Chapter 2: Golden Soul Flame.
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*Bang!!!!*
After the spheres hit him, he suddenly opened his eyes and discovered that the previous events were just a dream.
“What the hell was that dream?” Lucas said as he tried to get up from his bed then he was engulfed by brain splitting pain in his head.
“Arggghhh!!!” Lucas tumbled down into the floor. He clutched his head as he tried to suppress the pain but unfortunately, he can only suppress a little of it and still trying to endure the intense pain from his head.
After a few seconds, the pain faded away and Lucas felt relief as he was almost unable to endure that pain but his mind feels hazy like something was missing. Then the door suddenly opened. Two figures walked inside into his room. It was his father Drake Arsus and his mother Alice Arsus.
“Lucas! Are you alright?! We heard you screamed so me and your father rushed here.” Alice worriedly looked at Lucas. She examined Lucas up and down but unable to find any abnormalities.
“Its ok mother. Its just that Im just terribly exhausted after yesterday’s practice.” Lucas wryly smiled.
“Hmm really? Don’t push yourself to hard or else you might suffer.” Drake reminded to Lucas.
“Ok father. But can you please leave me alone for a bit. I just want to rest more.” Lucas tiredly said to his father.
“Ok. Me and your mother will go meet the lords of neighboring Cities to discuss about some business.” His father said to Lucas and rubbed his head then turned his body and left Lucas’ room.
“Hey Lucas, Don’t work too hard ok?” Alice said as she tightly hugged Lucas.
“Yes mother. And if you see Aria, the daughter of the lord of Travex City, please tell her to meet me at the market later afternoon.” Lucas said to her mother.
“Umm.. Ok, Take care of yourself Lucas. And by the way, you are too young to hiddenly date someone. Don’t even think about hiding anything from me.” Alice looked mischievously at her son then left the room.
‘What the? Ahh Nevermind. Mother sure is looking into things differently.’ Lucas thought.
“Arghh! Its still hurting a little. What the hell did just happened?” Lucas rubbed his head then walked beside the bed.
Lucas walked towards the bathroom and after that, changed to his black training clothes. His golden-blue hair and blue eyes was emphasized by the black training clothes. His usual calm and gentle demeanor was perfectly fitted with his tender appearance.
Lucas then walked outside the room and walked leisurely at the halls of the state. He located the garden where he usually trains Soul cultivation.
He sat at the center of the garden and beside him was a small pond. His tender appearance coupled with a troubled expression was reflected onto the surface of the pond.
“What was that dream all about? And I feel something missing? Ai... I guess there is no use about thinking about something I cant solve. I should better train my soul. And when I broke through and become a 1 star Practitioner then I can gain access in the Soul Arts Pavilion, there I can get a good Soul Art to use.” Lucas rubbed his hands and grinned evilly.
“How was it again to break through? Ahh..Umm… According to the book father gave me, I should feel first the spiritual energy in the surroundings and slowly absorb them to form a Soul Flame. Once I form my soul flame, its color should be able to tell how fast my cultivation will go. A Red Soul Flame (Highest) is very rare and the people who has this color of Soul Flame are rumored to be strong enough to crush a small mountain to become a plain. When you have this color of Soul Flame then battling a cultivator above once cultivation will still be effortless and absorbing Spiritual Energy should be the fastest among the Color of Soul Flames, this is why it is regarded as high-class Soul Flame . A Violet Soul Flame (Middle) should be above average and lastly the Blue Soul Flame (Lowest) it is regarded as worst kind because it is the opposite of Red Soul Flame. They say that whoever has this color of soul flame should not even dream about stepping into Saint Rank because its absorption of Spiritual Energy is very slow.” Lucas stated what he read about the book.
“I wonder what color of Soul Flame does Father and Mother have?” Lucas pondered then put it aside because he is very eager to know what color his Soul Flame is and he is eager to break through and gain a Soul Art.
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He sat cross-legged and closed his eyes. He cleared up his mind of any thoughts because it will affect the absorption of Spiritual Energy. After that, his body felt very sensitive, he can feel or see his surroundings even when his eyes were closed. He constantly sees specks of light in his surrounding and they varied into 4 colors: Red, Violet, Blue and Gold.
He noticed that the Red colored specks has the greatest amount in his surroundings and the violet colored specks has fairly large amount and the Blue colored specks has less amount than the first two.
‘Ahhh.. So this is the colors of soul flames. That is why the Red soul flame can be cultivated fast because it has large amount in the surrounding Spiritual Energy. Hmm.. I understand now but… What about this golden colored specks? It has very little amount yet it is the most brightest of all. This color wasn’t mentioned in any book.’ Lucas pondered as he continue to feel the Spiritual Energy in the surrounding but suddenly…
The golden colored specks swirled around Lucas and converged at the top of his head. All of the other colors made way for this golden color as if it is superior to them.
Lucas was shocked as how the specks of colors act. He then realized that this is the color of his Soul Flame because as the golden colored specks converge above him, it formed into a golden flaming and sparking Sphere and it slowly descended into Lucas’ hands. Lucas held the Sphere into his hands but when Lucas was about to take a closer look, the sphere shot away from his hand and entered his body.
(Note: The phrase “Lucas was about to take a closer look” is Lucas using his sensitive senses to look but his eyes were still closed. Just clearing up ^.^)
Lucas’ body trembled a bit and when he scanned his body, he saw at his chest that the Sphere was there. At that moment Lucas successfully formed his Soul Flame but… Lucas frowned as he opened his eyes.
“There are no books regarding this golden colored Soul Flame so how can I know if this Soul Flame will make my Soul cultivation faster or slower?” Lucas frowned as he don’t know anyone who can enlighten him about this golden colored Soul Flame.
Lucas got up from seating and noticed that it is almost afternoon,”Aii Its almost time already… I should prepare to head out and meet Aria in the market.” He then returned to his room and prepared himself.
However, there are two eyes watching him from afar. They seem to have killing intent as the eyes stared at Lucas.
“Damn! Why isn’t he dead yet?! I did put some poison in his food when he ate last night. He should be dead right now, there are no way that the poison is fake because I personally got it from a venomous snake at the Magical Beast forest.” (???)
“I should report it to the young master but… he might kill me if he knew that my mission failed. But I wonder why the young master was so obsessed killing this little brat. He seemed to be harmless. Hahh. Whatever, the young master pays me so I must do my job properly.” (???)
After Lucas was done preparing, he wore a black colored pants and red-white colored long sleeves with the Arsus insignia on his shoulder to represent his authority but when he was about to head out, he noticed a shadow from afar then the shadow quickly disappear as if there wasn’t anything there.
“Hmm… There are spies in the state? It is Impossible to bypass the multitude of guards outside and inside of the state. How is there a spy here?” Lucas pondered then told himself that after his father got back, he will tell this to heightened the security around the state.
He then leaved the state and walked towards the market. Lucas was very eager to tell Aria that he broke through and now he is a 1 star Practitioner but Lucas didn’t dare tell her about his golden Soul Flame. He told himself that he will not tell anyone of his Golden Soul Flame except for his parents.
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About the Soul Flames:
Red colored- Fast cultivation rate and has stronger power.
Violet colored- normal cultivation rate and normal power
Blue colored- Slow cultivation rate and low power.
Golden colored- Unknown