Time is like an arrow, the sun and the moon are like a shuttle, and it has been almost 2 months since Yin Hao was "beaten" by his master on that day and started the second stage of cultivation.

All the cultivation in the later stage was still completed in the mountaintop training ground specially arranged for him by Xiang Tiange, and the mechanisms set up with huge log stakes, the position of each mechanism device was extremely tricky and strange, making Yin Hao unavoidable, and it was clearly designed for him to be beaten.

But Yin Hao still insists on training every day and is never sloppy.

Because the time is also getting closer and closer to the school qualifying tournament in Genmon, a week later, December 20 is the official start of the competition, and the 10-day qualifying tournament will end perfectly before the 31st New Year's Eve.

Not only Yin Hao, but all the students in the academy are in full swing to prepare, after all, everyone wants to win a good result in this qualifying competition, and then they can have a happy New Year.

The other members of the same Frost Moon Village are also carrying out difficult and arduous cultivation under the guidance of their exclusive mentor.

Here in Gray and Akutagawa, there was a loud "boom", and Gray was seen in a pile of rubble with thick smoke and dust. Akutagawa beside him was already sweating profusely and exhausted at this time. It seems that Gray has successfully broken through the defense, and the physical exertion is serious.

Gray walked towards Akutagawa and asked Akutagawa lightly, "Is there any progress?"

Akutagawa held his knee and nodded, looked at his watch and said, "1 minute, it's getting faster and faster." ”

Gray smiled with relief, and said, "Thank you, Akutagawa. ”

Akutagawa straightened up, shook his head and said with a smile: "What do you say, we are practicing right, and I am also good." ”

It was then that a burst of applause caught the attention of both of them, and they both turned their heads to look at the source of the applause.

"Teacher!"

"Mr. Dazai!"

"You're both doing a great job. Gray's ability circle is becoming more and more proficient, and taming such a violent black thunder to the point where it is now, you are probably the genius that others say. Mr. Dazai walked over with a smile and said as he walked.

"As for Akutagawa, it's good. Mr. Dazai's simple praise for Akutagawa was only a few words, which made Akutagawa's expression change slightly, but it was not easy to notice and quickly returned to its original state.

"Okay, I'm tired today, so go back early and rest, Gray, you go back first, I have something to say to Akutagawa. Mr. Dazai smiled at Gray.

Gray nodded, easily manipulated the thunder and lightning to resist the thunder, took off in an instant, and left the cultivation place.

Watching Gray leave, Mr. Dazai lowered his head and smiled at Akutagawa, who was soaked with sweat on the side, and said, "Akutagawa, do you feel any dissatisfaction with this form of sparring?" ”

Akutagawa held his glasses with his index finger and said in surprise, "No, no, not at all." I don't have any complaints about the way my teacher gave me training. “

"But as you know, your progress has been unusually slow lately. "After all, Dazai has been a master and apprentice with Akutagawa for many years, and he doesn't have to be taboo when he speaks, so he directly explains Akutagawa's problem without going around.

When Akutagawa heard this, he was stunned for a moment and then lowered his head, not daring to look directly into Dazai's eyes, and then was silent for a moment and said with a smile: "Teacher, it may be that my recent personal reasons have caused my performance in training to be not satisfactory, and I will make adjustments as soon as possible." I'm a little tired today, so allow me to leave first. With that, Akutagawa picked up his coat and bowed to Dazai before leaving.

Mr. Dazai looked at Akutagawa's back, smiling on the surface but actually quite worried in his heart, but he didn't know what to do, he just hoped that Akutagawa would tell him what he really thought in his heart as soon as possible, so as not to affect himself.

After Akutagawa left, he didn't actually go back to Frost Moon Village, but chose to walk to one of his favorite coffee shops in the city to sit for a while.

As his mentor Mr. Dazai said, his recent progress has been unusually slow, and he knows this better than anyone else, and this state has been going on for more than a month, not to mention the slow progress, and he himself feels that he is completely regressing.

