This night, we had decided to just stay here and rewind. It felt like forever since we had a 'we' time. You know, with no cultivation, no school, no parents and definitely no Beau. (I love her, yes, but you have never seen such an explosive piece of fireworks like my younger sister. Especially since she learnt that Adrian and I are dating... Ah!)
So, we come to the mountain top, set out our picnic blankets and food and start eating. As we were eating, Kay speaks.
"There is a concentration of spiritual energy on the other side of the mountain," he said and I tried sensing it but I couldn't. I guess I didn't have a knack for it yet.
"How can you tell? I can't sense anything. Kyl, can you sense anything?" I asked a little doubtful of what Kay said.
"No, but is there any harm on checking it out? Plus I don't think Kay would joke with such a thing since he knows how important mana is to us," Kyl said and he kinda made sense. I guess there was no harm in checking.
I decided to wait till we finished eating then I told Adrian what Kyl had said.
"Kyl says that there is a concentration of spiritual energy on the other side of the mountain. Do you want to go check it out?" I asked him. I knew I was going against our agreement because we had agreed on no cultivation or leveling up tonight. But I also didn't want us to pass on the chance of absorbing any spiritual energy we could get. Even though we loved each other and all, we couldn't disregard the fact that we were the guardian alphas of our realm and we needed to be strong.
"Yeah. Let's go check it out. If it turns out to be true, then it will work out to our advantage and we can level up quickly. I wish we could be done with this 'guardianing' thing soon so that it could be just you and me," Adrian said and I agreed with him.
It seemed that as long as we weren't done with doing whatever it was we were meant to do, dates between us would become rarer and rarer and I also wanted this thing to be done and over with so that it would be just Adrian and Gael. (You support me, right?)
We packed the utensils we had used then we flew to the other side of the mountain. I using my wings, while Adrian controlled gravity and just levitated alongside me and he made it look easy. Ah! Why was my man so sexy? *ahem*
After we got to that other side, which wasn't near because Kril was a big mountain and going around it was like circling a county, we sensed traces of spiritual energy. After searching for a while, we discovered a rock on one of the many rocks on the side of the mountain. We plied it open and what met our eyes was a huge cave that was full of spiritual
energy.
We wondered how this was possible because in our world, spiritual energy was scarce because humans in this world weren't even supposed to know what spiritual cultivation was. However, as much as we wanted to know the origin of all this, our inner beasts were restless as they wanted to cultivate. To Jay, Kyl and Kay, spiritual energy was like what food was to us.
We gladly obliged and we sat down to cultivate. We sat 'monk in meditation' style and I could feel the spiritual energy moving through my veins. It was like I could feel and see my blood circulating in me but the only
difference was that this spiritual energy entered our bodies through the upper dantian, or the third eye, that is located between the two eyes on the forehead, but wasn't manufactured in the body like the blood.
After entering the body through the third eye, it would then go down to the lower dantian that is located below the navel where it would be purified of any impurities and finally stored in the middle dantian that is just on level with the heart. This middle dantian was like a bottomless pit that never got full and thus the more spiritual energy one stored here, the longer they would last in a situation that required exertion like a battle.
So, here we were. Trying to take in and purify as much spiritual energy as we could because we didn't know what lay ahead or when we would need it.
I feel like a guru for explaining all this to you. I am good, aren't 1? Smiles). Okay. Stretch your hands... bend them towards your chest like you want to pray or in a namaste style... now bow to me.. (Ha! Ha! Ha!). Don't mind me. Just teasing you a bit. If feels good.
Sorry. Back to cultivation.
It's better to be safe than sorry.