Chapter 6
"What is your opinion of him, instead, captain?"
The other man on the window thought for a while and then said:
"If Micky had used a weapon and his full strength that kid would not have had any chances . Yet, he used his age and appearance to his advantage, using our men as training for the few things he learned in these years . He is calculative, manipulative, fearless of pain and of great determination . That incident with the dragon 10 years ago must have twisted his mind to no small degree . To think that a kid can be so relentless in his greed for power scares me a bit"
Silence ran through the room as the two men kept on staring at the guards in the yard . That group, in the end, got bored of mocking Micky and agreed on a round of wine to end the day .
"So, what should we do with him, captain?"
"If that guy is left free like this it's just a matter of time before some major trouble will happen . It's pretty obvious that he will not stop his research for techniques, I just don't know how far he is willing to go . "
"So, what should we do, captain?"
The other man repeated . After working together for so many years they had a tacit understanding of how their conversations went . Seeing the captain thinking with his eyes closed he kept silent waiting for his orders .
The captain opened his eyes and with a light sigh he said:
"We train him . "
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In the meantime, Noah returned to his quarters and found out that his mother was still closed in her room . Light moans could be heard if you listened closely .
He chose to take a bath to wash over the dust from the chores of the day, then he ate an abundant meal and went to sleep .
Around midnight, a servant came to his room to wake him up with a bowl of water . After sending the servant away he washed his face and put himself in a cross-legged position on the floor, breathing in a strange but rhythmic way . Seeing how smoothly the process went, you could see how used Noah was to this kind of process .
His body muscles would bulge from time to time only to return to the normal size with a slight increase of volume .
After about an hour, he woke up from his meditation with traces of sweat on his body .
'The Ice-Fire revolving technique is only a way to strengthen the body through forcibly absorbing yang energy during midday and yin energy during midnight, far from the standard of a cultivator . Plus, my body is now saturated with energy, so my limit is the strength of a 14-15 year old boy until my body grows up and allows me to absorb more energy . '
Then he got up and picked a short metal saber from under his bed . Flicking his wrist, the saber disappeared and appeared in another position from a different angle . After he did this exercise with both his hands for a while he put the saber back under his bed, then he lied on it and fell into deep thought .
'The snake-wrist technique is just a trick to surprise your enemies and finish them in one hit, it's not really worth being called a combat technique . Its usage is even limited by the quantity of "Breath" I can hold in my wrists . The other forms that I learned from the guards are either part of a set or are about weapons that I still cannot wield . What should I do now? The guards are wary of me by now and they won't reveal any kind of information . Do I really have to wait 3 years before officially applying for the family guards? This is way too slow, especially since I can't make valuable progress in these years . '
His stream of thoughts kept going for a while as he started to consider more illicit ways .
'I might steal some books from the guards, but that would require me knowing which techniques are worth the risk, who has them in the form of a book and it also would require me to escape from the mansion after that . There is the death penalty for crimes about cultivation and similar . '
Lily's face smiling to him appeared in his mind, a little grip formed in his throat .
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