Chapter 72: Starry Sky Battle Aura

  Aragon?

  This matter is actually related to that founding emperor again?

  Others may not know, but Du Wei does!

  Sacred Knights? Joke! Defending the Temple of Light, defending the authority of the divine envoys in the mortal world, Sacred Knights? Bullshit! Aragon's so-called strongest under the starry sky, where did his power come from? Du Wei knows it best. It was exchanged with the devil's servant, that old Kris.

  From the power of the devil, yet relying on this power to become a holy knight who defends the divine spirit?

  However, Du Wei still vaguely remembered that the great founding emperor had a close relationship with the temple back then, and he indeed received help from the temple's power during his unification of the continent. Perhaps... he really did join the Holy Knights back then?

  For a founding emperor, it's not hard to understand that he would try to win over all the forces he could and get the support of the temple by joining the Holy Alliance.

  But his power, which comes from the devil, is actually in the name of God, it's really ironic.

  Hussein's expression was somewhat inscrutable, and the knight's mental state began to drift away... Fortunately, he didn't go mad, as the effect of the ice cream had a certain impact on his already weak spiritual power due to his severe injuries.

  Du Wei really wanted to continue asking, he really wanted to know what the knight had discovered from Aragon's knight emblem in the Holy Temple.

  What did Hussein mean by "nightmare"? Did Aragon leave something from the devil?

  Khosrow's eyes glazed over, his voice in his mouth grew weaker and more indistinct.

  Originally, this little bit of ice cream wouldn't have been enough to disrupt the knight's nerves, but after encountering too many setbacks and experiencing too much suffering over the past few days, the knight's mental state was already unstable.

  It's just like people who are depressed get drunk easily when they drink alcohol.

  Hussein fell backwards into the snow, sprawling out in all directions, muttering to himself: "Nightmare... nightmare... my nightmare..."

  As he spoke, he finally closed his eyes and fell fast asleep.

  Hussein had not slept for many, many days. The unbearable pain tormented him, making him exhausted, although when exhaustion reached its limit, he could be invigorated as long as his fighting spirit was lifted. However, this almost oppressive way of tapping into human potential was not the right path after all.

  Hussein, who had not closed his eyes for many days, finally relaxed his nerves under the effect of ice cream. To some extent, he was already very weak. This sleep was exceptionally sweet, without that damn pain tormenting him, his whole body relaxed, and he didn't even have a single dream, just sleeping like this until dawn on the second day.

  "Good morning." A hand shook Hussein awake, and the knight felt his whole body relaxed and lazy after a good sleep. The tight string in his mind that had been tense for many days finally loosened. He opened his eyes dazedly, only to see Du Wei's face right next to him...

  Hussein suddenly sat up with a start! The knight looked self-reproachful and said in a low voice, "How long have I slept?!"

  "It's not very long, that's all." Du Wei shook his head, he saw that the knight's body had already reached its limit. If he didn't sleep for a while, he probably wouldn't be able to hold on for much longer.

  Too slack! The knight scolded himself, how could he sleep like a dead pig in such a place? He completely lost his vigilance around him! Even someone had to push hard to wake him up! How could he be so slack! In the current situation, this is absolutely not allowed!!

  "Alright, don't blame yourself." Looking at Hussein's expression, Du Wei understood his thoughts and smiled: "You're human, not a god. Even if you were a god, there would be times of fatigue, let alone with all the serious injuries on your body. You also need to get plenty of sleep to replenish your energy. Look, your spirit and complexion are much better than yesterday."

  Hussein took a deep breath and indeed felt his energy recover a lot. He clenched his fists tightly, and the joints cracked. Then the knight stood up and did some stretching exercises.

  He pulled open the flap of the tent and strode out.

  As soon as he emerged from the tent, Hussein saw Dandanir sharpening a knife with a stone, the curved blade scraping against the stone with a hissing sound, and the bright light of the knife reflected on Dandanir's face.

  Dadanier glanced at this knight, his eyes were not very friendly... after all, yesterday this guy beat Dadanier into a serious injury.

  In the morning, Dandaner woke up. Although he was still a bit weak, his external injuries had healed. Du Wei immediately told Dandaner about what happened yesterday in general terms.

  When he found out that the powerful knight who had tried to kill two of his own men just yesterday was now an ally, Dathanil was somewhat shocked and emotionally and attitudinally unprepared for a while.

