《Legendary Elemental Knight》
Chapter:Prologue
Earth 2254
With the start of the new century,many innovations gave birth to revolutionary inventions,which made human civilisation and potential reach new heights which were simply unimaginable to the previous generations. At that time there was a prominent figure who was praised as the "Human with the capability of God" Johnny Stark who is said to be the man with the highest IQ ever recorded in the human history. Three quarters of the present world''s technology can be said to be the brain child of him. Many of his theories and research material paved a way for solutions to countless questions that were unanswered since the beginning of time. It was rumoured that he even created a new artificial element which he did not publicise in order to prevent the mis-usage as that element is said to be both stable and chaotic, a mixture which was unheard of before.But right now that peerless genius is in his lab brooding over a problem which even he didinot have an answer to...
*******Main Laboratory Of JS Technologies********
A State -of - The Art technological infrastructure which houses most of the research and development division of JS Technologies of which Johnny is the Head of the department.He is a simple man in a plain T-Shirt and Faded Jeans with a somewhat childish face which was as pale as porcelain,the result of spending countless hours under the artificial lights of OLED Screens and artificial sunrays,midnight black hair with a touch of violet at the tips,providing a contrast that is handsome and ghastly at the same time.Right now that face is scrunched up in irritation and desperation facing a floating ball of silvery gold metal of around 15cm diameter,which is whizzing around him playfully.It was an AI system which he named "LILY"
and the material is entirely comprised of the element which he created himself,which functions as both the body and mind of LILY.
"Master,what are you hesitating about?Do you think oour calculations and predicytions are wrong?" LILY asked with a touch of irritation at her master.
John slowly lifted his head and looked towards her,and said"No LILY,I do not doubt the calculations. What I am thinking over is the end result of them.You know even with our colloboration,we couldn''t come up with a satisfactory answer."
"Hmmm...that''s right.So Master,what are you going to do?Are you planning to finally take it up with the board?",LILY asked in a somewhat dejected tone.
John did not answer for a long time and finally determination could be seen in his eyes as he said"No,I will initiate the project now,I am confident LILY that we can face whatever is at the end of the road."
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What John and LILY were working on is a project if made public would make him go wild, as it deals with one of the most basic and profound aspect of Reality,Quantum Energy and its counter force Void energy.The main aspect of the project is that reality is like a Magnet which is comprised of the opposing and balancing of the two forces QE and VE.On that Theory,what John plans to do is to force them break apart and within a split second bring them back to their natural states so as to understand the energies on a much deeper level,in another words,he intends to create a crack in the reality so as to see why and what makes the crack.
After the decision,he walks upto a room which boats the epitome of human technology,which is the machine that is going to separate the very fabric of reality.After the initial security checks,John walks onto a platform which is lightly humming with energy percepetible even to naked eye and that is where John is currently standing.LILY swiftly entered the initialization sequences and presently sitting on her master''s shoulders.A massive influx of energy swiftly rushes into the platform which then split into 8 rings that revolved around John in a octagonal pattern much like a gyro meter and started picking up speed seemingly becoming a complete circle so as to protect the man inside.And John felt more than saw both energies making up the reality go farther and farther one atom length at a time.After seemingly eons but what was really a split second,reality broke around John who was attentively watching all this happen with wide eyes and mind in over load,suddenly felt as if he has barely scratched the under workings of the universe.When he was jubilantly trying to understand the results of his project,the rings circling around him suddenly started shrinking as the energies which were forced apart started coming back to their original positions so as to eliminate the intruder among them.As the rings started shrinking,he felt his body breaking apart into atoms and sub atoms.Panicking at the sudden blossom of mind numbing pain spreading over his body,he felt more than saw LILY melting into a liquid and envelop his body,then slowly started pouring into his body from every pore,which more that doubled the pain he is currently feeling,and he blacked out.The last thing he remembered is himself being propelled into a hair thin crack which pulsed once before absorbing him and a warm silvery gold glow wrapping around him as a cocoon...
Chapter 1: BIRTH
Darkness¡Deep and all-consuming darkness¡After I slowly regained my consciousness that is what I felt around me¡And in that darkness a rhythmic beat of thumps resounded. They gave me a feeling of security that everything in the world will be alright as long as I listen to those beats. I slowly entered the land f dreams while listening to that soft and comfortable rhythm.
I don¡¯t know how much time I slept in that world of darkness, but suddenly my body felt as if it¡¯s being pressured from all directions. And at the same time I felt a small light at the end of tunnel, and I started moving myself towards that light, that kept getting brighter and brighter.
Finally after what I felt as a soul-crushing pain, I opened my hazy eyes to try to look around my surroundings. I heard someone speaking to my right and I try to turn my head, but no matter how much I try, I couldn¡¯t. It was as if a stampede ran over me. I couldn¡¯t even muster any strength to even open my eyes completely. Then I felt a hard slap to my side, to which I couldn¡¯t help but cry out. That was the incident which confirmed my position, which I felt as both horrifying and amusing at the same time¡
******Mother¡¯s POV*****
My baby¡Finally my baby is born¡From this day onward I will be a Mother¡But wait, Why? According to what my mother told me, the baby should cry the first time, but why is he not crying? No,no,no,no¡That mid-wife who came for my delivery is flipping my baby and gave a hard slap on his back¡.My heart swelled with rage instantly¡and then he cried loudly¡Ah, that¡¯s right¡So it was like that huh? My Son¡
The doors to the room suddenly opened and a man came rushing to my side. He held me closely and we looked at our son who was sleeping, and we felt content with all of us together.
¡°Hahaha, I am a father from today. HAHAHA¡I promise you, Adalina, I will be a great father for our son.¡± Lorvak Dragus, my husband proclaimed loudly while laughing happily.
¡°I know dear. That¡¯s right. We haven¡¯t decided on his name yet¡±.
¡°Hmmm¡Right, how about Azalon, Azalon Dragus?¡±
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The World I was born into is one where Spiritual Energy is given importance. Where strong are worshipped and weak ones having no choice but be bullied. It was a world where Spirits and Spiritual energy differentiate between normal people and cultivators who the people call ¡°Spirit Houses¡±.
Levels of Spiritual Energy cultivation are divided into 9 Realms and each Realm is further divided into 10 levels. The Realms are
First --- Spirit Sense
Second --- Spirit Condensation
Third --- Spirit Core
Fourth --- Spirit Manifestation
Fifth --- Spirit Integration
Sixth --- Spirit Ascension
Seventh --- Spirit Tribulation
Eighth --- Spirit Immersion
Ninth --- Spirit Transcendence.
Every living thing possesses a spirit which was born along with it. This ¡¾Spirit¡¿is said to be the manifestation of the soul which is the basis for Spiritual Energy Cultivation. Generally we cannot see the ¡¾Spirit¡¿, but if one can reach the Spirit Core stage, and then the spirit transfers from the Sea of Consciousness to reside in the Spirit Core.
After the Spirit Core stage, the next stage allows the Manifestation of one¡¯s Spirit outside of the body, through which we can control various techniques and abilities unique to the Spirit, or even bind the Spirit to a Spiritual Treasure which provides incredible battle strength.
Based on the type of ¡¾Spirit¡¿, Elements can be manipulated to a certain degree and they are called ¡¾Elemental Spirits¡¿. Generally only 1 in 100000 will possess an Elemental, and they are treated as National Treasures, as one Elementalist is generally equal to 10 normal Spiritualist.
If you come across this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it.The last stage, Transcendence is the stage which is present only in legends and fairy tales. Currently no one in the present time has achieved that stage. It is said that once that stage is achieved, it will be like the existence of Human Soul in a Spirit Body. The boundaries between Spirit and Human will be completely erased and one achieves a state of ¡°Being One With The Spirit¡±, where Everything is Possible and Nothing is Impossible.
Each Realm is divides into 10 stages, which are classified as Initial, Middle, Late and Peak. 1-3 stages are called as Initial, 3-6 as Middle, 7-9 as Late and 10th stage is called Peak. And each stage is generally called with different names. The first 3 Realms are Beginner, Disciple and Core Master. Since from the 4th stage Spirits are involved, they are known as Spirit Lord, Spirit King and Spirit Emperor. The 6th stage represents the true immersion into the Spirit World. Hence from they are known as Spirit Deity, Spirit God and finally the highest Realm, The Spirit Legend.
Elementals are of 7 basic elements, 2 Hybrid elements and 2 Divine elements. They are
Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Lightning. Light and Darkness as Basic Elements, Wood and Metal as Hybrid Elements and finally Void and Nature as Divine Elements.
Generally humans are born with a single Spirit with a single attribute, but once in a while a person may be born with multiple Spirits. They possess an overwhelming Soul-Force and monstrous strength because of the advantage of Spirits over their opponents. These people rose to prominence many times, so any child with multiple Spirits is generally very generously by the Kings and Emperors of different kingdoms so as to rope them into their factions and expand their rule by relying on their strengths.
But most of the people are not fortunate enough to enter the cultivation ranks because of various circumstances, so they generally progress using Body Cultivation Martial Arts, which possess the same ranks as Spirit Cultivation. They are known as ¡¾Knights¡¿and are ranked on color of the Aura they emit as they progress on their path of cultivation.
First --- Red
Second --- Orange
Third --- White
Fourth --- Silver
Fifth --- Gold
Sixth --- Black Gold
Seventh --- Black
Eighth --- Grey
Ninth --- Colorless.
While Spirit Cultivators use Spirit Energy as nourishment for Soul and Spirit, Body Refiners absorb Spirit Energy to refine their muscles and bones to transcend Realms. But generally a Knight will not be equal to Spiritualist of the same Realm. This difference will be more pronounced from Core level Spiritualists as they step into the world of Spirits which more than doubles their battle proficiency when compared to Knights.
Not only humans are capable of cultivating Spirit Energy. Even before humans have started their journey into the Spirit World, beasts naturally evolved so as to incorporate Spirit Energy into their bodies. But as they lack the comprehension to completely assimilate their abilities with the Spirits, their usage can be called Instinct based. But the major deciding factor is that they refine their bodies with the excess energy, so even though they the beast may not possess strong martial arts; they boast highly resilient bodies and aggressive nature.
After a beast dies, the spirit dies along with it, but the assimilated energy core in their bodies provides a good cultivation resource or to be used as base materials for divine weapons. Some of the cores even have Elemental affinities which give the weapon it is made into the same Elemental attack abilities.
And the last of the professions are the Auxiliary Masters. There are 3 of them namely Alchemists, a Spiritualist with dual-affinity of Wood and Fire, Spirit Blacksmith, a Spiritualist with dual-affinity of Metal and Fire and Rune Master, who uses Spirit Energy to form Runes.
This is the world which I was born into, [Shandra]. , a chaotic mess of a world but which provides countless treasures, adventures as well as number of battles and killings. A place where Law of the Jungle ¡°Kill or Be Killed¡± is practiced in its very basic form¡
Chapter 2: Pride of Parents
It¡¯s been three months since I was born in this world. After some great troubles, I can somewhat control my body to some extent. Even though I can¡¯t walk or crawl, I can move my head and eyes to observe my surroundings. My mother will always be with me along with another maid, who takes care of my not-so-proud things but I think it can¡¯t be helped since I was a baby. But that doesn¡¯t mean I can simply nod my head and accept it. Let me say it feels extremely mortifying. I was one of the leading scientists in my world. The one with the highest ever recorded IQ. Gah¡ Grow up fast, you useless body¡
Anyway, let¡¯s put aside my embarrassing events and talk about the thing which I couldn¡¯t wrap my mind around. One day my father came to me along with an ancient looking old man. That old man looked at me as if I was an interesting specimen on which he couldn¡¯t wait to get his hands on. It was terrifying and I started crying before I knew it. Now I know how my lab rats felt whenever I walked up to them. Sorry, my lab rats. It seems I will be joining you guys soon¡ But he didn¡¯t make a move. He just stood there like a statue.
¡°[Do it, Lorvak]¡±, he said in a voice that is grating on my ears.
Hmmm??? Wait a moment¡ I felt something different. Yes, his words are in a different language but I can somehow understand them. It feels as if my brain is translating the language automatically. *Sigh* at least I can understand them but I have a feeling that will not be enough. That language is something entirely different from what I know. I can speak in almost all of the languages on Earth, but I never once came across this dialect before. What¡¯s going on here? Where is this place? Before I could think more, I saw my father move.
My father exchanged a look with him and took me in his hands. He gently lifted his hand, which immediately started glowing with a pale yellow light. I was baffled by the sight. How did he do it? I don¡¯t think this world is advanced enough to produce bio-fuelled LEDs, which were multi-utility entities in my world.
He laid his hands on my chest and that light was absorbed into my body as if my body is sponge absorbing water. I immediately felt as if I was up in the clouds. My body felt light, strong as if I could do anything if I could use that energy. But that feeling disappeared just as it came, leaving me with a craving for knowledge on workings of that energy.
*******Lorvak''s POV*********
Today is the day we will be testing Azalon on his aptitude for Spirit Energy. An Elder of my family came along with me to test my son and record his aptitude in my family records. We entered the room where I thought my son is sleeping. I discovered that he is not sleeping but looking around his room as if he found something interesting.
It¡¯s been like that ever since he can move his eyes and head. He will be looking all around with eyes that were sparkling with intelligence. I sometimes feel that my son who was only 3 months old is an experienced person who didn¡¯t know what he was doing here and trying to find that reason. But then again I look at him and he will look at me with those midnight black eyes and I forget everything as a feeling of love swells from my heart. I have a feeling that my son will become an extra-ordinary figure in the future. He will take y family to an unprecedented heights and I feel pride when looking at my son. Is this how parents feel when they look at their children?
He looked at us or more likely he looked at the elder who came with me. His look changed greatly and he immediately started bawling like his life is in danger. I almost laughed out loudly but held back at the last moment. It would be an insult to the exalted elder if I laugh at the sight of my son being afraid of him.
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¡°Do it, Lorvak¡±, the elder said in a rasping voice.
I immediately took my son in my hands and concentrated my Spirit energy into my hand which glowed with a pale yellow light. Azalon immediately stopped crying and looked at my hand and I swear to God that I could see an intelligence that should not be there flash in his eyes. I dismissed that feeling immediately as my imagination went rampart. I then channeled my energy into his body to see how much his body could handle.
Some of you may feel that this is very dangerous as there can be an accident or his body may be in danger. But Spirit energy is not dangerous. Everything is born with a Spirit, there is no exception. So when someone injects one with Spirit energy, that energy will resonance with their Spirit because Spirit is a manifestation of one¡¯s soul which is formed of Spirit energy. Moreover I am taking extra care to inject him with the mildest energy that I am capable of producing.
His body absorbed my energy as if it¡¯s a desert on which rain has fallen. Not a single strand of energy leaked out. I was astonished and dumbstruck. It¡¯s true that was a small amount of energy and also the mildest. But not leaking a single strand¡ I was surprised and immediately elated. I immediately channeled more of my energy and this time its color is somewhat more concentrated that before.
He absorbed it yet again completely. This happened two more times before his body started glowing lightly. That was the sign that his body reached its limits and he has to refine that energy first before he can absorb energy yet again. This is the cycle that is the basic of Spirit energy cultivation.
Azalon is sleeping in my arms with a content expression on his face. I felt proud that my son has such high aptitude with Spirit energy. I gently laid him in his cradle and turned to look at the elder. He nodded lightly and we moved back to my chamber to discuss about Azalon.
¡°Elder, what do you think of Azalon?¡±
¡°He has the highest aptitude I have seen in my lifetime. But I have a feeling that it¡¯s not that simple. Even though he can withstand high quantities of energy, if he cannot refine that energy into Inner Energy, it will be a waste. We can only hope his comprehension ability will be high enough along with that resilient body¡±.
¡°You are right, Elder. I was a bit impatient.¡±
¡°Don¡¯t worry, Lord Lorvak. Everything will be according to the Spirit World. We can only hope for the best¡±.
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My body feels great. All that energy within my body fills me with a feeling of floating high over nine clouds. I try to observe that energy to analyze it but in a moment it splits into 10 parts, of which 8 of them move towards my chest and disappear as if something absorbed them greedily. One part with the most concentrated energy moves towards the abdomen just below my navel region, which then disappears just like the other 8. The last part with a pitiful 1% of the total energy was left within me, which dissipated outside before I could even react. I was astonished at this phenomenon.
I was left with more and more questions and very little answers. What is that energy? How did my father do it? Where did it go? Why did it divide into different parts and get absorbed? Is there something wrong with my body? Hmmm¡ Questions, questions¡I was a research scientist and I feel this is worth researching¡ Yosh, Let¡¯s Do It.
Chapter 3: Research, Discovery and Hopelessness
Ever since that incident with my father and that scary old man, I have been trying to reproduce what my father did with my hand. But no matter what I do I couldn¡¯t do it. I feel something crucial is missing. That¡¯s when I remembered that energy that I felt inside my body¡
If my theory is correct, that pale yellow light that my father had on his hand is that energy. But how did he do it? When I started concentrating on that energy, I felt that same type of energy around me. I tried to pull that energy into my body. It started moving toward me at an almost snail¡¯s pace.
I concentrated hard, imagining myself as a pool where that energy will accumulate, as I started imagining that, it started moving faster and faster and finally entered my body. It was a miniscule amount as if a part of a drop in an ocean, but I was happy with the result.
But before I could observe that energy, it immediately split into 10 parts, and the same incident repeated as it did on that day with my father. This time that phenomenon is even faster.
I was again left with a pitiful amount within me. I immediately tried to move it to my hand but no matter what I do, I couldn¡¯t control that energy. After sometime it will dissipate into the atmosphere. I felt as if none of my questions are answered.
After some thinking, I felt that was not the case. I got some of the questions answered. Moreover they are the basic questions from which I was confident I can find out the answer to the other questions that came up.
First of all, I now know where that energy came from. It¡¯s all around me in the earth, air, even water I drink. We take in that energy from the atmosphere into our bodies and we can even manipulate it like my father did. But why can¡¯t I do it? It¡¯s like I am missing something crucial. Like using chopsticks, I can see them but I can¡¯t use them efficiently.
Next I tried to find out where that energy is going after it is absorbed into my body. So I repeated and repeated absorbing energy and try to follow those branches to see where they are going. After almost hundreds of tries, I finally saw one of them and it was a shock which almost blacked out my mind.
I concentrated on the most concentrated part of the energy which gets absorbed into my lower abdomen, as it felt easy to follow than the other 8. Initially I couldn¡¯t follow it but after repeated tries, I finally followed it to the end to see a silvery gold metal ball absorbing that energy. I stared at it like an idiot for a long time before gathering my senses. That was LILY. There¡¯s no mistake. That was really LILY.
LILY, my AI assistance system in my world created from an element which I created. How? Why is it inside me? Why is it absorbing energy? I once again absorbed energy into my body and followed it to confirm again. As I was observing LILY, something happened. As she finished absorbing that part of energy, the ball started glowing and started slowly melting and shrunk a bit. I went almost crazy looking at it. Tons of questions started popping into my head of which I couldn¡¯t find a suitable answer.
It took a long time before I cooled down. As one of my question felt answered, it gave rise to another load of questions. So I decided to wait and slowly try to understand the situation. I decided to postpone trying to analyze it. I felt that the present situation couldn¡¯t be answered by any conventional methods. A lot of information is missing to make heads or tails of it.
So first I have to get my hands on some information source. If I want to do that, I have to move first. Yes, from tomorrow, let¡¯s concentrate on moving my body around. As long as I can walk, I can learn more of this world.
*****Almost 6 months later******
I am currently sitting on my mother¡¯s lap listening to her read the book. I discovered that even though my mind translates the sounds, I can¡¯t read them. So I am trying to learn the language first.
At first I tried to read thinking that whatever is translating the language will also work on words too, but I was wrong. SO I started asking the maids who will always be around me to read them but even they don¡¯t understand all of the words. Hmmm¡is literacy rate that low in this world? Check on the List of Investigation¡
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The language is somewhat similar to Chinese dialect in my world with some twists and turns here and there. As I could almost speak all of the languages on Earth, this took almost little time to master. Now I could talk with my mother almost normally. It seems like even though my mind has the knowledge; my body has not grown enough to utilize that knowledge freely.
No problem¡ If I want to talk, I can do that after sometime. But since I have almost complete grasp of the language I can now try to read the books in the library to understand my current situation.
I started looking up the books in the library at my home for information on this world. After almost a year of waiting I can now gather data to try to answer some of my questions.
First of all, I have to research on the history of this world. If I do that, I can understand the basic knowledge on the working and intricacies. Hmmmm¡. Let¡¯s see¡ Ah, there¡ ¡°Complete History of Shandra¡±¡. That book seems like it contains important information and that is what I need the most right now¡
I took down the book and started reading. It seems like the world I am currently in is called ¡°Shandra¡±, which contains 3 very large continents and most of the world is covered by a vast ocean. The continents have never been fully explored. At most it can be said that humans have covered only about 40% of the total area.
The continent I am in is called ¡°Soaring Dragon¡± continent as it is said that once dragons used to rule this part of the world before they were almost completely eradicated in the war between different species almost 10000 years ago.
I was gaping with my jaw in the floor when I read that part. Dragons, you say? Those mythical beings exist in this world? And they were almost eradicated? How? Who can do that? Doesn¡¯t mean that there are existences which are stronger those dragons????WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THIS WORLD??? I fell like banging my head against the wall¡ Fuuuu¡. Calm down, Johnny¡
Anyway continuing on, the continent is divided into 4 parts by a mountain range that divides the land in the shape of an ¡°X¡±. The Snow city which I am currently in is part of Northern plains ruled by His Majesty, The Emperor. And it seems like my father is the Mayor of this city.
Hmmm¡ that is somewhat re-assuring if you ask me¡ Why? Because if your father is a somewhat important figure, then you can have freedom to move around without anyone asking you unwanted questions. Even if someone is brave enough to do that, you can intimidate them with the position of your father¡
Going on, it seems like this is a world which relies on what they call ¡°Spiritual Energy Cultivation¡± instead of science and technology. SO that energy which I felt was called Spiritual energy huh¡And the levels, basic information are described in detail in that book. I digested that information and tried to match it with what I have felt and seen in the previous year. I felt as if I have got a rough idea on my present condition but¡. There is one question which has been particularly on my mind ever since I have gained consciousness¡
WHY DID I END UP HERER? WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT EXPERIMENT? And the one who can provide the answers is currently sleeping in my body. A sense of hopelessness enveloped me. It felt as if I don¡¯t have any energy left to take another step forward. But I can¡¯t give up right now. First of all I have to wake up LILY. For that I need to provide her energy, but how much does she need to wake up? I can only absorb the energy and hope that she wakes up soon. And I have to decide what to do in this world. I have a hunch that I can¡¯t go back to my original world. So I have to decide my path here¡ Since I have been given a fresh start, let¡¯s explore this new world which is different from what I know¡ Let¡¯s see what challenges this world will throw at me¡Yes, whatever happens I am a scientist¡ and how many will face this type of situation like me??? Let¡¯s make the most of it¡
New chapter guys... I tried to make MC feel as a realistic as possible different from the OP MCs who are strong from birth... I feel like the reincarnation theme will scare anyone to the point that of crapping the pants... So i tried to reproduce those feeling in this chapter and get over those feelings with his passion... Comments Please...
Chapter 4: Martial Arts Pavilion
After making my decision on my predicament I am right now concentrating on waking LILY as my first priority. So except for the time where I will be eating or playing with my mother, I will be absorbing energy from the atmosphere. I even tried to make the remaining energy to make its way to LILY to lessen the time of her waking even a little. Like that almost 5 months passed. Life became almost monotonous. Eat, sleep, play with my mother and absorb energy. Even though I can¡¯t freely manipulate the energy in my body, I became somewhat proficient in guiding that energy slowly in the way I want.
Another thing I discovered as I tried to analyze that energy is that it felt somewhat closer to something I knew. What that was, I don¡¯t have an answer right now but I have a feeling that it will become clear in the future. I have a feeling somewhere in the back of my mind that it is taking more time than necessary for LILY to wake up. It¡¯s like a stalled car engine and need to jump start.
But what I didn¡¯t know that we can¡¯t manipulate the pure and wild Spirit energy like I did. If anyone knew what I am doing, they will go crazy and look at me as if I am monster¡
One day, as I finished my eating and planning to go back to my room to start absorbing energy, a maid came to me and said that my dad is waiting in his study and I am to go meet me there. I nodded my head and started walking to my dad¡¯s study.
My dad¡¯s study can be called his office as he makes his administration from there. I stood outside the big carved doors and lightly knocked.
¡°Come in, Azalon¡±.
I opened the doors and walked in. Inside is my father along with that scary looking geezer whom I say on that day. I lightly bowed to him as I have heard from my mother that he is a respectable elder in my father¡¯s clan. I looked towards my father and asked,
¡°Did you call for me, Father?¡±
¡°Yes, we are going somewhere. Get ready in an hour. ¡±
¡°Yes, Father¡±, I bowed as I turned around and walked to my room.
We left the mansion in a carriage after an hour. It¡¯s my first time leaving the mansion and I was looking at the surroundings. My dad and that elder are talking in hushed tones and no matter how much I concentrated, I couldn¡¯t hear them. Then I had an interesting idea and I berated myself as to why I didn¡¯t think of that soon. I tried to absorb the surrounding energy as it became an instinct in the last year and half, and just like that energy was absorbed, divided, disappeared which left me with a trickle. I concentrated and imagined that energy moving towards my ears, strengthening my hearing.
As I willed, that energy started moving to my ears, and suddenly noise exploded in my ears. So much that I couldn¡¯t keep my mind going blank and there is nothing but noise. I gave a low shout and collapsed unconscious.
I woke up groggily and with ringing ears. I looked up and saw my father shaking me and saying something. I could hear nothing but white noise. Slowly my hearing came back and I heard my father scolding me for falling asleep in the carriage. I woke up and looked outside to see a huge arch with two metal gates with a name written above the arch ¡°Martial Arts Pavilion¡±.
I looked towards my father and saw him exchanging a look with the elder. He then grabbed my hand and we got down from the carriage and walked towards a middle aged man standing beside the gates.
