Lee Shin's cultivation thod was based on moving three streams of energy—a fiercely burning fire ki, a ferociously flashing lightning ki, and a transparent ki that could diate between the two—each with its own flow.
In other words, one could only operate the [Fla Lightning Tree God Art] when they could control three flows simultaneously within their body.
"What should I do with these kids..."
In other words, these two, who couldn't do that, hadn't even entered the [Fla Lightning Tree God Art].
"Ugh..."
"Huuuk..."
When Lee Shin first changed the magic power in their bodies into internal energy and accumulated it in their dantians, the two didn't worry much.
Seeing Lee Shin do it as easily as breathing, they thought they could do it easily too.
Grit-
But when they tried to reproduce the flow themselves, the two realized that it wasn't as easy as they thought.
It felt like their heads were running wild in all directions, as if trying to write three different texts with three hands at the sa ti.
'How did he do that so easily? Besides, that guy didn't just do it for , but for Rwen at the sa ti. Is that even possible?!'
Even though she had just experienced it directly, it was hard to believe.
There was no problem in moving the magic power.
Thanks to the Dragon Heart that continuously spread magic power throughout their bodies, the magic power moved where Mio and Rwen wanted, in the way they wanted, like a well-trained hound.
There was no problem with their mory either.
Although they had only heard it once, they rembered the incantations of the cultivation thod Lee Shin had told them correctly, and the flow of internal energy that had been flowing through their bodies until a mont ago was still vivid.
The confidence they had wasn't just because their hearts were lifted by the awakening.
The performance of their awakened bodies, which made confidence feel natural, was incomparably superior to their previous bodies.
In other words, the reason they couldn't operate the [Fla Lightning Tree God Art] right now was purely due to a lack of multitasking ability.
"Hmm..."
Lee Shin, who had been watching the two for a mont, placed his hands on their shoulders, observed and adjusted the flow within their bodies, and then said.
"I think we'll have to give up on teaching these kids the [Fla Lightning Tree God Art]."
Although Lee Shin and Irehgue now did it as naturally as breathing while doing other things, moving three flows simultaneously was originally a crazy act.
It wasn't sothing you could do just because you wanted to, and if the flows of internal energy, which had to constantly cross each other, collided even slightly, it was perfect for sending a person straight to the afterlife.
"Che..."
"Umm..."
At Lee Shin's words, the two bit their lips and looked at him.
Although he felt the two's blatant gazes on him, Lee Shin ignored them and spoke to Irehgue.
"You felt it just now too. If we had left them alone for a little longer, their individually moving internal energies would have collided, and they would have suffered from qi deviation. If that had happened, the minimum would have been hemiplegia."
-...I know.
At Irehgue's drained answer, the two, who had been quiet, lowered their heads.
Lee Shin watched the scene with his chin resting on his palm and then said.
"Then we'll have to teach them a different cultivation thod, what are you thinking of teaching them? Since they've accepted my internal energy, it would be good for them to learn a cultivation thod of the fire or lightning ki series..."
Lee Shin, who had opened his mouth to ask about the future, stopped speaking when he felt Irehgue's claws on his head digging deeper and deeper.
For a mont, he wondered what had gotten on his nerves this ti to resort to such a novel form of torture, but it seed the situation was not what Lee Shin was thinking.
Not only the claws, but also the wings and tail began to cling to his head, gradually enveloping it.
Only then could Lee Shin roughly understand why Irehgue was reacting this way.
"If you have sothing you're worried about, just say it. Stop tornting my poor head."
-Huuung...
Lee Shin sighed softly at the sight of Irehgue hesitating to speak.
This kid wasn't originally like this, but it seed that now that he had sothing in his hands for the first ti, it had beco too precious to him.
So much so that he couldn't even open his hand for fear of it breaking.
"I have a rough idea of what you're thinking. But no matter how much you and I rack our brains, there's only one conclusion, so there's no need to worry."
-...What do you an by that?
Grin-
"It ans to just follow your heart and make a choice you won't regret."
Lee Shin said with a smile.
"If there's sothing you want, you just have to have it all, and if there's a place you want to go, you just have to make a path and go, right?"
