Skyward Over God

Fei Lei stood on top of his mansion and stared thought of everything they built together, a high elevated miniature water dam was one of the first things he built, next then connected it to an extra large Ramp Pump, giving him a powerful amount of water pressure to play with. In order to keep the pressure levels constant, the ramp pump dispels water from the waste valve and shuts making a loud and incessant clang. He decided to seal it behind a wall stone to muffle the noise, and used long copper pipes to feed out into a large water tower built on his property.

They stood in front of the wooden water heater and Fei Lei said, "Okay start the fire."

Yan Mei used her power and started to burn the fuel, closing the latch, he watched the primitive water heater's pressure gage rise until it reached the maximum boiling point. He ran inside his house and to his bathroom and turned on the water, the hot water poured in, putting a little cold water it turned warm and made him smile.

"Incredible, it doesn't use mana but actually can do all this!" Yan Mei shouted in joy as she jumped into his arms, Fei Lei was in such a good mood that he was pulled into the situation without realizing it.

"This is just the beginning, once we have electricity so many things become possible," Fei responded fully of elation in his voice.

Noticing their faces were close to each other Fei Lei and Yan Mei both separated with blushed faces before she said "We?"

Yan Mei looked at him with a funny smile, Fei Lei blushed grew redder as he said, "I intend to make this place a city someday, and whether you can use magic or not, all will be welcome and treated as equals."

Yan Mei was surprised by what he was saying when he moved away after turning the water off and said, "Follow me."

Yan Mei nodded her head as he led her to a large stone wall, using his telekinesis he moved the wall horizontally showing that it could retreat into a carved out slot. As he led her through the only other offshoot of the cavern, she was led into a wide open space that had smaller yet luxurious houses lined up in streets along with several nice looking building for possible business.

"I'm going to turn this entire mountain into a massive city, and then rip off the surface when I'm done, it will be like a city appearing overnight," Fei Lei said as he placed his hands on his waist, every house was made from finely carved stones and wood from the forest, he had several vacant gardens and parks set up so the surroundings wouldn't drown out the nature.

Yan Mei looked excited at the prospect, but then said, "Many of the other Mage families probably won't approve of your laws of equality. I'm not saying that all the clans think this way, but the majority of them look down on commoners, and your declaration would definitely upset some of these families."

"Then I'll make sure I'm strong enough to defend my lands before revealing it, thus the reason I'm doing this inside a mountain," Fei Lei acknowledged as he showed her around.

"Why are there holes in the buildings framed like this?" Yan Mei asked, "Those are for when I make windows need to go to the beach sometime and collect a lot of sand," Fei Lei explained.

"You know if you hired some mages they could make this pace look even better, you could get some earth users to grow some trees and foliage. Some Water Mages could enchant some springs, and a lot of other stuff too."

Fei Lei smiled and said, "Yes, I suppose so, but with what I'm going to build, will be more suitable for non-magic users to live in, they won't have to rely on magic to live comfortable lives."

Yan Mei smiled, and said, "You remind me a bit of my papa!"

Fei Lei lifted a brow, when she said, "I didn't mean personality wise or anything, my papa was a commoner that managed to rise through the ranks of the Grand Magic Academy, after he ended up marrying my mama, but he always talks about how living with magic-less parents and friends were the best of times. Not to mention how he always tries to improve commoners lives is pretty similar to what you're doing here," Yan Mei rambled on in embarrassment making Fei Lei laugh.

Yan Mei froze, she had never really seen him smile or laugh so innocently before. Her face started to blush as she turned around, and said, "It's not that funny."

"Sorry, it's just you haven't really opened up to me much about your personal life, and then all of the sudden you start dumping it all off at once. You're such a daddy's little girl," Fei Lei calmed down and said, "Ahem... Sorry, your father sounds like an interesting person."

"He's the coolest, strongest, most spectacular father in the world!" Yan Mei responded stomping her foot on the ground. "As his proud daughter, of course, I would brag about him, and my Mama is even stronger than him!"

Fei Lei laughed a little more before he said. "So now that we've finished off all my materials, maybe we can get to work on my magic lessons."

Yan Mei smiled and said, "Of course! I've been waiting for this, but first, you tell me how you got so strong using the human transfiguration Sigil!"

Fei Lei smiled and said, "How much do you know about the human body."

Yan Mei seemed puzzled, "What's there to know, we're made of blood, muscle, and bone."

Fei Lei laughed, "Wrong, our bodies are mostly made up of elements, almost 99% of the mass of the human body is made up of six of these elements."

Yan Mei seemed lost when he continued, "Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus. Only about 0.85% is composed of another five elements, potassium, sulfur, sodium, chlorine, and magnesium.

Yan Mei's eyes started to swirl, she didn't recognize half of the materials he listed, "All 11 are necessary for life. The remaining elements are trace elements, of which more than a dozen are thought on the basis of good evidence to be necessary for life. All of the mass of the trace elements put together is less than 10 grams for a human body, thus they do not add up to the body mass of magnesium, the least common of the 11 non-trace elements. Additional trace elements silicon, boron, nickel, aluminum, gold, iron, and vanadium are probably needed by mammals also, but in far smaller doses."

