The Legend Of Lyan 2

Compacting Aura

Just by looking at his gaze, Light could feel how much intention Lyan had to transcend self-limits. Light was relieved that his disciple had risen from the slump.

‘I believe you can do it.’

‘I'll meet Master, Master. I have to practice now.’

‘Do it. I'll be keeping watch around here.’

‘Thank you, Master.’ Lyan then sat down cross-legged and closed her eyes.

After making sure Lyan had already gone to the soul room, Light walked towards the tree located a few meters in front of her to lean back. Folding his hands, he watched his disciple for a moment before his gaze was fixed towards the sky, right where the black sun was.

‘It looks like I should also do something.’

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“Master.” Lyan who had just arrived at the soul room immediately approached Master Gyo who was fishing in the lake.

“How are you feeling now? Already improved?” ask Master Gyo.

Lyan was a little surprised unexpectedly it turned out that Master Gyo was secretly watching him from the soul room.

“What do you mean , Master?” Lyan pretended not to understand Master Gyo's words, not wanting his teacher to know about his worries.

Master Gyo smiled. He already knew Lyan, the child must have been gloomy earlier for worrying about him. However since he had returned to his original state, Master Gyo did not want to bring him up any further. “Already, the important thing now is that you came here to practice, right?”

Lyan nodded slowly, “True, I want to quickly become a hermit, Master.”

“Then take this." Master Gyo gave Lyan his fishing rod. “Try you get fish for me.”

Lyan's forehead wrinkled as she received it. “Master, is this part of the exercise?”

Master Gyo nodded slowly.

“In this lake there is only one fish. You can't get it in the usual way because this fish is quite ingenious,” said Master Gyo. “First of all try to focus on channeling your aura on the fishing hook."

Lyan followed the instructions by channeling his aura on the fishing hook, he managed to create a ball-shaped black aura the size of a fist.

“No, it's too big. Compact your aura until it is smaller than the size of your thumb. If successful, the weight will also increase so it will not float when you throw it into the lake.”

Lyan returned his concentration to solidify his aura. When everything seemed to be going well, suddenly his concentration collapsed and his aura returned to the size of a fist.

‘What? Why always fail?’ Lyan did not expect to condense the aura was not as easy as imagined. He had repeated it several times, but the result was always the same.

“More difficult than just channeling aura, isn't it?” Master Gyo laughed softly seeing his disciple still struggling to condense the aura. “Try more concentration. Do not let your concentration level decrease before its density is to your liking.”

“Will I try, Master.”

Lyan refocused her concentration, she had tried not to lose focus as her aura shrank but again her efforts failed.

‘Once again.’

‘Ayolah ...’

‘Live a little more.’

Lyan did not give up even though his efforts always failed, Master Gyo folded his hands while smiling to see his disciple continue to struggle despite continuing to find failure in each of his attempts.

‘This time cannot fail.’

There were already countless number of failures that the young man had experienced, but he did not give up and continued to struggle even though the look on his face already looked exhausted.

‘I've been expecting Lyan won't be able to do it in no time.’ Master Gyo. He had expected that young man would not succeed in condensing his aura in such a short period of time.

“Do not be too forced, it will only make your concentration level decrease.” Master Gyo intends to ask his disciple to rest first.

Seeing that Lyan was not paying attention, Master Gyo sighed.

“Lyan, I told you—” Master Gyo was surprised when he just held the young man's shoulder. The black aura that had always returned to the size of the fist now continued to shrink.

“What's enough, Master?” Lyan rubbed his soaked sweat, Master Gyo was silent for a moment when he saw his student successfully compress the aura to a size smaller than a thumb.

‘Hah~ This child ... always just do the impossible when everything looks impossible.’ Master Gyo.

“Master?” Lyan called out as Master Gyo looked at her speechlessly.

“Y-Yes, you made it.”

“Then, what should I do now?” Lyan was delighted, she wanted Master Gyo to immediately give the next stage practice.

“What you don't want to rest especially ...”

Lyan quickly shook her head, despite being tired she did not want the training today to stop quickly.

Seeing that Lyan was still so spirited, Master Gyo sighed at being unable to resist the wishes of his disciple.“Alright, if that's your wish, we'll continue our next training.”

“Try to throw your aura into the lake.” Master Gyo gave instructions.

Lyan nodded and immediately threw it, her forehead wrinkled at the lake water suddenly turning black.

”Master, what really happened to this lake?” asked Lyan curiously.

“Color in lake water changed due to contaminated by your aura.”

“Didn't this happen when you did it?” Lyan remembered when he arrived at the soul room, the condition of the lake water had not changed when Master Gyo fished earlier.

“That's because I've cleaned my auraku.” Master Gyo explained. “You need to know the lake in your soul space is quite sensitive. The darker the color, the more dirty your aura is. As I said before, the fish in this lake are quite ingenious. He will not be interested in the aura that makes the lake dirty.”

Lyan looked towards the lake. Based on Master Gyo's explanation, he was able to draw the conclusion that the only way to catch fish in the lake was to make the lake water clear.

“How can I clean my aura, Master?”

“High level concentration you get from compressing aura is one of the conditions.” Master Gyo glanced towards Lyan who looked seriously listening. “But that's not enough because clearing the aura is at a higher level than condensing the aura. Not only does it require high concentration, you also need extreme calm to do it.”

‘High level concentration and extreme calmness?’ Lyan nodded after hearing all the words of her teacher. He slowly took a deep breath, then exhaled slowly after that.

“I'll try it, Master.”

Lyan closed her eyes slowly, trying to unify her calmness and concentration.

Master Gyo lay on the grass while watching the lake that had been contaminated.

Moments later a frown began to be seen on Master Gyo's forehead when he realized the lake was starting to emit smoke.

‘Wait, what is ...’ Master Gyo immediately got up with a surprised look. He had never seen such a strange phenomenon occur on the lake of soul space. The heat level of the lake was increasing, there were even small bubbles that exploded as if the lake had become hot lava.