Intense

There was also a side note that because of its sensory nature it could enjoy all forms of delicacies in the wild before others could find them. Also when it reaches a significant maturity it is able to cover its smell completely along with the sounds when it moves. All these makes aether lupis a very powerful hunter even when they are young. Then in the document some of its structural details and its energy paths for attack and senses were also given. A comparison of the 'marthya' anatomy with aether lupis anatomy was also given, so that Ben could understand the various energy pathways. Not all energy pathways of wolf was there in a 'marthya'. So they had to make use of the existing ones effectively. Also if aura is used continuously with the intent for something, meridian paths are often formed in tandem with the purpose. Because ultimately meridians were in extension a plant that was in symbiotic relationship with the body. It could be manipulated to a certain extent. Extensive manipulation was not possible. At least not at the level of a Knight. Ben was really satisfied with the document. He was a bit sleepy. So he went to sleep early.

The next day at school Ben and gang were having a discussion:

Ben: Guys yesterday I went to Pergos to find the animal for the affinity.

Saarsh: How was it? Did find any thing?

Rais: By the way, why did you go to that place? Wasn't there a disaster there.

Ben: Yes, there was a disaster. It was precisely because of the disaster that we went there. Apparently because of this disaster, there were some changes in the environment there mutating the plants and animals around that place.

Jim: So did you find an animal?

Ben: Yes, I did. It was a mutated Gale Lupis.

Roshin: What kind of mutation?

Ben: Its speed and size were much more than the conventional Gale Lupis. I guess it should be powerful if its size is more, right?

Saarsh: Well what is the next step then? How should you make a shamanic animal out of it?

Ben: I need to analyze its body and meridian structure and visualize and make one using my aura.

Roshin: That's it. You will get the powers of that animal.

Ben : (With a haughty expression ) Only Knights are qualified to know certain information!!!!

The rest of the four: Boooo….

The rest of the people in the class who heard this was also glaring at him. Ben was a bit timid. But then he glared back right at them. He was fine with his friends booing at him. But not certain others. His aura was released a bit. Most of them turned away.

Soon the classes started. It went as usual with intense assignments being given every class. This had become a normal thing for everyone. Each and every subject had assignments that had to be completed. But the good thing was that each of these assignments prompted the students to think. They had to find out data, convert it into knowledge and apply it to complete these assignments. This led to the development of critical thinking and creativity from the part of the students. These skills along with keen observation skill were required for the future intense competitive world.

Ben was having one hell of a time. He had much more work than others. Because he had become a martial and because of the skills he got from the 'Samhita' Ben's focus was top notch. It helped him complete the various works that were being given. Ben also required little sleep compared to others. Ben's internal aura training was also coming along somewhat well. Mahaansh had asked him not to train internal aura outside the class. This was because mobilizing internal energy internally , without proper training can cause catastrophic results, which can cause complete crippling of meridians to the death of the person. In the school special equipment were used to prevent the outburst of aura. With this he was having intense training in internal aura techniques. But utilization of internal aura techniques were not that easy. He was not getting the exact combination of meridian-nerve-muscle-organ-bone combination to strengthen an exact part of the body. This was one hell of a problem. Intense concentration was needed for this. Without that, it was impossible to do it. On top of strengthening the part, he also had to do certain martial arts as well. These included boxing and kicking, footwork, defensive stances and evasive skills, grappling skills etc. When performing each of these skills, Ben had to use internal aura to strengthen the respective parts. He also had to learn to transition from one part to another seamlessly, so that the other party does not understand the intention. This technique could also be used to produce feints to confuse the opponent by channeling aura to another part. As per Mahaansh these were skills that would be taught in miliary. But Ben is already a martial knight. So it is better to study these skills now. Other students whose martial seed implantation was done early was also taught like this. 

It took Ben 2 months of grovelling training to be proficient in internal aura channeling. During this time he had also trained in his shamanic scripture. A small mark had formed in his left arm during his practice. He had gained a slight amount of spatial sense. It was not that powerful, but he could at least sense an immediate range of about 1.5 m around him. But this sense was also not that much pronounced. Once all these happened the protection by Dr. Haldert was also gone. But Ben had become proficient in control of his power. Combined with his mental power cultivated from 'Jamadagni Bhavana' and 'Vasishta Vachanam' it was very difficult to understand his progress. But neither Mahaansh nor other teachers thought much about it. They all thought it was because of the intense training by Mahaansh. Mahaansh was very proud of it and had a smug expression.

After these two months Mahaansh began to teach Ben the combination of internal and external aura transmission technique. Ben had become an expert in internal arts now. Combining it with external was not a problem. Within 2 weeks Ben could do it. Soon the martial class turned into spars using aura. He would be beaten down by Mahaansh, healed, beaten down. This cycle went on. His shamanic scripture was also showing progress. Now his arm had a wolf's picture with sparkling patterns on it. His spatial perception had improved considerably. So did his cultivation. He was now a stage 3 Martial Knight. It was a good progress in almost 4 months. But it was not so overwhelming that others would dub him a genius. He was in the category of just above average. The exercises from 'Agastya Parvam' also lost its alure. They could no longer help him anymore.