Sitting in the tree, watching my surroundings got boring. I started to ponder, trying to figure out god's motive for sending me to this world. Considering the massive amount of powers he gave me, there must be a reason, I'm not sure what. Maybe, it's like some of the novels, he was just bored and decided to do something. Why me though? Was it just a random stroke of luck?
I needed to get strong enough to find out. I assume not just anyone can figure out a god's motive. Maybe, if I get strong enough, I won't have to follow god's plan anymore. Assuming he has one and it wasn't just a whim. If it was just a whim then it seems a bit excessive. Coming personally to reincarnate a mortal man from Earth, just doesn't seem right.
Anyway, I should think about my training. First, I have to finish the body refining to unlock the cultivation technique. I can feel it there, in the back of my mind but it's like I can't quite reach it. The body refining technique is very simple, it's a bunch of exercises and stretches to help me grow my body. The only difference is I can execute every exercise with absolute perfection. Optimizing the results of said exercise. Combine that with my other perks, I can work-out endlessly, and improve incredibly fast.
My muscles will evolve to be the best possible versions of themselves. Every time I struggle, my body will adapt and make my muscles better. Now considering I'm supposed to be able to evolve limitlessly. I should be able to get infinitely stronger. However, It becomes incredibly inefficient as I get stronger. Eventually, bodyweight exercises won't work. Enough monologing, I will wait until daytime. That way, I won't be snuck up on by predators easily and begin my arduous grinding.
To begin with, I will do some warm-up exercises to get the muscles in my body activated. Secondly, I'll stretch every muscle in my body. Lastly, I will repeat bodyweight exercises until nighttime. Push-ups, squats, crunches, jumping jacks, planks, and more repeatedly for roughly 16 hours. It's mentally exhausting. But, every time I feel exhaustion I get a refreshing feeling like a warm towel was rubbed all over my brain, weird I know. It does feel nice though, as soon as that happens my mental exhaustion is gone. I don't know if it's my regeneration or my brain evolving to reduce the exhaustion of menial tasks.
Anyways, there were a couple of times I collapsed in exhaustion. Immediately when my muscles relaxed there was that feeling of warmness all over my muscles. It seemed like my regeneration worked while I was working out. However, seemed to be less effective when the injured area is actively being injured. Not sure how that works, but as soon as the muscles are done being used, they are perfectly healed. Time to see my progress!
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Name: Jack Richardson
Age: 19
Title: Otherworlder
Bloodline: Primordial Chaos (EX)
HP: 248/248
Vitality: 124
Strength: 130
Agility: 122
Endurance: 128
Mana: 53
Total Stats 557
Bloodline Traits: Limitless Potential, Enhanced talent, Affinities (All Magic), Regeneration(EX)
Active Skills: Status (S), Archive (SSS), Inspect (F, 34%)
Body Skills: Martial Arts (B, 23%), Night Vision (F, 16%)
Mana Skills: Mana Sense (E, 75%)
Unique Skills: Auto-Translate (EX),
Crafting Skills: Crafting (F, 24%)
Resistances: Mental Fatigue (E, 3%), Physical Fatigue (E, 12%)
Status Effects: Mana Containment (EX).
]
Alright, since its getting dark, I will go back up in my tree and meditate. The body refining technique has a specific way of meditation. The technique sets up the foundation for my cultivation technique.
As I sat down, I proceeded to close my eyes and use my {Mana Sense} to see around me. Feeling the mana outside me, I close the entrances to my body. The thing I have realized about mana is that it is always drawn to living organisms. Mana slowly gravitates towards living organisms and is absorbed unconsciously by the body, similar to breathing. Using meditation and cultivation techniques is a way to increase the amount of mana being drawn toward you. The body refining manual tells me that I should close off all my mana entrances forcefully. Which let me tell you, is pretty painful and difficult. Going against your instinct builds willpower and gives you better control over the mana inside you.
Mana that is absorbed from the outside first needs to integrate with your mana first. Getting a good control over your innate mana is the first step in establishing the mana core to the upmost. If you can refine and control your internal mana it sets a good foundation for when you decide to start taking in outsourced mana. The line between these two types of mana is very small because innate mana can be made from outsourced mana. To be able to tell the difference between the two is also an important step.
Using my meditation technique I spread my mana throughout my body. Creating a small layer of mana. I will then bring the mana back into my core, pressing it all together as hard as I can, like trying to shut a full suitcase. Eventually, once I get the hang of it, I will time the spreading and condensing with my breathes.
Deep breathe in, condense.
Breathe out, spread.
Deep breathe in, condense.
I continued to do that all night. By the time I had felt like I made decent progress, the sun was starting to peek through the green canopy. I repeated my body refining exercises again, and again. This time only for 8 hours, the other 8 hours I practiced my martial arts. Then I went and meditated again.
**The Morning**
Not needing to eat, drink, or sleep is convenient. I mean I get hungry and thirsty but then I evolve to be able to take more time between eating and drinking. I am starting to assume that my body is switching to using mana as an energy source and sustenance for my body. The rate of my mana absorption has been going up in correlation to my eating and drinking 'evolutions'. Using this might be a benefit, so as much as I want to eat, I shouldn't. It may be beneficial to make my body run off mana.
Keeping that in mind, I continued to train. Day and night, no rest. The world would not wait for me to get stronger, so I had to put my all into it. I can't risk fighting things until I am strong enough. I don't want to waste my second chance, I will do things right this time.