The first thing Sila did after parting from Bluebird was claiming his three skills in the Lost Android Kingdom. Then he visited Julia and found that she was still in a slumber. Although he was concerned about the fact that it took a longer ti than Orpheus first anticipated, there was nothing he could do, so he left.
Next, he appeared in front of the Bamboo Hut. He planned to et Divine and ask to hold on to the Dragon Sealing Stone. From now on, he intended to fully focus on training, so he didnt want Divine to pointlessly wait for him for too long.
Shortly after arriving at the Bamboo Hut, Sila spotted Divine sitting on the terrace. The man waved his hand at Sila with a smile on his face.
Hello, Sila. Long ti no see. How are you?
Excuse , Mister Divine. My hands were full, so I didnt co to visit you. The reason Im here today is to ask you to give the Dragon Sealing Stone, sir. Afterward, Sila told Divine that he intended to seclude himself to complete his new profound art.
Sure, you can have it, Sila. I have no problem with that. By the way, am I correct to assu that you know how to use it? Divine handed Sila the Dragon Sealing Stone, which he stored in the system window.
I know, sir. Break it, and the dragon will co out.
Correct. Well, I have heard from Wu Ming that Sila has accomplished the quest at the Valley of Immortals. Since you ntioned training in seclusion, is that to train your psychic power?
Eh? No, sir. I only intend to invent my style of martial moves.
Umm thats quite regretful, Id say. Based on my opinion as an expert regarding psychic power, I noticed your talent the first ti we t. I believe that you have greater potential for psychic power rather than qi.
That shouldnt be the case. I think psychic power is very complicated. I tried to use it once but it hard instead.
Opening his palm, Divine materialized a ball of psychic power, and it playfully rolled around as if it was alive.
Psychic power is not as difficult to use as you think, Sila. Qi is sothing you need to build up by tempering your body and mind. On the other hand, psychic power is sothing youre born with. You just need to understand it to be able to utilize it. The more you understand your mind, the more you can make use of psychic power.
Sila sighed. You make it sound easy, Mister Divine.
It really is. Psychic power is the easiest energy to utilize. You dont need to train your body as hard as a qi type nor morize many spells like a magic type. The more you use it, the more you understand. And as your understanding of it grows, the more versatile your usage of it becos.
Sila couldnt bring himself to agree to that. If what Mister Divine said is true, everyone would all choose to beco a psychic type, wouldnt they?
The reason why that didnt happen is because it takes ti for psychic power to show a visible result, Sila. Be it qi or magic, the forr certainly relies on training and the latter depends on morization. However, there is no fixed way to polish psychic power. The only way to master it is to understand its nature, and most players dont like such uncertainty. Anyway, Ill still encourage you to practice your psychic power first. Once your understanding reaches a certain point, it will develop on its own without needing your effort. The sooner you practice it, the better.
Sila gave it so thought as he asked, Mister Divine, what do you an by understanding its nature?
Divine smiled. The fact that Sila asked ant he was interested.
For qi, you need to cultivate in order to build up the amount of inner force. However, for psychic power, it was born with you, so you just need to unlock it. Psychic power heavily relates to your mind and character, so it varies from person to person; like how each person has a different personality. Therefore, the first step to learning how to use psychic power is to understand the nature of your psychic power; your true self.
And how can we know the nature of our psychic powers, sir?
In real world, you will need to ditate for a very long ti; searching for your true self from within. However, its a lot easier in Monster Soul. When you got your primary psychic-type skill, its nature will show up in the description, so you can just read it.
Is it that easy? Sila wondered as he opened his system window. It was exactly like Mora had warned him. Monster Soul helped people learn at a terrifyingly fast rate. People could beco stronger by getting an answer prepared for them without properly training their mind through ditation. As a result, their minds that should have been trained to beco mature were neglected.
Dark Psychic Corrosion, Level 100 (Maximum)
The nature of your psychic power is to corrode and consu. The more it swallows, the stronger its corrosive ability will beco. It is a dangerous psychic power to have. Please use with caution.
