Chapter 9 Master Firehear (1/2)
Arran stifled a yawn He had not slept at all the previous night, instead practicing his use of Fire Essence until the break of dawn
By now he could form a flarin appeared on his face
To Arran's surprise, Master Zhao did not chastise hierness Instead, he merely looked on in approval
”The et,” Master Zhao had said, and Arran was only too happy to follow the , Arran was oncefor his Fire Essence to replenish As he walked beside the cart, he looked at their surroundings
It had been several days since he had last seen any sign of other people, and not a single fare could be seen amid the low hills that surrounded them
Arran did not knohich part of the Empire they were in — nor, truth be told, did he knohat parts the Eion was more sparsely populated than the ones they had traveled through before
”Where are we headed?” he idly asked Master Zhao, not expecting an answer He had already asked the question many times, and each time, the answer had been the same: ”I will tell you when I decide”
To his surprise, this ti to visit an old friend of mine”
”An old friend?” Arran was taken aback by the idea of Master Zhao having friends, like a nore?”
”He is,” Master Zhao said ”A powerful one, at that”
”When do we get there?” Arran asked, excited at the thought of e
”We should arrive in a ?” Arran had looked forward to spending time off the road, but now it looked like he had to wait quite a while longer
Master Zhao stopped the cart at the side of the road, then walked onto the adjacent grassland
”There are two techniques you should learn first,” Master Zhao said ”A rasp them”
Arran raised an eyebroo techniques?”
Master Zhao didn't answer Instead, he abruptly stretched out his ar ball of fire that soared toward a large tree in the distance When it struck, the entire tree was set ablaze
”Please teach ht be interested,” Master Zhao said with a grin ”It's a clumsy and wasteful technique, but it has some uses”
He proceeded to explain the technique to Arran, de several burn scars on the local scenery
As Master Zhao explained it, Arran would have to concentrate his Fire Essence, then forcefully expel it all at once, guiding it away from him
Arran's first few attee fla out in his hand after several ood hour later, but was disappointed to find that unlike Master Zhao's fireballs, his oerein h to bolster his confidence, and hewhen he ran out of Fire Essence
Arran now understood what Master Zhao had meant when he said the technique asteful Every successful attee chunk of the Fire Essence in Arran's body, and just half a dozen successful fireballs had left him drained
”Excellent,” Master Zhao said ”You are e of pride Master Zhao rarely gave coive even more precious
”Next, I will show you a technique to recover your Essence faster”
Arran's interest was instantly sparked Right nohenever his Fire Essence ran out it would take him nearly half an hour to recover