"To face the dangers of the world, you're gonna have to learn to use Aura."
"Aura? Yeah I've heard of it before, what my mother uses right?"
"Exactly, Aura is something that every person needs if he wants to go on dangerous journeys. Aura is essentially the life force of every human being. Every living being has aura. Humans, animals, even plants and trees, all have a shield of white energy surrounding them. That is we call aura. It is vital to the living being."
Tabi, understood what she said but he still didn't get the use, or the importance of what she had just told him. So he was already losing focus on what she had just said to him. "Basically, you get to obtain enhanced strength and superhuman abilities through manipulating your aura, like this…."
She spread her legs, and started to concentrate. And when she did, an intense pressure came around her body, causing the grass and sand to go up in response, and the leaves and branches to shake intensely. Tabi's shirt was shaking as well, and his spiky hair was flowing like never before, he was taken back by the intensity she had displayed, pushing him backwards. The pressure was too strong, it created a crater on the ground she laid her feet on.
Tabi couldn't even begin to speak, he was too shocked by the abnormality of what had just happened, this was an even like no other. He was then interested in learning how to manipulate his aura.
"Finally, you are listening. This is QiCao, a technique which was first used in ancient China by Xiang Yu during the Chu–Han Contention period. An old man first discovered this technique through increased motivation, mediation, and technique. With this, he became nearly unstoppable. This means, that aura can be increased when you have a clear focus in the specific moment you activate your aura."
"Activate? I always thought that you couldn't decrease the amount of aura surrounding you? Does that mean that there is a way to not have a shield of aura around me?"
"Well, not necessarily…"
"This is something that I would have never anticipated, crap. How can I teach him like you taught me…" She taught to herself.
"Well, let's take it like this."
She took out a branch that fell from her QiCao and started drawing a line on the sand, with five circles surrounding it.
"Alright, Tabi… How do I say this… there are 5 steps to the basic training of aura."
"And to be able to learn QiCao, I need to master these 5 techniques!"
"Yes precisely! But to first even do this, you need to be able to feel and see your aura! And we can do this with two methods!"
"Yes, what are these methods?"
"The first method is the way most of the people during Xiang Yu's time. But in modern times, people having been finding this new method called Yishi, a ritual in which an experienced Aura master can transfer some aura into an inexperienced apprentice. Making the training faster than you would imagine. However, this method should always be done without the knowledge of other users, for it has been forbidden. So Tabi, which would you choose?"
"The exams are in two weeks, I didn't want to waste all my years of training just so that he can take it away, did I… Here's to hoping that he won't.."
"I choose the first method. It shouldn't be too hard should it?"
"… Excuse me! What the hell is wrong with you? Don't you wanna find your father the fastest way possible?"
"I don't really have an answer to that, I just feel like there's some merit to not having that technique be used on me."
"Surprising faith you have in your teacher, kiddo…" she thought to herself. Anyways, let's begin our training…
Meanwhile in another place.
In a dark, almost deserted city, a young woman with long medium blonde hair, with a short, black tanktop that stopped over her bellybutton, and white baggypants in a dark, dirty, damaged building, next to her was a young boy with blue eyes and dark hair, wearing a shirt with a turtle neck, next to him was a young but tall and extremely muscular young man with hair that resembled that of a lion. And next to him was a boy with young blonde boy with bandages on his arms, and a blue jacket.
Infront of them was a short man with spiky black hair, a sword on his back, and white clothing. He reached out to the boy with the turtle neck shirt, and to the others, it seemed like he transferred his nen to them, showing them an example of Yishi, but the boy a few seconds after the transferring, lost his pupils, and fell to the floor. This came as a shock to the others. The man with spikey hair had an angry look on his face.
"I will ask this question for the last time, who are you people and what do you want? Guys like me are here to make sure nobody with an intent to cause havoc or mayhem into our association. So will you answer my question, or do you wish to see the same fate as this young man right here?" He told them, and as soon as he did, the mood in the area changed dramatically, their whole lives were on the line, there was nothing to do but tell the truth.