Silent.

Jacques hadn't spoken a word for more than an hour, and he felt that if he opened his mouth to say a word, the last bit of strength he had accumulated in his body would disappear with the sound of his voice.

He felt a voice come out of his mouth to shout:

Stop! I want to rest!

However, the source energy could not control his vocal cords, so he still clenched his teeth, using the residual energy in his tired body to mobilize the source energy, and then the source energy controlled the body to hit the huge sandbag hanging in front of him.

Fist fist kick, fist kick fist, kick fist ......

The only evidence that Jacques felt like his brain still existed was that he could arrange the sequence of punches and kicks and the placement of his blows.

Now the owner of this body is not him, but a will called persistence.

If the rational Jacques had to do it all over again, he would never have stepped into the Transcendental Guild on that day to practice martial arts with Alyssia.

Now he is in this training room, and only he and Fat Orange enjoy special training once every two days.

Tired! Still persevering.

Every time he entered the training room, he used up the day's energy through switchback runs and strength training. Then he faced this sandbag, which was twice as thick as him, and squandered the last of his strength with punches and kicks, until he was exhausted again, and then he entered the state of 'Eight Winds Refining Body' again.

In the past six months, Jacques has been able to get into this state every time he trains, from the first ten minutes to nearly two hours now.

The silence was broken, and Jacques finally threw himself on the sandbag weakly, his body slowly slid to the ground, and muttered, "Fat orange, come and ......"

Fat orange appeared in front of Jacques's eyes, stretched out his white chubby paws, and pressed them on Jacques's face:

"Bless you, servant of the Emperor. ”

The golden light flashed where Fat Orange's paws touched Jacques's face, and Jacques's body twitched a few times as he lay on the ground.

Jacques, who was originally paralyzed and weak like a puddle of mud, felt the return of strength. He turned his face sideways, pressed his forehead against the ground, arched his buttocks upward, let his knees support his lower body, and moved his two hands with gloves to the sides of his cheeks, struggling to prop up his upper body, and finally went from lying on the ground to kneeling. After a few more breaths, Jacques could stagger to his feet.

Fat Orange wagged his tail and asked, "One more shot?"

Jacques shook his head, his steps more steady, "It's recovered, it's not easy for you to accumulate some source energy, one 'blessing' is enough." Today has lasted longer, and we need to hurry to the academy. I'm going to have lunch! I'm going to have 10 portions of beef stew with potatoes. ”

Entering the state of "Eight Winds Refining Body" is a very serious overdraft of the body. It took Jacques three days to get back to normal. So Mentor Lily changed the frequency of martial arts training to once every four days, and ordered a sandbag for Jacques, eliminating Alyssia's sparring partner.

Jacques was able to enter the "Eight Winds Refinery" state every time he trained, which really surprised Naselli's father and daughter, but the two did not say anything, and asked Jacques and Alyssa to keep their training situation tight.

Fortunately, Fat Tangerine recalled a source energy skill, the Blessing Technique, which was a good medicine for Jacques, who was exhausted after breaking away from the "Eight Winds Refining Body", and quickly recovered his physical state and physical strength.

With Fat Orange's endurance support, Jacques offered to increase the frequency of combat training to once every two days, and Lily adjusted his classes accordingly so that he could free up a morning to train at the Transcendental Guild.

What makes Jacques happy is that there are only him and Fat Orange in the training room recently, Mentor Lily suddenly became too busy to come to the training room, Alyssa has always come to train on weekends, and Jacques doesn't need to wait until there is no one to enjoy Fat Orange's "blessings".

Through this half-year training, Jacques' strength, sensitivity, and hand-to-hand fighting skills have improved a lot. Without using the Source Energy Technique, Alysia can no longer defeat Jacques, and only by turning on the "Light Spirit Technique" can Jacques be suppressed. This makes Alysia so depressed that she wants to pick up the big axe and play with Jacques.

Another side effect of the "Eight Winds Refining" state is hunger, Jacques has to get a lot of food after every training, and Jacques has to make up his mind in the free academy cafeteria because he is worried about eating poor old Renault.

In order not to miss lunch, Jacques and Fat Orange are hurrying from the Transcendental Guild to the Academy.

Stepping out of the Guild of the Transcendent, you will find the heart of Port Mousse – Mirror Square. The Square of Mirrors takes its name from the invention of Count Lee Baptiste: the glass mirror, and in honor of his great invention, there is an area in the middle of the square that is not paved with stones, but with glass mirrors one meter square.

Fat Orange sat on Jacques's shoulders, his head back, his tail wagging mischievously, and the tip of his tail hit Jacques in the face from time to time. As Jacques walked down the stairs and into the Mirror Square, Fat Orange suddenly said to Jacques, "Jacques, someone is following us." ”

"Huh?"

"Don't be silent, this man has been around since we walked out of the academy this morning. Now waiting for us at the gate of the Transcendental Guild, he has already followed us to the square. ”

"He's an extraordinary, but not very strong. Fat Orange stood up, went around Jacques's neck, looked in the other direction, and then said, "More than one person, the man under the obelisk, I saw the day before yesterday, he was always peeking at us. ”

Jacques whispered, "What then? Let's go back to the guild? It would be safer to be inside." ”

Fat Tangerine continued to observe and said, "Back to the guild, I saw a third person staring at our whereabouts. ”

Jacques, who had just reached the mirrored floor of the square, stopped, turned and prepared to walk back to the guild. Just as he turned around, a well-dressed old man suddenly appeared beside him, with round glasses, a gray beard, and shoes that were shiny and even more reflective than the mirror floor.

The old man smiled at Jacques, his round glasses shining brightly, and said, "Hello, Jacques Renaud, I am Henry's commissioner of the Investigation Bureau, I need to take your time, come to my office, I invite you to tea." ”