Lee Shin's words were filled with a greedy desire, like a child throwing a tantrum to get a toy.
"So just go for it. Was it just a bluff when you said you'd kill anything that gets in your way?"
But because of that, on the contrary, because of that, it was suprely honest and could accurately pierce Irehgue's wavering heart.
Grin-
-...I do not know what you take
for to say such things.
Irehgue, who had been pushed by Lee Shin, grumbled in a voice tinged with playful laughter and looked at the two who had dejected expressions.
Irehgue did not like their expressions.
And he did not like the current situation that had made them make such expressions.
Therefore, Irehgue furrowed his brow and desperately racked his brain.
Among what Lee Shin and Irehgue knew, the best cultivation thod was by far the [Fla Lightning Tree God Art].
It had the disadvantage that if learned incorrectly, it was perfect for causing qi deviation, but aside from that, it had nurous advantages.
That was why Irehgue wanted to teach it to those two.
Because they were his first subordinates, he wanted to make them as strong as possible.
And there was also a personal desire to engrave his own mark on his subordinates.
To do that, he had to break through this frustrating situation right away.
-You there, do you have any ideas?
"Well, I wonder? Honestly, there's no special way. It's a situation where they can't eat the al that's been prepared for them."
At Lee Shin's words, the expressions of the two, who had been quietly listening in with sparkling eyes, beca dejected again.
Thwack-!
Seeing that, Irehgue hit the back of Lee Shin's head with his tail and snapped.
-Say such things in your mind! My subordinates are listening!
"When you're pondering sothing like this, it's better to say it out loud rather than in your mind. That's how you unexpectedly co up with good ideas."
-...So, do you think a good idea will pop out?
"No, not at all."
At Lee Shin's words, Irehgue frowned sharply, then sighed and said.
-What if we first teach them the degraded version of the [Fla Lightning Tree God Art] that you learned before, which only dealt with [Fla] and [Lightning], and then have them learn the current cultivation thod once they get used to it?
The thod Irehgue suggested was to learn the cultivation thod step by step from the bottom up, like climbing stairs.
It was a common thod used in many schools, and its effectiveness was proven, but Lee Shin shook his head.
"You know that's impossible too."
The case Irehgue ntioned was a thod used when the difficulty of simply learning a cultivation thod was high, and it was not a suitable thod to use now.
Of course, if they used Irehgue's thod, they would get a little used to separating their thoughts.
Seeing the two of them now, it seed possible for them to handle two flows sohow, so they would surely get better over ti.
"But it takes too much ti. In the ti it would take to teach them that step by step, it's much more profitable to just teach them a different cultivation thod."
The difficulty of handling two ki simultaneously and three ki simultaneously was on a different level, to the point that Lee Shin could declare it so cleanly.
"Even we had a hard ti adapting when we first developed this cultivation thod, so that says it all."
The two said that and fell silent for a mont.
Through the short conversation, they felt that the only way to solve the problem was to improve the fundantal abilities of those two.
Just teach them the degraded version of the [Fla Lightning Tree God Art] that Lee Shin was currently learning?
Then in the end, they would only beco half-baked things that were neither here nor there.
It was a bit much for the creator to say this, but the initial [Fla Lightning Tree God Art] was close to a precarious defective product that only contained Lee Shin's desires.
It was Lee Shin's judgnt that it would be much better to teach them another proper cultivation thod rather than sothing like that.
-Umm, I do not know what to do. Unless one has two minds in one body like you and , it is difficult to learn... huh?
"...Huh?"
Having said that, Lee Shin and Irehgue simultaneously stopped talking and fell into thought.
Wooooong--
The ntal line connecting the two actively exchanged and shared consciousness and information, beginning to review one possibility.
Seeing that, Mio and Rwen, feeling a glimr of hope, quietly closed their mouths and looked at the two with sparkling eyes.
And in the tense silence that filled the forest, the first one to open his mouth was Lee Shin.
"Hey kids. Try circulating your cultivation thod one more ti. Slowly, with as much concentration as possible."
"...Alright."
"...Yes."
The two, who had nodded at Lee Shin's words, took a deep breath to calm their nerves and then followed the flow Lee Shin had shown them a little while ago.
