The Next Defender 144 The Old Man

She had learned all the steps of the second level so she immersed herself in the learning again.

Some precautions were also set, her Contemplation layers were protecting her.

When the old man saw her Five Insights Layers, he was dumbstruck.

This girl did not seem overly confident.

He was sitting crossed legged on some distance.

With her Fiver Layers of Insights, she spread the Zero Stage.

Every deep learning provides enlightenment and every single enlightenment was a treasure trove.

She never learned to give up.

The old man closed his eyes to soothe his popping mind.

He was curious about how she would challenge in one month.

He remembered that he needed to do something necessary, he disappeared from there in an instant.

Jen and her persistent nature continued, there was unique key coding that preordained some natural law in the Zero Stage.

This law was called Evanesce law.

She found key coding to attune the hidden law.

She spread her Zero Stage to its maximum radius to reach every conspicuous and inconspicuous corner inches, that could remain cloister at prima facie.

After setting these measures, she used her Rescind Water Technique to develop a cleansing process of Zero Stage.

It took much effort but a short time.

A week hard effort proved efficacious in cleansing.

Jen did not stop there, she carried along step by step, she carried thirty times immersion state in two weeks.

With this practice, she could ensure that she was in the right direction and every step was flawless probably.

The third week, she took the risk to greater immersion with minimum time s.p.a.ce of one hour.

Finally, she could feel that her efforts were in no vain.

But a fierce question was pounding at the back of her head, if most of the geniuses were taught Evanesce Apt.i.tude, they were definitely taught to find such enemies who were proficient in Evanesce Apt.i.tude.

Thus this immersion was a threat too in case the enemy could locate presence.

There were many other things which were unanswered, like could enemy harm in such state? or how she was supposed to escape without being in the notice?

She felt that it could be noticed if faced higher level, Sage.

Jen threw aside all her thoughts regarding its scope.

She dissolved again and immersed in the surrounding air with greater enhanced caliber, now she should study this immersed state, thinking she leaped straight in her Contemplation, her immersed dominion carried equal force.

This was a good sign, she could mobilize her dominion too if this worked.

She always tryout with her maximum available strength and potential.

This was like trial and error to her, she would find which was the best solution through using what was valid and accessible.

Jen moved from her current emplacement and floated through her dominion.

She traversed considerable distance but it consumed her lot of Essence energy which was not good, she thought it was due to her limited Contemplation restriction.

By and by she achieved what she intended to achieve.

The old man came and sat cross-legged to check her present progress and he was thunderstruck that she was not on her usual spot, where she went? he scratched his beard.

Where has she gone? he was meditating.

"Hu...!" he looked bewildered to see the coming Evanesce Expert, he immediately got ready to fight back.

But to his surprise, Evanesce Expert did not attack him instead slow down the pace and stopped moving.

And next instant, a girl emerged from immersion, and she bowed to him with respect.

"Ah...!" his mouth left agape to see the girl, he was looking like he would lose his consciousness soon.

He spent years and years to expertise this single Apt.i.tude yet this girl learned in eight months.

'Tell me you were the originator of this Apt.i.tude to learn so quickly.'

He was still looking bewildered.

"Is there some mistakes in my immersion...guide me!!" Jen bowed and seek his guidance since she could see the bewilderment on the face of an old man.

"Mistakes...?" old man woke up from his self created a sense of shame.

He felt indeed shameful to spend years and years over an Apt.i.tude while this girl could learn in only eight months.

And to add to his shame, she bowed to him and was seeking guidance, 'who I was to guide you little monstrous girl.'

"You are pulling my leg__He he....right?" he scratched his beard with embarra.s.sment.

"Is there some serious mistake__?" she was sure that the questions she gathered were because of her inefficiency in learning this Apt.i.tude.

"Mum...I am feeling ashamed...!" he grinned.

"Did I lose__on your expectations__?" she felt dejected.

"En...I am not talking about expectations..!" he paused, "Why would I expect big from small girl...!" he shook his head.

"That means I foiled your small expectations...?" she was trying to understand why the old man was at losing.

"You did not__little girl_!!" he patted her head.

"If I were your elder or grandfather__I would have been proud of you_do not worry I am still proud of you_ and I am older enough__!!" he winked laughing broadly.

Jen could not comprehend his ever-changing and winding expressions.

"You did it very well...can you show it to me, how you did it..?" he uttered grinning mildly.

She nodded and in next instant, she disappeared from naked eye vision, she moved around and then sped away and came back after a short pause.

She emerged perspiring.

She needed to practice further so that it could become part of her.

"Hahaha...you really did it well_!!" the old man was overjoyed.

He thought he would devote the last ten years of his life in tutoring this Apt.i.tude some Rapscallion who he would seem agreeable.

He never thought that in less than a year he would be fired from his devoted job, he was thinking ways how he would spend his nine years, apparently bewildered.

Jen could see but could not understand it.

"May I know what made this senior nervy-got-edgy_!!" she asked hesitating.

If she learned the proper and old man was happy for her then why he behaved bewildering.

He scratched his head with embarra.s.sment and said, "Hehe__I was thinking to tutor this Apt.i.tude for ten years to you_yet you learned so quickly_now what I am supposed to do with remaining nine years_!!" he grinned.

Jen."•_•"

In ten years, her great grandfather was supposed to annunciate her next Defender of Celestial Sphere, if she is wasted ten years on a single Apt.i.tude, then she was done for.

She looked on the bright sky, crying over her plight, the old man could see her dejected face, though she was standing right there she seemed distant and alone, the old man shook his head to see her silent complain.

He did not ask her but felt burdened.

Jen could not spend ten years on a mere single Apt.i.tude.

The old man was standing like a broad giant, his beard fluttering with the air.

"Let's forget and visit Astral Manias_!!_ this time; rock there_!!" he winked at the sad silent girl.

The old man was whistling some melody, it was like shaking one from the heart and created soothing effects, Jen heard with pleasure, this void was filled with this melody.

Jen was contented though this old man was completely out of her chart and she never met such kind of person before he was with a transparent heart without any malicious concerns.

They walked along to the Astral Manias, Jen promised to herself that she would remember this old man even after she parted.

Melody stopped abruptly and she looked around, the old man was nowhere.

She entered in the Astral Manias alone.

She took the route which leads to the compet.i.tion demesne.

Slowly demesne got lively with the disciples of Imperium Proficiency Schools, she was standing on a little distance.

There were few hundred disciples with their Intermediate and higher learning's of Contemplation and Apt.i.tude, there were also who tamed Some Attribute too, they were simply more proud and confident than others.

Close to a hundred disciples would show up their proficiency in the Evanesce Apt.i.tude because of a typical study.

Others would compete with different Apt.i.tudes or Attributes.

Disciples were there with great valor and shouting to support their fellows.

It was a huge square, disciples standing around the round alter, cheering to their lungs.

The expected eminent winners were standing like a steel pole not ready to move like a human.

Jen was spot on, could see their confidence filled att.i.tude.

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The old man saw a sharp brow middle-aged man while walking along Jen.

This elder was not on good terms with the old man, thinking this he immersed immediately, this elder was one prestigious elder of Imperium Proficiency School and the old man did not want to implicate Jen.

She was going to challenge in the compet.i.tion, if this elder spotted her with the old man, her challenge would be rejected and her efforts would go waste.

Still, he entered in the Astral Manias after a while to see the little girl

in action.