Chapter 168 (1/2)

Chapter 168

Integration

It had been a week since the talk with the princ.i.p.al. During that time, Aslo, Chrissa, and Lucas had been very busy. The lectures that Chu Shen had endured during his school years were thrown at them in highly condensed forms. Aslo and Chrissa could barely keep up with it, but Lucas was easily acing everything. Quite frankly, his cybernetic brain was the real reason.

Aslo was learning, though he constantly complained about it. Chrissa was studying earnestly and didn’t speak much, just as she always had. Lucas was absorbing all of the knowledge like a sponge.

What he really loved though, was artificing. Master Lang continued to teach Chu Shen artificing and Lucas also joined in. At first, Master Lang was apprehensive once Chu Shen told him that Lucas was an artificing genius.

Master Lang was dumbfounded though when Lucas instantly copied an inscription just by watching him make it once or twice. Master Lang started becoming interested in his disciples friend and started teaching him.

Soon, Master Lang became nervous. ‘This kid is instantly learning what should take years in seconds! My own disciple is exceptional and learns fast, but compared to his friend, he is only average. No wonder he said this kid was a genius.’

Lucas started making some of his own inventions, like a gun that used an explosion inscription to fire. When Master Lang saw it, he instantly recognized the potential uses of it, and the downsides. There was only one way to load it for now and that was to put what was essentially BBs down the barrel and activate the inscription. Together they started to make a more refined version of it.

Chu Shen felt left out. ‘Isn’t Master Lang my master? So how come Lucas is the one he’s actually teaching!’

Chu Shen would spend six hours everyday being taught by teachers in one-on-one sessions. He would then see Master Lang and forge for the next five hours. Finally, he would spend an hour improving his domain.

He remembered the first time he had formed his domain.

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“Alright brat, it’s time to take the next step in your cultivation.” Master Ti Wu floated in front of him. “This step is called the domain. One creates an area around them where their element reigns supreme. For you, that means creating an area of Null Qi.”

Chu Shen nodded. “I’m ready master, please teach me.” Currently they were in the courtyard of his house, one that the princ.i.p.al had given to him as part of his enrollment.

Master Ti Wu grinned. “Alright. The first step is to establish a territory. Create a sphere of Qi around you. Nothing else for now, just do that.”

Chu Shen closed his eyes and held out his hands. Gray colored Qi floated out of his hands, creating what looked like fog. Soon, the fog was in the shape of a 10 foot sphere around him.