This asauchi was a prize Fang Wuwei won from the system's lottery, but because it hadn't been unsealed, it was only a B-rank item. However, according to the system, this asauchi would gradually evolve with his progress, eventually becoming a Zanpakutō capable of Bankai.
Therefore, Fang Wuwei immediately set aside the Fu Chen Blade. Both in terms of sharpness and feel, the asauchi was superior to the Fu Chen Blade for him. Moreover, to help the asauchi evolve sooner, he decided to make it his main weapon from now on.
It's normal to retire old weapons, isn't it?
On the other side, Ikenouchi Maki gently caressed the Fu Chen Blade in her hand, somewhat unable to put it down. This was her first time touching a real blade, and such a good one at that. The pale red blade was simply...
Too cool!
Attaching Ripple to the Fu Chen Blade, Ikenouchi Maki, holding the blade, charged excitedly towards Fang Wuwei...
Meanwhile, watching the two clashing blades, Yuta and the others peeked out from behind cover, their eyes filled with excitement.
Wow, what cool swordsmanship! Holy cow, what clean slashes! Oh my goodness, what fast parries!
Wuwei actually has this skill?! No wonder he's called Master!
Fang Wuwei didn't even move, relying only on his physical prowess and incredibly solid basic swordsmanship to completely suppress the constantly attacking Ikenouchi Maki, leaving her unable to resist.
But Ikenouchi Maki became even more excited. Is this what I'm going to learn? Is this the swordsmanship I will Master?!
But in reality, it was just ordinary swordsmanship...
With one strike, Fang Wuwei sent Ikenouchi Maki flying. He sheathed his blade. Through Ikenouchi Maki's chaotic attacks and swings, he roughly understood Ikenouchi Maki's talent and skill level.
One could only say... she was probably at a genius level...
He'd hit the jackpot... World Consciousness, you have some taste.
"Alright... From now on, I will continuously teach you basic swordsmanship until you Master it. Only then will I gradually teach you to comprehend the Intent of Gale... During this period, you will endure much hardship. The cultivation of the Gale Sword Art is particularly difficult; those without great perseverance cannot Master it."
"Yes!!!!"
"Start with the basics. The sharpness of the blade lies in cutting, as well as thrusting, intercepting, blocking, parrying, slashing, and dragging. Learn them well..."
And so, time slowly passed. Yuta and the others, who were squatting outside Fang Wuwei's house, watched until dark before realizing that this guy was indeed there to learn. It was nothing but teaching, fighting, or training. All day long, they only saw Ikenouchi Maki practicing her blade... and being thrashed by Fang Wuwei.
Finally, watching Ikenouchi Maki, covered in injuries, walk out of the house with a mournful expression, hugging a square object she didn't recognize...
Master wouldn't let me use Stone Wing, saying someone was watching and it would arouse suspicion. He just shoved a healing pack at me and told me to scram, boo hoo... Don't let me find out who's been peeking, or I'll make them pay in blood! Entering Stone Wing feels super comfortable! Damn it!
In the end, watching Ikenouchi Maki walk away and Fang Wuwei, who hadn't come out to see her off at all, just closed the door after chasing her out, Yuta and the others were dumbfounded. Good heavens, we thought he was a Casanova, but he was just a teacher. We overestimated him, squatting here for so long for nothing... Eh, not entirely for nothing. We learned a little secret about the East.
By the way, could I also go and learn his swordsmanship...?
With this thought, Yuta and his group began to go their separate ways, heading home.
But even when going home together, Rikka refused to walk with Yuta, jogging to shake him off and run away. Yuta felt depressed, but he didn't chase her.
And so, days passed by...
In the blink of an eye, half a semester had gone by.
During this half-semester, what Fang Wuwei did was teach his disciple, learn magic, train, and continuously draw lots.
Adhering to the non-African principle of "100 consecutive draws guaranteed to fail, 10 consecutive draws guaranteed to hit the bottom, single draws create miracles," Fang Wuwei gradually split his accumulated 100 consecutive draws into ten sets of ten. However, the moment he drew "[Useless Junk * 10]" on the first ten-draw, he immediately decided to switch to ninety single draws, taking it slow.
Thus far, he had drawn countless source essences and four emblems, as well as various skills and techniques.
Days slowly passed. Nibutani and Fang Wuwei had also been trying to push Yuta and Rikka's progress, but Rikka ignored them... She was very good at closing herself off. If she didn't want to do something, Nibutani and the others couldn't do anything about it. Before she wanted to resolve it herself, they couldn't rush her...
Even if Yuta actively approached Rikka to talk or find things to do, Rikka would avoid him as much as possible. If she absolutely couldn't avoid him, she would directly call Totsuka over to obstruct Yuta.
Whenever she faced him, an indescribable flutter would arise in Rikka's heart. This unknown situation made her uneasy and even more uncomfortable.
Soon, with Fang Wuwei withdrawing from the cheerleading club, her focus began to shift to the School Festival performance.
"The School Festival! This is the best opportunity for the association to climb up! Right now, we're just wasting time every day in this unknown clubroom!
If this continues, what's the difference between Club Activities and not existing?! Absolutely nothing! Can you tolerate this?!"
Inside the association, everyone sat in a semicircle, neatly watching Nibutani, who was giving a loud speech. Having withdrawn from the cheerleading club, she vowed to achieve great things here, so she began to take full charge of what the association should do at the School Festival.
"Sounds so fun~"
"I'll listen to Master! Whatever Master does, I'll do!"
Ikenouchi Maki and Koushou, on the other hand, echoed her, both finding it interesting and wanting to join in and participate. Anyway, according to Ikenouchi Maki's understanding, her Master would definitely agree.
"Why are you pretending, death? The leader of this organization is Master, death!"
"I also object to catering to other organizations' actions. Besides, this is an organization that cannot be made public anyway."
Instead, the veteran chuunibyo Totsuka and Rikka rejected the proposal. Totsuka simply found Nibutani annoying and wanted to provoke her, while Rikka just found it troublesome and gave an excuse that left Nibutani somewhat speechless.
"You're openly recruiting people, and you still say it can't be made public?"
Pointing to the vertical banner in the corner, which had been made for recruitment and read "Far East Magic Nap Society," Nibutani looked speechless. She wasn't going to let them run off again. They had to achieve something big!
"But the classrooms and auditoriums have already been taken by other clubs."
"Even the good spots for outdoor stalls have been taken."
"How about we just forget it?"
Instead, the three boys in the association, Yuta, Isshiki Makoto, and Fang Wuwei, all raised objections. But Nibutani had thought of a way to refute them, speaking to the three in a graceful tone.
"It's precisely because you give up so easily that no girls like you~"
Fang Wuwei quietly raised his hand.
..."You don't count, that's external conditions."
So Fang Wuwei grabbed Yuta's hand and raised it too.
..."Are you intentionally looking for trouble?"
"What does that have to do with me?!"
Yuta let out a wronged wail.