The Dungeon System
73.Exercise part 2

Adam had placed the 5 IESP behind Dual Slash and was surprised by how much faster and stronger Dual Slash was with the additional amount of Internal Energy.

As the smoke caused by the attack subsided, Adam was shocked to see his short, fat, old master standing there as if nothing had happened.

With his bare hands, he held the two energy blades that Adam launched towards him and had an arrogant expression.

"Hahahaha, good attack, son. But unfortunately, it was too slow and weak to hurt me" his master sneered as he smashed the energy blade formed in his hand.

"I'm just catching the attack because I don't want you to break my dojo, but I still have to give you credit. I never expected such a swift attack from a mere rank 1 novice" the old man said.

Adam saw his master could not help but gape in admiration when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his stomach as his master punched and launched it hurtling backwards.

"The Combat Training is done, for now, recover your energy and vitality, then we can continue" his master ordered.

Adam did as his master instructed and entered the ethereal state of the Ethereal Recovery Skill, where his body began to recover quickly.

While in a subtle state, Adam was repeating what he had seen from the movements of his master, but he still could not see it clearly or understand how he could move so fast that there was a shadow behind him.

After recovering, Adam fought with his master and combat training would only stop when Adam had exhausted his energy reserves or was severely injured.

Adam did not feel that he had improved, but his master noticed that each time they would fight, Adam would have new tactics and his precision and perception increased slightly each time.

As Adam constantly analyzed his battles, while also constantly trying to track his master's movements, he had improved, without him noticing, as he used what he could to his advantage.

Adam used all the dagger techniques he knew, but he still could not land a single strike on the short and fat old man.

After 6 difficult battles, especially Adam who received blows from his master, the whole day had passed.

"Train the child, good work" his master said as he returned to the corner of his room to sleep.

"Sir, do you think I'm improving?" adam asked, wanting to know the speed of his progress.

"Son, it takes time and patience and with your sensitivity, it's only a matter of time before you improve. But for now try to increase your strength because you are still too weak to teach you one of my skills, that you are incapable of learning or using" his master replied convincingly.

Adam needed a senior figure to teach him about the world of cultivation and train him, because he only knew about cultivators for a short time, while the old man had been alone for centuries and wanted a talented disciple, he could trust and could continue his legacy.

As his master started sleeping in the corner of the dojo, Adam after recovering had yet to enter the basement and wanted to see how much EXP he could gain to train his body.

Exercising and pushing the body past the limit, allows it to be able to absorb more energy after it recovers and is one of the best ways to cultivate with a strong foundation.

The foundation of a cultivator was crucial to their strength and progress, and cultivators who relied on pills and medicines to increase their strength instead of working hard, were almost always weaker.

Adam started with just a push-up and after a few hundred, he had not felt tired.

Adam began to understand more about controlling his Internal Energy, which required more control and understanding than controlling his External Energy.

Using his External Energy was the subconscious, in the same way, that an ordinary person did not need to control his lungs and body to provide oxygen to his muscles.

External Cultivation was built on the External Body and External Energy of a person that an ordinary human already possessed, in only a limited amount.

However, Internal Energy was not that simple and was something new and unique to the Internal Cultivators who would store energy within their Internal Bodies, which they can control for all different types of applications.

After observing how his Internal Energy was used when he used the Dual Slash Skill, Adam had an idea how to increase his strength.

If he were to use his Internal Energy to strengthen his already powerful body, which used his External Energy, he would be able to show his strength twice as much by combining them, he said, but he will only be able to maintain the strengthened state for a while. .

Adam used his IESP and EESP and successfully completed 1000 push-ups.

After that, he went on to do 1000 sit-ups and 1000 squats, stopping to recover between them as each of them would exhaust both of his energy storage.

Adam was not sure how much EXP he had gained from the training he had completed, but he felt as if he had made some progress.

[In the morning I would do 1000 push-ups, squats and sit-ups and would run up and down the mountain 10 times. Then I will fight against my master for the rest of the day, giving me time to hunt in the basement at night] Adam's plan, wanting to make the most of his time and the Ethereal Recovery Skill.

With the plan prepared, Adam's mentality was drained although his body could recover with the Ethereal Recovery Skill and finally it came time to return to the dungeon and test the enhanced Underground Prison Form.