Meditation

"MASTER!" Alduin quickly rushed to Lucas's side. He nudged him with his face. His master had a smile on face even while unconscious. With his new [Soul Manipulation], [Enhanced Vision] and [Awareness] runes he could see through many different types of visions. He also gained a [Soul Sight] skill that allowed him to see a beings soul and able to gauge how powerful one is.

As he looked at his master he could see a small purple flame in the center of his masters body. Although the flame inside of him seemed hallow. He also noticed 10 chains around the flame that stretched out from his body before disappearing. He had no idea what that was, but his master was still alive. He picked up Lucas in his mouth before carrying him to his room and into his bed. 

After a few hours Lucas quickly woke up. He noticed he was in bed and looked around. He doesn't remember what happened. The last thing he remembered was being in the [Workshop] with Alduin. He looked towards the door to see Alduin watching over him. 

"Ah. Sorry for passing out" Lucas said while rubbing his head. Alduin replied, but Lucas didn't listen His attention was directed towards the System's notifications. 

[Henchmen fully build] [Henchmen has unlocked a new bloodline and cultivation path!]

[Cultivation Path Unlocked: Soul Guardian]

[Bloodline Unlocked: Spirit Dragon]

[New Scheme Unlocked!]

[New Scheme] [Show of force: Across the universe there are countless gangs and organizations vying for power. Send your Henchmen to kill leaders and right hand men/woman of powerful organizations. Make them know and fear your name. Henchmen will be sent to different locations to kill their target. 0/10 targets eliminated] 

[Notice: Targets will not be part of the Dragon's Horde organization under Richard Mammon. Your targets will be his rivals]

[Rewards: 1,000 VP's, +100 Affinity with Richard Mammon and -500 Heat]

Lucas's eyes widened seeing all of this! How could Alduin have a bloodline and his own cultivation path?! He was a machine without any blood! And this new scheme, it has such amazing rewards! He almost forgot about his letter from Richard Mammon, but definitely didn't forget about the Black-market deal. Not only was that part of a mission from the System, but it was also a stepping stone for his name to spread in the universe. Kur. 

He grinned menacingly as he read the scheme. Even Alduin was slightly unnerved by his creepy smile! "Master are you alright? You have a weird look on your face."

Lucas snapped himself out of it. "It seems now that you are fully built you have your own cultivation path and bloodline. Do you know what those are?"

Alduin nodded his head. "Yes. My Cultivation Path is the [Soul Guardian] and my blood line is the [Spirit Dragon], There is information in my head about how to utilize such things, but they are hard to describe. All I know is I wouldn't have unlocked it out out the [Hell Flame] and [Soul Manipulation] runes. Those two are some how connected to it." Alduin paused after speaking. He truly had no idea how to explain any of it.

Seeing as Alduin was silent not going further into detail Lucas decided to just send him on the schemes. Maybe by fighting he would be able to spark some potential or ideas for Alduin to utilize his new skills. 

"I just have a new Scheme for you. It will more than likely help you learn to control your new skills. This Scheme will be a tough one. You'll be send to 10 different locations. You are going to kill these people in the name of Kur and let them know we are here to rule the underworld of the universe!"

When Lucas said that something stirred in Alduin. He was excited to test his power. His last fight didn't go so well, but now he was fully built he was ready to take on the universe! "Yes Master" he spoke barely able to contain his excitement. 

Seeing as Alduin agreed he accepted the Scheme. A portal similar to his summoning affect appeared and swallowed Alduin up. It then disappeared just as fast as it appeared. Lucas was surprised by how fast the portal sucked Alduin up. He was curious as to where he would be spat out. Yet only for a moment was he worried. Alduin was fully build and incredibly powerful. He could handle himself. 

With the Scheme going and Alduin gone Lucas sent his Wolven on one last Scheme and told them once they return to wait in the [Workshop] he would repair them later. He had to cultivate.

He opened up his System and looked at the rooms he unlocked and found the one he was hoping for. He spent 200,000 credits to build what he needed! He had built a nice 20x20 room called the [Meditation Room]. A sleek wooden door appeared with gold and silver designs of nature appeared. Lucas entered the room with a single book tucked under his arm. 

