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Chapter 5 - Test Of Knowledge

"Let's begin!!" As Tenzin shouted, The Nomads Gathered There, started to raise their Question individually.

"Greetings Nomad Kaze!, I am Bishmo!! I want to ask You the Origin of Air-bending. Well, we all have studied it, But, I need a defined explanation from You!!" Nomad Bishmo, an intermediate Nomad asked.

well, It's a reasonable question.

"Greeting Nomad Bishmo, Airbending, one of the four elemental bending arts, is the aerokinetic ability to control and manipulate air. The peaceful Air Nomads utilized this type of bending in their everyday lives.

Air is the element of freedom. The Air Nomads detached themselves from worldly problems and concerns; finding peace and freedom was the key to solving their difficulties in life. Airbenders continually sought spiritual enlightenment, and, as a result, all children born into the Air Nomads were benders. The first airbenders learned their art from the flying bison.

The key to airbending is flexibility and finding and following the path of least resistance. Airbending is notable for being almost purely defensive, as well as the most dynamic of the four bending arts. Airbenders can overwhelm many opponents at once with large and powerful attacks that could prove fatal; however, due to the pacifist nature of the Air Nomads, such attacks are rarely used. Instead, an Airbender strives to use the opponents' energy against them. Due to their aforementioned spirituality, they often adapt to the situation surrounding them and employ negative jing, preferring evasive maneuvers as opposed to direct confrontation. I think That's a reasonable explanation for the Question You Asked!!" I answered.

"Well, It's really informative, I thank You Nomad Kaze!!" he said and sat down.

The elders were smiling, as I was able to answer such a simple question. If, not, I would be a disgrace to the Air-Nomads.

Secondly, Aunt Ikki stood up. She smiled and asked, "Hello There, Nomad Kaze, I am Ikki, as You may know, I am the elder chief of the Northern-Air Temple. What do you think of Spirituality and air bending? Can you explain??" She asked.

yeah!! She has an excellent Question. I need to answer the real answer behind it.

"Hello there, Master Ikki!, Historically, young airbenders were raised in one of the four air temples at each corner of the globe. Hidden away atop mountain ranges on remote islands, the strong breezes in these areas helped with their airbending training. The Northern and Southern Air Temples were exclusively male and staffed by Airbender monks, who instructed young benders in their art, while the Eastern and Western Air Temples were exclusively female. However, the Council of Elders had decided that training at the Eastern Air Temple, and it was at the same temple, were first introduced to their animal companions, the flying bison. but, Now, the Animal companions are introduced at the Southern Air temple.

An Airbender is declared a master once he or she has fully mastered the thirty-six tiers of airbending and/or when he or she creates a new airbending technique; Airbenders who have mastered the element are marked as such by blue tattoos striping along with the head and limbs, terminating in an arrow on the forehead, backs of the hands, and the tops of the feet. However, this does not apply to Avatars born outside of the Air Nomads. Male monks sport completely shaven heads, and female airbenders shave their foreheads, but they leave the back of their hair uncut.

Air Nomads generally espouse a philosophy of conflict avoidance and respect for all forms of life; an Airbender will never seek a fight, and they will never seek to strike an opponent directly. This accounts for airbending's emphasis on defensive maneuvers and its apparent lack of fatal finishing attacks. Due to the spirituality of the Air Nomads in accordance with the size of its population, every Air Nomad retains bending abilities, though their skills can deteriorate if they lose this spiritual awareness. The Air Nomads have the smallest population but the most increased spirituality, while benders, in general, make up only a small percentage of the larger, more populous nations.

Airbenders emphasize intuition and imagination; to an Airbender, there is always another path to take, as air flows wherever it can. This makes airbending the most dynamic of all the bending arts, and The air itself is considered to be the element of freedom.

I think, Master Ikki's Question got an reliable Answer!!" I answered.

"very well, The Answer Was quite Informative. I thank Nomad Kaze!!" She praised and sat down.

Following, many people asked me questions, But I answered everything. Now there is only one topic that is not yet taken out.

Then Mama Jinora stood up.

"Nomad Kaze, You are quite knowledgable, now, You have answered all the Air-bending related questions, But, there is a Question left. Can You Explain...Avatar level airbending??" Mama Asked.

Well, I know someone would ask that, but I never guessed Mama would ask about that.

Grandpa Tenzin was nearly sweating up there. everyone was starring at me.

"erhm,...Greetings..ma....Master Jinora!, Avatar level Air-bending, can be explained with three ultimate Moves.

Air sphere: With this technique, the Avatar creates a sphere of air around them, allowing them to hover for extended periods of time or fly at high speeds. The sphere also acts as a barrier to protect the Avatar, strong enough to withstand a high-velocity impact with rock. Avatar Aang was also able to use this technique underwater, forming a protective pocket of air around several people and a flying bison. Avatar Roku used a variation of this technique when defending his island from the volcano, and Avatar Wan and Avatar Korra both used it to restrain Vaatu in their respective battles against him.

Strong winds: It is possible for Avatar to unleash extremely powerful winds. During the battle at Wulong Forest, while extinguishing three enormous fire whips, Avatar Aang unleashed a straightforward wind attack at Fire Lord Ozai. While Ozai seemingly did not take much damage from the hit, a nearby rock pillar crumbled and collapsed in a matter of seconds This move was also used by Avatar Kyoshi to create Kyoshi Island, using the powerful winds to push the landmass into the sea.

Tornadoes/hurricanes: In addition to large and powerful air movements, an Avatar-level Airbender can create massive tornadoes and hurricanes at will. Avatar Yangchen demonstrated this as part of showing the power the Avatar State had.

Will this satisfy Master Jinora or Would you need more explaining than This!!" I said.

In the end, I slightly entered the Avatar State to show mama, that I realized my true Identity.

My eyes glowed for a second. And As I thought the 4 temple elders witnessed the one-second glowing of my eyes.

They all started to sweat and started to stare at me with a respected look.

Grandpa Tenzin saw that there was no one that needed to question me, and announced,

"As We have Witnessed The vast Knowledge of nomad Kaze, Me and the Council of the 4-Air Temple elders and chief, Approve that, nomad Kaze, Passed the First test, The Test of Knowledge." with a cranky voice.