Ki Core

Tomorrow is the day I turn five and as I had presumed I have not managed to achieve the goals I set for before I formed a Ki Core.

Although this fact has most definitely made my motivation waver, you can't put out a raging flame with a tiny bit of water, so I'm still going to work as hard as ever in my training.

With the fact that it's going to take a while to form my core in mind I should reach my goals by then.

My Mind Palace is almost at the start of its second phase as I've begun to call it. The second phase is going to be the first part of the palace I plan to build in my mind, the start of the second phase is of course the foundation of the building.

As soon as I finish the start of the second phase, I plan to get rid of the cabin altogether. After all, even if it's detailed, a cabin doesn't belong right next to a palace. It may take away from the value of the palace, which is the logic I'm using for getting rid of the cabin. A better way to put it would be that the value of a beautiful house would be lowered if there was a run down shack right next to it.

One thing that has gone to predictions however is that I have reached a plateau in what I've been able to do with combat meditation so I truly do need to discover how to slow down time with it. My current best theory is still that merging the time dilation of the mind palace with combat meditation is the best way to continue developing it past its limits. The current plan is to wait until I reach my goal for every minute outside the mind palace being equal to two minutes within the mind palace before beginning to attempt to merge the two.

The next morning I woke up excitedly at five in the morning, something I never thought to be possible in my previous world.

Today was the day. I was finally going to take my first true step into the world of the supernatural and make my ki core. I reigned in my excitement and reminded myself that I would likely need to wait at least another month before fully forming my ki core.

I quietly meditated and improved my mind palace for two hours, making sure to not wake my roommates, before finally waking up Grey and Nico.

"Oi, GREY, NICO, wakey wakey!"

Nico shot up from his bed and glared at me instantly, whilst his much more sleepy companion simply kept sleeping.

Seeing the situation, I knew my next course of action and quickly told Nico "Get me a bucket of water quick, hehe"

He seemed to understand my thought process and quickly moved to get a bucket of water for me. With Grey still sleeping, unaware of the plot against him brewing quietly.

Nico quickly returned with the bucket, and unceremoniously threw the water in it at me and began laughing and pointing at me. 'This absolute b-'.

My thoughts were interrupted by the noise of Grey stirring awake, there was no time. With little time to think of a plan, I quickly jumped on top of Grey and gave him a big, dripping wet hug that startled him awake immediately.

The spars we had been having recently showed their effect as I was instantly hit in the face with a hard punch.

"Ouch, why'd you have to do that Grey?" I cried out.

Grey, having finally gained some semblance of consciousness, immediately began stammering out an apology, "I'm s-sorry, I didn't mean to do that!" With hands waving around a red face, it was obvious that he was being honest but I still shot him a glare.

It was my fault, but I still don't like getting punched in the face. Letting out a sigh, I just walked out of the room and went to find some breakfast. The other two quickly followed behind me.

After finishing up breakfast I split up with the group and headed towards Headmaster Wilbecks room and knocked.

"Come in"

I went inside but not without getting a strange look from the Headmaster.

"What happens to your eye?" She asked

"I slipped"

"Ha, whatever you say. Now let's get into forming your core. Sit down in the lotus position and then begin meditating, try to sense your ki by focusing inward"

I thought for a moment before saying "I can already sense my ki, what's the next step?"

Headmaster Wilbeck looked stunned and said "What? How long have you been able to do this?"

"For a few years" I replied

She seemed surprised but quickly recovered and began giving instructions on how to form a ki core. She told me that I needed to attempt to instruct each individual piece of ki to go to my solar plexus and once I have completed that process, my core will form.

I quickly figured out how to move my ki and left. My destination was the study room where I had spent most of my time these past few years.

In that room, I continued forming my ki core. I had been told by Headmaster Wilbeck that now that I have gotten the idea, I simply must continue practicing as much as possible.

With the thought of a ki core manafesting in my near future, I pushed myself to meditate and form the ki core as soon as I possibly could. I continued working on the ki core and my mind palace as much as I possibly could and after 2 and a half weeks, I achieved my goal for my mind palace. I had gotten rid of the cabin and finished the foundation for my palace. By completing this, I also reached my goal for the time dilation of the mind palace.

Time now passes half as fast in my mind palace as the outside world, now I needed to work on combining this with my combat meditation and then I would truly have a good foundation for future combat training.

A week after I finished the foundation of my mind palace, I finally only had one piece of ki left to put into my solar plexus. Without any hesitation, I put it into its proper place and felt a gentle flow of power emanate from my solar plexus.

Finally, after five years, I had truly began my journey.