Dustin was rendered speechless. What else
was he supposed to think when a girl willingly approached him at night?
Too lazy to argue, Dustin merely asked, "What do you need?"
"Judging from today's battle, you seem like a good fighter. How did you d
o that?" Abigail asked.
"Ever heard of Elder–
level martial artists? I'm one of them, so I can easily handle over three
hundred opponents. *Dustin answered nonchalantly.
"Yeah, right. I doubt it." Abigail clearly didn't believe him.
"Whatever. You probably can't comprehend what I'm telling you anyway. All
you need to know is that I'm very powerful." Dustin summarised. Most ord
inary citizens didn't know about martial artists, so even if they met one
, they wouldn't be able to tell.
"Fine. Can you teach me some moves? I'm not asking for much. I just want
to be able to defeat a dozen men." Abigail looked at Dustin with hopeful
eyes.
"You want me to take you in as my disciple?" Dustin raised an eyebrow.
"Ugh, you're so old–
fashioned. Who does that these days? Just teach me a few moves as a frien
d," Abigail responded.
"I guess that's fine. But to learn my moves, you have to have a solid fou
ndation, or it'll be useless. This means that you'll have to start by bui
lding your internal energy." Dustin told her.
"What's internal energy?" Abigail stared at him dumbly.
"You can understand it as mana."
"Oh, I get it. It's what allows those people to become human anvils and a
ll." Abigail realized.
"Um… I guess so." Dustin's smile faltered before he continued. "It takes
talent for someone to cultivate mana. After all, effort pales in comparis
on to actual talent. Those who are meant to become martial artists will e
asily understand this, while those who aren't won't see the results no ma
tter how hard they work."
"I see. Then do I have that talent?" Abigail asked eagerly.
"Give me your hand."
"Okay."
"I'll pass some of my true energy to you. If you can feel it, that
means you've got the potential to become a martial artist; if you don't,
then you're just not cut out for it." Dustin explained, holding her wrist
and channeling some of his energy into her.
"Huh? I can feel It! It's warm and tingly!" Abigail lit up.
"Not bad. You passed the first level." Dustin nodded. Before he could say
anything else, his brows furrowed as he realized the energy he had just
channeled into her had miraculously disappeared. It was as if something
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had swallowed his energy completely.
"How is this possible?"
Puzzled, Dustin channeled another burst of energy into Abigail, which was
quickly absorbed again. However, he had felt it this time. There was a s
eal inside her body, and the seal was so strong that his true energy
wasn't enough to affect it.
Fortunately, it was a protective seal that was harmless to Abigail's body
and would only come into effect when she was in danger. Thinking that th
e energy he channeled earlier was a threat, the seal automatically
absorbed it.
The seal had been done by someone who was either a Grandmaster martial ar
tist or stronger and an expert in seal making. In other words, Abigail wa
s under the protection of someone powerful.
"What's wrong? Is there a problem?" Abigail asked after seeing Dustin's r
eaction.
"It's nothing." Dustin smiled. "I'll pass you the training technique, but
your success depends on you." He wrote down the training techniques for
beginners and passed the paper to Abigail. "Study it back in your room. F
ind
me again once you've mastered your internal energy."
"Okay!" Abigail took the paper and ran back to her room excitedly.
"Interesting." Dustin smirked, staring
at Abigail's retreating figure.
The seal in her body was extremely rare, and only close family members wo
uld waste so much time and effort
to do something like that.
Dustin instantly became more interested in Abigail's mother.