Control

"Shin!" Over a training ground, Haotian was swinging his Seven Kill Sword. With each swing, icy flames and sharp wind blades were shot from it, clashing around him and drawing an almost perfect circle around him, surrounding him by ice walls.

"Buff!" Haotian exhaled, letting out his pressure as the sword in his hands disappeared like slowly blowing up with the wind.

Haotian looked at his surroundings and frowned a little "I'm not there yet."

A month had passed since Chenxiang had joined the Prince Team and the days had quietly fallen to a routine of training and enjoying his academy life with his girls. Heaven Dou Imperial Academy was equipped with the best equipment and facilities and some of the best teachers from the continent, so the experience gained over it was invaluable, feeling growing stronger every day.

However, over this time Haotian focused on his weakness. As of now, his power wasn't a problem. He had three top spirits for him to use, Meijing's Seven Kill Sword giving him the strongest attacking power, Biyun's Pure Yin Phoenix giving him the Yin element and Chenxiang's Golden Roc increasing his speed and body strength plus control over wind. Now that the spirit rings had grown even older and stronger, he could say that he really didn't lack attack ability as even if he lacked spirit skills, it could be up to the combination of his spirits.

The problem laid over his spirit power and control. Using his spirit skills consumed a great deal of spirit power and even when his spirit power was thicker than the usual spirit elder, not even him could sustain the continued use of over 3.000 years old purple rings, not even mention his 11.000 black spirit ring.

He will need to grow stronger step by step keeping his foundation to be able to solve that problem, not being able to do it in a short time. That's why he was focusing on his other problem, his control.

The top spirits weren't only incredibly demanding in strength, they were also required a great deal of control, not talking about the amount necessary to control three at the same time. So he was focusing on especially in this control. Sparing with his girls to gain familiarity with the spirit and training alone while cultivating his own mental power, steadily improving his control.

After this time, he was able to at least use his three spirit rings at the same time, but he was only able to unleash their full power for an instant, not being to properly control them. If he was able to do it, the problem of spirit power consumption would easy a little, but as now he was only able to tire himself out.

"Clak!" Haotian snapped his fingers, the ice walls around him collapsed, showing a fully destroyed training ground, with cuts and ice crystals everywhere, showing that he especially needed to improve his long-ranged attacks.

"Good job, today" From the border of the training ground, Meijing walked towards Haotian, approaching him and presenting him with a towel.

"There's no need to guard me, Mei" Haotian said "You sure must have things to do."

"I can't imagine a place where I want to be more than near you" Meijing smiled.

Haotian took Meijing's towel "Thanks to always take care of me, Mei" Haotian smiled at her and started to clean up his sweat. These little times with Meijing made him remember the time over the Tè Clan, only both together taking care of each other, the time spent with Meijing the only good thing from that period. Even if they had grown and changed from becoming poor abandoned trash to genius at the best academy on the continent, the warmth given by Meijing didn't change.

"Let's get something to eat before going to class" Haotian said offering his arm to Meijing who gladly wrapped her arm around his, both of them calmly walking to the dining room while enjoying the scenery.

"I cannot understand! Why?!" Some shouts interrupted their warm moment, pissing Meijing a little that gave a sharp gaze towards the origin.

"There's no need for you to" Another voice was heard. Quickly recognizing the voice, Haotian decided to approach them, finding in a little hidden place two girls arguing between each other, the girls being Chenxiang and Dugu Yan.

"Why do you decline to join the Emperor Team and want to keep being part of a second-ranked team such as that?!" Dugu Yan asked "Over the Emperor Team, you will receive the best of the best, being to fully explore your talent."

"You won't convince me, Yan" Chenxiang shook her head "I'm very aware of the privileges of the Emperor Team, but for me, they don't account even a fraction of staying at the Prince Team."

"So it is all about him" Yan clenched her hand in fury "You would throw away your future only for that poor dirty bastard commoner of Haotian."

"I'm not throwing away my future, he is my future and if it weren't for him, I wouldn't even have a future to start" Chenxiang said determined "And one more thing, Yan" Chenxiang's gaze became cold "I will let you go this time, but" pressure started fell over Yan by Chenxiang's suppression, causing Yan to unconsciously step back "if you insult Tian again in my presence, you will not left intact."

Chenxiang's pressure disappeared and Yan finally recovered her cool. Seeing herself in that scared state by Chenxiang, Yan's face turned red in fury as she clenched her hand, even leaving a mark with her long nails.

"Did you already finish, Xiangxiang?" Haotian stepped forward letting his presence be known.

Chenxiang turned to him wearing a smile "Of course, it wasn't anything important anyway. Let's go to have some food" Chenxiang approached Haotian and tried to take Meijing's place over Haotian's right arm, but receiving a deadly gaze from Meijing and seeing her nailed over his arm, she thought better, opting to take Haotian's other arm, Haotian having flowers on both hands.

"You trashy playboy!" Yan spatted pointing at Haotian "You do not understand anything. Let Chenxiang go, if she joins our team, the academy strength would greatly enhance, with her becoming the champions is nothing impossible. You are just using her for your own"

Haotian coldly looked at Yan "She is not an object. If someone is treating her wrongly here, is you. She acts following her ideals and you should at least accept it" Haotian looked at the girls at his arms smiling brightly "Let's go"

"Y-youu!" Yan growled looking at Haotian ignoring her and leaving the place. In her anger, her pupils became slices as she prepared to use her spirit and poison Haotian's group, showing who rules.