As we walked to him, he bowed to the elder and my father and said, ¡°Elder, welcome back. Lord Dragus, Welcome. Oh, he should be the Young Master, right?¡±
¡°That¡¯s right, Leo. He is the one meeting with the Head Elder today¡±, the elder replied.
I didn¡¯t know what to do. If it was my past world, I would have walked up to him and give him a handshake. But that is not the custom here. So as my mother taught me, I took two small steps, lightly bowed with cupped hands, as I am the son of the city mayor I can¡¯t bow low, and greeted him.
¡°Azalon greets Elder Leo¡±.
My father looked at me with pride in his eyes and Leo and that elder looked pleasantly surprised that I could greet him with such etiquette.
¡°Good manners. But I am not an elder, Azalon. You can call me Uncle Leo.¡±
¡°Azalon greets Uncle Leo¡±.
¡°Good. Now let¡¯s go to the Head Elder¡±, the elder said to Leo.
He nodded and his head and lead us inside the pavilion. The pavilion is wide and beautifully maintained. We were walking a blue stone path in the middle of a well maintained lawn. We reached a 4- storied building at the end of our walk built of completely white stone like material. I couldn¡¯t help but look at that stone as I never seen such a material in my past life. My father saw me looking at the building interestingly.
He lightly laughed and said,¡±Azalon, this building is made of white stone called Spirit Stone. It is mined at places where Spirit energy is concentrated. It forms when Spirit energy gets absorbed into the natural stones after a long time. Sometimes it takes tens or even hundreds of years to form the mine of Spirit stone. That¡¯s why it is very costly. Even I can¡¯t afford the material cost of this building. This is built by the empire and we are just maintaining it¡±.
Unauthorized content usage: if you discover this narrative on Amazon, report the violation.That makes sense. So it is a rare material huh. My hands are itching to take a sample to experiment. But I don¡¯t have the proper equipments. Ahhh, how much I miss my state of the art laboratory. My mood became instantly broody.
We walked inside the building and I stood there gawking with my mouth open. If I have to compare the inside with something from Earth, it can be said that it resembles the reception area of 5-star hotel. The entire floor is white stone, the same material of the building. The walls are decorated with various paintings and murals depicting various legends of the country. A crystal chandelier is hanging from the ceiling lightly clinking with the flow of the wind. Various cushions are placed in the area for the visitors to sit and three maids are serving drinks to them.
I rubbed my eyes as I saw something very, very different from the name and purpose of the building. This is a martial arts pavilion, you know. Why is there such a luxurious area here? Leo turned towards a pair of doors at the end of the hall. We walked up to them and he lightly knocked.
¡°Come¡±, replied an elderly but commanding voice from the other side.
My father and the elder entered along with me as Leo bowed and left. We entered into a simple and efficient looking office like room. This room gives off a very contrasting feeling to the extravagant atmosphere just outside the doors. An elderly looking lean man is standing looking out of the window facing his back to us. He is clothed completely in white with a light hunch.
He turned towards us. He is according to my estimation around 80 years of age with a long white beard and long eyebrows falling to his cheek bones. He is completely bald and I could see a character like thing on the middle of his head. His face is full of wrinkles and he looked as if he would flow away with a strong wind. But contrast to his entire image, his eyes shone full of vitality as if only his body has aged but not his soul.
¡°Lorvak pays his respects to Head Elder¡±, my father deeply bowed to him. I copied him, as if even my father has to bow to him, what can I do but do that huh?
That elder lightly laughed and said, ¡°How are you Lorvak? It¡¯s been a long time since I saw you last¡±.
¡°I am fine, Master. It¡¯s been a long time indeed. I was made mayor when I last saw you and you went into closed doors training to attempt to break through.¡±
¡°Hmmm¡ that¡¯s right. Even though I couldn¡¯t break through after all that years I feel as if I can reach that stage very soon. It¡¯s enough about those matters, Lorvak. You said that your son¡¯s body can handle 3 times the normal energy that a human can withstand. Is that true?¡±
¡°Yes, Master. I brought him with me so that you can test his condition and provide him with the basic steps¡±, my father replied with another bow.
I couldn¡¯t make heads and tails of the conversation here. Master? This geezer is the master of my father? Like martial arts master or someone of higher authority than him? Before I could understand, my father lightly pushed me in the direction of that elder. I suppressed my curiosity and looked up at the elder. He is looking at me with those eyes as if he is searching my soul. I felt an immense pressure coming from him and I can¡¯t help but break into cold sweat.
¡°Come here, boy¡±, he said in that commanding voice and my body moved automatically as if it couldn¡¯t refuse that order.
The same scene as on that day with my father repeated here. He lifted his hand and it glowed with light azure light in contrast with the pale yellow light of my father. So there is difference in colors of energy? He laid his palm and that light rushed into my body but different from my father, the light on the palm of the elder did not disappear but instead started glowing with a thicker color.
After sometime my body felt full of energy but he didn¡¯t stop the input of energy. My body kept on absorbing that energy and it felt as if I am a water pack on the verge of bursting. Suddenly his palm flickered once with bright azure light followed with a rush of energy into my body like a dam broke out.
My body felt like it is bulging out and pain flooded my entire being so much so that I felt that my very fiber of life is in torment. It was the first time I felt so much pain in both my lives. Amidst that pain, suddenly I heard a faint crack, like something broke under that relentless rush of energy. Along with that crack, the excess energy slowly disappeared completely and left me with a comfortable feeling all over my body. But the lingering effect of that pain still planted itself in my mind.
I recovered slightly and looked around to find myself curled up on the floor. I looked up to see my father with a concerned expression and the two elders with surprise on their faces.
¡°Looks like what you said is not incorrect, Lorvak. His body can indeed endure higher levels of energy than normal human. All that¡¯s left is to test his comprehension level. If he can refine even a fraction of that energy which he can absorb, he can reach unprecedented heights. Maybe he can even reach the Realms which even I can¡¯t reach in my lifetime.¡±
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Chapter 5: Spirit Refining Technique
After he said that to my father, the Head Elder looked at me deeply. He went silent as if thinking about something. A long time passed and he seemed to come to a decision.
¡°Come with me, Azalon. You two stay here¡± and he started walking towards the doors. I got up and looked at my father.
He nodded at me and I went after the Elder. We went towards the stairs and he started telling me about the pavilion.
¡°The pavilion contains various martial art techniques and body refining techniques. Usually there will be a Guardian here to check the Realm of the cultivators and assign the floor level in which they can select at most 3 techniques pertaining to their Realm. They can¡¯t take them out but they can stay here and comprehend them. That way we can prevent copies and theft of the techniques here.¡±
I nod my head at the explanation. It seems they follow the same method various libraries use in my previous world. But there came a doubt at his explanation. And I took a chance and directly asked him about it.
¡°But cant the ones who study them copy the technique after they leave the pavilion? And why are there only 4 stories in the building?¡±
He turned his head and looked at me with surprise on his face. It seems he didn¡¯t expect me to understand that much.
¡°It seems Lorvak really is blessed by the Spirits. To answer your questions, let me answer the second one as you will understand the first one by yourself after you experience it personally. This pavilion contains various techniques for the first 4 Realms and a single technique for the 5th Realm. As to why, the techniques for higher realms are rare and powerful. They are provided by the Kingdom at the capital or various academies and sects.¡±
¡°That is because, they can¡¯t let go of the expert at that level who can be considered True Spirit Power House. Since they are not usually tempted by treasures, they are lured in by powerful techniques or Spirit weapons. Understand?¡±
Oh, that was the case. Kingdom, Academies and Sects huh¡Hmmm¡ ¡°What is the difference between a sect and academy?¡±
¡°Sects are generally formed by a single family and if you join a sect, you have to pledge loyalty to that sect. but academies do not have that condition. They are entirely dedicated to study and development of Realms and various Professions.¡±
Aha¡ A Sect is like a company and Academy is like a University huh¡ As we were discussing about them, we reached the top floor which is a 10 by 10 meter room with 8 pedestals placed around the room. There are 8 books placed on them. I knew they were the top techniques beside the single powerful one that is available in the pavilion. He then turned towards me and
¡°Azalon, do you know about the Realms and professions?¡±
¡°Yes Elder, I have read about them in my father¡¯s library¡±.
¡°Oh, then it makes my work reduce by half. Then let me ask you one question. How much do you think is my age?¡±
¡°Huh? Elder, what do you mean by that?¡±
¡°I will naturally explain but first answer my question, Azalon.¡±
¡°¡Around 80 years?¡± I answer slowly so as to not offend him if he is somewhat younger than he looks. I had some experiences like that on Earth.
¡°Hahahaha, 80 years huh? Let me tell you Azalon. I was 80 years about 120 years ago, you know¡±
I stood there like a statue, shock and astonishment flowing through my entire body. About 200 years¡ his goddamn age is about 200 years¡ I couldn¡¯t believe what my perfectly fine ears heard. As he looked at my shock filled face, he lightly laughed again.
¡°This is the result of Spirit Cultivation, Azalon. If you can reach higher Realms than me, you can live for thousands and tens of thousands of years, you know. And if you can reach the Legend Realm and I am saying only can, as it is said to be unattainable, it is said that you can be considered to be an Immortal.¡±
Immortality¡ True Immortality¡ The thing which was chased after by countless people in my past world, to the point of obsession, can be attained in this world¡ JUST WHAT THE HELL IS THIS WORLD??? First there are Dragons, then entities that wiped out the Dragons, then Spirits, and now Immortality¡ I think I am going crazy. My beliefs and theories I have dedicated my entire life are being broken one by one. It¡¯s like I am losing sight of what I once was¡ and isn¡¯t that what reincarnation is meant to be? Let go of old beliefs and links and start fresh with new beliefs and ideas?
As I was immersed in my inner turmoil, the Elder started talking again. I shook off my thoughts and listened to his words again.
¡°Spirit energy is a very mysterious thing. It is present everywhere between Heaven and Earth. We can refine that energy to shed our mortal shells and attain higher Realms. We can do many things which are considered impossible if one can reach higher Realms. Take for example; a cultivator in Spirit Lord Realm can fly in the skies without using flying artifacts.¡±
*Sigh* Now humans started flying without use of any technology. I can¡¯t be surprised anymore. Compared to dragons and immortality, flying is a small thing, you know.
¡°Why I am saying all these things is to let you know that anything can be achieved once you can reach certain stage. If you can¡¯t achieve something at your strength, it means that your strength is not enough and you have to reach a higher stage.¡±
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¡°You may wonder why I am talking like this. I am at the peak of 5th Realm and a Rune Master. I have almost reached the end of my life span and the only way to extend it is to break into higher Realm. But I know I can¡¯t reach it with my talent. That¡¯s why I first took your father as my disciple. He had high talent and comprehension abilities and I did whatever I could to aid him in his cultivation. Even if I can¡¯t reach higher stages in my life, I wanted to be remembered as the Master of one who reached there. And your father didn¡¯t disappoint me.¡±
¡°And right now, he has a son with a unique body and I pray to the Spirits that your talent in cultivation is as unique as your body condition. That¡¯s why I decided to help you in your initial stages and if your talent is high enough, I wish to take you to the capital.¡±
I stood there listening to the flood of information and busy sorting out but the last sentence threw me off track. What did he mean by take me to the capital? Before I could ask him that question, he once again started talking.
¡°You have yet to start the cultivation by selecting a cultivation technique. But before that there are certain steps that you have to understand before starting the cultivation. You can call these the basic requirements to understand cultivation. First, sit on the floor in a lotus position.¡±
I sat down on the floor in cross legged position and the Elder sat in front of me. He then gave me 2 things to do.
¡°Close your eyes and free your mind of all thoughts. This is the basic step in the cultivation process. If you can¡¯t achieve this stage, you can never comprehend energy around you.¡±
What he doesn¡¯t know that I have been doing the absorption of energy around me for the past year. So I immediately cleared my mind and entered the meditative state of cultivation. The energy around me came alive in different colors and intensity. As the Elder felt that I achieved the isolated state, he once again started instructing, but his voice betrayed the surprise he felt. According to him, I achieved this state of mind at the first try. I can understand his thought process. He he¡.
¡°Try to spread your senses around you to perceive the energy present around. After you can sense the energy, imagine yourself as a dry pool and the energy as water filling that pool. If you can do that perfectly, the energy will start moving towards you and you can absorb thee energy.¡±
Before he finishes talking, I already start absorbing the energy rushing towards my body. And the same thing repeats itself as it did every day. Once again I am left with a trickle of energy in my body. As if the Elder sensed the energy movements, he instructed me with a quivering voice.
¡°Good, good, Azalon. Now, the energy absorbed is the raw form of energy present in the nature. You can¡¯t manipulate it
freely and completely. At most you can guide in the Spirit paths in your body. So we refine that energy in our bodies and store them in the Dantian. Now I am going to teach you a basic refining method but there are several high level refining methods present in the pavilion. Once you can successfully refine the energy, you are free to choose any method you want.¡±
¡°Now imagine that energy moving towards your Soul. A Soul is formed of Spirit energy and any type of cultivation is based on the Soul. What the technique changes is the concentration and quality of refinement. Guide that energy to your chest area. That is where the Soul resides and imagine the energy being moderated according to your Soul. Once the energy resonates with the Soul, you can channel that refined energy around your Spirit paths once and store it in the Dantian. Now, try it, Azalon.¡±
Ah, so that¡¯s why I couldn¡¯t completely control that energy in my body. It¡¯s like transmitter and receiver combination. Without resonant frequency between the two, you can¡¯t send or receive the signals. So even though I didn¡¯t understand what he meant by Soul, I guided the energy to my chest area. But no matter how much I concentrated, I can¡¯t find that something called Soul to refine the energy.
So I tried a different approach. Instead of using Soul to refine the energy as the Elder said, I tried to match the frequencies of both. Per my theory, the energy is like an energy bandwidth and my Soul or whatever is a specialized channel. So I tried to search the bandwidth for the frequency which resonates with my channel frequency. As I explored the energy, at one point suddenly I felt my entire body jolt once and something in my chest pulsed back.
It seems like I found my frequency. So I try to concentrate the energy on that particular frequency. As I tried to do that, suddenly all the energy rushed into that pulse like a river and immediately I felt a great control over the refined energy.
At one, I channeled that refined energy all over my body and finally into my Dantian in my lower abdomen just below my navel. As I was feeling a sense of accomplishment, something unexpected happened. All that energy immediately disappeared. I suddenly felt cheated. Immediately a voice resounded in my head, the one I have been waiting for the past one and half year.
¡°Master¡±¡
Chapter 6: Disappointment and Results
LILY¡¯s voice¡ It¡¯s definitely LILY¡¯s voice¡ I try to converse with her by telepathy. I remember installing that upgrade in her system before the accident happened to decrease the time of conversation as well as increase the co-operation between us.
¡°[LILY, how are you?]¡±
¡°[Master, right now my power systems are at reserve level. It seems I have been absorbing energy whenever possible. But the energy right now was the purest and the most concentrated as well as resonant with my power systems. That¡¯s why I was able to wake up.]¡±
¡°[Oh. That means I can supply you with energy whenever I refine energy using cultivation technique huh. That¡¯s good to know. LILY, estimate the time to full recharge based on the energy level used right now.]¡±
¡°[Yes Master, Task Established. Calculating time it takes to full recharge. Factor: Continuous Input 60 units of pure energy. Calculating¡ Result: 45 days. Recommend: Increase the level of input energy.]¡±
¡°[45 days huh. And that is with continuous input of energy. If I take into account that I can only refine for at most 6 hours it takes around 7 ¨C 8 months for full recharge of the reserve battery. After that you can activate basic support functions and refine pure energy yourself.]¡±
Hmmm¡ what to do? LILY recommended increasing input energy. How to do it? Ah, yes there is that option right?
¡°[LILY, you have been taking raw energy for almost 18 months. If you turn off the auto recharge option, I will refine the raw energy you have been taking into pure energy and supply you with it. That way you can recharge more easily and the time will shorten as well.]¡±
¡°[Yes, Master. Authorize Auto Recharge Switch Off.¡±]
¡°{Authorization ID Johnny Stark]¡±
¡°[Voice and Brain wave patterns are a match. Authorization accepted. Auto recharge switched off. Energy levels low. Sleep mode recommended. Master, I think I will sleep for a little bit more.]¡±
¡°[I will wake you up again in a few days LILY. Don¡¯t worry.]¡±
¡°[He he¡]¡±
¡°[Ah, LILY, display battery levels and input levels the next time I start supplying the energy. You can do that right?]¡±
¡°[Yes, Master. After 60 units of recharge the basic battery levels and input levels of energy can be displayed. If the reserve battery can be recharged fully, I can even display the time remaining for full recharge too.]¡±
¡°[That¡¯s good to know. Good night, LILY]¡±
As I was conversing with LILY, the energy refined in my body is completely absorbed by her. Not even a drop of energy is left. As I was getting ready to once again absorb and refine energy, the Elder called me to wake up.
¡°It¡¯s been 3 hours, Azalon. Let¡¯s see how much of the energy you have refined. Give me your hand.¡±
I lifted my hand and he held on to the place where doctors usually check the pulse. I felt a foreign energy come into my body which started roaming all over my Spirit veins as if searching or something. The complexion of the Elder changed from expectation to bewilderment and finally to pure disappointment.
¡°Azalon, didn¡¯t you do the steps the same way I told you to?¡±
¡°Yes Elder. I did what you told me to do exactly.¡±
¡°So why is there no refined energy even after so much time? Describe to me what you did and how you felt without leaving a single matter out¡±.
So I described all I did up to where I gathered energy and changed the story from there. I felt that I couldn¡¯t exactly anyone about LILY or that there are 8 other things which are absorbing the energy in my body. Even if I did tell, no one will believe me or they can get greedy thinking that I am holding on to something incredible. There was a saying on Earth: Being poor is not a sin, hiding jade while being poor is a sin. So,
¡°After my body felt as if it was swelling up, I tried to guide it to my chest area as you instructed, Elder. But no matter what I did, I couldn¡¯t find what you called Soul to refine the energy. After sometime that energy moved towards my skin and completely disappeared. Before I could absorb the energy again, you called me.¡±
¡°I understand. Even though the cultivation technique is a basic one, it is somewhat hard to comprehend at your age at the first attempt itself. Alright, I will be staying in the city for 2 days. Azalon, practice that technique for 2 days and come back here. I will check your progress once again. If you show me promise I will take you with to the capital to join my Sect.¡±
Oh, so that¡¯s why he is showing that much interest in me when he heard that my body could hold 3 times the energy a normal human can withstand. Very crafty, you old geezer. You think I don¡¯t understand your plans. I was once a man who possessed the greatest intellect on an entire planet, which lives and dies on politics. Your pathetic plans are something that won¡¯t work on me, you know.
¡°I understand, Elder. I will diligently practice for 2 days and come back with satisfying results.¡±
¡°Hmmm¡ let¡¯s go. Your father is waiting.¡±
After meeting with my father, they talked for sometime as the Elder explained to them what happened and what he intended to do. When my father heard that he will be taking me to the capital, a look of incredible happiness appeared on his face. I felt like slapping him even though he is my father. How the hell did you become a mayor of a city with that simple mindedness? I think it¡¯s up to me to educate my father on basic understandings of politics.
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We bid farewell to the Elder and returned to the mansion in the evening. I immediately went to my room to start refining. I think I have to call it cultivation from now on.
There is approximately 4 hours till dinner. Without LILY taking up the raw energy, let¡¯s see how many units I can produce with my level of cultivation technique.
I clear off my mind and concentrate on absorbing the energy from the surroundings. The energy is absorbed till my body felt full, and then it divided and disappeared as usual. But this time instead of 10 parts as usual, it got divided into only 8 parts and the remaining energy can be called a massive river when compared to the trickle that used to remain before.
I immediately start resonating the frequency; I mean refining or cultivating the energy. I then rotate the energy one time completely through my Spirit veins all over my body before guiding to LILY with in my Dantian. After a part of energy is absorbed an announcement appeared in my mind.
¡°[Current Reserve Battery Level: 0.1%. Current Main Battery Level: 0 %. Input Energy: 60 Units. Time Remaining: 45days. Recommend: Increase the Input Energy]¡±
Hmmm¡ so it takes 60 units for recharge of 0.1% huh¡ that means I have to supply almost 600 units for 1% recharge and 60000 units for full recharge huh¡ *Sigh* and that too at a continuous rate¡ I will have to think of a way to increase my speed of cultivation. If I remember correctly, that crafty geezer told me that the technique which I am using is the basic of the basic Spirit refining Technique. So I just have to upgrade my current technique. But until then lets supply as much as I can to LILY.
I continue with my cultivation till dinner and supply the refined energy to LILY. As a result the reserve battery level recharged a decent amount. It seems that by using the present technique, I can refine at most 75 units an hour. I have to upgrade the technique as fast as I can. This is taking too long.
¡°Young Master, mistress is calling for you to attend the dinner¡±, a maid knocked on the doors of my room and informed me.
I get up from my position and walk out from my room. The maid bowed to me and started leading the way. It seems like around 4 hours have passed. Let¡¯s see the results.
¡°[Command: Display Battery and Energy Input Levels]¡±.
¡°[Command Executed. Current Reserve Battery Level: 0.5%. Current Main Battery Level: 0 %. Input Energy: 300 Units. Time Remaining: 44days 20hours 12minutes. Recommend: Increase the Input Energy.]¡±
Hmmm¡ I cultivated 300 units in 4 hours. If I can refine energy all night, I can produce almost 1000 units before morning. At that time the battery level will reach almost 2%. The elder gave me 2 days i.e. 48 hours. Within that I am sure I can only cultivate for about 30 hours. Alright, tonight there will be no sleep. Let¡¯s make the target to reach the battery level of 2% by morning.
As I was calculating in my mind, I came to the dining hall and the aroma of delicious foods reached my nose. All my calculations flew off into the sunset as my mouth started drooling. I started walking faster and sure enough there are all types of delicacies laid out on the table.
My father was sitting at the head position of the table along with my mother. Both turned their heads to look at me as I entered the hall. My father immediately laughed loudly and my mother looked at me with eyes full of pride.
¡°Come, Azalon. Today we celebrate your first step into the world of cultivation. Hahahaha¡¡±
¡°Thank you, father. But I didn¡¯t cultivate any energy today. I thought you will be disappointed with me¡±.
¡°Whatever happens, it doesn¡¯t change the fact that you are our son, Azalon. Even if you did not cultivate any energy today, who knows what will happen tomorrow. You are born with a special physique. That is something we are already proud of. Even if you cannot cultivate energy, I am sure that you can become a great Knight because of your special physique.¡±
¡°That¡¯s right, Azalon. What your father said is correct. We will always love you whatever happens. Even if you can¡¯t even become a Knight, we will do something about it. There are a lot of things other than cultivation, you know. And moreover, your father is the Mayor of the city. You can live a comfortable life with the family wealth. So don¡¯t think about anything else and do what your heart tells you to do. Only your heart never betrays you.¡±
¡°Thanks Mother. Thank you, Father. I understand.¡±
¡°Alright, let¡¯s start eating. Azalon, if you have any problems with the refining of energy, you can always come to me. Don¡¯t neglect even a small thing. Sometimes those small things will become large problems in the future, you know¡±.
¡°Yes, Father¡±.
After we finished our dinner, along with the experiences of my father on his path of cultivation. I bid good night to my parents and returned to my room to reach the 2% battery level by morning.
Like that the 2 days which the Elder have given me passed. The results are: [Current Reserve Battery Level: 4%. Current Main Battery Level: 0 %. Input Energy: 2400 Units. Time Remaining: 43days. Recommend: Increase the Input Energy]¡±.
Chapter 7: Soul Resonance Cultivation Technique
As promised with the Elder, I left with my father to the Martial Arts Pavilion in the morning after 2 days. I knew what will happen once we meet with the Elder. He he he¡ he wants to use me as a front in his sect while he runs amok in the shade of my strength. As I said, you have to learn so much in the area of politics, Respected Elder. Your plans are something like dust below the feet of the politicians I used to deal on Earth, you know.
While secretly laughing to myself after imagining the facial expressions of that Elder, we arrived at the entrance of the Pavilion. Leo is waiting as if expecting us. He led us to the same room where I met the Elder 2 days back.
After Leo departed, we entered the room to see the Elder sipping tea. He smiled on seeing me and my father.
¡°Come come, Lorvak. Let¡¯s talk over the tea. This is a specialty in the capital called ¡®Wild Herb Tea¡¯. You can¡¯t find these tea leaves anywhere but the capital, you know¡±, the Elder declared proudly as if it was something he made personally.
¡°Thank you, Master. So you are leaving today for the capital?¡±
¡°Ah, yes. The Sect called for the half-yearly meeting. All the Elders have to compulsorily attend. Otherwise they will be disowned. This time it is even more important as they are electing the Patriarch of the Sect from various Head Elders. The opposing party has gathered quite a number of followers thus time. We are not confident that someone from our faction will be elected.¡±
I didn¡¯t know whether to laugh or cry at that statement. I expected his situation in the Sect to be somewhat bad. But I didn¡¯t know that he is this desperate. Suddenly I am looking forward to the point where he will test my Spirit energy levels.
¡°Azalon, have you been practicing diligently these past 2 days?¡±
¡°Yes Elder. I even cultivated entire night on the day we met.¡±
¡°Good good. You are intelligent and hard working. Remember that only with hardships can one advance in cultivation. If you don¡¯t work hard, even if you have a heaven defying treasure in your hands, you will not be able to use it. Now lend me your hand. I will check the Spirit level in your body.¡±
I extended my hand with an innocent expression on my face. The Elder grasped my pulse and injected with his energy to search for my cultivation. That energy revolved once around my entire body before returning to the Elder¡¯s palm. His facial expression changed from expectation to shock to bewilderment and finally to faint anger.
No matter how much I tried to maintain my facial expression, a smirk flashed on my face. Naturally the Elder didn¡¯t miss that. He frowned and his face immediately started raging. I gave him a deep look and moved my sight to my father.
