บท 4: Phantom Kick

The moment they went into the tent, they discovered that their mother was not inside and was beginning to panic.

" where could she have gone to this time around," asked Hannah.

" come let's go search for her" replied Jason as he went outside and was just about to start the search when his mother's voice reached his ears, turning around, he saw his mother with a walking stick in her hand as she struggled to walk.

Giving her a hand, Jason helps her to the hut before asking.

" mother where did you head to".

" I went to meet elder drake for something he promised to me" replied Clara.

Clara turns to look at Ray as she senses some changes in him, and begins to observe him, only after observing him did she know what the changes are as a smile was squeezed out of the painful face of hers.

" not bad, you were able to break through to the 2nd layer of the tempered body," said Clara with a smile on her face.

"it's all thanks to the herbs else I would still be at the 1st layer " replied Jason with a smile.

" that not true Jason, it would have taken others a month or two to make a breakthrough, but it took you a day which shows that your breakthrough was near and the ginseng just helped fasten it. And it will be best you continue to train since you have not utilized the whole medicine effect in your body which will help you a lot" said Clara.

" yes, mother " replied Jason seriously.

" and speaking of training, you won't be training using that method since you have already breakthrough to the 2nd layer of tempered body, you are now qualified to train in martial arts. Here is a leg technique I collected from elder drake, it might be a low-grade leg technique but it should be enough for you to protect yourself from trouble" said Clara as she handed the manual to Jason.

Taking the manual from his mother, Jason was just speechless for his mother to go that far to beg elder drake for manual just so he could cultivate like his peers. With tears in his eyes hug his mother tightly as he spoke.

" I will not let me down mother".

" I am the one who had let you down for not being able to provide for your training due to my condition, so this is the best I can do" replied Clara with tears flowing from her eyes.

Pulling Jason off her, Clara wipes the tears from her eyes as she chuckles before saying.

" you are no longer a child Jason, what will your peers say when they see you crying here"

" if they have never cried since they were born then let them laugh" replied Jason as he also wiped his eyes

" then they are going to laugh at you when seeing you like this, by the way, ain't you going to check the technique out," said Clara with a chuckle.

Nodded his head to the words of his mother, Jason open the manual and the first thing that met his eyes was the name of the leg technique.

" phantom kick" mutters Jason.

" according to elder drake, this leg technique when master to the peak, even a 6th layer of tempered body will find it difficult to survive a kick from you but the requirement for practicing this technique is a Strong leg," said Clara.

" if one needs a Strong before they can start practicing this technique then how am I supposed to learn it," asked Jason.

" since you don't have a strong leg then you will have to train them to be strong enough or even stronger to learn the phantom kick" replied Clara with a smile.

" and how am I supposed to do that" asked Jason

" hmm, you can start by kicking that tree over there" replied Clara as she pointed to the tree that Jason has been using for a pull-up.

" what you are not serious are you," asked Jason hoping that his mother was joking but the words that came out of her mouth was like torture to him.

" yes I am Jason, if you ever plan to learn the phantom kick technique, then you will have to do it" replied Clara with a serious face.

" kicking that tree will only get me crippled mother, is there no other way," asked Jason.

" son the world of cultivation is cruel and frighting, if you can't kick that tree then I am afraid you are not qualified to undertake this path" replied Clara.

Gritting his teeth as he walked to the tree, Jason hesitated before sending a powerful kick at the tree, and then came to the pain surging through his leg the moment his leg came in contact with the tree. Crouching on the ground while holding his leg as he grits his teeth to endure the pain with tears rolling down his eyes.

" don't forget to kick the tree with both legs since it will be more to your advantage if you master the technique with both legs making it difficult for your opponent to predict which leg you are going to use to attack next," said Clara.

" it is already killing me using one leg, now you want me to use the other, how do you expect me to walk after kicking the tree and breaking my legs" replied Jason as he was on the verge of crying.

" you will have to endure the pain and continue since that is also a way to train your mental state so keep it up son," said Clara seriously.

Getting on his feet, Jason kick out with the other leg after the pain he felt on his leg has decreased.

" ahhhhhh" scream Jason in pain as he crouched on the ground with tears flowing from his eyes.

" Keep your voice down, do you have to make so much noise over it," said Clara in annoyance.

" mother your son is in pain and that is the best you can say" asked Jason.

"it's your fault for overdoing it, so why should I feel sorry for you" replied Clara.

" you are the one that told me to kick the tree and now you are saying it's my fault," said Jason.

" I instruct you to kick it, but can't you use your head and think before proceeding, instead of using your full strength in that kick you should have reduced the power to 50℅ then when you can finally cope with the pain of that level, you increase the power again to 60℅ and so on" replied Clara.

" then why didn't you say so and just told me to kick with the other leg," asked Jason.

" that is because the two legs must be equal in power, so it is important you also kick out with the other leg. Come lets go inside, tomorrow you will continue your training" replied Clara as she turned around and begin to head for the tent.