>>5507226With that, you set off towards learning all that there was to Spirit Control. Quickly adorning the same garb as your fellow students through Pybara using an esoteric technique. It was capable of manifesting various forms of matter out of thin air. Far more advanced than your metallization ability, almost appearing magical despite being spiritual. Being told by Pybara that it was a fundamental technique of Spirit Control only motivates you more. If that was considered as one of the basics, then what was the full extent of what Spirit Control was capable of?
Getting stirred up with excitement, you earnestly began your training. The first step of course was establishing a balance between the body and the mind, achieving stability before reinforcing it further. To do this you have done various ascetic practices commonly found in Shugendo. Such examples were meditating underneath waterfalls or on top of burning coal, learning how to achieve perfect balance while being stationary, and intense image training among many more activities. Each one is more grueling and rigorous than the last as you came to experience.
Even someone of your boundless stamina and vitality found these activities to be far more challenging than you initially gave credit to. Undergoing this trial gave you a better understanding of the Yardratians and their ascetic customs. Painting a perfect image of them as they deeply earned your respect as time went on. Due to your biology, you could go at it without needing sleep to maintain subsistence. Although the Yardratians through spirit control had their ways of gaining sustenance, you were told the importance of taking breaks to let the body rest and accumulate its gains.
At first, the training was quite troublesome for you, not out of it is hard but being quite high-intensive on the spiritual and mental side. Sure, there were moments when they did actual High-intensity interval training and other body conditioning. But this training was more tailored towards polishing agility and mobility than outright building raw power. That’s not to say you didn’t gain anything from it in terms of building stamina. Not only did you increase your capacity but you also learned how to be more efficient in utilization and cultivation.
Over time the training would become easier as you grow more accustomed to the Yardratian methods. As the days turn to weeks, more and you feel yourself getting better in your training. Your mind and spirit continue to flourish, all the while maintaining a strong synchronization with your body. Effectively achieving both a sound mind within a sound body. Soon you find yourself able to effortlessly focus all your strength into a single point and maintain the concertation needed for the skill. Balancing on even the steepest of spikes and moving at top gear without any fear of losing balance or speed.
