Aria could sense that Old Seven was seriously worried about him and he felt a bit glad that he could enjoy the feeling of not being alone and having people that genuinely cared for him.
After asking for the reason for his mental exhaustion, Aria provided the excuse stating that he focused too much attention on the 'Wheel of Chakra' which led to his condition, obviously that was an excuse he had provided. He also added that he was now able to sense his seventh Chakra node and could now officially be considered as a Cadet for the Academy.
According to the Scripture's knowledge there was no hard evidence of one being able to sense the Chakra nodes, but one's body would get stronger as one deepened their connection with the Chakra nodes.
According to the system's explanation a normal human body would exert a force of an average of about 3.5 times of the body mass during combat, but on the same hand once one increased their Level they would be able to exert a force 10 times that of the average force one would exert. And this would go on increasing by a factor of 10, as one moved higher in the training of the 'Wheel of Chakra'.
Old Seven indicated Aria to rest and informed him that once he was all fine, he would test his strength and if he was qualified he would be enrolled in the Academy.
Before leaving Old Seven hinted that there was a huge responsibility awaiting him at the Academy, thus to take ample rest.
Aria could only nod.
The rest of the days were quite peaceful, Aria would spend most of his time doing some light exercise and in the night he would practice the 'Scripture of Ancients'.
But it was hard for him to gain the same pace as before.
'Why does my speed seem to have decreased?'
Helpless, he decided to ask the system.
[Host has drained the energy from the Violet Pearl and it has disappeared]
[The Vital Energy present in the environment is insufficient for the God Grade cultivation technique]
Just like that the days passed and then after a week he left the medical center as his exhaustion was cured or so the doctors said. Aria too felt his exhaustion improving, although it was impossible for him to use his willpower for a long time from now.
The very next day, Aria visited the gym in Marshal Seven's abode. It turned out that the seven structures that Aria saw the day he was brought by Old Seven, were abodes of the Seven legendary Marshal's.
Inside the training gym, there were various equipments to train one's body and control over their power. Today Aria was supposed to test his power output on the punching machine. Jasmine fed in the data regarding Aria's weight and height, thus the machine would automatically divide it with his body mass and provide the increase in the power.
In order to qualify he had to reach Level-1 Captain, which was the minimum score of 10 and Level-2 began from 100 and so on. But the machine could only test till Level-2 Major, as after Level-2 onwards one would be judged based on their Chakra nodes.
Before Level-1 there was a stage based training period which was divided into nine stages, where the power output would increase from 1 to 9 on the machine. The majority of the Cadets, Officers and Lieutenants were in these nine stages. 1 to 3 was for Cadets, 4 to 6 was for Officers and 7 to 9 was for Lieutenants and the recruits would be provided authority based on their stage and Level.
Aria was really confused about it and decided to ask the system if it could help.
'Can Athenaeum detect another individual's strength?'
[Affirmative]
[Athenaeum is capable of scanning individual strength of entities that the Host gazes on]
[Would Host like to activate that function?]
'Yes.'
After Aria's affirmation, a string of various characters in the form of runes appeared on his retina.
The Book of Athenaeum with his soul projection fluttered open and beside the page mentioning his personal attributes the same string of characters flashed.
A few seconds later, everything vanished and calm returned back.
Nobody aside from Aria noticed what had happened.
'That's it?'
[Optimizing with the current world's parameter]
[Successful]
As the voice was heard he turned his gaze towards Jasmine and immediately a text floated above her.
[ Level - 1.9 ]
Aria was already briefed about these distinctions in level.
"I will demonstrate its usage then you follow me, okay?" Jasmine said to Aria who nodded in confirmation.
Jasmine had been training for a long time and she was about to reach Level-2 soon. The Academy had developed certain technology that reduced the time for the body to reach Level-1. The researchers had developed certain drugs that were called 'Genetic Liberators' that changed the structure of a body on a cellular level, as claimed by Jasmine. The production of such drugs was strictly managed by the Seven Marshals.
Once Jasmine reached Level-2 she would be admitted into the Academic corps to train further and would be handed the designation of Major, allowing her to form a ten person squad with Captain ranked subordinates at the most.
Jasmine concentrated her power and took a deep breath.
The Wheel of Chakra training method strengthened the body and allowed a stable harmonization between the soul and the surroundings, thus enabling one to exert more strength. The fighting techniques stored in the archives were also quite good according to the system, with more focus on destructiveness and balance, leaving behind all the fancy moves. Most of the fighting techniques focused on using minimal movement to dodge and fight the opponent which impressed Aria.
Jasmine gathered her strength in her lower body, then she moved her right arm backwards along with the shoulders and placed her right leg a step behind the left. Then she swung her right arm taking a step forward towards the machine, transferring all the accumulated power from her lower portion of the body to the shoulders then the arm. The punch hit the machine with a small thud.
There was hardly any noise, which indicated that there was no leakage of power and she controlled every ounce of power in that punch, withdrawing her arm and power immediately after the impact.