Chapter 104 Zhao Xunxing: You are the worst class I have ever taught!
[No one knew what Bibi Dong was thinking.]
[While Bibi Dong was pondering whether she should do as her teacher said, the students of the Elite Class arrived one after another. The teacher, Zhao Xunxing, arrived on the scene and began the lesson.]
[Seeing that class had started, Bibi Dong temporarily cast those extra thoughts to the back of her mind and began listening to Zhao Xunxing's lecture.]
[Today's lesson was a case study on a Spirit Master's cultivation.]
[Zhao Xunxing started from that Spirit Master's Innate Spirit Power, the specifics of his Spirit, the Spirit Beasts he chose later on, the age of his spirit rings...]
[Through these details, Zhao Xunxing explained the key points of this Spirit Master's cultivation in sequence.]
[Of course, more importantly, he focused on the massive mistake this Spirit Master made during his cultivation.]
["Everyone, take a look at this Spirit Master's choice for his third spirit ring."]
["This Spirit Master's Spirit was originally a plant-type Tool Spirit."]
["Under normal circumstances, he would only need to continuously add plant-type Spirit Beasts to his Spirit."]
["But during a Spirit Fighting match, this Spirit Master noticed a flaw in his Spirit."]
[At this point, Zhao Xunxing scanned the crowd.]
["Fear of fire—this is the greatest weakness of many plant-type Spirits."]
["Generally speaking, there are many solutions, but this Spirit Master was very stupid. When choosing his third spirit ring, he thought that as long as his Spirit itself possessed the fire attribute, he wouldn't have to fear fire anymore."]
["Thus, he found a fire-attribute Spirit Beast for his third spirit ring."]
[Speaking to this point, the corners of Zhao Xunxing's mouth curled up. He had seen people seek death before, but never like this.]
[Adding an attribute that countered one's own Spirit was simply the height of absurdity.]
[The students listening also laughed. How could such a bizarre Spirit Master exist?]
[Having reached this part of the lecture, Zhao Xunxing paused and scanned the crowd.]
["Yu Xiaogang."]
[Hearing his name called, Yu Xiaogang stood up.]
["If it were you, what method would you use to resolve this flaw?"]
[As Zhao Xunxing's question was asked, everyone's gaze focused on Yu Xiaogang.]
["I currently have three lines of reasoning."]
[Yu Xiaogang pondered for a moment and held up three fingers.]
["Oh? Let's hear them. Don't be afraid of being wrong; no one here will laugh at you. Just speak your mind."]
[Zhao Xunxing's eyes lit up at the words, and he looked at Yu Xiaogang with anticipation.]
[After witnessing Yu Xiaogang's combat strength, he had sought out His Holiness the Pope to learn more about Yu Xiaogang's specific situation.]
[He then learned that Yu Xiaogang had come to Spirit City because, after reading through the records of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, he found there was too little information on the light attribute.]
[Upon learning this, Zhao Xunxing sucked in a cold breath.]
[He finished reading the records of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, one of the Upper Three Sects?]
[Although Zhao Xunxing knew Yu Xiaogang certainly wouldn't read just any records—for instance, the cultivation methods for thunder attribute Spirits would be useless to someone like Yu Xiaogang, whose Spirit was light attribute...]
[But even so, the knowledge stored in Yu Xiaogang's mind was definitely extremely abundant.]
[It just so happened that at this time, Qian Xunji had given him a task: to extract as much knowledge about the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect from Yu Xiaogang's mind as possible.]
[To pry out however much he could.]
[Therefore, Zhao Xunxing was now very much looking forward to Yu Xiaogang's answer.]
["The first line of reasoning is to add a spirit ring that counters the fire attribute to the Spirit."]
["For example, marine plant-type Spirit Beasts."]
["Through these Spirit Beasts, one can add the water attribute to their Spirit, which would provide a certain degree of resistance to the fire attribute."]
["Furthermore, the water attribute and plant-type Spirit Beasts are reasonably compatible to a certain extent."]
[Yu Xiaogang said.]
["Mhm, this is also the method most Spirit Masters with plant-type Spirits would choose—introducing a suitable attribute to the Spirit to solve the problem."]
["What else?"]
[Zhao Xunxing commented.]
["The second line of reasoning is increasing volume."]
["Increasing volume?"]
[Zhao Xunxing raised an eyebrow; this was the first time he had heard such a term.]
["The simplest example: generally, we acknowledge that the water attribute counters the fire attribute because water can easily extinguish flames."]
["However, when the intensity of the flames increases to a terrifying degree, the water evaporates the moment it touches the fire. This would resolve the issue of being countered."]
[Yu Xiaogang explained.]
[Hearing Yu Xiaogang's words, the students of the Elite Class began to whisper among themselves, and Zhao Xunxing nodded.]
["It's a good method. So, your idea is to increase the intensity of the plant-type Spirit so that fire cannot ignite it?"]
["You could say that. However, for plant-type Spirits, I lean more towards expanding the scale of the plants so that the fire cannot finish burning them."]
[Yu Xiaogang nodded and added further.]
["For instance, if my Spirit can summon a forest with a wave of my hand, then even if a fire starts, it will be extinguished as the forest crushes over it."]
[After listening to Yu Xiaogang's second line of reasoning, Zhao Xunxing made a mental note, intending to go back and research along this line of thought.]
["And the third one?"]
["The third is to utilize the weakness."]
["Utilize the weakness? How?"]
["For example, adding a trait to the Spirit that is suitable for combustion, like the White Oil Tree of the Star Dou Great Forest. This kind of Spirit Beast can secrete oil that aids combustion."]
["If this trait is added to the Spirit, one could completely control the Spirit to fight in a combat style akin to self-destruction."]
["Turn the weakness of fearing fire into a weapon. I won't be afraid of you not lighting a fire; if you don't light it, I'll light it myself."]
[Yu Xiaogang enthusiastically shared his ideas.]
[Regarding these things, he had far too many ideas.]
["Turning a weakness into a weapon... Interesting. Yu Xiaogang, your line of thinking is quite excellent."]
[Zhao Xunxing praised Yu Xiaogang, feeling emotional in his heart. As expected of His Excellency Thunder's son, to possess such outstanding thinking at such a young age.]
[While other children were still seeking advice from teachers and elders, Yu Xiaogang already had his own insights.]
[No wonder His Excellency Thunder felt at ease letting Yu Xiaogang come to Spirit Hall Academy to study, and had constantly boasted about his son at various banquets in the past.]
[If he had such a son, he would also boast like Yu Yuanzhen.]
[Waving his hand to signal Yu Xiaogang to sit down, Zhao Xunxing glanced at the crowd—some were whispering, others were idling—and he was suddenly filled with irritation.]
["You all are so idle right now. Are you waiting for me to take notes for you?"]
["Yu Xiaogang has things in his head, but what about you? You have nothing and yet you don't even know to write things down. What will you do if you really encounter a similar problem in the future?"]
[Zhao Xunxing's scolding made everyone shrink their necks.]
[Seeing this, Zhao Xunxing gave a cold snort.]
["Hmph, you're truly poor students who don't even know how to study properly. You lot are the worst class I have ever taught!"]