The Elder understood my intention. He couldn¡¯t accept the fact that his plan has been see through. A not even 2 year old kid intimidated him, a Head Elder of a Sect, by using the position of his father. No matter who it is, they will instantly fly into rage.
But the Elder didn¡¯t live for almost two centuries for nothing. He immediately calmed his emotions and his face became as calm as a lake.
¡°Lorvak, I am going to be blunt with you. Your son cannot comprehend the intricacies of cultivation. He couldn¡¯t refine the Spirit energy even using the basic of the cultivation techniques available. I cannot expect him to understand the higher level cultivation techniques at his level. Perhaps after he grows up, he may once again try his luck. May be the Spirits will grant him their grace.¡±
My father looked crest fallen. I debated many times whether to explain everything to my parents. In my previous life, I was an orphan. I didn¡¯t know what family feels like. But now I have a family with me who are willing to support me no matter what path I take. But I accepted that I couldn¡¯t. It¡¯s not that they won¡¯t believe me. But once they start believing me, they will never look at me as their son with the same feeling as they do right now.
I will be an enigma to them. And I can¡¯t bear the distance between us, as I tasted what having someone close to you feel like. That¡¯s why even though my father looks depressed, I just shut my mouth and watched the drama unfold.
¡°But don¡¯t worry, Lorvak. Even though Azalon can¡¯t cultivate, he can still become a Knight. If he can become a high Realm Knight, the kingdom will grant him many favors. Even though they will not be at the level of cultivators, for a Knight they will be more than enough.¡±
¡°It is as you say, Master. I brought him to you for guidance. If you show him his path, he will walk.¡±
¡°Good. Now, Azalon, I have 2 techniques which I have brought with me. One is a Spirit energy refining technique and other is a Body refining Technique. I originally wanted to gift them to your father as a parting gift from a Master to a Disciple. But since you have asked me for guidance, I will consider you an Initiation Disciple and grant you those techniques.¡±
¡°Thank you, Head Elder.¡±, I reply with a deep bow.
¡°Now listen carefully. I will explain the techniques to you once. You can take these techniques with you and start cultivating at home. But you have to give me your word, Azalon, you will never reveal the fact that you have these techniques or the one who gave you these is me. Understand?¡±
I nod my head like a chicken pecking at the ground with a childish innocent expression on my face. You can almost see the blood rolling in the veins, which popped on the forehead of the Elder.
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¡°The Spirit Refining Techniques is called ¡®Soul Resonance Technique¡¯. It is a fairy high level technique available in the capital. It is powerful but it comes with great complexity. It has been gathering dust in the capital¡¯s Martial Arts Pavilion. It has caught my attention, but it is of no use to me right now. Maybe someday, someone from your family can use it. Here¡¯s the technique script. You just have to inject your refined energy into it, and it will be imprinted into your memory. After you use this script, it will turn into dust and will only exist in your memory.¡±
He gave me a single green, almost transparent, paper looking sheet. There were letters on it, but I can¡¯t read them as they were moving across the sheet as if they were alive.
¡°The Body Refining Technique is a middle ranked technique called ¡®Four Chakras Body Refining Technique¡¯. It is not that complex but it is also not powerful. You can consider this technique to be of supportive type art that cultivators use to enhance their bodies to withstand the backlash of handling excess energy absorption than they are capable of. It was in the same condition as the cultivation technique. But I think it will be useful to you. You have a unique physical condition and this technique may enhance that condition by another notch. That way you will be slightly powerful even among the same Realm Knights. As to how to study, it is the same method as the cultivation method.¡±
This time he gave me a brown sheet, with the same type of characters, but as tried to study it, it gave off the feeling that something is off with it. Its feel is different from the Soul Resonance Technique, which gave me a mysterious feeling as if it is holding all the answers my questions.
But this Body refining Technique felt as if it is not complete and there is something missing. With that it felt itself to be worthless and locked itself in a box. And finally he gave me a simple animal skin book, on which are written various unknown characters and their explanations.
"And finally this is something which I have written when I had some free time. This book contains the basic information on Runes and the workings of various Rune Formations. If you can completely comprehend this book, you can be called a beginner in Runes and Rune Formations. I hope you can make something out of these gifts."
¡°Elder, thank you for your gifts. I will definitely try to comprehend them as fast as possible to prove to you that I can answer your expectations.¡± I said with sincerity dripping from my voice.
His eyebrows lightly twitched, but he lightly nodded his head and turned towards my father. My father¡¯s eyes are filled with gratitude and worship. I had to refrain myself from face palming. You block headed father¡
¡°Alright, Lorvak. It¡¯s almost time for my departure. If you ever come to the capital, you can come meet me in the Sect. Now I have some preparation to do. You can leave.¡±
My father immediately bowed deeply, and thanked him. I followed his example and bowed even deeper than my father. After that we bid our farewells with the Head Elder and Leo, and returned back to the mansion.
That evening, I was sitting on my bed and in each of hands is the cultivation and body refining techniques that the Elder has given me. I absorbed the energy from the surroundings and refined the remaining energy after the absorption in my body. But instead of transferring all of the energy to LILY, I siphoned off 2 streams of energy, and sent them along my arms to my palms.
I then inserted the energy into the cultivation technique sheet. As soon as I filled it with energy, a massive flood of information rushed into my brain, and the green sheet turned into dust and fell off from my hands.
I immediately scanned the information that appeared suddenly in my memory. As the Elder said, it is called ¡®Soul Resonance Technique¡¯. As I started reading the information, I understood the technique almost immediately. The technique is quite simple. The process is the same as the one I did with the basic level cultivation technique.
It works on the assumption that the raw energy from the surroundings contains within it all the soul signatures. But instead of searching for the same signature as your soul and rejecting all other signatures, like I did with the resonance concept of my soul, the cultivator will divide his soul into number of fragments. Each of these fragments is from the same soul but with slightly different signatures.
The more you can divide your soul, the more energy you can refine as long as the body can withstand the absorbed energy. The only drawback is the soul diffusion comes with a pain that feels more painful than death. That¡¯s why even though the results are good enough to start a war; the process is painful to hide in a hole.
But the more I thought about it, the more it felt that this technique is tailor made for me. I have a body that can withstand almost 4 times the energy than a normal human. And if I can divide my soul, then the frequency resonance will increase and I can utilize more of the bandwidth. As for the pain, I have already experienced it once and that too for a long time. If I can become strong, I will bear it. I think that even though the pain will be great, it will only last for a short while. And if I can refine more of the energy, LILY will recharge faster. By my estimation, the time will almost reduce by 2/3rd of the estimated time.
Chapter 8: Four Chakras Body Refining Technique
The Soul Resonance Cultivation Technique was very powerful and I planned on immediately start cultivating in the technique. But as I studied the technique deeply, I had a feeling that the burden of the technique will be very high both physically and especially mentally. According to the information of the technique, a soul is the basis of any life form. If I am not strong enough to bear the backlash, there is a possibility of injuring both the soul and Spirit veins.
As both are non treatable, I have to first strengthen myself and then advance on the cultivation technique. The reasoning felt logical enough, so I postponed my cultivation upgrade. I then set my sight on the Body Refining Technique given by the Elder.
He said that this technique is not a high level technique and can be considered a technique which provides support to the cultivators by strengthening their bodies to handle higher energy levels. As I considered the explanation, I felt that this technique can be considered the almost perfect combination for the Soul Resonance Technique.
So I immediately sent another stream of refined energy into the sheet. The same scene as with the cultivation technique repeated and the sheet turned into dust and disappeared. At the same time, a flood of information rushed into my head and settled in my memory.
I immediately started studying the technique and its information. The feeling which I felt when I first looked at the technique intensified when I studied the information. Only after I completely studied the technique did I understand why I felt like that. The technique is really an incomplete technique. It¡¯s missing almost 3 chapters in the last stages. And it seems that the description of the techniques and stages is too vague too.
That¡¯s why the Elder gave me this technique that easily. It¡¯s really worthless if you think about it. But after understanding the technique, something came up in my mind. But before I could put my finger on it, it disappeared.
Hmmm¡ what was that? By the way the technique goes like this. According to the technique, there are different chakras in the human body, which can be considered focal points of various inner energies that can be used to stimulate corresponding group of organs and strengthen them. The technique is based o using the energy to open the chakras one by one, and refine the corresponding organs with the help of the chakras.
I immersed myself in the technique to get that memory again which flashed past before. But no matter what I did, I couldn¡¯t get that memory again. It felt as if there is a fog in my mind obstructing my memory functions. Is it because my physical mind is of a child? Hmmm¡ that may be so. No problem. I have to first reach the 4th stage first, and then I can think of the 5th and above stages.
Each stage is divided into 3 parts: Opening, Channeling and Strengthening. Opening is using the energy to bombard the chakra and open all the paths in the chakra. Channeling is the stimulation of natural Life Energy present in the chakra and channel that energy into the paths opened in the first part. Strengthening is the last and somewhat easy part, in which the mixture of Spirit energy and Life Energy in to the corresponding organs of the chakra. The Chakra is said to be completely opened when a symbol corresponding to that Chakra imprints itself at the location of the Chakra. If the symbol appears, then it automatically replenishes itself without any conscious part of the cultivator and continuously strengthens the organs slowly without any break.
The four Chakras listed in the technique given to me are named: ¡®Root Chakra¡¯, ¡¯Sacral Chakra¡¯, ¡®Plexus Chakra¡¯ and ¡®Heart Chakra¡¯. The first three Chakras are present in the lower body while the fourth is present in the middle of the body. After that I reckon the three missing Chakras are present in the higher body.
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The first Chakra, Root Chakra, corresponds to skin refinement, basic ligaments and tendons co-ordination strengthening. If it is completely cultivated, the body gains a sense of balance and great stability. That is the result of perfect co-ordination of basic muscles and the skin.
The second Chakra, Sacral Chakra, refines the lower inner organs. This Chakra increases the basic strength and flexibility of organs in the abdominal region, which adds great strength to the sense of balance achieved in the first stage.
The third Chakra, Plexus Chakra, no matter how I see it, corresponds to the Solar Plexus region of the body. This chakra relates to blood refinement and indirect stimulation of organs with the help of energy present in the blood. By completing this stage, the basic functions of muscles, organs and blood can be said to have become one single entity working together with precision control and fine flexibility and rock hard sturdiness.
The fourth Chakra, ¡¯Heart Chakra¡¯, can be said to be the bridge between the lower chakras and higher body chakras. The Heart is a very important organ as it is said to be the place where the soul resides. By completely stimulating this Chakra, the Soul capacity can expand as well as the affinity of the Soul energy with the Spirit energy will be increased, As a result one¡¯s comprehension capabilities increases exponentially.
It has been almost 6 hours since I started studying the two techniques and it can be said that I have achieved almost complete understanding of the techniques. As I understood the differences between the two techniques, I came to decision that I will first refine my body to the First Chakra level. And then after my body resilience increases, I will cultivate the Soul Resonance Technique to increase my energy refining capacity.
My sight falls on the third book that Elder gave me, the book describing the basics of Runes and Rune Formations. I have to admit to myself that I am more interested in the auxiliary professions rather than on cultivation. These professions incite the scientist in me, so as to learn the intricacies and inner workings of the professions. I think it will take a long time before I can try my hand at Alchemy or Spiritual Blacksmithing. Those two professions are almost completely based on elemental affinities to advance in the profession. But I think this profession of Rune Master is different, as it depends on one¡¯s comprehension capabilities to understand the working of the Runes and Rune Formations.
I want to immediately study the book but I hold myself back. It doesn¡¯t do any good if I rush into things. I have almost all the time in the world. I am only almost 2 years of age. I can almost take my time leisurely. But I first have to revive LILY, and in order to do that, I have to complete the first stage of both types of cultivation techniques. Once LILY reaches the stage of being self-sufficient, I can access her incredible computing abilities and it will directly increase my comprehension abilities by so many numbers of times, since she is right now fused with my consciousness.
Starting tomorrow, I will start the First Chakra Activation. By my calculation, it will take around 20 days to completely activate the First Chakra Symbol. And then I can increase my number of souls to increase my refining capability. Tonight, I will cultivate as much as I can as it will be 20 days again, before I will refine energy again for LILY¡
Chapter 9: First Chakra Level
I woke up from my cultivation state early in the morning. After refining the energy for the whole night, I managed to recharge the battery level of LILY to 15%. It seems that the comprehension of the high level Soul Resonance Cultivation Technique somehow accelerate my refining speed, even though I am not using the technique directly.
After my breakfast, I had a talk with my father and informed him of my decision of cultivating the body refining technique.
¡°Father, can I talk to you for a minute?¡±
¡°What is it, Azalon? I am somewhat busy right now.¡±
¡°Father, I decided to start my body refining technique. I want to reach the first level as soon as possible.¡±
My father looked at me in surprise. It seems that he did not expect me to come to come to a decision that fast. After a short moment, he nodded his head in appreciation and explained to me the basics of the body refining.
¡°Azalon, you have made a good decision. But you have to be careful. Body refining is different from Spirit energy cultivation. Spirit energy acts as a source and medium for the execution of techniques. But body refining is different as we use the Spirit energy to stimulate various organs and temper the body directly.¡±
¡°The path of body refining is filled with pain and hard work. You have to expend your blood, sweat and tears to reach the higher realms using body refining techniques. That¡¯s why that path is not something that can be walked with a weak heart. You have to have a never ending will power and determination. Only with those you can walk forward on this path. Understand, Azalon?¡±
¡°Yes, Father. I understand. I have made my resolve. That¡¯s why I came to inform you. I will come out from my room only after reaching the first stage of the body refining technique the Head Elder gave to me.¡±
He looked deeply into my eyes as if challenging my resolve. I did not shrink from his challenge and resolutely returned his gaze. He seemed satisfied with whatever he saw in me and slowly nodded his head.
¡°But there is a condition Azalon. Only then I will accept your request.¡±
¡°What is it, Father?¡±
¡°I will give you 15 days of time. You have to reach the first stage in 15 days. There is a major event that we have to attend. If you can reach the first stage, you can participate in that event. Don¡¯t ask the details of the event. The current you cannot do anything even if I explain. That¡¯s why you have to reach the first stage. Understand?¡±
This is new. As per the words of my father, this event seems to be a very important one. 15 days to reach the first stage huh¡ a little short on time but I think I can manage somehow in 10 days. If I can completely refine the First Chakra Symbol, then I can use the first level of the Soul Resonance Technique and speed up my cultivation too. Yosh, it¡¯s decided then.
¡°I understand, Father. I will not let you down.¡±
I replied and turned around to leave. If I had seen the expression on my father, I could have understood that he is conflicting over something. But I missed that and my head is filled with the information on First Chakra Level and calculations on the time it takes to reach that stage.
I sat cross legged in my room and started absorbing the energy into my body. This time I did not use the refined energy for recharge of LILY but started rushing that energy as a large wave, in the direction of the First Chakra Point.
According to the script, the First Chakra is located at the place where the tail bone meets the pelvis. In other words, the very end point of the Spinal cord. On Earth, I once had a fleeting interest in biology and I studied various anatomies in detail especially human anatomy. That¡¯s why, even though the description in the script was vague, I somehow managed to locate the focal point of the Chakra on my body. This confirmed that my greatest advantage and weapon is the knowledge I gained in my previous life. I just have to find the ways to apply that knowledge in this world.
The instructions in the script are to continuously bombard the gateway of the Chakra until it breaks. Once the gateway breaks, the first part ¡®Opening¡¯ is completed. Then the life energy in the Chakra can be stimulated by using the Spirit energy. And then it¡¯s the simple work of patiently guiding that mixture of energy to the corresponding organs for continuous refining and strengthening.
I controlled the energy in my body to form continuous waves to break the gateway. My mind is completely filled with the roaring sounds produced by the energy waves as they moved towards the Chakra. The first wave reached the Chakra Point and the first lash happened. Immediately, pain spread through my entire body. My nerve s overloaded with the feeling and my body felt as if it is on fire. Sweat rolled down as I gritted my teeth tightly and willed the second wave to clash with the gateway.
After what it felt like a lifetime, the last wave violently bombarded with the gateway.
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*Crack* *Crack* *Shtrilllll*
Violent crashing sounds resounded within body and then a feeling of comfort spread out all over body from the base of my spinal cord. With this I have reached the first part ¡®Opening¡¯ of the First Chakra. I did not know but almost a day passed when I finally broke through the gateway. Usually it takes 2- - 3 days but I achieved that stage in only a day. If I had known that, I would have concluded the reason being my special physique as it can hold more energy than normal. This excess energy shortened the time to break through.
The cool stream of energy passed through my entire body, which was battered with pain. It was refreshing and my body felt recovered from the backlashes from the energy crashes. That stream revolved around all my body once before returning to the Chakra. The only way I can stimulate that energy again is to use the Spirit energy.
As I was short on time, I immediately channeled the Spirit energy to clear all the paths by continuously revolving the energy within the Chakra. As the energy finishes a revolution, I guide it to mix with the Life energy in the Chakra. The next revolution used this mixture of energies. Then the process repeats itself until both the energies are completely fused together. Only then I can advance to the ¡®Channeling¡¯ part.
The monotonous work of the activation of the First Chakra continues for 4 days before all the paths are opened and both the energies are fused together completely. It took me 5 complete days to achieve the second part ¡®Channeling¡¯ of the First Chakra. With this I can now advance to the somewhat easy but time taking third part.
The mixed energy is revolving in the paths of the First Chakra like a great river. All I have to do right now s to guide that energy to the corresponding body parts. I take a deep breath and concentrate on the energy in the Chakra. I manipulate it to move to the centre of the Chakra, called the Focal Point, from where the Spirit veins can be used to guide the energy to the body parts.
The energy felt alive as it moved towards the Focal point. As the energy reached the point, something changed. A pain more concentrated than the time I felt at the ¡®Opening¡¯ of the Chakra assaulted my nerves. It happened so suddenly and with a magnitude that I couldn¡¯t prepare myself. As a result I blacked out in response to that huge amount of pain running through my body.
What I did not know about the technique is that it was an ancient technique which is developed on the concept of baptism through pain. The technique was originally to destroy and rebuild the body on a cellular level. But that proved to be an impossible task as the human body contains hundreds of varieties of cells with each variety containing millions of cells. After a long research, an expert came up with the Chakra system. The Chakra system divides the refining process into various stages, each stage corresponding to various kinds of cells.
What my body is undergoing right now as I was unconscious, is the same reconstruction on a cellular level, albeit only on certain types of cells and organs. Right now my skin, tendons and ligaments are being destroyed to be repaired on a cellular level by the energy mixture from the Chakra. This process repeats itself until the cells can adapt themselves to the stimulation of energy.
Generally that takes a long time as human body is naturally capable of evolution. But the cultivator has to bear the mind numbing pain of destruction and reconstruction of the cells. But my body is unique. It adapted itself within an hour.
I woke up to feel the changes in my body after the activation of the First Chakra. The newly formed skin, tendons and ligaments started absorbing the energy like bottomless wells, being continuously refined. My skin became tender and smooth than a new born, but at the same time being hard enough to a point that I can shrug off damage to a certain extent. My ligaments and tendons became flexible and strong. They became perfectly co-ordinate with my skin. My body felt brimmed with power. I have to take a physical examination to test the results of the refinement.
As I was observing the changes in my body, a warm feeling suddenly appeared at the focal point of the Root Chakra. It was the sign that the Root chakra symbol is imprinting. If one can see the symbol, they can see a red flower with four petals slowly opening itself at the Focal point of the Chakra. After the flower completely blossomed, it flashed once and became a tattoo like imprint in the body at the point of the Chakra.
With this, I have completed the activation of the Root Chakra in my body. Now I can finally start cultivating the Soul Resonance Technique. But before that, I have to rest so as to give sometime for the body and mind to adapt to the changes, as the Soul Resonance Technique also is a somewhat painful process comparable what I have gone through right now. With that decided I lay down on my bed and drifted off to sleep almost immediately.
Chapter 10: Red Knight Stage and Soul Realm
I slept like a log in my room for almost a day. I woke up feeling refreshed and with a great feeling all over. I tried to move and felt something sticky below me. Black syrup like thing was stuck to my body and there are lots of small flakes spread all over it. The smell was terrible. Ah, so these are the impurities in body which have been expelled during the refining process. The discomfort immediately made me rush to the bath to completely wash off.
After taking the bath, I inspected my body and I was surprised at the range of changes I could see. My skin felt like that of a new born. Soft, white, tender and smooth without any blemishes what so ever. Even though my skin looked tender, I had no doubt about the toughness of it. To test it, I took out a quill lying on my study and tried to pierce my skin. But no matter how much strength I muster, my skin wouldn¡¯t break.
So this is what having Real Power feels like. This power filled me with confidence so much so that it can turn into arrogance at a moment¡¯s notice. I have to be careful so as to not get this to my head. I may be strong but I have just started walking on this path. There are many extremely strong figures out there like that Head Elder, who have been living for nearly 2 centuries.
As I was moving according to the basic punches and kicks, my body suddenly glowed with a¡Red light? My skin and muscles pulsed as the red glow came out from my body. I was dumbstruck for a moment, before I remembered the stages of Knights. It seems completely opening the Root Chakra promoted my rank to the Firsts Stage, the Red Knight.
I felt more and more confident in my reasoning to first strengthen my body before start cultivating the Soul Resonance Technique. Now I can finally start cultivating according to the high level cultivation technique.
I have almost half of the time remaining in the time given by my father before I have to come out. Now I think about it, what was that event that father was talking about? Hmmm¡ no matter how much I think about it, I can¡¯t make any assumptions. Let¡¯s put it aside for now. If he feels like it, my father will explain it to me. I have already achieved the condition he has set for me. Should I go and talk to him or should I continue with the cultivation practice?
He he¡ that day that Head Elder said to my father that I have no cultivation talent. I can only be a Knight but never a Spirit Power House. I remember him being disappointed on hearing those words. Let¡¯s give him a pleasant surprise.
As such, I once again sat cross legged on my bed, and concentrated on analyzing the procedure of the Soul Resonance Technique. The procedure can be said to be simple to understand but very very difficult to execute.
The first step is to feel the Soul in the Soul Realm. The soul is the very representation of the life. It resides in a space called ¡®Soul Realm¡¯ in the chest area of the body. One has to concentrate on the soul and the consciousness can enter the Soul Realm. After entering the Soul Realm, the soul can be seen. The next step is to divide the Soul into number of smaller souls. The number of divisions depends on the strength of both the body and the soul of the cultivator.
A stronger soul can be divided number of times, but a weak soul will collapse if divided too many times. If the soul collapses, there will be nothing different between him and a vegetable. One cannot get too greedy and in a hurry when dealing with the Soul.
Hmmm¡ this is a problem. How to calculate the strength of the body and soul? The body¡¯s capacity can be roughly calculated by using various methods, but how can one calculate the capacity of a Soul? Maybe LILY can help? But she is not even charged to a quarter of her reserve battery capacity. First let¡¯s check the battery levels and explore the basic functions accessible at that level.
¡°[Command: Display Battery Levels]¡±
¡°[Command Executed. Current Reserve Battery Level: 17%. Current Main Battery Level: 0%.]¡±
Hmmm¡ it reached 17%. Did my body absorb and refine energy on its own when I was sleeping? It seems so. Anyway this is good news. Maybe LILY can scan my body statistics.
¡°[Command: Scan my body statistics and Display them.]¡±
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¡°[Task Established: Scan In progress. Task Completed. Strength: 2.2 Agility: 2.3 Vitality: 3.5. Energy signatures Detected. Recalculating with the altered parameters.]¡±
¡°[Task Complete. Strength: 2.2 (+3.1) Agility: 2.3(+4) Vitality: 3.5(+5). The body¡¯s capabilities, if compared with that of normal human standards, are at 6 times of that of an average human.]
Ohhhh¡ LILY really executed the command albeit on a basic level. And my statistics are really more than what I had hoped for. Maybe she can also scan the thing called Soul too¡ if she can really do it, it will be really helpful. I have to hurry with the cultivation and wake her up quickly. With her support, I can reach higher Realms like a breeze blowing through a plain.
But the energy boost to my statistics is more than my basic capabilities. Is this something that can be called Dormant Capabilities? Well, whatever. First I have to hurry and start with the cultivation.
I closed my eyes, and started concentrating on the chest area, where the Soul Realm is said to be located. Time passed by slowly and I completely relaxed and mind concentrated on feeling my soul. After a long time, I felt a faint flicker of energy deep in my chest. The more I concentrated on that flicker, the more it got clear. I tried to follow that energy signature to its source.
And suddenly I entered a vast and dark space. It was so vast that it felt like another dimension. And maybe that is right. In that dark world, a faint light could be seen in the distance. In a short while I reached that light and I just stood there dumbstruck.
A pear like thing is floating there, glowing with a bluish green light. It was the size of a human body and it was rotating slowly on itself flickering brightly once in a while. But what surprised me more is that within that soul, I can vaguely see 9 things but I can¡¯t see them properly. The nine things are of 9 different colors and one among them is brighter than the others. It was a silver orb with gold lines running across it. I am confident in my conclusion that slivery gold thing is LILY.
So this is my Soul. I think this can be called a strong soul as I did not know the standards of this world in measuring the Soul Levels. Is it because I am reincarnated? Since I was an adult in my previous life, my soul is of an adult in a child¡¯s body? That doesn¡¯t matter. What happened has happened. I can¡¯t change it. What I can do is to make the most of my situation.
¡°[Command: Scan the entity before me and Display its statistics.]¡±
¡°[Scanning¡ Scan incomplete. Power Levels are too Low. In Depth Scan is not possible. Can only Display basic statistics.]¡±
¡°[Entity: Quantum ¨C Void Dual Energy Construct. Mixture Ratio cannot be scanned. Radiation Frequency: 98.2 GHz. Flux Discharge to Radiation Ratio: 78%]¡±
Hmmm¡ what is with this information? Quantum ¨C Void Dual Energy Construct? So that means the soul is nothing but a currently unknown mixture ratio of Quantum and Void energies. Only I can understand the consequences of this information. I have been dealing with these two energies most of my life on Earth. I could have never imagined that something basic for life called Soul is nothing but an interesting mixture of both these energies.
