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[ Oh, he's 'Senior' Will now? It makes him smile. ]

Hey, Wu Xin- just so you know? You're still my priority here. So don't feel bad about taking up time. Even when we're not paired anymore, I'll do what I can to help you out, okay?

That being said...I can ask for you, but I still think it's unlikely that the Admiral will allow it, since it's a change to your body. But tell me- is the block causing you discomfort or pain? Problems of that nature? I'm not sure what putting holds on the meridians looks like, especially if you're highly attuned to the change.

I do want you to have means of defending yourself, though. The Barge is not usually...that bad, but it's never completely safe here. So we'll work something out, if the Admiral doesn't go for your request. I know you probably haven't extensively used weapons, but that I'm sure I could get for you. Is there anything you'd be okay with using, or trying? I can arrange teaching for whatever it is.

[ That bright a warm feeling to the young man. He liked that priority, and although he was the priority for many people back where he was from, it wasn't the good type.

It might be because of that that he was a bit more open to answering the next question. It wasn't something he told anyone about. ]

No, not pain. It is simply an adjustment, but not a physical discomfort. The body feels colder now, fatigues easier. Weaker without the ability to draw on that inner force and relying only on this physical shell.

[ Ah, perhaps that was why that acquaintance of his who went through the same thing was always in a fur coat. ]

But that is not something that the release of meridians would return since it is the cultivation of internal force itself that allows all that.

[ Wu Xin smiled gently at Will's a sincere words. ]

Defense is not an issue... After all, this young monk can run.

It's not always an option, running...but I have to admit that you were more adaptable than I was to that madness. Thanks again, by the way.

[ It might be possible to hear the smile in his voice. ]

Okay, that gives me enough to start from. I'll go ahead and ask. Did you run into anything that was...tougher to deal with, in there?

[ Everything? ]

Thankfully the hallways were long and varied, and there were many heroes willing to help.

[ Wu Xin honestly never had to do so much running in his life, or, at least, so much physically running from a battle. ]

But senior is quite welcome.

[ Yeah, that's not exactly an answer, but Will understands anyway.

Will doesn't address it just now. There's a short pause, as the Admiral gets back to him immediately. He'd thought it would take awhile. ]

Can I ask what previous abilities you'd be having a hold placed on, instead of the meridians? I'm not sure what's possible in your world. I assume these are 'more than most humans are capable of' sorts of abilities?

[ That was a difficult question to answer. ]

Humans are humans. Without knowing what other humans of other worlds are capable, I cannot speak for them.

The average man use muscles for their everyday work. The farmer pushes the plow with what strength he has in his arms, trained up from lifting and pushing.

Martial artists learn to use both muscles and their energy. In a person's body, there are pathways for the energy to run, that is what we call meridians. Blood have their vessels, energy have meridians. Now, as martial artists train their true energy with various different schools, they are able to apply that force into everyday things. A palm strike with just muscles could break a table, but depending on a person's force, it could break the table, shatter the chairs around it, or even bring the establish down.

There are levels of abilities in my world. At the highest level, it is said that they have reached the celestial realm and can traverse the world with a thought. Time slows, their abilities are unimaginable. I have never seen one and is unsure if such a person exists at that stage at this moment.

But at the level beneath beneath that, the heavenly realm, a sword strike from a master of that realm can bring down hundreds or thousands, wreck buildings and carve a line right thriving a city... A state which I have not reached.

[ He smiled gently, knowing that was a very long introduction. But now was even the harder thing to answer, what he could do. ]

But I have trained my inner force energy to the level of the freedom realm, the one beneath heavenly, which does make me one of the more established martial artists of my world and possibly the best or top handful for my age.

But force is force, like muscles, that is the state of the person. There might be different ways of cultivating a force that gives it a different flavor of it, but that is just the method in which it was cultivated. What senior might be asking would be the skills that we learn that utilizes these forces.

And... Ahhh... How to explain this. I might have under my sleeves learned quite a number of secret arts, which... May be powerful form of techniques that utilizes my inner force in ways that would be 'more than most humans can do'. They are a varied collection, from lightness abilities used for travel to abilities of the heart that could be used to mesmerize another. And various types of martial arts, of course.

Like the defensive shielding was one of them, and the only one that I could channel energy to utilize, it seems, as it is a form of inner energy that is different from the collection of other arts I have learned.

It is quite difficult to explain it really.

No, I think that will help a great deal. Thank you. Give me a moment.

[ And after a couple minutes of a pause, he returns. ]

I'm sorry, Wu Xin. The Admiral didn't go for it. You'll have to wait until you have a permanent warden.

I know this probably goes against your monk-like tendencies, but- let me know if that cold feeling gets worse, please? We'll try to find another workaround, in that case.

That is quite alright. This young monk thought it was worth a try. Thank senior Will greatly for making the attempt.

The ship is quite warm really. With it feeling like spring all around, there is little to worry about. And the wardrobe senior Will brought me includes the thick winter blankets that were used during the days when white carpeted the temple grounds. It is plenty enough.

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