I need answers!

Ivar chose a longsword and he walked towards the sabertooth team leader, William, and asked, "Sir William, Can I also choose to use a bow along with the longsword? Although I can use most of the weapons pretty well, those two are the ones I am best at."

William put on a thoughtful look for a while and answered, "You can, Just make sure to not slack on training both of them. Behind the main hall, there is a target practice area for bow users so you can go there to train your bow skills."

"Thank you, sir!" Ivar smiled and walked back but he was interrupted by William once again.

"Wait! After you are done having food, come to me. I have a few things to teach you about the circulation stage."

"Okay, sir!" 

***

Ivar ate some meat that the sect provided, with his lackeys, Cohen and Aira. After the food was finished, all 25 trainees were summoned to the courtyard.

"You all had your fill. Now, it's time to train! For the people who choose a bow, go to the archery range behind the big hall. As for the other people, you train on the ground in your own way or ask us for tips. That's about it, we will make another announcement in midday."

William then gestured for Ivar to follow him which Ivar complied to.

The two went to a corner of the open area near the eastern hall and William started briefing Ivar, "So, I heard from the commander that you remained unknown about your vital energy even when it started hurting your chest. Was it that you couldn't sense it or you just didn't know about it?"

"I didn't know about its existence." Ivar plainly replied.

"Good. It would have been a problem if you couldn't sense it despite knowing of it. So, Can you sense it now?"

"Yes, I can sense it sitting dormant in my heart. When I first advanced to the circulation realm, It traveled across my body once but it has been mostly dormant since then, except for a little amount of it moving around."

"That's good! Looks like you have completed 1 circulation. Let me remind you that the initiate and circulation stages are the building blocks of the stages that come later. They prepare your body for what comes later. "

"What should I do in the circulation stage?" Ivar questioned.

"Well, It looks like you are going in the right direction. As you didn't know the existence of vital energy before, your subconscious brain guided the energy across your body to complete 1 circulation. And it looks like it's still automatically moving a small amount of it!"

"Yes, sir. It is moving a small amount of it but it doesn't make a significant change on my body like the first time when climbing the stairs. At the last half of the stairs, I could feel almost all of the energy escaping the core in batches and circulating across the body, is that what you call a circulation?" Ivar questioned.

"Yes, that is a complete circulation. Doing it refines your vital energy and makes it more concentrated, it also makes the body strong although not as much as the stage after this one."

"But the most important thing it does to your body is that It makes you used to the vital energy. We non-ability users didn't have that at birth, so we can't control it properly, the circulation stage does just that!" William explained.

"So I also need to learn to control it? Do I guide it outside the body?" Ivar questioned.

Hearing Ivar's question, William laughed and replied, "Just try guiding it outside your body once!"

Ivar nodded and closed his eyes, focusing on the ethereal core located in his heart. He could see that although it was not as full as before, the energy had a slightly stronger hue of green.

He focused on the energy and guided it to his right hand through the vessels, as he tried to push out the energy from his palm, a little green energy did come out but It almost immediately disappeared into the atmosphere. Ivar could no longer sense it!

"Huh? What happened?" Ivar looked at William, who was still smiling.

William said, "Why don't you try again? You never know."

Ivar nodded and tried again. Same result. The energy disappeared into the atmosphere as soon as it came out!

Ivar looked at William. He needed answers! 

"Haha, You see the Vital energy will dissipate when it is sent out of your body, we don't know the reason why, but we do know that It doesn't happen when it's inside our body. But, there is something else, a more destructive energy that we can use outside our body. That is called Aura!" William excitedly remarked.

"Aura? Is that why we call it Path of Aura? How do we make it?" Ivar threw a barrage of questions at William.

"Yes, that's why it's called Path of Aura. As for making Aura…" William paused, scratching his chin, "Even Commander Isshin can't do it so don't think that far ahead. I did ask a rank 4 general and he said, "You will know it when you can! It's all luck and hard work!""

Ivar looked at the other kids already training and got impatient, "Is that all I need to know sir?"

William replied, "There are a few more things. After you complete each circulation, train your body. Every circulation, for lack of better words, makes the strength limit of your body a little higher.

Also, it only makes it higher by a seeable amount in the first 20 or so circulations so by the time you reach 100 circulations, the increased limits will be minuscule. You probably need to do 1000 circulations to get the result of 20 early ones by that point. Although at 100 there probably would be no increasing in limits. Haha"

"So most people do 100 circulations on average?" Ivar asked.

"Yeah. You can go now. Train your body for now. With your talent, It will take you about 2 years to reach 100 circulations while properly training your body. Oh does the energy flow easily—like water— through your body?"

Ivar was surprised with the question and replied, "Yeah, it does!"

"I guessed so. Ok, you can go now. It will take you 2 years of training." William waved his hands sending Ivar away as he flickered away to the base of the mountain.