Chapter 88 - Cultivation (2/2)
”UH... oh, yeah, where is Vivi?” Laz tried to change the topic with the first thing he could think of.
”She bolted as soon as she heard the door opening. I'm not sure where she went,” Kennedy replied albeit a bit coldly.
”Oh. Well she knows the way that we are going so it should be fine. Lets go.” Laz quickly walked past both of the glaring ladies before finding his way to the trail and beginning the brief walk to the abandoned park clearing wanting to escape. The girls just exchanged looks with each other before smiling and shaking their heads. They then followed after Laz.
The walk was short and soon they all arrived in the desolate park. Malene, being extra sensitive to source essence, soon noticed the weird lights coming from the strange flower and small pond.
”Wow, it's beautiful,” she commented as they came into view.
Kennedy, not as adapt at seeing the energy as Malene, felt something in the air she couldn't describe, but wasn't able to see it.
”What is it?” Kennedy asked. Laz had taken a quick seat on the stone bench beside where Vivi had balled up and was laying down. Due to the extra energy in the air, it was actually a bit warmer all around the area which Vivi found to be very comfortable.
”Um...Oh yeah.” Malene raised her hand and called forth her energy, allowing Aqua to appear.
”Hehe, I've got this,” Aqua said as he flew over to Kennedy. Before she even knew what was happening, she felt something touch her forehead as Aqua had extended a hand and rested it there. Laz could only look on confused as he saw a brief flash of light appear in front of Kennedy's head before she quickly closed her eyes.
”WHAT WAS THAT? OH MY...” When Kennedy opened her eyes again, she was able to see a small, blue dressed man fairy thingy floating in front of her. Aqua flew away quickly to land over on Malene's shoulder, taking a seat. Kennedy was dumbfounded by not only Aqua's appearance, but also by the strange lights that now lit up the park.
”Wait, you can do that?” Laz asked, looking over at Aqua.
”Of course. It's just tuning her eyes to see source essence. Easy stuff.”
Both girls stood in wonder while looking at the strange sights, taking in the two oddities. Laz got up, walked over and grabbed both their hands before returning to the small bench and dragging them both down into a sitting position.
”Alright, welcome to my secret spot. I'm not clear on a lot of the things here and we don't have much time. So just relax here for a moment.” Laz swung the knapsack around and took out a few things that he had brought from earlier. It was just two water bottles and two metal thermoses. He walked over to the flower first and opened both containers. Carefully, he bent the flower down so that a bit of the nectar spilled into each thermos. He then walked over and using the metal lid, scooped some of the water into the thermos as well, filling it up. Although Laz didn't know how much to combine, he was able to use his special sense to feel how the energies of both things reacted to each other. Luckily, he was spot on with both which allowed for both metal thermoses to be almost completely full.
Walking back to the girls who were staring at him while wondering what he was doing, he quickly sat down and grabbed the two water bottles. Being extra careful, he slowly mixed in a drop of the now golden blue liquid into both water bottles before closing everything up. He handed one thermos to each of the girls and slowly spun the water bottles, allowing the liquids to mix. When he was done, he handed them to the girls as well.
”Alright, I'm going to show you both something and I want you to remember what you see. You need to try to copy what I'm doing.” Laz had a very serious look on his face as he said this. He then closed his eyes and focused on not only drawing in the energy floating into the air, but also rotating it around his body. Every breath he would move the energy closer and closer to becoming a complete cycle. The various ice blue and golden colored energy in the air was also flowing around as some of it entered his system. Due to the low light and the bright lights from the energy, both girls were able to see how the energy was flowing through Laz.
Once he had completed the cycle, he was able to have the energy flow much quicker as it started circulating around on it's on. Both girls could see the energy's path as it flowed around Laz. He did this for a few minutes before opening his eyes.
”Alright, I want you both to take a sip from the water bottles and try to feel and circulate the energy just like I did. Get it to flow enough where it can complete the cycle on it's own and then let it keep going for a while. This will help improve your body, store more energy in your body and better understand the energy in your body.”
”This is... cultivation?” Aqua asked, looking over from the bench. At some point as Laz had his eyes closed, Aqua went over to go take a nap with Vivi before realizing what Laz was doing.
”Is that what it's called?” Laz asked.
”Yeah, how did you figure out something like this?”
”Bit of luck,” Laz replied back without giving it much thought. Vivi nuzzled Aqua's head and drew closer. It looked like Vivi had whispered something in Aqua's ear.
”Oh I see. Bit of luck mixed with a whole lot of stupid, eh? Sounds about right for you.” Aqua nodded as though agreeing with Vivi.
”Psh, whatever.” Laz turned back around to watch the girls. They both took a large gulp of the special water before closing their eyes in an attempt to use their energy like Laz had shown.
At this point, Laz could only watch on helpless if something were to happen. From this point on, they would have to depend on themselves to get strong.