The disciples, who had been listening intently to the commotion, immediately became interested. One of the senior disciples, who had also come to spar with the new disciples, jokingly asked, "Zhao Daming, did you really say that?"
Zhao Daming's eyes darted around, surprised that even after four days, Qi Yu still remembered this matter.
"I... I was just saying it casually, it doesn't count!"
Qi Yu clicked his tongue and said, "Zhao Daming, as a cultivator, a word is as good as a horse. If you keep your word like this, it will be of no benefit to your cultivation."
Other disciples, eager for a good show, chimed in, "That's right! What's said is said, and Zhao Daming, you'd better keep your promise!"
Faced with the excited gazes of the crowd, Zhao Daming stammered, unsure how to refute them.
Standing beside him, Xu Shen said, "Junior Sister Qi Yu, Senior Brother Daming is just being straightforward and didn't mean to offend you. Why are you pressing him so hard?"
Qi Yu's face turned cold as she said, "I'm forcing you? When you smeared and framed me that day, did you ever listen to my explanation?"
Xu Shen's eyes reddened slightly as she said, "Junior sister, it was wrong of me to wrongly accuse you, but I've already been confined for three days. Can't you be a little more magnanimous?"
Looking at her tearful appearance, Qi Yu said coldly, "Advising someone to be magnanimous is like being struck by lightning."
"You!" Zhao Daming felt his heart break when he saw Xu Shen's aggrieved look. He pointed at Qi Yu and said, "I will keep my word. Don't you dare bully Junior Sister Shen!"
He quickly stripped off all his clothes except for his underpants and, as if to bravely face his execution, rushed out of the preaching hall to run laps.
"Hey, wait a minute!" Qi Yu stopped him. "Da Ming, have you forgotten? You said you'd run away naked."
Zhao Daming's face flushed red with shame and indignation. "You, you're going too far!"
"Zhao Daming, you said it yourself. How can you say that I'm going too far?"
Qi Yu covered her mouth and laughed. She didn't have a penchant for looking at naked people, and besides, Zhao Daming didn't suit her taste. But it was still quite interesting to tease Zhao Daming.
Zhao Daming was so angry that he was trembling all over. After a while, he took off his last pair of underwear, covered his genitals, and started running.
Qi Yu opened her mouth wide, never expecting that Zhao Daming would actually be so easily provoked and actually strip naked and run around.
Just that one glance made her feel like her eyes were dirty.
The crowd burst into laughter, and someone pointed at Zhao Daming's naked bottom and laughed so hard he couldn't stand up straight.
"Did you see that? Zhao Daming has a really big mole on his butt."
"Hahaha, I'm dying of laughter! How can Junior Sister Qi Yu be so talented?"
"Zhao Daming's butt is all red, hahaha!"
As soon as Hua Nongying entered the preaching hall, she saw Zhao Daming, who was naked and had a flushed face, run past her. She looked at the disciples in the hall who were laughing uncontrollably, completely bewildered.
What is he doing?
Qi Yu smiled and said, "It's for physical exercise."
Hua Nongying looked thoughtfully at Qi Yu, who was smiling brightly, and thought to herself, "This troublesome little disciple is cultivating quite fast. Is the Saint-grade Five Elemental Root really that powerful?"
Disciples of the Spirit Academy will graduate from the Spirit Academy once they advance to the Foundation Establishment stage. Therefore, all the disciples here are in the Qi Refining stage. Since they are all in the Qi Refining stage, they cannot see through each other's cultivation level. However, they can see through the Foundation Establishment stage, Golden Core stage, and other stages that are higher than the Qi Refining stage.
With her mid-stage Golden Core cultivation, Hua Nongying could naturally tell that Qi Yu had already reached the third level of Qi Refining, which was quite a fast cultivation speed.
She walked to the head of the table and sat down, brandishing the soft sword in her hand, and said, "I have taught you the basic sword techniques. Our Yunyang Sect's Yunyang Sword Technique cannot be easily passed on to outsiders, so I cannot teach it to you."
"These next few days, go to the library and see if you can find a sword manual you like. Practice it, and if you don't understand anything, come and ask me, understand?"
The disciples nodded.
Hua Nongying added, "To prevent you from slacking off on sword practice, I will organize sword competitions from time to time so that you can learn from each other and improve together."
"The winner of the sword tournament can follow me on a training trip to broaden his horizons."
The prince exclaimed in surprise, "Being able to go out and train with a Golden Core stage expert like Hua Nongying will definitely allow you to learn a lot."
"Alright, practice on your own. Basic swordsmanship is always the most important. If you don't build a solid foundation, it's all for nothing no matter how powerful your swordsmanship is."
Qi Yu recalled the sword moves he had learned in his mind, took out the Compassionate Sword, and began to practice.
Xu Shengsheng stood at a distance, looking at Qi Yu, who was holding a sword with a resolute face, seemingly lost in thought.
At noon, Qi Yu took Gou Dan to the canteen. Today, Xu Lanyue was in charge of cooking. Qi Yu asked her with great interest, "Senior Sister Lanyue, it seems like I only see you in the canteen."
Xu Lanyue, wearing a pink apron, smiled gently and said, "I don't have any grand ambitions. I don't even aspire to become an immortal. I just want to cook for you all."
Mu Luo also walked over, his handsome face slightly flushed, and said, "Senior Sister Lan Yue, don't underestimate yourself."
Xu Lanyue's gentle face flushed slightly as she looked at Mu Luo and said, "This is all I'll ever be. But you're different. You're so talented, and you have dual spiritual roots. You're sure to become an immortal."
Qi Yu held her bowl, looked at Mu Luo who was blushing, and then at Xu Lanyue who was also blushing. She felt that she had already been fed dog food before she even ate any food.
Xu Shen Shen suddenly walked over, interrupting the romantic atmosphere, and said, "Sister, could you give me some more rice?"
Xu Lanyue then came to her senses, took Xu Shen Shen's bowl, and filled it with rice.
“Shen Shen, you too. You’ve wanted to be a fairy since you were little. Don’t waste your talent of having both water and wood spiritual roots.”
Xu Shengsheng said with some embarrassment and annoyance, "Sister! That happened a long time ago, why are you bringing it up again?"
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