Sila read it out loud for Divine to listen, to which he nodded and replied, Usually, for a psychic power that focuses on destroying, you need to be gentle with it. Only use it when your mind is calm. Unlike qi, emotion greatly affects your psychic power, so you need to be careful. Anyway, rember that its a part of yourself, so dont deny it nor think of it as dangerous. That should have concluded what I wanted to tell you. As for the rest, you will have to figure that out on your own. When it cos to psychic power, the learning thod varies for everyone, and you should be the one to understand it the most.
Thank you, sir. Ill train it together with my martial moves.
In that case, I guess its finally the ti for to go back to the Sli Kingdom. I have bothered Wu Ming for long enough.
Oh, speaking of which, where is my teacher, sir?
He told he had sothing to do regarding the association. Ever since he ca back from the Valley of Immortals, he only ca back here once. I have been here alone for quite a while.
While both of them walked along the pathway, Sila had a sudden urge to ask, Mister Divine, what is your personal profound art, sir?
Are you interested? I just know that asking about soone elses personal profound art is a norm in this era.
Sila felt ashad. Personal profound arts were supposed to be the secrets of each practitioner. What he did just now was indeed rather rude.
Im so sorry, sir. It was a slip of a tongue. You dont have to answer.
Haha. I was just kidding. Seeing your serious expression made want to tease you a little... By the way, the na of my personal art is Death Bridge.
Hearing the na, Sila frowned. The na of Divines personal art sounded unexpectedly cruel. Poluks Formless Soldier originated from Genesis Punch and Violas Orbiting Cosmos originated from Divine Raint. So, why did Moon Reflecting Mirror, which sounded the nicest among the three, originate from an art with a na like Death Bridge?
The na of the art doesnt suit my character, does it? Sila flinched and was about to deny, but Divine interrupted. No need to deny it, Sila. You are not the first one to think that this na doesnt suit .
Divine continued. Despite the fact that you might think of as a gentle person, in the past, I had a rather negative reputation. Its just that I reford myself in the later part of my life and started to train my mind.
Eh? Did Mister Divine practice psychic power later? Sila was genuinely surprised. To him, Divine looked like a person who had trained his mind for a very long ti.
Yes. Maybe its not obvious, but among us four, including His Majesty, only Poluk focused on training a qi art. The rest of us focused on training martial arts. Death Bridge is also the martial art I used in the past, but I no longer use it.
Why not, sir?
Divines voice turned colder. Because its a killing art designed for assassination, Sila. Its not an art designed for combat.
In no ti, a smile erged on Divines face and his voice returned to normal.
Well, honestly speaking, the current can use it without killing. I have been able to do that since I learned to control my mind. It took a long ti to control my bloodlust though.
Sila was in a trance. Martial skills and profound ethics are indeed both important. Divine was a good example, though he could turn over a new leaf in the end. What about soone who couldnt?
The more he thought about it, the more Sila understood the weight of the secret that his teacher put onto him. He would never allow himself to let soone know about the existence of the capsule he was using.
What are you thinking? Do you want to learn it?
Sila shook his head. No, sir. Im not...
At first, I thought that it was a dangerous art so I planned to bury it with . However, I think I can teach you if you want.
Since its a dangerous art and I have never learned any killing arts, I think its best if I dont learn it.
Sila had a bias against the na killing art. His teacher once told him that they were vicious.
Although its true that killing art ans the art was designed to kill people, the na of the art doesnt imply that its a killing art; its more about the intention of the user. Be it Death Bridge or other arts, if the practitioner uses them with the intent to kill, they are all killing arts.
What you said is true, sir, but Im coming up with my own moves, I dont think I will have ti.
Thats just another reason why you should learn it. There is a saying that goes like this: You should learn a bunch of things, but know only a handful of things. It ans that you should learn various things, but only rember what you consider the important parts. When used by , Death Bridge is just a killing art. But with Sila, maybe it can beco one of the foundations of your personal profound art. Furthermore, Silas psychic power is the most compatible with killing arts.
Even if thats the case, I still feel...
