Chapter 11: Aura
Long Tianyue is a doting father, but he is also a strict teacher. In the whole week they stayed at Cloudy Moon Peak, he thoroughly imparted the basic theoretical knowledge about aura and cultivation to his 4-year old child, dismissing whether or not the child can understand its meaning. Anyway, theory without practice will always be confusing, so he wasn't that worried as he continued letting his son read and memorize the basic cultivation manual the whole week.
Surprisingly, the child actually understood every word written, and even memorized every nook and cranny there is inside the manual. Huang Feiyun had been proud when she heard him talking about their son's talent.
"When it comes to learning aptitude, no one is better than the Asians. Only A and above is accepted, the rest is a dishonor to the family." She murmured.
Although Long Tianyue doesn't really understand what she meant, he guessed that the situation must be similar to having a Twin Spirit Vein or less versus a Pentad spirit Vein. After all, twin spirit vein is rare, but pentad spirit vein is everywhere. Having a pentad spirit vein in noble family means that the person is of lower status, irregardless of how convenient it was to create elemental magic attack with the attributes that you already owned.
And so after all the theoretical knowledge was crammed into the child's head, Long Tianyue immediately started the practical part. The first step to cultivating is to be able to absorb aura. Hence, Long Yuan'an was taken away from his bed in the wake of dawn by his father to learn how to absorb aura.
"Xiao'an, concentrate and feel the aura around you." Long Tianyue said slowly, looking at the young boy sitting in a lotus position with closed eyes. After an hour, Long Yuan'an opened his eyes and looked towards his father. Hesitatingly raising his hand, the boy asked:
"Father, how do we know that what we are feeling is aura? Like, is there a specific feeling, or way so we can know it's aura?" Cuz I've only been feeling the wind here! ( QAQ )
Long Tianyue looked stunned at the question. Honestly, he never think of that before. He tried to think back about the days when he just started cultivating. Then, he finally remembered that his master had guided him by inserting aura into his body. So, he went to his son and held his small hands in his big hands.
"Xiao'an, I'm going to insert aura into you. Focus on the feeling it gave you. After that, you need to find it yourself," and then he transferred his aura.
Long Yuan'an felt warmth entering his body, flowing from the palm of his hands to his body, then spread to the other limbs. His whole body felt comfortable, as if he was soaking inside a hot spring. So this is what aura feels like?
Once Long Tianyue felt that it was enough, he stopped transferring his aura and let go of his hands. "Remember that feeling? Focus and try finding it again from the surrounding."
Long Yuan'an nodded, pursing his lips. Taking a deep breath, he closed his eyes again. He was still unsure of how to absorb aura, but he still need to try nevertheless.
1 hour...
2 hours.....
5 hours later.....
...I still can't find it! (TдT)
"Xiao'an, let's have lunch!" His mother's voice brought him out from his thought. Turning to look at the ever so beautiful woman, Long Yuan'an felt tears welling up in his eyes.
"...Mooommmm~" his voice, still with a milky voice of a child, filled with the tone of being wronged. Huang Feiyun felt really bad for her son. She quickly walked over and squatted in front of him.
"What's wrong, son?" She asked gently.
"I... I've been sitting like this for too long. I can't move!" His whole body is numb! ( QAQ )
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After lunch, Long Yuan'an stretched for a while to digest the food in his body. Then, he sat beside his mother. Since he was still too young, he was told to meditate only in the morning.
His father said that absorbing aura is difficult for young children to comprehend, so the meditation practice will not be so harsh on them until the age of 10. In the mean time, they will be taught simple exercising moves so they would have a body strong enough to withstand the aura stored in their body later.
In his past life, Long Yuan'an also learned martial arts for self-defense. Before the age of 3, he had started to temper his body by doing Tai Chi every day. As a result, despite the small limbs and chubby body, the boy has a strong bone and is flexible in his movements.
"Mom, do you know what aura looked like?" Sitting on a high chair, his legs dangled freely. Huang Feiyun lazily looked at her son. She had eaten a bit too much today, so she felt like being lazy.
"Know. But different people has different perspective. The aura that I see may not be the same as your father or you." She replied slowly.
"You cannot cultivate aura, how do you see them, mom?" Long Yuan'an had long been curious of his mother. Why everyone in the world can cultivate, but she alone cannot? Does his mother has a strange sickness that didn't allow her to cultivate?
Huang Feiyun chuckled. "Silly child, if you have enough imagination, there are plenty of wonders you can see." She patted his head lovingly. "As for me, let's just say that my body has a black hole for aura. Even if I absorb the aura in this world, and the whole of upper boundary, it would not be enough to raise even 1% of my level."
"Black hole? Will it be dangerous to you?" Listening to his mother, Long Yuan'an's face paled. He had seen an anime with a monk character that has a black hole on his palm. But although the black hole is powerful, it is also a threat to the monk because it slowly expanded and eats the body of its owner. Will his mother also be under the same threat?
"Nothing. I'm just using a metaphor. But it's true that absorbing aura is useless for me." She smiled gently, feeling warm from her son's concern.
Long Yuan'an stared at his mother for a while, half-believing. Then, he slowly nodded his head. "Okay. Then can you tell me how do you see the aura? What do they looked like to you?"
Seeing her son's sparkling bright eyes, Huang Feiyun's heart melted. Her son is too adorable. She pointed a forefinger, and poked to the child's forehead. "As I said, imagination can do you wonders, son. What I see is countless flying lights in various colours. Remember what you saw during the spirit vein testing? That was also a form of aura."
When reminded, Long Yuan'an suddenly widened his eyes. Right! How did he forget that? He had seen aura before! Realizing it, he quickly jumped down from his chair, and dashed towards the meditation room.
"I got it now! Thanks, mom!" Shouted the boy as his figure disappeared from his mother's eyes.
Long Yuan'an was very excited right now. he wanted to quickly enter the meditation room to practice what his mother said. Maybe he will be able to absorb aura by the end of the day!
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Your_Highness_Miya Extra chapter because I am extra motivated this week.