Guards For The Princess

Chapter 21: Cultivation

Despite the introduction, the Commandments Beyond Man, brief and elusive, the procedures of his self-cultivation were very detailed. There are even images of the human body with all the acupuncture points marked to help the reader. For Ardian Prasetya who had been practicing martial arts since young, all of this was not a problem.

Without much thought, Ardian Prasetya then started following the procedure and started training himself. Ignorance is happiness. Ardian Prasetya is young. All he wanted was to learn this matchless technique and defeat Grandpa Prasetya Prasetya. He did not consider whether the technique would conflict with the martial arts he had learned from the second tower or not. Ardian Prasetya did not even consider the risk of death due to excessive body modification.

Now, whenever Ardian Prasetya recalled the incident, he realized that the main reason why he decided to learn the technique was because of the name that sounded admirable. The Commanding Unit Against Heaven, it sounded like conquering a God, taking down a Dragon, and becoming the ruler of Heaven. Ardian Prasetya could not help but get excited while learning an ability that from its name alone was already extremely invincible.

It was not until a few years later that Ardian Prasetya realized this cultivation technique was not the martial art he had hoped for.

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When Grandpa Prasetya found out that Ardian Prasetya had started cultivating using, The Command Against the Heavens, he took a passive stance. Prasetya's grandfather no longer gave Ardian Prasetya any clue, nor did it bother him.

On the other hand, despite the significant improvement in Ardian Prasetya's physique after he started cultivating using this ancient method, but there was not much improvement in his martial arts skills. Ardian Prasetya was still no match for Grandpa Prasetya at all.

Grandfather Prasetya was like a monster boss from a dungeon game, his strength was comparable to that of a player. As the player gets stronger, the opposing boss will also get stronger. If the player is weak, the boss is weak as well. This is very sad for Ardian Prasetya.

It was very difficult to measure the changes to Ardian Prasetya, all he felt was that he became more agile and his sight and hearing also became sharper. He thought this method made him invincible, but it seemed like it only helped him form a strength that did not match his size.

After so many years, Ardian Prasetya who trained without guidance, managed to reach the limits of the first Commandment. Simultaneously, the fifty-month deadline came. Again, on the night of the full moon, Ardian Prasetya visited the cave. However, he was disappointed that he was still unable to open the second stone gate.

Ardian Prasetya was not surprised by the result, as he himself knew that he could not breakthrough from Human to Monster. Since his breakthrough to the Knight level, his progress had stagnated and would only decline if he stopped.

Although Ardian Prasetya told Grandpa Prasetya about the situation, Grandpa Prasetya simply shook his head and smiled at Ardian Prasetya. He hinted that there was nothing he could do about it.

Ardian Prasetya started to panic as the deadline of fifty second months was soon reached. Many years had passed, but he was still stuck at the Human stage. Even though he felt that there was a slight improvement, he still could not open the second stone gate. If this continued, he would once again return empty-handed.

As time went on, he became stronger and stronger, to the point where he was a Monster trapped inside a Human body.

***

He rushed to the bathroom to wash off his sweat. Then, Ardian Prasetya put on his school uniform and walked out of the room.

The villa was still very quiet. Ardian Prasetya looked up at the stairs and thought, "Are the two girls still sleeping?" Ardian Prasetya waited and got tired of doing it. So, he sat down on the sofa and turned on the television and started browsing the channel.

"It feels good to also watch a television program on the big screen like this, I think I should consider about this big television when building my pond later," thought Ardian Prasetya while lying on the sofa..

In fact this is the first time Ardian Prasetya has watched a television program on such a big screen. In his old home, he only had a working laptop and an old tube television.

Ardian spent his life in the notoriously hot Northern region, but now he is in the cold southern region. Although it was still summer now, the temperature difference at night was quite significant, moreover he had yet to adjust to this place. So, he occasionally sneezed and shivered.

Ardian Prasetya took out some tissue paper from the tissue box on the table, blew his nose, and left it on the side.

Because it is still very early in the morning, not many shows have been aired. So, Ardian Prasetya started browsing channel after channel in search of something worth watching. After some time, he was still unable to find a channel that showed anything good. All of them display random images and messages that there is still no program.

Ardian Prasetya then looked towards the television and realized that it was attached to a satellite television box. So, he had to use a satellite television remote to change the channel. The television controller is only used to turn it on or off and to adjust the volume.

Ardian Prasetya may have come from the countryside, but through a fake branded laptop from his grandfather, he was able to access the internet. Through it, he became aware of such a device. After searching around the area, Ardian Prasetya found a remote controller for the satellite box. He then began to browse the channel.

"Hm, this is better!" exclaimed Ardian Prasetya after looking through dozens of channels. He kept pressing, searching, over and over again, until he got along with the adult channel with arranged parental controls. So, he was asked to enter a password.

"Unbelievably, why is there an adult channel in a little girl?" ardian Prasetya. He knew the existence of such a channel, but he had never seen it before. Although the Chinese Widow in the village installed a satellite box in her house, it can only display free channels. So, it is impossible to display adult channels.

Ardian Prasetya was very curious, who configured this password. Is that the hidden desire of President Angkara or maybe Young Miss who is chatty and angry has the same dark activity as it? That explains why Angkara Elvira was so angry when the President of Angkara asked her to stay together.