In the depths of the night and the forest's twisting and curving passages, the man ran across these walkways and concentrated on using his inner energy. This was the training that she intended for him for tonight, a game of hide and seek within a forest far beyond what one's eyes could see.
He needed to find the Priestess.
The life energy stored within his spiritual root seeped out of his body and extended past him like a thin cloak that enveloped his surroundings. If he could compare it to anything, it would be like an invisible fog or mist which reached a distance greater than what he usually did.
This was actually easy enough to do, if not slightly dependent on him having a great amount of qi to perform this feat—but then came the next step to it. It was intuitive, he got the answer immediately when Mitsuko told him to use Ao to find her.
