AWAKENING
The next morning I woke up early again, so I decided to meditate again for an hour and did a light stretching and light exercise like push-ups, sit-ups, pull-ups.
This world is really amazing. You can gain super human strength in just a few years, even if you lack talent and only achieve the lowest level of shinobi, genin level strength is already a cut above mortals in terms of strength.
With my exercise and meditation that I did, I already feel a little lighter than yesterday and my mind a lot clearer. If I do this for a few more weeks or months, I may be able to get this body in the right shape.
Children in this world mature a lot faster than children on earth. May be because of the existence of chakra and natural energy and constant wars, which in turn, forced the people in this world to evolve faster.
After my morning exercise, I ate then took a bath. I decided to run to the shop, mentally adding this to my everyday exercise.
I arrived at the shop and greeted the old woman and Karashi with enthusiasm. Fortunately there was no customer this early in the morning. They greeted me back and smiled and then we started to work and I went to greet the first customer of the day with a bright smile.
On this day the shop was not very busy, so I decided to have a small chat with the two. Sansho said to call her grandma so I called her granny Sho.
"Granny Sho, do you know how to properly unlock chakra?" I asked Sansho. The old lady smiled at me and said seriously.: "Are you sure you want to go on this path? The path of a shinobi is a bloody one."
I didn't hesitate and said yes. The moment I arrived here, I felt like I was given a second chance to become a better version of my self. Even if my path become twisted later on, I won't regret it.
Seeing the determined look in my eyes, Sansho couldn't help but sigh in her heart. She shook her head a little reminiscing of the past wars that happened that eventually took her husband away from her side. Then she started to explain how chakra is created in the body.
"Chakra is created when two more primal energies, known collectively as one's "physical energy" or stamina, and "spiritual" energy also called mental energy. Physical energy is collected from each of the body's cells and can be increased through training, stimulants and exercise. While spiritual energy is derived from the mind's consciousness and can be increased through studying/ meditation and experience. These two energies becoming more powerful will in turn make the created chakra more powerful. Therefore, practicing a technique repeatedly will build up experience, increasing one's spiritual energy, and thus allowing more chakra to be created."
I went back home by running and arrived approximately the same time yesterday. I started my yoga exercise for the evening again with light stretching then went on with the same positions for five minutes each.
After my yoga, I took a bath and started meditating in my room. This time around I felt something warm inside circulating over and over again all throughout my body. Every revolution or cycle I felt a little better as floating in a warm liquid. I felt so comfortable that fell asleep while meditating in my room.
The next morning when I woke up, I felt something different in my body, but I can't quite grasp it. So I ignored this first and started my morning exercise and took a bath, and of course I didn't forget to take a dump.
Back into my room, I started to meditate seriously. I still have an hour before I go to work at the shop so let us not waste my time.
I sat on my bed on a lotus position and closed my eyes. When I focused on my body, I perceived a warm subtle feeling all over. I tried to control it with my will but it is like a lead, dense and heavy. However the warm feeling got stronger when I tried to circulate it faster.
This feeling may be the chakra energy so I was very excited. I tried to control it against the flow but when I did, I spit out blood and my head was pounding and I felt dizzy.
"Haaah… Stupid… I should have known just like in those cultivation novels, that going against or disrupting the flow of nature may lead to qi deviation. In my case, chakra deviation." "Sigh*"
I took a few deep breaths to calm my mind and chakra flow. A moment later I managed to calm down. Then with caution I tried to do it the right way, going with the flow. This time I felt my body become warm again as if surrounded by warm liquid, and I felt safe.
I tried to control the chakra flow to move into my eyes and the moment it did, I felt a new world open for me.