86 Ritual II (1/2)
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It's been a half an hour since the ritual had started.
Raven and his friends had been in the state of deep meditation ever since and there's still no visual changes that occured.
Old Lee, Korra and the staff that's present watched over them carefully. They have to wait until the ritual was finished before they could leave.
While in meditation, Raven gradually forgot the passage of time. He also forgot that they were undergoing the ritual, the state that's he's in was something that cannot be sought after and only happen by chance. This was a rare state of emptiness that allowed their bodily functions to perform a much better rate.
Though there are no huge visual changes, the transformation had already began happening inside his body. The ritual waters are a special body of water, they are in no danger of drowning here so there's no need to pay attention to how one breathes. As the water seeps in every corner of one's body, it penetrated all the way through the dried and clogged up Energy Nodes on his body.
There are 7 Energy Nodes on one's body. They are on the wrists, soles, top of the head, center of the chest and at the base of the spine. Each nodes are at the size of a bean, as well as many vein-like channels connecting one energy node to another. Each node is capable of storing energy, allowing them to carry more energy for their battles.
Each time the water makes contact with the energy nodes and energy channels, it will be absorbed without any traces. The greater the value of water he absorb, the brighter the energy nodes and channels get. The impurities clogging them are being washed away by the waters, Raven could almost feel like there was another type of pulse running through his body.
While the water gently cleanse their energy body, the waters also went through a mysterious path and illuminated the hidden path on their body. On his back, 9 different symbols appeared in a circular formation. Each of this symbols are incredibly profound and mysterious, no one in this Kingdom, aside from Raven, would be able to explain this phenomena nor even explain it's significance.
These 9 symbols are the Great Elemental Gates of the Body Path. One that will only show up once one casted a solid foundation on the Fighter Stages.
Time passed and his Energy Body was cleansed as well as the path of the 9 Great Elemental Gates was illuminated. The ritual was almost done, and it was also during this time, that a great phenomena descended on the group of friends. Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please clickfor visiting.
Raven eyes snapped wide open. He found himself submerged into a deep murky darkness. There are no traces of panic in his face because he was familiar with this place.
He turned around and saw a ball of light at a distance. Glancing up, he could see a faint curtain of light and a blurry aurora of colors. From this view alone, one could easily tell that they were underwater, but he didn't have any difficulties on breathing. He also knew that trying to swim up towards the surface is useless since he was anchored in this form and no matter how hard he tried, he won't be able to do so.
Using his mere thought, he went closer to the ball of light not too far away from where he was. Upon taking a closer look, he immediately realized that this thing was no ball of light, instead it was him, curled up into a ball and in deep sleep. In of this version of his, was a tattered looking crown that's slowly spinning and emitting a faint curtain of light which enveloped the curled up version of him.
Without a doubt, Raven is staring at his own Soul and the place where he's at right now is his Sea of Consciousness, a realm which contained his soul.
”Hey there buddy.” Raven flashed a curt smile in his face, his voice echoed at every corner of his Sea of Consciousness. The crown trembled a bit and emitted excited vibrations which tickled his current form. ”Nice to see you again too. Been a while huh?” He laughed as he stepped closer to caress the crown.
The crown trembled multiple times in joy when it felt his touch. There was a serene smile in his face as he said: ”I can finally help you recover.”
He raised his hand and performed a casual wave. Along with his gesture, a slit in space suddenly appeared and from there, volumes of crystal clear water emerged and got absorbed by both his soul and the crown.