90 4.14 Come on Baby, Light my Fire! Yin and Yang of Life and Death! (1/2)

The Monk which I preferred to refer him as one of the side characters in this series; was helping me clear the living room giving me an extra large space to conduct the second stage of exercise or practise; whichever you would like to reference it.

The coffee table had been moved to the side of the wall near the entrance of the kitchen. An armchair was moved to line along with the sofa, giving it a space large enough for the second stage to commence. I was told this was made so that I would be able to move freely with no obstructions. I wonder what the Monk had meant by that.

He set up a target frame that he had brought along in his cloth satchel bag. It was as though he had a premonition of what's going to happen and simply brought out the things required. Next, he introduced his blessing bowl which was mysteriously filled with water before we left the office and now was empty and dry. The contents may have spilt and leaked through his bag I assume.

The small target was made of a hollowed out picture frame. He then placed a piece of white A4 paper in front of it and taped it down securely so it won't budge if it's being blown by the soft breeze of the centralised air conditioning. He took the candle and before he snuffed the flames, he switched on the lights of the living room; and he placed the candle about 6 inches from the framed paper target.

His blessing bowl was filled up by Pornsak with the water from the kettle that had been boiled earlier in the day and set aside at the end of the coffee table. This will be used for another phase, as explained by the Monk.

”Come, Chosen One, please do take a seat here. You feel comfortable enough to start the second phase of our process?”

I had drunk some water and stretched my self a bit after been sitting on the floor for quite some while. Feeling refreshed, I nodded to the Monk and proceed to the point where he pointed. I was told to sit this time, kneeling down with my legs tucked underneath me.

”What I would like you to do is to use your internal Chi strength. Summon it up and try to gather it in front of you, Chosen One”

The Monk approached me and held my two hands and placed them midsection with one hand slightly apart from the other, facing one topside and downside with the other. He then proceeded to explain, ”This hand position is for you to connect and gather all the energies around you, whether it's positive or negative energy. These energies will form a vortex within your hands and it will gather strength and intensity.”

”Remember, regardless of the energies that came and form as you gather them, let it form and intensify and form a very tight and fast vortex and when you release it like this: you will perform a Kamehameha or a Hyuden move towards the candle flames.”

The Monk showed the movement of gathering the energies and perform the blasts as he pushed his hands out simultaneously to hit the intended target. As a precautionary measure, he went to the kitchen and took the portable fire extinguisher next to the cooker hood.

The Monk demonstrated again several times and told me to release the Psi ball of energy if it is ready to be launched. It would be a sensation of overwhelming pressure that wishes to be unleashed. The method of breathing and concentration is similar, but this time the concentration is made towards the energy that would be gathered between the upturned hands.

I looked in awe by the demonstrations and somehow I followed his hands' movement on how I gather and then release that so-called energy ball towards the intended target; the flame of the candle that stood 6 inches away from the framed target. After practising it for a few times, it has been decided and the phase begins.

”Remember to summon the energies around you to gather in between your hands, Chosen One.”

The Monk seemed excited to see how the next Phase turned out as sat there on the floor and controlled my breathing, inhaling slowly through my nose and exhaled through my pursed lips slowly. I called out aloud in my mind,” Come to me... Energies that revolves around me... Show yourself within my hands and form an energy form right now.”

Slowly, I felt something light and buoyancy within my hands as I concentrated to look at it. The out of shape form was slowly turning in a vortex-like movement and it became a mixture of radiating colours, from red, blue-green, white and yellow slowly diffusing into the form and steadily became around the small ball. I released the ball as demonstrated by the Monk towards the candle's flame.

I could hear a faint ”whoosh” sound as the ball of energy was released and the flame in the candle flickered as if some form of wind had blown against it, threatening to blow out.

”Again, Chosen One... Concentrate deeper a let go once you hit its limit.”

I smacked my lips and adjusted my knees underneath me as I repositioned myself once more to be more comfortable. I then started to do the whole process once more and the vortex of energy came this time, after sometime when I felt that I had gathered enough energy in the Psi ball, I released it.

The flame of the candle suddenly flared up and then sizzled back into its original state again. The candle seemed to have moved or rocked abit along with its base holder.

I looked up and saw a satisfied look but somehow he commented, ”Chosen One, that was not even half of what I expected with your current tier level. By the way, I can sense there is something missing from the way you performed. How about you focused that the flame of this candle as your enemy, Chosen One. We will try after a short break.”

Pornsak served me a chilled drink after she had placed some ice cubes inside it while I was still in the kneeling position. I took a sip and told the Monk that I would like to continue instead. He looked at me before deciding it, after he somewhat assessed that I am OK to proceed one more time.

I then proceeded to exercise the methods once more, the vortex of energy in my hands furiously gathered and I subsequently raised my hands a notch higher and aimed at the candle flame. This time, there was a significant change, as the vortex of energy I gathered had reached a kind of reddish hue.

The Psi energy ball that I had gathered had shrunken in size as my both palms pressed down on it from being about 8 inches to nearly half of its size. The energy Psi ball that was getting more intense that it seems to be like a small rubber ball. It was manifesting itself so furiously that I felt that it wanted to be unleashed immediately.

I held the Psi energy ball with one last look, aimed at the flame of the candle and performed a ”Hyuden” move. The next thing I knew made me shock with awe...!

The flame of the candle flared as if it was a thunder flash that had been thrown by the SWAT team that intended to blind their enemies vision as they breached through...!

It was so blinding that an explosive heat can be sensed and a ”whoosh” sounded as it blistered through the air en route to its target, and finally a deafening explosion as the Psi energy ball connected with the candle.

The living room shook and quivered as if it was hit by an earthquake and the sudden rumbling died down after a while. Meanwhile, I immediately scurried away on the floor like a cockroach as the deafening boom erupted across the living room.

My God...! What had just happened...!?! The moment I released the Psi energy ball and aimed directly at the flame of the candle, I felt its rush towards the intended target and when it connects, it simply seemed to disintegrate. The deafening boom sound ensued and I am sure neighbours within a few houses would be able to hear and felt the aftershock sensations.

I looked at the candle and find that is not there anymore and only a small trace of the candle was left in the base holder. The target frame that was placed 6 inches behind it had also disintegrated and what was left was a rather large residue from the explosive blast on the wall of my kitchen. I guess the part-time housekeeper would have a hard time scrubbing it out tomorrow...!

”I did it right this time, didn't I? Haizz, how was I going to explain to the neighbours since the resonance of the blast did trigger some of the cars' alarm. There's already a group of neighbours clamouring outside now. I better attend to it to simmer down the commotion.”

As quickly as I've said that, I stood up and went to open the door of my living room and stepped outside. It was already past a bit after dinner time so they thought that the LPG tank in my kitchen had exploded.

I lied to them that everything is alright and the sound was made by the exploding faulty bread toaster. They asked me if I am alright and I explained that I was not hurt in the process and only the bread toaster had been killed and will be sent to the garbage for proper burial.

They laughed at my metaphor and walked away back to their house, and even a neighbour before she left asked if I wanted to borrow hers while I go get a new one later. I politely refused and once everyone had left I closed the door and returned to the duo.

I checked the damage on the wall and made sure there was no structural damage to it. I even looked on the other side and found that the gadgets behind it were unaffected in the blast, after all, it was a burst of energy and non-volatile to other unintended objects.

Pornsak was looking at me wide-eyed with awesomeness as she experienced first hand of what an energy Psi ball could do. She thought that this form of action could only appear on comics or on anime shows on TV.

If she could clap her hands and tucked them under her chin and danced and twirled around the house, I think she would have done so with glee.