  This is also normal, after all, someone beat you to the point of vomiting blood and almost killed you yesterday, and today he wakes up from a dream and lets you hug him as good friends... How is that possible!

  The two exchanged a glance, and after sufficient sleep, the knight's irascible temper had improved a lot. After all, people tend to be very irritable when extremely tired. Now Hussein looked much more gentle, he glanced at Dandanier, hesitated for a moment, and still gave him a smile: "Oh, you're awake... hmm, a good knife."

  Dadanil didn't say a word, just nodded and continued to sharpen his curved knife. This was Duwei's knife; Dadanil's own knife had been shattered by Hussein yesterday - to think that he couldn't even withstand the opponent's casual blow when they were heavily injured, this reality also dealt a heavy blow to Dadanil's self-esteem, which was also one of the reasons for his somewhat cold attitude.

  However, Dada Nile was still a straightforward good man. He was slightly embarrassed and pointed to an iron pot on the fire heap beside him: "There is soup in the pot, you can have some."

  "Luckily, I didn't break the pot yesterday, or we wouldn't even have hot water to drink." Du Wei chuckled and walked into the snowy field, stretched his body, faced the cold wind, and started doing a set of strange movements as taught by the old magician.

  Duvie repeated a set of movements three times, until his body naturally emitted a warm energy and the cold wind blowing on him didn't feel so chilly anymore. Only then did Duvie take a deep breath and end his exercise.

  Hussein on the side had been watching Du Wei's movements with a smile, and his eyes seemed to have something that Du Wei couldn't understand.

  When Du Wei finished, Hussein suddenly raised an eyebrow: "The old man taught you... I mean this set of moves."

  "Yes, it's very effective for keeping warm and seems to have some benefits for the body." Du Wei didn't evade anything.

  "You're doing well, why don't you continue?" Hussein smiled.

  "Continue? It's already been done." Du Wei looked at Hussein, and suddenly his heart moved, vaguely thinking of something.

  "I knew it..." Hussein muttered to himself, then smiled and said: "Alright, listen up, kid. What you're doing is just some basic moves, actually what you've learned is the most basic set, I can see that you've practiced it quite well, do you want to learn some more advanced new moves? This set of moves, the old man only knows the first level basic routine, he doesn't know anything beyond that, but I can teach you."

  As he spoke, the knight hugged his arm, smiling at Du Wei.

  Du Wei nodded immediately. The benefits of this exercise, Du Wei was more and more physically aware! In addition to being able to withstand the cold in this icy snow, Du Wei could feel his body getting stronger day by day. Originally with his former weak physique, it would have been impossible to support so many days in the snowy and windy weather. Probably would have fallen ill long ago. But now, Du Wei felt that his body seemed to be slightly better than that of his peers.

  The knight immediately walked to Du Wei's side, let Du Wei sit down, then the knight stretched out his hand and slowly rubbed several bones on Du Wei's body, carefully pinched them, closed his eyes for a moment, when he opened his eyes again, he lightly sighed: "Unfortunately, you look quite smart, but your physical foundation is too poor. I'm afraid you're not born to be a good martial artist. This set of things, even if you learn it, I'm afraid the effect will be greatly discounted. You probably won't have the chance to become a top-notch martial artist in this lifetime. Unfortunately... Alas, unfortunately."

  As he spoke, the knight shook his head repeatedly, with a look of regret on his face.

  Du Wei didn't think it was a pity at all. He wasn't particularly interested in becoming a powerful martial artist anyway, but if he could make his body slightly stronger, he would be happy to do so. So he just smiled and said, "I don't think it's a pity myself, I don't have any plans to become a powerful martial artist."

  "You understand nothing." Hussein gave Du Wei a cold glance: "You don't even know what this set of movements you're practicing is! Throughout the entire continent, for over a thousand years, there have been no more than three people who have had the opportunity to learn this. Hmph... If it were someone with even normal talent, as long as they practiced diligently, they would absolutely have the possibility of becoming one of the top powers on the continent! Alas... Unfortunately, you can clearly learn it, but your body's innate conditions are too poor."

  Du Wei's interest was piqued: "This thing... what exactly is it?"

  Hussein did not answer immediately. He glanced at Dadaniel, who was adding firewood to the bonfire, and politely opened his mouth: "This...".

  "My name is Dandanier." Dandanier said slowly: "I understand what you mean, I just happen to go to the woods to find something."

