Child of Destiny

“Listen, kid. We have a long history of developing the virtual world for the past decades due to its potential,” said Professor Henry.

“And this particular game was the one which is closest to reality,” he added before shaking his head. “It just a pity that the system that we created doesn’t suit the experts beyond Ethereal Stage of Martial Arts and peak Master Realm of Mentalism.”

“But that is also for the better since experts beyond those states have their secrets that they can’t afford to tell anyone.” He continued.

After that, he turned to Shin and quickly added. “Anyway, you need to follow everything that I’ve told you. Focus on adjusting your mind and body with the current state that you are in, and don’t neglect your Martial Arts and train it through that game.”

“I will properly guide you when you enter the academy in a few days, so I need you to be ready at that time.”

Shin nodded his head indicating that he fully understood.

Then Professor Henry also nodded his head in satisfaction before standing up and returning the chairs to where they originally were. He left Shin to digest all of the information that he just heard about his body.

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Granny Luvenia was long gone when he arrived in the living room. She was accompanied by Nathan as they brought the people that the latter had captured earlier alongside Eugene.

They were going to be thoroughly interrogated when they arrived at Granny Luvenia’s place. Those people had been tailing both her and Professor Henry since they left the academy, so they were suspected to be some spies sent by underworld organizations to observe them.

In the meantime, Eugene brought his son back to the academy right after the young man finished his meditation.

Jerimiah and Vincent also finished their sparring and were now resting inside their room. Arthur and Leonard, on the other hand, were running an errand that Nathan had instructed them to do.

With all of that, David was the only one to receive the professor when he climbed down to the living room.

“Greetings, elder,” he immediately greeted the professor right after he saw the old man.

“Ho-ho! It has been a while, hasn’t it? Little David, the prince of the fallen kingdom,” said Professor Henry in a teasing manner the moment when he saw the young man.

“It hasn’t been that long since we last meet each other, elder,” responded David respectfully.

“Has it? Well, I feel that it is quite some time already?” he said with a chuckle.

Then Professor Henry’s eyes turned sharp as he asked with a serious tone. “I am pretty sure that you are not here to just greet me and reminisce about the past, aren’t you?”

David was slightly for a moment before nodding his head and replying. “That is right, elder. I am now instructed by Sir Adam to tell you about my Junior Brother. He heard that you will be guiding him, so he said that you should have a better understanding of the situation.”

He paused for a moment before continuing. “He also said that if it is you, then you will find a way to fix the condition of his son.”

“Hah! I expected as much. That guy sure knows how to pass the most annoying job to other people,” said the professor.

“Let’s go. This is not the right place to discuss such things,” he instructed before proceeding to leave the house.

David continued to lower his head and waited for the elder to walk past him before following behind.

……

Professor Henry brought David to his office in the academy, a place where he felt the safest.

“Make yourself comfortable. You are her student after all, so you can also be considered as my grand disciple,” he said to the young man as he prepared tea for the two of them.

David took a seat and patiently wait for the elder.

Not long after, Professor Henry brought a pot with hot tea alongside a pair of teacups before putting them on the table. Then he sat on the sofa across from David in a very comfortable matter before gesturing to David to take a sip before they could start their discussion.

David then complied and pour some tea into his and the professor’s cup before taking a sip to warm his throat.

“How is it? Is it good? That is one of my specialties,” said Professor Henry with a tone that seemingly waited for David to praise his creation.

David nodded his head and was about to say how good it was when he suddenly heard the next words that the professor had said.

“It is made from a variety of rare insects that you can only find in a special rainforest, so I am confident about its taste and healthiness.”

Cough!

David couldn’t help but clear his throat repeatedly after hearing those words. He was originally planning to take another sip at the tea, but he now thought that it was not a good idea.

Instead of answering, David skillfully dodged the topic by bringing up the reason why he was here. “Junior Brother’s body constitution is rather unique compared to other people.”

