Chapter 31 Intensive Training Part 2 (1/2)

Chapter 31 Intensive Training Part 2

”As if” Conored her co his round soon, as his spiritual training with the old alcheround 15:00

When Daniel reached the training ground, he noticed the old alche quietly on a stone bench He had his eyes closed, and the only thing that made him look different from a statue, was his chest, which inflated and deflated slowly

Many had noticed the old alchemist, but differently from the old master-at-arms, nobody tried to show off their abilities to hi he could teach was of interest to them

The few of thes froures

When Daniel approached the old alcherew once more They were aware of Daniel's talent in round They really wanted to knohat soure like the vice leader of Golden Cauldron

Their questions were answered the very next moment

The old alchemist opened his eyes the moment Daniel came near hi?”

Sounds of jaws figuratively hitting the ground could be heard in the air

”I aly ”What will you teach le, then said ”'Aerial Walk', 'Spiritual shi+eld' and 'Mana Sensing' Hehe” He then started to laugh once again

Once ht It seemed that the master's objective was not only to teach hiics, but also to show hiainst the opposite kind of cultivator

For example, the martial arts that the old master-at-arms had decided to teach him, were all motion skills that could allow a e him in close combat Similarly, the old alchemist had decided to teach skills that would allow Daniel to avoid close combat, and keep himself distant from his enee to spread his spiritual essence through the air, and change its composition in order to allow him to walk on it This skill required the mastery of wind and water, and was considered an extremely advanced skill

'Spiritual shi+eld', as the name implied, was a skill that would allow one to create a non-elemental shi+eld made purely of their spiritual essence The purer the essence, and the higher the control, the more resistant the shi+eld This shi+eld was ical attacks, but could also be used to strengthen eleainst physical attacks

Lastly, 'Mana Sensing' was a scouting skill that allowed a es within the naturalan additional layer of protection against sneak attacks or incoed attacks

”Good, what do we start with?” Asked Daniel

The old alcheot up on his feet, and looked at Daniel, then said ”Mana Sensing”

Mana sensing was a field type ability Which was similar to the sixth rank ofAwareness” Both these abilities granted a layer of awareness of one's surroundings, but in different ways

While Surrounding Awareness was a cultivation stage in which one's senses were so refined, that their awareness was heightened to an inhu the natural h the changes within it

If one were to co' would be extre While the Surrounding Awareness stage, allowed ait '

Of course, one was a cultivation stage, while the other was a sist spiritual cultivators The two methods couldn't be compared

”Close your eyes, and start to feel the mana Mana is everywhere, around your body, in the air, inside the plants, into the earth Feel the mana in the sun rays Then, try to find the abnormalities in the patterns” Explained the old alchemist patiently

Daniel followed the old man's instructions, and started to sense the s

At first, he only felt darkness But as hemana, he started to feel the solid earth essence under his feet The feeble essence of the grass, quietly waving above the ground The rapid wind essence, transported by iusts of wind And finally, the still and i over the other types of essence like a gentle mother

Daniel studied their patterns over and over again, trying to get familiar with how they behaved Then, all of a sudden, a sround, anda nail sized mass of earth essence The earth essence floated quietly, until, it dashed through the wind essence and went towards Daniel at high speed

Instinctively, Daniel raised his hand and used it to shi+eld himself from the small clamp of earth essence

thump

A small rock had hit Daniel's palm

”AMAZING!” Shouted the old alche this skill, at first one would only sense shadows of the various essences The clarity would increase as a e became more fa their rank through spiritual cultivation

What Daniel could see wasn't just shadows He could differentiate between types of essences and react relatively fast

The old alche that he would have needed to hit Daniel a few times, before he would start to find the abnormalities within the essence patterns, but instead, he had felt the incoht away