"Things found in the warehouse..." July stroked her chin. "The warehouse was full of all sorts of things, and I don't know what a lot of them are for. Did you find anything interesting with this?"

The warehouse was filled with a lot of miscellaneous items, some of which even Lu Quba Yunzhai couldn't explain their origin.

“These two items should be a pair. We discovered that they can absorb spiritual particles, and there is a strange spiritual pressure fluctuation inside them.” Aizen Sousuke picked up the 'plaster strip' and showed it to his teacher.

When Aizen Sousuke infused his spiritual pressure into the 'plaster strip' in his hand, the originally hard 'plaster strip' became a little softer.

"Huh?" July's eyes narrowed as his spiritual senses made an astonishing discovery.

After Aizen Sousuke infused this 'plaster strip' with spiritual pressure, it actually released a wave of Hollow spiritual pressure!

"Let me see." July took it and examined it. After she stopped providing spiritual pressure, the 'plaster strip' quickly became hard again.

After the 'plaster strip' hardened, it became impossible to sense the previous Hollow's spiritual pressure fluctuations.

“It’s a bit strange…and it doesn’t look like a spirit creature at all…” July found it odd and said to the two of them, “The ‘strange spiritual pressure fluctuations’ you’re sensing are actually virtual spiritual pressure fluctuations.”

Shiba Isshin and Aizen Sousuke have never seen a Hollow before, so they have no reference point and therefore do not know that the spiritual pressure they just sensed was a Hollow's spiritual pressure fluctuation.

"These two things are illusions?!" Shiba Isshin was startled and almost threw the 'plaster strip' in his hand away.

"It doesn't seem like a phantom. It might be some kind of prop made from a phantom?" July guessed, curious about the purpose of the two 'plaster strips'.

However, the two 'plaster strips' have no gaps on their surface, making them difficult to disassemble for study.

"Let's ask Bayunzhai, maybe she knows what these are." July noticed that the two 'plaster strips' hadn't spoiled yet, so they might be things Bayunzhai had kept in the warehouse.

Even spiritual items will deteriorate if left unattended for too long.

In July, she brought two 'plaster strips' to the front of the Bayunzhai, and she recognized them as she was right.

“Oh, this is it… I’ve forgotten where I put it…” Baiyunzhai recalled for a moment, “I can’t remember what it’s called, but it’s a little toy I got from the Shifengyuan family. They like to call these kinds of items ‘divine weapons’.”

"A divinely bestowed weapon?" Shiba Isshin pondered.

"Heaven-sent weapons" is a broad term that refers to weapons and items with unique functions in Soul Society.

"Then what's the use of these 'heaven-sent weapons'? After injecting spiritual pressure, I can actually sense the spiritual pressure fluctuations of Hollows from them," July asked.

"It's good that you can sense them, because they possess the ability to be illusory."

Ba Yunzhai lifted his foot and placed a 'plaster strip' under the wooden clogs. Under the stimulation of spiritual pressure, the 'plaster strip' quickly softened and stuck to the bottom of the clogs.

Then she repeated the action, sticking another 'plaster strip' to the bottom of another clog.

Ba Yunzhai explained, "The high-speed displacement methods of Shinigami, Quincy, and Hollows are all different."

"The Shinigami's Shunpo uses his spiritual pressure concentrated in his feet, and the power provided by the burst of spiritual energy to increase his movement speed."

"The Quincy's Flying Kick is a technique that gathers external spiritual particles under the feet to create a foothold, and controls the rapid movement of the foothold to drive the user's high-speed displacement."

"When the speed exceeds the range of the visual nerve, it creates the illusion of teleportation, but both of these can only be called rapid movement."

“But the sound of emptiness is different.”

"The transformation of the virtual is the transfer of space, changing position by transferring space."

July nodded: "Instant Step is like turning your feet into springs to launch yourself, Flying Leap uses spiritual particles to create a flight pedal to support yourself, and Resonance is using the ability to control the black cavity to perform short-distance teleportation."

Shiba scratched his face: "Now that you've explained it like that, it's much easier to understand. I never really understood the relationship between them before."

July speculated, "Could this pair of 'divinely bestowed weapons' be related to the Void's Echo?"

Ba Yunzhai nodded: "Yes, it allows even the Grim Reaper to easily use the Sound Transmission."

thump—

With a soft drumbeat, Baiyunzhai's figure vanished from the spot.

The next instant, her figure appeared beside July.

"Is this the Hollow's Sokon?" Aizen Sousuke's eyes revealed a hint of inquiry. "I read in the book that only Hollows who can open the Black Hole can learn Sokon... This 'divine weapon' can actually grant Shinigami the ability to use Sokon."

July asked curiously, "This ability is quite useful, why is it just gathering dust in the warehouse? Normally, Hollows' Sora no Michi is faster than Shinigami's Shunpo, right?"

Ba Yunzhai raised his feet to a height where Qiyue could see the soles of his feet: "The ability is useful, but after absorbing spiritual pressure, it will gradually come back to life. You see, it's already like this after just one use of Soen."

In July, I saw that the plasterboard had turned into a wriggling white substance, and something was awakening and growing inside it.

“It really is…” July reached out her finger and poked the white substance, but it didn’t react.

In July, when she tried to remove them, she found that they were firmly stuck to the bottom of the wooden clogs at Baiyunzhai and could not be pried off at all.

“It can’t be removed,” Bayunzhai explained. “After using the whirlwind once, it will melt into the sole of the shoe.”

"It hasn't absorbed much spiritual pressure yet. If it starves itself for a while, it will shrink and fall off."