Divine raised his hand to stop Sila. In that case, how about I teach you for only three days? No more, no less. Please pardon my stubbornness. Im just really curious about what Sila will do with my Death Bridge.
Having heard about killing arts from Mora, Sila never witnessed them even once. So, it would be a lie if he said he wasnt interested.
Even though other profound arts could also kill, they were not considered killing arts. The genuine killing arts were the arts that focused on murdering and destruction. It contradicted the proper way of martial artist, who should be righteous and hold lives dearly. In an ancient ti, this kind of art was considered a dark art. As years passed, however, not many of them remained.
Three days? I might not be able to learn much, but its worth giving a try. I also want to know more about killing arts.
That should be fine, sir. How about we learn it right now?
Haha. Youre impatient when it cos to learning, I see. But no can do, Sila. This place is not suitable. Lets go to the Sli Kingdom first.
Is that so?
Leaving a note about his departure for the owner of the hut, Divine teleported from the dinsion, followed by Sila.
The first thing Sila realised was that the Sli Kingdom was brighter than the last ti he had visited. He looked up into the sky and found that the previous darkness covering the kingdom was, in fact, a giant do blocking the sun. Now, the do had many cracks and holes, so the ray of lights could penetrate through the kingdom. The slis were finally able to have a proper day and night cycle.
Both of them left the central square. During their walk, many slis ca to greet, salute, and give Sila their thanks. So cheered him on, saying only three dragons are left, keep it up, which Sila thanked them for. He was looking for Bow but couldnt see her. He hoped that she was safe and healthy.
Where is His Majesty? Sila asked one of the slis.
His Majesty is training in seclusion~ An orange sli replied before hopping to continue playing with its friends.
Following Divine, Sila noticed that they were going to the Cliff of Heroes.
His Majesty seems to train a lot, doesnt he, sir?
His Majesty isn't training. Hes outside of the ga. Its just that, when we log out, we have to do it in a secluded room in the castle. The system prevents other slis from entering the room, as well as making them think that we are training in seclusion.
Sila began to understand. If Bow had a chance to wake up, it was natural that the Sli King would log out to wait for her return. At the very least, Sila was relieved that there was a high probability that Bow would be out of a coma.
The two of them descended to the bottom of the Cliff of Heroes. It was a spacious place that prevented any creatures within from dying by teleporting them to the top of the cliff instead. In Silas mind, this place was the best place to spar.
Divine slowly turned his back to him. This art of mine has no book for you to study. I invented it on my own and gradually polished it using my experience. The best learning thod should be experiencing it first hand, so I will not hold back. Sila should do your best to read my movents, okay?
Yes, sir. You can start any ti--
*Crack!* *Pu!*
It was the sound of Silas butt hitting the ground. Confused, Sila couldnt tell what had happened to him. Looking around, he noticed that he was on the edge of the cliff.
Eh?! Did I just die? Sila wasnt even aware of how he died. He descended to the bottom of the cliff again.
Waiting for him in the exact sa location was Divine, who was gently smiling. First lesson: a fight can occur anywhere and anyti. Be on guard at all tis, or you can die without even knowing how. It seems Sila has so skill that strengthens your bones. Unfortunately, the joints arent strengthened with them.
You told to read your movents, but I didnt see a thing...
Thats Death Bridge. Facing against the user of this art, your life will always be on the border between life and death. If youre not careful, you might cross the bridge to the underworld without realizing it.
Ah. I finally get its aning.
Many people say that killing arts are evil and dark. However, personally, I think that they are very gentle. With the difference in the ability, the opponent would instantly die without feeling pain and suffering. If we put it this way, arent traditional profound arts crueler than killing arts?
Um... You make a good point. My thought is--
*Crack!* *Pu!*
Finding himself on the edge of the cliff again, Sila scratched his head. It seed there wasnt much point in replenishing his qi. Divine could always attack a vital spot and kill him instantly.
That makes a second ti. A minute hasnt even passed. Despite his smiling face, he is even more heartless than the Sli King. Did I make a good decision by agreeing to learn it?
Muttering to himself, Sila jumped down the cliff yet again.
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