Who are you calling a stable boy?!

The True Central Spiritual Arts Academy naturally has its own canteen. Although the meals are charged, they are delicious, inexpensive, and plentiful. Apart from some pampered aristocratic children who might have some nonsensical complaints, the vast majority of teachers and students of the True Central Spiritual Arts Academy choose the canteen as their first choice for meals.

Zheng Jing was, of course, penniless; to be precise, he had no currency that could be used in the Soul Society.

However, thanks to his excellent entrance exam scores, he successfully obtained a scholarship from the academy, and with some sponsorship from Retsu Unohana, he was able to at least eat his fill in the cafeteria.

His large appetite seems to have boosted his popularity on campus.

It might even reach the point where it's turned into a ghost story and used to scare future generations.

Meanwhile, during his visit to the cafeteria, Zheng Jing also learned an important piece of information from Aizen!

"Next, we will conduct a live-fire exercise."

In the center of the dojo, the instructor in charge of the white-handed fighting course glanced at the students in front of him. When his gaze fell on Zheng Jing, he paused slightly, then turned his head and looked at a girl who was sitting cross-legged with her arms crossed, head tilted back, drooling and dozing off.

"Shihōin-kun, please be Zheng Jing's opponent."

"..."

"Shihouin-san!"

"Huh? Oh! Here!"

Startled awake by the lecturer's raised voice, the girl jumped up.

Unlike her somewhat panicked response, she landed silently when her feet touched the ground.

"Zheng Jing, please step forward."

"They're here, they're here."

Zheng Jing, who had suddenly jumped out from beside Aizen and landed in front of the lecturer, turned his gaze to the girl.

Short purple hair, chocolate skin, and a lithe figure.

It was Yoruichi Shihouin.

"Oh, you're the one from the rumors..."

Wiping the glistening liquid from the corner of her mouth, Yoruichi muttered to herself, glanced at Zheng Jing, and then smiled.

Upon seeing her smile, many students present became nervous without prior notice.

Having become familiar with the way this young lady of the Shihouin family behaved, the lecturer rubbed his temples with a headache.

If possible, he would also like to personally measure just how strong Zheng Jing's fighting skills really are, this transfer student who became a minor celebrity in the academy in just one morning.

Unfortunately, his fighting skills were actually inferior to those of Mr. Uei.

It's not that he's weak; it's that Mr. Uei is quite accomplished in all four aspects of swordsmanship: slashing, punching, and walking. He teaches kendo simply because Mr. Uei considers kendo to be his forte.

Even someone as skilled as Mr. Shangjing was forced to give it his all during the test. This lecturer asked himself honestly, if the purpose was simply to exchange skills, he might not be a match for Zheng Jing...

That's why he let Yoruichi Shihouin go.

As a teacher, he had to admit that Yoruichi's skill in white-hat fighting had already surpassed his own as an instructor.

"I heard you're pretty good at fighting."

Yoruichi took the first step and walked to the opposite side of Zheng Jing.

"Is your greatest skill just hand-to-hand combat?"

Upon hearing this, Zheng Jing grinned as he looked at Yoruichi.

"I know a little bit about everything."

Chapter 64: Yoruichi has locked up Zheng Jing!

"Huh?"

Yoruichi raised his eyebrows.

To an outsider at first glance, Zheng Jing's words seemed like self-deprecation.

But Yoruichi immediately understood the true meaning behind it.

Not only that, Yoruichi also smelled a familiar scent on Zheng Jing.

—A scent similar to hers.

"I haven't seen such an arrogant classmate in a while, little brother."

Yoruichi spread her legs, stood sideways, and remained composed.

Unlike most of the students present, she had her gi's cuffs and trouser legs tied tightly with strips of cloth, making the originally loose gi extremely form-fitting.

"Academy rules say you can't be this arrogant, young lady."

With his four arms outstretched, Zheng Jing stomped one foot on the ground and waved to Yoruichi.

"please?"

"Fellow student of Shifengyuan, please be mindful of your actions. This is just a friendly spar. Zheng Jing's spiritual power level is eleven."

Anyone could smell the growing tension between the two. The lecturer, who was acting as the referee, quickly spoke up, both to remind Yoruichi and to warn Jung-kyung.

"Eleventh grade, not bad."

Yoruichi chuckled.

Her entrance exam score was eighth-rank spiritual power, even though she preferred hand-to-hand combat training and often skipped the clan's spiritual pressure classes.

But Yoruichi has no intention of using spiritual pressure to bully people.

She was curious about Zheng Jing's fighting skills.

She also didn't think she needed to use her spiritual pressure advantage to get back at Zheng Jing.

"I hope you can maintain your current attitude later."

"Yes, it's guaranteed."

Seeing that the two were still arguing, the lecturer quickly raised his hand and told them to take their places.

