Primis stood in the middle of the forest glade. The moonlight blessed the land, together with the numerous glowing wisps and fluorescent exotic plants with the nearby insect in the vicinity.
The Ourarian closed her eyes, the darkness seeped through her vision. Foel then slowly instructed her on what to do without giving its presence.
"Humanoid beings usually have lungs to absorb oxygen and spread it across their body. That is one of the very things that keep them alive. Even though you have the ability to condense bodily energy like your master, she gave you mortal anatomy for reasons.
"Because of the anatomy of an average mortal, your respiratory system is conjoined with the passage to your mouth. What I'm going to teach you is the most effective method to unlock your perception of mana, so listen carefully.
"Before training your soul, you need to train your mind. Breathe through your nose with patience to squeeze everything into your lungs. Wait for five seconds, then exhale it slowly until there is nothing left, then wait for another five seconds. Simple, isn't it?
"Good. Each time you're able to do one cycle, add one second to the time where your respiratory organ was fully filled, and the time where there was nothing inside.
"Keep closing your eyes, and keep your mind focused all the time. There will be some light and veins-like chaotic vision but that is mostly because of your eyes mimicking the fraction of light where it was supposed to happen.
"Maintain this routine until your consciousness transcends your basic function of your body. It sounds lonely and harsh, but I'll be here to supervise. Remember milestones on what to expect.
"After two hours, you can see the blood cells carrying the oxygen to your veins. Another two hours, you'll find emptiness. After another two hours, you can switch between that empty vision and the activity of the veins in your eyelid.
"That empty vision is your premature 'strings' consciousness.
"When you reach that phase, try to conjoin those two visions together. Your consciousness will slowly develop its 'strings', something akin to a tendril that you can control with your soul."
For hours, Primis did what was instructed without any complaint. Normal mortals wouldn't be able to achieve mana perception using this method, but Primis was different. MF had already implanted a strong body constitution that was more compatible than those of Aekhas.
Estimatedly, Primis might be able to achieve a consciousness breakthrough in a week in contrast to normal mortals where they need years of practice to gather mana.
Meanwhile, MF was trying to create her private spatial dimensions using her divinity. With Ki as her helper, they performed a seclusion beneath the ground right after fortifying the barrier beneath the surface.
"A little bit crude, but I guess it's enough for now."
Gods and Deities were able to create a private spatial dimension that was directly connected to their soul. This dimension was their sole exclusive domain.
Ki slept in her own spatial dimensions before waking up and seeing MF for the first time back then. Although it was a little bit pitiful because her spatial domain was only two meters cubic square.
"Crude? Milady, you're able to expand your divine domain five times my own domain in your first time! That is awesome!"
Ki's eyes sparkled, amazed by her own master capability.
"Ki, you should be able to expand yours to thrice the size of your current one now. Why don't you try it?"
Thanks to the tour, Ki was introduced to many loyal followers of her master as Vassal Deity. Not only that she had a fair share of her master divine power, but the amount of faith streamline she had now had immensely increased.
As the Lord Deity, MF could come to her Vassal's domain however she wanted. Just as what MF calculated, Ki was able to expand her divine domain thrice the size of the former one.
"It was empty black, ahahah." Ki forced a laugh. Inside, she felt a little bit depressed from the lack of achievement she had.
"Fufufu, it will not be anymore."
Using her divinity of perpetual creation, MF created a room to fill the depressing space. Her mastery in carpentry allowed her to create numerous furniture that was pleasing to the eyes.
The dark seed of creation was enhanced further when being used together with the 'faith of perpetual creation'. In some cases it became too powerful but MF needed to use it so that it wouldn't get corroded by the substances that Ki produced from her divine spirit.
"WOOAAAHH!"
A fluffy bed, a beautiful lamp with phosphor swirling, a table, and a set of chairs. Ki glanced to the desk with excitement as she saw couples of books and some empty one. There was a mechanic pen if she felt casual, and quill and ink if she wanted to feel a little bit classic.
Reluctantly, Ki tried to pour some of her 'curse' and to her surprise, it didn't corrode. A single tear ran down to her blissful smile.
"Take it as a present."
"MILADYYYYY!"
Sometimes, Ki couldn't control the 'curse' within her. When she got emotional, the furious 'curse' excreted at a much faster rate and she couldn't control it at all times.
From all the years she had lived, she only received a vile object as an offering. Such as Calamity's venom and their meat, sometimes a mortal head. In the end, she got sick of it and stopped claiming the offering from her followers.
This resulted in the decrease of faith. Since then, Ki always wasted her time by sleeping. Just to preserve her existence and to avoid any kind of harm to herself.
But now, she could eat the food that her master prepared because MF used her divinity of perpetual creation. The furniture and bed that MF created could sustain her 'curse', granting a comfortable space for her who was used to sleeping in peripheral emptiness.
MF felt a huge surge of faith streamline from her Vassal Deity.
'I see, so you could also get the faith from a deity.'
With satisfaction in mind, MF waited until Ki was less emotional than she was now.