Chapter 27 - Energies (2/2)

At this point, Will resolved himself. At first, he was merely getting stronger by himself and for himself, but now he knew that someone was behind him, someone who believed in him and was relying on him. Will was moved and decided to give his all not to disappoint Modus. The fact that Will had grown up feeling unwanted and his age made him highly susceptible to such emotional moments. After all, he was only sixteen, or rather he used to be...

”Thanks, Modus. I appreciate this.” These were all the words Will could muster after carefully thinking things true. He would not ask for more, nor would he ask for less. Modus had trusted him so now it was his turn to reciprocate. Modus nodded in approval.

”I knew I had chosen the right candidate. You have done well Will. Now then here is my advice. My advice is on intent and energy so pay attention. All your 64 minds will have to pay attention to this, because like I said, it is simple for me but might be profound for you.”

Will did his best and meekly nodded, his strength was slowly coming back to him.

”Let me start with the energies. As you know there are many different types of energies, we shall deal with World Energy, Yuan, Mana, and Qi.

World Energy is simply unprocessed energy that exists in this universe. It is the most complex and profound energy so I won't go into much detail about it. Cultivation is taking world energy and digesting it into the energies we need.

First off, let's examine Mana. Mana is the non-living component of World Energy. It has no spirit within it and is most ideal for affecting the

environment.

Qi, on the other hand, is the living component of World Energy. Its main use is to improve one's own body or the bodies and capabilities of other living creatures.

The last energy is yuan. This is a perfect balance between mana and qi.

That is to say, the energies fuse together to make a new one with the properties of both. A yuan user is called a practitioner. Practitioners can choose to separate yuan into qi and mana at Will, but it is usually pointless to do so since yuan can achieve what both qi and mana can with even more efficiency.

I'm going to focus on sword qi. This is qi created from cultivation in a sword type cultivation method. The Solitary Sword Sovereign manual is one such method. This means all the qi you make through that method is supposed to be sword qi, however, due to the fact that you are a mortal with many impurities and other factors, your sword qi or sword yuan is impure. As you cultivate you have to constantly refine it so that it improves in quality.

Sword yuan or qi is used to power sword techniques and abilities. A sword technique can be powered by other types of energy such as fist qi but the results will be very poor. Some Qis share similar traits such as blade qi and sword qi; however the former focuses on power while the latter focuses on speed and mobility. You not only possess sword yuan but you also possess water yuan thanks to your Water Meister class.

Thus your cultivation will always produce a haphazard mixture of sword and water yuan. It would be best if you could properly fuse these energies, or if that is difficult then separate them. Whether or not you can improve upon this point is up to you. Now, for the difficult part, it's time for me to explain intent.”