Chapter 10 - Awakern from slumber
Wen Qiang moving as fast as the wind, agile with her feet, nimble with her movement. At unimaginable speed, return to the Academy. A few kilometer from academy, Wen Qiang path was obstruct by a few mysteryious expert.
Wen Qiang was ambushed by those expert, thank to her reaction speed, she was able to avoid getting assasinate by those mysterious expert. She can sense that if it 1 on 1 she can manage to handle it. But 5 vs 1, another story. She activate her Ninth-Rank Support Spell [Thunder Step].
[Thunder Step] has enchance Wen Qiang speed by 100 times faster. With this chance she was able to flee to the academy and return to her own room that already been engrave with the protection spell.
In the morning, she assemble all her junior desciple except Xiao Yu. Because Xiao Yu already in deep of his training. Except Xiao Yu, everyone was already in the meeting hall.
"What is this about, Wen-jie jie?" ask Chang Zhao.
“Since all resident of Forbidden Dorm have gathered h-“ without have the chance to complete her sentence, her word was cut by Jian Nan. “Not everyone, Wen-jie jie. Xiao Yu have yet to arrive.”
“Xiao Yu currently too deep in his training. It was difficult to bring back a person whom already deep in his consciousness. Even saint-expert will have hard time to do it. We will explain this matter to him later if he ever return to the living world.” Said Wen Qiang answering her junior question.
“”Understood.”” All 5 resident of Forbidden Dorm nodded understand.
“It is the time to prepared for ‘that’, everyone. Sooner or later it will happen.” Said Wen Qiang. The moment she mention ‘that’, everyone in the hall has turn to serious. The atmosphere around the hall has becoming heavy. Everyone in the hall take a glance to each on of them. Jing’er, Jian Nan, Chang Zhao, Xue Lin, and Feng Wu expression has become more rigid and more stern than before.
“Now, Everyone dismiss and be prepared for the ‘worst’.” Said Wen Qiang, this time dismissed everyone and disappear from the hall.
Everyone present, with the fastest speed they can mustered and return to they own respective room. Now all resident of Forbidden Dorm has return to their own room and begin their close-door training. Wen Qiang disappear from the hall to meet with the one whom responsible for taking care of Death Dorm, Fei Long.
When the two expert meet, Wen Qiang told Fei Long what Dean Li has told her, everything except the part of Xiao Yu story. Hearing the news, Fei Long was shocked but return to normal a moment later. When he sober from the shocked, he also began to gathered every resident of Death Dorm.
Now, all residents of Forbidden Dorm and residents of Death Dorm has began their close-door training. This news also reach to the ears of Deity-Expert that guarding the Magical Beast Forest. Those two deity only prepared for the worse.
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Back to Xiao Yu, he still in deep slumber. For a 2 month already in deep slumber of gaining new insight by insight. The theory behind each of his understanding of the laws was combine with the theory of magic in his previous world.
At the third month of Xiao Yu ‘slumber’, he making a breakthrough to the 3rd rank while still absorbing the pure essence of the elemental. The usage of mana capacity also increase by ten folds. But upon breaking through, Xiao Yu suddenly gain an insight of improving his Laws of Water [Calm].
The [Calm] was refer to the peaceful atmosphere around him, yet those essence that constantly been absorb by Xiao Yu has made a bizzare scene where a raging thunder can be seen emanate from Xiao Yu body while under his feet was a pool of calm water.
Be it rain nor people walk upon the pool, it will not make any ripple as how it should be. Just like the name implies, [Pond of Calmness]. Upon entering the 3rd rank of Magus, Xiao Yu still had yet to awaken from his slumber training.
For another 3 whole month that Xiao Yu still in deep of his consciousness, the bizzareness of the savage thunder that escaping from Xiao Yu body becoming more rigid and more violent, but no matter how violent it would be, the [Pond of Calmness] able to sustain the thunder from destroying the surrounding area.
During this three month inside his consciousness, Xiao Yu learn from the Laws of Water – Calm , posses very astounding ability, attacking or defending, it would not lose to any other element. But the most profounding within the [Calm] is the ability to heal. Xiao Yu discover that his self-healing ability has reach to the peak of his current rank.
These three month inside his consciousness, Xiao Yu spend almost all the time studying [Laws of Water – Calm]. By now, if Xiao Yu ever battle anyone below 7th-Rank magus. He is confident in his ability of self-healing. With another incantation of healing spell. He can even take on the attack from 7th Rank magus. But his attack power still an attack of 3rd Magus rank.
That exclude from using mana. If Xiao Yu using mana in his current state, taking down a 6th rank would be no problem for him. But the different gap os strength can be seen clearly even though he can used Mana, he still diligently training his mageforce. By the time he open his eyes, he already at the middle-stage of 4th rank Magus.
Sitting continiously for 7 month without eating made Xiao Yu stomach grumbling unpleasant sound at the moment he fully awake and retain his vigor.