Mixed Blessing System

After a few moments, Elke had changed clothes and joined Lothur in the training area of her residence.

Immediately upon arriving there, they began their training routine as they had been doing for the past few days. Lothur used his defensive skills to deflect, protect and even counter his girl's blows.

At the same time, Elke used everything she had to try to hit Lothur, constantly under the pressure of having to improve the quality of her movements and attacks to get closer to him.

Seeing this, Hilda was quite impressed, liking the efficient way Lothur handled training with Elke.

'This fellow... Not only is he talented and intelligent, but he's also good at physical combat!' She noted how well Lothur moved and that he was neither too lenient nor too strict with his opponent.

'Every blow he delivers is at the limit of what Elke can endure without her having to deal with injuries that require days of recovery. At the same time, his dodging is just enough for him not to be hit, but at all times, he is within her capabilities.'

'In other words, he'll never get hit fighting like this, but Elke certainly has the impression that she can reach him at any moment!' She noticed this, something even she would find difficult to do.

'How does he do that? Didn't he say he had only recently become a cultivator? Is that the understanding of a novice?'

Hilda watched Lothur and Elke fight for another 30 minutes when the silver-haired young man stopped the battle.

"Elke is about to advance!" He commented, surprising the distracted Hilda, as Elke ran to the bathroom, trying to avoid the previous situation.

Noticing this, Hilda took her previous thoughts out of focus and ran after Elke to watch her during her advance.

Meanwhile, Lothur stayed behind, knowing that his girl did not want him to see her during the spiritual cleansing.

"How are you feeling, Elke? Is there something strange about your body?" Hilda stopped beside the bathtub in that bathroom, where Elke was already without any clothes on her little body.

Meanwhile, the impurities in her body were already coming out of her pores, particularly her belly button.

"I feel normal, just like any other breakthrough, mom..." She said, as she felt the typical sensation of this kind of situation and continued to feel the slight 'sleepiness' over her soul.

Hearing that nothing was wrong so far, Hilda sighed in relief that nothing strange was happening.

Considering the blow Elke had received, this young woman's mother could not help but worry about her in a breakthrough attempt, which had its risks.

But with the current quality of Elke's body, even if advancing was complicated at certain times and in some situations, she felt no difficulty getting through it.

So, after a few minutes, she was able to stabilize her cultivation in the 4th Transformation, resolving the problems of her fleshy body for good.

When she saw that her daughter had successfully advanced, Hilda left Elke in the bathroom to clean herself up while she returned to where Lothur was.

"She made it... Thank you, Lothur." She massaged one of this young man's shoulders while looking earnestly into his silver eyes.

"Madam, Elke is my woman. So, there is nothing to thank for. I will continue to take care of her with my best."

After hearing this, Hilda felt convinced and hugged Lothur as if she were doing this with the son she, unfortunately, did not have. "Very good, boy, you must take care of her..."

Meanwhile, Elke came out of the bathroom with a white towel around her body and saw her mother embraced with Lothur. "You can't take him away from me, mom. That would be terrible..." She joked, making her mother blush in embarrassment.

"What are you talking about, brat?" Hilda let go of Lothur and looked at her daughter with an expression of irritation, her two hands resting on her waist.

"Hehe, I'm just kidding..." Elke moved closer to Lothur and hugged him.

"Well, Elke, time for you to absorb your Soul Bone." Lothur commented while already holding the said bone in his right hand.

Upon hearing this, she became serious and took the Soul Bone from his hand, determined to solve her problems and spend the rest of the night with him without the discomfort she felt in her soul.

"All right, I'll get started!" She said as she sat down in the middle of that area and began the process of fusing with the Spine Soul Bone.

Seeing that, Hilda sat down in a chair, ready to wait for a few hours. 'Absorbing this bone won't be easy...' She pondered, worried about the suffering her daughter would have to go through.

But Hilda was not unhappy. In the cultivation world, it was common to go through trials, suffer physical and mental pain, terrible things to imagine. But with the benefits of those trials, no cultivator would wish to not go through something like that.

And knowing that her daughter would gain something outstanding and fully recover from her injuries, Hilda was happy for Elke.

As the Spine Soul Bone floated in front of Elke, Lothur did not miss the opportunity and began to practice his techniques.

He knew that, unlike him, Elke would not absorb it in a short time. So, he wanted to make the most of this situation to improve himself!

"What are you doing?" Hilda asked as she looked at the young man running from one side of that room to the other.

"I want to practice my techniques while Elke absorbs that bone."

"Oh?" She opened her mouth in surprise but soon thought of something. "Come with me to the other room. I will help you train while my daughter finishes here."

Hearing this, Lothur smiled in satisfaction since training with this woman would be much better than doing it with Annaliese. In this case, his results would not be insignificant, even if it only lasted an hour or two!

"Madame, you can take it a little heavy with me. Use a strength equivalent to that of a 7th Transformation person." He suggested as he arrived at another part of Elke's residence.

"7th Transformation? Didn't you say you were only in 6th?" She asked.

He then replied. "Yes, but my constitution is a little stronger than normal for a person of my level. So, I can take more pressure than I should."

"Very well, but if you get hurt, don't blame me for it." She gestures with her left hand, indicating for Lothur to start attacking her.

Then, he immediately picked up his ax and ran at her, ready for this unique training.

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Sometime later...

Lothur had both hands on his knees while sweating considerably, with drops falling from his face and forming a puddle of water below him.

At the same time, Hilda was standing in front of him, with this young man's ax in one hand, without the slightest sign of fatigue or that she had fought.

"You are not bad at all, but I can see that your techniques are newly learned..." She said as she assessed his performance.

Lothur had not poorly fought. After all, he had already advanced in understanding three techniques, which was hard to see on this continent. But he had not yet managed to put all his possibilities to use.

Because of this, for someone as experienced as Hilda, Lothur's many flaws were transparent!

"Hah... Hah... Madam, thank you for the training..." Lothur breathlessly said as he saw the system warning in front of him.

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