Chapter 81: The Surprised Old Zi (2/2)

”I guess your ability to form a connection so fast is related to your pranic echo gift. Since those with this gift are said to be loved by prana, it makes complete sense why you don't face many difficulties in linking with it,” Old Zi said with a thoughtful expression.

Arion also felt that it made sense, but he still didn't understand the concept of being 'loved by prana'.

Old Zi saw through his confusion and said, ”Being loved by prana means you are innately more attuned with prana, especially your pranic heart. You resonate better with prana than others, and it's more like prana favors you, with one of them being allowing you to hear the pranic echoes. This is just one of the gifts that prana offers to those it favors, and there could be many more out there.”

Arion felt as if his horizon got broadened a bit and wondered if there were people with special gifts like him but gifts that were different from his and if so, what were they exactly?

He felt that he would be learning a lot of things once he goes to a training school and comes upon people with power beyond his imagination. He was also eager to find an expert with the same gift as him and learn more about how to use it since he felt that his gift was quite useful.

At the same time, he also wanted to find someone whom he could ask about bloodlines and the Devour Aspect or at least a place of knowledge where he could learn about them on his own.

He wanted to ask Old Zi about the bloodline stuff, but he was afraid whether Mei might come to know about it through Old Zi or if even Old Zi might find it surprising that he knows about such stuff considering how the farthest place he had ever been to was the Central Ward in the Rimefall Village.

Since the day Arion found that his Devour Aspect was a taboo or forbidden thing, he had been feeling paranoid about even asking anything remotely to others lest anyone suspects anything about him.

Because all it would take was one mistake for people to suspect him, and then there wouldn't be any turning back.

”Well then, even if you are able to link with prana with just a thought, you will still have to meditate and focus on comprehending the profundities of prana. Forming a connection is just one part but making sure the prana circulates through our body well and fast is another matter. At your present Defity, maybe this point might not seem significant, but once you build your pranic force, then you will realize its importance,” Old Zi explained.

”So you mean I have to make sure my body resonates with my prana well enough for it to circulate through every part of my body fast enough?” Arion asked.

Old Zi nodded, ”Yes. You are already at the 10th Cycle, but still, only your body has toughened, but it might not be used to the flow of prana along with your blood. This could lead to a lot of hiccups in the future, especially when you use your prana.”

He continued, ”But we could do the meditation part during the morning when the prana flow is the most tranquil in this place which would allow you to resonate with your prana easily. Then we have to focus on developing your Defity, and that involves you completing your Prana Binding Stage as fast as possible so that we could move on to the Prana Releasing Stage.”

”So, to fight in that Zero Arena, I would have to be at least in the Prana Releasing Stage?”

”Yes. Of course, one can also fight while they are in the Prana Binding Stage, but they usually don't last long enough, even if they win the first few matches somehow. Because once you are in the Prana Releasing Stage, you can learn to use your prana to carry out attacks. It is the beginning step to how one goes on to become a Dreadslayer and use their prana to fight Dreadlings. Most of all, it helps build your pranic force as well, and you will become a Defier finally,” Old Zi explained.

Arion took in a deep breath as he felt that he was quite close to becoming a Defier and fighting it out in the Zero Arena.

But he was confident about jumping into the Prana Releasing Stage quickly since he had his pranic food items to rely on. Now all he wondered was how powerful he would become after a year.

'I wonder if that shorty is still alive…' A sudden thought popped up in his mind.

*Thud!*

Hearing the sudden sound of something heavy falling on the ground, Arion pushed away his thoughts as he turned around to see what it was.