Who are you calling a stable boy?!

"As you can see, I can't turn as freely as you do. I just rush wherever you want. In actual combat, this kind of footwork has great limitations."

"I just want to get free food money from you."

Hearing Zheng Jing say that, Ye Yi gave a light snort.

"At least it's not like they're all muscle in their brains..."

"Ok?"

"Excuse me, students?"

Just as Zheng Jing and Ye Yi seemed about to start another verbal battle, the instructor of this Shunpo lesson suddenly spoke to them.

The two of them looked at the lecturer at the same time.

"Well, I guess it can't be reimbursed by the college as a teaching accident..."

The lecturer pointed to the dilapidated wall.

"what?"

Both Yoruichi and Jung Kyung were taken aback.

"Teacher, although this is a competition between students from Shifengyuan and Old Zheng—Zheng Jing, it can also be considered a loss incurred during the classroom test."

Aizen suddenly spoke.

He came to Zheng Jing's side and looked at the lecturer.

"this......"

The lecturer frowned, looking somewhat embarrassed.

Aizen's words make sense.

However, if this is to be reported as a loss caused by a teaching accident, then he will inevitably have to take responsibility for it...

Noticing the lecturer's wavering, Aizen was about to say something more when Zheng Jing gently patted his shoulder.

"Thanks, Lao Lan."

Zheng Jing pulled Aizen close and shook him, then let go and looked at the lecturer.

"Teacher, please report the facts truthfully. I am indeed responsible for this loss. You can have the college deduct the amount of the fine from my scholarship directly."

Things are different now. With food expenses gone, Zheng Jing is now quite well-off.

He could easily afford the repair costs for just one wall.

"However, teacher, I also have a small request, and I hope you can mention it to the college."

Raising one hand and gesturing with his thumb and forefinger, Zheng Jing smiled and said to the lecturer who was just about to feel at ease.

The lecturer hesitated for a moment.

"any request?"

"hey-hey......"

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"Given that Zheng Jing damaged the wall of Dojo No. 3 due to excessive force during this afternoon's Shunpo lesson, the academy hereby issues a notice of criticism to him and fines him for paying the corresponding repair costs..."

Holding the notice in his hand, Aizen read this part aloud, seemingly unable to suppress a smile, and shook his head with a laugh.

"I never expected you to make such a request to the college."

"Hey! Old Lan, you just don't understand!"

Zheng Jing raised four thumbs up to compare himself to the others.

"In this kind of situation, compensation is no problem, but it must be announced to the entire school!"

"I really don't understand this..."

Setting down the notice in his hand, Aizen asked softly, "Old Zheng, what are your considerations for showing off like this?"

"If not, how would the world know that I possess invincible power?"

First, he put on a stern face and seriously flexed his biceps. When he saw Aizen looking over, Zheng Jing immediately lost his nerve and swayed his body with a grin.

"Old Lan, I'm not exactly a smart person, so don't overthink it. I just think it's fun to do this."

"It is important to have lofty aspirations in life, but one should not neglect to enjoy life."

Aizen smiled and nodded.

"Okay, okay, I was overthinking it."

"Hehe, mmm! Dinner was great, Lao Lan, you too. If you had come with me, I would have paid the bill too."

"Shouldn't it be that Shihouin-kun paid the bill?"

"Well, a bet is a bet. Putting aside the fact that her Shihouin family is so powerful and wealthy, our food expenses are just a drop in the ocean for her. Just look at Yoruichi's personality; if we don't eat to our hearts' content, she might think I'm not interested in her bet!"

"You..."

Aizen looked helpless.

"Actually, you can completely satisfy your needs through meditation now, right? Why do you always have to overeat like this?"

Training your spiritual pressure in Soul Society is a very interesting thing.

Besides relying on so-called meditation to absorb and compress spiritual energy, training the body, and eating effectively, one can also achieve the effect of training spiritual pressure.

In Rukongai, there's even a simple method of judging whether someone has the talent for spiritual pressure training by whether they feel hungry.

Aizen is right.

Zheng Jing could indeed achieve something similar to fasting in the Soul Society environment through the meditation methods he had previously taught.

"Being able to eat is a blessing, so why not eat?"

Zheng Jing looked at Aizen with a blank expression.

"Moreover, a two-pronged approach yields even better results."

Chapter Seventy: Let me show you my treasure!

What does it mean to take a two-pronged approach?

First, it was the meditation method that Aizen taught him.

According to Aizen, this meditation method is taught uniformly in the basic courses at the academy, and it allows practitioners to strengthen their spiritual pressure by absorbing and compressing spiritual particles.

At first, Zheng Jing was unsure what effect this technique focused on spiritual pressure would have on him, but after actually practicing it, he discovered that this meditation method was actually helpful for his internal energy cultivation.

The food served in the cafeteria of the Shinigami Academy is not ordinary food either.