Lee Shin, who had been watching the scene for a mont, said.
"It might be possible."
-Really? You there?!
At Irehgue's words, Lee Shin nodded.
"Yeah, we'll have to change and improve the cultivation thod a bit, but it seems possible to do it the sa way we do. No..."
Lee Shin looked at the two with an amused expression and smiled.
"Perhaps, if we're just talking about the efficiency of the cultivation thod, the way we're planning to do it for these kids might be better."
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"The pursuers didn't co, but three wild boars did. Well, thanks to them, we filled our stomachs, so it doesn't matter."
Muttering that, Lee Shin dusted off his hands and stood up.
Where Lee Shin had been sitting, there was a pile of wild boar bones.
"Now, you rember the basic terminology and concepts you heard while eating, right?"
"Yeah, I haven't forgotten."
"Yes, I rember."
Nod-
"Good, then I'll explain from now on, so you two get into position first."
At Lee Shin's words, the two nodded and got into position.
However, it wasn't grand enough to be called a position.
It was just them sitting cross-legged facing each other and holding hands.
"Now, let's get this straight. You two are not smart enough to move three ki at the sa ti."
At Lee Shin's words, Mio and Rwen looked at him with eyes that said they wanted to hit him.
"But it seed like you could sohow manage about two. So the thod I thought of is this."
Lee Shin made a 'V' shape with both hands and held it out towards the two.
"You two beco one body and each operate half of the [Fla Lightning Tree God Art]."
One moves [Fla] and the transparent internal energy, and the other moves [Lightning] and the transparent internal energy.
To create a great circulation by exchanging internal energy with each other's bodies connected as one.
That was the solution Lee Shin and Irehgue had thought of.
-It is my and his judgnt that it will be sufficiently possible since you will be moving only three flows with a source that can handle four flows.
Following Irehgue's words, Lee Shin placed his hands on Mio and Rwen's shoulders and said.
"There's a saying that twins are one body in two. Now it's ti to prove that saying."
At Lee Shin's words, Rwen asked with a dazed face.
"But is that really possible?"
"It's not impossible. Although it's only in records, there were people who actually succeeded. For reference, those two were also twins."
At Lee Shin's words, the two showed slightly relieved expressions.
So Lee Shin decided not to ntion that it was information he had gotten from a ga community and that those two were the only ones in all of history who had succeeded.
He was just starting to get excited, and it would be a sha for Lee Shin in many ways if the two said they wouldn't do it now.
'Should I give them a little push?'
Having decided that, Lee Shin looked at the two with a wide, smiling face and said.
"Of course, we're not thoughtless enough to tell you to do it right away, so don't worry. We'll have you learn the respective cultivation thods that use [Fla] and [Lightning] first, and then we'll try."
-And when we try, I will act as a controller between you and help the flow of internal energy to be smooth, so do not worry.
At Irehgue's words, the two quietly nodded.
Judging that their anxiety had subsided, Lee Shin now decided to add so enthusiasm to the two.
"Well, there are certainly so uncertain aspects, but if you succeed, you'll be able to accumulate internal energy and beco strong at an incredibly fast rate, incomparable to others."
-Since you both have Dragon Hearts, it will be even faster.
At the two's words, Mio and Rwen showed tempted expressions.
"On top of that, if you just decide on the weapons you'll use, I'll create martial arts forms for you, and I'll also create a formation that allows you to use your martial arts together. Then revenge will be simple."
Lee Shin thought of the words 'Down with the 108 Arhat Formation!' in his mind and smiled slyly, but on the outside, he only showed a pure smile to the two.
At that, Irehgue debated whether to stop this or not, but since it wasn't harmful to his disciples, he decided to just let it be.
-But leaving the formation aside, are you planning to create new forms as well?
"Of course. Even if they choose the spear as their weapon, I have to create forms for them. I can't just leave them without any forms like ."
At those words, Mio looked at Lee Shin with a strange expression.
"What, you don't have any forms?"
"Well, sothing like that. I only use basic spear techniques."
Lee Shin looked at the two for a mont and then said.
"Want
to show you?"
At Lee Shin's words, Mio and Rwen nodded slightly.
(End of Chapter)
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