  After finishing speaking, Dandanil put down what was in his hand and walked away with big strides.

  "Thank you." The knight said a sentence towards Dandanier's back.

  Everyone on the mainland understands this rule. When others are teaching martial arts, it is very impolite to watch from the side - unless you want to steal and learn in secret. And many masters will not let anyone peek at their own ultimate skills when they teach.

  "Alright kid, I'll go first and see how much you can remember." The knight stretched his arms lazily, then walked into the snowy ground, after which he made the first move...

  When Hussein walked into the snowy area, Du Wei's eyes widened as he carefully observed Hussein's movements. This set of movements was very similar to what the old magician had taught... and only similar.

  The difficulty has increased by a lot!

  There were several movements that Du Wei watched, almost unable to bear a silent sigh... That was simply impossible for humans to do! Unless the person's joints could rotate freely at 360 degrees!

  There's also ligament... Du Wei suspected that even those gymnasts who had trained since childhood in their past lives couldn't achieve that level!

  Looking at the first knight of this continent standing there, his body twisted freely like a noodle, it really gives people a creepy feeling.

  After a set of movements, Hussein's forehead was already sweating profusely - of course, this wasn't from exhaustion, but from the heat.

  "These basic things are to train your body, making your flexibility increase several times. In the future, in battle, your strength, agility, speed, and most importantly, your ability to withstand a beating will all increase several times!" Hussein explained.

  The ability to withstand a beating... Du Wei is quite perceptive on this point.

  If one could really practice to the point of being as flexible as Hussein, with a body that can twist like noodles... then even if someone else's punch is strong enough to break your joints, but your joints are originally capable of bending freely... then you would naturally have the upper hand.

  But... it can't be that simple, right? Otherwise, the acrobats and gymnasts Du Wei saw in his past life would all be extraordinary masters?!

  "Of course, wanting to improve isn't that easy." Hussein added, "These are just the basics. When you've mastered several sets of basic moves, your body's endurance has reached a limit. At that point, your body is well-prepared and can cultivate the advanced content of this set... internal energy!"

  "Practicing Qi?" Du Wei smiled: "You're saying that this set of things is actually a basic method for cultivating Qi?"

  "It's not just an ordinary aura." Hussein said calmly, "You don't need to know yet, when you reach the level I think is suitable, I'll consider teaching you. Now, do it once and let me see how much you've grasped."

  Du Wei immediately walked a few steps forward and stood in the snow, then he recalled Hussein's movements and began to act...

  A set of movements, Du Wei remembered quickly, and relying on the foundation of the old magician's teachings, this new set of movements was also done with some flair. However, many of the particularly difficult movements, Du Wei couldn't do at all. After all, he didn't have the skill to rotate his joints 360 degrees, nor did he have a way to twist his body like a noodle.

  "Very good, you're learning very quickly." Hussein's expression became even more regretful as he shook his head: "What a pity. What a pity..."

  Hussein saw that Du Wei was learning very quickly, and he thought of his innate physique. This guy was smart, but he was destined to not become a top-notch master after all, and couldn't help but feel some pity for Du Wei.

  Du Wei learned quickly, after all his mental strength was strong, and his memory and imitation ability were beyond ordinary people.

  And then, after a set of movements was completed, Du Wei suddenly felt a reaction in his body!

  Hot!

  This is the strongest feeling Du Wei has ever had!

  This is different from the faint warmth that spreads throughout the body after completing the movements of the old magician... After completing Hussein's teachings, Du Wei felt as if there was a raging fire burning inside his body! The flames seemed to be burning fiercely! It even made Du Wei feel like he was in a furnace!

  He was sweating all over his body! The sweat quickly soaked through his close-fitting clothes, and Du Wei even felt parched and couldn't help but want to drink water.

  Hussein, however, pulled Du Wei back with one hand, his face very serious. Then he quickly whispered a string of incantations in Du Wei's ear and said in a low voice: "Remember this well! This set of movements must be practiced with the incantation to have a real effect! But this incantation, the old man doesn't know about it. He studied magic, so he didn't learn these things. I'm not too clear about the meaning of these incantations either, just follow along and do them."

  This mantra is strange, Du Wei sat on the snowy ground under Hussein's guidance, closed his eyes and felt the flames in his body, the heat made Du Wei's whole body hot... just like having a high fever. Du Wei followed the mantra's instructions, feeling the flames bit by bit, then tried to guide them with his own spiritual power...

