Derrick got up from the chair and took out a yoga mat from his room. He laid it floor in front of the television and sat crosslegged. He was a little nervous as he had drunk the synthetic fluid yesterday which aided him to enter a trance. Its effects had already faded from his body by now and he was going to be entering a trance unaided this time. He closed his eyes, emptied his mind, and searched for that state. Not surprisingly, the grey outlines of his surroundings soon showed in the vision of his mind's eye. The only difference this time was that he did not feel the overwhelming effects of the synthetic fluid that he felt last time. He was still able to enter it just as easily as the last time though. He looked around and smiled wryly. There was a stark difference in the spiritual energy amount here compared to the one at the martial arts training center. The amount of spiritual energy here was in sparse amounts. So small that there might have just been nothing here at all.
" Alright. This has been bothering me for some time now. In what possible way can I stay in the meditation state while I go about my normal daily activities?".Derrick crossed his fingers and looked at the president hopefully. He was on tight ropes and really needed help.The president's eyes narrowed and he suspiciously scanned Derrick. Why would a newbie martial apprentice need something like that? At his stage?It was impossible. " And why would you want that at this your present level?". He asked.Harrison too was confused. Why would Derrick want something like that and with such urgency? It was like wanting to ride a bicycle after just learning how to crawl. He stared at Derrick weirdly.Derrick exhaled. He had expected this. He knew no one would just give him the answers without wanting to know why he needed them. He had hoped to bamboozle Harrison into not asking for the reason, but the minute he had seen the president he had rushed into asking him and it seemed like the pre
The President was still talking when Derrick turned to him and said." I'm really sorry, I just remembered an urgent thing I need to do. I need to get going"." But wait! This......". The President started, but Derrick had already run off past the front door and entered his car. It revved immediately and zoomed off from the Martial Arts Center." Why would he? Ugh....this boy". The President uttered in confusion. He did not understand why Derrick would run off like that without waiting for his explanation." Anyway". He shrugged and went back into the center.Derrick's mind raced as his car sped on the surprisingly free road. When he got home he flung his backpack into a corner and immediately brought out his yoga mat. He sat crosslegged and started meditating.His heart pounded in excitement and his body shook uncontrollably causing his focus to shake which almost brought about his eviction from the grey world." I need to calm down". He thought as he regulated his breathing, and for
Golden rays of sunlight shone on the bed of leaves in a forest clearing through the gaps in the trees that created an overhead shade with their branchesA small squirrel poked its tiny head out of a crevice in one of the larger trees. It looked around furtively before squeezing back into the dark hole. After a few seconds, it came out with its mouth stuffed with nuts. It swiftly climbed down the tree and crossed the clearing towards another tree. Suddenly it's ears perked up and it stopped in the middle of the clearing. It listened for a moment before turning immediately and disappearing in a flash.VROOM!!! A car engine roared as a red-coated car drove aggressively into the clearing while throwing the fallen leaves into the air. The car came to a stop in front of one of the trees and the door opened. Derrick climbed out of the car and breathed in the fresh forest air." Ahh!!! Such fresh air!". He exclaimed.He took a short look at his surroundings, before heading into the forest.
Starlight City, Martial Arts Academy.Edgar looked at the pile of files on his table and sighed.The number of geniuses was dwindling every year. He just finished registering almost a thousand new apprentices and there were only five individuals that caught his attention.The age-long war against the mutated animals was still in full motion without any signs of stopping. The mutated animals had been growing stronger with each year, and experts arose every day from there. But the humans have been declining in quality. Hardly any genius to be seen year in year out.Knock!The sound of a knock jolted him from his ruminations." Come in".The door opened and a tall woman entered. She wore a white body-hugging suit which made her figure prominent. Her black hair was packed in a bun, and her face had only a slight touch of makeup. She had an air of seriousness and her face was stiff. She carried a white file which she dropped on Edgar's table. " We just received this from the application
A tall man with dark hair jumped down from a large rock in the forest. His clothes were shredded with burn marks on them. This was Derrick. He had started looking for the leopard. He had searched for a while now, but he had not still found it. " Even with those injuries that shithead still managed to run so far. It sure is impressive". marveled at it's tenacity. He wondered what stage the leopard was. It looked like this spiritual mine had just opened because he had not yet found any animal like the leopard around. It seemed after it became strong, it chased away all other animals so it could monopolize the mine." That stingy shit!".Derrick had a great hatred for the leopard. In his two lifetimes, this was the closest he had come to death by another's hand. If not for his exaggerated healing prowess, he would be the midnight snack for that beast. The first time he had noticed healing was when he had those injuries from the sea storm. But it was not as fast as today's own. Duri
Derrick sat crosslegged in the crack and watched as his internal energy rapidly filed up. With the amount of spiritual energy outside and the speed with which he was absorbing them, he had almost reached the peak of the martial apprentice third stage. Before long his internal energy reached the limit and he could not absorb any more spiritual energy. He then paused to observe the state of the spiritual energy outside. Though he had absorbed a lot of spiritual energy it hardly affected the amount outside, because he noticed that as soon as he absorbed the spiritual energy the spiritual stone mine would disperse some more to fill that up. " That's just great! I can continue to break through without any worries".He directed his senses to his internal energy,"Condense".As in his other breakthroughs, the internal energy in his body all gathered up into a small drop of liquid energy. This time the color changed from normal green to dark green.Immediately, that feeling of bloated stre
In the parking lot of the Martial Arts Trainee Center...The president of the martial arts training center stood outside in the front park with Harrison. It was around ten am in the morning and their faces looked a little unpleasant, they had been standing there for a long time while waiting for Derrick. Till now there was no sign of him." That Derrick is really strange, isn't he? For two weeks he has not smelt this place, even though we left full use of the Dixt tree for him. What's more, is that he even has the nerve to keep us waiting for two hours!. Harrison, did you not text him yesterday to remind him of the time?". The president complained bitterly." I did text him yesterday. He told me he would be here. And If I remember correctly, I think he said that the energy around the Dixt tree was exhausted. What's this about letting him have full access to it? Maybe I heard wrongly." Harrison replied as he looked at the president with a strange gaze." Cough... Cough... Nevermind t