Flora taught the basics of Sword Drawing Technique. It was a simple technique, but it needed a lot of concentration and practice.
So, after teaching him this move, she walked out of the training room and went straight to her bedroom.
"You won't believe what happened." Flora stared at her husband and spoke. Her voice trembled a little bit as she spoke.
"What happened?"
Ben asked curiously.
"He has awakened it." Flora replied.
"Oh!"
Ben nodded his head with understanding, but then he realized something.
"Wait a minute, did you help him awaken it? Didn't you say you would hold on for a week before giving him an explanation?"
Flora shook her head and replied.
"I didn't. I only gave him a small hint at the beginning. He comprehended Sword Momentum on his own. He brought out his courage and used it to manifest his Belief."
"Ben, our son might be more talented than we thought."
Hearing that, Ben looked stunned and confused.
"But how is that even possible? Abstract Element is the Supreme Element. Being a part of Abstract Element, Swordsmanship comes under the rule that breaks the natural order of the universe."
"To understand swordsmanship is harder than understanding the universe. Even though Sword Momentum is the lowest level of Sword Law, it is still a hurdle that most can't pass in their lifetime."
"Could it be that Mighty King helped him?"
Hearing that, Flora shook her head and denied it.
"No! Our son is not a liar. He won't ask for help from that guy. Don't forget why I tried to use this method to make him ask for help from Mighty King."
Ben remained silent for a long time before bursting into laughter.
"Hahahah! My son is absolutely amazing. He will definitely surpass us."
Flora rolled her eyes and said.
"When he got that Artifact, with it alone, he had the potential to surpass us. It's just without the help of his bond, it would put a lot of pressure on him."
Ben shook his head and sat on the bed.
"Don't worry! Since he can awaken Sword Momentum within three days without help, he can cultivate as fast as others. Besides, that artifact will also help him."
"Look at this!"
Ben reached out to his tablet and opened a certain file. In that file, there was a picture of a strange tower and the description below it.
"Is this the same artifact? 'Sky Roaming Heaven Devouring Tower'! What a mighty name. Did they find its information from the Forbidden Land?"
Flora asked while reading the information on the tablet.
"Read till the end. You will find out."
Ben mysteriously smiled and replied.
"The adventure of Three S-Rank Hunters into the Forbidden Land has resulted in some crucial information. The Forbidden Land 'Azure Sky' has become the cemetery for countless powerful cultivators from the past."
"The 'Heaven Stealer', whose identity has become a mystery, was said to have died in this forbidden land. Through an investigation of three S-Rank hunter, they found some of their remains in the forbidden land."
"It was found that someone has already taken his belongings, which might include the Sky Roaming Heaven Devouring Tower. We do not know what kind of artifact or treasure this is, but our experts have some speculations."
"S-Rank Hunter Chris said, 'We believe this artifact holds the inheritance of the Heaven Stealer alongside many other powerful treasures and resources. Based on its name alone, it should be an artifact that has a lot of resources'."
Reading this, Flora narrowed her eyes.
"This is troublesome. If others find out that our son has this artifact, they might try their best to take his life and the artifact."
Ben also nodded his head with a serious expression.
"Flora, why don't you use the resources I've saved for myself? Even if I do reach the next realm, I will not be strong enough to fight them all. But you can. You have a chance to reach the next realm, surpassing everyone in this world."
Flora bitterly smiled and shook her head.
"I can't. It's not about whether I want to or not. I simply can't. My life essence has been consumed massively. Remember, to get that artifact, I ignited my life essence."
"I managed to peer into the next realm, and this helped me replace my life essence with Spiritual Energy. Every single second of my life, I need to reinforce my life essence with spiritual energy."
"So, whenever I do that, I am burning my Spiritual Energy to keep my life essence stable in one place. Once I start using Spiritual Energy for a battle or a breakthrough, my life essence will be consumed massively."
"I have reached the King Realm, and my lifespan is over a thousand years, but igniting life essence consumes more hundred years in a minute. My last battle cost me over eight hundred years of my life."
"So, if I use my Spiritual Energy, my life essence will be consumed completely before I can make a breakthrough. So, you must do whatever it takes to improve yourself for Ken, understand?"
Ben had a gloomy look on his face when he heard that. Although she had explained it many times, he still refused to accept it.
How could he accept it? Cultivation could improve one's lifespan.
Why should lifespan be a trouble for any cultivator, much less a cultivator of his wife's realm?
He refused to believe it, but every time he asked the same question, he was greeted with the same answer.
Flora also knew this. She knew he wanted a different answer that would give him hope.
But she couldn't do that. Even someone of her level of strength almost lost her life in the forbidden land.
If she gave him any hope, she knew Ben would risk everything.
She was glad that she was stronger than her husband.
Otherwise, he would be the one sacrificing his life for Ken. She could accept herself for this kind of sacrifice, but she couldn't accept her husband doing the same.
It was love.
...............
After finishing his training, Ken returned to his room and sat cross-legged.
He entered the state of meditation, where his spirit entered the Spiritual Planet and began refining Spiritual Energy.
After three hours, he stopped.
Three small blue drops of Spiritual Energy floated in front of him. These weren't normal Spiritual Energy.
By compressing more and more Spiritual Energy, he had managed to create almost water-state spiritual energy.
Though they weren't truly in a liquid state. More importantly, all three of these were level one Spiritual Energy.
He released all three drops to his Energy Circuit. Controlling their flow with his Spirit was easy.
As he let it move around his body, it slowly reached his chest, where a large space was formed. Within that space, there was a lot of Spiritual Energy, condensed like jelly beans.
But they had barely filled the space by half. He dropped those three drops into the space and let his Spirit leave the Spiritual Planet.
As soon as he did that, he opened his eyes and sighed.
"At this speed, it would take me four more days to fill up the first Titan. After that, I would still need to spend some time attacking the blockade with my Spiritual Energy."
"Only when it breaks will I be able to reach the First Stage of the Body Tempering Realm. Since I have awakened Sword Momentum, I should start putting more time into mastering Wind Element."
He looked at the clock next to his bed and said.
"Let's go to sleep! I have classes tomorrow."
Because of the effect of Spiritual Energy, he didn't need long hours of sleep. But he had to sleep tonight.
He had spent three days continuously training his swordsmanship for hours and hours. Although he got some clues on his first day, it wasn't that easy to awaken Sword Momentum.
Not to mention, he also had to spend a lot of hours meditating and refining Spiritual Energy. The process was tedious, but he managed to persevere.
As for Wind Element, he could only take one hour of each day to comprehend it.
With just three hours of total training, he had comprehended nothing.
Literally nothing!
But he wasn't worried. He knew if he could awaken Sword Momentum faster, he would be able to spend more time on Wind Element.
And now that he had awakened Sword Momentum, he could spend hours training Wind Element.
Unlike Sword Momentum, Wind Element Training required him to concentrate on turning his Spiritual Energy into Wind.
The problem was that he had a limited reserve of Spiritual Energy. More importantly, without unlocking the blockade, he could only train within his Spiritual Planet.
A planet where there was no wind.
Of course, if he asked for help from the Mighty King, he could instantly inherit the Wind Element and practice it there.
But he would never do that.
So, he had to suffer. But that was for later. Now, he just wanted to get a good night's sleep.