Assassin's Chronicle - Chapter 305

Chapter 305

"Don’t think too much about it . I was just curious; didn’t mean to pry into your secrets . If you don’t want to talk about it, we can switch topics," Entos said .


"It’s not really a secret . Professor and Uncle Ernest know a little about it," Anfey said .
"Are you suggesting that they are not pressing you for your secrets like I am?" Entos said . He was quiet for a while, then said, "Anfey, you should know how important it is . Professor and Master Ernest did not ask you about it only because they respect you and did not want to make you feel offended . You cannot keep it secret forever though . No one knows how a brand new and unique practice method could benefit Pan Continent . Luckily, others do not yet know much about you . They only know that you have learned from a supreme power . Their curiosity stops there . However, if they found out that you know another way to train, you would have a lot more trouble . "
"Well, I do not think my secret would get out, would it?" Anfey smiled .
"If I could tell you have a different training method, so can others . " Entos shook his head . "There is never an absolute secret . Do you know why Evil Mist wanted you?"
"Sort of, but I’m not quite sure," Anfey said .
"You killed their people in Home of Roses Hotel in Tumen Commercial Union . King Yolanthe and Evil Mist investigated it at the time . They both targeted you at the end of the investigation," Entos said slowly . "King Yolanthe also talked to the professor about you . Master Ernest had already talked to Saul about the existence of supreme powers . He believed the mysterious old man who taught you sword skills in your hometown could very possibly be a supreme power . Ernest said your sword skills were very sharp and powerful . You had fighting ability even though you did not have any combat power . He believed that mysterious old man’s power would be unimaginable . Professor did not want anyone else to know about your secrets, but King Yolanthe pressed him very hard . He was very suspicious about your background and even wanted to catch you to interrogate you . Professor had to tell the king about Master Ernest’s speculation . "
"I see," Anfey said,smiling bitterly . He finally realized why he had such doubts about the situation .
"It should be a secret, shouldn’t it? Only the king, professor, and Master Ernest knew about it, but in the end, Evil Mist got to know about Master Ernest’s speculation somehow," Entos said, smiling . "Don’t think that any of those three sold you out . You know, no matter how trivial it could be, everything had to be recorded in the palace and kept on file . The person who was in charge of those files was the commander of Storm mercenary group . I do not know him, never saw him either, but I know his loyalty cannot be questions, otherwise, the king would not be alive today . Later, they figured out what went wrong . When the king found out your secrets had leaked out, he was furious about it . He ordered the commander of Storm mercenary group to do a thorough investigation . They found out at the end that the person whose job was to put words in magic crystals leaked your secrets out . Unfortunately, when secret agents rushed to his home, he was already dead . "
"What happened afterwards?" Anfey asked .
"The professor got really mad and even advocated with the king on your behalf . Anfey, the professor has been nice to you because of who you are . It doesn’t matter whether you are a fool or a smart guy with all the secrets . You are his student . He will do what is best for you . " Entos sighed . "However, the king is different than our professor . If there were nothing of interest to him, would he protect you? In Violet City, you had a personal fight with someone in public and killed an heir of a marquis . If it were Philip, he would have thought about the consequences of doing that before he did anything . Just like right now, he did not dare trouble you . You had the excuse of managing the city . If you could find an excuse for your behavior, those government officials could have found hundreds ways to against you . Were you the city master of Violet City? Did you get your official appointment yet?"
"I know all of these things," Anfey said . "I killed Shamash for two reasons . One was to better control and manage Violet City; the other was to test the king . "
"It’s good that you considered these things," Entos said, nodding . "In fact, I agree with you . If I were you, I would never let Marquis Djoser live . Since you already had a conflict with him, why would you let him live if you knew he hated you with a passion? I heard Marquis Djoser had brought people to the military camp in Violet city . You should have killed him back then when it was in chaos, in case later he would make more trouble for you . "
"He is a marquis no matter what," Anfey said, smiling bitterly .
"You are still a little timid," Entos said .
Anfey opened his mouth, wanting to ask if he was too timid or Entos was not afraid of anything, but he decided against it .
"He will be your pain in the neck . Marquis Djoser will definitely make trouble for you . As long as he is in Violet City, there would be no peace," Entos said .
"Don’t you know?" Anfey was shocked for a second before he asked, "Didn’t Master Mioritch tell you?"
"Tell me what?" Entos asked .
"Marquis Djoser asked someone to help him . He asked Master Jacob to help him," Anfey said .
"He must be a nut!" Entos was startled to hear that . He said, "Did he really ask Master Jacob to fight against you? He’d better kill himself right now . It’s better than die from being too upset and angry later . "
"I don’t think he knows about the relationship between Master Jacob and our professor," Anfey said .
"Probably not! Almost no one knows his plans . He likes to do things on his own . Some people even think he died a long time ago," Entos said .
"Hagan was startled when he saw Master Jacob," Anfey said .
"Hmmm…" Entos raised an eyebrow . "Master Jacob should come to Sacred City soon . I need to remind our professor not let anyone know about Master Jacob coming . Marquis Djoser has been close with Prince Wester . It seems that Philip is on Wester’s side now as well . If Master Jacob were seen by Philip, he would make trouble," Entos said .


