"Ha Ha Ha Ha, that's great!! that's great!! I finally have an apprentice, after 10,000 years of waiting, although the doll is small is perfect to begin training."
"Now lovely doll, we will begin the first lesson which is patience."
Patience? I do not know if this man is trustworthy but I do not think the system is going to cheat me. Plus I'm already his apprentice so there is no going back. I need to hurry up and learn and get strong so I can help my mother, so asking for patience from me seems harder than it sounds.
"Master, my name is Hua Liang (- _ -) also how exactly do you practice patience?"
"hmm, but I think little doll or lovely doll sound better. Now as for patience it is a virtue. It is something that is practiced from the beginning but has no end. Patience is the foundation of any practice and the art of patience the highest reward. You may or may not understand what I am saying but just know that patience is a fundamental law in nature and part of the laws that govern the universe."
"lets take the basic example life. There is a process from birth to death, for example your mother right now is pregnant with you. Your cycle of life is starting in your mothers stomach. Your mother has to be patient through your development for 9 months. There is patience from your mother as well as yourself, since nature is taking its time to develop limbs and organs, so that at the end of those 9 months you are fully developed and ready for the world. At the root of it all is patience."
"Now let's begin. Sit down crossed legged next to the caldron, close your eyes and when you know by feeling that whatever is in the caldron is ready, then open your eyes."
Sit down and fell but not see. How am I going to know if whatever is in the pot is ready if I can not see? what does any of this have to do with patience?
Although skeptical, Hua Liang closed her eyes and sat down crossed legged following master Xiao Yingming instructions. At first she began trying to use her sense of smell but nothing could be smelled. She tried to feel the smoke but there was none to feel.
My legs are starting to cramp, aww I do not know if how long am I suppose to stay like this. Should I just open my eyes since I think it should be ready? Master was already sitting in front of the pot before I arrived so it should not take long for whatever is boiling to be ready. I wonder if I finish this fast, I can then start my next lesson. Patience I do not see how beneficial that is to me getting stronger.
There were many thoughts racing through Hua Liang head but as she keep speaking to herself and wondering, she forgot about the time and forgot about the task. Hua Liang started to sink in her own mind eventually hearing nothing and ignoring everything.
"Time is relative. Who is the father of time ? Where does time come from? How do we tell time?" Countless thoughts brought Hua Liang into another realm, a realm of solitude full of profound questions. Questions of time and existence.
I see, she is achieving entering the realm faster than I anticipated. She is indeed a genius.I wonder if she will understand the meaning of the exercise.
Outside of Hua Liangs' body a small flow of light was gathering around and running in cycles. In the middle of her body a small vortex was forming which formed as the gathering point of the cycles.
Hua Liang did not know how much time had passed, when she suddenly opened her eyes.
Her eyes were brighter that shining stars and had a deep look that could suck you in if you stared long enough. It was only for the brief moment and then her eyes retuned to normal as she exhaled light smoke. She then smiled and turned to her master to say.
"its ready master."