Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 326

Chapter 326 Being good at training does not mean being good at fighting

Xia Chao was badly beaten by the green worm. His body was entangled in the silk threads it spit out, causing him to lose balance and fall to the ground. His struggle to get up looked even more like a worm.

He had never imagined that the weak green worm could become so powerful.

“Who did you sign a contract with?” Xia Chao glared at the green worm in frustration.

The green worm claimed it was just a bug and couldn’t understand such a complex question.

It clung to Jiang Li’s thigh, obeying whoever gave it food.

Jiang Li removed the green worm from his pants and gently placed it on Xia Chao’s head, shaking his head slightly. “Your physical fitness is too poor, and you have no fighting skills at all.”

“Only contracted beasts need to fight. I’m a beastmaster, not a beastmaster.” Xia Chao didn’t think his inability to fight was a problem.

“Do you consider the green worm a friend?”

“Of course.” Even if there were only a few green worms, Xia Chao would still treat them as good friends.

“Your friend fights hard, and all you can do is cheer them on?”

“…” Xia Chao was speechless.

“You need to think outside the box. Beastmasters can’t fight because they’re too weak, relying on their contracted beasts for protection. But you’re different from other beastmasters. You’ve learned to cultivate immortality, and you’ll become stronger and stronger. You can and should participate in the battle.”

Xia Chao’s fighting spirit ignited.

A day later, Xia Chao also reached the first level of Qi training, the same level as the green worm. He continued to be trapped by the green worm, wriggling on the ground.

“Brother Jiang…” Xia Chao looked at Jiang Li eagerly.

“Don’t lose heart. Before the Nascent Soul stage, the demon beasts always have the advantage. And the green worm can spin silk, while you don’t even know a single spell. Losing is normal.”

Xia Chao continued to fight with renewed determination, becoming more and more courageous.

“I won’t lose!”

After seven days of training, the green worm improved rapidly, now guaranteed to win every battle, completely crushing Xia Chao.

Xia Chao’s defense and evasion skills improved significantly, allowing him to dodge several rounds of silk attacks.

Jiang Li: “…”

He had to admit that a single spiritual root could only accelerate a person’s cultivation speed, not teach them how to fight.

Xia Chao’s combat talent was abysmal.

“Xia Chao, you haven’t been to class for several days. It’s okay…” Qiu Shi saw that Xia Chao had not been attending class and thought that he had given up on himself, so he tried to enlighten him, hoping to help him get out of the shadow.

Qiu Shi pushed the door open and saw Xia Chao’s body entangled with white silk threads, even his mouth was blocked.

…What a trick.

The silk threads of the caterpillars can only maintain their toughness for a period of time. Xia Chao loosened the threads and explained that he was undergoing combat training.

“Can a few caterpillars tie people up?”

“Xiao Qing is now a one-star caterpillar.” Xia Chao happily showed Qiu Shi the changes in the caterpillars and asked the caterpillars to spit out some silk threads for Qiu Shi.

Qiu Shi pulled on them and found that the silk threads were very tough, unlike those spit out by ordinary caterpillars.

“Did he really break through to one star? How did he do that? Did he mutate?” Qiu Shi was surprised and happy for Xia Chao.

Jiang Li, standing by, said, “It’s not a mutation. It’s the transformation from insect to dragon. This is the original path of the caterpillar’s growth, but you haven’t known it yet.”

“By the way, do you want to learn to cultivate immortality?” Jiang Li suggested to Qiushi. He wanted to see how those who signed a master-servant contract would react to their contracted beasts after practicing.

“Cultivation?” Qiushi didn’t understand.

“It’s a method for us humans to become stronger.” Xia Chao, the first immortal cultivator in the Lingxi world, wanted to recruit Qiushi, making him the second.

Seeing that Qiushi still didn’t understand, Xia Chao dragged Qiushi to the training ground and fought him with the white tiger cub in Qiushi’s arms.

Not surprisingly, Xia Chao lost again.

“You managed to dodge the tiger cub’s attacks over a dozen times! You’re so quick!” Qiushi didn’t care about the outcome. It was normal for humans to be defeated by contracted beasts, let alone a bone-winged white tiger cub, which was top-notch even among one-star contracted beasts.

Qiushi was impressed by Xia Chao’s reaction speed in battle.

It was a level that no normal person could achieve.

“This is cultivation!” Xia Chao, beaten black and blue by the white tiger cub, stood with his hands on his hips, his expression filled with an indescribable smugness, as if dodging a dozen of the cub’s attacks would be a victory.

Jiang Li held his forehead, regretting teaching Xia Chao how to cultivate.

It had tarnished the cultivation of immortality.

Xia Chao practiced the “Eternal Green Art,” and his facial injuries quickly healed.

“How about it? Do you want to learn?” Jiang Li asked.

“Yes!” Qiu Shi was tempted.

“Then start with the “Spiritual Qi Diagram.” Jiang Li taught Qiu Shi step by step how to cultivate.

With the foundation he’d gained from drawing Qi into his body, Qiu Shi quickly mastered the art of cultivation and reached the first level of Qi training.

“Huh?” Jiang Li discovered that after Qiu Shi became a cultivator, he had, under the influence of the master-servant contract, transferred a portion of his cultivation to the white tiger cub.

Jiang Li was the only one who discovered this; neither Qiu Shi nor the white tiger cub knew.

“Is it the master-servant contract that prevents the servant’s cultivation from surpassing the master’s?” Jiang Li speculated.

Xia Chao and Qiu Shi, the only two cultivators, were curious about this new power, and they engaged in combat.

“Haha, it’s great to be young! Unlike me, my body isn’t as flexible anymore,” the history teacher said, smiling as he came down from the stands and tapped his waist.

“Flexible, flexible,” the parrot on the history teacher’s shoulder repeated.

The history teacher wasn’t actually that old, only in his fifties, but he’d been injured on the battlefield, leaving him with a chronic illness that had kept him in poor health.

“Hello, Professor Feng.”

“What brings you here?”

Xia Chao and Qiu Shi remembered Professor Feng as someone who lived in the library year-round and rarely ventured out, let alone to a place like the training ground.

“I grow old, and I feel nostalgic.” Professor Feng touched the smooth walls of the training ground, reminiscing about the past.

“Nostalgia, nostalgia,” the parrot repeated.

“I was once a student at this school, too. I trained diligently day and night at the training ground, acquiring a wealth of skills. I rushed to the battlefield, determined to carve out a bright future for humanity. Unfortunately, I was outnumbered and terrified by the brutality of the battlefield. I only dared to return to teach, never again finding the will to fight.”

“That was all many years ago.”

Professor Feng shook his head gently. “I’ve been feeling a bit confused lately, always reminiscing about the past. Please don’t mind me.”

At the mention of “confused,” Xia Chao and Qiu Shi tensed, looking as if they were about to burst into tears.

“You’re only in your fifties, how could you be confused?”

“That’s right. Isn’t it said that this only happens after you’re over sixty?”

“What’s wrong?” Jiang Li didn’t understand why the two were so nervous, as if Professor Feng were about to die.

“Flexible, flexible, nostalgic, nostalgic…” The parrot’s incessant chatter became somewhat annoying.

Professor Feng was about to say something when his expression suddenly froze, drool dripping from the corners of his mouth as he kept repeating two words.

“Flexible, flexible, nostalgic, nostalgic…”

A man and a bird, each saying the same words mechanically and stiffly.

(End of this chapter)