  Something strange happened!

  Those hot air seemed to be endless, following Du Wei's traction and changing his whole body. Wave after wave of heat came, making Du Wei so hot that he almost fainted. But in the midst of suffering, there was also a strange... comfortable feeling!

  I'm afraid there aren't many people in this world who enjoy being roasted by fire. Du Wei thought to himself.

  Duvie, with his eyes closed, didn't know that the sweat all over his body had soaked through his clothes, and even the snow under his butt had melted.

  That heat was baking his body, skeleton, muscles... silently and imperceptibly repairing some of the weaknesses in his body. Bit by bit, it was changing his body... Of course, these changes were invisible to the naked eye.

  After a long time, when Du Wei opened his eyes, he saw that the sun was already overhead. He sat up and found that it was already noon.

  Hussein sat beside him, with a faint smile on his face: "Alright, the first time will always take a long time. Next time when you cultivate, you won't sit for so long. Just do the movements once and follow the incantation to guide the hot air."

  Du Wei stretched out his hand, and his whole body felt warm and cozy. The cold wind blew on him, but it seemed to have no chill at all, and he even broke out in a sweat. The wind blowing on him made him feel cool and refreshing.

  "Is... this what it means to have inner strength?"

  "It's still early!" Hussein teased: "This is just the most basic way to exercise, and it's still very far from cultivating Dou Qi! The kind of cultivation you're doing now will only improve your physical quality a lot, but it won't make you a master."

  Hussein said in a low voice, "The person who created this cultivation method back then left behind a sentence. He said that no matter how strong a strong person is, in essence, whether it's internal energy or anything else, it's just energy. Our bodies are also made of energy, and when we live in this world, we breathe air, drink water, eat food, all to supplement the energy in our bodies. However, everyone's body is different, some people absorb energy, but their bodies can only absorb three or four parts, while others can absorb more. This cultivation method makes a person's body stronger and more... pure, reducing energy loss and leakage. In the future, when you absorb energy, whether it's eating, drinking water, or even breathing, your body will slowly absorb natural energy... If you're a cultivator, no matter if you cultivate magic or martial arts, you'll practice faster than others because your body has undergone gradual improvement, allowing you to retain more of the energy you've cultivated and reduce consumption."

  Got it...... Du Wei defined this practice method in his heart: it's like upgrading a "single-cylinder engine" to a "dual-cylinder engine"! The effect is even more powerful!

  "Alright! Now go take a bath! You're all sweaty and stink to death." Hussein pushed Du Wei away.

  In this icy and snowy weather, Du Wei abruptly took off his clothes, then grabbed handfuls of snow to rub all over his body. The icy snow rubbing against his scorching skin didn't give him any feeling of coldness at all, it was just as refreshing as taking a cool shower in the sweltering summer. Du Wei was very happy and enjoyed this change... In his view, this method could also satisfy his vanity.

  Rubbing snow on his body in the snowy ground, he doesn't look cold at all... This feeling is very "tough guy", isn't it? Hehe.

  Watching Du Wei happily bathing in the snow, Hussein sat beside the tent. The knight had a thoughtful face, then he let out a soft sigh.

  It's okay like this... I might die at any time. If I die, then no one will be able to pass on these things.

  No matter what... Aragon, your "Stardust Fist" technique has been passed down through me. Although you are my nightmare, as a warrior, I absolutely cannot let this magnificent martial art disappear.

  "Hmm... Starry Sky Fist, let me take another look. If this kid's progress can satisfy me, I might just pass on the true Starry Sky Fist to him."

  Du Wei did not know that the moves he was practicing at this moment were actually the Starry Sky Battle Aura, a martial art that Aragon Roland, the founding emperor of the Roland Empire nearly a thousand years ago, had used to sweep across the continent and become one of the top Saint Knight-level experts.

  Of course, our young noble has only cultivated the most basic physical training method so far. If he progresses quickly enough... perhaps...

  "Alright, let's get going."

  After stopping for a moment, Hussein stood up, waved his hand, and a strong gust of wind blew from under his hand, extinguishing the fire in front of him and covering it with snow.

  Dadanil has returned, he began to gather the tent, and Hussein shouted at Duwei: "Little boy, put on your clothes, I don't want to continue seeing you with your butt exposed!"

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