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Chapter 13 - Full Blue Moon

As Zarue heard this from his mom Regen, he looked at Relrem and saw a gleam in his eyes that matched how he felt. An eagerness to get inside and have him have his breakthrough in his Ki Core! It is going to be an interesting evening! That was for sure!

-Ping

Summoner, if you wish to break through tonight, I highly recommend that you make the breakthrough before dinner. As the first breakthrough will make one ver hungry. There may also be an added benefit with tonight being a blue moon.

Upon hearing this Zarue could not help but smile and shrug. 'Well Celeste, guess you just made me very busy all of a sudden.' Zarue thought chuckling in his head.

"Hey mom! Can we have an extra hearty dinner tonight? I am going to try and make my breakthrough before dinner just in case I get really hungry." Zarue asked Vetiol as the family walked into the kitchen.

Giggling softly Vetiol nodded. "Zarue, if you can make that happen truly, then your favorite dish of crispy hog ribs and mushroom gratin will be well earned then!" Vetiol replied happily.

"Thank you mom! I am going to work hard in meditating in my room! I should be done right before you open the door!" Zarue cheerfully said as he and Relrem ran to his room. Closing his door softly.

"Regen, what is the moon phase tonight honey?" Vetiol asked her wife.

Regen sighed, shaking her head with a smile on her face. "By sheer coincidence, it should not be happening so soon again. But it will be the same moon phase as he was born on, my love." Regen said very coyly.

"Right, and it will be full as well I would assume. Making his breakthrough something to behold since it will be early on in his cultivation." Vetiol replied sarcastically.

"Vetiol," Regen wrapped her arms around her wife, "It will be a Full Blue Moon. Our child will be doing great things if the legends are true, and, well he seems to be proving them to be true."

"Oh by the stars! I need to get cooking now! Can you help me prep please?" Vetiol said wistfully and yet hurriedly.

"Of course dear." Regen said as she moved to stand next to her wife and prep the food.

Meanwhile in Zarue's room.

After entering his room Zarue sat in the middle of the floor facing the window in a cross legged meditative stance.

Ok, just relax and calm down, focus on the Ki surrounding you and yourself Zarue, feel the Ki that radiates outside. Use it to help focus and clear the Ki inside and become formed in yourself. The moon's Ki is already this strong tonight. It should not be long before the moon rises.

Taking a deep breath Zarue continued to focus. Trying to gather the Ki in himself and around him to help form his Ki Core. Hoping that using all types of Ki around him will help his core to form and become more defined from all the energy around him. As he viewed all the Ki around him, and how it was slowly being absorbed and implemented, Zarue could not help but remember how he helped channel the energy into Relrem's core. After thinking about it Zarue heaved a sigh and thought here goes nothing.

As this was happening in Zarue's mind, Relrem stood by, guarding his Master happily and seriously. Cultivating the energy within himself to make it easier to use in different situations. As he did this he realized that his Ki Core was in the Pure Core Stage, however, the core had different levels of Pure within itself, which was unheard of in any being, albeit mythical beasts, Ki Essence or Celestial being. How the freak did my Master do this?! This should not be possible. However he likes to break the rules and throw logic out the window. That is definitely my Master. Relrem thought happily. As he was finishing these thoughts he looked at Zarued, and saw that his clothes were moving as if wind was passing him. There is no draft in his room, what is going on? Taking a deep breath Relrem focused his eyes to see the Ki in the room.

Alright, to form Relrem's core I thought of a vortex to help contain all the energy and swirled it together. So I am going to picture the Ki around me circling around me as if I was the center of the vortex, and in the center of that vortex, my Ki will also be moving in a vortex to condense my Ki and the Ki entering my body. It might not be much, but I shall see what happens.

Looking within himself, he pictured that he was standing in the fog of his Ki. Practicing movements to help circulate his Ki within his body during his physical training. Standing in one place as if you was striking an invisible post, soon his fast movements started to cause the foggy Ki to circle around him, Making him the epicenter of the vortex in his Foggy Ki Core. As this transpired, he could feel the surrounding Ki from around his body start to shift and become a vortex around his body as well. Becoming pillar of swirling Ki be absorbed into his body at a faster pace.

After sitting in the position for a while, the full moon started to rise, as it passed the tree tops, its bright blue light flooding Zarue's room and cloaking him in the light as well.

Feeling the strong Ki and the difference of it Zarue started to do the circulation faster, drawing in the rare and valuable Ki into his body as quickly as possible. The now whitish foggy Ki starting to give off a faint aura of blue, showing that the Ki had been enhanced. As Zarue did this he felt the Ki also being pulled by other beings as if he was in a form tug of war with others. What concerned him though was that there were many that had malicious intentions, and some that were innocent. Feeling where the Ki was going to the malicious ones, and fearing what that might mean in the future for others including himself, Zarue once again enhanced and vigorously started to do the Ki circulation in his self more so. Focusing on taking the Ki away from those with the malicious intent and leaving the innocent ones alone, Zarue smiled to himself. His taking of the Ki that the ones he took from made it to where they could no longer absorb the Ki, as if the moon agreed with his decision. He felt a flood of more Ki go into his body and around him.

As the moon reached its peak and the blue started to wane Zarue could feel the last of the Ki coming to him. To his surprise, he thanks the moon and remembers his family. Asking the moon if he could be granted the ability to give the power to others that could benefit from it. As if to answer, the Ki he was absorbing rushed into his body with a whoosh. At that moment, a shockwave of wind came from Zarue and shook the house and trees. Leaving Zarue breathless, and with a big grin on his face.