Chapter 21

I can finally move my hand after staying there for a few minutes. I use my Requip magic and take out my phone. I turn on my phone and call the chancellor. I wait for a few seconds before the Turtle Youkai answers my call.

"Ryan! What can I do for you?"

"I'm sorry to call you chancellor. However, I'm sorry to say this, but it looks like I cannot attend today's spar or even attend my class."

"Oh? Can I ask why?"

"There is something wrong with my training, and now I cannot move my body. The only thing I can move is my right hand."

"What?! Are you okay?"

"I'm fine. I only need to lie down for a few hours."

"Don't worry. I will ask the healer to come to your home. Make sure to let us inside the barrier around your house, okay?"

"Wait!"

Before I can say more, the phone is turned off, and I can only sigh. I decide to circulate the natural energy around my body to heal it maybe faster than before while waiting for the guest that will come.

I wait on the bathroom floor for a few minutes before I feel a group of people knocking on my barrier. I release a sigh and take out a small jewel from my Requip magic to make a door for them.

I can feel the group of people enter my home and my senjutsu range. When they open the bathroom room, I wave my hand and say.

"Hey. Can you guys help me get into bed? It is uncomfortable lying on the floor."

However, instead of helping me right away, the Turtle Youkai, the Chancellor, and Yuki-Onna, the head healer of Kyoto University, looked at me in shock.

"Hello? Are you guys going to help me, or is this some kind of punishment for me not attending the classes? I think this is the first time I ask for sick leave, no?"

However, instead of answering me right away, Shion, the head healer, walks toward me and checks my body. After a few seconds of muttering something and checking my pulse, she looks at me and says.

"Y-You can use Senjutsu."

"Yes. I can do that. It is a bit different from your typical senjutsu, but I can use it nonetheless."

"Yes…"

She put her finger on my chest, and I can see the tip of her finger glow.

"The Natural Energy inside of you is pure… There is no taint inside of it. How?"

"Well, I can teach you. However, I will do that once I can move once again."

"Right!"

It looks like she remembers the reason why she is here. She looks at her staff, and they carry me back to my bed. When I'm on the bed, Shion, check my entire body for a few minutes. After she is done, she looks at me and says,

"How can you exhaust your spiritual energy to this point? If you are not careful, your soul will lose the thing that locks your soul into your physical body."

Oh.

I don't know who I should thank. Is it Grandeeney that makes sure my soul is still anchored into my real body, or is it the system that summons me into Grandeeney? I don't know. However, I'm forever grateful for their help.

"I see."

"Yes. However, lucky for you, the Senjutsu you are using is already fixing your soul as we speak. Here. Drink these potions, and you should be able to get up in a few minutes."

She helps me drink the potions, and after I drink all the potions, she nods and says.

"Good. While your spiritual energy, I need you not to use your spiritual energy for a week. You can still use your magic, but make sure not to do it really hard. I don't want you to get tired from training your magic. Only physical training."

"Got it."

Sonia nods her head and says.

"Now, let me see how you can use Senjutsu. Show it to me."

"Yes, Ryan. I am also curious how you can use Senjutsu because only Youkai are supposed to be able to use Senjutsu."

I look at the two of them and say.

"I don't mind. Here I go."

I take a deep breath and start to meditate. I can feel the planet itself welcoming me into its warm embrace as I help discard the negative energy that accumulates in the world. I let the natural energy dance around me as I cleanse the negative energy and release the positive and clean one.

I open my eyes when I enter Sage Mode and see the people around me looking at me in shock. The chancellor looks at me in shock and says,

"Y-You are a sage."

"Yes. You can say that. I will not take the title of Sage thought. I don't think I deserve that title just yet."

I'm willing to take that title when I get stronger.

I can see the chancellor shake his head and say.

"No. You deserve the title. Sage is someone who the world loves. The planet itself loves you. It welcomes you and embraces you."

"That's it? That is the only qualification of Sage?"

"Well, not really. They also need to be stronger than the current you. However, the main qualification for the title Sage is to be loved by the planet itself."

"I see."

"How?"

I blink for a second and look at Shion, who looks at me in shock.

"How can a human use Senjutsu? You need chakra to do it."

"Not really. Chakra is your inner energy, right? It needs a pathway to use it, but Senjutsu is different. It is an external energy that you can absorb. However, absorbing the energy directly can make you go crazy because of how tainted the world's Natural Energy is. Because of this, you need to clean and expel the natural energy. In return, the planet will give you a small amount of that pure natural energy. Watch carefully."

I let the tainted natural energy inside my body and slowly clean it using my spiritual energy, then expel the pure natural energy. I look at them and say.

"Easy, right?"

And my only answer is their shocked expression. I can only sigh and know that I get another group of students to teach how to use senjutsu.