Chapter 14: Ice


    An stood and walked toward the depth of the forest. After climbing a mountain, he reached a waterfall. An made his mind to start training in the water aspect of ‘Ice’.


    The Water fell straight down to the mountainside, which created a breathtaking sight.


    An took off his shirt, revealing his well-trained body.


    After training for so long, An’s figure changed greatly as his muscles were chiseled like a masterpiece.


    He jumped down to the waterfall’s center into a smooth rock while the Water from the waterfall pushed him down.


    To understand Water’s characteristics, He needed a direct and personal experience with it, and this was the most effective way he can think about.


    As he sat down on the Rock, An activated his Nen, using Ten to cover his entire body, which will help him greatly as this process didn’t just involve his body experiencing Water, but even his Nen had to experience it.


    One day, two days, three days…


    On the ninth day, An stood up and jumped out of the waterfall.


    After days of being under the waterfall, An was sure that he knew the water characteristics as he experienced firsthand.


    It’s an experience that can’t be described with words as it was just something he could feel with his heart.


    The characteristics of Water are already imprinted in his mind and body.


    An left the waterfall and started climbing the highest mountain on the ind. On that same mountain, a huge tree stood straight, almost reaching the skies.


    After jumping a few times, An stood on top of the tree. This was his way in training in Wind, because the top of the mountain contains the strongest Wind he can think of, An can get the experience he wanted here.


    An once again used Ten to cover his entire body with Nen as he started feeling the Wind.


    He opened his arms and let his entire body get the experience he needed, and in the same way, nine dayster, An had what he needed.


    His understanding of Wind rivaled his understanding of Water.


    With persistence, An was currently familiar with the two attributes he needed to form his Nen’s trait.


    Thest step was to understand the Coldness of Ice.


    An left the mountain toward Mito’s bar on the ind.


    The bar was yet to open as Mito was making preparation.


    Seeing Aning over, Mito asked in confusion: “An, where were you thest few days?”


    An briefly exined what he was doing. Hearing that he stood under a waterfall for nine days straight before going on top of a mountain and standing in the Wind for another nine days made Mito think he was crazy and was d he didn’t catch a cold.


    An briefly informed Mito of his purpose, and although she didn’t understand what he meant, she knew that it was important to An.


    After hearing his reasons foring here, Mito was concerned and asked: “Are you sure you want to use the freezer for training?”


    An nodded: “Yeah, I want to experience being Frozen.”


    Mito suddenly put a hand on An’s forehead and was confused: “Strange. You don’t have a fever.”


    An was speechless. Mito was treating him as if he was crazy. Well, he was crazy, as normal people won’t entertain the thought of being frozen.


    In fact, he didn’t want to do this himself, but there was no snow on the ind, and the only way for him to understand the Coldness of Ice is to experience it in the freezer. But the freezer had more advantages as well because he won’t just experience the Coldness, but he can even experience what it was like to be frozen.


    Mito was still puzzled, but An directly said: “Just let me borrow it.”


    Mito finally epted after seeing his determination: “Well, you can use it.”


    An directly chose a vertical freezer and took everything that was inside it, and removed them with their shelf. After cleaning it up, he put the freezer down, plugged it in power, and adjusted the temperature before going in and closing the door.


    To understand the Ice attribute, there is nothing better than lying down inside a freezer.


    But from another perspective, it seemed like he was lying in an Ice coffin, which was creepy.


    Anid down inside the freezer and started using Ten.


    An felt like he was in a world of Ice as the Coldness invaded his body.


    Less than an hourter, An was trembling from the cold. The Coldness passed through his Nen and into his chest without any resistance.


    His consciousness started fading as he started freezing.


    At this time, Mito pulled the door of the freezer open and pulled An out.


    As soon as she touched An’s body, she felt Coldness coursing through her body and quickly retracted her hand.


    Looking at An again, she saw frost already forming on An’s eyshes.


    His whole body was releasing a freezing cold air, and even his breaths were cold.


    ‘What a lunatic,’ thought Mito while feeling very worried.


    She was a woman, and she couldn’t understand how men thought, the same way men couldn’t understand a woman’s thoughts.


    An quickly regained consciousness and rubbed his hands together in an attempt to warm himself a little. Fortunately, his body was strong, and he could hold on a little longer.


    If he was an ordinary person, he wouldn’t be able to actually stand such pain.


    Even if he was stronger than ordinary people, if he stayed inside the freezer for a little bit longer, he might’ve died.


    He lost consciousness, and if Mito didn’t intervene in time, he would be an ice sculpture by tomorrow.


    Mito didn’t say a word as she hurriedly took An and put him inside a hot bath.


    As An soaked in the bathtub, the Water’s temperature dropped suddenly, and finally, Ice started forming on top of it. Meanwhile, An still didn’t notice anything.


    After a while, Mito walked in and saw An soaked in the bathtub while sleeping, and couldn’t help shaking her head.


    As she put a hand in the water to feel the temperature, she quickly retracted it. She was shocked by the cold water that started to freeze.


    Mito immediately woke An up. As he looked at the Water, he felt strange as he could’ve sworn that he fell asleep in a bathtub filled with hot water.


    He didn’t realize that the Nen he released, whether intentionally or not, contained an Ice-cold property. He thought the Water be cold due to his body being so cold that it cooled the Water down.


    Mito once again filled the bathtub with hot water and asked him to hop in.


    As An did so, the Water once again grew colder, and a few minutester, Ice-covered its surface.