Chapter 350 The Meaning of Life (1/2)

I thought about it some more, and tried to figure out what else the mastery in my energy could accomplish. 'I can control things like heartbeat rate, or even make my body enter a temporary death state. I can control every inch of my body perfectly, which improves my movements. I can even absorb and store the Black Orbs during the night. But, what else can I do?' I thought.

An idea came to my mind, and although it seemed far fetched, I decided to try it out. I manipulated my energy to flow differently. Not only that, I tried to shrink some parts of my body, while expanding others. The effect was unexpected. Even the old man was surprised, and asked ”What is wrong with you?”.

I smiled, and replied ”Can you control your energy perfectly?”. He replied confused ”Of course I can, Everyone who at least trained themselves properly, can achieve the same thing”. I said ”No. What I meant is not the ability to use your energy, but manipulate it. In other words, do this”, and I showed him how my body changed.

Although I couldn't reconstruct my body, I could make myself a bit taller, or a bit shorter by compressing and expanding my bones. I could also change my heartbeat rate, my breathing to match someone else. My muscles could expand or contract, and my overall posture could change. The old man looked at me weirdly, when I showed him how a mastery in energy control looks like.

I then got an idea. 'My regenerative abilities should've improved now. I wonder what would happen if I am wounded, and direct all my energy to recover that one spot only?' I thought, and immediately put that idea into action. I slashed my left palm with a dagger. The old man again asked, ”What are you up to this time?”. I replied ”Just watch”. I had a good feeling about this, and directed all the energy flow onto that one wound. The bleeding stopped almost instantly, and I could feel itchiness in my palm. The wound started closing slowly. A while later, the wound was closed, and a small scab formed atop the wounded area.

'Just as I suspected. If I will for my energy to focus only on one thing, the strength of my regeneration is much faster' I thought. The old man was visibly shocked, and asked ”Are you some sort of walking medicine?”. I smiled, and replied ”This is also due to my mastery in energy control. I can regenerate much faster now… Although I guess my regenerative abilities were already quite strong”.

He said ”I've heard of a technique that can change one's body, but I never saw one. This type of regeneration… I never saw something like this. Without the use of Formations or medicine, this shouldn't be possible. Are you sure it's not some sort of technique, and you only want to fool this old man?”. I replied ”I told you, I have perfect control of my energy. If you don't know how to do it, then that simply means you don't have full control of your energy. Even as a master, you can still learn things”.

He was a bit stunned for a while, but then laughed loudly while saying ”To think that this old man would indeed witness something like this. That's true boy. Even though I'm a master in the Art of Stealth, that doesn't mean I'm omnipotent. There is a saying that goes, 'You can't teach new tricks to an old dog'. The new generation will always overtake the old one”.

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'New generation... ', for some reason, his words reminded me of Nick's. 'Gods that descend, shall be mortals. Those who inherit, shall follow. Those who live, shall die and those who thrive, shall pass', was what Nick once told me. Now I understood what he meant. 'One day in the future, I will become someone like this old man. I will be confused and surprised at the younger generation. ”Who knows what the future holds” right?' I thought.

'What he considered crazy, impossible or non-existent, I might be in the same situation in the future', my thoughts continued. Nick wasn't talking about the Gods, but Humans. A metaphor used to describe Humans above all others. One might've been a god amongst men, but his time would pass sooner or later. He would die, just like any other man, like any other mortal.