Or rather, the ingredients that can be cultivated in the Soul Society environment, and the canteen specifically set up to fill the stomachs of a large group of Shinigami trainees, are naturally not ordinary.

When Zheng Jing and Aizen went to have lunch together for the first time that day, he could clearly feel that the food in the cafeteria would be digested instantly and transformed into the energy that Zheng Jing needed after just one bite.

Although the amount converted in this way is small, the conversion efficiency is high.

Given Zheng Jing's situation, if he ate until he was stuffed at every meal in the cafeteria, even if the amount of each dish he ate was negligible, he could still accumulate a considerable profit over the course of a meal.

How much benefit can this two-pronged approach bring?

There is a relatively intuitive result that can be presented.

That is, through this method, Zheng Jing's agility attribute has increased by 1 point.

With the additional 1 point bonus from learning the basic Instant Step this afternoon, Zheng Jing's Agility attribute has now reached 14 points.

Such results in just two days demonstrate the remarkable efficiency.

Of course, Zheng Jing also knew that this was partly due to the benefits of the newbie period.

His agility attribute was not particularly outstanding to begin with.

Zheng Jing estimated that this rapid growth rate would gradually slow down as his agility attribute improved.

However, that's enough.

Looking at Zheng Jing, Aizen did not refute.

Death, or rather, spirits qualified to become Death, can indeed grow by consuming food.

However, this form is usually far too inefficient.

Taking the teachers and students in the college cafeteria as an example, the gains from a meal are not even comparable to those from a ten-minute meditation session.

Therefore, anyone who has studied meditation would never consider such an inefficient method. Whether they are teachers or students, eating in the cafeteria is basically just to satisfy their appetite.

Aizen knew that among the Gotei 13, there was a captain named Kiryu Hikifune who could make special food that allowed the eaters to experience an astonishing increase in spiritual pressure.

It is said that the food served in the Shinigami Academy's cafeteria today is the result of improvements made by Captain Kiryu Hikifune...

"By the way, Lao Lan, I have a question for you."

"Ok?"

"Where do I go to get this?"

Zheng Jing pointed to Aizen's Zanpakuto on the sword rack.

The lights were still on, so Aizen didn't draw his Zanpakuto to train as usual.

Sometimes, I even forget that you were a transfer student, Lao Zheng.

Aizen chuckled softly.

"Back then, we went to the academy's armory with our instructors during a spiritual pressure training class a month after we officially enrolled, and registered and received our equipment. As for you, Lao Zheng, the teacher will probably solve this problem for you during tomorrow morning's spiritual pressure training class."

"It sounds like a training tool. Isn't there any special explanation for this? Like, some kind of unappreciated artifact that has been sealed away for thousands of years and now recognizes me as its master?"

Zheng Jing jumped off the bed, squatted down next to Aizen, and carefully examined the Zanpakuto on the sword rack.

"It sounds like an interesting bedtime story, but there really is no difference between asakusa. Only when it is in the hands of the Grim Reaper will the asakusa gradually change according to the holder. If I had to describe it... the asakusa is like a mirror."

"A mirror reflecting the mind of the holder."

Zheng Jing rested his chin on his hands and scratched his head with the other.

"A mirror..."

-

The following morning, during the spiritual pressure training class, just as Aizen had predicted, Zheng Jing received his Asauchi from the instructor.

As soon as he got his hands on the knife, Zheng Jing carefully examined the shallow strike through the panel.

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Lightly blued (or lightly blued)

Quality: Exceptional

Weight: 3KG

特性

[Spirit Weapon]: When attacking non-physical targets such as spirits and elementals that possess special physical resistance, it can effectively avoid being affected by their special physical resistance.

[Resonance]: Resonate with Asada to learn its unique true name. If successful, Asada will change.

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This is the first time Zheng Jing has obtained a blue-quality weapon.

As the last person in the entire class, and arguably the last freshman to receive an asabu (a type of spiritual pressure), he naturally became the best "teaching tool" in the instructor's eyes during this morning's spiritual pressure training class, having earned the title of a genius freshman in just two days.

"Don't be nervous, Zheng Jing. Now that you've learned the basics of meditation from Aizen, just meditate as usual and focus your attention on Asaha as much as possible. If you have any questions during the process, you can stop and ask me, and we'll all work together to answer them for you."

The instructor for the spiritual pressure training class was a gentle and refined middle-aged woman. She was standing behind Zheng Jing and gently patted his shoulder to encourage him.

"..."

Zheng Jing, who was sitting cross-legged on the futon, raised his head and glanced at Aizen, who was sitting among a group of students.

Aizen nodded to him with a bright smile.

It's hard to imagine that Aizen, in such a cheerful mood, just raised his hand and suggested to the lecturer that Zheng Jing come up on stage.

Old Blue, how could you bear to do something like this, something only Haki Night would do?!

Thinking this, Zheng Jing turned his head and looked at Yoruichi, who was sitting casually on the other side.