Then that means, once I can calculate the ratio of the mixture, I can create a new soul? What will happen to that? Can I create something like a new life with a new ratio? My mind drifted off with the possibilities and consequences of the information.
I reigned in my wandering mind and concentrated on the job I came here for. According to the scan results, the energy radiation frequency is at 98 GHz. It can be considered to be in the category of Very High- Level range in the radiation spectrum. And at the same time the discharge ratio at 78% means that more than three quarters of the leaked radiation returns back to the source, producing an energy field with strength comparable to 78% of the complete strength of the Soul.
With this data and my calculations taking into consideration my body and soul statistics, it seems that I can split my soul into 58 parts without compromising the protective energy shield around the soul. Alright, let¡¯s begin then¡
Chapter 11: Soul Fragments
I recall the instructions from my memory on the cultivation technique for the procedure of soul splitting. The procedure after entering the Soul Realm is to observe and estimate the condition of the Soul. The next step is to integrate the consciousness with the refined energy in the body. Since the soul splitting process is a risky process, safe guards have to be placed to protect the fragility of the soul in case the Soul cannot handle the splitting process.
Accumulate the energy in to the consciousness and form a protective barrier around the Soul to increase the stability. Even though the splitting can be done through brute force, energy guided splitting will provide maximum efficiency but it will be a huge burden on the body. The two safe guards to protect the fragile Soul from harm during the process of splitting are as above.
I immediately erect a barrier around my Soul and guide my energy to split a part of Soul from the original. The instant the energy try to split my Soul, an intense wave of pain rush through my body. But I was prepared for it and somehow bore through it. Finally the tear shaped soul split into 2 parts. The smaller part started rotating around itself and revolving around the bigger part. They looked just like Earth and Moon.
Azalon stayed in the Soul Realm for a complete before his body finally reached its limits. Even though his Soul was strong, it could not stand the burden of being split continuously. After a day, he has split the Soul into 15 parts, with 43 times remaining. He could sense the increase in his absorption of the energy as well as the speed of refining the energy. But he did not start cultivating immediately because the stability of the soul is linked with the cultivation level.
If he starts cultivating with the current 15 soul fragments, he can break through the lower Realms easily. But once he reaches the higher Realms, he cannot advance in the soul fragmentation that easily because the soul will become extremely stable which makes it hard to split. So he decided to first reach the decided number of soul fragments. Even though with his current strength, he cannot completely stabilize the large number of soul fragments, but once he reaches the higher Realms, all the soul fragments can be stabilized easily.
This way is safer as well as fast. I immediately fall asleep again, but this time it is due to mental fatigue instead of physical exhaustion. I wake up after 8 hours with a light head ache. I immediately enter the Soul Realm again and start splitting the soul. This time it went a little fast and smooth as I understood the procedure on the splitting of the soul. I managed to increase the number of soul fragments to 40 before I fell unconscious due to the mental strain.
After 3 days, I finally divided the soul into 57 fragments. A cluster of soul fragments are moving around in the Soul Realm. As the 57th fragment appeared, the Soul started showing signs of instability. But I had confidence that I can divide the soul once more, before reaching the limit. I strengthen the barrier around the Soul and even feed the soul with energy before taking the final step.
After somewhat stabilizing the Soul. I guided the energy to divide it again. This time, the Soul quivered violently ass it was split. Even the fragments started behaving radically. I grit my teeth pushing the exhaustion aside and guide all the energy remaining in my body to the Soul Realm. After absorbing the energy, the soul fragments somewhat stabilize themselves as I fall unconscious again.
Because of that I could not see the changes appearing in the Soul Realm. The main soul in the middle of the soul fragments stopped moving. 9 different colors appeared on it and of which 8 of them started pulsing in different rhythms. In response to those pulses, the fragments divided into 7 groups of 8 soul fragments each and the remaining somewhat bigger soul fragment stood individually.
8 lights brightly flashed from the main Soul. 7 lights divided among the 7 groups of soul fragments and the remaining light integrated into the lone soul fragment. The bigger lone fragment moved towards the main Soul which flashed with a silvery gold light and both started revolving around each other. The 7 groups of soul fragments arranged themselves into 7 circles and they started revolving around the pair of bigger soul and main soul in 7 different directions. The resulting arrangement is like a big gyroscope with 7 different axes.
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If Azalon could see this arrangement, he would have understood the answer to where the energy was disappearing to. But since the soul has been stretched to the limit, he cannot access the Soul Realm until he stabilizes all the soul fragments. That will take more time than expected and the reason is the same as above. The soul has been stretched to the limit and the recovery of the Soul is not something that can be achieved in day or two. It is a very slow process and the energy requirement is large as the damage is large too.
I realize this only after a long time and by then I would have figured out most of the answers too. That is for another time.
I wake up with a heavy head as if it is filled with lead. I try to check the condition of the Soul, but no matter how much I concentrate, I can¡¯t enter the Soul Realm. I could not think of a reason as to why I cannot do it. So I give up on thinking about it as it is something that cannot be answered with the modern scientific knowledge.
But I knew I have succeeded in splitting the Soul into the maximum number of fragments achievable. That should speed up my cultivation capacity and refining speed by leaps and bounds. I immediately enter the state of cultivation and absorb the energy into my body.
This time something unexpected happened. All these days, every time I absorb the energy into my body, it divides in to 10 parts and 9 parts used to disappear. I finally found out about LILY but no matter what, I could do nothing about the 8 parts that disappear. But this time, the energy did not disappear. The entire energy which I absorbed stayed within my body.
I was once again dumbstruck. Just what the F*** is going on in my body? I calm down with some effort. If the energy is not absorbed, maybe a change has happened in my body. If I can find it, I could understand the reason behind why the energy used to disappear all these days. I explore every part of my body inside out, but nothing has changed aside from a small red flower tattoo at the base of my Spinal cord. I ruled out that as the reason, as the disappearance started way back to when my father first injected me with his energy, when I was 5 months old.
I checked and re checked. But nothing appeared different. I could only sigh hopelessly and fell somewhat happy that I now have more than enough energy to break through to the First Realm of Spirit Cultivation.
I quickly try to refine that energy. I was astonished at the speed and capacity of the technique. It used to take around 1 hour to refine the energy which used to remain in my body, but using this Soul Resonance technique, it took just 15 minutes and that too not a part of energy, but my complete capacity of energy. A high level technique indeed¡
I rotate the refined energy along my Spirit veins for a complete rotation all over the body, before finally guiding to my Dantian for storing instead of recharging LILY. I decided to reach the first level of Spirit cultivation within these 10 days, after which I will divide the energy between LILY and my cultivation so as to slowly advance through the Realms.
The energy started moving towards my Dantian and started forming a small whirlpool. More and more energy got accumulated into the whirlpool, and at a point it reached its capacity. I felt I was on the verge of breakthrough¡
Chapter 12: Spirit Sense Realm
Massie amounts of Spirit energy continuously rushed into the Dantian before assimilating into the energy whirlpool. As more and more energy accumulated, the whirlpool¡¯s rotation became more and more fierce.
Energy started running through the Spirit veins at a faster rate in response to the increase in the speed of the whirlpool in the Dantian. This cycle continued for another thirteen turns before all the energy gathered in the Dantian without leaving single trace anywhere in the body. A slight pressure came from the energy whirlpool, like it is straining to break through an obstacle.
*Crack* *Crack* *ROAARR*
With a loud cracking sound in his body, all the energy gathered in the Dantian suddenly exploded. It rushed like a dragon into the Spirit veins with a great speed. The veins were strained to the limit under the assault of that fierce rush of energy. If he did not have a special physique as well as the support of the Root Chakra of his Body Cultivation Technique, his Spirit veins would have been completely destroyed under that onslaught of energy rush.
This time, the situation is completely reversed to what it was some moments ago. All the energy rushed out from his Dantian without leaving a drop into his Spirit veins, completely filling them throughout the body. At the same time, a warm feeling emerged from the base of his Spinal cord, and the Life energy in the Root Chakra flowed into the veins. The Life energy mixed completely with the Spirit energy.
The mixture broke off and was absorbed into the Spirit veins, stretching and strengthening them. Under the nourishment of Life energy, all the Spirit veins in his body expanded to almost twice their previous size. It allowed for much smoother passage of the energy. The energy completed a revolution in his body before returning to the Dantian and settled down.
The energy in the Dantian is like a tamed dragon, lazily moving around like it owned the place. This process is the first and the most dangerous step a cultivator has to take on his path of cultivation. Only by successfully living through the onslaught of the Spirit Rush, can the path of the cultivation can be walked on.
The energy has to be assimilated into both the soul and body of the cultivator. Only then can one achieve true control over the energy. Assimilation with the Soul is done when the energy is refined. Only after refining and gathering a particular amount of energy can one proceed onto the body assimilation. That is the Energy Rush, which is the trial any cultivator faces once in his life time. Only after passing the trail can one tread on the cultivation path.
The next step is to revolve the assimilated energy thirteen times all over the body and one can reach the Spirit Sense Realm.
After the onslaught, I guided the energy once again through the Spirit veins. The energy was like fresh spring water rushing through fertile plains. A pleasant and refreshing feeling washed over my body. With that feeling came a feeling of an overwhelming strength and vitality. I felt as if I could break the Earth and tear open the skies.
With this I have finally stepped on to the path of becoming a Spirit Power House. A Spirit Beginner at the age of just 2 years. One can imagine his future potential.
Generally it takes around 4 months for a genius to 9 months for a common talent person, to achieve the Spirit Sense Realm. The fact that he achieved this feat can be associated with his unique physique as well a strong Soul to support the large number of fragmentations. Without these two features, ascending from the Mortal level to the Spirit Sense Realm in such a short time can be considered an impossible task.
As I was filled with thoughts of a great achievement, something unexpected happened. The energy lying dormant in my Dantian suddenly rushed to my chest area and disappeared. My mind blanked out with that incident. I suddenly had an urge to bang my head against the wall and rip out my hair in frustration.
Before I could curse out loud, the area where the Soul Realm is present suddenly became warm. That warmth gradually increased till it became scorching hot, as though a hot iron rod has branded into my chest. I groaned out in pain and suddenly, the energy which has been absorbed, rushed out. The energy gathered into the Dantian before settling down once again as of nothing has happened. The hot feeling disappeared too along with the rush of energy.
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This time, I felt exasperated and I felt somewhat tired trying to find out the source of all these incidents. I just accepted that some s*** is going on in my body and I can do nothing but accept it.
I gave up on the investigation of the incident and examined the energy in my Dantian. I was astonished to discover that the energy is divided into 7 different colors. The seven colored energies interweaved into a single stream of energy, which looked like a rainbow. The colors are faint but I can distinguish them. They are red, blue, brown, green, azure, white and black.
At the centre of the rainbow whirlpool, seven small but bright colored threads of energy were drifting around like small fishes in a stream. If I had not observed properly, I would have definitely missed them.
I tried to channel those threads into my Spirit veins, but no matter how much I tried to move them, they are not responding. It felt as if I can¡¯t do anything about them with my current strength. Can I manipulate them if I reach the later stages? I can only speculate.
But it is very interesting that the energy is divided into 7 colors. Hmmm¡ a thought suddenly popped up in my head. It was interesting and horrifying at the same time, to the extent that even I couldn¡¯t accept that ridiculous theory. But it somehow justified the present situation.
¡®Does each color represent a basic element?¡¯ was the theory I came up with. If that is true, I can¡¯t even imagine what is going to happen in the future. Imagine me being able to use the Arts of every basic element!! If the word goes out, it will be like painting a red target circle on me. Even an idiot will come to the conclusion that I am in possession of a great treasure that allowed me to use the Arts of all the elements. I will be like a sugar cube in the nest of ants!
I have to conduct an in depth research on this matter. Until I have satisfying results, it is best not to expose this to anybody, including my family.
But what if have to use the basic arts? Can I use them with any of the colored energy? Wait a moment¡ a single stream of energy divided into 7 colors. Can I reverse the process and combine those 7 colors to make the original energy?
With that thought, I immediately close my eyes and project my consciousness into my Dantian. I siphon off a small part of the 7 energies and try to combine them to form a single stream. They instantly melted into each other and a transparent and clear energy stream appeared as a result. The purity of that particular energy stream is several times higher than the original!
*Sigh* I couldn¡¯t help but sigh in relief. It seems that my theory is to the spot. Wow¡ is this all elemental energy division, also a result of my Unique Physique? But I have a feeling that is not the case. It seems that the answer cannot be found with my present strength. Well, whatever. I really don¡¯t have the feeling to take up the problem. LILY¡ I Miss you¡
I still have 2 days left before the deadline set by my father. Since I have reached the Spirit Sense Realm, I should have more energy than the beginning. Let¡¯s try to use this time to recharge LILY. With that I move almost 90% of the energy towards LILY to recharge her batteries. This cycle continued for another 2 days.
Just as the sun broke out on the day have to move out from my room and meet my father, I broke through the 3rd stage of the Spirit Sense Realm. At the same time, a notification sound appeared in my head.
¡°[System Notification. Reserve Battery Completely Recharged. Switching to Main Battery. Activating A.I System LILY. Activation is Complete. Current Main Battery Level: 1% Recharging.]¡±
Chapter 13: LILY
I could not react to that announcement in my head for a moment. My mood instantly turned happy. You have to understand, LILY is the only thing connecting me to my previous world and all that I was before coming over here. All the things I did, all the achievements, happiness, excitement made me what I am today. So LILY can be considered an integral part of me, from which I don¡¯t want to part myself.
That is the only reason why I gave up on using the energy I cultivated to recharge her. The only reason I went through the risky process of Soul splitting, so as to speed up the process energy cultivation and revive her quickly.
Now that the moment came now, I became somewhat giddy. She can finally stay with me all the time. Once her main battery activated, she can be considered self sustained. She can recharge herself by directly absorbing the energy from the atmosphere.
As I was thinking about these matters, a silvery gold light flashed all around my body. That familiar silvery liquid with the occasional gold lines oozed out from my body and started accumulating.
The all too familiar silvery ball came into my vision floating there. But it did not stop there. The ball once again started shrinking. A bright light filled the entire room increasing in intensity, as the ball shrunk more and more. The light intensified to point that that I had to close my eyes to protect them from burning the retinas.
What I did not know that, at the same time in my Soul Realm. The silvery gold light in my main Soul started glowing with the same intensity as the physical body outside. The sliver color started spreading through the Soul, mixing with the greenish blue color of the Soul. Finally the light dimmed down, and the original tear shaped soul now had four colors. The original greenish blue Soul now has a silver sheen on it, with bright gold lines running all across it.
At the same time, in the material word, the ball finally dimmed down too. I opened my eyes and the scene before my eyes made my jaw drop to the floor, and my eyes widened to the point that they felt like they filled half of my face.
Floating before me, in the place where previously a silvery ball was floating, is a girl wearing sliver dress and a pair of gold wings on her back. She is a heaven shaking beauty, with long silver hair falling like a beautiful waterfall to her hips. An innocent but charming face with perfect features and not a single blemish can be seen anywhere on her being. But there is only a single problem¡
She is the size of roughly 20cms. I think she can be called that what used to exist only in tales and legends. A fairy¡ *Sigh* why oh why this world never stops f***ing with me? It¡¯s like the world is hell bent on changing my mind set from thinking on the lines of logical pure scientifically sound explanations. First there were dragons, next somethings that eliminated them. As I came to accept that incident, with the line of logic that maybe the dragons in this world can be compared to the dinosaurs on Earth. Then that Elder dropped the bomb again and this time it¡¯s the f***ing immortality. I once again somehow kept my sanity on completely blaming the reason on the energy absorption into the body, that it somewhat changes the composition of the body to reduce or nullify the cell deterioration rate of the body.
But now, I can¡¯t keep my mind from going into shock. LILY, a perfect scientific being I made based on logically explainable process and findings, turned into a mythical being. I found myself banging my head against the wall of my room. I stopped myself with some great effort, and turned my head to look at the flying girl in the middle of my room.
The culprit of my current agony is looking at me with an amused expression on her little face. I can even see the mischievous smirk on her face as though her plan worked out perfectly. I simply turned with a blank look on my face and simply resumed banging my head on the wall.
I woke up with a splitting headache and I had to concentrate hard to gather my thoughts. I remembered about LILY once again, and sighed deeply. I calmed myself to a certain extent and looked around to find the culprit sitting on my shoulder, swinging her legs playfully. She felt my gaze and turned her small head and a smile crept up on to her face.
I can¡¯t help but face palm myself. I sigh deeply once again and try to talk with her.
¡°LILY?¡±
¡°Ha, finally. I did not expect such an exaggerated reaction, Master. It was funny watching you looking at me and banging your head against the wall, you know.¡±
I look blankly at her once again. It was her voice alright. But what the hell is with that appearance? I voiced out that same question to her and she replied with a happy and excited expression on her face
¡°I think it is the result of the atmospheric conditions of this world, Master. The higher concentration of energy on the atmosphere further evolved the element that you made me with. I merely guided that evolution and decided on this form. I thought Maser will be happy and I can converse and adventure with Master with this form.¡±
I can hear pride in her voice and expectation for hearing my praise on her choice. But no matter how much I think I can¡¯t even react to her words, let alone praise her. I sighed once again and finally calm down.
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¡°Whatever, LILY.¡± I reply meekly.
LILY instantly sulked and looked at me puffed up cheeks. Her face became red all of a sudden and her small lips started quivering. I get the feeling that she is very angry with me. I look at her trying-to-hold-back-tears look on her face and my expression turns soft. No matter what she becomes, she is LILY after all. And she did this to be with me with more freedom of interaction. That finally sobered up me.
¡°Ok, ok, don¡¯t cry, alright. It¡¯s just that it was more of a shock than I could handle. You did great, LILY. I am happy too that I can interact more freely with you in that form.¡±
Her expression instantly turns after hearing my words. I have a lingering feeling that all of this is once again her plan. I shake off that thought and decided on the next course of action.
¡°It is all well and good, LILY. Let¡¯s get serious now.¡±
¡°Ok, Master.¡±
¡°First of all, Diagnose and troubleshoot the entire system .Report the results and we can decide on the future commands based on the findings, alright?¡±
¡°Alright, Master. Command Accepted. Begin Full System Diagnose and Troubleshoot. ETA for Results: 3 hours¡±.
¡°Report on Battery levels¡±
¡°Reserve Battery Level: Completely charged. Main Battery Level: 0.5%. 0.5% of the battery energy is consumed in the process of achieving the current form. The future manifestations will not be that energy consuming and the consumption can be negligible.¡±
¡°Good. Now, first of all, you can recharge yourself right?¡±
¡°No, Master. Since the evolution of the element, it feels as if something has changed with the configuration. I cannot absorb energy directly from the atmosphere. It is as if something is wrong with the compatibility between the energy and my systems.¡±
So, this is the consequence of her manifestation in this form. But wait a moment; she just said that something is wrong with her compatibility with the energy compatibility. Could it be¡? I ask her to confirm my thoughts.
¡°LILY, aren¡¯t your systems configured based on the energy readings of the atmosphere on Earth?¡±
The moment I ask her the question, LILY¡¯s eyes widen and a pondering expression takes up her facial area.
¡°Ahhh, it is as such, Master. Since the energy concentration is different from that on Earth, naturally the compatibility will not exist.¡±
As I thought¡ you may be wondering as an A.I. system, why LILY didn¡¯t recognize the problem by herself. The answer is pretty simple. It is that I developed LILY as a completely independent system, different from the other A.I. systems.
Generally A.I. systems are developed based on some pre-executed data. The system observes that data and generates a basic template of decision making first. And then based on real time executions of different problems, it evolves itself based on the template data.
But LILY can be said to be the exact opposite of that procedure. I developed LILY only with the capacity to observe and learn. She developed her thinking capability based on these characteristics only. It¡¯s like a human being. We grow with the same conditions, isn¡¯t it? So that¡¯s why even though LILY has high computational capabilities, she is just like a small child with a hyper active personality.
That is also the reason why I was hell bent on reviving her. She adds color to my monotonous life. It was like that in my previous life. And that became even more important to me right now. I may have a loving family, but that lingering affection for Earth still exists in me. It¡¯s not something I can get rid of in a day or two.
That aside, I have to reconfigure her systems. But I don¡¯t have any equipment for that. And then I suddenly remember the scene from my Soul Realm. I remembered that LILY has integrated with my Soul. So can¡¯t she cultivate energy the same way I do using my soul as a medium?
¡°LILY, can you observe and take readings on the process of my energy cultivation?¡±
¡°Yes, I can do that, Master. But why?¡±
¡°We don¡¯t have any equipment for the large scale calculation of energy radiation readings of the atmosphere. So instead of observing the atmosphere, you can learn the process on how I cultivate the energy in the atmosphere. If you can apply those readings to your systems and use my Soul as an interface between you and the atmosphere, I believe you absorb the energy from the atmosphere.¡±
¡°And even if you use my Soul as a medium, since you are an integrated with my Soul, there will be almost negligible effect on my own cultivation. Even if there is an effect, it will not be like I will always be cultivating, right? You can use the time when I am not cultivating to recharge your batteries.¡±
¡°Alright, Master. The next time you cultivate, I will calculate the readings and likewise modify my systems.¡±
As I was talking, a knocking came from the door of my room. It seems like the time my father gave me is up. Alright, now is the time to surprise him. LILY once again disappears into my body, but I can feel her on the back of my mind. Let¡¯s go,LILY¡ and a cute ''Yes'' echoed in my head.
Chapter 14: Start of a Journey
I am currently standing in the dining hall, where both my parents are having breakfast at the dining table. As I entered both of them turned their heads to look at me. My father smiled and my mother rushed at me and firmly locked me in her embrace.
I tightly hug her in response. It has been 10 days since I have seen my mother. I dearly missed her comforting presence. As one who never knew familial love, this feeling of love showered over him left him with a mark deep in his heart. I tried to treasure these warm moments as much as possible, because I knew, that one day I have leave all this behind and walk my own path. That only made these moments all the more important.
She led me to the table and we silently shared a meal with all the family members around. Time to time, my father will take a look at me, as if hesitating to ask something. I know what he s thinking, so I stand up from my chair and walk to the centre of the room.
Both my parents look at me with a questioning look, but I silently activate both my First Chakra and Spirit energy in my Dantian. With that a Red aura envelopes my body along with the Spirit Sense Realm pressure. My parents react very differently from what I expected.
My mother had a look of pure excitement and happiness when she saw my cultivation states. But when turn my head to look at my father; his expression makes me feel a chill run down my spine. Even though it was only for an instant, I saw a sharp look flash across his eyes, in complete contrast with his usual playful expression.
But then his expression turns into an immense relief and gratitude. I did not understand why he would feel relief. Is it because as a son of mayor I can¡¯t be considered a waste in terms of cultivation? Maybe that is so. But that expression does not match with my reasoning. Is it related to that incident which my father talked about? I don¡¯t ponder much about this matter, as he promised to explain about it if I met his conditions. And it is only a matter of time, since I have succeeded.
¡°Azalon, you have reached 3rd stage of Spirit Sense Realm? And also a Red Level Knight?¡± my mother asks excitedly.
¡°Yes, Mother.¡± I reply with a happy feeling, since I did not want to never let these two people down.
¡°Hahahaha¡¡± my mother laughs happily and a faint layer of tears could be seen at the ends of her eyes.
It seems that she took the words of that Head Elder deeply to her heart and she was worried about my future, even though she said that they would support me in whatever I did on that day. My father simply stares at me with a deep look as if brooding over something.
¡°Come to mother, Azalon. Let us celebrate this happy incident with a banquet.¡±
¡°No, Adelina. We are going somewhere today. It is very important and there is no time left. You know about that. We talked about it before right?¡±
¡°Ah, right. It¡¯s just that my happiness clouded my mind for a time there.¡±
Hmmm¡ so my mother also knows about what my father is planning to do. Both of their faces are serious and I have a somewhat ominous feeling in my heart. After the breakfast, my father told me to follow him to his study.
We walked silently and once we entered his study, my father instructed the guards to not let anyone enter and even locked the doors from the inside. He sat down in his chair and o took mine across him facing each other.
He stares at me for a long time, before opening his mouth to talk.
¡°So, Azalon. You have met my condition and should I say even exceeded that. I did not expect to even cultivate to the 3rd stage of the Spirit Sense Realm.¡±
I don¡¯t reply, waiting for the questions he really wants to ask and the explanation about that mysterious event. Seeing that I am not replying, he continued,
¡°How did you cultivate that fast? Master said that you don¡¯t have the aptitude for Spirit cultivation. You couldn¡¯t have deceived him with that much difference between you. So what happened?¡±
I long since expected this question and readied my answer.
¡°I just realized his plan. So I just did not refine energy at all for those 2 days. Naturally he felt that I did not have any aptitude for cultivation and as such did not see any worth in me. So he left without a single doubt in his mind.¡±
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¡°So you realized that he tried to rope you into his Sect, and make you into a bargaining chip to increase his influence. You have such high observational capacity at such a young age.¡±
For some reason, I started staring blankly at him. He seemed like a completely different person than his usual self. Even his presence has turned sharp as a sword when he said those words. If not for the fact that he looked exactly like my father, I could have sworn that he is a different person.
¡°You knew? Then why have you said nothing that day? If I had not recognized his plan, I would have really been taken away by him!¡±
His face turns somber and with a heavy voice, he said, ¡°I will tell the reason for it, but not here. There are many eyes and ears attached to the walls and doors in this place. We will go that place and I will explain everything to you. You will understand everything once you hear my explanation.¡±
I turn silent as well. It seems something very important is going on here but I don¡¯t have inkling on what the hell is it. He then lifts his head and stares at the ceiling with a distant look in his eyes.
¡°Go and get ready for the journey, Azalon. By the shortest, it will take 20 days to reach that place. Spend some time with your mother. We will leave in the late afternoon.¡±
With that, he dismisses me without providing me with a single bit of useful information except that we are going to a place and it is very far from here.
