BIRTH OF DRAGON WARRIORS
95 - Conditions After the City is Destroyed

Lianyi City despite being attacked by the members of the Dead Moon Sect, yet at least this place was not until it was leveled to the ground. The townspeople can still breathe a sigh of relief because the attack only came once, although honestly the sadness felt thickly enveloped this city.

There were many people who were injured and lost one part of their body. But not a few were saved either. Others were horribly dead and had even become dust from burning in the flames.

The disciples of the Wushi Mountain Sect along with the other citizens were trying to improve the condition of the city in some places. They cleaned up the debris of the building, looking for someone who could possibly still be saved, even until someone collected the bones and put them at a collection point.

The repairs have been ongoing for the past two weeks. Jing Hao would visit Shen Liang every day, who was lying in bed. He changed Shen Liang's bandages and was assisted by the servants in this residence.

Shen Liang fell asleep without any awareness or feeling, not even realizing what had happened in the outside world. She started making her first moves when a month had passed and knowing this made Jing Hao very surprised and happy.

"Brother Jing..." Shen Liang started to make a sound, his tone was still weak.

"Liang'Er, how are you feeling?" Jing Hao said slowly. The look on his face was happy, but also felt somewhat worried because of the condition of his friend who was still very weak.

"Brother Jing.... Thank goodness you're okay," Shen Liang breathed softly. He looked at Jing Hao and tried to smile. He looked around and asked, "Kai... Where is young master Kai?"

"Kai is helping rebuild the houses of the people in Lianyi City. He was always worried about you, but now Kai would be happy to see you. You need to get some rest to make a full recovery and surprise her,"

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In those times of improvement, Chu Kai also helped. The natural green-eyed youth had wasted his training time by helping the townspeople to improve this place.

Chu Kai's training time was actually not wasted at all. He moved the wooden blocks while continuing to practice his Breathing Technique. Even on the sidelines of his work, Wei Shezi taught him something else. Now, Chu Kai's Worldly Cultivation Level had reached the *[Wu] stage.

^^^*[Wu] \= Lima^^

"I can't expect anything because of your age. You are really slow in starting to cultivate," Wei Shezi's voice sounded as Chu Kai was resting. The young man saw a mark on the back of his hand.

Wei Shezi continued. "I can't expect quick results, but because you're so persistent in every exercise you do.... I can make sure you're slow, but you have potential."

"But... I feel like nothing has changed. Just... I'm getting used to a lot of heavy work now. This drill... It's not at all like I'm a cultivator,"

Wei Shezi sighed, "Didn't you believe me? You are completely different now than you were before."

"................."

"You don't know which one of you is different. Right, right?" Wei Shezi opened his voice. He also returned an explanation.

"What I taught you is the stage of the Worldly Cultivation Level. The first is Yi [ ⁇ ] which focuses on Breathing. Then [] which focuses on muscle strengthening training. You're quite skilled here because you've done it a lot and it's allowed you to get to the level of San [ ⁇ ]."

Wei Shezi again said, "At this level is training to smooth the flow of blood. Your time to master it is quite long and honestly does not live up to my expectations. I even thought you'd only get to this level, but it turns out you can do it."

"How about the next level?" Chu Kai opened his voice. He said, "You once explained to me that when my practice level was at the Si [ ⁇ ] stage, it meant that I would focus on practicing bone strengthening. Then Wu [ ⁇ ] which focuses training on stamina enhancers. But only this? I feel like there really isn't any change."

Chu Kai did as Wei Shezi had said. He muttered, "I just feel a little better than the rest of the people, but this still cannot be said to be a level swordsman - what is it?!"

Chu Kai immediately opened his eyes wide. He was shocked and seemed to be very surprised by what he had just felt. "W-what was that?!"

"Hmph, I think you've started entering the next stage in Worldly Cultivation Level."

"Wei Shezi, that's..."

"Ligent rank [ ⁇ ] is training to be able to sense Qi. The spiritual energy of the realm and the first step open up your chances of arriving at the Heavenly Cultivation Level."

"In general, warriors want to be able to sense Qi immediately. They also use various ways, including consuming special herbs. But you practice from the most basic under my guidance, so that your foundation will become more solid. Now tell me, what do you see?"

Chu Kai gulped and replied, "It's like... I felt the wind, but it was warm. It felt as smooth as silk when it touched my skin and there was the same flowing feeling, as if it was mixed with my blood. This... I really don't know how to explain it..."

Chu Kai touched his chest that felt thumping faster. He said, "I feel a sense of familiarity. I have felt this kind of thing before, but only when using the Dragon Breathing Technique. But at that time I had absolutely no idea how to do it, it just happened."

"Of course, this is because when you were in the Forest of Mongui... They teach you in a hurry." Wei Shezi said, "Now you can feel the Qi and now we'll go deeper."

Chu Kai took a breath and then began to close his eyes. He listened to Wei Shezi's remarks which began to explain about the stages of Ligento [ ⁇ ] at the Worldly Cultivation Level.

"Qi or what we call the spiritual energy of nature is basically colorless and ordinary humans find it difficult to feel it. This energy is mixed with air, earth, water, fire, and all the elements around you. All we do now is feel this spiritual energy in one of the natural elements of the wind. Can you feel it?"

"Mn, but..." Chu Kai did not open his eyes as he said, "You said that this Qi is colorless but why am I... I can see it."

"Mn? What color do you see?"

"It's like a silk thread... It's blue. Sometimes it blends together and touches my skin before it finally spreads. I also saw... I inhaled it in my breath, it flowed between the red color of blood and it felt warm."

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"You have a keen sense. I didn't expect that you'd be able to see that far. Alright, can you control that spiritual energy?"

"............. Pretty hard. I can usually do this when my emotions are running high or in a stressful situation, but it's hard to do it in a calm state."

"It is precisely because of this that you must learn," Wei Shezi was about to speak when he heard Chu Kai speak again.

Chu Kai said, "I... Start can. But this is only for in My body,"

"The "spiritual energy present in the body generally follows the direction of blood flow. So I want you to try to circulate that spiritual energy in the opposite direction to your blood flow,"

Chu Kai focused himself on doing what Wei Shezi said. It took him a long time to be able to do so, even Chu Kai had to stop his practice from being summoned by one of the disciples of the Wushi Mountain Sect.

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