The Dao of Magic: Book 3: A Western Cultivation Series by Andries Louws

Author:Andries Louws [Louws, Andries]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2019-08-20T16:00:00+00:00

chapter twenty-seven

Variegation

I tinker some more with the qi formation while staring Lola in the eyes. “You ready, fuzzy butt?”

Her nose wiggles some while she stares at me. I start feeling slightly crazy - I’m talking to a rabbit while honestly waiting for a response - when she wiggles her ears a bit. Good enough for me.

I pull my arm back and launch her into the air. At the apex of her flight, I activate the qi formation. A small blue sun appears in the sky, lighting up the collection of islands. The light far above grows and turns into a rotating cyclone.

I take this time to really study the islands around me. The fort island I’m currently on is the biggest one, a roughly square shape with a small bay where boats are moored. To the south is the second biggest island, a longer piece of land filled with trees, fields, and lots of buildings. I see small figures scurry about in a panic as they swarm the boats.

Then there are a handful of smaller islands, most of them either uninhabited or housing a few small homes and canoes. A few of the closer ones are connected by a web of narrow bridges - one particular island containing a rather large house at the centre point of the web.

I bring my gaze upwards again and see a majestic sight. The large blue whirlwind has sucked all the moisture out of the air in a large radius, clustering the liquid and solid water around Lola. I manoeuvre a small flame around my fingers, making sure to keep a grip on the fire element coursing through my sword. This means that Lola is now limited to the ice half of her cultivation base.

I have found that limiting her to one element allows her to actually control it with some precision. Every time she uses both at once things go horribly wrong.

I clench my fist, and the water smashes towards Lola as the qi construct enters its second phase. Wings of opaque ice form as an entire dragon is crafted around the small bunny. The entire thing is glowing fiercely - imitating an actual dragon’s transformation process - but I manage to spot Lola moving around frantically.

I explained the entire process to her and had a small hope that she actually understood through sheer instinct and unconscious deduction. I observe her panicked flailing some more and realize that I should have known better.

The process finishes a few seconds later. A rather impressive mechanical dragon - made from ice and driven through a combination of physical force and qi formations - has Lola all wrapped up. Lola calms down as she starts realizing that the form around her is under her own control. The dragon looks like a spastic invalid, but Lola should figure out how to smoothly control the thing in a few minutes.

It’s just a shame that she’ll have crashed into the ground at that point. I snap my finger and send the qi construct into its third phase, a pre-programmed series of actions.

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