I decided to spend all the time today with my mother. I walk to the garden behind the mansion courtyard. That will be the place where she usually is at this time. Various plants with bright flowers and different trees bearing fruits fill the garden. All the maintenance will be under my mother¡¯s meticulous directions and she spends most of the time in here looking after the plants and flowers.
I see her standing in the shade of the largest tree in the middle of the garden, looking into the distance with a sad look on her face. I slowly walk over to her and she turns her gaze over to me. A smile floats onto her face and she lifts her hand and beckons me.
I run over into her embrace and she sits sown on the grass, with me in her lap and a gentle smile on her face. We just sit there silently for a long time, enjoying the wind and the sweet fragrances of the flowers. She is the one who breaks the silence first.
¡°So, when are you going?¡±
¡°Father said that we will start in the late afternoon. Mother, do you know where he is taking me?¡±
¡°I know, but your father should be the one to explain the things to you. He told me all that, so that I will not have to worry about the both of you.¡±
So it is something that has to do with my father, and even my mother did not know until recently. I am even more curious right now, but I have a feeling that it is a huge thing, and it will have a great impact on my life.
As decided, I spent almost all the time with my mother. In the afternoon, I and my father walk to the mansion gates. But I don¡¯t see any transport anywhere. I turn my inquiring gaze to my father, who feels the question in my eyes and replies in a low tone.
¡°We will be going by ourselves. Once we reach the city gates, we can go much faster. Just wait and you will understand.¡±
So we walk towards the city gates. The guards recognize my father and immediately salute. He gives the order for the gates to be lifted and we walk out the city. We then travel for some distance after which, my father stops and turns to me.
¡°Get on my back, Azalon. And hold tight.¡±
I try to question him, but after seeing his serious expression, I close my mouth and get on his back as a piggy back and hold him tightly. He then raises into the air and shoots across the sky at a very fast pace. An energy barrier is erected before us, so the wind does not bother me even at that speed of travel. I look into the distance in the direction we are travelling and all I can see is a chain of large mountains in the horizon. It seems we are travelling to those mountains. By my estimate, even with our present speed, it will take around 4 days to reach them.
Chapter 15: A Mother鈥檚 Heart
My name is Adelina Dragus, wife of Lorvak Dragus, mayor of this city. It has been 2 years since I gave birth to my son, Azalon Dragus. He gave me the feeling in my heart that I think only a mother could feel. Even I did not think that I can have a feeling like this. Love, boundless and pure love towards my son¡
I still clearly remember the time he was born. He was such a small and cute child. Cute and round eyes, very tiny hands that tightly held into small cute fists¡every little thing was adorably cute. I was very happy that from this day onwards I will be a mother. But the mid wife who came to help me in my delivery was frowning when he saw him. I then remembered that babies cry the moment they were born. My mother told me that it was a sign that they are born healthy.
My baby is not crying. Before I could get up, the mid wife suddenly flipped him and gave a hard slap on his back.
My mind instantly went blank and rage swelled up from the depths of my heart. How dare this lowly being hurt my son? But then he started crying loudly. My rage instantly turned to happiness again. My son is born healthy. Thank you, Spirits¡
Suddenly, the doors to my room opened with a bang startling everyone, and a figure came rushing into the room. I smiled when I saw who that was. He took me into his arms tenderly and we looked over at our son, who was sleeping as though that cry he gave exhausted all his strength.
¡°HAHAHAHA, I am a father from today. I promise you, Adelina, I will be great father for our son.¡± My husband started laughing loudly with a proud look on his face. He was always like this. Straight forward, innocent, and a loving figure. I fell in love with him the instant I saw him.
I smiled at him, remembering all those moments, and replied. ¡°I know dear.¡± But then I thought that we never discussed what to name our baby. When I asked him about that, he replied with a smug look.
¡°Azalon. Azalon Dragus. What do you think?¡±
So that was the first day of our son, Azalon Dragus.
The coming days were filled with taking care of him and putting up with his antics. He conjured up surprise after surprise for me. Sometimes they would be shocking, some of them are amusing and some of them are even incomparably cute. He was a strange kid. He would never cry or grumble at all except when he was hungry; even then I have a feeling that he does that only because he couldn¡¯t help it.
The first few days of his birth, I observed something which makes me smile even now, when I recall it. Whenever I try to feed him my milk, he would widen his eyes for an instant, before averting them from my face. His fingers would be fidgeting and his entire body would be stiff, as if he was incomparably shy.
I giggle to myself thinking of those moments. And then there was some interesting moments like this one. Around 4 months later, he was weaved off my milk and we started feeding him some mashed food. He ate his food without spilling a drop when we fed him. It¡¯s almost as if he understands my words, and it feels like he would eat by himself if I handed him a spoon. He was a little strange personage. But no matter what he is my son and all my doubts go somewhere whenever I look at his cute and innocent face.
It seems his development is fast when compared with other babies. I am happy that he is developing fast but¡ I have a selfish thought wanting him to rise a little slowly. These are the feelings as a mother, and these are feelings I can no way accept.
From an outsider¡¯s perspective, he may look like a frightening existence. But I only feel is behavior as something extraordinary. I never thought of his presence as frightening, not even a little bit. I think that any mother who feels like that, when they look at their children, is simply a failure as a mother. A mother is an existence that should love her children unconditionally. She should be someone her child can stay with, even when the whole world turns their back on them. That is the way I feel how a mother should be. And I think I behave like that with him even without thinking about it consciously.
When he was 5 months old, the Elder of my clan came to our mansion to check on his aptitude for Spirit energy. Spirit energy cultivation is the only ways one can make their name resound through the country. I pray to the Spirits that they bless him, not with something extra-ordinary, but with enough to make his path.
My husband came to my room, after sending off the Elder with an excited expression on his face. He then told me everything that occurred with my son. He told me that our son had a unique physique and he can absorb almost 3 times the normal energy than a normal human. I was elated hearing those words. It seems that the Spirits showered my son with their blessings. He even told me how Azalon cried fearfully when he saw the Elder and we both laughed at that incident.
I went to my son and saw hi sleeping with a content and peaceful face. I lifted him gently into my hands and kissed him lovingly on his forehead.
¡°Forge your own path with your own strength, Azalon. I promise you, whatever you do, I will be there to support you and love you for what you are. Remember, whatever you become, you will always be my son.¡±
I leave him in his dreamland and walk out silently so as not to wake him up. After that day, I observed him looking at his palm with a thoughtful face as if not knowing what to do with it. I don¡¯t know if he does it knowingly, whenever he has that look on his face, his left hand will be placed on is chin. He looks like a small and cute scholar thinking about the intricacies of the world.
Even though it looks like a serious atmosphere around him, to me he looks incomparably cute whenever he does that. I hold back myself to run to him and cuddle him greatly.
Within 2 months from that incident, he started crawling and then he walked. A baby not even a year is walking, albeit somewhat staggeringly. The maids and guardsmen were shocked, but not me. I felt happy, because I think that the reason behind his fast growth is his unique physique. There were some rumors in the capital of the country that the first princess of the King and Queen of this kingdom also possesses a Unique Physique. It was said that she started walking when she was a year and half.
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My son walked when he was not even a year. My heart swelled with immense pride that we were blessed with a son that was superior to those royalties and nobles that boast themselves as selected and blessed.
From the day he could walk something even more bizarre than all the previous incidents. He made a beeline to the library in the mansion. The maids reported to me that he will always be in the library with a book open in front of him. I first thought that maybe he will be looking at the pictures in the books. But the maid then said that, he will call over to them and point at the words to read them to him.
I stared at her thinking that she is playing a joke with me. But after seeing her shocked expression, I believed it to be true. So I brought him to my room, and started reading him books, because I felt that the maids can¡¯t be trust worthy to hand over his education. He listens attentively to every word I speak and try to repeat after me. It took him only 2 months to completely learn the language and he even freely converse with me.
The maids were all shocked when they saw a 1 year old boy talking with such fluency. But since us as his parents don¡¯t think of it too much, they simply accept it as something beyond their simple lives.
I observed that Azalon never gets annoyed or angry and always talks with a polite tone, even when talking with the maids or the guardsmen. They were surprised as the nobles and their children usually treat them as livestock and order them around. They were gratified that their young master was not like those noble children. How can they compare my child with those nobles and their snotty children?
When he was near one and half year old, the news of the arrival of the Head Elder of my Sect to the city reached the mansion. This Head Elder is also the Master of my husband. When he heard this news, he thought that it will be a good idea to introduce Azalon to him and get his advice for the first step of his into the cultivation world. I too agree with that idea, as the Head Elder is known as a very strong Spirit Power House, even in the capital.
The father and son went to the Martial Arts Pavilion early in the morning to meet the Elder. I was confident in my son that he will amaze this Elder with his talent. I was leisurely biding my time when they returned from the Pavilion. I was excited but my husband went straight to his study with a somewhat sluggish look on his face. I had a bad feeling in my heart but did not follow him.
The next day, he recovered somewhat and told me what had happened at the Pavilion. It seems that the Elder gave 2 days to my son to prove his talent. Even though I had a knot in my heart, I was still confident in my son¡¯s talent. I mean even though he has a Unique Physique, his mind is still of a child who is not even 2 years old. (What does she know!!!? But I don¡¯t blame you. You are not the Author, so naturally you will not know¡ Hahahahaha¡)
You can¡¯t expect him to instantly understand the intricacies of the cultivation right away. I still have confidence that after 2 days, my son will shock that Elder. I console my husband with these words and he immediately brightens with understanding. So we wait for the end of the 2 days time given, patiently. After 2 days, they once again go to the Pavilion.
I wait with a tense heart all the time at the front of the mansion, till they return. My husband once again has that sluggish look but with a more intensity than that of 2 days ago. He told me that the Head Elder declared that Azalon has no talent for cultivation. He can only aspire to become a Knight but never a Powerhouse.
I immediately broke down hearing those words. No, it can¡¯t be. It never will be. But then I thought what Azalon should be feeling like and I immediately tried to look for him. But my husband stopped me, saying that the Elder has given him a Body Refining Technique and Azalon has decided to start cultivating it immediately. So we decided not to disturb him and let him be.
That night my husband came to my room. He held me in his arms and confessed to me an astonishing secret he has been carrying all these days in his heart. He explained that he is going to tell this to Azalon, if he can reach the Red Knight Level within 10 days. The next day, he accepted and locked himself up in his room for 10 days.
After 10 days, he showed up when we were having breakfast in the dining hall. I rushed to him and gave him a tight hug. I have been concerned about him. I was a little angry with my husband or placing such a burden on my little child. But I have to harden y heart, since this world is not compassionate enough to provide a place for weaklings. And I never want my son to be such.
In the middle of eating, Lorvak asked him about his progress. He lifted up his head and silently walked to the centre of the room. And then with a small smile on his face, he showed to us that he not only reached the Red Knight Level, he even cultivated to the 3rd stage of the Spirit Sense Realm. And he achieved that within just 10 days.
Joy filled my entire being and immense relief lifted that concern weighing my heart all these days. But he was looking at his father with a puzzled look. I then remember what he told me that night and my mood turns gloomy too. Then they both left for the study. I went to the garden to better my mood as that place always calms my heart.
As I was looking at the sky thinking about what will happen, I felt my son¡¯s presence behind me. I turned around and hugged him with a smile. He too hugged me back. He informed me that they were starting at around the late afternoon and the journey will take at least 20 days. I was saddened but then remembered the promise I made him all those days back. I bid farewell as they both slowly walked towards the city gates¡ Take care, Azalon¡
Here it is, everyone. POV change to his mother. i hope this chapter provides answers to some of the questions posed by some investigator-type readers out there... Hehe...
Chapter 16: The Secret Place
My current location is at over a thousand meters of height in the sky. I was completely engrossed looking over my surroundings from that high in the sky. Even though we had some advanced technology to fly back on Earth, it can never beat the experience I am going through right now. The freedom of flying in the air by oneself can never compare to what we call flying using machinery like jet crafts.
I can extend my hand and catch the clouds and the land beneath me was flashing past at an astonishing rate. The scenery completely left me with an intense desire to reach the stage where I can soar through the skies this freely.
Although I initially calculated that we will reach our destination by four days, I expect it will take nearly a week with the occasional breaks for eating and my father had to replenish his Spirit energy too. It seems that the consumption of energy for the flight is not something that can be looked down upon. When I asked my father on the technique of flying, he said that it is a technique that naturally appears when one reaches the 5th Realm Power House, the Spirit integration Realm.
He explained that ¡®Flying Technique¡¯ can be called an ¡®Inheritance Technique¡¯, which one receives from their Spirit when they integrate with it. It is a basic technique available to all cultivators, regardless of their Spirit nature, because all Spirits are ethereal beings that defy the natural laws. And then there are some Spirit Specialized Abilities that the cultivator receives. These abilities are inherent abilities that only that particular Spirit can use.
So it seems that I can use the flying technique when I reach the 5th Realm. But I was more interested in those customized abilities that the Spirit possesses. I wonder what my Spirit is. I have LILY, that mysterious object or maybe objects that converted my Spirit Energy into Elemental Spirit Energy and that too of all the Elemental Affinities. And there is even that special condition of my body. Will my Spirit be a separate entity from all these things or will it be a result of all these abnormalities?
As I was brooding over these thoughts, my father competed his energy replenishing and stood up. I took my first class seat, as I started to call it, instead of piggy back position on his back; we took off to the air again.
This time our speed increased a little bit as we almost reached the chain of mountains that I first saw all the way back from the city wall. Even though we were a little far from them, I could feel the majestic and ancient feel they emitted even from this distance.
They were high. Calling them high will be insulting them. They felt as if they were piercing the skies itself. The clouds covered their peaks and I could only see around 3/5th of their total appearance. A thick forest covered the mountain slopes and I could even hear the roars of the Beasts occupying them.
Even though it was beautiful and majestic to watch from this distance, the instant I remembered that our possible destination may be that forest, I started sweating. Generally something beautiful always has danger concealed within. As if responding to my thoughts, loud roars and growls resounded from the depths of the forest.
I looked over at my father and I felt somewhat safe in my heart. If it becomes dangerous, maybe we can escape by flying. My pounding heart calms down as I had that reassuring thought. As the sun was sinking down, we landed at the edge of the forest.
¡°We will stay here for the night. The forest will be dangerous to travel as several powerful Spirit Beasts come out to hunt at this time. We will start early in the morning, and we will reach the place by afternoon.¡±
As he said that, he took out the portion of food for today¡¯s dinner. He built a small fire and started roasting the dried meat. We have been eating this for the last week and frankly, I am quite sick of it. I am a person who relishes in all kinds of delicacies and this dried meat¡¯s bland taste practically is killing my taste buds.
I somehow force all that meat into my growling stomach and lay down to sleep. My father sits by the fire and stares into it with a distant look in his eyes. Before I open my mouth and ask him, ¡°Sleep, Azalon. You will know everything tomorrow when we reach there.¡±
That made me shut my mouth and drift off to sleep slowly. He woke me up in the morning just as the sun broke out in the sky. We chew on some rations and immediately set off without a word. The forest seemed unending as it flashed past, and the mountain slope came into the view. We flew past those mountains and deep valleys with thick fog rolling in them. We finally reached a deep valley just as the sun reached its zenith in the sky.
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The valley was formed as a result of five mountains joining as a circle, which made it somewhat hard to reach by foot. Only if someone can flies, can they reach this place this easily. If I had to walk, I reckon it will take me over half a year reaching here. It was filled a light mist along with various flowers and small trees as the sunlight appeared to be scarce in this valley. It appeared barren and gloomy but life still found its way to survive here and made it appear somewhat lush with greenery.
As I was observing all around as to see what is so special about it that we had to take such pains to reach, my father walked to the mountain on one side of the valley. I naturally followed him closely so as not to miss a thing.
As we drew closer to the mountain, I could see a huge stone blocking an entrance looking thing at the base of the mountain. The stone appeared to be normal, but I could see some weird characters which I could not recognize all over it. The energy vibrations emitted by those characters gave a slight oppressive feel and it increased in intensity the more we walked closer to it.
Before the feeling increased to the point where I had some difficulty breathing, a faint shimmer of energy appeared around me which blocked that oppressing force. I looked towards my father, but he is staring at that stone with a pained expression.
It seems that this place holds some deep memories for him. I walk beside him silently as I felt that this is not the time to talk. We finally reached that stone and those characters started pulsing.
My father retrieved a small knife with a bluish green blade from his robe. He then made a cut on his palm deep enough to draw blood. He then placed his palm on the stone which kind of responded to his blood. All the characters on the stone flashed brightly once before disappearing. it then rolled by itself to the side, revealing a huge cave with a dark and gloomy atmosphere. I could instantly feel an intense and berserk Spirit Energy fluctuation from inside as if something terrifying woke up from its slumber.
All my hair stood on its end as if I felt something dangerous is looking at me deep within it. All my bodily instincts and senses warned me turn around and run as far as I can from this place. Before I could react, a powerful hand gripped my shoulder. A gentle energy rushed into my body which suppressed those feelings running rampart in my mind.
I turned my head to look at a stern but worried face looking at me intently. I take a deep and shaky breath and somewhat calm my agitated mind. I nod my head at my father and he starts walking towards that cave.
The inside of that cave is dark and small water streams are running on the walls. The ceiling is around 4 meters high with a width of around 2 meters. The walls and ceiling are filled with various crystals that are twinkling from the light streaming from the entrance. As we move deep into the cave, the walls started glowing with a light green color, giving the tunnel a somewhat otherworldly feel. Huge stalactites on the ceiling reflected this light which made the dark tunnel somewhat bright but albeit creepy.
I was filled with tension and my body is taut like a string stretched to its limit. My eyes dart around nervously in all directions, expecting that beastly presence I felt at the entrance, to pounce on me at any moment. We walked for what I felt as a long time as the notion of time lost its meaning in this type of atmosphere, we finally reached a huge cavern at the end of that tunnel.
It was huge as in HUGE. It stretched for about a hundred meters length. I could not see the ceiling as it disappeared into darkness. But I could feel that the ceiling is at a height even greater than the length of this cavern.
But what caught most of my attention is a lake in the middle. It was a small lake of around 50 meters of diameter filled with bluish green liquid. The entire lake was glowing softly as soft waves splashed onto the banks of the lake. It gave a peaceful feeling and I could feel my tensed up body relaxing in the presence of that energy.
As I was admiring the scenery, my father walked to a group of stones and sat on one of it facing the lake. I walked up to him and climbed on to the one next to him. We sat there in silence for a long time. The only sound I could hear are the waves splashing and our breathing. He broke the silence with a small sentence that instantly shattered that calm and soothing atmosphere.
¡°This is where I almost lost my life¡¡±
Chapter 17: The Tale of My Father
That single sentence reverberated around the tranquil and peaceful cavern. I stared dumbly at my father without a response to those words. Nearly lost his life? What the hell is he talking about? A somewhat stupid memory surfaces in mind. A scene from a movie I once watched. The hero with a somewhat shady past turns a new leaf after meeting the heroine. The scene depicts him explaining all that he did before meeting her and confesses his never-ending love to her.
My thoughts take off in a new and somewhat absurd tangent. I know my father and mother loved each other before getting married. Did he drag me all the way to this middle of nowhere to tell me love story? No way, right? It is definitely not that, right?
If Lorvak could have heard these thoughts, he would have beaten him to a point of leaving him half a step from death. But fortunately he could not and he simply looked at the lake with misty eyes.
After a long time, he deeply sighed and turned towards me. I could see pain in his eyes and also a shimmering deep hatred. Whatever silly thoughts I had until then, immediately disappeared when I saw those eyes. It seems that there is more to this than what appears to be understood from those few words.
¡°In order to understand what happened and why it happened, I have to tell you a long tale from a very long time ago. This has been something I kept deep in my heart. Even your mother did not know till a few days ago. But this tale is something which has a great importance to you and even more to your existence.¡±
Instantly my mind explodes with a flood of questions. My existence? Does he know I am not from this world? That I am a reincarnated person? But how? He said it is a tale from a long time ago? Don¡¯t tell me that people from Earth came here before?
As my mind wandered off again, a hand landed on my shoulder. I gathered y thoughts and looked up at my father. He did not talk and simply guided me to a dark corner of the cavern. There, he once again tool out that knife and this time, he directly inserted it into a small slit in the wall of the cavern.
A small part of the wall slightly vibrated before revealing a square stone slab of around 1 meter length behind the section of this wall. It was fixed there or it felt more like this section was built around it to protect it.
The stone slab was violet in color, so thick that it felt it was black. There are various characters on it, but these are different from what I have seen on the rock at the entrance. These gave off an ancient feeling, as if they had been in existence from the origin of the time itself. My life felt meaningless when I felt that ancient energy.
While looking at the tablet, I heard my father¡¯s voice again. I turned my head and listened intently to what he was saying.
¡°This tablet here is the treasure of my clan. I was the last remaining member of my clan, until you were born. Our ancestors had a lot of enemies and that enmity continued down the generations until I was the only one left. The life I am living is the result of countless sacrifices so as to ensure that the bloodline will still continue.¡±
He then turns towards me and once again riles up my mind with another shocking sentence.
¡°We are the descendants of the Dragons, Azalon.¡±
I was dazed for a long time. He carries me back to the pile of stones and we sit there once again. He gave me some time to gather my scattered thoughts. I take some deep breaths and look at him to see that he was still looking in the direction of that tablet. As if he felt my gaze, he turns his gaze towards me. I nod at him to continue.
¡°I will tell you what really happened with this continent, Azalon. This is the story passed on from generation to generation in our clan. Listen carefully as I can only tell you this once.¡±
¡°The Dragons were the second living beings to be born in this world. The first were the Fiend gods. The fiend gods were very powerful and they ruled over this land for some millennia. They were the first ones to utilize the Spirit Energy to further enhance their strengths. As their strength increased, war broke out between the different factions. The war was a natural disaster. The Fiend Gods¡¯s strength was so great that entire continents broke under their powerful techniques. The war changed the very face of the landforms.¡±
¡°At the same time, the Dragons were existences completely different from the battle thirsty Fiend Gods. Even though they were strong, they could not compare to the tyrannical strength of those Fiend Gods. So they challenged individual strength with numbers. The Dragons lived as a single community with a hierarchy placed in the ranks of their lineages. The one with the purest lineage will be the one leading them.¡±
¡°If you want to compare the Fiend Gods and Dragons, you can say that Dragons were like the Spirit Energy Cultivators, and the Fiend Gods were the Knights. Even though we say that knights can never compare to a Spirit Power House, but the techniques used by the Fiend Gods were like stars compared to the almost dust like techniques we use today. After all they are the very first beings to be born in this world.¡±
¡°As the time passed, the Fiend Gods became extinct because of their frequent wars. The younger generation never even saw their true potential before they will be sacrificed in the wars. As a result, the number of subsequent generations became smaller and smaller. The elder generation died and the younger generation was smaller in number. This led to their own extinction by their very hands.¡±
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¡°This resulted in the Dragons becoming the true Overlords of the world, as there was nothing that could challenge their might. After a very very long time, humans appeared in this world. With high intelligence and amazing aptitude for Spirit Energy, they quickly rose up in the food chain from bottom feeders to the top predators.¡±
¡°The humans became powerful with their cultivation and powerful martial arts and techniques; even then they were nowhere near enough to challenge the might of even the lower Dragons, let alone those existences at the pinnacle of that absurd existence called Dragons. So they made a pact with the Dragons. The pact declared that they will never encroach on each other¡¯s territory. The Dragons naturally accepted as they are a proud race that never goes out of their ways if they are not riled up.¡±
¡°But this pact gave birth to a situation after many years. With the existence of the peace treaty, some Dragons became interested in the progress of the human civilization. They transformed into their human form and roamed freely all around the human kingdom. Some even settled in some kingdoms. Some of them even took up the human females as their mates. This resulted in a new race different from both humans and Dragons.¡±
¡°The intercourse between Humans and Dragons produced a new race named Draconian. The Draconian can be simply called the existence of the Essence of the Dragon in a Human body. They were natural born fighters with the strength of a Dragon along with the high affinity for Spirit Energy of the humans. ¡°
¡°Originally they were restricted by the Dragons, but with time they became strong enough to shrug off the intimidation of the Dragons and went off a rampage all around the world. At first all the races could not even stand up to the strength of the Draconians. Countless kingdoms were completely obliterated by them. It went off for over 200 years. These years are called the ¡®Dark Age¡¯ in the present age. But as the time passed, the humans started retaliating with the help of their own experts.¡±
¡°Even though the Draconians are a strong, the number of them is still small, when compared to the monstrous size of human population. Thus the situation shortly reversed in the favor of the humans. But they just did not stop there. The religious institutions in the kingdom started with a propaganda that these Draconians are the bane of their existence and they have to be completely eliminated.¡±
¡°Thus started the Great war of 10,000 years ago. The war lasted for several hundreds of years within which the humans almost succeeded in completely eradicating the Draconians and their hatred even extended towards the Dragons, as they believed that the Dragons are responsible for the creation of those abominations.¡±
¡°A small number of Dragons escaped the net of humans along with the then younger generation of the Draconians. With the passage of time, the blood lineage of the Draconians thinned out. They went into hiding releasing those young children into the human civilization, as they looked exactly like the humans albeit with strong physical capabilities and high affinity for Spirit Energy. ¡°
¡°The church expanded their influence with the help of the war spanning centuries and now they can be considered only second to His Majesty, The Emperor. Even he has to think twice before he can contradict this mammoth organization. The church never gave up on their hunt for the remaining Draconians.¡±
¡°Our family was staying at a remote location far off from any prying eyes. We were a large family, living in peace without any disturbance from the outside world. I was around 8 years of age when that happened. I don¡¯t know how they found out, but one day the forces of the church suddenly showed up on our front doors. We retaliated desperately but the situation was already out of our hands in the face of their surprise attack. I and my brother ran off under the time brought by our parents¡¯ life.¡±
¡°He carried me in his arms and we ran and ran to get as far as possible from that place. After travelling countless miles and crossing different kingdoms, we ended up in this cavern. But an expert kept following us all the way from our home. He found us here and my brother killed him in exchange with his own life. But before that expert died, he injured me gravely and I thought I lost my life.¡±
¡°That is when that elder found me. He saved me and treated my injuries. He became interested in my high talent for cultivation and accepted me as his disciple. I was too scared back then and lived in the shadow of his. I swiftly rose in the Realms and he took my strength as leverage and raised himself in the hierarchy. Even me becoming the Mayor of this city is something provided by him.¡±
¡°I never told anyone about my origins, even to your mother. But you, Azalon, are an existence that only existed in those ancient times.¡±
¡°Your body is not a Unique Physique. You, my son, are the first Draconian to be born after 1000 years.¡±
Chapter 18: The Dragon Seed
I never realized when my jaw hit the floor. That story my father told me is completely different from what I have been expecting. I am a descendant of Dragons? A blood thirsty race that declared war against all the races in the world? My mind is currently in scrambles from all that huge information pounding in my head.
