Chapter 34 Shadow Approach (2/2)

The moment the words 'Shadow Approach' left the old ers or short swords looked at Daniel with eyes filled with greed Each of these sed to pohich had tasked them to inherit specific arts from the old master-at-arms And for the parties which practiced assassination, 'Shadow Approach' was one of those

The pohich created 'Shadow Approach' was a sect called Quiet Steps Sect, and it specialized in assassination techniques This sect was said to have found its demise due to the assassination of the descendent of an unknoerful cultivator

And while this rumor hadn't been confirmed, the entire sect had been wiped out in the ht The only survivor was an elder, which due to his luck, was far from the sect's territory at the time

This elder had escaped to the capital, and after , unsure of his chances of survival, he decided to pass down his sect's arts to the Master-at-arms of the time Master Kye's predecessor, which then passed down the arts to Master Kye hi elder of the Quiet Steps Sect disappeared just weeks after reaching the capital

The old reedy looks on the faces of the present, and after turning to face Daniel once more, he added ”After you memorize the art Burn the book”

A similar recommendation had been expected by the crowd of cultivators, whose greedy looks disappeared, and got replaced by their usual apparent calm state

Daniel walked towards the door, bus as he was about to leave, the voice of the old alche you later this evening”

The various boys and girls present started to wonder who the hell this brat was, and as he being tutored by two of the dom

One had to know that the two of thedoth was only at the seventh rank The real reason why they were so deeply known and respected, was the vast knowledge they possessed

That was also why es to learn under the two s They would then come back, and becouidances

The Karalis kingdo hich had killed est cultivators within the kingdom, were no more than five rank 9 cultivators, and less than twenty who had reached the eight rank

All sed to a major family, school of martial arts or sect And each of these powers had at least a rank 8 ast theirFury not only had a ht rank, but also had a living ancestor who had already reached that level, and had acted as the previous master before his retirement

Daniel nodded at the old alche ground, sat on a stone bench, and started to quietly read the manual of 'Shadow Approach'

'Shadow Approach' was essentially the opposite of 'Ki Rush' Its h an equal and opposite exertion of ki The difficult part was to calculate the right ale step, as every se the pressure exerted by their e the amount of ki required to dampen the noise completely

This, was much easier said than done In fact, this skill was considered hard to learn even for martial cultivators at the Full Control sub-rank, which were co with any variations in the weight they carried

Once completely mastered, 'Shadow Approach' allowed one to cushi+on the pressure exerted by their steps to a point, where they would be able to step over the tip of a blade of grass without flattening it under their weight

Contrary froiven thanks to a correlation with shadows or darkness Instead, it was given by the fact that, once mastered, one would be able to approach their enemies as quietly as their own shadows did

This was, by far, the most difficult of the martial arts Daniel had ever practiced After five full hours of practice, he had only

Daniel didn't know, but that ”sed The elder who had passed down the skill to Master Kye's predecessor, had taken at least a year to reach the point Daniel had reached in just 5 hours

He still hadn't reached the e, but he wasn't far from it

What Daniel didn't expect, was for the siven him, to uncover a neay to use his system's powers And that was, to h to memorize the entire manual of an advanced , he had thought that it would have been better to just burn the book, and ask another copy the next day

But when he tried tofor the rest of the day, the lengthy process ofDaniel felt was completely different from when he tried to learn a skill, as that was ahis mistakes He hadn't become smarter, nor had his memory been enhanced It sih the words over and over again for various hours

In the end, Daniel ed to completely memorize the manual in just fifteen minutes, and after that, he created a ball of fire and burned the book into ashes

With the training method of each of the martial arts the old man had teached hi All he needed to do before deciding which path to take, was to learn the third spiritual art from the old alche spells, Daniel had never considered beco a spiritual cultivator But after he had defeated the banditspells, his ed

Martial cultivation was his father's choice, and as much as he liked it, he was still thorn between the two paths