The Way of the Sword (BL)

Chapter 99: Training with Sacred Energy

Humans and beasts were different, humans had "reason" which gave them a sense of mistrust and superior individuality, whereas beasts relied on their emotions and instincts, that is, beasts were often purer than humans. Moreover, what beasts do on instinct cannot be considered evil or unfair, which would justify the attacks of beasts on humans and other beasts, which was not a cruel thing, but something natural and in line with the Tao of Heaven and Earth. 

Of course, when the beasts were gaining intelligence and reason, the once ignorant attacks now became cruel and against the Tao of Heaven and Earth. For the holy beasts who were aware much earlier than their peers, they had to restrain violence in their lineage and learn to cultivate like humans. The ranking of low-grade beasts to the highest degree depends on their cultivation levels and lineage, but self-control over cruelty and animal instincts was also very important. The greater the control over the instincts the greater the degree of the sacred beast, aligned with the elements, lineages, and martial cultivation provided the ideal growth for an elite holy beast.

Zemin Yan's eyes sparkled with the explanations of his older sister, he had not yet told about Sying and the little black tiger, but those explanations helped a lot to understand how to help Sying grow stronger. There would be jade records and books containing information crucial to the growth of sacred beasts within his ring, but reading and listening to everything from a master were quite different things. 

"Now try to ignore logic for a moment, imagine in your mind that you can create water from the palm of your hand. Using only the force of consciousness you can gather the water particles in your hand and whip it, "said Miss Song in an almost mesmerizing voice. Sacred energy and demonic energy are famous for controlling all elements of the environment, so it was easier to give an example of this level.

The sacred energy and the energy of nature are famous for their healing in the soul and physical body, but to do this she needs to find someone who is injured or special training dolls in these areas. This can only be found when the sect's disciples go to their medical training classes or go to the next degree and become disciples or followers of a Medical Master.

Zemin Yan does not close his eyes but clears his mind of the logic that only a person who has the water element as the main affinity element that could do that kind of thing. Using his mind he imagines tiny crystalline drops of water gathering in his hand, he recalls what the water feels like in his hand as he played in the river and waterfalls near the forests. 

The wet, cold sensation of the pure, refreshing water gathered in Zemin Yan's small hand, and as the second passed, a great stream of water stretched from Zemin Yan's small hand to the sky. It was not a very large current, but it was quite pure, you could see that in the water had pure and bright energy that is the core of all water.

"Very good!" Said Miss Song softly. She knew her little brother would be a genius among geniuses, but she didn't realize that just by giving a few instructions he would quickly understand what she was trying to teach. 

"Now try to move this stream of water like a malleable whip. You can start slowly with a gentle swing, "said Miss Song, materializing in her own hand a water whip more than a meter larger than her younger brother's whip. 

The swing of the whip in Miss Song's hand was gentle, the water really felt like a leather whip that was flexible while there was a firmness in the whip handle. However, Miss Song's whip handle was made of white ice, since the sacred energy that was the basis of that whip was in the handle.

Zemin Yan noticed this detail and he paused for a moment to think, then a few seconds later he mentalized the cold he felt in the harsh winter in the ancient forest, also mentalising the ice stalactites he found now and then in caves and tree branches, when he took these things to play with his best friend or when he needed to get these stalactites out of the area so he and Yi Yuga didn't get hurt unintentionally. 

Soon an ice handle appeared on Zemin Yan's whip, the handle was not as thick as Miss Song's, but it was firm and seemed to hold the whip's water well. He watched the movement of Miss Song's hand and tried to gently move the whip, at first it was quite difficult as each movement made the water on top of the whip fall around and separate from the whip. But with the passing of the minutes, the light movement no longer wasted water and made a fluid movement. 

"Very good! Now let's get up to speed, "said Miss Song, praising little Yan, who had a very focused look on his small childlike face. 

The basic training was faster and less explanatory, meaning the base would be weak, but it would give a sense of how to better control the sacred energy to control the elements. Of course, a water whip cannot turn into a tsunami or a water bullet, as one has to study deeply about water and the force that generates it, for example, a water bullet has to study beyond water and its force, have to study the dynamics of air and sound.

Without studying the dynamics of air and sound, the force that the water bullet will have to have will be very large and can overwhelm the cultivator. Of course, there are exceptions when the martial cultivator has very powerful sacred energy. 

After 30 minutes of holding the whip, Zemin Yan finally managed to make the whip as flexible as a leather whip, but the whip eventually lost 25% of its water. Of course, Miss Song gave some hints that Zemin Yan could agglomerate more water molecules during the movement, making up for the losses.