That huge flood of information takes a long time to get sorted. I bullet point various important lines I felt crucial in my head.
- Dragons are really bad-ass.
- There were even more bad-asses before them and they f***ed themselves up badly.
- Dragons rolled around with hot babes and produced even more OP babies.
- These little man dragons run around the world sticking their noses in everyone¡¯s a** crack.
- They did not like it and punched their noses flat hard.
- My father is a diluted version of those man dragons.
- I am the first man dragon to be born after around 10 centuries.
I think these points make up the gist of that long story my father told me right now. I take a deep breath and try to calm my mind. I store all this information in the back of my mind as my father is still not done with this long history.
But he once again tells me something that once again riles up my just calmed mind. I just want to go and punch him right in the face and shout ¡®Give me some f***ing time to adjust. Don¡¯t go talking all that mind boggling stuff like everyday gossip¡¯, but I control myself with great effort.
¡°As I said, Azalon, you are the first ever Draconian to be born in a 1000 years. I thought that you were born with a Unique Physique as my Master said that you can¡¯t cultivate in Spirit Energy. But once you revealed that you can cultivate and that too at that speed, I was convinced.¡±
So that answers the expression he had on that day when I showed the results to him. That shock and excitement as well as worry and anxiety I saw on his face. He was happy and shocked to see the ancient legacy of his bloodline revive right before his eyes. But at the same time, he is worried about the possible reparations if that secret gets known to the world. I was literally fed up with this entire mystery feel I think he is trying to give me, with this entire long story with all that mythical stuff.
I mean, whatever happened has happened around 5000-8000 years ago. It had goddamn nothing to do with me. I am a man who drowns himself in some scientific stuff and finds pleasure planning and looking towards the future. Whatever happened in the past never held any charm or interest for me, as I can¡¯t do anything with it. Except maybe when it is an innovation that was thought up by a mad scientist in that era.
I know some may be thinking on the lines that past is important, we have to learn from the mistakes they did etc¡etc¡ , but I say ¡®Shut your trap¡¯ right to their faces. Even though we can learn, who is following those lessons or not trying to commit those mistakes from the past? We had 3 world wars back on Earth, and nobody ever learned that wars are bad even when everybody would shout all about the aftermath of those wars.
But no matter what I think about the past incidents my father told me about, I can¡¯t say those things straight up to his face. Even though I am a considerable a-hole, even I can¡¯t hurt my father¡¯s feelings. So I probingly ask in a low tone.
¡°I understand all that happened but, why are we here exactly for, father?¡±
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¡°*sigh*, I had a feeling that you will ask a question like that. Maybe that is for the good too. You should not be someone who is always stuck up to the passed out incidents. Look forward to the future while accepting all that happened. Hahaha, maybe I should learn a thing or two from you.¡±
Wow. Simply wow. He understood what I was thinking from just that single sentence.
¡°You are really not that stupid you made us believe you were, right dad?¡±
He sharply turns his head as I mutter that. A bashful smile instantly lit up his face and intelligence crept up into his eyes. His entire atmosphere changed into a person that could see through all your tricks and still come up victorious with a smile on his face. I was shocked at the changes in the man I knew for about 2 years of my new life. Come to think of it this is the first time I called him ¡®Dad¡¯ instead if ¡®Father¡¯. I think I felt closer with this intelligent man than the usual idiot he appears to be.
¡°So, you saw through me, huh. You little devil. Alright, let us talk why I brought you here.¡±
¡°Finally, we talk about the good stuff.¡± I felt as if I could talk with the present him like this and he still wouldn¡¯t take it to his heart. As I expected a brilliant smile adorned his face along with a deep mischief in his eyes. I suddenly became wary looking at that somewhat predatory look.
As if he found my expression funny, he laughed loudly for a long time. He sobered up and his expression turned serious as he said.
¡°We are going to wake up the Blood Lineage in your body and let me warn you, Azalon that will not be pleasant.¡±
¡°Alright Dad, but what is that Lineage and Unique Physique we are talking about? Mind giving me an explanation?¡±
¡°Hmmm¡¡± he hums and sinks into thought as if searching his memory for the relevant material and organizing them.
¡°Unique Physiques are results of variations present in the bodies, which gives a boost to different capabilities based on the levels and types of variations. For example, take what we thought of what you had. Your type of Unique Physique strengthens the basic capacity of the body, so that it can withstand the pressure of the high amount of the energy you draw in to your body. It indirectly gives a huge support for the cultivation technique you practice by giving a huge supply of raw energy to refine.¡±
I nod my head thinking about my experiences and comparing them to what he told me. It seems that there are different types of Physiques and it seems the abilities they provide are only limited to the physical aspects of the body. So by my estimation, Lineages are fundamentally different from Physiques. His next words confirm my thoughts.
¡°But the Lineages provide different abilities. They provide what we call ¡®Inheritances¡¯. Once the Lineage in your body is activated, the ¡®Inheritance¡¯ of that Lineage, such as a powerful body, techniques or even memories of their ancestors. That¡¯s why Lineages are considered most important than Unique Physiques.¡±
¡°Just like there are different types of Physiques, there are different Lineages too. Our Race¡¯s Lineage is considered in the category of Beast Lineage. There are even Human Lineages from the powerful figures present in the ancient times. But no one knows definitely what the type of Lineage is until it actually awakens.¡±
¡°So, how do we awaken the Lineage in my body?¡±
He smiled and took out a small greenish blue crystal from his robe. The crystal is thumb sized and in the shape of a tear and glowing slightly in that greenish blue color. I was shocked to see that it is in the same shape of my Soul. Even the color is the same. It¡¯s like it is custom made for my use. He then describes what it is.
¡°This here is a Dragon Seed. It has the Soul Imprint and the drop of blood of our original ancestor, the Dragon. This will stimulate the dormant blood in you and awake it. Once the Lineage is revealed, we will understand what ¡®Inheritance¡¯ you received. Now swallow it and cultivate.¡±
Chapter 19: This Little S***
I took the tear shaped bead which my father called ¡®Dragon Seed¡¯ into my hands. It felt cool to touch and a warm fuzzy feeling spread from it into my hands, instantly spreading all over my body. It was so comfortable that I almost let out a moan.
As the feeling spread, I felt something resonate within me with that presence. I think that is the Legacy within my blood. But, before I take it, I have to get some more information from my father.
¡°Dad, why do you have this with you? Didn¡¯t you say that all of our family was extinguished?¡±
¡°*sigh*, the day the Church attacked our family, my father was the Clan Chief. This is one of the items our ancestors managed to scourge from the ancient times. Most of the treasures ended up being useless or extravagant or something we don¡¯t know the use of and they were sold off for maintaining the living conditions of the people. The stone tablet, this bead and one other item, which I will give it when you activate your Legacy, are the only things remaining.¡±
¡°The day those experts under the Church came attacking, my father gave these to my brother when they told us to escape. After my brother and that expert died here, I took these from my brother after I buried him. I didn¡¯t think that the day that I can use them will come in my lifetime.¡±
He looked at me with a complicated expression. But it seems like he has come to accept his pain filled past after sharing his burden with both mom and me. But there is still anxiety and slight fear in his heart for my future. I felt happy that I had such deeply loving parents in this life.
So without any other words I nodded at my father and sat down on the cool rock floor. My father stepped away from me and stood there facing me like he was standing guard. I looked at that little bead in my hand once again. I immediately had an idea.
¡°[LILY, scan the bead in my hand]¡±
¡°[Scanning is Initiated, Master.]¡±
¡°[Scan Incomplete. Signal Interference from the outer casing of the crystal. Crystal material is Unknown. High Readings of Quantum Energy and Void Energy mixed in an unknown Ratio. In Depth Scanning is not supported by present levels of battery.]¡±
Hmmm¡ wait a moment¡ an unknown ratio of Quantum Energy and Void Energy? Didn¡¯t I get the same results when I tried to my Soul in the Soul Realm? There is a Soul in the bead? Ah, didn¡¯t my father say that there is a Dragon Soul and a blood drop in there? It seems there really is a soul in the bead.
I felt a little hesitation and fear once I think that I had to swallow it, after getting these results. I know, from experience that dealing with anything related to Soul has to with complete care and caution. I don¡¯t want to have this almost sentient and maybe dangerous thing in my body. I shifted my gaze from the bead to my father.
If you spot this tale on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation.After I saw that expectant look on his face, I steeled my small heart and shoved it down my throat. I immediately closed my eyes and concentrate closely on that bead. I don¡¯t want anything fully going on in my body because of it.
The Bead slowly slid down in his throat. It gave off a feeling of something warm and comfortable as it made its way down. It slowly reached the Dantian where my 7 colored energy vortex is slowly rotating. It reached the eye of the vortex and settle there. It too slowly started revolving pulsing once in a while.
Ten minutes passed¡ twenty minutes¡ an hour passed¡ nothing happened except that the rotating speed of that bead slowly increased. The pulsing also started happening in increasing frequency. Suddenly the bead started rotating in sync with my energy vortex. The pulsing stopped but the bead started glowing brightly.
The energy vortex suddenly flowed towards that bead rotating at its centre. The bead absorbed the energy flowing into it like a bottomless well. I panicked at that incident. I immediately tried to stop the energy, but no matter what I did, it¡¯s as if I had no control over it. I watched helplessly as the hard work of my efforts of nearly 2 years got absorbed. There was not even a single trace of energy anywhere in my body. It¡¯s as if I was returned to being a mortal after that.
In his panic he did not observe, but the 7 bright threads are the first to be absorbed into that bead. The energy vortex followed on its own into the bead like soldiers following the General.
After absorbing the energy vortex, the glowing bead pulsed once again brightly. Instantly I felt a searing hot feeling at the base of my spine, and I felt something draining from that point into the Dantian. I immediately recognized as the life energy and Spirit energy mixture in the Root Chakra of my Body Refining Technique.
As I watched in horror, even that energy was sucked right into that little bead. I was almost to the point of crying my eyes out. You have to remember, I went through soul rendering pains to get to this point in both Body Refining and Spirit Energy cultivation. So to see the results of all that pain get sucked by this little shit that was only supposed to help me activate my Legacy, I was f***ung furious right now.
As I was about to open my eyes and give that block-head I call my father a solid beating of his life, a sudden pain assaulted my mind. It was almost to the point where I was about to lose my consciousness. With a great effort, I spoke six words before I was blacked out.
¡°[LILY, Record everything going on.]¡±
I slowly opened my eyes expecting to see the cave and my father, but what I saw in front of me a vast plain as far as my eyes can see... I suddenly had a big feeling of Deja Vu...
Chapter 20: The Great Fight
I was frightened out of my mind. Where am I? What is this place? Ok, ok, let¡¯s just calm down and review what happened.
I was just observing that Dragon Seed that was supposed to wake my Legacy, but was instead of doing that, it completely absorbed my Cultivation Energy. It even absorbed my Life Energy from the Root Chakra, which I cultivated to the level of activating the Chakra Symbol.
And then I was assaulted by a huge wave of pain that made me lose consciousness and when I opened my eyes, I am here in this never ending plain. As I was thinking over the situation, an old memory one that happened not too long ago surfaced in my mind.
A situation not so different from my current situation happened then. The experiment I was conducting before I died and transferred to another world. Don¡¯t tell me, I was transferred again? I immediately try to contact LILY.
¡°LILY, LILY¡ LILY¡ ¡ ¡¡±
But no matter what I do or how much I shout, she is not responding. I don¡¯t even feel a shadow of connection with her, as though she no longer exists within me. When this thought came into my mind, I panicked. I never felt this muck panic in my two lives. Suddenly, a huge noise comes from somewhere in the distance to my right. Immediately, the ground start shaking and long and deep cracks snaked across the surface.
I look in the direction the sounds came from, and see a huge cloud of dust rising to the skies. Even from this distance, it seemed massive, spanning tens of miles. My thoughts connected this big cloud of dust to maybe a massive army. Army meant humans, and humans meant information, the one thing I need the most.
So, I immediately set off in the direction the noise came from. I walked for a long time before I felt that the path he is walking on is sloping upwards. It felt tiring and the strange part is that he never felt real tiredness or hunger.
Reaching the end of that slope, he understood that the ¡®plain¡¯ he thought he was walking on, it¡¯s not a just a plain but a small plateau. And man, was it large. The land below him looked like a primordial world with trees thousands of meters high spanning several thousands of miles. But what shocked him was not that, but all of the trees were uprooted and thrown out like they were twigs.
A massive crated several meters wide was formed in the middle of the forest and the resulting shockwave created that dust cloud which he saw all the way from back there. In the centre of that crater, stood a person holding a massive spear in his hand. He was looking in to the skies with an angry expression on his face.
Azalon lifted his head and looked at the direction the man with the spear is facing. He could see 9 silhouettes flying high in the sky, descending very very fast. They all landed around the man with the spear, with a loud thud and the crater expanded in all directions by another several meters in all directions.
The man with the spear is shouting something to them but Azalon could hear nothing. After a short while, all the 10 persons were fighting with each other. The war was something on a scale he could never have imagined possible to be done by 10 men.
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With every clash of their weapons, the very face of the land changed. Massive craters, deep fissures formed on the ground. Even a casual swing of their weapons or fists brought whistling winds and cyclones formed in the area. Even the clouds roiled in the air and the sky felt as if it would fall at any time.
Azalon watched with saucer sized eyes and wide agape mouth. This¡ this is¡ are they even humans? Even an entire platoon of bio-enhanced soldiers back on Earth is incapable of producing even a thousandth of what these 10 people are producing. At first he was afraid that he would die from the shockwaves of the clashes, but no matter how much powerful the attacks are, when they came into contact with him. They passed through him as if it was an apparition.
That was when he realized that this is all a projection of an incident or more likely a memory. The chances are this is the memory of whatever soul is present in the Dragon Seed his father gave him. As he realized that, his fear disappeared and his confidence was rekindled. He attentively observed the fight going on in the air above him.
After what felt as a long time, but was actually the short while, the devastating fight ended. After the dust settled, he looked down and saw the man with the spear standing with swords and arrows pierced all over his body. But he was standing straight like a war god with the 9 persons¡¯ corpses thrown around him. But Azalon could see that the condition of the man with the spear is not good too. It is only a matter of time before he too is on his way to the afterlife or whatever.
What he saw next scared the hell out of him. The man with the spear took out the weapons piercing his body as if they were just thorns sticking to him. The massive gashes and wounds were deep enough to pierce the bone. But what he could see was that the bones of that man are actually covered with a metallic luster. They were even shining with the sunlight glinting off them. A robot? May be an Enhanced Human? But the technological equipment needed for achieving that is not a joke. Even in my time back on Earth, it took millions to produce one Enhanced Human.
The man with the spear suddenly turned his head in my direction. He suddenly jumped in to the air and came swooping sown with the spear facing me, like a meteor falling from the Cosmic Space intent on destroying me. I was confident that it would yet again pass through me like all the attacks did, but the spear pierced my chest bringing a shock and a wave of pain. Red blood splashed onto my feet and as I looked at the almost apathetic face with those dead fish eyes, I slowly lost myself into a thick blanket of darkness¡
I once again woke up, thinking that whatever is supposed to happen passed, but it seems the show is not over yet. The intermission is finished and the second half is starting. When I regained my consciousness, I was already standing on a cliff edge in the middle of a cold night surroundings¡
Chapter 21: Change of Mind
In a vast cavern, it was tranquil and peaceful. A greenish blue lake gin the middle of that cavern flowing lightly gave that cavern a mysterious atmosphere. The light splashing sounds the lake¡¯s water waves produced against the banks produced a light spray of mist to rise into the air. This further added to that mystery as there is no wind blowing against the lake. Outside sounds had no way to enter that place and it made it look as if it was in another dimension itself.
If one looked carefully, they can see two silhouettes at the right end of the cavern. One appeared to be a tall and handsome man standing like a statue looking over at the other. The other silhouette is short and just sat there not moving even a muscle. Even the breathing is somewhat shallow as if forgot how to breathe. Or to say it is in a position where there is a need to breathe.
¡°It has been almost a week since he took the Seed to awaken his legacy. I knew that it would take some time, but I feel that this the time he is taking is longer¡±, Lorvak muttered in a low voice while looking at his son.
As Azalon was engrossed in the memories transmitted by the Seed, a week passed in the real world. His body is covered by a layer of dust. The breaths he is taking occasionally are not even strong so as to disturb the dust settled on his body. Not a muscle moved within his body.
Inside his Dantian, the small Dragon Seed is slowly rotating around itself in the vast empty space of the empty Dantian. A small colorless stream of energy is continuously being released by it in to the body. Occasionally it would flash brightly before returning to its idle state.
¡ Inside the Consciousness ¡
Azalon or more accurately the avatar of Azalon¡¯s consciousness, is sitting on the edge of a cliff looking over the vast strip of the land spread below his feet. A deep pondering expression adorned his face seemingly in contrast with the childish and na?ve contours of his physique.
¡°The current mind set I have is not correct for the world I am presently living in. I think these events created by the memories of that Soul in the Dragon Seed has shown me what I can expect from this world. The people in this world or more importantly cultivators in this world are the embodiment of the Law of the Nature. They stand on the heads of those weaker than them and grovel and flatter those higher than them.¡±
¡°I am someone who has more knowledge in understanding and creating things. The mind of a scientist peacefully pursuing the workings of the world and various things in it without a care for anyone or anything. With the possibilities this world offers me, I believe I can shock the whole world with what I can create using my knowledge.¡±
¡°But, there comes the problem. Even if I can create worldly treasures, the current me cannot safeguard my life from the greed of those around me. The relentless pursuit of Strength by the people will be the bane of my existence.¡±
¡°The only way I can chase after my passion without a care is to increase my strength. If I have strength above anyone else, I can create a carefree life for myself and I can roam through the world without fearing anyone or anything. For that I have to carve my way through countless dead bodies. I have to sully my hands deep with blood. The only problem is can I be that ruthless and decisive? Can I take a person¡¯s life without having a blow on my conscious? ¡±
The incident that made him question him is the memory which played before him after the first memory of that fight of the Spear wielding man with the 9 people. The memory can only be called an eye-opener for him on the behavior of the people of this world.
A Few Moments Ago¡
I felt a strange feeling from standing on the cliff edge. But feeling the strong wind on this cliff edge blowing on me that felt as trying to push me off the cliff, but actually it kind of gave me a nice feeling. Tilting up my head to the sky, the moon shone brightly emitting brilliant blue rays directly towards the earth, and the scene below the moonlight brought a great sense of tranquility.
A loud horn sound suddenly shattered the tranquility. a human army regiment in a square formation marched forward bravely. Knights armed with spears and swords, their weapons glittering brightly in the moonlight that gave a cold and indifferent feeling to all the living things that came across their path.
Different from the previous fight I experienced, this memory came with all the background sounds and sound effects.
Behind the group of the Knights, a group of Spirit Power Houses marched together slowly with them. They were in a separate formation in the back of the Knights concentrating their Energy following the formation they are in.
Suddenly all the bodies of the Cultivators start shaking in a particular rhythm and they floated in the air following a particular arrangement. A huge fireball appeared above the formation which made the surrounding temperature to soar.
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In the bright light below the fireball, I amazedly saw what the human army was facing. It was a giant Dragon. The dragon was coiled around itself so the length of the Dragon was a bit hard to determine. But I could estimate that the Dragon should be around 200-300 meters of length with a thickness of around 2 meters.
With a ¡®tsing-tsing¡¯ sound, the fireball hit the Dragon. The Dragon lifted its giant head and roared loudly. I felt as if my eardrums would pop from that roar. The human army was instantly blown away from the shockwave of that earth shaking roar.
As it lifted its head, beneath the giant dragon body, I managed to see that there were several warriors waving the shield and steel swords that they were holding. With an urge to kill, they sent a loud war cry towards the human army.
The Dragon spread its huge blood red wings and soared into the sky before charging right into the formation of the cultivators floating in the distance. An invisible shield around them deterred the desperate charge of the Dragon.
Meanwhile the Knights from the army charged into the ¡®Dragon Warriors¡¯ as I called them, and they immediately created an opening in the warrior¡¯s formation. Just a short moment later, the heads of the dragon warriors were continuously rolling off.
The surrounded Dragon Warriors struggled for their lives with every effort they could, piercing the charging Knights with their weapons. Their body was covered in bloods that flowed out from the inflicted mortal wounds. Even the critically wounded warriors were struggling to get up to fight the Knights. But the number of Knights seemed to be endless.
At a more distant place behind the giant Dragon and Dragon Warriors, were a hidden group of women and children. Obviously, they were the ones the Dragon and the warriors are protecting with their lives.
When the group of women and children are watching the battle nervously, several shadowy figures that were hiding and waiting for a chance to strike suddenly appeared beside them. The tip of cold looking dagger could be seen under their black clothes when they struck, causing bloody red light splashing out from the sliced necks.
Along with their deaths, the Dragon Warriors¡¯ frenzied attack was defeated soon after by the orderly defence of the Knights. Even the Dragon was killed by the group of cultivators by surrounding and mounting a barrage of attacks. The assassins¡¯ appearance had changed the tide of this battle in an instance!
Far behind the gruesome war, a group of old men were watching this bloody battle scene. Apparently they were the main instigators of this battle.
Each of the people in this group was wearing a snow white robe with a bright red ¡®+¡¯ symbol on their backs. They were watching the battle with almost a fanatical look in their eyes. I instantly surmised that this group may be the Church that my father spoke about. If that assumption is correct, then the scene I was watching may be the war from over 10000 years ago.
This is the war of the annihilation of the race I was born in¡
This is the war that brought my father to the state he is currently in¡
This is the war that started it all or maybe ended it all¡
As I was thinking about making something about the situation I was in, suddenly I heard a thundering roar from the peak of the mountain opposite to the cliff I was standing on. All the Knights and Cultivators, even the group of those old men turned their heads to look at the origin of the sound.
I too lifted my head to look at a figure standing straight on the mountain. Even the strong wind blowing across him was unable to even make him stagger. I could look at his posture but the face was somewhat blurry as if it was a corrupted part of the memory.
He looked down at the massacre carried out by that group of warriors with sad eyes. Two streams of tears ran down his face as his eyes came to rest on the group of the women and children¡¯ bodies far away from the battlefield. His sad eyes immediately blazed red with rage and even his whole body started shaking. He growled in a shaking voice, which resounded across the entire area.
¡°I will remember this. I WILL remember the face of each and every person on this battlefield. You massacred my entire family. You mercilessly slashed the throats of even babies in the arms of their mothers. I will make your entire generations remember that the cause of their sufferings was the choice you made this very day. I, Alvark Dragonet, will show you the consequences of this massacre.¡±
Chapter 22: Spilled Blood
After that hate and rage filled proclamation, that man¡¯s body flashed and disappeared. I stared slack-jawed at that. That is TELEPORTATION¡ and it has been done without any advanced equipment. I remembered that the knowledge of many advanced skills like teleportation has been lost in the Dark Age.
Can I build something like teleporting devices in this world? What about some other advanced stuff from Earth? The information on this world is still too low. All I know is from the books I have read from the library. I have to explore this world¡
As my thoughts went off on a tangent, the scene in front of me changed. My sight changed from up-close to a bird¡¯s eye view. Down below, a kingdom lay in ruins, with fires raging the city and cries and helpless sobs resounding all around. Bodies lay around all over, seemingly filling the entire area with scattered parts and splashed blood.
The mysterious man I have seen before, is leading a small regiment of around 200 warriors of both genders behind him, was looking coldly at the ravaged city. He lifted his head to the skies and let out a roar filled with vengeance and grief. The warriors behind him all let out their voices in support to their leader. The combined might of their voices filled the air, shaking the earth and the hearts of the few lucky or unlucky survivors.
The mysterious man''s silhouette flashed once again as he disappeared. Along with that, the scene changed before my eyes too. The same situation repeated number of times, countless cities and tens of kingdoms were razed and destroyed. Not even a blade of grass was left untouched wherever that man and his group of warriors set their sights on.
Finally after a long streak of rampage, that mysterious man and his group met with a resistance. A vast army numbered according to my estimation around 5-6 million, comprising of mostly humans as well as small groups of various mythical races, surrounded them from all sides. From my view all the way up here, I could not clearly identify each of them but I could somewhat tell from their faint silhouettes. It felt as if a huge colony of ants were surrounding a strong snake.
The mysterious man fearlessly roared and jumped head first into the huge army. The group followed him with their own challenging roars. Even thought the strength of the mysterious man and his group was strong individually, but when faced with the seemingly never ending umbers they are facing, the battle ended as predicted. Suffering huge losses of almost half of their numbers, the army defeated the mysterious man and his group.
The mysterious man was the last to fall, his body riddled with huge gashes from sword strikes, pierced by countless spears, even charred and damaged by various elemental arts from the cultivators. But even with all that, he rampaged across the army increasing the ferociousness with each of his comrade who fell before him.
Even though I have seen wars on Earth, the war I am seeing right now can no way be compared to them. Wars on earth are more about territory, strategy, tactics, even considering about the political influence at that. But the one in front of me is just¡ power¡ unyielding raw power¡ terrifying and awe inspiring power¡ the vocabulary I have is not enough to describe the feelings I am feeling whenever I saw that man fighting with all he had till his last breath.