However, just as she was about to use her spirit, Haotian turned around, looking straight to her. His purple eyes shined with intensity as he looked down at her with predator's eyes.

"Hg!" Yan retracted her spirit energy, her legs started shivering as she remembered that morning over the fountain.

"If I were you, I will be far worried about other things" Haotian wrinkled his nose "You stink" Then, Haotian turned forward, his full attention over the girls between his arms.

Having been left alone, Yan recovered from her shock. She stood tall, her face red with rage, she growled "You will pay for this!"

...

Over the dining hall, Haotian, Meijing and Chenxiang sat over their usual table and relaxedly ate their food.

"Say, ahhh" Chenxiang said, giving Haotian to taste some of her food, offering to give it to him directly.

"Ahh!" Haotian happily took the food, who wouldn't be happy of a beautiful girl to offer him food.

Servicing Haotian her food, Chenxiang made a triumphant look towards Meijing who simply ignored her and continue eating her own food with flawless manners.

"Muu" Chenxiang puffed her cheeks "Mei, you are too boring" Chenxiang said gaining a roll of eyes from Mei who even if she seemed unaffected, had leaned nearer Haotian.

"Are you enjoying your time together?" Biyun followed Lingling next to her appeared. Finding both sides of Haotian occupied, she sat in front of him, Lingling sitting next to her.

"You are the one that decided to train of your own, don't blame us" Chenxiang answered.

Biyun had been very dependent of Haotian, spending most of her time with him and acting like a zombie without him. She wanted to be with him and him wanting to be with her, so she liked to be needed.

However, over this time, she was seeing herself lower and lower from Haotian. She had abandoned Haotian one time, so it was normal to be surpassed by Meijing and even Chenxiang, she accepted being a secondary but at least she kept her role of being the strongest of them and being useful to Haotian.

But now she didn't even have that. After Meijing had obtained her third ring, she had become stronger than her, not being able to put a fight and Chenxiang was simply too overpowering with her strength and higher cultivation to even think about winning against her.

Biyun was losing her position and she was frightened that if she continued like that, she would be completely abandoned by Haotian in the future. Knowing that she didn't deserve a place in Haotian's heart due to her past actions, she focused on her strength, becoming stronger to become someone useful.

For this, she had decided to improve her strength. Passing a long time over the best mimicry environment for her cultivation, boosting her cultivation speed a great deal, being able to break through rank 36 in such a short time, and training with Lingling to improve her control.

As a control spirit master, the most important for Biyun was the control of her spirit energy and without any doubt, the person with the greater control was Lingling who gladly spent time with her, teaching her how to improve.

She might spend less time with Haotian, but she was becoming stronger. Rather than be clinging over him and be hated by him, she chose to stay at a side supporting him.

"Did it go well today training?" Haotian asked Biyun.

"Yes, thanks to Lili my control is improving. I will be able to become a great control spirit master for you" Biyun said with joy.

Haotian turned to Lingling "Thanks for always helping her, Lingling".

Haotian was expecting a light nod from Lingling like usual, her gaze not even leaving her food, but instead, he was surprised by Lingling's deep blue eyes fixed in his.

"Beware, Haotian" She said with a low tone, shocking Haotian as it was the first time that Lingling even said his name.

"What are you reafearing?" Haotian asked curious of what was important enough for Lingling to talk to him.

"Yan's anger" She said lowering her eyes a little, looking towards Biyun with what might remotely resemble some worry on her face.

Lingling stood up and made a slight nod and left the group, leaving the dining hall like she had already told all of what she wanted.

"Lingling always so strange" Chenxiang laughed.

"Yes" Haotian said lowly, in his mind thinking about Lingling's expressions.

...

A week passed since that, Haotian was calming walking towards his usual training ground, preparing for his morning routine. He sniffed the air around and frowned sensing the aroma of multiple girls all around him "It's starting again."

It had been almost two months since he had broken through rank 40 so it was time for his spirit to start demanding a new girl, increasing his horniness again "With my new control, I will be able to last more." He said thoughtfully "It won't be a problem from now but after a month it would start becoming a bother, with hunger states appearing a month later at most."

He continued walking while in his own world "Who should I choose? I would like Lingling with her healing ability but she is too strong and introverted, being impossible to bond with her. Should I conform with Li Meigu? I can see her blush when looking at me and she will be quite easy..."

"Bang!" A loud sound was heard, awakening Haotian from his thoughts. Haotian turned to the sound curiously of what happened. From there, he could sense three sweets smells.

Haotian quickly charged towards "Bang!" "Bang!" More sounds were heard, clearly, it was the sound of someone fighting.

Arriving at the scene, Haotian could finally see what happened. A group of students wearing the Heaven Dou's uniform laid on the ground defeated while a group of seven youth surrounded by some adults stayed triumphantly, clearly having been them who defeated the students.

Haotian's gaze turned to the three beautiful girls from the group, a smile appearing over his face "Shrek has finally arrived."