Naming The Ability

By the end of the school day, Tao Xue had reached his house, and had practiced how to greet his friends when he meets them, the next day. He didn't like to practice a lot, but he still did it, when he was reminded of the scary faces of the Principal, and the Grand Elder, warning him not to screw up.

As for Master, he was quiet the whole time, and didn't interfere with this at all.

Tao Xue told his parents and grandparents about Master, who this time, also, made himself visible. It was just as if whoever knew of his existence could see him.

Tao Xue was confused, so he asked Master, who said, "I am using a technique called 'Knowledge For Sight; Sight For Knowledge', which means that whoever has the knowledge of my presence, and basically knows that I am here can see me. But for knowing that I am here, they first have to see me. It is a very complex technique, as both the conditions overrule each other. If knowledge is needed for sight, then sight is needed for knowledge. This will keep on continuing into an endless loop, which is the very essence of this skill. It's pretty complex, and thinking that you have figured out that I was using some skill shows that your observation skills are pretty good. By the way, I can also teach this to you, after you are at a certain level. Though it will be later, it won't take you much time. It is one of the best skills to hide you from your enemies while spying, or gathering information about them."

Tao Xue was pretty happy and satisfied, when he heard that he could soon be able to learn such a skill. The thought itself brought joy to his mind.

He spent the time before dinner to improve his skill, in which he had made quite a lot of progress.

He thought about it for a while, and said to his master, "Master, I have a question."

Master was happy to see Tao Xue's curious mood, and replied, "Yes, yes. There's no limit to questions, ask as many as you want."

Tao Xue said, "Well, there's something that keeps on feeling weird to me, and that's the fact that both my ability, and you, are very mysterious. I have little, or rather, none of any information about you. Other than that, you haven't even told me some basic information about you. The only things I know about you are that you are a person from a higher realm, you are a human, and you are a male. I don't even know your identity, your name. The same goes with my ability. I have little to none of any information about it, and it still doesn't have a name. I'm fine with calling you master, as that is your identity for me, but I want to know more about my ability. As you are from a higher realm, it must be obvious that the ability I have isn't something so shocking in your realm, and any commoner can use the energy that he or she has not absorbed."

Tao Xue felt a little awkward, and continued, as he swept a glance to his unsightly (he looked like a shadow) master, and kept on continuing with his question.

He said, "According to me, you guys should be using a name for this ability, or skill. It's certainly not something solitary to only and only me, so that just cancels off any chances of me naming it. Otherwise, please tell me what the ability is called, and also tell me about it. I don't know much about it. The only things I know are that this ability can give me the power to control energy that I have not absorbed. Other than that, there is a special barrier made of this energy, which was stuck to me like my own skin, which prevented me from Cultivation, as it stopped all the incoming energy to enter my mind. When you came, you dispelled the barrier, and stopped it form clogging on me, but it still remains stuck to me, even though I now have the ability to absorb energy and Cultivate using it. The last thing I know about the ability is that nobody of the human realm has ever been able to use this ability, and hence, none of them have ever known anything at all regarding this ability of mine."

The Master was happy, that Tao Xue had picked up this topic, as he started speaking, "This ability of yours, is not only with you, but with a lot of people, and all of those are from a higher realm, but you are a very special case. You could use it from such a young age, before you were even a Cultivator, and that too, with such an exceptionally large amount of talent. Other than that, the ability of yours is called by different names in different places. For now, you can call it 'Control', because you are controlling outside energy. Other than that, I'll tell you more about your ability as the both of you and your ability grow. As for me, I personally like the mysterious vibe that I'm currently giving off, and that's not the only reason why I'm not telling you about me. As I said, I like the mysterious vibe, because that's what I truly am. I have various names, various identities, and various forms. I am called by different names everywhere, and that's why I don't think it will be sensible to tell you my name(s). I will tell you more about myself as you grow and increase your levels in Cultivation."

Tao Xue like his master's humorous side, and also his mysterious side, but he was a little unsure of the fact that he himself was being kept in the dark about it. It was not a major issue, so he thought that he should let go of it, and focus on other things.

He lay down on his bed, and thought about tomorrow, as he remembered that he had to 'start going to go to' the 4 Seasons Academy from tomorrow, which made him a little dull, but he soon cheered up, at the thought of his friends.

He thought, "Tomorrow's my grand entrance! I'll make the whole Academy focused on me! The best thing is going to be the looks on those fools' faces! Well, for now, let's sleep!"