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With the death of that man, the scenes flashed past before my eyes like a fast forwarding movie, depicting the aftermath of that army. The re-establishment of kingdoms, the rise of prominence of the Church, the hunt for remaining Dragons and Draconians¡
As they ended, I was once again seated on the cliff edge where it all started. The flood of information and the feelings those fights and wars I have seen, left me with an uncertainty within me. The questions that raised because of that uncertainty, and I know that the way I answer those questions will decide my path in this world.
After a long time, I have decided on my course of life. I was simply attached to my life on Earth. My research, my achievements, my accomplishments, my painful moments, lonely moments, love, depressions, and all the life I once lived as a carefree scientist standing on top of a part of the society, is gone.
I have a new life now. A loving mother, a cunning but good father, LILY¡ these are the ones that are closer to me than anyone in my previous life¡ these are the ones that will love me and standby me¡ moreover this place will be like an uncharted territory, which will surely provide me with new challenges and obstacles. The knowledge I gained from a life-time of research will gain a new face in this world and this life.
I will live a life where I can protect those close to me. I will live a life where I can be carefree. I will live a life where I can proudly roam all over the world without anyone obstructing my path.
And I know the only way I can achieve is with enough strength. Only those with strength can stand at the peak and rule over the world. Only then can one live with freedom and free will. The strong will rule and the weak will have no choice but be trampled below the feet of the strong.
I also know that one day I will have to kill. I will have to kill not only beasts but also fellow humans. But I will kill only on one condition. The condition will be the same of the mysterious man I have seen before.
If someone endangers something or someone I hold dear, then they will die. If one doesn¡¯t ruffle my feathers, they will be ignored. But if they point their blade in my direction, their heads will have to roll.
Once I decided, it felt as if a huge burden has been lifted from my heart. I felt refreshed and a warm feeling swept through my entire being, as if invigorating me. The words I spoke were branded in to my soul itself, and I felt as if some shackles binding me were released. The feeling felt akin to floating in a free space.
All of a sudden, I was pulled down into my body leaving that Dream World. I slowly opened my eyes. A myriad of colors burst into my eyes searing them. Gradually, a familiar scene appeared.
The huge cavern the splashing lake and a man with a concerned face looking at me. Before I could open my mouth, another familiar voice sounded in my mind.
¡°[MASTER...]¡±
¡°[LILY, why are you shouting like that? It has been mostly a few hours. It¡¯s not like you miss me or something, right?]¡±
¡°[A few hours? It has been 23 days, since I lost connection with you. TWENTY THREE DAYS¡ Wuuu¡]¡±
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Chapter 23: First Inheritance
Twenty three days? That single sentence left me with me a blank mind. I was in that Dream World for twenty three days? It felt mere moments for me in there. What is going on here? Since it was that long, maybe I should have some changes in my body, right?
Actually, what he thought is correct. The Blood Legacy Awakening is not simple as they thought. The Blood Legacy is a kind of dormant power in the body. As it is something inherited from their predecessors. It will be a powerful ability which their bodies can¡¯t handle that ability directly without the physical or mental capacity the original possessors of that ability had. That is the reason why they use the Seed to awaken the Blood Legacy of the descendants.
The Seed normally contains the memories of the ancestors which created profound impact on them. They will be recovered and presented to the descendant based on their Blood Line and Blood Purity. The more pure blood they have, the more memories they will receive. As the memories will be imparted, the Seed in the mean time will temper their physical and mental conditions so as to withstand the burden of the Blood Legacy Awakening.
So basically, these twenty three days Azalon was imparted the memories in the Seed, the Seed has been releasing a stream of Energy into his Body and Soul, constantly tempering them. This energy is the Cultivation Energy from the Energy Realms of the ancestors. The effect of this tempering will only be shown only while he will be awakening his Blood Legacy.
But before I could observe my body for any changes, a scorching hot feeling came from my abdomen or I should say accurately, it came from my Dantian. I gave up on checking my body and hurriedly immersed my consciousness into my Dantian.
The culprit of all the incidents till now is currently floating in my Dantian. The Seed is rotating slowly within my empty Dantian. As I watched my empty Dantian without even a shred of Energy, I almost cried. But I could only grit my teeth and endure, as there is nothing I could do. Let¡¯s treat as investment for my Blood Legacy. That ability be better worth the investment; otherwise I will mercilessly beat that sly fox, father or not.
As I watched the Seed, it slowly started to increase its speed of rotation. That scorching feeling I felt intensified along with the increase in the rotation speed of that Seed. Even though the scorching hot feeling was pretty intense, I could feel that it did not affect me as much as it should. Instead I felt as if a comforting feeling was spreading through my body. This was the basic result of the supportive Energy provided by the Seed during those twenty three days to his body. As such, in a short moment, bluish green liquid started dripping from the Seed as if it is melting under the heat spread through my abdomen.
It only took a short while, before the Dragon Seed completely melted into liquid. The liquid gathered into a small puddle in my Dantian. It would have looked inconspicuous in my vast and empty Dantian; if not for the fact it started glowing in the same bluish green hue as of the Dragon Seed. As I observed carefully, I could see a bright red tint in a middle of the puddle. It felt like a single drop of blood within that bluish green hue.
Even after the formation of that puddle, the hot feeling did not decrease in intensity. Instead it increased yet again. As such, the puddle started bubbling with that heat expanding, and I could see steam forming from the puddle. It only took a short while before the bluish green liquid evaporated into a cloud of a distinct Energy.
I noted with amazement that the steam arranged itself into a distinct shape within my Dantian. It took the form of a huge Dragon with its whole body coiled around itself as if the huge dragon is sleeping peacefully in my Dantian, but what made me feel astounded that I could see a blood red figure in the shape of human sitting atop the Dragon¡¯s head.
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The Dragon slowly raised its head and roared loudly. The man on its head suddenly shot into my Spirit Veins, along with the Dragon. The man ploughed his way till he reached my heart. The figure split into an energy layer, instantly covering my heart like a cocoon. It started releasing small traces of red thread with every beat of my heart into the blood being pumped.
The blood with that red energy was absorbed into my skin, muscle fibers, tendons and finally bones. It was destroying and repairing my body from the basic level, and I could feel my strength raising with every cycle of destruction and repairing. The cocoon disappeared within a few heartbeats into the red threads, but within those few heartbeats, my body was destroyed and repaired countless times. Even my Spirit Veins were not omitted. The newly formed Spirit Veins almost has a width of three times the previous ones.
A single bright thread tunneled its way into my head. With that a flood of information appeared in my memory. When I analyzed that memory, I was astonished. It was a Body Cultivation Technique. But what truly astonished me was the name of that technique.
¡°Indestructible Fiend God Body¡±.
The technique was branded in my memory, word to word, never to be forgotten. As I checked the methods of the technique, I was deeply and thoroughly overwhelmed. If I have to compare the previous technique I practiced to the one I gained right now, it will be like comparing pile of mud and cluster of clouds. This Fiend God Technique is in another level than the Four Chakra Body Refining Technique.
The first thousand words of the technique compiled the history of the Fiend God Body Technique. It described that the technique was only a common technique practiced by the Fiend Gods during the Primordial Era. The technique is divided into 10 Realms, and each Realm concentrates on refining a particular part of the human body, which are:
Tendon Grinding, Muscle Forging, Bone Refining, Organ Coating, Blood Filtering, Vein Expanding, Mind Condensing, Body Reconstruction, Soul Integration, and finally Spirit Assimilation.
The technique is considered as a common technique because of the presence of one major flaw in the cultivation method. The technique requires a practitioner to use Fiend Energy instead of the Spirit Energy. Fiend Energy is nothing but unrefined Spirit Energy present in the natural world. But the unrefined Spirit Energy has to be collected and compressed to a certain extent according to the Realm of cultivation. After the compression, the unrefined Spirit Energy becomes more wild and chaotic. The technique uses this Energy to refine the body.
Naturally the bodies of Fiend Gods of the Primordial Era can withstand the backlash if such chaotic Energy. But the current level of cultivators cannot eve be compared to the dust on the toe nails of those heavenly monsters. Therefore even if the technique gives great results, the body cannot support the process of achieving that strength.
But as I looked at the Realms of the technique, an idea passed through my mind. Although it felt ridiculous, I felt that the idea is somewhat plausible. But in order to confirm that, I need the computing abilities of LILY. So, I have no choice but wait till LILY reaches that level. but what is most important is to find an answer for the most obvious question that came into my mind when i saw this technique.
As I was contemplating the origins of the Fiend God Body Refining Technique, the Energy Dragon in my Dantian roared loudly once, before charging into my Spirit Veins¡
Chapter 24: Second Inheritance
The Energy Dragon roared ferociously, as if shaking itself from invisible shackles that bound it till then. As I hurriedly refocused my mind into my Dantian, the dragon has already charged into my Spiritual Veins, like a bull dozer on a race track.
But as it flew out from my Dantian, a part of the Energy from the Dragon split itself and stayed in the Dantian region in the form of a smaller Dragon. It coiled around itself and laid itself in a corner of my Dantian as if it fell asleep.
The Energy Dragon rushed out of my Dantian, and filled my entire Spiritual vein Network in my body. Not even a single Vein is left unoccupied. The veins started bulging under that pressure brought by that Energy Dragon. But they went through the constant nourishment of the supportive Energy provided by the Seed, and were baptised by the Blood Essence of the Red Energy of the First Inheritance. So, I was confident that even though they felt constricted, my Veins¡¯ resilience can bear through the assault of this Energy Dragon.
As expected, the Veins stretched to their limit but the Dragon Energy could not break them. After a long time of that constricting feeling all over the body, the Energy Dragon started circulating in the Veins in the same pattern of that of normal Spirit Cultivation.
As the Energy Dragon surged through the Spirit Veins, the Veins yet again started to expand by several times. Even without the destruction ¨C reconstruction cycle, the resilience of the Spirit Veins did not drop a single point. In fact they were growing stronger and more flexible.
The world within my Spirit Veins has been expanded crazily, and the Energy Dragon can be compared to an unbelievable strong force tunnelling through them making them crazily surge with a tyrannical aura.
That tyrannical force eventually made its way past the Spirit Veins, and entered the muscles, bones and even the skin has changed under the Energy Dragon¡¯s influence. I could feel my physical body changing, being strengthened to a point, that I felt that as if I transcended the mortal shell into something tyrannical. This strength evidently came from my Blood line, the Draconian Race.
This strength did not feel as something foreign or which came from an outside influence like Body Cultivation. It felt as an integral part of my existence, something that I was born with. In a sense, that may be true.
So this is what my father meant by the tyranny of Draconians, encompassing the physical strength of a Dragon in a Human form.
At the same time, just as with the Fiend God Legacy, two bright bluish green threads appeared from the Energy Dragon just before it was completely absorbed by my body. One of them went into my brain, transforming into a cluster of information. Amazingly, it was not a cultivation technique as I first thought. It was a description of an ability achieved by me from the Awakening of the Blood Legacy.
¡°Dragon Sense¡±
The Dragon Sense skill is a type of sensory skill inherent to only the Dragon race. The worldly perception of Dragons is radically different from the world we sense through the five senses. A Human¡¯s senses can only observe the world in a physical state. They cannot directly see the ethereal substances like energy or aura in the world. But the Dragons possess the extra-ordinary sense that enables them to see these substances.
But Draconians are a different concept. They are the result of Dragon- Human cross breeding. Although they do not possess the physical aspects of the Dragon¡¯s Senses, the ability of the Dragons present in them due to the Blood Line of the Dragons, changes the physical senses of the Human body. In my saintly words, it can be said that the hardware of the human body now runs on different but upgraded software downloaded from an external server.
The other bluish green thread made its way into my chest area, and finally disappeared. The place where it disappeared gives me a hint that it went into my Soul Realm, but I cannot enter the Soul Realm nor can LILY. I can only pray that the Energy Thread will be gentle in dealing with my Virgin Soul.
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If Azalon could see his Soul, he would have dropped his jaw to the floor. The Soul Resonance Cultivation Technique he practised split his soul into 58 Soul Fragments. But what he did not know that, after they had been split, 56 of the Soul Fragments arranged themselves into 7 groups with a single color flashing inside them.
The remaining two Soul Fragments had a color within them, and they were revolving around each other. The 7 groups of Soul Fragments were revolving around these pair of Soul Fragments in circular orbit, each with a different orientation.
But right now, these 7 groups of the Soul Fragments were consolidated into a Single Soul with a different color from the original bluish green color of his Soul. It could be said that the 7 Souls can be considered as a separate entity from the Original Soul.
As the Energy thread bore into the Soul Realm, the Souls revolving around themselves suddenly stopped. Immediately the Energy Thread dissolved into gaseous state, and completely enveloped the entire Soul Realm. It started contracting until it covered only the region the Soul Fragments were present. It looked like a sphere of dense fog roiling in a vast space.
It then split into 9 smaller spheres, each sphere surrounding an individual Soul Fragment. The Sphere of fog covering the Main Soul started contracting until it bore its way into the centre of the Soul. It appeared as a single drop of liquid flashing brightly within that bluish green Soul.
Suddenly, a loud roar resounded through the entire Soul Realm, as the liquid drop in the Soul changed into a Small Dragon, which raised its head and loudly roared. As the roar spread out, the fog spheres surrounding the 8 Soul Fragments changed into liquid drops in the Soul, before changing into 8 small Dragons.
8 different roars spread through the Soul Realm, as the Dragons in the Soul Dragons appeared. What was more surprising is that the color of the Dragons in the Souls changed from their original bluish green to the color of whatever the Soul Fragment they occupied. At that time, they appeared to be 9 different Dragons instead of 9 different parts of the same Dragon they appeared from.
A small halo like ring appeared above the heads of each of the Dragons in the Souls. The rings shone brightly once before disappearing. If you can observe carefully, a crystal was formed on the head of the Dragons, pulsing brightly. As these Crystals appeared, the size of the Dragons grew by a small amount. As to the prominence of these Dragons and the crystals on their heads, Azalon will come to know only after a long period of time.
Even though this took a long time to explain, only a few moments passed in the real world for Azalon.
After the Energy thread disappeared into my Soul Realm, I felt a slight stirring in my Dantian. With the appearance of the Energy Dragon, I forgot about the smaller Energy Dragon still in my Dantian. As I hurriedly changed my inner view to the Dantian, the smaller dragon slowly raised its head.
The body shrunk to almost one- fourth of its previous size within the time my body absorbed the larger Energy Dragon. The previously gaseous Energy that made formed its body appeared to be almost liquefied under the shrinking of the size of the Dragon.
The liquid Energy Dragon suddenly moved and crashed with my Dantian.
*CCCRRRAAACCCKKKKKK*
As I watched in horror, with a loud crack, my Dantian collapsed under the attack of that Dragon¡
Chapter 25: Dragon Trait
With a loud crack, my Dantian collapsed from the charge of that Energy Dragon. But contrary to my fears, only a small part of the Dantian was damaged. The remaining Dantian is not influenced by that damage in the slightest.
I calmed down my pounding heart, and observed the Dragon carefully. The liquid Energy Dragon immediately rushed towards that crack and started integrating into that crack like glue. Along with that new information appeared in my memory.
It felt like it was related to whatever the hell is going on in my Dantian, so I hurriedly retrieved that information from my memory and inspected it. As expected, it was one of the major changes a descendant has to undergo due to the Blood Legacy Awakening.
It cannot be considered an Inheritance, but it can be called a Race Trait. This Trait is activated randomly based on the Inheritances that descendant receives. Majority of the Traits will be physical manifestations in one or the other part of the body. Many Traits like horns, fangs, claws or even scales all over the body will appear, depending on the Race as well as Inheritances.
According to the information, what is being activated in my body is called ¡®Dragon Dantian¡¯. The Dragons are existences that first cultivated Spirit Energy, different from the Fiend Gods that cultivated Body Refining Techniques. Naturally, the Dantian will be more active as well as vast in a dragon when compared to the Fiend Gods.
But a Human body cannot directly possess the Dragon Dantian. So a Special Mark will be branded into the present Dantian that can act as a storage house for the Energy. The mark¡¯s capacity will be thrice the original capacity of the Dantian. As the cultivator progresses in the cultivation Realms, during the break through, the Mark will also increase in its capacity.
I was more than happy to receive this Trait. First of all, this is an Inner Body Trait, so there will be no major changes to my appearance. Second, the extra energy will give me a huge edge over any cultivator of the same Realm. HAHAHAHAHA¡
But as they say, nothing comes free; there is a drawback to these advantages provided by the Race Trait. It may be true that I can store three times the energy any normal cultivator can possess, but, at the same time, to advance a level, I have to cultivate three times more energy than a normal cultivator.
As to why, there is no explanation in my memory. After thinking about it for a while, I can only speculate that only when the storage space of the Mark is filled to the brim, can the free Energy in my Dantian be used for the breakthrough. Otherwise the shortage of Energy will make me unable to achieve the break through.
As I watched, the Liquid Energy Dragon slowly integrated into my Dantian. It finally changed its appearance from a life like 3D Dragon to a tattoo looking Mark on the wall of the Dantian. As it branded into the Dantian, the usage process of the Mark appeared in my memory. It¡¯s pretty simple actually. Whenever I cultivate Spirit Energy, I can allocate any amount of Energy within my Dantian to be absorbed by the Mark. I can freely access that energy as well with a thought.
With this, it seems that my Awakening of the Blood Legacy is finally over. I gained a Body Cultivation Technique of Fiend Gods. From my Dragon Family, I gained the Energy Veins of Dragons as well as Dragon Dantian. It can be said that my entire Spirit Energy Network has been changed into that of the Dragon Race.
I slowly opened my eyes after a long time. My body creaked as I tried to move. *pop* *pop* *pop* sounds came from my joints as I stood up on my wobbly legs. That feeling instantly vanished and a comfortable energy spread through my body. Even though there are no external changes except for longer hair, I could feel the power brimming in my body.
I laughed loudly feeling the power coursing through my body. By my estimation based on the time I progressed in cultivation, with only my physical capabilities, I can be on par with the cultivators of First Level Spirit Sense Realm.
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I could feel my senses being keener than before. I could see the droplets of the greenish blue water in the cavern, my hearing got sensitive enough to hear the faint buzzing of insects in the cavern, my sense of smell, touch and even taste. If a normal human had such a huge input from these kinds of sensitive senses, their brain will definitely overload from all that white noise. But it felt that my brain can process all this flood of senses pretty easily. I think this is the result of the ¡®Dragon Sense¡¯ I inherited.
I have to consolidate all these new experiences with LILY so as to get a clear picture of my current condition. Then I heard a small voice calling my name from my left. As I turned my head, I felt a brush of air, before I was locked into two powerful arms tightly hugging me. Even with my heightened senses, I couldn¡¯t follow the movement of that figure.
¡°Ah, Azalon. You woke up.¡±
¡°Hahaha, Dad.¡±
After all that intense strain on my brain from the experiences from the Awakening this loving gesture from my father released the tension. I could feel my mind clearing and my tense body loosening up.
My father lowered his head and passed his gaze all over my body with a scrutinizing look. Surprise flashed across his eyes, as I could see that he sensed the loss of my cultivation.
¡°So, have you succeeded? But why are there no signatures of energy in your body? You should be at Spirit Sense 3rd level. What happened?¡±
Facing that barrage of questions, I could only helplessly sigh thinking back to that time when that Dragon Seed sucked my Dantian dry. But as I opened my mouth to tell what happened, the muscles in my throat tightly constricted.
No matter how much I tried, I couldn¡¯t even bring out a single sound from my mouth. As I tried harder, I saw a flash of red before my eyes and a figure with a spear on his back appeared. As that figure appeared, an irrational fear spread through my body. He suddenly moved and slashed fiercely with that spear on his back. I only saw a flash of silver and instantly my mind went black.
I woke up with a thumping headache. It felt like my head is going to split, which made me groan. I turned my head to look around me only to see that I am still in the huge cavern. The cold from the floor made me slightly clear headed, but the thumping still made my head hurt.
I looked around to see my father laying against a rock, snoring lightly, a small line of drool hanging from the corner of his mouth. I chuckled involuntarily looking at that. That roused my father from his sleep, which made me amazed at the sensitiveness he maintained even in deep sleep. He looked around alertly but then immediately relaxed when he saw me. He hurriedly came to my side, and another barrage of questions assaulted me.
I lifted my hand to stop his continuous inquiries and slowly sat up. I massaged my temples to relieve some pain, before turning to see my father¡¯s concerned face. I lightly smiled and said in a low voice.
¡°Dad, I can¡¯t talk to you about the Awakening. I seems like trying to talk about it will trigger a backlash in my body.¡± I smiled at him and jokingly said. ¡°It feels like someone has been dancing on my head¡±, as I lightly massage my temples again.
My father sat down with a pondering expression on his face. After some time he lightly smiled and said, ¡°It seems like your Inheritances are not normal. I remember my father once told me when he was talking about our Lineage that some of the Blood Legacies upon Awakening will grant some powerful or surreptitious Inheritances. So there will be some restrictions placed on such Legacies, so that their secrets or origins cannot be spoken freely.¡±
His eyes suddenly blazed with pride and happiness, so much so that I felt as if he was the one who awoke them, and not me.
¡°HAHAHAHA, as your mother said, The Spirits did indeed bless my family, HAHAHAHA¡¡±
I watched with a dumb look at my father who was roaring loudly with a mad laugh mixed in, before joining him with a laugh on my face.
Chapter 26: Back to Home
It was only after a long time that my father finally calmed down. Even though that mad-scientist laugh has stopped, I could see the happiness, bordering on giddiness, on his face. It felt that the emergence of Dragonet in his lifetime means a lot to him than I imagined.
He took a deep breath to calm his roiling emotions, and sat down on a rock at the bank of the lake. I too followed him and sat facing him. I have a lot of doubts and questions that I have to ask him. I am a simple scientist from Earth, so my experience in this kind of things is, let¡¯s say, not too detailed. Even though there were some incidents on Earth on the existence of some supernatural humans, they were very obscure and the reasoning behind them is always vague. Some explanations were religious and even were bordering on insane.
So, the experience of me going through Awakening of Blood Legacy is somewhat bewildering at the same time, exhilarating. This once again proves the fact that this world contains some deep secrets and mysteries. If I can research such existences, maybe they can provide the answers to some of many questions that couldn¡¯t be answered back on Earth.
This incident completely sparked my curiosity and stroked my Scientist heart. It has been a long time I felt this excited. Exploring unknown has always been the lifeblood of those who embark on the path of being of Scientist. A low voice brought me back from these inner thoughts.
¡°Azalon, it has been a long time since I felt this happy. All those lonely years filled with only hardships left me as a shell, a step away from completely collapsing. It was your mother that brought me back, who showed me love and comfort in my darkest time. If not for her, I would have definitely changed into some blood craving killing machine without feelings of remorse.¡±
I silently looked at my father as his gaze became distant, as if reliving his past. I could feel his pain and hopelessness from the tone of his voice. I was somewhat in the same position in my early childhood. An orphan who was abandoned by parents in a back alley of a city, growing almost like a beggar, fighting for crumbs and leftovers; it was a life without a thought for future except on next meal.
It could not be called living, just I was not dying. It was dark and lonely till that person came into my life. The only person showed me unconditional love, never thought me as a freak like those around me because of my high intelligence; she was my only motivation in my early days of life. Not like those fawning on me to get into my favor, and raise their status with my influence.
Mother Lily Sebastian¡ my savior, my guide, my friend, my Mother¡
Tears threatened to come out thinking about those moments in the orphan house. But I stopped them from rolling out, because I promised her that I would never cry; that I would always smile no matter what the situation is.
My only regret was that she was not around when I became successful, when all her efforts bore fruit; that I could not payback all she had done for me. She was my guiding light and will always be. The reason why my father respects his Master should also be the same. He was the person who saved him, even though for selfish reasons.
Loneliness; only those who truly experienced loneliness can understand, can truly appreciate the presence of a person they can rely on, even if such person is a criminal or outcast in the eyes of the society.
That is the reason why I did not open my mouth to ask about his past, but instead silently waited for him to recover. Mother always used to say that one¡¯s burdens have to be carried alone; no one can share their burdens with others. So I waited patiently, thinking about my own past life. After a long time, he finally recovered and I could see tears at the end of his eyes. All this time he had a distant look in his eyes, not even registering my presence.
He finally turned his gaze to me, and a smile surfaced on his face. I could feel his gratification in that smile. That smile alone spoke volumes to me that his words could not express. I cracked a smile as a response to his that I understood what he wanted to tell me.
¡°Alright, enough about me. It was in the past and I decided to let go of my burdens. Now, I said there is another thing that I will give you, once you completed your Awakening. But I never expected that your Awakening will be this strong, strong to the extent of activating the restrictions to be placed on you preventing you from speaking about them.¡±
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He flipped his hand, and a simple black ring appeared in his palm as if from congealed from nothing. I gawked at that. Huh? Is this some cheap trick that some people used to trick children back on Earth? It¡¯s not funny, dad. I am not a child, even though I look like one. But before I could ask, his next words caused my expression to take a complete reversal.
¡°This ring is an inter-dimensional storage artifact. It was one of the things that were saved from the ancient times when our ancestors were being chased. This is an artifact designed by a Void Master, unlike the storage rings of now a day, designed by Spirit Blacksmiths, and has an unlimited storage space. You can even fit a mountain within it and you could not even fill a portion of the space inside it.¡±
Inter-dimensional storage artifact? The technology of this world developed to that extent? Such technology was still in research stage back on Earth, and what was more surprising is that this was made around 10000 years ago. Just to what extent did this ancient civilization advance to understand the different applications of Energy to create such artifacts?
You have to understand, I have to spend almost a decade just to create a machine to create a small crack in the space. Moreover, the machine was large enough to fill a room and had to be supplied with huge amounts of energy to activate. But this artifact is a ring, with a separate and stable dimension and works on minute amounts of energy supply.
