Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-30966312-20180313171310/@comment-1429792-20180313222545

JohnCenaNation wrote:

Tenjiro was messing around, ''' yet he was same guy who made the trip himself on foot, and from his own travel time assumed it would take about one week? '''The shocked looks from Tenjiro's face says otherwise.

As for the punch Ichigo received from Tenjiro, that was Ichigo who recently recovered before gaining his true Shinigami powers. Again, Tenjiro was once again shocked when Ichigo manage to react to his fist, and expressed fear in that regard when his fist was mangled. You think Tenjiro was holding back the punch? He had the full intention of hurting Ichigo to prove that he fully recovered. Why would he give him a light punch that only tickles? Not to mention, Ichigo didn't even know Tenjiro would punch him.

I dont read the bolded part that way. The page you posted clearly shows Tenjiro saying that it would take Ichigo a week traveling at his (Ichigo's) normal speed, not Tenjiro's. It is clearly a tease. I don't remember off hand what feats of speed Ichigo showed after the royal palace training, maybe there is something there to warrant bumping him up to master but that is not evidence of it.