Protection

Luis kept repeating the movements of turtle martial arts slowly. His body moved with a precise balance of softness and rigidity, each motion flowing naturally from one to the next.

The others also repeated after Luis awkwardly at first, but as time passed, they slowly became proficient. When you become stronger, you gain strong control over your body, and movements can be imitated perfectly.

After a while, everyone was nearly perfect in their movements, mimicking Luis exactly. Luis watched all this with satisfaction, but as time passed, he felt something was wrong.

They were practicing, but Luis couldn't feel any kind of little improvement from them. 

'They're doing everything right. What's wrong?' Luis paced back and forth, observing everyone closely.

'Let them practice for some more time. Maybe it will work that way.'

20 minutes passed, and everyone was tired following the movement, which contained softness and rigidity. Especially those who have not awakened their life seed, their bodies were covered in sweat.

But they didn't stop and gritted their teeth following the taught movement. Everyone here is a follower of Luis. They may not have great talent, but they are hardworking and made up for it with sheer hard work and perseverance. Otherwise, they would not stay in parade grounds to practice the whole day.

"Everyone, stop. That's enough for today." 

Luis commanded his voice, cutting through the ragged breathing of everyone. The martial arts practice didn't work for them.

"You all can disperse now; come to me after 3 days for another dose of medicine. Practice the movement I have taught you every day; when I check next time, I expect it to be more perfect."

Everyone nodded after hearing Luis. They didn't feel weird that their strength didn't increase; they had to practice the breathing method for months or years before breaking through to the apprentice knight.

They began leaving in groups, murmuring with each other. Their morale was very high, as now they can bathe in medicine twice a week.

Luis watched them go away in silence and was lost in thought. Despite their good morale, Luis couldn't shake the sense of confusion.

'Why didn't the martial arts work on them? Their bodies are strong. Why isn't there any reaction?'

Some speculation began to form in his mind: why did he practice the martial arts quickly and they didn't even get started?

'Is it because of world incompatibility?'

The idea struck him suddenly. He immediately turned his vision toward the vortex in his sea of consciousness.

He looked at the vortex, and it was glowing with dim light. Then, without any warning, new memories began to be injected in his mind.

"Ugh, can't it give all the memories at once?"

He frustratingly began to organize the memory that was injected in his mind.

It turns out that even though both fantasy and cultivation worlds had humans. There is also a difference between humans from different worlds.

Humans of the cultivation world cannot form their own life seed even if they practice knight breathing, and humans of the fantasy world don't have the meridians and spiritual roots to practice martial arts and immortal cultivation.

This vortex, however, works as a bridge, making the humans who have traveled through it have the qualification to practice the power system of two worlds.

'This is good' After absorbing all the memories, he nodded with understanding.

"This can work as a form of protection too," Luis murmured with his mind imagining all kinds of things.

"Now only those who I want can practice the power systems of both worlds. Even if cultivation techniques are leaked, they will be useless."

Luis smiled, previously, he hadn't really thought about the difference between humans of different worlds. He then withdrew his vision from his sea of consciousness.

Luis looked around, and he was alone in the training ground. He started his own training for the day.

He can feel it now. At most 2-3 days he can break through the realm of a 1st-level knight. Previously, the speculation of 10 days was thrown into the trash. He just wants to focus on breaking through to Official Knight now without any other kind of disturbance.

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3 Days Later

Luis woke up early from his bed. On this day, he became fresh and went to the training ground as usual.

Today he could feel his body full of energy as if something was about to grow out of it.

These past 3 days, he could feel his aura getting more amplified. He could feel his life seed about to grow further and his blood boiling as if something was also growing from it.

These two things were not conflicting in his body but were slowly growing and merging with each other.

He began his practice for the day, simultaneously practicing both the martial arts and knight breathing. With each set he completed, he could feel the energy within him grow.

After half an hour, both the energy in him grew so much that the life seed and strengthened blood began to connect together.

The aura of the official knights and the qi of innate masters began to produce in his body. After forming, they began to spread all around the body.

After forming, they combined with each other. A virtual life seed again appeared in the center of the heart, releasing the aura in blood that was forming qi.

The combination of qi and aura in Luis body created a unique force, which was much stronger and more abundant than both energies. 

Luis felt an extremely hot feeling spreading throughout the body. Sweat began dripping down his face.

Luis gritted his teeth but didn't stop practicing. His thoughts were in a mess, but he didn't dare to stop his breathing and movements.

Time passed by every second.

Due to extreme energy in his body, he passed out without knowing anything. He didn't know how long it took and didn't know how long he lasted.

In the training ground, Luis slowly opened his eyes.

When he opened his eyes, it was evening. He had no idea how long he had been out, but the moment he woke, everything felt different. He could clearly see the tiny dust particles in the air and could also hear the chirping of insects far away, which he had never heard before.

At this moment, the whole world changed. No, not the whole world, but his perception of the whole world has undergone a drastic change.

His five senses have been unprecedentedly enhanced. Even his body has greatly changed.