Miss Loser is too enchanting

Everyone was delighted, and Dugu Qianye was quite satisfied as well. She sent them back and began to think about how to improve the group’s overall strength.

When it came to Artifact Refining and Beast Taming, there was only so much she could do, so she focused her efforts on martial contests and Alchemist competitions.

Over the past two days, she had taught them starting from extracting the essence of medicinal ingredients, to fusion, and then to Solidifying Pills. Although it had only been three days, everyone felt they had made significant progress, and when alone, they privately referred to her as their master. Dugu Qianye had declined the title twice, but they insisted, and she eventually let them be.

Moreover, she also, on behalf of the academy, paired two Phantom Beasts with those who didn’t have fire-type Contract Beasts.

As for the Phantom Masters and the Sword Masters, they had started training on the second day they were chosen. These past few days, she was busy researching Elixirs and hadn’t checked on their progress, but seeing how Gao Liang and the others would return and immediately retire to their rooms each day, it was clear the daily training volume was quite substantial.

On the fifth day of training, Dugu Qianye visited the secret training ground prepared by the academy for the first time and saw a hundred people running in front, chased by a lion at the back, which kept saying, "Run faster! Run faster! If I catch a boy, I’ll castrate him, and if I catch a girl, I’ll strip her clothes off."

Two guys in the front were already struggling to keep up, but upon hearing Liehuo’s words, they immediately quickened their pace. Although they had never seen it castrate anyone, everyone knew it had once burned off Feng Xue’s clothes, so no one dared to take a risk.

Dugu Qianye’s face was immediately full of black lines. Although she had allowed Liehuo to burn Feng Xue’s clothes last time, she hadn’t taught it to do this.

Xiaoyin, who had been squinting on the side, sensed Dugu Qianye’s arrival and scurried over to jump into her embrace.

"Master," Xiaoyin nuzzled into Dugu Qianye’s arms and called out. The master’s embrace was so comfortable!

"Did you teach Liehuo to say what it just said?" Dugu Qianye asked.

"No, it was Xiaojiu who taught him. When it saw how slowly they were running, it told Liehuo to say that," Xiaoyin said. However, it didn’t mention that it had actually felt the same way, but Xiaojiu had spoken up first.

Dugu Qianye looked over to the training ground and indeed saw Xiaojiu in the middle, wielding a whip it had found somewhere, occasionally swinging it around.

Originally, she had only asked Xiaoyin and Liehuo to train these people, but Xiaojiu, having heard from them how much fun it was, asked to join.

"Master!" Xiaojiu also saw Dugu Qianye and ran over, leaped up, and kicked Xiaoyin away, proudly occupying Dugu Qianye’s embrace.

Xiaoyin, kicked to the ground, felt aggrieved but dared not express it. After all, it couldn’t beat Xiaojiu! It could only grumble in its mind: Wait until Xiaohuo wakes up, then we’ll see how cocky you are!

"Is it fun?" Dugu Qianye asked.

"It’s fun!" Xiaojiu’s voice was filled with pleasure. These students were too adorable. It loved to see their expressions of pain when they thought they were relieved but faced a new round of training, haha!

The students also saw Dugu Qianye, but with a roaring lion still behind them, no one dared to stop.

Liehuo was also quite frustrated at the moment. It had been coerced by Xiaojiu to say those words earlier, which greatly damaged its image. Now that the master had arrived, it wasn’t allowed to go to her. But it forgot that its image had been thoroughly tarnished by its master a long time ago.

Frustrated, it could only take it out on the students: "Hurry up, hurry up, did you not eat breakfast this morning? You can’t even outrun a Beast like me, are you just filled with idle rice?!"

"Whoever gets caught by me, Old Fire, had better strip off their clothes on their own initiative."

"Roar roar, Old Fire is going to speed up now!"

Dugu Qianye, who was standing to the side, broke into a cold sweat hearing Liehuo’s words. Were these also taught by Xiaojiu?

"Master, I didn’t teach this, oh!" Sensing Dugu Qianye’s thoughts, Xiaojiu said discontentedly.

"Hehe." Dugu Qianye chuckled, stroked its head, and then pitifully gazed at the people running around the field. A bunch of poor kids, faced with the mischievously taught Liehuo, you can only quietly endure!

After half an hour, the running training finally ended. As soon as Liehuo announced time was up, everyone immediately collapsed on the training ground, no longer caring about their appearance.

"Everyone, get up and walk for two minutes before resting. If you can’t get up, Xiaoyin, you help them." Dugu Qianye’s words were like the Devil’s Sound to their ears, instantly making everyone stand up. After two minutes, they collapsed again.

Dugu Qianye didn’t hurry them. After about 20 minutes, she clapped her hands to gather everyone’s attention.

"You’ve all been training very hard these past few days, but I’ve noticed that your physical strength has improved a lot compared to before. Maybe you think this is a waste of time, but I want a robust team, not people who could be blown down by the wind. I’ve said before, until the contest is over, you must listen to me unconditionally, and any doubts or dissatisfaction can only be swallowed down into your stomachs. Alright, let’s continue with the training."

Upon hearing Dugu Qianye’s words, groans erupted from below, but they obediently went off to train.

The next morning, Dugu Qianye once again arrived at the training field.

"Starting today, Phantom Masters and Sword Masters will train separately. He Yan, take the Sword Masters to the neighboring field and train as the teacher previously taught you. The remaining Phantom Masters stay here."

With Dugu Qianye’s words, the Sword Masters left one after another, leaving behind a group of Phantom Masters.

"You all should know, your levels of Phantom Power are not high, and the academy took on a lot of pressure by selecting you. Those Great Phantom Masters out there are clamoring, wanting to see you make a fool of yourselves. If you have any spine, train hard and take a good ranking back to shut them up. Do you have confidence?"

"Um, Boss, although we really want to say yes, our strength is obvious, so..." Sun Kui weakly spoke up, voicing what most people were thinking.

"I have a method to enhance your Phantom Power, but I’m not sure if you’re worth the effort. I don’t want to help those who are as futile as mud that can’t support a wall!"

"We’re not spineless cowards!" someone said.

"Then do you want to stand out?" Dugu Qianye asked.

"Yes!"...

The crowd reacted vigorously.

"That’s good. But before that, I need you to swear that you will not mention today’s events to anyone, not half a word, or else you shall be reduced to ashes."

Everyone quickly took their oaths. Dugu Qianye asked Mo Ziqing to help distribute the Marrow-Cleansing Pill to everyone.

"This is the Marrow-Cleansing Pill, its purpose is to expel the impurities in your body, to achieve the Cleansing Marrow effect, and enhance your physique for cultivating, making your absorption of Phantom Power faster in the future."

Everyone who received the elixir felt surprised and excited. The news of the sky-high prices of Marrow-Cleansing Pills in Baishi City had long spread across the entire Xuanyue Continent, and they couldn’t believe they now each had one! With curious hearts, they took the Marrow-Cleansing Pills and then sat down on the spot, waiting for the outcome.