Child of Destiny

Chapter 140: Doubts and Springfield History

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Shin stayed in his room for half a day to read all of the records regarding the three systems of combining Martial-Arts and Mentalism.

And when he is done reading them, he started organizing what he had learned so far. ”Combining Internal Qi and Mental Energy is not that hard but not so easy either.”

”First, the Dual-Practioner needs to meet the three major requirements before achieving the combination of the two Forces. And those are the compatibility, quality, and equality.”

”Comparability means the Internal Qi and Mental Energy needs to complement each other. Both of them need to have similar natures, or at least, they canʼt be in conflict with each other.”

”Quality stands for the Rank of the two Forces. Higher Martial-Arts produce and nurture a high-quality Internal Qi compared to ordinary Martial-Arts. Same goes for common and Profound Mentalism.”

”Equality, on the other hand, is quite simple. All it says is the stage of the Martial-Arts and Mentalism are need to be on the same level of strength.”

”If any of these were not met, then the balance of the two forces will be broken and it will result in a failure to form a ʼWorldly Originʼ.”

”And when the Dual-Practioner met all of these, all he/she needs now is a suitable vessel, which means the Practioner needs to have a powerful body to house this new type of Force. If he doesnʼt have a powerful body, then passing the previous step is pretty much useless.”

After that, Shin started assessing his situation if it is possible to combine his Internal Qi and Mental Energy.

”Base one what the Old Geezer had said, the nature of my current Internal Qi falls on ʼYangʼ Energy, which also has some purifying nature.”

”On the other hand, from what I read on the ʼFour Symbol Scriptureʼ inside my mind, my Mental Energy is pretty much had a neutral nature, as it can either be an element-less Energy or in four-elemental Energy.”

”And if ever I got lucky and able to control the Demonic Qi inside my body, that Qi might fall in ʼYinʼ Energy as it has some dark nature. But that might also fall to entropy as it can also ruin any balance to destroy everything.”

”On the other hand, my Golden Core and Niwan Palace are in an equal state so my Martial-Arts and Mentalism are on equal strength. So with all of that, I already pass the first two requirements. Which also leaves me with a single problem.”

”I donʼt have some problem if it is just one of the Sacred Qi and Demonic Qi since my Mental Energy is a neutral one and can side with either of the two. And if that was the case, then I can have my own ʼWorldly Originʼ with the combination of either of these two Internal Qis.”

”But the problem is, these two Qis are always in conflict and passively rejecting each other so I donʼt know if I can combine them and turn them into my version of ʼNatural Forceʼ.”

”Wait! Why am I thinking about ʼNatural Forceʼ? That Old Geezer said, a ʼWorldly Energyʼ is pretty much stronger than ordinary ʼNatural Forceʼ and ʼEnhance Mental Energyʼ!”

”With that, I can just keep my Sacred Qi and Demonic Qi separated before fusing them separately with my Mental Energy. Then I can have two types of ʼWorldly Originʼ–!”

At this point, Shin suddenly became excited and said with full of enthusiasm. ”That would be cool if I have that kind of powers! Haha... Iʼm such an amazing thinker!”

But immediately after that, he suddenly became dejected once again. ”But that still leads me to another problem. I canʼt use any kind of Martial-Art Skill or Mentalism Technique if I use a ʼWorldly Energyʼ.”

”I also canʼt use ʼSecret Artsʼ because it can only be used with either Internal Qi and Mental Energy, but not with ʼWorldly Originʼ.”

Sigh~

”Maybe it is possible if I knew how that couple, ʼAdamʼ and ʼEvangelineʼ, managed to achieve such feat.”

Then Shin suddenly pauses when he said this. He stays still for a moment before a sudden idea entered his mind. ”That is right! Those two are the key!”

After that, he stood up from his seat before dashing out of his room and going back to the library. And when he saw General Springfield sitting behind his desk, he immediately asked the latter in an excited manner. ”Grandpa! Grandpa! I need your help with something!”

The general look at Shin brightly before asking smilingly. ”Quite excited, Huh? Alright, what is it?”

