It had been 3 years since his training had begun, his height grown to 5,6 and his muscles toning more and more, nearing perfection.
Even at 8 he was already become a charming young man. His facial features becoming so good looking, women in the Clan had trouble pulling their eyes away from him.
He had gained many friends in the clans younger generations along with the older generation. People had a easy time when it came to talking with him because of his polite attitude and charismatic Aura around him.
Dane turned over In his fur covers, looking over towards his tents entrance as he opened his eyes.
He quickly sat upright when he heard footsteps coming from outside. Due to the intense training of his father, which in recent times took a turn towards training his senses such as hearing, sight, smell, and Touch, he could tell that the person coming was his mother.
He got up, looked around his tent and sighed. Due to his hectic training and exhausted body after said training, he had let himself go a lot and his usually clean and neat tent was now rather unorganized as messy with cloths and weights spread across the area along with miscellaneous stuff such as the pieces of paper that made up stacks in a corner of the tent.
If one looked closer at the paperwork, you could see drawings of Strange Runes that seemed eerily similar to the runes on the BlackIron Wood Sword he used at the beginning of his training 3 years Ago.
At the sight of those runes his thirst for knowledge was stroked and he couldn't help but look into the runes ever since.
He even went to find other objects with runes to study in his research and he found out a decent amount.
He managed to determine the use of 3 different runes so far.
One rune being a strengthening rune, another being the weight increase rune, and a strange one being the rejuvenation rune which had many ways to be used and was probably the most important runes purpose thus-far.
In his mind, he couldn't help but be exited of gaining further knowledge of these runes and their uses. His thoughts went into what he could use such runes on and for, and he thought of something that had been tried before, but has never really been a success.
' what if these runes could be placed body itself rather than on pieces of equipment?!' He thought, and for some reason, his urge to experiment with theory, would change the world of enchantments and runes as the People of Khan to the very core.
But that's for another time.
Right now Dane, as these thoughts of runes went through his head, stood up to his full height and stretched earning him a satisfying crack as he loosened his joints and bones from sleeping on the floor so uncomfortably.
'The next chance I can, I'm making a proper bed.'
He thinks as he stared at his make-shift bed of furs, Rubbing his back in irritation. After the ruff training his father put him through his muscles were so sore, he felt like half his body was numbed.
And when he laid down for rest, he woke up stiffer then ever and felt like a log.
He quickly got back on topic and quickly fixed his cloths which consists of a sleeveless Cotten shirt showing his toned arms, hide shorts which he found comfortable to sleep in, and the weights on his body in the usual places under his clothes.
When Dane finished with his clothes, he looked up at his tent flap to see his mother entering.
She looked at him and smiled " today you shall begin cultivating with others your age, follow me to the speech platform."
Dane nodded and they began to walk. As they walked, Dane asked about the cultivation of this world. From what he gathered, the cultivation of the different races are different when compared but also the same.
For instance, ones cultivation can be determined by a specific set of tattoos that varies from race and cultivation techniques.
Elven techniques mark their users on their heads in their forehead area and near or on their ears.
Barbarian cultivation techniques mark their users on their torsos and arms. Orc cultivation techniques mark their users based by the carvings on their tusks and their tusk sizes, sometimes on their body's. beastkin and other races also have their distinctions.
The cultivation in this world usually revolves around inner and external Ki, which is harvested and gathered in the body as it goes through changes and unlocks more of its potential.
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The stages in Ki cultivation is separated into these-
Beginner stages |
Ki chakra opener- 9 levels
Ki vein opener- 9 levels
Ki gatherer- 9 levels
Unlocking Stages |
Ki Gates- 6 levels
Ki Hearts- 3 levels
Ki links- 9 levels
Ascension stages |
Ki soul link- 9 levels
Ki domain- 3 levels
Ki Core creation- 3 levels
[ more in later chapters ]
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After explaining the stages she new of, they soon reached a large tent colored black with a large amount of bone ornaments used as decoration.
As Dane and His mother entered the tent, they entered to the sight of 30 to 40 children and 3 elderly woman sitting on red pillow like mats cross legged. All present turned towards the entrance to see who entered, and once they saw, dipped their heads In a slight respectful nod before turning back to the lesson.
Dane quickly found a empty seat and listened in on what was said. From what the elder said, there were more levels after what his mother had told him but they were more like legends. Those levels were classified as {True Ascension} after the {ascension stage}.
Soon after the elders explanation, another stepped forward.
"Alright everyone we shall begin your path in cultivation, using the traditional way to begin. You will first step toward when called for, and we will assist in the opening of your first Ki chakra point."
She said in an old but vigorous voice befitting a elder barbarian.
The names were soon called and they started with 3 each go. But before they could get to Danes name, his mother pulled him over.
"I'll be assisting your opening since there is another part you should know about." She said as she sat him in front of her mat cross legged, with his back facing her.
"What's that mother?" Dane replied curiously whilst thinking of what he could have missed.
She took a deep breath before answering in a serious tone. "Bloodlines Dane, you must first know about your bloodlines."
As kami spoke, Her eyes flashed with a golden/Silver glow before settling quietly, as if it wasn't there.