Chapter 37: Formless Art

When Felicity finally left, all that was left inside the pagoda was Lucas. He had nothing, just himself. And just as he was becoming the typical aimless guy again, he decided to focus on training to at least awaken the wish in him that wanted to live with immortals.

"I wonder what is now happening to Felicity... Oh, right, she just left a while ago."

As if getting crazy, he slapped his forehead, couldn't believe that he was becoming the previous self he was.

'I better practice the Origin Martial Technique now.'

And when he had finally made up his mind, he exited the pagoda and stood on top of the flat cemented ground. He opened the book of the technique and read all the contents. As he finally understood everything the technique said, he sighed.

"The technique basically says to be a talentless person. What a crap. If only not for what Felicity said, I would say that this was the most useless technique I've ever read. However, I must say, even at first it didn't make sense, later on, I finally understood the meaning behind those words."

The contents of the Origin Martial Technique say that a person who wishes to practice this must not first incorporate any physical training. But, it didn't say that you mustn't ever since; it only said that you shouldn't train where you'll embed a martial art into your foundation.

And as it was literally saying, "don't practice your reflexes," Lucas sighed.

First, the technique says that you concentrate in lotus form. Within your breathing, meditate and concentrate on imagining a fight involving pure bare hands, nothing more.

So, it totally falls into the section that says to become talentless, because those who imagine and fantasize have fewer talents than others.

Well, it says that if you fantasize, it means that you can't attain it. But for Lucas, it's crap since a mage must have a wild imagination. But this is a martial technique from a different world.

He still doesn't know the rules.

Second, the practitioner must not cut or shorten the process of the technique, as it will be useless if you learn it with only a small percentage. The technique must be learned completely.

"Being patient is a mere play to me... I've lived over a thousand years just to die, so I must have to learn this... Or was I even making sense with my words?"

Third, the practitioner must be imaginative rather than practical. Basically, only with the technique, not with the discipline, so Lucas breathed for a while after reading it.

Now, for the summary, Lucas must know how to fight within his mind. Complete the process and make it one of your foundations. Because this martial art is designed for people with no talent, you must first imagine the basics.

"Basics..."

After a few days... weeks... and months... Lucas finally had half of the comprehension of the technique.

His hands and movements finally had less form, and it seemed more awkward.

However, he doesn't know if it really works, but he trusts Felicity's words that this technique is basically for him.

Lucas doesn't want to have a specialty in martial arts. If he had to, he wanted to be like a drunken master.

Oh... It was his previous dream in childhood. But after learning he couldn't do any better in physical talents, he moved into the mind, which is magic.

Then... after another month, Lucas finally stood up from his meditation. It was as if the martial technique had been embedded in his foundation. While cultivating, his body becomes more relaxed and light.

"This is the purpose of that technique? Now that I've totally been imagining for a few days while cultivating, I wonder if it really had a result." Lucas mumbled as he was looking at his body.

In reality, his body became more formed. Despite not training it physically, the spiritual energy he gathered in those few days became his nutrition.

And as he finally thought that he was finally done, he breathed out and started floating.

"I'm done with the martial technique. As it says that I've finally comprehended it if I reach that 'point', means I can now leave. I now would like to know what things I have to know next."

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And just as he was thinking about it, a vicious smile curled upon his lips.

"I will study more... I will study more martial techniques!" Then he laughed.

And as he was deep into his laughter, he suddenly stopped.

"What's going on with me? Why am I becoming a power-hungry person? I only want to live with immortals. Ugh... I'll just continue to be aimless for a few months, and if I feel like it, I will try to live with the people here."

Lucas took off, descending into the mainland. And as he was cultivating for months there, he felt that it was useless now since he had cultivated enough and couldn't progress more.

He realized that it would be hard to reach the Emperor stage, as currently, he was at the 3rd level of the King Spirit Realm of both the cultivating energy pools he had.

He broke through through two stages above. And as abundant as the Mountain Temple was, he became grateful that Felicity brought him there.

Swish!

He flew quickly, with the clouds being cut as he moved. People below could only wonder why the clouds were splitting like there was someone in the clouds intently doing it.

But for Lucas, he was just clueless that people were seeing it as a phenomenon. Well, in reality, Lucas is a bit lost, having second thoughts about where he should go.

"The heck! Where should I go? Should I go there? Here? Wait! I am just going to buy, so what if I go to the Morning Sun City? But I don't know where it is..."

He was getting stupid. He might have had an effect from the technique, but he didn't realize it. However, he still had the ability to think and make decisions despite his condition.

In particular, he didn't know that martial techniques had side effects. Even if he was oblivious to it, slowly, as he was flying back and forth, he realized something was wrong with him.

'What am I doing? It feels odd that I act this way? Perhaps... that technique, studying it for months, made me a little stupid...'

And thinking about it, it was logical since he had been fantasizing about a fight for the whole time.

'I've really become stupid. Maybe it has been more since the time I've secluded myself from socializing.'

Finally, Lucas reached his limit, stopped moving, and built a platform above the sky.

He sat on the platform in a lotus form and started meditating.

'I must unseal my other passives. That certain passive ability, Tranquil Mind, I want it to be activated as much as possible. I bet that as long as the martial technique is within my foundation, I won't escape being stupid.'

Lucas started unsealing his core and noticed that, slowly, his three energy pools were becoming equal to each other. At least 40% of his core is equal to his dantian and third energy pool. He made huge progress.

And after a few hours of meditating, he finally finished unsealing some parts of his core along with the realization of the name of the origin martial technique he had just practiced.

"It was called "Formless Art," but now that I think about it, it could mean that everything in your mind will be formless, and only the skills you can do will be a reflection of your imagination."

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[A/N: Please forgive my errors.]

I came to realize that I was using the wrong term for the name of a building. Until now, I've been using 'pavilion' which is wrong! It was supposed to be a pagoda! Please forgive me! They are both different types of infrastructure. I will edit it! And if you can still read this, it means I haven't so please understand it. I'm crying right now...

Also, I have another word. What happened to Felicity was necessary. Why did it happen? Because in the next chapters, the real plot will start. The world won't just revolve around Lucas so it means that you will see few perspectives of new characters. Also, Felicity is still part of the crucial characters so she'll have her own chapter!

So that was all.. So 'Golden Pavilion' is now 'Golden Pagoda'.

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