Mei Chao Bing smiled at his littlebunny and raised his sword again. "The first thing you need toknow is how to imbue your spiritual energy into the sword." Heraised his hand and demonstrated how to do it before looking at YunBei Fen to check if he had understood.
Yun Bei Fen looked at Mei ChaoBing's hand on the blade of the sword with wide eyes. His seniormartial brother Mei was so handsome even when just imbuing spiritualenergy. Would he ever look like this?
Mei Chao Bing couldn't help butsmile when he saw Yun Bei Fen's expression. He reached over andpatted his head. "How about you give it a try too?"
Yun Bei Fen nodded eagerly andraised his own sword. He looked at the old blade and gently put hisfingers against it. Now, imbuing his spiritual energy ... He closedhis eyes and focused, concentrating his spiritual energy at hisfingertips and slowly pouring it into the weapon.
Opposite him, Mei Chao Bing nodded."Not bad for your first try. Now, you have to make sure thatyou're pouring the energy in constantly. It doesn't need to be alot for now while we're only trying. But if you're really flyinglater on, then the amount of energy that you use will determine howfast or how slow you go. So it's important that you have a goodgrasp on how much spiritual energy you need to imbue so as to notdrain yourself needlessly. Especially if you want to escape, it'simportant to use enough but not too much energy."
Yun Bei Fen opened his eyes and hisspiritual energy stopped pouring into the weapon. "Then ... Howdo I make sure that it's the same amount?" Yun Bei Fen blinkedhis eyes. He had never tried imbuing his spiritual energy before.Suddenly being asked to do so and even paying attention to the amountof spiritual energy seemed like a daunting task to him. Would hereally be able to do it?
Mei Chao Bing smiled indulgently andonce again rubbed his head. "It's not a problem if you can'tdo it immediately. It'll get easier when you've tried it a fewtimes. In general, you just have to get a feeling for it." Hepondered and then took Yun Bei Fen's hand, interlacing his fingerswith him. "Spiritual energy comes from your body so you'll beable to feel how it drains.
"Depending on how fast it does,you can guess how much energy you're actually using. If it drainsfast, then you're using a lot. If it takes longer, then you'renot using as much. It would also depend on how much spiritual energyyou have. So the higher your level and the bigger your spiritualocean, the less you'll feel the drain. But by the time you havethat much energy to spare, you won't have to worry about the amountyou spent as much anymore." He smiled at him and nodded at thesword. "Try it again and don't stop immediately. Just see ifyou're able to get a feeling for it."
"Mn. I'll do that." YunBei Fen closed his eyes and focused on the spiritual energy and thesword in his hands again. He carefully poured a bit of his energyinto the blade and tried to estimate just how much it was. His browsfurrowed together in concentration.
Spiritual energy ... He had neverreally used it before. The only time he had really worked with itinstead of just taking it in had been when Mei Chao Bing brought himto the clearing. How would he know just how much spiritual energy hewas using?
Yun Bei Fen pursed his lips. Hedidn't want to just give up. His senior martial brother Mei trustedhim that he would be able to do it. He couldn't disappoint him. Hepondered and his expression brightened. Hadn't he learned beforehow to sense spiritual energy? Then maybe if he sensed the energythat he was pouring into the sword or maybe the energy that was inthe sword now, he would be able to see it like the other energyaround him! In that case, he would only need to pay attention to thebrightness of the energy. As long as the brightness stayed the same,he was pouring in the same amount of energy. And if it wasn't toobright, then he wouldn't be pouring in too much energy either.
Yun Bei Fen tried to sense theenergy around him once again. His surroundings lit up, Mei Chao Bingan especially bright spot in front of him. For a moment, his sensesoverloaded and he couldn't sustain the energy that he was pouringinto the sword. The connection was cut off but he didn't panic.Right now, he was still on the ground and senior martial brother Meiwas right beside him. He could slowly try it out and then when heknew how to do it, it would surely work out!
He ignored the brighter spots ofenergy as well as the big patches of the lowest energy just as he hadlearned in the last few days with Mei Chao Bing. There wasn't muchelse left, only his own body and the sword in his hands as well assome spots several meters away from them. He ignored the light in thedistance and concentrated on himself and the blade. Currently, theenergy pouring out of him was almost half as bright as the lightenveloping his own body. Obviously, he was imbuing way too muchenergy into the weapon.
In front of him, Mei Chao Bingsmiled indulgently. It seemed his little bunny was slowly figuringthings out. Now, it was only a question of time until he couldcontrol his energy good enough to learn how to use his sword to fly.
Yun Bei Fen adjusted the energy hewas imbuing into the sword until the light the blade gave off was solow that it almost vanished from his perception. He tried toconstantly imbue the same amount, but the light flickered. One time,it brightened and then, it dimmed completely before flickering intoexistence yet again.
He furrowed his brows, not satisfiedwith himself. Senior martial brother Mei had put so much effort intoteaching him how to sense the energy. Why couldn't he use that whenimbuing the energy into a sword?
He couldn't help but open his eyesagain, looking at Mei Chao Bing as if he felt himself to be thegreatest disappointment in life.
Mei Chao Bing's lips twitched andhe couldn't help himself from reaching out and kneading thosecheeks again. His little bunny really was too cute when he lookedlike this!
Unfortunately, with the gentle touchof his senior martial brother soothing him, Yun Bei Fen'sexpression turned even more pitiful. Ah, he didn't deserve seniormartial brother Mei! His senior martial brother was much too good forhim!
With that thought, Yun Bei Fen threwhimself into Mei Chao Bing's arms, holding onto him tightly. Evenif he wasn't good enough, he still wanted to stay with him!