Chapter 108 Exposed (1/2)

In the days following his battle against the bear, Arran found hi Essence, studying the seal on his forbidden Real Snowcloud's Memory Amulet, he already had a hefty workload But now, even more had been added to it

He had decided not to let the bearits Natural Essence took hours of Body Refine the same with Shadow Essence to balance the effects

And then, there was his Shadowsight The technique was too useful to ignore, and practicing it was also useful practice for developing his Sense — even if it was his own Essence, he spread it in a e

Unlike his other activities, however, practicing Shadowsight required hiladly — even if he could not see his surroundings, being in the cave for days on end felt too

At first, he only traveled to the creek and back, using his Shadowsight to help guide the way Although it was difficult at first, it quickly became easier, and soon, he could reliably find his way back frorew an to explore the area around the cave, each day going slightly farther After just over a week, he had scouted the entire area a fullhis way had all but disappeared

By the end of the second week, however, he discovered that the Shadowsight technique brought an unforeseen benefit

With Shadowsight, he could Sense the mist of Shadow Essence he created around hinize

Yet as his Sense improved, he could now tell that the Natural Essence that had previously seeaps And now that he knehere to focus his attention, it was far easier to learn to Sense Natural Essence

He began to reduce the aradually relying aps

After just two more weeks, he reached the point where he could find his way solely by Sensing Natural Essence, and he could not help but feel pleased — with the aid of his Shadowsight technique, his progress had been far faster than it would have been otherwise

Still, he did not stop practicing Shadowsight altogether — even if he no longer strictly needed it, in so Natural Essence to discern his surroundings And when he used both together, the combination was vastly superior to either method by itself

So instead, he alternated between relying on his Sense and his Shadowsight whenever he was exploring the region,sure he practiced both equally

But his surroundings weren't all he could Sense

As he beca where it came from, he also discovered an unexpected source of it — himself

Previously, the Natural Essence fros, and he was so used to it that he had disround noise

Yet now, he could Sense a constant strea fro the stuff

The ah to have h he felt annoyance at having even a sliver of his hard-won power slip away — but he realized that to others, he would be laughably easy to Sense

Now, he understood the true reason Anized his power so easily It hadn't been subtle clues from his movements, as he had believed — to the his power to all whose Sense was strong enough