6 School and the Vice President

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After that day, the school week could have been considered normal for a normal student that wasn't me, what I first expected to happen when I started to go to this school would be a regular case of learning and sheets of homework that I would have just skipped through before I met the class representative on the first day.

Now that I know that there are not only cultivators, and that cultivation still exists for the masses in this future time but that there is a monarchy of power caused me to change my mind about my training as a practitioner inside this school.

While these women are very young, they have the power that many in my past life couldn't even dream to achieve this age, they're not that bad in their endowment of talent with the path of cultivation and how even though the natural Qi is shallower than it was Eons ago they can still reach a stage that many would have trouble to get but also the lack of energy means that the army is the biggest power of resources.

This has me taking in the past mindset I had and having the old instinct's built from multiple life and death encounters I know that I cannot afford to become lax in my training anymore, the fact that the children in this advanced time can reach such a high realm while not being from the army in such a short time compared to the past is worrying to me.

I now need to gather the strength that I once had again, and I need to become unopposed in this world so that when the real big shots that lay dormant in this world come to take my modified techniques for their own or to silence me it will be their undoing.

Today is Thursday night and I just finished my homework for the next week and began to break through past the ninth level of Soul Sea stage into the tenth to have a leg up on those who are farther in their cultivation in the Open Gate Path.

I gather my mental energy and inner Qi into a whirlpool to collect natural and soul energy once again inside a separate whirlpool, finally my inner Qi makes a maelstrom inside the surprisingly calm surface of my inner soul sea and begin the true progression to enter level ten of the Soul Sea Stage.

The energy I have collected began to form a foundation made of my inner Qi to outline it, the mental energy builds the structure, stones, and my soul Qi started to reinforce it into a palace that reminded me of the old clan compound I made for my friends and me in the past.

The first step on the long road of cultivation is within my sights and my power shall not be bound to this plan again, I plan to never let the strong push me or my loved ones around in this new life and keep an eye on the shadows of my allies for the hidden dagger hidden to cut my soul once again.

'I wonder how Baihe is doing with the new instructions that I placed on the cultivating technique the God Beast of War, if she passed the ninth level of Qi gathering stage and entered the foundation stage would be disappointed but if she went to tenth or eleventh level then I would be impressed' from here I went to bed because the three whirlpools would be self-sustaining and gather the surrounding energy to move into the next level of Soul Sea stage.

The next morning after getting ready for the last day of class, I walk out of the dormitory to see Baihe standing at the entrance with a face that was glowing in both pride and slightly anxiety, "Senior this technique is amazing, and when I told my family that I became stronger due to a seniors guidance they want to know who helps me in teaching me our families technique, but if you don't want me to tell them about you and to keep the knowledge about the new technique then I will tell them no." as her Qi slightly flexed her vital energy in a show that told me that she has entered the tenth level of Qi gathering stage.

Chuckling at how cute her devotion to my teachings and our deal, I pat her head, "I wouldn't mind knowing my future mother and father-in-law, I wonder if they would expect their daughter to bring a boy home. How about after school today so that way after meeting the in-laws I can just spend time with my own family." I didn't give her the time to answer as I strut off before she could react to my statement.

"H-Hey that is what I am supposed to say!" she chased after me as I laugh, she reminds me of when my friends and I were still naïve of the world and the savage path of cultivation that will follow.

As the hours passed by in the school, I thought about how in a matter of years I met the people who have the same cultivation endowment as my past friends, in this life I shall not leave them trailing along I shall boost them along as they slow down.

The path of cultivation is long and ever freighting and that even though you may lose your life on the path of cultivation it is fair in that it shall bring in the same number of rewards as the amount of risk that is brought about it.

When I was about to drift into another tangent of memories of my past the school bell rang and the last class for the week was let out for our families, I was going to head to the exit when I heard, "Alex Cross please come with me. We have much to talk about." I turned to see a young lady with a braided ponytail call me from the corner of the classroom.

