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Chapter 246: Rose

"Then where are we going now, Teacher Baige..." Rosary felt a little embarrassed. After joining the conversation, she found that Baige seemed to be busy too.

Ling Dengxian looked at Yaye who was standing aside.

"…Why are you looking at me? Although I have good physical fitness and can fight in close combat when necessary, I am not responsible for teaching swordsmanship." Yaye looked at him helplessly, but he knew what he was worried about, and waved his hand, "Since people who want to study have come to you, you can't leave Rosalinha alone and watch you study, right?"

"Then it wouldn't be nice for me to leave you alone... or should you go do something else first?"

"If you can understand, don't let me come to you next time..." Yaye narrowed his eyes, revealing a dangerous aura.

"Sorry..." Ling Dengxian decisively clasped his hands together and apologized.

"That's normal. Let me take a look at your personality and habits so that it will be convenient to adjust the teaching plan in the future." Yaye came up with a reason.

"Well, I hope there is still room for teaching..."

So the three of them walked together, Ya Ye walked at the back, looking at the communication terminal, while Ling Mei and the other person walked in front, putting pressure on each other unconsciously.

Because Ling Dengxian mistook Yaye for Rosella, he took the two swords with him when he went out, so he didn't have to go back to get them.

"Teacher, you seem to have two swords..." Rosalina understood the next arrangements and heard the obvious uneasiness because of her change of plan. When she looked up and observed secretly, she found that Ling Dengxian had noticed her situation. Her feeling of uneasiness became even stronger. She wanted to give the teacher a reliable impression.

"Ah, this is actually a special case for me. Normally, I use a single sword more often." Ling Dengxian explained, patted the scabbard, smiled and motioned for her to relax.

After all, he is not a professional... He was also nervous.

Yaye glanced at the two of them, and based on their expressions and Baige's behavior, he made a rough guess, then he sighed and muttered something with his head down.

After a moment, Ling Dengxian felt a shock in his pocket and took out the communication terminal. "If you lack experience, then get to know her better, at least so you don't make low-level mistakes." Ling Dengxian looked at the sender and found that the ID was "Ya Ye".

"Why are you in my address book?"

"Why do you think Dr. Kal'tsit wouldn't have entered my account into your communication terminal in advance?"

Well, I think I need to look through the address book carefully... Ling Dengxian did not look through the address book carefully, it seems that he really needs to pay more attention to details.

"Miss Mei, Miss Meilantha, in terms of reflection, do you have any understanding of your own strengths?" Ling Dengxian thought for a moment and felt that it would be more effective to ask more directly to her indecisive character.

"I am... better at intercepting targets and using terrain to pursue them."

"What about the weaker aspects?"

"I... Teacher Franka said I was hesitant..."

"Stop, let me ask you, what is your conclusion?" Ling Dengxian looked at her and said seriously.

The girl with purple hair was stunned, not understanding the point of this sentence.

"It's good to have the habit of self-reflection, but it's not good to lack personal confidence." Ling Dengxian raised his hand to touch her head, but immediately realized that this was rude and disrespectful, "Sorry."

Rosalinda did not respond. Yaye and Ling Dengxian, who had been paying attention to the two of them, took a look and found that she seemed to be thinking seriously. They couldn't help but feel a good impression of her. Which teacher would not like a cute and serious student?

Then Ling Dengxian discovered that Yaye was staring at him, with a look of disdain and disappointment in his eyes.

"I'm so sorry..."

In the training ground, the venue that I had just visited not long ago was surrounded by isolation tape. The personnel from the engineering department were busy with maintenance. I saw them instructing from a distance, "The area with isolation tape is temporarily unavailable." Ling Dengxian took a quick look at the enclosed area and saw it was a mess. Hmm, it looked like it was a fire-attributed Originium technique.

A red-haired Sarkaz girl, carrying a very conspicuous long sword on her back, stood aside and quietly looked at the ruins that were still under repair. She seemed to be chewing gum in her mouth, and glanced at someone when she saw him coming.

"Hello." Since their eyes met, Ling Dengxian greeted him. The other party nodded in response. Seeing the other party's somewhat nonchalant look, Ling Dengxian understood that the other party had no other intentions and was just simply curious.

"Teacher, the venue here is still usable." Roselantha confirmed the venue conditions first.

"Okay, warm up first. I'm not good at theoretical guidance. I plan to let you get the feeling in battle based on the advice of one of my Vaifan physical training teachers." Ling Dengxian felt helpless when he saw her tense expression and motioned for her to relax.

After giving instructions to Rosa, Ling Dengxian began to move his limbs. In fact, his body had already become excited.

"Hey, Bai Ge." Ya Ye, who had taken some time off the court to buy a glass of juice, greeted. Ling Dengxian responded casually, stretching his arms as he approached. Ya Ye observed for a long time, and now asked curiously, "I'm quite surprised. According to your personality, you should be embarrassed to be called teacher by a girl older than you, and hope that she will change her words. I didn't expect that you don't object?"

"How should I put it?" Ling Dengxian thought about it and smiled. Yaye showed a puzzled expression. He thought for a while and then said, "Because Doctor Kal'tsit convinced me, it is not an unreasonable request for me to do this job as an operator of Rhodes Island.

"Since I can't shirk my responsibility and I have accepted the title of 'teacher', I will fulfill my due responsibilities and have a clear conscience. I don't intend to just get by, so there is no need for me to do anything that would make Meilansha feel uneasy."

After Ling Dengxian finished speaking, he saw that Yaye was slightly surprised, and his face turned black: "What do you mean by that expression, Sister Yaye?"

"…Nothing. I just didn't expect that you, who have an irregular schedule, are surprisingly thoughtful."

