Academy

Arc 19

Half

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Neo spent most of his free times refining his training method thought by instructor Junee.

Junee showed her qualified students , the basic of cultivating life force through meditation.

The main basic was to focus the mind on one image , while focusing on a single thing is a hard task , many people who meditates would uncontrollably imagine a single image for a fraction of seconds so the main goal is to keep that single image for aslong as you could.

Instructor Junee told them that they could imagine anything , but if they could do a single focus of that image while doing daily basis such as walking , eating or sleeping , one life force would grow exponentially , but people who are capable of doing that would require atleast 100 years of sitting meditation.

The main goal is to put the mind at ease so that it can naturally concentrate on gathering life force.

A sound is just a sound , the pain is just a illusion , voices are just voices , cold and heat are just feelings , one must get use to everything.

Junee was really strict as she watch her students meditation , she would try to do anything to break their focus so that they will get use to interference.

For instance ,the 6 students are currently sitting on a freezing cold floor inside a cloud of heat generated room.

Having hard times ignoring their feelings , the students could not manage to focus at all but the pain of going through this would turn you into a powerful warrior.

Neo did not have hard times , while he is use to the heat , he would just make his lower body warm while meditating.

Neo decided to imagine the way of breathing , the air that flows through the nostril while splitting the dust around the nose , accepting the feeling of the air flowing through the body , feeling the slight warm air released by the nose and knowing the quantity of the air that flown in and out.

Neo breath calmly but in his chaotic mind was the figure of his mom painful expression on that night.

Junee-"*His breath seems calm , he is not struggling in this room at all...no wonder his life force is stronger than these other kids.. he must be use to meditate*"

Junee filled with doubts , kept staring at Neo

After finally a week later , Fayn and Fleur finally manage to clear the exercise.

In total of 32 students managed to pass the exercise while the other has given up and failed.

For the first 4 months , Junee instructed them to meditate with some 'interference' situation that will be a challenge for them.

Then 3 months would be the body training to prepare them to fuse with their life force and the last month will be to condense the life force into their cells and muscle through the whole body.

Normally Battle energy would be something for 2nd years students to prepare for and for 3rd years students to cultivate , but Junee's class were different , these children are gifted by birth or from their parents.

4 month quickly passed , Neo was standing in the middle of the forest , his body was covered with blood , as if he went straight into a pool of blood.

The blood belongs to the hundreds of beast dried corpses that surrounded Neo.

Neo-"Luckily I brought a pair of pants.."

Neo , shirtless , walk in slowly in a pond in the deep forest , close to the southern mountain.

The water came from the top of the mountain , the melted snow created a waterfall that went straight onto the pond.

Neo-"The sun is almost up...1 more day of classes and we will have a 1 week vacation"

As Neo cleans himself in the pond , he was reminded that he would clear the 20th floor with Fayn and Fleur but he also wanted to try on the higher floors , most likely by himself with Sven.

A white blur came down from the bush

Sven-"Raaawwr"

Sven arrived and jumped into the pond , floating like a leaf he closes his eyes and fall asleep.

Neo-"Pft hahahaha so carefree"

Neo finished cleaning himself , he went home before the sun rise to get his 2 hours sleep , as usual when he arrives in his room , there was someone sleeping in his bed.

Sven went on the bed and pushes Cyel over because she was on his spot , Neo then went to bed , not minding Cyel at all , fall quickly asleep.

The next day , during the 4th period instructor Junee gathered the students together in the classroom yard.

Junee-"You all have reached the focus that I estimated , you did well , so take this week to relax"

All the students nodded and Junee let them go home early.

Fayn , Fleur and Neo walks out of the class

Fayn-"When should we start clearing the 13th floor?"

Neo-"Hmm... I want to clear all 20 floor as fast as possible.. so then we can enjoy the break before training starts"

Fleur-"Mhmm.. I feel the same.. knowing instructor Junee , the training won't be simple"

Fayn-"Then let's go get ready and meet up in the tower in 2 hours?"

Neo and Fleur nodded in agreement

After 2 hours has gone by , Neo only needed to pack some food in his Space card from the cafeteria while he already has many pairs of clothes.

Fleur-"Ah , Neo! you are here.. with Sven hehehe"

Fleur stares at him while she happily sat beside Neo

Neo-"Mhmm..I didn't need much times to prepare hehe"

Fleur-"Neo , what will you do when you join the Sun sentinel?"

Neo-"Uhm... I will help my sisters for a while"

Fleur and Neo were chatting while Fleur mainly kept asking some question

Fayn finally arrives after 10 minutes

Fayn-"Hey guys , sorry I am late , I had to pack alot of food"

With their last member finally here , the party head to the stairscase entrance

Lor who noticed them hurriedly said

Lor-"Be careful children"

After going up many steps , for about 25 minutes , they finally arrived at the 13th floor

Fleur-"Ah.... so hot...."

Fayn-"The sun is burning hot!"

As they enter , the 13th floor , all they could see was sands , hill of sands , green cactus , small dried trees and plants with 5 sun floating above the clear empty sky.

Fayn-"Let's hurry and find the monsters.."

Fleur-"Mhmm.. agreed"

Neo points at the tallest sand hill

Neo-"We should go up that hill.. to get a better view"

As they drag their feet up the hill , they examine their surrounding.

Fayn-"This...I never seen so much sands.. I don't even know what to expect"

Fleur-"Hmm... I know that Valeria kingdom is surrounded by sands..and I heard many beast bugs attacking anything that steps on their territory"

Fayn-"Ugh.. bugs?.."

Neo-"Interesting.. I never seen a beast bug..*I wonder if their blood is red..*"