2 Home sweet home (1/2)
The Journey home began normally enough, riding through the quiet country roads in the scorching mid-afternoon sun.
After about 10 minutes of pushing my body hard, as I was trying to get home as fast as I could before anything crazy started to happen. I could sense something strange happening to my legs and Glutes.
Hey Dart, Whats with the refreshing pulses of energy running through my body?
[The host is feeling the effects of uncontrolled Vital energy absorption. This will help to improve parts of your body as you exercise and temper them.]
Sweet move aside Thor! Lee long the destroyer of noobs is here. Lee got lost in a little waking dream for a moment imagining himself smashing mountains with a punch and destroying comets with a kick.
So Dart, how do I control this Vital energy?
[Vital energy can be cultivated in a controlled manner if the host develops a set of moves and trains them on a daily basis. Different training sequences will direct the energy to develop certain aspects of your physical body. One sequence might focus on pure strength, another on pure speed etc.]
Dart what would you suggest I focus my training on?
[I would suggest you work on a set of moves that improves every aspect of your body at the same time. As the host only has an average affinity at utilising Vital energy you will find it hard to become a truly powerful body cultivator. An all-around strong body will help with the cultivation of your strongest aspect ie. Elemental energy.]
Dart... you're telling me I should become a jack of all in body cultivation?
Well, that sucks! My dreams of punching monsters into wet soggy mist will have to die before they could even be born.
[Yes that would be advisable]
Dart, will high elemental affinity offset my lack of physical prowess?
[Yes the combination of a strong physical foundation and high elemental law comprehension is a good way to gain power for example wind affinity to increase speed or earth to increase defence.]
Oh well, I'll have to go online tonight and try to come up with something. Maybe some Thai-chi with some other stuff mixed in.
Looking around for the first time in a while I seemed to have auto-piloted myself more than halfway home. Looking up just as I was passing the local zoo.
Good thing I don't work there, the poor people will most likely have to deal with flying tigers that shoot lightning from their eyes in a few months. Luckily the higher energy doesn't seem to have done much yet, maybe they will all have time to hand in their two weeks notice. I chuckle evilly to myself as I ride past.
Hitting the outskirts of town I notice the supermarket my best friend Josh works at. I should go let him in on my little secret maybe Dart can help him out with a little analysis. I could do with some more supplies as well... never know what might happen over the weekend.
I locked my bike up outside the employes only entrance and pulled up Josh's number up on my phone and called him.
”Whats up Lee? I'm super busy at the moment!” Josh said as soon as he picked up the phone sounding harassed.
”I'm at the side entrance Josh come and open the door for me I need to grab some supplies.” I replayed back to him in my best overly demanding customer voice.
” I'm only an assistant manager here Lee you'll get me fired man!”
”Come on Josh I'll let you in on a big secret if you let me into the stores to grab a few bags of food. I might even be able to help you out with some of this energy stuff.”
”LEE, Don't tell me you got a Sys..”
”Shhhh don't let the world know dude never say keywords when you're on the phone the AI's are always listening.
”I'll be there in a minute you paranoid idiot,” Josh said hanging up the phone