Inspiration

'Can you explain this better Nocturne?' I asked while looking at the damage to my surrounding, the once beautiful garden just shriveled up and died. I will get in trouble if I don't fix or find a proper explanation for this.

'When I harmonized the flame of creation to your sea of consciousness, I was hoping to accelerate the time needed for you to awaken to the book's magic. But it seems that you did so on your own. Death, that book is the book of death, one of many but a unique on in its own. It harbors the magic that controls life and creation, used properly you can quench the lives of your foes with but a glance. Poorly and it will consume your essence of it. So don't you dare try to use its magic now.' Said nocturne in a warning tone.

"Then what is the use of this magic if I were not to use it?" I said as I stood up.

The world felt vaguely different, I could almost swear that my body began to suck in the particles of Qi on its own without the need for me to will it to do so. Strange…

'You don't need to use it at the moment, your body is still too feeble, and your mind is still immature, though you are far more intelligent than people at your age and far more talented. Handling death needs you to be more… vicious.' He added

'Vicious, huh… well, there is no need to dwell on things I won't be needing for the moment. So Nocturne what will we do about this?' I said as I was looking at my surroundings.

'No need to worry about those things, try to use the same move set that the master swordsman showed you.'

'Well, you are rather heartless…' I said as I stood up.

Practicing the moves I felt the strain on my joints shift in a more comfortable way.

Now I need to reinforce my joints.

The moment I thought about that, an amazing wave of energy rushed within me. It seems that the Qi I am able to harness change in the quantity I could consume about ten times the same amount of energy that I used to do before… quite frightening.

'Indeed, you should have reached this stage after years upon years of practice… what fate has brought such a talented and gifted youth to me, I could only be thankful.' Said Nocturne sounding more happy than proud.

'Now then.' I said as force the particles to empower my joints and they did so with ease.

'Now, do you remember the feeling of consuming the world with your body? Try that'

It was probably when my pores opened up and consumed the Qi. Though this is quite hard to do all at once I tried.

Surprisingly unlike last time where I had to suffer just to reinforce a single joint, my whole body went into a state of calmness after absorbing Qi. Nothing went to waste. The particles either reinforced my joints or reconstructed the flesh, whatever was left was sent to my Sea of consciousness to amplify it.

Looking at the situation using monochrome vision it made me feel rather… pleasant.

I was able to detach from the world and look at my body doing the once mechanical moves in a more fluent manner, it seems that it still needs some tweaks but I could handle that.

Moving around with grace my body failed to notice the passage of time.

I was oblivious to the world around me for god knows how much as I moved around unstoppable, tireless and full of vigor.

Moments became minutes became hours, hours became days and I finally collapsed.

My eyelids felt too heavy for me to even open while my body shivered, from both power and extreme exertion.

"God damn it, kid… you scared me there for a second…" said master Shen as he was nearby.

"What happened?" I asked

"What happened? How the hell would I know? You were in that state for most of the week, no one could even get close to you, you were unresponsive as you used the lotus martial art…"

'Don't worry about that Basara, it is a case of Inspiration, it rarely happens but it seems that you somehow managed to remain in that state for several days, not even I could stop you. If your body was stronger than what you have now I would believe that you would have remained in that state until you died.'

'Heh… strange things are happening to me…'

'No, for if we consider the fact that you own this book, this should be within reason, though it is still unfathomable. Your growth is too fast, I believe that you should halt it…'

'You were the one that said we don't have time right?'

'Indeed we don't but at this rate, you would die before you can reach where I need you to.'

"Well, its due to Master that I somehow managed to find inspiration. However, I feel really weak"

"Well, of course, you would, you didn't eat drink or rest for almost a weak, no man no matter how talented can go against the limits of their body. Now you need to eat my child, you exerted so much energy that your muscles are in dire need of nutrition. Sustaining a body with just Qi is only possible if you have reached higher realms of Assimilation and have a healthy body, to begin with. Your body is like a glass of water and you are trying to fill it with the water from an ocean. Take it easy child." Said master Shen clearly sounding worried.

"Don't worry master I won't try that again, I don't think I even have the power to do it again."

"Yes," he said "I will ask someone to bring you some food. Don't move from here, I don't think that even if you wanted you won't be able but anyway stay here and rest."

He said as he moved outside.