Chapter 306 - Shrine

Caelum busily wrote down a long list of specific items and medicinal herbs that sum are unusual. He gave vital instructions avoiding the possibility of messing up the ingredients.

Tokugawa took the finished list and couldn't help but slightly give him hope and lessen the doubt. 

He thought it was just slim to possibly heal him that even the most skilled doctor was silenced.

The words written on it were far too detailed and specific to be a lie such as the thousand-year-old ginseng that should be stored in the jaded case at a precise temperature.

They were easy to find and it won't take long to gather all of them with Tomugawa's influences all over Japan and few worldwide.  

It was baffling to see a young man that was not only a skilled fighter but also knowledgeable in the medical field. A natural-born prodigy that was sought after by many. 

"Tokugawa-Dono, do bear in mind that you do not see any doctor beside me. You could still smoke but specifically use the one I wrote."

Caelum did not only write the things needed for his medicine but also ways to help his body to be in shape. The old man was impressed by him and made sure to be courteous toward him. 

"That settles it, here is the money you've won from the previous match."

He saw the butler open a briefcase full of money. It was enough for him to live freely for several years and precisely the thing he needed. Caelum reluctantly took the money deciding to use the money for clothes.

They finish their visit and receive a key from Doppo. 

"This is the key for the apartment I took for you to stay in. Don't worry about anything as I already have stuff over there."

"I see thank you, Doppo. I'll head there myself, just tell me the location as I want to explore the city a bit."

Doppo nodded their way with Katsumi leaving Caelum to see them slowly fade awayyy. 

He held the money and headed his way to a nearby bank to create his bank account as it would be weird to carry the suitcase around.

It didn't take long to finish the transaction while feeling grateful for doppo for making fake identity and background. He left the bank with a card containing several million Yen.  

He took to the air, missing the clear and potent atmosphere from his previous world where there weren't any solutions. 

Caelum roams the streets while contemplating his next step in growing stronger. 

He had already come around the basic understanding to improve his power yet how his foundation is laid remains a mystery. 

Those around him could feel his strange air that appeared to be countless sides battling for victory and dominance. It was the enormous amount of Martial art essence that Caelum was unaware of. 

[A/N: yes, I copied ascending to supremacy, Happy now!?]

They were inwardly fighting to see which would be the root and dominant style. It was a bloodbath that none gained an upper hand. 

He could have easily mixed them if his power had remained due to the essence of compatibility. Primarily this is the reason why he has been able to integrate the 12th globe into his inner world that replicates the Upper Cosmos.  

Now it's gone, Caelum left with his talent to mix them and bind them together without losing their essence.

Perhaps if he had been born with the natural talent of martial art then it would have been to see to discover what he lacked. 

'What is the principle of my Martial Art? The answer is clear yet hazy. It's frustrating now that I regain my human emotion.'

He grew infuriated at his weakness, opting to complain like a normal human. Caelum took a deep breath to remove his stress and frustration.

The constant refinement of his mind gradually helped shape his essence. It was small but a seed can grow into a mighty tree if nurtured and guided.  

His contemplation took him to a nearby shrine and already felt the miasmic air around it. He did not mind the atmosphere as there were places far worse than this one.  

Caelum took a step foot into the shrine and already felt his body affected by the dark and sinister atmosphere.

'This place is surely interesting. Might as well accept the invitation.'

He went into the front of the shrine clasped his hand giving a prayer. It did not contain anything, only doing the gesture for his wife inari which takes him back when he first met her. 

Caelum finds it funny that he is the husband of the people worships. Though, it was a completely different world. He doubts there would be a god to form in the world even without his power, the cosmic eye's ability to see energy remained. 

It could be considered six senses allowing him to see the energy and giving him the confirmation that this world did not have ki or another solid form of energy.

Regardless, he remains vigilant on the possibility that his senses mislead him. Caelum closes his eyes in a lotus position appearing akin to a buddha taking himself in a mental train once again.

This time he had taken the time to repeatedly use the technique of recalling the sensation. He had a perfect memory but his instant recall is still in disarray. 

Caelum's body gradually turned slightly younger, tightening his muscle that every individual muscle could be seen under his skin until exhaling letting go of the restrain. 

The endless repetition of his first unarmed fighting technique grew sharper and precise, lessening the time for preparing the attack while increasing its power. 

It appeared to embody the words of wised-up martial artist Bruce Lee. Oddly enough, Caelum earth never had Bruce Lee despite having Rock Lee in Naruto.

The words are as follows: "I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times."

Those who have countless techniques can never bring out their potential without sharpening to perfection. 

The chaotic martial art essence took its shape tempering and refined into his body ingraining the technique till it appeared second nature. 

In his mindscape after spending over a dozen hundred years finally manifests an image of Doppo once again yet this time uses his technique on him. 

The phantom took a stance clenching his fist tightly before engaging in a long-fought battle within Caelum and won every confrontation that always brought him out of his concentration. 

"Jeez, it's going to take a while before j can defeat him. His ability to adapt and evade my attack despite only a phantom of Doppo defeated him."

He did not feel frustrated, rather grew excited knowing there's more improvement and his approach was heading in the right direction.

Caelum always wanted to find a good challenge and this world delivered the perfect place to help his future growth. 

Continuing his training until deciding to take a rest and teat out the power in the real world. He turned to a nearby tree then planted his firmly into the ground before imagining his body in a gaseous form instantaneously turning into solid.

Whoosh! 

Boom!

The sound flicking the air breaks the sound barrier and reminds the current of wind decimating later of the tree. He quickly stumps his legs before sensing behind him and perplexed to see grotesque that came from a horror movie.

Its body easily towers over him with a miasmic dark aura with hints of the divine appearing to be twisted thoughts about the appearances of gods. The shrine god had two little girls that both were terrifying and appeared to be miko spirits.

("Who or what are you? You can't be human.")

The sound of wet flesh against each other while the creaking bones made it more terrifying for a normal human to see them.

However, Caelum could sense some divinity around them along with a small amount of faith. It perplexes him to find something like this in this world and understood there's more to it than he had yet found.

"I could say the same seeing you are good but baffles me that you have this appearance. Tell me, is there a reason for it?."

A god normally manifests either by mortals gaining power and worship over time, naturally born by gods, or accumulative faith that reshapes this being.

Before the shrine god could answer voices of young girls could be heard going up the stairs with the shrine god briefly vanishing as Caelum saw two people. 

It was a young girl of average build, with short orange hair and an X shaped hair accessory wearing a casual summer outfit exuding an energetic and carefree attitude

While the other was a short teenager with black hair and yellow eyes. She has faded purple tips and has a somber and tired expression. The young girl wore a hoodie and shorts. 

Caelum could see she was surrounded by unusual and chaotic energy that was dense enough for him to notice. 

'This girl has six senses? Probably explain her tired expression seeing the terrifying sight.'