"Brother Entos, that’s incredible . You have thought about everything," Anfey said .
"Stop it!" Entos stood up, smiling . He suddenly paused and went quiet for a second . He turned to give Anfey a weird look . "Almost, I almost fell for it . "

"Brother Entos, what do you mean?" Anfey asked .
"Anfey, I think you are good at distracting people . " Entos sat back down . "You have not answered my question yet . Do you know another way to train yourself? I need a definite answer . "
"Yes . " Anfey could not dodge this question anymore .
"What kind of practice is it? Can you tell me about it?" Entos asked .
"How to put it?" Anfey thought for moment about how to put it into words, then said, "It seems similar to the practice of combat power but quite the opposite . That old man called this practice "Dadao" . I learned quite a lot about combat power from Suzanna . Combat power is to push the power out to protect the practitioner and attack the opponents, while Dadao is more introverted power, which keeps the power in the body . The person who practices Dadao is a weapon himself . Weapons, such as spears, swords and other metal weapons are not necessary for Dadao practitioners . "
"Can you talk more about it in detail?" Entos asked .
"In our bodies, there are three main energy channels, the conception vessel, the governing vessel, and the middle vessel . There are over a dozen subordinate energy vessels besides those three main ones . Energies are always flowing in these vessels . There also three places on the body called ‘pubic regions,’ where the energies are stored . " Anfey took a look at Entos and smiled . "Brother Entos, I do not think you would understand it if I just talked about these vessels and energy flows . Never mind . "
"A storage room for energy? Like magic beasts’ magic crystals?" Entos asked in surprise .
"No, the energies stored in pubic area are not visible as magic crystals," Anfey said .
"Is your practice to control those energies? To control how they flow in the vessels?" Entos asked .


"Yes," Anfey answered .
"How do you control the energies?" Entos asked .
"It is too complicated . I could not explain very clearly . Once you reach a certain level, you need to switch your practice method . For instance, at the beginning, you could only store the energy in the lower elixir field, and then gradually control the energy flow towards the governing vessel . After practicing that for a long time, you could gradually induce the energy to the conception vessel," Anfey explained .
"What if my energy was in a different energy vessel instead of lower elixir at the beginning?" Entos asked .
"You would die from it," Anfey said .
"Die?" He had only heard that mages and swordsmen could die in battle, but never heard training could make people die, except for doing experiments in magic labs .
"I am not lying to you . It could cause people to die," Anfey said .
"As you said, this training method cannot be practiced by most people, can it?" Entos asked .
Anfey smiled . "If there were more and more people practicing Dadao, maybe in a hundred years, most people could practice it, but not now . "
Entos watched Anfey’s face as he said slowly, "Could most people practice the very basics?"
"Very challenging for right now," Anfey said .
"Ok, we will talk about whether it could be practiced by most people later . Did that old man tell you this training method could definitely help you reach supreme power level?" Entos asked .
"I do not know . He never told me how the levels are divided on Pan Continent . He had a very special way to define different levels," Anfey said in a low voice .
"What did he say about the power levels?" Entos asked .
"He told me once the practitioner could reach to the highest level, that person does not have to be constrained by ‘Three Boundaries’ and ‘Five Elements . ’ He could do anything and go anywhere without any constraints," Anfey said .
"What is ‘Three Boundaries’?" Entos asked .
Anfey shook his head .
"What is ‘Five Elements’?" Entos asked .
Anfey shook his head again .
Entos frowned as he was in thoughts . "Do anything, go anywhere, without any constraints . Does this mean he could ignore the rules of the nature?" Entos asked .
"You may be right about that," Anfey said .
Entos went quiet for a while, but could not figure it out . He had to find answers from someone else . He slowly stood up . "Ok, we will stop here . Thank you for your trust . I will pass what you told me on to our professor . Don’t worry . I will remind the professor to keep it secret for you and will not tell anyone else about it, not even King Yolanthe . There will be no more accidents . "