《Dragon's Roar》Chapter 6 Ki
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Logan decided to use Ki to get out of his predicament. He reviewed his lessons with his uncle on Ki in his mind.
“Remember Logan, Ki is your life energy. It is the materialized energy from within your body. Every living thing has Ki and every living thing uses Ki. Do you know why we need Ki?”
“Umm since it’s life energy, to stay alive?”
“Cheeky brat. You are half right. Life energy is still just energy. If someone completely depletes their Ki they don’t necessarily die from that.
But without Ki you can’t move and that will surely kill you if you are in a hostile environment. But people learn to subconsciously guard certain part their Ki reserves so that such a thing should not happen.
Take for example a 100 m Olympic athlete. At the end of the race he says that he gave it his all and he thinks he did.
But if he expended all his energy he should collapse without being able to move. But that’s not the case. He subconsciously guards a large reserve of Ki in case of an emergency.”
“So Ki is energy of the body”
“Not entirely. Now I’m using Ki and energy interchangeably to explain but that is not necessarily true. Energy in the purest form cannot be used by a person by his will.
When a normal person is running, the pure energy is being depleted. But he is not willing the energy to get used, he is just running without knowing anything about energy.
So pure energy is used subconsciously and cannot be controlled.
Ki is derived from melding this pure energy to our needs. By practicing certain body exercises and breathing techniques you can convert this pure energy into usable Ki.
Ki is a mixture of your pure energy and the outside energy. Only by mixing with the external energy can the pure energy be harnessed.
Each person’s Ki is unique to him/her. Because pure energy varies from person to person. Also the optimal condition of Ki also varies.
When you first start cultivating Ki, the Ki you collect will not be usable. It will be full of impurities. You have to refine the collected Ki and clean it of impurities. The degree of cleaning that can be done depends on the person’s talent and hard work.
Now the Ki that you collected and refined must be stored in your body for later use. This is done in your dantian located behind your navel.
The amount of Ki that you can store initially will be so miniscule you can barely do anything with it. But with training that can be improved with the quality of Ki”
“What is the use of Ki uncle? It seems awfully troublesome to use”
“Yes training in Ki is very difficult and was deemed inefficient by people so they forgot it. But proper training and latent talent is required if you ever hope to be good in Ki manipulation.
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I tested you and I think you have pretty good latent talent in Ki. All you have to do is train hard.
As for the uses of Ki, well, it can be used to reinforce your own body. A Ki reinforced fist can punch through steel plates.
Proper usage of Ki can harm a person through layers of protection. It can ignore armor and do internal damage. Ki can be used to influence the outer world as well as the inner world.
For example if you are injured, Ki can be used to treat the wound. Also by proper usage of Ki you can create fire from your breath itself!
But that is very difficult to do. You have to change the external energy in your breath into the form of fire using Ki. Even I can barely do it with so much training. That’s a whole another branch of Ki utilization. First you learn to gather and refine Ki.
“Yes uncle. So let’s start!”
“Don’t be so impatient. First you have to cut-off yourself from the outside world. Go into a meditative trance by sitting cross legged like this.
Then shut down your 5 senses one by one. Start with your eyes, then your nose, tongue, skin and finally your ears. After that you have to concentrate on feeling inside yourself.
If done right and hard enough you will be able to feel the pure energy as a speck of light near your heart. Focus on that point of light and slowly let your awareness zoom out.
Your perception of energy will follow your focus and gradually you will be able to sense the energy over your whole body. Now etch that feeling into your mind.
Next leave the confines of your body. Let your awareness spread outside your body.
Now remember you are not using your normal senses to do this but energy. Once you are attuned with the pure energy in your body, sensing the external energy should become easier.
But it is in no means a simple feat. You have to attune yourself to the external energy now and see beyond your limits. Become one with the energy. Follow the flow of energy.
Now make a return to your body but keep the awareness of the external energy in your mind as well as awareness of the internal energy. You have to strike a balance between the two energies so that they don’t go out of control.
Once you have established a balance between the awareness of the two energies, attempt to control the external energy while trying to maintain the stability of the internal energy.
You will not succeed in the first attempt. But try again. Remember, whatever you do don’t let the internal energy go out of control otherwise you will harm yourself.
Slowly draw in the external energy and try to direct it behind your navel. That part is the best suited for mixing and saving energy.
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Once you draw in the external energy, let it mix with the internal energy. Your internal energy will resist but you have to persevere. Only by successfully mixing the two energies will you be able to create Ki.
When you successfully mix the two, a new substance will be created that will look like a gas. This is your Ki. It will stay in your dantian until you call it out.”
“Oh wow that’s a lot of steps. I’ll give it my best shot”
After that Logan had successfully created Ki. He remembered all the steps and proceeded to do it in the game.
He sat cross-legged on the ground in a meditative pose. Since all his senses were already blocked he concentrated
on the inside to get ahold of his internal Energy.
Darius: “What do you think he is doing? Why did he start to meditate?”
Thren: ”I knew it! If he is doing what I think he is doing then this is gonna be fabulous. I will have a new disciple!”
Logan successfully sensed his internal energy and proceeded to sense the external energy. When his awareness left his body and followed the flow of energy he saw that he was in a room that had all kinds of traps and contraptions that will attack him.
But he didn’t understand why they were not doing it. Then he sensed that there was a line in front of him that must be the range of operations of the machines.
Next he proceeded to mix the external energy with the internal energy. With much difficulty he managed to mix them and create the gaseous Ki.
With that action the sound of several notifications startled him out of his meditative state.
“Looks like I can still see the notifications even though my eyesight is blocked. Let’s see what I got”
[Through previous knowledge you have successfully entered meditation. You gained the skill meditation][Meditation(Beginner LV1): Enter a trance like state where you are focused on the energies. Energy regen +50%]
[Through previous knowledge you have successfully sensed your internal energy. You gained the skill internal energy sense][Internal energy sense(Beginner LV1): You can instinctively know how much energy you actually have thus able to go beyond the natural amount of energy available to you. Energy + 25%]
[Through previous knowledge you have successfully sensed external energy. You have gained skill external energy sense][External energy sense (Beginner LV1): You can follow the flow of energy outside your body and minimize wastage of energy. Stamina consumption -25%]
[By mixing internal and external energies you have unlocked Ki][Ki: An energy born by the mixture of internal and external energy. its uses are yet to be discovered by you]
[By having the skills internal energy sense, external energy sense and the stat Ki, you have unlocked the skill Ki manipulation and Ki sensing][Ki sensing (Beginner LV1): This is a skill born by merging internal energy sense and external energy sense.
Allows you to sense all Ki in your surroundings. Range 2 meters][Ki manipulation (Beginner LV1): By merging Ki sensing with Ki this skill has been unlocked. Allows you to manipulate Ki easily]
[Ki sensing replaces the skills external Ki manipulation and internal Ki manipulation. Effects will be included in the Ki sensing skill][Ki sensing (Beginner LV1): Allows you to sense all the energies in your surroundings and inside yourself.
Range: 2 meters. Energy+25%. Staminal consumption -25%]
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