15 Chapter 15:

The relentless cacophony continued to inundate Xander's mind, urging him to leave this world now that his mission was accomplished.

Seated in a meditative posture, he continued to ignore the noise, but he noted that with each passing minute, it only got louder.

Thankfully, Xander was in better condition and not as mentally exhausted as he had been in their last encounter, and now he even recuperated some metal energy, allowing him to hold back the noise.

But it wouldn't last for long.

Exhaling deeply, Xander continued through the pre practiced motions he observed from the Jedi artifact.

The holocron was a remnant artifact left by a Jedi force user a long time ago. It was a repository of knowledge the fore user had acquired over the years.

As Xander couldn't take the object with him, he decided to explore its contents instead and thankfully, by interacting with it through the force, holographic projections appeared before him.

The holocron contained a vast wealth of Jedi knowledge, with a few entries of particular interest.

One such entry was the Jedi meditation technique. Currently, Xander was using the generic cultivation technique provided to all young cultivators by his school, and thanks to his innate full soul power, Xander hadn't really needed it to progress his cultivation.

However, that would change in the future, as Xander had an ultimate martial soul. The initial rate of growth may be fast, but as he reached higher spirit cultivation, he would fall behind his peers due to the hefty requirement of strengthening ultimate attributes.

Also, Xander couldn't create a new cultivation method as that required a long time of trial and error and if any mishaps occurred, Xander with a new foundation would not be able to deal with the backlash, hence he stuck to the school given meditation technique.

However, the technique in the holocron enticed Xander.

The description of the projection showed detailed: 'Jedi meditation focuses on enhancing mental clarity and harnessing mental energy. It emphasizes concentration, controlled breathing, and visualization, promoting a centered mind. Practitioners cultivate mindfulness, connecting with the Force for insight and strength. This practice regulates emotions, fostering emotional balance and resilience. By grounding themselves and achieving relaxation, Jedi achieve a state of inner peace, preparing them for the challenges they may encounter. Through these techniques, Jedi strive to maintain focus, channel energy effectively, and stay aligned with the Force, enhancing their abilities and understanding of the universe'.

From the lengthy description, the most exciting aspect for Xander was the mental clarity and strengthening.

If this meditation technique could improve his mental energy? That would be perfect for him!

Xander had already come across an issue with his martial soul. From the way he used it, that being turning spirit beasts into spirit soul an adequate amount of mental energy was needed.

In the current time period of soul land, spirit souls were unheard of, but in a few thousand years, they would become commonplace.

Now what was the issue? Well, soul masters usually took 3 – 4 spirit rings from spirit souls, meaning that in a spirit master growth they would at most have 3 – 4 spirit souls for 1 martial soul.

This was due to the need to attain higher reams of mental energy to contain and hold an additional spirit soul.

Now Xander's sephiroth grail martial soul, in theory, could have a new spirit soul each spirit ring. This would benefit Xander greatly, as he was able to actually summon these spirit souls and have them fight for him. Something he knew would give him a massive advantage in future battles.

The only problem was that he would need an incredible amount of mental energy in order to facilitate new spirit souls. Without a large amount of mental energy, this would all just be theory.

But, if this meditation technique could grow Xanders mental energy? Well, that would make it the best technique for him and priceless in Xander eyes.

With these thoughts, Xander churned the mental energy within his mind space. He only had a few hours left in this word and so he planned to make the most of it.

Going through the practiced motion of concentrating on his mental energy and following the instructions on the Holocron. Xander pulled on his mental energy and infusing it with the ethereal force.

During the process, he didn't notice the passing of time.

Throughout his trance like state, a ghastly tree lit up with its own mental energy and used itself as a filter as it helped concentrate and improve the mental energy within Xander's mind space.

Of course, the Tree took some for its own. Nothing was free after all.

After an hour, Xander abruptly regained clarity, exiting the trancelike state and felt albeit small but noticeable, increase in his mental energy.

"haha, ha"

Chuckling admonishingly, Xander felt elated. He wasn't able to take the holocron, but what was stopping him from taking its knowledge.

Feeling the noise growing, Xander tuned his attention back to the holocron in order to find any other goodies that would benefit him.

Memorizing a few techniques as best he could, the generic force abilities which he hoped to replicate in soul land, Xander put all his focus on one last technique.

It was a daring gamble, and with the allotted time, probably not possible. Xander could either memorize more techniques in the remaining time or hope this paid off.

"Lets do it! If it doesn't work i will just memorize more techniques".

With that, Xander turned his attention, eyeing the imposing egg.

Walking forward, he pressed the palm of his hand against the rough scaly surface of the egg.

 Channelling his mental energy, he clumsily connected with the force, in particular using the beast control. This technique was usually taught to jedi younglings and as such, the difficulty just like the meditation technique, wasn't high, though that didn't make Xander any better at it.

As his force seeped through the surface, Xander felt surprisingly little resistance. It should be noted that the force undulation the creature inside this egg released was powerful, and because of this it shouldn't be this docile to Xander's advance.

Not unless it had been tamed over time. Xander turned his head in the direction of the fallen Jordan, regarding him for a few minutes.

'Maybe that's why he kept this egg. He was trying to tame it'.

This only made Xander more excited, as despite his lacking technique, the fact that the beast had been somewhat tamed made the task easier.

Now you might question what Xander wanted from this egg. Well, he knew he had already reached the bottleneck of rank 20 and thus needed a new spirit ring.

Was Xander growth fast? Definitely!

It wouldn't be an understatement to say that he was the fastest to reach rank 20 in history. However, it was important to note that he was born with an innate full soul power.

Xander had also diligently spent over a year cultivating every day, as he knew that although there was no evidence of growth once he got a spirit ring, his efforts would show.

Add to Xander taking in the full soul of a spirit beast, that too being above the recommended cultivation year for a 1st spirit ring and it allowed Xander to propel through the ranks.

This was something Xander knew he wouldn't be able to enjoy again, not without great difficulty and lots of resources.

The earlier stages were the fastest for ultimate innate full soul power martial souls, but after Rank 40. Well then, then it became a marathon.

Focusing back on the egg, Xander knew he wouldn't get another chance to get such a creature, as it was no doubt powerful.

But Xander wasn't sure if he could attach the beast to his soul, as it wasn't truly born yet. Also, if he did manage to attach the soul, did that mean he would immediately go to another world if satisfying spirit rings where the necessary conditions.

Xander wasn't sure but, he was definitely still going to try it.

As he connected with the creature's soul, he felt the vast attachment of the force within it. By using the force connection as a bride, Xander summoned his martial soul, delegating the work to the sephiroth grail and hoping a reaction would occur.

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