100 Spell-weaving (1/2)
In Kang's dimly lit carving room, Hartley sat across the wooden table from Kang holding a steaming cup of green tea, Kang helda cup of milk, swirling it around like a wine connoisseur before sipping the white liquid with childish satisfaction.
Hartly couldn't help but gaze at the view out the window as he sipped his tea and admired the silhouette of the pristine and serene estate, even in the darkness, Kan's estate looked perfect without a single tree out of place.
As he gulped down another mouth full of the sugarless tea, his mind wandered back to his experience of traveling with Kang through the spatial crack,with Kang touching his shoulder and creating an invisible bubble that negated the forces of the spatial crack on his body, they were like leaves blown by the wind as they weightlessly moved forward for two brief seconds, silently stepping out of the spatial crack and emerging in Kangs office.
He noticed there wasn't the chaotic riot of dark energy roiling and writhing inside the spatial crack made by Kang, the mesh-like tunnel was stable like he'd never seenbefore, he could barely pick out an obvious flaw as he imprinted the image in his mind.
”You've made massive improvements since last time.”
Kang broke the silence as two candles sat at opposite ends of the wooden table ejected wedges of yellow light that danced rhythmically pushing back the shadows across the room.
”Thanks to your guidance pointing me in the right direction .” Hartley replied.
The white hair man laughed, then sighed.
”It's nothing to do with me, I think you are even more talented than my brother, you were going to figure those things out with or without me.”
Kang could still not believe how much the handsome youth had improved in a matter of a month or two, being able to use spatial cracks to travel long distances was a monumental achievement for any cultivator, usually it signified that one had stepped into the 9th layer of the xanthian realm and was on their way to being a saint. Before Hartley could say anything else Kang changed the subject.
”Tell me what happened while traveling through the spatial cracks”
Hartley recounted his experiences in the spatial cracks to Kang, obviously leaving out the parts about his time domain, the white hair man smiled, then placed his cup on the table. he then leaned forward with a quizzical look on his face.
”You've got tremendous strength to be able to do what you did, but strength is not always the most suitable solution, most times a little finesse will take you much farther, why aren't using your elemental power to assist you?Why are you always taking the battering ram approach?”
Kang took another sip and placed his cup on the table again while Hartley had a sheepish embarrassed look, he wanted to slap his palm against his forehead, how could he not of thought of that..
After that awkward pause, Kang then continued, ”The closer you are to the Saint realm, the more important it is to find ways to gain maximum output from minimal effort.
The more forceful you are, the more dark energy will be created in an attempt to counteract your actions. It's a natural law as the plane will always seek to close spatial cracks and restore balance as soon as possible.
Suddenly there were green lights swirling around Kang's fist in a weird pattern, he pushed his fist gently forward and with a dull glow, his fist disappeared into the fabric of space without any disturbances or sounds, then reappeared in front of Hartley's shocked face stopping an inch from making contact. ”With practice and a little skill you can open spacial cracks without the black energy running too rampant.”
Kang retracted his fist, the candle light fluttered back and forth making the shadows dance over the walls and furniture.
”You're using pure brute force to shatter the fabric of space and causing the dark energy to behave in an unstable manner creating an almighty ruckus in the process.
You won't be sneaking up on anyone any time soon with that technique, try using a variation of the spiral circulation technique to slice through space instead of forcefully shattering it.”
He winked at Hartley and giggled, ”that's the finesse part and once you get the hang of it, you can glide through a spatial crack with the least amount of resistance.”
Kang then went on to explain the intricacies of traveling in a spatial crack with Hartley rapt at attention.
”The stronger you are and the more efficiently you can travel through a spatial crack, decreases the ratio of distance in the crack compared to the outside world.
The default ratio of a spacial crack is one to two.
Meaning for every one meter you travel in the spacial crack equates to two meters in the outside world.