11 Teacher Yan Mei (1/2)
Fei Lei stood on top of his mansion and stared thought of everything they built together, a high elevated miniature water dam was one of the first things he built, next then connected it to an extra large Ramp Pump, giving him a powerful amount of water pressure to play with. In order to keep the pressure levels constant, the ramp pump dispels water from the waste valve and shuts making a loud and incessant clang. He decided to seal it behind a wall stone to muffle the noise, and used long copper pipes to feed out into a large water tower built on his property.
They stood in front of the wooden water heater and Fei Lei said, ”Okay start the fire.”
Yan Mei used her power and started to burn the fuel, closing the latch, he watched the primitive water heater's pressure gage rise until it reached the maximum boiling point. He ran inside his house and to his bathroom and turned on the water, the hot water poured in, putting a little cold water it turned warm and made him smile.
”Incredible, it doesn't use mana but actually can do all this!” Yan Mei shouted in joy as she jumped into his arms, Fei Lei was in such a good mood that he was pulled into the situation without realizing it.
”This is just the beginning, once we have electricity so many things become possible,” Fei responded fully of elation in his voice.
Noticing their faces were close to each other Fei Lei and Yan Mei both separated with blushed faces before she said ”We?”
Yan Mei looked at him with a funny smile, Fei Lei blushed grew redder as he said, ”I intend to make this place a city someday, and whether you can use magic or not, all will be welcome and treated as equals.”
Yan Mei was surprised by what he was saying when he moved away after turning the water off and said, ”Follow me.”
Yan Mei nodded her head as he led her to a large stone wall, using his telekinesis he moved the wall horizontally showing that it could retreat into a carved out slot. As he led her through the only other offshoot of the cavern, she was led into a wide open space that had smaller yet luxurious houses lined up in streets along with several nice looking building for possible business.
”I'm going to turn this entire mountain into a massive city, and then rip off the surface when I'm done, it will be like a city appearing overnight,” Fei Lei said as he placed his hands on his waist, every house was made from finely carved stones and wood from the forest, he had several vacant gardens and parks set up so the surroundings wouldn't drown out the nature.
Yan Mei looked excited at the prospect, but then said, ”Many of the other Mage families probably won't approve of your laws of equality. I'm not saying that all the clans think this way, but the majority of them look down on commoners, and your declaration would definitely upset some of these families.”
”Then I'll make sure I'm strong enough to defend my lands before revealing it, thus the reason I'm doing this inside a mountain,” Fei Lei acknowledged as he showed her around.
”Why are there holes in the buildings framed like this?” Yan Mei asked, ”Those are for when I make windows need to go to the beach sometime and collect a lot of sand,” Fei Lei explained.
”You know if you hired some mages they could make this pace look even better, you could get some earth users to grow some trees and foliage. Some Water Mages could enchant some springs, and a lot of other stuff too.”
Fei Lei smiled and said, ”Yes, I suppose so, but with what I'm going to build, will be more suitable for non-magic users to live in, they won't have to rely on magic to live comfortable lives.”
Yan Mei smiled, and said, ”You remind me a bit of my papa!”
Fei Lei lifted a brow, when she said, ”I didn't mean personality wise or anything, my papa was a commoner that managed to rise through the ranks of the Grand Magic Academy, after he ended up marrying my mama, but he always talks about how living with magic-less parents and friends were the best of times. Not to mention how he always tries to improve commoners lives is pretty similar to what you're doing here,” Yan Mei rambled on in embarrassment making Fei Lei laugh.
Yan Mei froze, she had never really seen him smile or laugh so innocently before. Her face started to blush as she turned around, and said, ”It's not that funny.”
”Sorry, it's just you haven't really opened up to me much about your personal life, and then all of the sudden you start dumping it all off at once. You're such a daddy's little girl,” Fei Lei calmed down and said, ”Ahem... Sorry, your father sounds like an interesting person.”
”He's the coolest, strongest, most spectacular father in the world!” Yan Mei responded stomping her foot on the ground. ”As his proud daughter, of course, I would brag about him, and my Mama is even stronger than him!”
Fei Lei laughed a little more before he said. ”So now that we've finished off all my materials, maybe we can get to work on my magic lessons.”
Yan Mei smiled and said, ”Of course! I've been waiting for this, but first, you tell me how you got so strong using the human transfiguration Sigil!”
Fei Lei smiled and said, ”How much do you know about the human body.”
Yan Mei seemed puzzled, ”What's there to know, we're made of blood, muscle, and bone.”
Fei Lei laughed, ”Wrong, our bodies are mostly made up of elements, almost 99% of the mass of the human body is made up of six of these elements.”
Yan Mei seemed lost when he continued, ”Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus. Only about 0.85% is composed of another five elements, potassium, sulfur, sodium, chlorine, and magnesium.
Yan Mei's eyes started to swirl, she didn't recognize half of the materials he listed, ”All 11 are necessary for life. The remaining elements are trace elements, of which more than a dozen are thought on the basis of good evidence to be necessary for life. All of the mass of the trace elements put together is less than 10 grams for a human body, thus they do not add up to the body mass of magnesium, the least common of the 11 non-trace elements. Additional trace elements silicon, boron, nickel, aluminum, gold, iron, and vanadium are probably needed by mammals also, but in far smaller doses.”
”Okay, so how much do you know about how the body functions?” Fei Lei asked, ”Um?”
”Motor functions, visual function, sensory functions are all bodily functions that we have active control over, however, what about how our bodies digest food and turn in into energy, this is something that is passive and we have no control over, just like several other parts of our body, for instance, we are capable of synthesizing adrenaline, dopamine, and several other chemicals, but they require a trigger such as pain or excitement.”
”What does this have to do with the Human Transfiguration Magic?” Yan Mei had steam rising from her head as she tried to comprehend everything he had told her.