The Eastern Continent Swordsman

CH. 63 – Aura Locking Technique

"You can't repeat my failure, young man!” Patriarch Yuan Kai patted the shoulder of Zhou Fu who was still within his reach, “if some time ago I wanted you to stay here, I guess now my decision has changed a little. You must continue your own mission. And hunt Shufashen in a more precise time.”

“Thank God if the Patriarch thinks so. Back again to my destination here, I need horse.”

“Don't worry about it, I have a pretty well-trained dark horse. You can take it without having to think about returning it. But with one condition!” Patriarch Yuan Kai clutched Zhou Fu's shoulder as he mentioned his last sentence.

“Terms?”

“Yes. You can't fight with a red aura. If you happen to be dealing with a man-hunter like us, it is certain that your identity as a reader of Shufashen will soon be revealed. Dare to promise?” Patriarch Yuan Kai gave a warning.

In a normal case, a young man who was quite talented though, they would only be able to reach the point of energy aura within the light blue. If there was a young man who transcended the limits of the blue aura at an age that had not even stepped twenty, a certain party would suspect that the young man was a reader of Shufashen.

“Fight without using red aura? How could? Wouldn't a swordsman fight according to the level of inner strength they have?”

“Young man, it looks like your teacher hasn't taught you this. Know, a swordsman can lock their strength at a certain level only. In each fight, you should be able to clear your enemies by using a blue aura. If possible, finish them off by using a green aura.”

Zhou Fu was silent for a moment, he had never thought of such a technique. All this time, he had always used the energy in the red aura to smooth his battle.

“Locking aura is a different thing to hiding aura. If you choose to hide the aura, you need a deep power supply to do so. It won't benefit your position in the fight. It would be better for you to learn the aura locking technique, but not everyone is able to learn it.” Patriarch Yuan said as he let out a green aura from within his body.

“Will Patriarch Yuan guide me?”

“I'm afraid you're gonna need a little while for that. My teacher needed at least an entire month to learn the technique while I, I experienced a rapid increase that was in just seven days. Are you willing to be here for at least a week?”

“Oh I don't think so, Patriarch. Simply the patriarch teaches his basic techniques and I will practice all the way to Judah, what according to the Patriarch?”

Patriarch Yuan Kai furrowed his brows, as he remembered it would take him a whole week with the assistance of his teacher to perfect the technique. But because Zhou Fu mentioned that he was in a bit of a hurry, Patriarch Yuan Kai agreed to his proposal.

Thus, patriarch Yuan Kai directed Zhou Fu to perform a breathing technique coupled with some special moves. Zhou Fu began to take up positions and tried to translate Patriarch Yuan Kai's instructions into movements.

***

“Damn it!” Patriarch Yuan kai cursed when Zhou Fu could even master the technique in two tries, “who was the teacher that guided you all along, young man? Oh, he must be someone who is quite experienced! Maybe someday I want to meet him.”

“Alright then. It's morning, will you hold me and I'll take you to where my horse is?”

“Sure, Patriarch!” Zhou Fu rose to his feet and positioned his hand to grab the body of Patriarch Yuan Kai for him to place it into his back sling.

“Bring me out of here, my horse is in the cave which is right above my residence!” Patriarch Yuan Kai gave instructions and was asserted by Zhou Fu.

As soon as Patriarch Yuan Kai was already in a cradled position on Zhou Fu's back, the man gave a small smile. That smile was a little awkward, as if there was a hidden intent that appeared from the look on the face of Patriarch Yuan Kai.

***

Sure enough, something was wrong with Patriarch Yuan Kai's body. Every inch by inch step taken by Zhou Fu, the body he carried it uterus and continued to experience heavy loads. At the thirtyth step, Zhou Fu felt that he was carrying a weight of three hundred kilograms.

“Patriark, what does this mean?” Zhou Fu asked as he took a deep breath as he began to have a bit of trouble carrying such a heavy weight.

“Preserve in the green aura point as strong as you can. You have to practice a lot to strengthen your physical strength so as not to always depend on the level of red aura,” Patriarch Yuan Kai replied as he raised his weight again.

Zhou Fu shook his head where he felt the burden on his back suddenly felt double again. It was still quite early in the morning but the sweat grains had begun to pour on his forehead, neck, and back.

“Oh, after this the road I take will go uphill. Did Patriarch Yuan have no objection to reducing the weight of the Patriarch's body?” Zhou Fu tried to negotiate, not only was the sweat pouring out, his breathing had also started to dashed.

What Patriarch Yuan Kai did was a special exercise to make Zhou Fu able to survive in a desperate state without having to rely on the internal power supply at the level of the red aura. In martial arts, the use of inner power assistance is very helpful for a swordsman. Moreover, at the point of red aura, a swordsman with a red aura could at least lift a weight of 1000 kilos with one hand without any significant difficulty.

“In the climb later, I will double my weight again. You start getting ready now!” Patriarch Yuan Kai smiled. Every now and then he felt a tremor if Zhou Fu was about to open the blue aura gate but was hurriedly locked back to the green level.

On the other hand, Zhou Fu began to curse inwardly. If anyone saw him then, then the person would at least be astonished to see a young man whose sweat was pouring and his breath was panting just for holding a lame man who was thin.

In fact, the burden given by Patirark Yuan Kai was actually a burden comparable to the weight of a large stone that was likely only lifted five centi meters when lifted by twenty men at once.

“Huh hah huh hah huh hah!!! Damnit damnit! I must be strong!” Zhou Fu pulled and breathed out from his nose quickly enough to trigger his body to be willing to hold on for a while longer until he reached the location mentioned by Patriarch Yuan Kai.

“Enjoy, young man! If possible, I'll add to your burden again. Ha ha ha!” Patriarch Yuan Kai laughed seductively at the young man who was starting to have trouble holding him.