Hearing that, Professor Henry nodded his head and spoke. “I am also aware of that matter. Professor Luvenia also takes a look at his constitution and we come up with the same conclusion.”

He paused for a moment before continuing. “That kid’s body seemingly contains a lot of talents. From special physique to combat talent, all the way to his martial talents and unique energies.”

David nodded his head before continuing. “Since Elder Luvenia already take a look at him, I am sure that you are also aware of how his body constitution ends up that way, sir.”

The professor nodded his head and answered. “Your master alongside some other Mentalism Experts must divide his talents somehow. It is a rather interesting way of applying the Meridian Locking despite how odd it was.”

“That is only half-right, elder,” said David noddingly before continuing. “Shin is supposed to have a very strong physique since he inherited the body constitutions of both of his parents.”

“But because of the continuous collision between master’s Mental Energy and Demonic Powers within her womb, some complications happened during the fusion process and caused for his special physique to become incomplete.”

“Then this leads to Junior Brother having a hard time in training either Mentalism or Martial Arts. Because of his incomplete body constitution, there are always some problems whenever he tries to circulate any kind of energy.”

“After discussing it with the surviving experts of my homeland and Sir Adam, they come up with a solution of separating the initial constitution from the thing that was causing that complication.”

“They are planning to do it by doing the ‘Heavenly Restoration Purification’ of our Kingdom. Master and Sir Adam even travel towards an unknown land to look for the ‘Spring of Life’.”

Reaching this point, Professor Henry couldn’t help but ask. “An unknown land where the ‘Spring of Life’ is located?”

David nodded his head and replied truthfully. “Yes, elder. It is the land located in the unexplored area of our world, the land that they have discovered before and commonly known as ‘Garden of Eden’ or ‘Paradise’.”

“So, those two really found that place,” muttered Professor Henry as he massaged his temples before gesturing for David to continue.

David nodded his head and continued. “Master and Sir Adam did the ritual while letting junior brother bathe on that spring.”

“They are originally planning to get rid of the cause of the complication on Shin’s body, but during the purification process, the other physique suddenly becomes complete and reveals itself.”

“The two physiques were supposed to merge during that time, but Master and Sir Adam knew that Shin would not be able to handle their fusion, so they decided to stop the fusion process and used a special means to prevent the two physiques from merging.”

“I am not sure what kind of technique they use to do that but I heard that they used the principle of ‘Mentalism and Martial Art Unification’ to achieve it.”

Professor Henry fell in deep thought after hearing that before commenting. “If it is about body constitution, then they must use the principle of ‘Unified Strengthening’ since it is the closest technique that is also related to our bodies, the combination of ‘Qi Reinforcement Skills’ and ‘Mentalism Enhancement’.”

“What is the other physique?” he asked with a tone that seemingly sounded like he already knew the answer.

David was silent for a moment before answering. “Heavenly Martial Body.”

Professor Henry closed his eyes as he could already understand why Shin’s parents made that decision.

If the ‘Spiritual Embryo’ was the perfect vessel to practice Mentalism, then the ‘Heavenly Martial Body’ was the body physique that every Martial Artist would dream of since it was a gifted body that could learn any kind of Martial Arts.

After that, the professor turned back to David before saying. “It is definitely a good thing but I am sure that it will also make it hard for Shin to practice either of the two disciplines.”

David nodded his head and added. “That is right, elder. They may find a way to solve the problem with Shin’s constitution, but it led them to another issue where his talents are now having some complications with those two physiques.”

“And that is when they decided to divide his talents and created a new system of Median Locking just for it,” said Professor Henry as he could now see the whole picture.

With segregated physiques and talents, Shin was able to practice both Mentalism and Martial Arts. And this was where the professor arrived at his final question. “But why do they let their child grow up away from them if they can be the teacher for him in either discipline.”

Hearing that question, David couldn’t help but wear a bitter smile before answering. “They also don’t want it to happen, elder. But when everything is going smoothly, an unexpected accident suddenly happened.”

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