”I need some records regarding ʼAdamʼ and ʼEvangelineʼ. The military has it, right? Especially that those two are quite famous and remarkable.” said Shin without second thoughts.

On the other hand, the smile on the generalʼs lips suddenly turned stiff while the expression on his face suddenly turned serious. ”And what did you need those records for?”

”Eh!?” Shin was gotten off-guard at the sudden shift of the atmosphere and replied carefully. ”Iʼm studying how to combine Martial-Arts and Mentalism, and those two are the only ones that managed to perfectly do it.”

”So-... Iʼm just thinking to look at their records if I can get something useful that I can learn from their experiences.”

General Springfield stared at Shin with a serious look for few seconds before releasing a helpless sigh and said. ”Iʼm sorry, Kid. But those records are too confidential so I canʼt let you look at it.”

”Huh?” Shin suddenly got confused and asked. ”Those two should be major contributors of the history since they managed to achieve such an amazing feat, so why are their backgrounds confidential?”

”Shouldnʼt the government announce what they have done so that the younger generation can see them as an example?”

General Springfield smiled bitterly while shaking his head. Then he said to Shin. ”There are always been a reason for everything. So if it is confidential, then you canʼt looked at it no matter what you do.”

Shin is still confused and asked. ”But why everything about them became confidential?”

General Springfield releases another helpless sigh before replying. ”That is something you shouldnʼt be knowing for now so leave it just like that.”

”What you need to do for now is to forget about them and the idea of fusing the Martial-Art and Mentalism completely. Do it step by step, and start with the things in front of you.”

”Donʼt immediately jump on the other side of the valley if you donʼt have the ability to cross it, because that might lead to some unexpected accidents that you canʼt handle.”

Shin just nodded his head reluctantly since he canʼt do anything about it. But he became even more confused at the latter part of the generalʼs words.

He knows that General Springfield wants him to do things slowly, and he knew that. He just got carried away earlier by his excited emotions. But from the tone of the generalʼs voice, he can feel that there is another meaning behind those words.

He just canʼt get a hold of what was it. So he just throws it at the back of his mind since he canʼt understand it fully. He also didnʼt ask either because the general seem not willing to tell it to him since the latter didnʼt say it to him directly.

After that, Shin walked out of the library with a dejected mood and heavy steps.

General Springfield stared at Shinʼs figure while muttering to himself. ”Time is not ripe yet, Kid. Wait a little more until you are finally ready to carry the burden of the truth.”

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Real World.

At the borderlands of the Northern Blue Region of the Soaring Continent, there is a mountain range that extends for a thousand miles away.

You can find a huge valley at the heart of this mountain range, and it has the shape of a winged-dragon when you look at it from the sky.

There is a legend that a majestic Solar Dragon lived in this place and treated it as its nest. But the dragon didnʼt chase out the natives and original residents mountain range.

And since the dragon didnʼt attack them, the residents rescinding on the mountain range treat the dragon as their guardian while giving it some offerings from time to time.

But one day, a powerful monster invaded this place. This monster has a head of a man, a body of a lion, a tail of a scorpion, and a pair of giant bat wings. The people called this monster a Manticore.

The battle of the Solar Dragon and the Manticore lasted for seven straight days. And the dragon managed to emerge victoriously, but it also suffered some grave wounds. The dragon tried to recover itself, but it discovered that it canʼt survive anymore.

Knowing that it is going to die, the Solar Dragon bestowed its powers on the native residents of the mountain range so that they can serve as its descendants and successors that will continue its bloodline.

After that, the Solar Dragon dive deeper on the ground and create a huge and very deep valley to serve as its final resting place.

After that, the native residents of the mountain range become powerful cultivators that are able to survive for a long period of time.

They named the mountain range as the ʼSunset Mountain Rangeʼ, as that is the place where a Solar Dragon fell. While they called the huge valley where the Solar Dragon hid its colossal body, as the ʼDragon Valleyʼ.