Maybe it's because of the long time of training with Gray, Gray's sparkle and talent are unreservedly displayed in front of him, in fact, there is a moment when he always sprouts an emotion called "jealousy".

A genius boy younger than himself, he joined the division after himself, but his learning speed far exceeded his own, and even later he became the one who chased him, but his own hard work to catch up did not shorten the distance between them at all, but became farther and farther away.

For a while, he also wondered if the content and method of training were not suitable for him, but his firm belief in his teacher made him keep hypnotizing himself, saying that it was due to his own personal reasons.

But he knew in his heart that he didn't have any personal reasons at all.

Although he tried not to think about it, it was like a thorn in his heart, and he always felt a faint pain every time he practiced.

Akutagawa walked slowly, looking preoccupied.

"I said I didn't need it, hurry up!" a thin man in a scientific researcher's white lab coat was pushed out of the shop that sold equipment.

After being refused, the thin man still said unrelentingly: "You believe me, as long as you put my medicine in your shop and sell it for one day, there will definitely be countless students who will ask to buy this bottle of medicine the next day." You'll make a lot of money then! Trust me!"

"Hmph, make a lot of money, if it's really like what you said, it's because you're making a lot of money, I'm not selling drugs from unknown sources here, let's go quickly!" the owner of the shop kept waving his hand to drive away the scientific researchers who came to sell drugs.

"You'll regret it. The thin man saw that the sales pitch was fruitless, so he skimmed the shopkeeper and said with an unconvinced expression.

Just as he turned his head, he happened to collide with Akutagawa, who was in a state of despair.

"Oh, that thin man" cried out in pain, his physique must not be compared to Akutagawa, who had been a soldier and served on the battlefield.

Akutagawa couldn't keep his spirits up at this time, so he simply apologized and bypassed him and continued to walk towards his destination coffee shop.

I don't know why I looked at Akutagawa who was absent-minded, and the thin scientific research man seemed to see a business opportunity, his eyes seemed to be shining with golden light, and he followed Akutagawa into the coffee shop.

Akutagawa is a regular customer here, and after ordering skillfully, he looks out the window at the people and cars and listens to the music in the café.

After carefully observing for a while, the thin man walked over quickly and sat on the chair opposite Akutagawa, and said with a smile to Akutagawa: "Hello sir, my name is Wilson, I see that you seem to be bothered about something, let me guess if there is something about the ability?" The man named Wilson stared at Akutagawa and started talking directly.

Akutagawa was stunned for a moment, thinking carefully about what he had just said. "How did he know?" said Akutagawa.

"Hello, my name is Akutagawa, what do you mean by that?" Akutagawa asked politely.

Seeing that Akutagawa didn't refute, Wilson's eyes rolled and he knew that he might have guessed correctly, so he hurriedly said, "If it's a problem with abilities, it's very easy to handle." I have a bottle of all-purpose potion here, and if you drink it, you can temporarily gain several times more than normal powers. Are you interested. ”

Akutagawa sneered, it turned out to be a promoter of fake medicine, and he didn't think much about it and refused directly: "I'm sorry, I don't need to." I'm just here for coffee, you can sit here but please don't bother me. ”

Failed sales pitches were so common for Wilson that he couldn't just give up so easily, and he continued, "I know, I know." It's called the pride of the Inhuman, and I'm also an Inhuman, I know, just like my ability, I can concoct 100% of the chemicals. I also want my abilities to be recognized through myself. But don't forget, science is only one thing, abilities are always your own power. “

"I'll leave this bottle here, you don't want him to be dumped by the waiter. But if you're really distressed about your ability, it's stagnant. You can try it and get unexpected results. The choice is yours, just like during Cataclysm. If you are satisfied with the effect, you can come to me in Nine Pillars, I am the 5th Pillar Wilson. After saying that, Wilson really left the potion and left the coffee shop without looking back.

Akutagawa looked at the potion on the table, he was in no mood to drink coffee because of Wilson's trouble, he got up and prepared to leave, but the moment he left, he looked at the potion on the table again, gritted his teeth and took the bottle of potion.