"start!"

At the command, Zheng Jing was the first to make a move.

As if to replicate the punch he delivered to Mr. Uesui that morning, Zheng Jing swayed and then, in a flash, forced Yoruichi to his feet.

Seeing Zheng Jing's fist coming, and braving the gust of wind, Ye Yi's expression turned serious. In an instant, he abandoned all his slight contempt and ducked to avoid the attack.

However, as soon as she moved her waist, another heavy punch was thrown from below towards her face.

This punch struck at the perfect moment when her old strength had just been exhausted and her new strength had not yet been generated!

Logically, this was an unavoidable pursuit.

But Yoruichi Shihouin truly deserves to be called a once-in-a-millennium half-fighting genius of the Shihouin family!

She crossed her arms in front of her and jumped up, using her flexibility and the momentum of the jump to brace herself against Zheng Jing's forearms and deflect the force as she rose.

This method of using softness to overcome hardness, and the quick thinking to adapt, is truly ingenious!

Unfortunately, despite having some experience fighting Hollows from years of battling within her clan, Yoruichi still made a mistake at this crucial moment.

She forgot that Zheng Jing had four hands!

"Well!"

As Zheng Jing's long-awaited second pair of hands gripped her shoulders, Yoruichi couldn't help but let out a muffled groan.

She realized she had made a mistake.

But Yoruichi did not lose her composure because of this.

With her hands behind her back, she grabbed Zheng Jing's wrists and used the momentum to twist her strong waist like a bow, rolled up her legs, and stomped down on Zheng Jing's head with both feet!

"Boom-"

The unexpected sound of the collision and the feeling of footsteps startled Ye Yi.

Having learned from her previous experience, she did not hesitate this time. She straightened her shoulders, subconsciously channeled all the spiritual pressure in her body, and suddenly pushed away Zheng Jing's hands that were holding her.

Then, she turned around and sat down behind Zheng Jing's neck, grabbing his arms that were on his shoulders and back and pulling them under his armpits. Her legs, which were hanging in front of Zheng Jing's chest, were spread apart and hooked onto his other arms.

This is a bizarre grappling technique that requires extraordinary flexibility to execute.

For a moment, thanks to the physical enhancement brought by the eighth-level spiritual power, Yoruichi and Zheng Jing were actually frozen in this strange position!

"Shifengyuan has locked up Zheng Jing!"

"That can't be right! In my opinion, it's Zheng Jing who locked up Shifengyuan!"

The students' astonished whispers went unheard by Yoruichi.

At this moment, she was covered in sweat, and even her breathing became rapid.

In the blink of an eye, several exchanges of blows occurred. If she hadn't had the advantage in spiritual pressure, she would probably be lying on the ground by now.

"You little brat..."

Looking down at Zheng Jing, Yoruichi muttered something to herself.

She discovered that Zheng Jing's attacks, though seemingly bold and reckless, actually seemed to predict her movements with uncanny precision.

A clever thing but a clumsy one...

Yoruichi gritted her teeth.

Logically speaking, when she instinctively used all of her spiritual pressure, she would have lost this match, which was aimed at comparing martial arts skills.

After hesitating for two seconds, Yoruichi lowered her eyes.

That's all—

"Hakiye, you've already lost, let go now!"

"--ha?"

It took Ye a second to realize that Zheng Jing's "Haki Ye" was calling him, and Ye, who was about to let go, suddenly became energetic again.

Although she didn't know what "Haki-ya" meant, Yoruichi could clearly tell from Zheng Jing's tone that it was definitely not a good name!

"What nonsense are you talking about? You can't move right now!"

"Hakiye, you can't accept defeat, can you?"

"Who are you calling a sore loser?! You're such a gorilla!"

Having personally experienced Zheng Jing's monstrous strength, Yoruichi almost instinctively retaliated.

"Hey! Who are you calling an ape?!"

"I'm talking to you!"

"You idiot!"

"The Ape Sutra!"

"Haki Night!"

"The Ape Sutra!"

"Haki Night Haki Night—"

Hearing the boys and girls in the room suddenly start arguing like elementary school kids, Aizen adjusted his glasses.

He has already seen the results.

When he saw that even when Yoruichi used her spiritual pressure, she could only hold her own against Zheng Jing, he already knew who the winner of this match would be.

Because before this, he had said to Zheng Jing—

"Hakiye, you asked for this!"

Just as Yoruichi was about to retort, she suddenly noticed that Zheng Jing beneath her was covered in golden light!

The next moment, Ye Yi felt that what was being locked around her limbs was not a human body.

Instead, it was a raging torrent of waves!

In an instant, the world turned upside down in Yoruichi's vision.

"Bang!!"

With a muffled thud, Yoruichi, who had been thrown to the ground by Zheng Jing, smashed the wooden floor beneath her to pieces.