Chapter 263: Ice Cream's Interested Class (May 2850 Monthly Ticket Bonus Chapter)

The real world.

Qin Chuan woke from his sleep, and as soon as he opened his eyes he met the envious, eager gazes of his three roommates.

"Brother, you've gotten stronger again."

Zhou Xiaochen let out a heavy sigh, "You're stronger than us and improve faster—where can we even reason about this?"

The other two roommates nodded in agreement.

Qin Chuan smiled wryly, knowing they were talking about Ice Cream's breakthrough.

With the world channel, his every breakthrough was instantly known worldwide whenever he attracted attention.

After the Epic Tier, there is no longer a Spirit Beast ranking.

But disappearing from the Hall Tier Spirit Beast ranking likewise signifies a breakthrough.

Of course he also knew that wasn't what his three roommates meant.

Their eager gazes had not faded since yesterday.

After glancing at the dungeon list and confirming there were still no new S‑rank dungeons today, Qin Chuan smiled.

"Save your dungeon clear counts; later I'll let you leech a purple title."

Although I can't give you equipment, a reliable purple title is enough to let you handle subsequent dungeons you can manage with greater ease.

More importantly, titles cannot be taken away.

No need to worry about the problem of an innocent man suffering for carrying a jade.

When his words fell, Qin Chuan gained three sons.

The father‑son relationship between men is just this simple and unadorned.

"Dad Chuan, we have a practical skills class this afternoon—will you join?" Du He'an asked with a cheerful smile.

"I'll attend." Qin Chuan nodded.

The practical skills class is taught by several instructors, each with different skills and techniques, all worth learning.

Ji Huai is merely one of them; a few others are his equal in skill.

Ji Huai specifically reminded him of this yesterday.

Although these few weren't lucky enough to contract a Spirit Beast as perfectly compatible as Ji Huai's, so their affinity didn't reach 100% and they haven't mastered Spirit Descent to receive the Special Affairs Group's cultivation,

but in the realm of skill, the capable teach.

"See, Zhao?" Du He'an turned to Yu Zhao and spread his hands, "Dad Chuan's going to that class—do you still want to skip?"

"Fine, I won't skip." Yu Zhao mumbled, "But they've practiced their skills for decades—can we really learn anything substantive in just a few lessons?"

He is the only one among the four roommates who entered the practical combat major through cultural scores, and he doesn't know much about skills.

Because he feels this class is useless, he's been thinking about skipping it.

"It can be done." Qin Chuan smiled wryly, recalling when he himself first asked Ji Huai a similar question, "Cultivation methods sharpen our five senses and physique, helping us grasp skill techniques faster, and…"

"Don't underestimate the instructors of the practical skills class; they naturally have a way to let you speed‑learn." Saying this, Qin Chuan's smile gained a hint of strangeness.

Surely I can't be the only one getting chased and beaten, right?

"Eh~"

We have to attend the practical skills class!

In his mind came Ice Cream's voice.

Ice Cream, newly arrived in the real world with Shui Hua's help, quickly grasped the situation and immediately expressed anticipation for the practical skills class.

As a qualified assassin, pursuing strong skills is second nature.

"Rest assured, I definitely won't miss it." Qin Chuan communicated with Ice Cream in his mind, and his smile grew a few degrees warmer.

This is naturally also one of his reasons for attending the practical skills class.

"I've never taken such a class either, but I'll surely give it a try." Zhou Xiaochen raised one arm, bent it, and showed his solid biceps, "Just do it." "Alright, let's take you guys to the next dungeon." Qin Chuan laughed, casually picking an A‑rank dungeon for four or more players.

Amidst the cries of "Thanks, foster father!" the four vanished from the spot. —"Eh~"

Ice Cream's excited voice echoed in Qin Chuan's mind.

Watching Qin Chuan easily slay the dungeon boss with his own ability, it also felt a great sense of achievement.

After leading his three roommates to speed‑clear the first A‑rank dungeon, he stopped supervising them and began solo speed‑running A‑rank dungeons.

Today, all the active skills he brought are Ice Cream's, so he cannot perform Spirit Descent with Shui Hua.

But his two Spirit Beasts at Epic Tier have already raised his extraordinary value to twice that of an ordinary Hall Tier player; even without Spirit Descent he can handle A‑rank dungeons with ease.

With deliberate acceleration, Qin Chuan currently needs about half an hour to clear an A‑rank dungeon and obtain an SSS rating.

At present he is tackling his twelfth A‑rank dungeon today.

By repeatedly clearing these A‑rank dungeons, on one hand he replenishes the consumed Time Stop, and on the other he seeks greater synergy with Ice Cream in battle, trying to master the secret technique and achieve Spirit Descent with her.

However…

Gazing at the fallen twelfth A‑rank dungeon boss, Qin Chuan's brows furrowed slightly.

Starting from the tenth dungeon, he felt that his compatibility with Ice Cream had touched a line.

This feeling is familiar; it was the same when he first mastered Shui Hua's secret technique.

Yet this line is the hardest to cross.

After clearing two dungeons in a row, Qin Chuan sensed his own stagnation.

Or perhaps the opponents are just too weak.

Using his own strength he can kill them without needing Time Stop; how can such foes give him enough pressure and tempering? The best solution at this point is probably the same as before—clear an S‑rank dungeon.

But…

Qin Chuan opened the dungeon list again.

A‑rank dungeons are already about half cleared by him, yet S‑rank dungeons still haven't appeared.

The number of newly added dungeons is large, but they are all low-level dungeons.

"Forget it, let's leave it at that." Qin Chuan shook his head helplessly, quickly gathered dungeon clues, raised the rating to SSS, and left.

He did not continue trying the next one.

Because the practical combat skills class in the afternoon was about to start.

He promised to bring the ice cream to this class.

Moreover, practical combat skills might also help with the essence of both; the practical combat skills class takes place on a spacious martial training field.

This martial training field was originally an open-air sports stadium of Yan Da University; after deciding to recruit extraordinary students, the school renovated and expanded it, and it was only recently completed shortly before freshmen enrollment.

At this moment, it comes in handy.

This class has four sections with about two hundred people together, but the two hundred people are completely spread out, and the huge martial training field still appears extremely spacious.

Before everyone, six skill instructors—five men and one woman—stood, all dressed in vigorous attire, their imposing presence that anger does not show makes one's heart chill just by looking.

After using the Heaven-Burying Blade for 48 hours, Ji Huai's hand injury has healed.

He stood with his hands behind his back at the forefront of the six, wearing loose training clothes, his gaze sweeping over the entire field.

"Everyone will undergo a basic skills test; according to their foundation, they will follow different skill instructors for study." As Ji Huai's words fell, the other five began quickly assessing the students' skill conditions.

The grouping was quickly completed; ultimately, only Qin Chuan and a male student named Li Nianzhu from Practical Combat Class 7 were assigned to Ji Huai.

The latter is a refined-looking, handsome youth; he stepped out of the crowd, gave Qin Chuan a friendly smile, then respectfully looked toward Ji Huai.

"Greetings, Uncle-master."

(End of chapter)