I was leaving to follow this girl when I heard the tailcoats of the students speaking as I crossed them to reach the door, 'the Vice president wants to speak to the new kid?' 'is he in trouble it has been only a week' 'I wonder if he is her type' was all I could gather before I exited the classroom into the hallway.

I saw her standing next to the abandoned classroom that the class representative tried to take advantage of me before, with the sub-conscious reminder I mentally prepare to fight my way out of this mess, "Miss Vice president what do you need me for?" I stopped just out of grabbing distance from her to at least get a reason why she wanted to talk to me.

She sized my body and stature up and down to get a feel of what I can do, "Do you practice martial arts Mister Cross?" she asked as she relaxed her pose to stand Infront of me as if unintimidated at my spring-wound position.

Shocked that she could tell that I can use martial arts I loosen my body enough to seem relaxed but ready for any sudden movement, "I do practice martial arts to some degrees, why do you wish to spar with me?" this was a test question that I made to see the character of a person and their action to oncoming combat.

With the same kind of pose and voice, she answered, "Sure Mister Cross let's spar right here, let's see what you're made of." It was sudden but I felt it, the Open Gate Path stage cultivation, and by the weakness of the commanding Qi, I say about the third level of it.

'This is bad she is in the Open Gate Path stage and I just barely broke through into the tenth stage of Soul Sea Stage last night. To have a chance to win I need to at least have level eleven or twelve to succeed in getting a tie. I need to double time the absorption rate of my cultivation right now.' I sped up the rotations of the three maelstroms inside my Soul Sea to finish the foundation, stone placement, and compression of energy into the peak of level ten.

Using Soul Qi, I refine and wash the foundation to go another round of building the foundation and refinement again, I was at the door when I finished the nine cycles of the building soul palace when the body, mind, and soul started to connect into one being.

Sacrificing my inner and soul Qi I hurry the process to the peak of level eleven by building the soul palace to completion, then I refined it with the gathered natural Qi that the maelstrom has swept up and condensed the palace and another nine cycles of refinement once again happened.

We were standing in the room discussing the rules of the match with my final level of Soul Sea stage came to an abrupt enhancement as she went into a stance and let go of her Killer Instinct that just pushed me in the right direction of forming the connection to the body to the mind.

She charged at me with a Qi-infused fist to knock me into the wall, I just finished my breakthrough into the last level of the Soul Sea stage and dodged like a snake around the fist and stuck her in the kidneys to shock her a bit.

She retreated as she once again sized me up and strategize the next course of action, while she focused on that I refined the new feelings and energy of having complete knowledge of my body to utilize the greatest amount of the Golden Dragon.

Taking me more seriously and cautiously she got into a stance that I haven't recognized, I went into the Golden Dragon stance and prepared for a full-on slot of true fighting with a cultivator a realm ahead of me.

Once again, she charged at me but this time, she freighted a hook but strikes with a jab to the face, I dodged the jab and sent a chaos palm to her arm to dislocate and render the It useless.

Using a Qi-infused foot she retreated to re-evaluate her opponent once again for one more time, and I try to get used to the feeling the connection to Qi, body, and mind as we circle each other to see an opening in one's defense.

I decided to take initiative this time and charged at her in a zig-zag motion that changed my footing so that she won't know which part I was going to hit her with, in front of her I fake a jab and head but her with a Qi-infused skull.

Dazed she took a step back and tried to defend herself when I used a golden spiral fist to attack her stomach and the wild spiraling Qi passed right above her core to knock her out, and she dropped like a sack of potatoes.

With a calming breath, I disengaged my battle ready mind and tried to stabilize and refocus my mind to try and reinforce the twelfth level of Soul Sea Stage cultivation I had to enforce in a bind, when I heard the door to the classroom open, "Alex what happened here? why is the vice president on the ground?" it was Baihe, and I might have to explain this situation to her.