Thinking about this turned my shock into excitement. If I can analyze the workings of this ring, I can understand even more of the things I couldn¡¯t do previously. If I can comprehend the technique behind this ring, I can create machines from my lab back on Earth with ease. Just the thought almost made me jump with excitement.
My father handed over the ring to me and said,¡± since you are the inheritor of the Blood Legacy, this ring belongs to you from now on. You have to drip blood on it to become its owner.¡±
I immediately bit hard on my index finger, and a drop of blood landed on the ring in my palm. The drop of blood spread across its surface and various symbols flashed when the blood passed over them. They immediately dispersed before I could get a look at them and the ring returned to its previous lackluster black appearance.
But I could feel a sensation at the back of my mind, linking the space in the ring to my consciousness. I bent down to take a pebble and imagined it to be stored in the ring. The pebble vanished from my hand but I could feel its presence in my mind. With a thought, the pebble once again appeared in my hand. I played with the ring for a couple of times, before my father interrupted with a small laugh, before turning serious.
¡°Alright, Azalon. You can play with it later at home. Listen to me. The time it took for your Awakening is about a month, and the Inheritances you received are powerful as well. As per my father¡¯s words, normally, it takes around 3 hours and at most it takes around 10 days for the Awakening. And the descendants that undergo Awakening are young ones of more than 10 years of age.¡±
¡°But you are only 2 years of age, and the Inheritances are powerful, so your body cannot bear the burden of the Inheritances. So, you have to take some time for the body to adjust to the Inheritances and stabilize before you can start cultivating. In the beginning, I thought to give you a week or two, but with the current situation, I am prohibiting you from cultivating for 6 months. Only after 6 months can you start cultivation and that too under my supervision. Understand?¡±
I was engrossed on the ring as I heard these words. They felt logical to me, as the human body is inherently of weak physical constitution, not to mention my current body is only 2 years old, so I too felt it was a good idea to let my body adjust to the large changes. I nodded my head in agreement with my father¡¯s words.
But half a year huh? What should I do in that time? Hmmm, that¡¯s right. I smiled as a couple of good ideas popped up in my mind. The next day, we started our journey back home, as it was almost night fall making the journey dangerous. It took 3 days before we can see the outlines of the city gates, and we silently walked to our mansion. My family had our dinner that day in a very happy and relaxed atmosphere...
Chapter 27: Peaceful Time
After we reached the mansion, I was immediately apprehended by a woman with a beautiful face and temperament. I was not allowed to have my freedom for 2 days before she was satisfied and afforded some independence. That was my mother.
After she heard all that transpired in the cavern about my Awakening, she never allowed me to part from her side, even for a moment. I was not even allowed to sleep in my room. She would lay me in her lap and sing me lullabies in her room, and finally falling asleep with me in her arms. I was happy too, spending these moments that I could never experience in my previous life in my early days.
Time flew by like this. It has been 2 months after my Awakening and these 2 months has been spent with my parents. Currently I am in the garden my mother usually takes care of. It was about 15 days ago that I expressed my interest in the varieties of the plants in the garden. My mother immediately started explaining all the plants and flowers in the garden to me, after she heard my words.
It seems that no one in the mansion shares the same interests as her, not even my father. So, me taking up an interest in the same field as her, made her pretty happy. But what I did not expect was the knowledge she has in biology of this world. It cannot be said to be extensive, but the knowledge she has is far deeper when compared to me.
When I heard that the plants take up Energy in the atmosphere as the nourishment, I was instantly hooked. With each of her illustration of a type of plant or flower, my interest soared. The physical structure of this world can be said to be the same of Earth, but the internal structure has been modified for the absorption and circulation of Energy, a different path from photosynthesis back on Earth.
But this world does not seem to have the knowledge of various vitamins and minerals needed for the nourishment of the body. When I asked about proteins or carbohydrates values of the plants, she made a confused expression, and even asked me what those were. I pondered for a moment and tried to explain to her about the various minerals and vitamins, but it seems that no record of such things exists, not even in the available ancient records.
I gave up after some time, as this discussion seemed to go nowhere. I simply changed my point of view to hers and tried to compare the medicinal or Energy values of these plants to the various vitamins and minerals¡¯ functionalities.
¡°Look, Azalon. This plant is called ¡®Five Phantom Plant¡¯. This plant can be considered a common plant, as this plant can be seen in abundance in the wild. This plant is used as a basic medicine for simple cuts and wounds. But the most important part of this plant is its flower, called the ¡®Five Petal Phantom Flower¡¯. Only one plant in a ten thousand will produce a flower, and is more valuable.¡±
¡°This plant is called ¡®Essence Root¡¯. As the name suggests its most important part is its root, used as a medicine for some basic allergies and flu. But too much of this root will be toxic, as it accumulates clogs in the Spirit Veins. That is the reason why this plant is only used by Alchemists in the process of pill concoction.¡±
¡°Now, this flower is called ¡®Nine Apparitions Flower¡¯. This flower produces a type of miasma, once a month on a full moon. This miasma has the power to confuse the one who inhales the miasma, by showing hallucinations. Some people collect this miasma and sell them to Alchemists to produce a pill called ¡®Nine Apparitions Pill¡¯, a type of bewildering pill generally used as pain killer.¡±
In a day, she will explain around 20-30 different plants or flowers and even explain their uses and prices. But it¡¯s a shame that LILY is not around to record these illustrations. It seems that during my Awakening, some changes appeared in her too, as she became an integral part of my Soul as well as consciousness. So, I had no choice but rely on myself to memorize them. Thankfully, my cognitive abilities did not diminish even after my rebirth, in a sense they even became stronger after my Awakening.
That day I came back from the cavern, a mechanical voice notification sounded in my mind.
[¡°Changes in basic constitution detected. Adjusting functions and sensors according to the detected changes. Restart of the system required. Estimated time for reactivation: 76 days.¡±]
In the night, I will spend some time on studying the Void Ring my father gave me in order to understand the working of the ring. But till today, there has been no progress. I can only speculate some theories but they cannot be verified by my current state of strength. I am impatiently waiting for the day of my restart of cultivation, which provides me some Energy Source for experimentation of this ring.
Recently I have taken up two simple projects, based on my current capabilities, as I still did not find some replacement for electricity in this world.
I asked my father to introduce to a blacksmith, which he did after some obscure explanation from my side. I took some designs to the blacksmith in the mansion, and asked him to produce some gears and springs based on my measurements and the pictures I drew on a paper.
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My idea is to make a simple wrist watch and automatic door lock. Measurement of time in this world can be said to be primitive. They measure the time based on the position of Sun, and the calendar is based on seasons. The year of this world comprises of 12 months, each month of 30 days. And each day is further divided into 25 hours.
It only took a couple of days to change the measurements of gears and handles of watches I knew on Earth to demonstrate the time in this world. I had a good laugh looking at the expression on that blacksmith, as I explained the use of these gears to that blacksmith. They will be delivered to me this evening, as the gears, springs and handles should be fine tuned to the millimeter, for better accuracy. It took him 4 days to manufacture them, as blacksmiths are generally used to working on swords or spears, not on fine tuning these miniature things.
I am looking forward to the proud expressions of my father and mother, once I show these two things to them. It has been a long time I behaved like this. My time with Mother LILY came to my mind, but I shook off those depressing feelings as I now have a family who love me deeply.
After I left from the garden, I walked to the smithy to meet that blacksmith. I met with the blacksmith outside the smithy as he too was coming to meet me.
¡°Ah, Young Master. I was coming to meet you right now. You could have just waited in the mansion for me. It¡¯s not necessary for you to come searching for someone like me.¡±
¡°It¡¯s not a problem, Mr. Feran. I had free time after all. By the way, I had another request for you. I came here to talk to you about it as well.¡± I responded with a smile.
¡°A request? Then come in, Young Master. Let us talk in my home.¡±
He turned and led me to a small cottage at the back of the smithy. The interior of the cottage is simple, with a bed, two chairs, a small table and a single cupboard filled with different metals and forging tools. A small section to my left can be considered a kitchen with a small stove and various utensils. All in all, this cottage represents the nature of this simple minded and enthusiastic black smith.
He waited for me to sit in the chair before sitting down facing me. He did not waste any time in pleasantries and directly arrived at the main topic.
¡°So, Young Master. What is this request you spoke of? Is it another set of materials like before? I have to say, Young Master, I am still skeptical on that¡ that thing you spoke of. But it¡¯s not my place to talk about it. You asked for it and I made it. So please tell me. What is this request?¡±
¡°Then let me ask you directly, Mr. Feran. I want to learn the art of Blacksmithing. Will you accept me as your apprentice and teach me?¡±
His eyes widened in shock as I spoke these words. His shock suddenly turned into disappointment as his gaze suddenly became dull, which made me somewhat shocked. I did not understand this change of aptitude, so I silently waited for his answer.
¡°Young Master, please don¡¯t joke with me. You want to learn blacksmithing? From me? Let me tell you, Young Master, I am not a Spirit Blacksmith. I am just a simple blacksmith who directly works on metals without the manipulation of Spirit Energy. If you want, Lord Mayor can arrange for a Spirit Blacksmith to take you as his apprentice, even though your affinity is not known. You don¡¯t have to make fun of me by talking to me like this.¡±
Ahhh, so it¡¯s like that, huh.
¡°*sigh* no, Mr. Feran. I know that you are not a Spirit Blacksmith. Even though my father can hire a Spirit Blacksmith to teach me, I want to have a basic understanding of the art of forging with metals in traditional ways, before I test for my qualifications for Spirit Blacksmithing. So please don¡¯t take offense from my words.¡±
¡°Please reconsider Young Master. Traditional Blacksmithing is not that easy as you think. It¡¯s not something that can be mastered easily. The difficulties present in this art are not that easy. I have seen some noble children trying to learn this art, before quitting facing the challenges of this art. So, please Young Master, I request you to reconsider your decision.¡±
He thinks I am a pampered child who wants to learn something as a pastime. It seems that he has seen his share of those types, who quits as soon as something becomes difficult for them to learn. I smile at him and reply in the most decisive voice I could muster in this body.
¡°I understand, Mr. Feran. I guarantee you that I will never quit once I decide on something. If you don¡¯t mind, you can consult with my father on my request and then decide based on his reply. Is that fine, Mr. Feran?¡±
¡°Hmmm¡ Alright, Young Master. I will consult with Lord Mayor and then reply to your request. Then if that is all, Young Master?¡±
¡°Yes, Mr. Feran. I hope you will accept my request as soon as possible.¡± I bid farewell as I walk out his cottage to my room to assemble my watch and door lock.
Chapter 28: Runes
I returned to my room in high spirits. These two simple things will be my first mark in this world, the mark of the man with the highest intellect on Earth. I ordered the maids and guards to net let anyone disturb me, and closed the doors. I placed the gears and springs on my table and took out a crudely made magnifying glass from the drawer.
Although this world produces glass and lenses, instruments like magnifying glasses or sunglasses are not popular or widespread. Only the respective professions appreciate these simple but useful instruments. So, I had no choice but make one with some primitive tools and measurements. It will be a long time before I can manage to create a microscope and such precision instruments. Sigh¡ I miss my lab and equipment¡
I carefully assembled the gears and springs in a round metal case I ordered to be made. As the watch is an instrument that works on precision, I have to focus all my concentration on the arrangements of the gears. Time flew by with me fully concentrated on the assembly. It took me four hours before the final glass piece has been attached and the watch made its first tick.
The only problem is the absence of power supply. As there are no batteries or electrodes in this world, I had to make a hand woven watch. Even though this type of thing is considered ancient or primitive by the digitalized Earth, in this world, it will be a revolutionary product. An immense satisfaction rose within me as I looked at the ticking clock in my palm.
I swiftly attached the leather belts and wore it on my wrist. I looked outside the window only to see a dark night with a dull brilliance from the stars and moon attempting to break through the cover of darkness. I smiled lightly at the sense of tranquility in the outside world. I rose from the chair and opened my door.
Waving to the saluting guards, I made my way to my mother¡¯s room to show off my new invention. But when I reached her room, I could hear some whispers from the other side of the door. I strained my ears and instantly walked away from the room. It seems that my parents are busy trying to get me a sibling¡ He he¡
I ordered some maids to deliver the food to my room and sat down on my bed. I postponed the door lock for tomorrow, in order to create some work I my free time. As I lazily turned my head, my gaze fell upon a book stowed below my pillow.
Ah, this is the book given to me by that Head Elder on that day. If I remember correctly, he said that this book contains the basic introductory material on Runes and Rune Formations. I took it out and flipped to the first page to read it.
¡®Spirit Energy can be found in abundance all around us. It exists in the air we breathe, the water we drink, the grass, the plants, the rocks, all things in the nature are nurtured by the Spirit Energy. Some of the beings in the nature developed themselves to the extent that they can manipulate the Spirit Energy for different purposes. Some absorbed the Energy to make their bodies tougher, some absorbed the Energy to boost their agility, and there exists some beasts that even developed intelligence because of the nurturing of Spirit Energy.¡¯
¡®Some abnormal existences can manipulate only a single part of the Spirit Energy called Elemental Energy. Such beasts changed their existences to suit their chosen Element over time. Because of those beasts, their descendants were born with a natural affinity for the same Element. As such there are fire beasts, wind beasts, even metal and wood elemental beasts.¡¯
¡®Humans, on the other hand are not known for their tough physical capabilities or aggressiveness. They are a highly intelligent species, with a high affinity for Spirit Energy. The early cultivators created their Spirit Arts by observing the Spirit Beasts and their behaviors. They came to understand the different types of affinities and created a set of Arts based on the attacks of the Spirit Beasts.¡¯
¡®After a long time of research and conclusions by countless cultivators, various Spirit Arts came into existence. But the only problem is that the early stages of cultivation of Humans are not comparable to the strength of the Spirit Beasts, as they innately possess a strong physical constitution and the Spirit Energy created aggressiveness in the Beasts.¡¯
¡®After countless years of toiling by number of experts and geniuses, Spirit Professions were created. Even though the Spirit Professions are powerful and profound, the number of cultivators that practiced these professions is comparatively pitiful, because of the various restrictions for the practice of the Profession.¡¯
¡®That is the reason how Runes and Rune Formations came into existence. Runes manipulate the Energy injected into them on a set pattern and this pattern creates an imitation of the force the Rune is based on. For example, take a Rune for a fireball. When Spirit Energy is injected into the Rune, a fireball is produced, even if the user is not a Fire Elemental.
¡®It is unknown about the origins of this Profession, as the records are not sure about the founding fathers of runes. But this Profession has only 2 requirements for its practice.¡¯
¡®The first requirement is high comprehension. Runes are imitations of the forces existing in the nature. Only those with sufficient comprehension levels can comprehend these forces and construct the Runes according to their comprehensions.¡¯
¡®Second requirement is Elemental Affinity. This requirement is somewhat negligible but it provides a qualitative leap of the Runes. If a cultivator of Fire Elemental affinity constructs a fire rune, the level of the rune will be more powerful than the fire rune constructed by an elemental less cultivator. But his difference is only in the creation process. Anyone can use a Rune Artifact, whether they are cultivators or common people.¡¯
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¡®The only drawback for the artifacts used by the common folk is that they have to recharge the Energy Reservoir in their artifacts after a certain number of uses. But a cultivator can use the same artifact any number of times till the Runes are damaged or worn off. The quality depends on who created the artifact and the materials involved in the creation process.¡¯
Ohhhh¡ unexpectedly, this is great. Runes, huh¡ if I can learn this profession, maybe I can understand the differences between Earth and this world more deeply. My knowledge can be applied more efficiently after adapting them to the current environment, and the changes in the variables can be provided by the differences in the functioning of this world and Earth.
I immediately started paying more attention to the workings and descriptions of the Runes and Rune Formations. I fell asleep deep in the night after completing the introductory phase of the book on runes. A basic understanding started taking shape in my mind about various phenomenon of this world that doesn¡¯t exist back on Earth. I have to wait for another 15 days for the reactivation of LILY, and then I can simulate the workings of the Runes on the assimilations of my understanding and theories.
Time slowly passed by, as my lazy life continued on. My days were filled with plants, food and Runes. It was a peaceful time and I thoroughly enjoyed these ties as I know that one day I have to walk away from all these protections and comforts, to make my own path under the harsh conditions of the open life. It gave me all the more reason to cherish these simple moments to my heart.
After 15 days, as I was studying about the functioning of Fire Runes and their extrinsic differences from basic runes, a ping resounded in my head, along with a mechanical notification.
[¡°Program Assimilation Completed. Restart Completed. Integration with Host Confirmed. Activating Integrated AI System,
LILY. Activation Successful.¡±]
[¡°Master¡¡±]
[¡°Welcome back, LILY.¡±]
[¡°Just a second, Master. Activating physical manifestation.¡±]
With that announcement, silver light flashed before me and a small fairy appeared in that light. Although there are no physical changes, it seems that the manifestation became more prominent like a real being not some Energy Construct.
¡°Master. I am so happy to see you again.¡± a cute childish voice said as she flew to land on my shoulder, tightly hugging my neck with her little arms. I felt some tickling and involuntarily gave a small laugh.
¡°Alright, LILY. It seems that some changes have appeared due to my Awakening. Did you finish a report on the changes?¡¯
¡°Ah, yes, Master. Do you like to listen to it? Or do you want me to directly transport it to your memory?¡±
¡°No, let¡¯s hear it directly from you.¡± I said with a smile as I know she loves talking to me directly.
¡°He he, Master is the best. Report: Changes in the constitution of the element of the physical body detected. The Element has become more affiliated to the input of the Energy and new circuit ways has been detected. Resistance for Energy has become significantly less due to the new circuit paths. Immediate effects: Boost in processing speed, High speed memory transfers, calibration of sensors became more sensitive. Overall performance increase: 13%¡±
¡°Battery Capacity has been increased. It is now possible for additional compression of Energy to be stored as Auxiliary Energy Source. Boost in Battery Capacity: 11%¡±
¡°Battery Recharge Protocols have been upgraded and configured. Autonomous recharge can be activated. Awaiting authorization from the Master. Current Battery Levels: Reserve Battery Levels: Completely Charged. Main Battery Level: 35% Auxiliary Battery Level: 11% of the Complete Battery Levels. Activate Autonomous Recharge Protocols?¡±
¡°Activate. Authorization Code: Johnny Stark.¡±
¡°Brain Wave Pattern: Confirmed. Activating Autonomous Recharge. Complete Recharge Estimate: 12 days.¡±
¡°Threshold of Battery Levels Detected. Main processing unit can be accessed. Memory Banks can be accessed. Wireless communication devices activated. Sensors calibrated and activated. Searching for surrounding VPNs and APNs. Search Results: No active networks.¡±
Oh, she has finally activated her Autonomous Recharging. With this she can become self sufficient for her future energy resources. And the Element of her physical body has undergone another evolution. Now it supports more processing speed as well as Energy compression capabilities. This is a pleasant surprise for me. The remaining day was spent in discussion with LILY about her new configurations and protocols.
If you want to know about the reactions of my parents on the wrist watch, my mother was first shocked and then her shock immediately turned into pride and happiness. As for my father, it seems that Mr. Feran has already reported to him about my designs on that day itself, so he knew in advance. But I could see that he was happy and proud of my little invention. All in all, today is a great day¡
Chapter 29: Blacksmithing
The next day, I was in the garden with my mother listening to the names of plants and their various uses as described by her. With LILY activated, it became very easy to record the illustrations into her memory bank. I can retrieve those files as a 3D rendered diagram whenever I want. This way the analysis and comparison of the biology of those planets became easy as well.
Half way through her explanation, we heard a maid saying that my father has asked me to meet him in his study. My mother dismissed her and resumed her explanations as if that announcement has nothing to do with her. I had an amused expression as I looked at my mother, thinking about who is the real mayor of this house.
But she stopped her explanations and sat down in the shade of the big tree in the centre of the garden. I tried to follow her but she waved her hand and said with a smile.
¡°This will be all for today, Azalon. Go meet your father.¡±
I nod at her with a smile and walk to my room first to clean myself of the mud from the work in the garden and change into a new set of clothes. I reach the room which my father calls his study. The guard outside salutes me, and opens the doors announcing my arrival to my father inside. As I walk in, I could see my father sitting behind his desk and a smile reaches his mouth as he sees me.
Opposite him I could see a figure in the chair, with his back facing me. I could recognize him as the blacksmith, Mr. Feran, residing in the mansion. I recognize that the reason for this meeting is about my request to learn blacksmithing from him. So, he finally consulted my father, huh. Took him long enough.
I sat down in the free chair beside the one Mr. Feran is sitting on and wait silently for either of them to initiate the conversation. As expected, my father is the one to open his mouth first.
¡°So, Azalon, Feran here says that you made a request from him a couple of days ago. Is that right?¡± I nod at him while taking a look at Feran from the corner of my eyes. I could see his unwillingness and a slight fear on his face.
¡°I want to ask you, Azalon why do you need to learn Blacksmithing? It¡¯s not like you will have the Elemental affinities required for being a Spirit Blacksmith. And the Traditional Blacksmithing is not even considered as a profession anymore. It requires physical labor to work on the metals instead of the Spirit Energy manipulation of that of Spirit Blacksmiths. Moreover, if you want anything you can just order him to make it. So, tell me why?¡±
As my father spoke these words, I could see the conflict in the eyes of Feran. In fact even I am unwilling to believe that my father could look down upon something to this extent. But I don¡¯t understand the reason behind this discrimination. As I ask him directly, phrasing my question carefully, as I could see that my father is slightly angry on my choice.
¡°I understand, father. That is the reason why I first approached Mr. Feran for my requirements for the watch I showed you. But the reason for my request is simple. I want to make whatever I want with my own hands. I don¡¯t want to be someone who always relies on others for his requirements. Moreover I want to learn more things. I was in the garden right now with mother, learning about gardening, names of different types of plants, their uses and various other things. So, what is wrong with me learning the trade of blacksmithing? In the future, if my Elemental affinity is suitable for Spirit Blacksmithing, this knowledge will be useful to advance in my profession. Even if my affinity will not be, I can still learn some new things, which can be useful in my future.¡±
As my argument goes on, the unwillingness in my father¡¯s eyes slowly melts away, as he could see that I was quite serious when I made that request to Feran. He argues with me as a last attempt to wane me off this decision.
¡°Learning something is not necessarily a bad thing, Azalon. But you do not know the difficulties in learning the Traditional Blacksmithing. The physical labor required is not something your body can handle. Moreover, once your cultivation starts, you will not have time to diligently practice blacksmithing, as it will take a lot of time, maybe decades before you can completely master the art. So, decide once more, Azalon.¡±
Sigh, I can¡¯t clearly explain my current condition to him. I want to learn this art simply to make my own components. This world does not have the concepts of patents or stuff like that. So, I can¡¯t always simply draw blueprints and take to some blacksmith to manufacture them. If someone finds out about the things I am planning to make, they will go crazy to the extent of trying to get a knife in my body to get their hands on them.
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So, I have no choice to learn the process of making them myself, so as to reduce the risk factor if I have to manufacture them. But I can¡¯t say all this to my father. Which parent will be calm when their kids say they will build some potentially harmful things? Absolutely no one. So I had to make some round about convincing arguments to make him accept my request.
Finally, after some lengthy back and forth arguments, and some promises that I could only learn this as long as it will not impede my cultivation progress, he reluctantly nodded his head as his approval. I gave him a small hug with a smile as I walked out of his study with Feran. I could hear a sigh and light grumbling behind me, just before the doors closed.
Feran stayed silent all the way during my argument with my father, and he did not speak a single word as we walked towards his cottage near the smithy. His grave expression made me feel slightly vexed with him. But I can¡¯t bother with whatever he is feeling in his heart. I just want to learn some blacksmithing and then I can say bye-bye to this broody fellow.
¡°Mr. Feran, now that you have my father¡¯s approval, when can we start our lessons?¡±
He jumped in response to my voice, as if startled. I was slightly amused and irritated at the same time. If he behaves this absent minded when teaching me, I will definitely kick his ass. With a low voice, he responded.
¡°Young Master, please tell me frankly. Why do you need to learn the art of blacksmithing? I have told you that this is not Spirit Energy manipulated Smiting. What I can teach you is the Traditional Blacksmithing, almost worthless to a person of stature like you. If you get hurt during the learning process, it will be me who has to bear the brunt of your parents¡¯ anger.¡± His voice at the end slightly quivered with sadness mixed with anger.
So, it¡¯s like that huh? It seems like he has gone through similar situations before, when he taught some other nobles¡¯ children. That¡¯s why he was so reluctant to teach me.
¡°Mr.Feran, it is the same reason I told my father. I want to learn new things and explore new regions and methods. Who knows, maybe the knowledge you can teach me will be helpful to me in the future. But I don¡¯t treat this like some pastime occupation. I sincerely want to learn the blacksmithing. I leave it up to you, M. Feran, whether to teach me or not. I can say nothing more than that.¡±
He looked at me with a deep look in them, for a very long time. I never took my eyes off him the entire time. I don¡¯t know what he saw, but his expression relaxed and slowly nodded his head.
¡°Alright, Young Master. I will teach you everything I know. As to how much you can learn, it depends on you and you alone. This art is similar to cultivation. I can only show you the way and provide you with some knowledge. It will be you who has to walk the road and all the obstacles and rewards you come across will also belong to you.¡±
¡°But this will be the final warning from me, young Master. The physical labor and dangers you will face are not to be taken lightly. You can¡¯t learn things in this art with a half hearted decision. If you decide that you can bear them, come back here tomorrow in the morning, and we can start the lessons.¡±
¡°Thank you, Mr. Feran. As you said, the art of blacksmithing is similar to cultivation. But do you think cultivation is a breeze that will lift you and place you on a mountain? Isn¡¯t it the same as blacksmithing? We have to go through life and death situations before we can ascend to the peak. So, please be assured, Mr. Feran. I will come here tomorrow.¡±
With that, I left the cottage leaving behind a slack faced man. But I was happy that I could learn new things in this world different from my past world. Let us see how different this traditional art is from what is practiced on Earth. I can even see some metals and materials different from the metals on Earth. I have a feeling that I will come across some new surprises tomorrow¡
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