143 Mana Perception (1/2)
Tang Shaoyang was surprised to hear this from Zaneos. He never thought Karan to be weak of course, but he did not expect that he could only receive 20 percent of his strength.
—Alright, stop the integration for now.
”Huh? Why? I haven't tried the other skills,” Tang Shaoyang wanted to try to cast [Wild Axes], [Earth Split], and [War Cry]. He wanted to test the skill with mana.
—Do you plan to fight the beastmen with your people later, right?
Zaneos had read Tang Shaoyang's mind easily as the latter nodded.
—You used 100 mana for [Spirit Integration], do you know how to recover your mana, then?
At the question, Tang Shaoyang closed his mouth. Of course, he did not know how to recover the mana, ”I can't recover the mana naturally?” He asked curiously.
—You can, but it will take a long time to recover naturally. I have a method for you to recover your mana and it may help to increase your Magic Power too
Tang Shaoyang's eyes brightened up. He followed the instruction and canceled the integration. He sat on the ground and leaned his back to the tree, indicating he was ready for the lesson.
—Good, try to sense the mana in your body. Close your eyes and focus
”How? How to sense the mana? I don't even know what mana looks like,” the dumb Tang Shaoyang asked.
—The cooling sensation you feel earlier, that's mana. Try to feel it! Just close your eyes and focus
Even though he was still clueless, he followed the instruction. Tang Shaoyang was trying to remember the cooling sensation he felt earlier but he failed to sense anything in the first five minutes.
—Concentrate just like the morning training, and follow the breathing technique I taught you! It should be easy because you already have mana in your body.
Zaneos instructed the man through the mind. Following the instruction, he took a deep breath and slowly released as per the spirit's instruction. In his mind, he kept recalling the earlier sensation, and soon he felt a pulse of that sensation around his arm.
—Don't get distracted, keep going!
Zaneos reminded Tang Shaoyang sternly as soon as the spirit felt the man was about to open his chest. The voice kept his concentration and five minutes later, he saw something amazing inside his body.
In his chest area, he saw a blue whirlpool. It rotated there while the splash of blue energy spread toward the other parts of his body, toward the head, arms, and legs. The whirlpool was around seventy centimeters, not that big but created a beautiful portrait.
—That's your mana pool! Try to move the mana to your body, control your mana.
—Good job, now try to sense the mana around you
”Huh!?” He did not understand what Zaneos meant earlier but soon he understood it. He could sense it, the mana around his body. It was creating a smooth blue wave. Tang Shaoyang opened his eyes but he saw nothing.
—Mana can't be seen with naked eyes unless you have special eyes. You have to feel it, try again
He closed his eyes again, trying to feel the mana around him. This time it was easier than before, less than a minute before he could see the flow of mana in the air.
—I don't know if this technique is working with a human but follow my words
It was a chant in Demon Language that was about three sentences. To Tang Shaoyang's surprise, it was not hard to follow the chant. After he memorized the chant, he repeated the chant in a small voice, and soon he noticed the change in his mana pool.
The whirlpool started to move even faster, and then he felt that the mana around his body was absorbed through the pore of his body. The man entered the body and followed the flow of mana inside the body toward the whirlpool.
He repeated the chant and five minutes later, the whirlpool's rotation returned to a normal rate, and his body stopped absorbing the mana.
—You have recovered your mana.
Zaneos informed Tang Shaoyang. The latter opened his eyes, he was about to open the status window until a notification rang in his head.