"It hasn't absorbed spiritual pressure for too long and has shrunk to its smallest size. As the number of times the Soren is used increases, its size will also increase."

“I used it for a while before, and it grew quickly enough to cover the entire sole of my foot.”

"At that point, using the Sound Transformation won't be as effortless as it is now."

"I never used these 'divinely bestowed weapons' again after that."

Aizen Sousuke asked curiously, "Is it a living thing?"

After thinking for a moment, Ba Yunzhai said, "It shouldn't count, but it wasn't completely dead, so there's a possibility it could come back to life."

"Let me try it." July was very interested in the pair of 'divinely bestowed weapons'. After all, they were things that allowed the Grim Reaper to use Hollow abilities, which were of great research value. He even wanted to try to bring them to life.

Ba Yunzhai sat under the eaves and handed his wooden clogs to Qiyue.

Fortunately, when Ba Yunzhai is at home, he likes to wear wooden clogs that are much larger than the soles of his feet, so he doesn't find them too small when he steps on them in July.

After stepping into the wooden clogs in July, I had a strange feeling about the space.

July was somewhat surprised: "It seems he can use more than just the Resonance skill..."

Ba Yunzhai nodded: "Opening the black cavity is also possible; these are all virtual abilities to manipulate space."

I plan to try out the sound effect in July.

He tried to focus his attention on that inexplicable feeling, and suddenly he understood.

thump—

A soft drumbeat sounded, and July appeared behind Aizen Sousuke, placing her hand on his shoulder.

July noticed that Aizen Sousuke's muscles tensed up for a moment, but he quickly suppressed this subconscious reaction.

Aizen Sousuke exclaimed, "As expected of spatial teleportation, it is indeed impossible to detect any trace of movement with the naked eye."

At the same time, he sighed to himself, "It seems I'll have to find a way to improve my spatial perception in the future..."

In July, she asked Ba Yunzhai, "Won't there be any negative effects from using the ability to open the Black Hole only once?"

Ba Yunzhai shook his head: "Opening the Black Cavity requires more spiritual pressure. If the ability to open the Black Cavity is used, the 'Heavenly Weapon' will grow faster. However, using it only once won't have much of an impact. As long as you stop using it, it will quickly begin to shrink."

"Then I'll give it a try." July decided to try opening the Black Chamber. The 12th Division had not yet started monitoring the spiritual pressure fluctuations of the entire Soul Society, so opening the Black Chamber here would not alert the Seireitei.

In July, he extended his right index finger and drew a line in the air.

A black line appeared in the sky.

Then, some black squares appeared along the edge of the black line.

The number of black cubes increased rapidly and grew larger, gradually tearing the space apart with black.

A moment later, a black opening, large enough for one or two people to enter at the same time, appeared in the air.

An endless black void was exposed before everyone.

July opened the Black Hole in a sham way!

"The miraculous 'divinely bestowed weapon' actually allows the Shinigami to use Hollow abilities..." Shiba Isshin exclaimed in amazement.

"Hehe—" Shikato Hakunsai put his hands on his hips and laughed loudly, "Isn't this interesting? This is something I won from Shihōin Senri when we had a swordsmanship contest!"

In Lu Qubaiyunzhai's view, this pair of "Heaven-sent Armor" has some practical value, but that's about it.

Death has other ways to enter the Black Hole.

The number of times the Resonance ability can be used is insufficient to support a high-intensity battle.

This is a rather interesting toy.

However, July, who knows the future, sees it differently. He believes that the power of the void is also an important piece of the puzzle to become a 'Transcendent,' and that it has high research value for the 'Heaven-Sent Weapon.'

"These 'divinely bestowed weapons' can help me research the power of the void," July thought to herself.

July glanced at the 'Heaven-sent Armor' at her feet and paused slightly.

These "heaven-sent weapons," which were originally only a few centimeters in size, had now turned into two lumps the size of wooden clogs, completely merging with them. The clogs had been stained white by the "heaven-sent weapons."

"After using the ability to open the black cavity, my growth rate is indeed quite fast..." July said.

“That’s how it is. In its current state, it won’t work well when using the Echoing Transformation ability.” Ba Yunzhai nodded, which was also the main reason why she believed that this pair of ‘Heaven-sent Armor’ was just a toy.

In July, he tried it out and found that his inexplicable sense of space was not as sharp as it had been at the beginning. It was as if he was looking at things through a thin veil, and he could not see them clearly.

He needs to be more focused in order to maintain his perception of space.

thump—

A soft drumbeat sounded, and the next instant, July's figure appeared in front of Bayunzhai.

“It’s shifted…” July frowned. He had intended to use the Sound Transformation to move to the left side of Bayunzhai, but it shifted by more than ten centimeters.

"See! It doesn't work anymore!" Ba Yunzhai nodded and said, "If this were used in battle, it could have very bad consequences, so I only used it a few times before abandoning it. I didn't expect you guys to find it again; I had completely forgotten about it."

July nodded and said, "I'm very interested in this pair of 'divinely bestowed weapons,' so I'll take them."

Aizen Sousuke seemed thoughtful, realizing that his teacher was very interested in Hollow abilities.

"The abilities of Hollows are indeed very intriguing," Aizen Sousuke thought to himself.

For Aizen Sousuke at this point, Hollow abilities are merely knowledge he has learned from books.

"Although Hollows occasionally appear in Soul Society, Soul Society is too vast, and the probability of making contact with a Hollow is very small... How can I make contact with a Hollow?" Aizen Sousuke began to think about how to make contact with a Hollow.

Today was the first time he had witnessed the use of Hollow's abilities, and he couldn't help but develop a strong interest in exploring Hollow.