"That's a very impolite thing to say!" Ling Dengxian smiled bitterly, apparently he didn't have a very good impression.

After a moment, he was slow to react and recalled another thing that Yaye had just said that concerned him: "Wait, you just said... Roselanda is older than me?"

"Yeah, I've seen your file. You're not even 20 yet, right?" Yaye smiled, holding her chin in her hand. "Romelantha has already graduated from college."

"If she hadn't accidentally contracted oripathy, she might have focused on further studies now."

Ling Dengxian was silent for a moment, then turned around. The film girl with eyes as beautiful as purple-red crystal was already prepared, and her eyes gradually became sharper.

"...contrasting cuteness?" Seeing this, Ling Dengxian also drew out his white sword, and the firelight on the snowy field gradually reflected in his eyes.

Since he was teaching swordsmanship, he couldn't use Bai Yan. Fortunately... he was not completely useless. A long time ago, he held the sword, and wherever his heart pointed, the sword would go.

It didn't take long. Rosalina was breathing heavily, while Ling Dengxian wiped the sweat off his forehead, saying that this child... this lady was quite difficult to deal with when she got serious.

But that's all.

"Stop, I have some questions."

Hearing Ling Dengxian's call, Rosalina's shoulders trembled, and the sharpness in her eyes slowly melted. She put the sword back into the sheath, her fingertips trembling slightly. When she looked at Ling Dengxian again, the respect in her eyes was even stronger.

If her attitude before was more out of upbringing, now her respect was due to being impressed by the edge of his sword.

After dozens or even hundreds of sword collisions, Rosalina was unable to make Ling move even a single step.

"Do you feel frustrated?" Ling Dengxian sheathed his sword and without saying anything stepped forward to hold Rosalinha's arm. But rather than saying it was a support, the action was more like "lifting". Although they had only been together for a short time, he had figured out the temper of this film girl. Rosalinha would not show any signs of fatigue unless he forced her.

"Teacher...I'm sorry."

"Why are you apologizing?" Ling Dengxian said unhappily, "I was the one who went too far and didn't know what to do. I'm sorry."

"No... Teacher, I performed very poorly." A trace of loneliness flashed in Meilansha's eyes, and Ling Dengxian felt a little guilty.

"Well, actually, when I first came into contact with weapons, I performed worse than Rosalinda." Ling Dengxian consoled her, "At least Rosalinda, you weren't sent flying seven or eight meters away by the blow..."

Meilansha was stunned, with a strange look in her eyes: "Teacher, I think I heard it wrong just now..."

"No, I had to fly at least twenty times a day during my training, and the people who taught me at that time were quite helpless..." As he spoke, Ling Dengxian also recalled the time when he learned the city-breaking spear from Feng Di. Thinking about it now, he realized that it was not in vain that he had to fight.

"...Teacher, if this is training, you shouldn't be so cruel, right?" Mei Lansha suddenly became alert and horrified. Could it be that Bai Ge also inherited that teaching method? !

"Ah... by the way, it was Vaifan who taught me."

"Teacher, what happened to you that you couldn't figure out?" Mei Lansha asked with concern and suddenly tenderness, "It's okay. You have to smile no matter how hard it is."

“…Not really…”

Ling Dengxian knew the reason for Rosalinda's defeat. Although it was because he could not give his all in training, he did win easily. Rosalinda's basic skills were really good. She had both strength and skills, and she was well balanced. Her serious personality also allowed her to quickly shed her hesitant daily background and show her due sharpness. But unfortunately...

Ling Dengxian also has strength and skills.

Balancing the two is extremely difficult, as it can ensure the most versatile adaptability and is difficult to be targeted. But at the same time, if you encounter a similar opponent, even if the opponent's level is only slightly higher, you will be completely suppressed. The more perfect the balance, the more difficult it will be to break out of the suppression.

What's more, I'm not bragging. As a matter of fact, his level is much higher than Rosalina's. It can be seen from the fact that he noticed this and voluntarily gave up the flexibility brought by movement to try to let Rosalina find a flaw.

But Ling Dengxian did not intend to persuade Meilansha to give up the path of balance, because... in actual combat under normal circumstances, adaptability comes first.

Balancing her strength and skills was also a way of encouraging herself, and he believed it would benefit her.

"...Not bad, Teacher Bai Ge." Two bottles of water were thrown over along with the voice. The two raised their hands to take one each. Ya Ye, who was not far away, smiled and blinked.

"Thank you." Ling Dengxian let go of the hand that was supporting Meilansha and caught a glimpse of red from the corner of his eye.

That Sarkaz girl... is looking at me?

When our eyes met again, the other person walked straight towards me without any concealment.

"Hello? What can I do?"

"...Can we have a sparring match?" The girl said shockingly, with a serious look in her eyes.

"Huh?" Ling Dengxian was completely confused.

"I have some doubts, but asking is too slow. I want a conclusion, and the way that will delay us the least is to have a fight," the girl said simply, her eyes burning.

"...Want to compete in swordsmanship?" Ling Dengxian wanted to ask clearly, but suddenly felt that this might be a very suitable learning opportunity for Meilansha.

"Almost, but you can use Originium techniques." The girl nodded.

"If we're competing in swordsmanship, why do we need to add Originium skills?"

The Sarkaz girl was about to answer when someone called out from behind, "Ms. Sartel! If the venue here is gone again, you will have to pay back your debt for another two years!"

Venue, again, debt.

Ling Dengxian, Yaye and Meilansha understood.

The red-haired girl, who was in a dilemma, blushed and gritted her teeth and said:

"Come with me to the deck."

Ling Dengxian looked at the ruins behind her, was silent for a moment, turned his head and asked Yaye: "Is it cheaper to repair the deck?"