The native residents of the ʼSunset Mountain Rangeʼ continue to improve while passing down the knowledge regarding their history from generation to generation.

Later on, they become more powerful and show their might on the Continent, all the way until they became successful and turned into the current ʼSpringfield Familyʼ.

The ʼSpringfield Familyʼ treats the ʼSunset Mountain Rangeʼ as their Ancestral Land so they used all of their powers to claim it entirely until no one dared to contend it with them and became one of their lands and areas of jurisdiction.

And some of the most powerful Practioners of the ʼSpringfield Familyʼ are staying on this mountain range for their close door training. Meanwhile, the family leading figures who are at the peak of the Martial-Art Realm are doing their close door training below the ʼDragon Valleyʼ where the purest ʼForce of Natureʼ are being accumulated.

And currently, a 15-year-old youth is in the middle of the altar below the ʼDragon Valleyʼ while sitting on a lotus position with his eyes closed.

This youth is not wearing his upper clothes, leaving himself topless and showcasing his slightly muscular body. And even if he is still young, there are a lot of battle scars on his body indicating that he already experienced a lot of life-threatening battles.

The youth is emitting some golden-colored Internal Qi while absorbing the gusting ʼForce of Natureʼ that are coming towards his body. And obviously, this kid is ʼArthur Springfieldʼ who is currently undergoing a Bloodline Ceremony.

Few meters away from the altar stood a pair of old men with different kinds of builts. Both of them have blonde color hair, but one of them had a very muscular built with a height of two meters while the other had a slightly slim body with some properly toned muscles.

The slim old man crosses his arms in front of his chest while watching Arthur with calm eyes. A moment later, he said to the muscular old man. ”Tsk! Iʼm starting to get jealous of you ʼMondragonʼ. Having two sons and two great-grandchildren that have pure bloodlines in a row? That is beyond being lucky.”

The muscular old man named ʼMondragonʼ give the slim old man and said. ”That is why I always said to you to take a wife when we are still young, but you didnʼt listen to me at all, leaving you with no successor to inherit your skills.”

”Heh! No successor? Didnʼt I passed down all of my skills and knowledge to your other grandchild, Nathan?” sneered by the slim old man.

Then he immediately added after. ”Didnʼt he became one of the most powerful ʼDomain Stage Ascension Realmʼ experts from all around the world? Whatʼs more, he is pretty close at reaching our current Realm with a very young age.”

Half of the face of Mondragon suddenly turned stiff after hearing that. Then he releases a helpless sigh before saying. ”You know, ʼShenyoungʼ. That is one of my greatest regrets in this life. Letting Nathan become your disciple.”

”That kidʼs talent surpassed his brother Bernard, he is even on top compared to his peers. So if he had a child, then that kid might have a ʼTrue Dagonʼs Bloodʼ, which is comparable to the ʼGenuine blood of the Phoenixʼ of the current little princess of the ʼPotter Clanʼ.”

”But because you influence him too much, that kid had nothing in mind but to train, train and train, all the way until he lost interest in having his own family!”

The slim old man named ʼShenyoungʼ clicked his tongue before defending himself. ”What are you talking about? I didnʼt say to Nathan to not make his own family. It is that kidʼs choice to not have one.”

”And why are you complaining too much? That little girl Shiella had a mutated bloodline formed by the combination of our Springfield Familyʼs bloodline and the Levina Clanʼs bloodline, which is no weaker than the bloodline of the Potter Clanʼs princess.”

”Whatʼs more, isnʼt she also a Mighty Chosen One just like that little boy Arthur? So donʼt be too greedy and be contented on what you have since your family is already been blessed by heavens.”

Mondragon suddenly turned silent after hearing that, because he knew that it is true so he didnʼt know how to rebut.

BOOM!!!

Then a sudden explosion on the altar disturbs their discussion. They immediately turned their head at the source to see what it was.

But their eyes suddenly turned wide when they saw what is happening on the altar. They look at each other and saw the shock on each other eyes. Then they simultaneously blurted out.

”COULD IT BE!?”

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