He was stunned by the beauty of the room. It was similar to the room he had made for Yimi. It was a dazzling green hill with nothing but grass as far as the eye can see. The room didn't seem to have any walls. It looked like it went on forever. At the top of hill was a simple cherry blossom tree and a small pond just at the base of the trunk. Lucas could feel that even the air in the room was different. He couldn't tell what it was, but he knew that whatever the air was would be good for him to cultivate in.

Lucas took a seat under the tree and next to the pond. The book in his hand was the red book he received from Yimi. It was about how to cultivate in the Foundation Realm. He spent the next few minutes reading the basics of mana and cultivation. 

{Welcome to the basics of Cultivation. This is book 1 of 6. This book will cover many topics for a Cultivator to know to progress in their journey. We will cover topics such as; Mana or Spirit Energies, what the first 6 Cultivation Realms are, how Mana or Spirit Energy affects ones body and how to progress from the basic realm, Foundation Realm, to the next realm, Solidifying.}

The table of context went more into detail. Lucas learned that Mana and Spirit Energy are used synonymously. The words were based off of ones linguistic culture in the universe. Races that were more religious would call it Spirit Energy while races that were more logical or calculating called it Mana. 

{Let's first start with the first 6 cultivation realms. For a beginner cultivator they will start in the Foundation realm. In the realm the cultivator must learn how to feel mana in their body and be able to absorb it. This is the ground work one must build to progress their realm. The cultivator must be able to fill their spirit nodes in their body. The more Spirit Nodes one fills the stronger their foundation and stronger they will be in the future.}

He flipped through a handful of pages quickly reading through how many nodes one has, how to find them and how to fill them. Lucas learned he needed to fill at least 50% of his spirit nodes to progress to the next realm, but he could still fill his nodes as he progressed. That is until he reached the Liquifying realm that is. The book also told him humans have a total of 2,000 spirit nodes while other races had more. In this universe humans were the bottom of the Cultivation Chain. He read on to learn about his future realms.

{After the Foundation realm is the Solidifying realm, Core Formation realm, Liquifying realm and then the Nascent realm. We will not dive into these future realms as the next 5 books will cover these. This book only covers the Foundation realm.}

Lucas felt like he was learning too much too quickly. He decided to ignore any and all information on the future cultivation realms. He needed to focus on his realm and only his realm. He kept reading through the book on how to fill his nodes and how to even find them! Who ever wrote the book seemed to be scattered brain! After another handful of pages he finally found what he was looking for. He was frustrated because the book seemed to be written as though it was the recoding of someone's voice rather than an actual hand written book. 

Thankfully the book had an in-depth detail about how to fill ones Spirit Nodes. Lucas thought it was rather quiet simple once he read it. The book stated the cultivator must feel 2 things before they can even began to cultivate. Firstly one must be able to feel the 2,000 Spirit Nodes in their body. Secondly one must be able to feel mana around their body. Once both of these are done, the cultivator must then channel the mana into their body and into their Spirit Nodes. 

"This seems easy enough" Lucas said. He already knew he could feel mana as when he used his Kur suit he could he could manipulate his mana. So he had one thing marked off his check list. He then closed the book and placed it next to him. He sat in a lotus position and closed his eyes. He began to feel the mana around his body and smiled. This was the first time he felt the mana around him and sensed this room was rich with it! Once he confirmed he could feel the mana outside his suit he focused his attention on himself.

A subtle shift took place. Lucas began to examine his body, but on another level. It was an odd sensation for him. It was like he was looking at his body with X-ray vision, but from a first and third person perspective. He spent an hour trying to find his Spirit Nodes. During that time he only managed to find a handful. It was like his body had all these holes, almost like skin pores. He figured these were his Spirit Nodes. 

Once he found 10 Spirit Nodes he began to count them. 10, 20, 30, 40...90..300...350. He stopped counting. He noticed one of his Spirit Nodes looked ripped. If his normal Spirit Nodes were round holes, the ripped one was like a star or other weird shape. He didn't know what to think about this. He decided to try and fill it with mana. 

Lucas slowly began to channel the mana around his body and into the single node. After a few minutes it was filled. He knitted his brows in frustration as watched the mana leak out. The node was once again empty. 

"Well this isn't good."