First Miracle

"Hey why didn't you notice me being here. Aren't you too cruel. You should pay more att.....en..." said Lia. When I had turned around and looked at her, her words started stuttering. But after a few seconds she continued.

"Did something happen to you. For some reason even though you look the same as usual, your aura seems to have changed a bit. It's almost like the last time but stronger."

Good god, she really is a talent. She could figure out that I have changed somehow. What does she mean by aura? Why can't I feel anything like that about myself? Oh could she be talking about my excess spirit? Even though I knew I was not gifted but still her talent is too much. Anyway I should start talking.

"First I am sorry I didn't notice you, but you know how I am right. Secondly what do you mean by aura? And when was last time?"

"Well how should I say this? I have never felt anything like this before. It's like you are giving of waves of pressure. You see I practiced martial arts since I was young. My grandfather was a martial artist and also my teacher. He taught me that strong practitioners can voluntarily or involuntarily give of a fighting intent. It is like a pressure that acts on opponents. Higher strength means a stronger pressure. But your are not giving of a fighting intent because from your walking and stance I can see that you never been in a real fight, but I can still feel some kind of pressure from you. This pressure itself feels quite different but also a bit similar to fighting intent. I don't know I how explain it."

"What? You learnt martial arts. I though you were aspiring to be a great actor. Did you maybe think that if you did become a great actor you would need to learn to protect yourself or maybe you wanted to spend more time with your grandfather."

"What!? Who did you hear that from? You shouldn't be smart enough to figure that out."

"That's rude you know."

"Forget about that. You still haven't answered my question."

"Well... Although I am not quite sure I think I know how I gave of this pressure you are talking about. But I need some more time to verify it. Could you please wait until then?"

"Well ok, I will believe you. You better keep your promise and pray to god you won't forget like every now and then. Otherwise..." she said as she clenched her fist and brought it close to my face. Suddenly some kind of pressure assaulted me. My legs started shaking. She continued...

"You get the idea, right?"

"Yes, sir" I said quickly trying keep my legs still.

"Good" she released the pressure and I was back to normal.

How the heck did I manage to snatch her phone before. Oh, she let me snatch it. With a fighting intent like that she could get it back anytime. To think I had thought about going to China to find a master when one was right next to me.

"Can you use ki? Like in dragon ball anime."

"No and what you mean like in dragon ball? Couldn't you come up with a better comparison. Do you think that there really exists people like that who can destroy a planet with there bare fists."

I regretted my words and was embarrassed. She continued..

"Well I had asked my grandfather about ki many times. But he never gave me an answer. I have heard about people who can use ki but I never met them. Most of them are in places like China".

That's too bad. I can do nothing about that.

We talked for sometime before leaving. I stocked on high energy content food supplies and went back to my room.

For the next ten days it was soul body training. I secluded myself in my room like a martial arts cultivator in novels. I made sure to take a leave for these days from the office. Normally I would be too lazy to do stuff that requires extreme commitment for a long time. My job as a data tester is an exception as that concerns my life. I need money to live in this world afterall. But now was different because this is my dream, my desire which I have been trying to find since childhood. Also I don't feel bored or lazy when I am in soul state. I am in control of my emotions and I can still feel the joy of progress which is the best part. I noticed something unexpected midway, the rate of my progress is improving. It only took 7 days to completely connect and cover my body in spirit. For the next 3 days also I continued strengthening my soul by forcing myself to generate spiritual energy beyond the limits. This excess spirit has no connection to body as the body is pretty much connected completely. I can force my excess spirit to connect. But soon I found out that as the spiritual density of the body increases it becomes extremely difficult to maintain. It seems that there is a certain limit to it. I tried to solve it and found a way with my increasing intellect. The limit has to be constantly be pushed. I force more spiritual aura into the body and then wait till my body and soul slowly adapts to that much spiritual density and repeat the process. If I force myself to connect excess spirit which exceeds the limit by a large amount then I don't know if anything bad will happen, so I decided to take it slow. My excess spiritual energy which is not connected is normally outside my body fully covering it equally. In my soul state the picture what I now see is my soul and my entire body present completely inside a closed space full of spiritual energy which is generated and controlled by my soul or you could say myself.

I opened eyes and finally starts comprehending my situation after 10 days. In these 10 days I have only woke up just to eat or refill my food stock. I did not stop to check my progress in between. Now I am ready and the results are beyond my expectations.

First my whole body is spiritualised. I can comprehend every fibre of my being. The cells that made up my body. There activities are no longer invisible to me. I can feel the blood that flows through my body. Even the passage of signals through my nerves if I concentrate extremely hard. Even my brain will no longer become a mystery although it might take some more time, maybe a few years. Now I am also able to feel my excess spiritual aura present outside my body and control it. I can now also control soul essence using my spiritual aura and transform it into energy and back into essence. By controlling my spirit attached across my body, I can gather essence by converting my body's energy much more efficiently and not just from my head. My mental abilities have been upgraded. I could just look at each page of a book once and recite it's contents perfectly even 60 years later or more. The way my muscles act when I move my arms and legs, I can feel it clearly, how the energy is transferred everything is clear before my senses. I can already imagine what kinds improvements should I make in my movements to maximize efficiency. I also know what exercises I need to do at which times to increase my body fitness. I no longer feel lazy. I should say that I am in control of my emotions. During my 9th day I found out incredible possibilities during my soul body training....hmm... 'soul forge' sounds much better.

I moved to a safe position in my room. I extend my hand out and control my excess spiritual energy. I am now able to control my spiritual energy without entering soul state. The excess spiritual aura gathers in my hands forming a sphere of influence the size of person's head. I can comprehend this space perfectly. The particles present inside. The energy radiated by their movements. This sphere of influence can only be perceived by people like me. It is invisible to the naked eyes.

"Today right here and now I will do the impossible."

I believed this will work. Because with my enhanced mentality and soul I can clearly sense the success. My heart was beating fast. I was excited beyond imagination. Today marked my greatest step yet.

I imagined the whole process clearly. My thoughts, actions and my soul commenced.

'I connect the particles inside the sphere of influence by using my spiritual aura.'

'Gathering and converting my body energy into essence by using spiritual connections'.

'Transferring essence to my sphere of influence by using a spirit path from my body to the area of influence or AOI for short'.

'On arrival of the essence, it is converted to kinetic and heat energy'.

'Kinetic vectors focusses the particles at the centre of the sphere.'

"Come forth and become my first miracle....please". I spoke from my soul.

I looked at my sphere of influence eagerly. After what felt like an eternity, at centre of the spirit sphere I sensed something even though I can't see it. I became excited. Now I had to see it with my own eyes. A few moments later a spark appeared, I couldn't contain myself but now is not the time lose focus. I concentrated with my soul further and it happened. On my hand a flame was floating on top. It felt like I was taking care of a cute baby. I concentrated further pushing my consciousness past the limits and I began to see a fist sized flame growing and burning on top of my hand. It went out later and I was finally satisfied. I began to lose consciousness due to using too much body and spiritual energy as I had not eaten anything for a while. I staggered, grabbing an energy bar and started eating. I started to feel better. A smile appears on my face still thinking about what I did.

"Sorcerers of the past and reincarnated OP heroes assisted by cheats and systems, even if you don't exist I won't fall behind."

I said it aloud and My dreams and desires started to evolve. I want to go further beyond now. Remembering the words said by a famous space ranger I raised my hand towards the ceiling and screamed.

"To infinity and beyond."

I quickly became embarrassed. I can't believe I said that aloud. Luckily no one is around.