"Okay, so how much do you know about how the body functions?" Fei Lei asked, "Um?"

"Motor functions, visual function, sensory functions are all bodily functions that we have active control over, however, what about how our bodies digest food and turn in into energy, this is something that is passive and we have no control over, just like several other parts of our body, for instance, we are capable of synthesizing adrenaline, dopamine, and several other chemicals, but they require a trigger such as pain or excitement."

"What does this have to do with the Human Transfiguration Magic?" Yan Mei had steam rising from her head as she tried to comprehend everything he had told her.

"Human Transfiguration magic allows me to manipulate the passive functions of my body, it gives me one hundred percent control over my physique. The reason no one could make use of this Sigil till now is that they didn't have a good understanding of what the human body was capable of." Fei Lei explained.

"I eat, break the material down into energy and chemicals to increase the rate in which I can build muscles and when I reach the limit of space that my body can contain, I compress it and start all over again. I can even alter the shape and destiny of my bones by supplying them with a large source marrow."

Fei Lei lifted a part of his shirt, and place her hands on his ribs, "See no bumps my skeleton is far more advanced than any other human alive." Yan Mei felt around and noticed the difference between a regular humans skeleton and Fei Lei's skeleton, when all of the sudden, she realized that she was still touching his body.

She pulled back her hand and with a flushed face said, "I.I.I.I see!" she quickly calmed herself down and said, "But how do you know so much about the human body and this science stuff?"

Fei Lei smiled and said, "Secret!"

He then walked back to his house as Yan Mei stomped her feet behind him while saying, "Tricky devil!"

They entered his lounge room, which was spacious enough to fit a hundred people or so, it had two floors, the second floor contained a rather large stone table that was polished like marble, on the first floor was a large fireplace and comfortable looking couch that he recently bought cloth for and made cushions out of the fur from a sheep monster that is praised for its soft and bouncy texture.

Against the walls were stone carved book barely filled with some of his Master's level 0 spells. Yan Mei's eyes skimmed pass some of them and forced herself to look away, it was considered rude to peep at another's spell findings. Only the closest of family were allowed to share their spells.

Fei Lei sat down and said, "Okay let's start with the basics, what is mana?"

Yan Mei sat down and started to teach him, "Mana is extra-dimensional energy that comes from a space that exists overlapping our own. Everything in the world is exposed to this energy, an only around 10 percent of the population is born with the capacity to use mana."

"Question teacher Yan!?" Fei Lei said as he rose his hand.

"Yes, pupil Fei Lei?" Yan Mei replied as she comedically pointed her finger out.

"Why are the numbers so low, if the entire world is exposed to this energy, wouldn't more people be capable of learning magic?"

"Because of Mana Roots, only a 10th of the population is born with this additional extra-dimensional network. They are like intangible veins throughout your entire body and the pool of this energy is the core that lies in your heart."

Fei Lei frowned and crossed his arms while he thought, "How the hell am I going to observe something I can't see!" he looked back to Yan Mei and asked, "Is there any way one can view these roots?"

"Yes, a Water Mage who has reached the middle stages of their cultivation can," Yan Mei answered.

"Middle stages?" Fei Lei questioned.

"As you know there are nine known rankings of Mages, the first 3 are called the Minor Stage Mages, the next 3 are the Middle Stages, and the final 3 are called the Greater Mage Stages," Yan Mei said nodding her head.

"Is there any significance to that additional naming?" Fei Lei asked.

"I'm glad you asked, at the end of every three rankings lies a bottleneck, the Erudites are no match before Sorcerer's power, the bridge in mana capacity and spell strength is like heaven and earth. The same can be said for Warlocks and Arch Wizards rankings." Yan Mei sat down across from him.

"Okay, what about Sigil Summoning, why does it need to take place in a spell tower?" Fei Lei continued to question

Yan Mei smiled and said, "The Spell towers are on top of a Magic Layline, a nexus of magic that runs through the earth, only under such conditions can one access the extra dimension and call forth their Sigil. The Spell circle is important as well, as it cost a small fortune to replace it every 3,000 uses."

"Okay, what about Sigil Advancement, how does that work?" Fei Lei asked.

Yan Mei looked a little down, knowing that he couldn't do the same, and then said, "I can show you..."

"It's okay, just tell me what you know, besides maybe I can figure something out," Fei Lei said scratching the back of his head figuring out her expression.

Yan Mei pulled out the Fire Core and started to absorb it into her body, the fiery glow was slowly sapped from the crystal and traveled to the core in her heart, a gaseous Level 2 Spell Sigil appeared with the character for 'Heart Fire' appeared.

"All you have to do is guide the mana to your Magic Core." The 3 Star Fire Core started to grow from a gaseous state to a liquid-like form, the Sigil appeared as a flowing type of green lava and retreated as she opened her eyes.

The crystal turned into a pure clear color and started to shatter in her palms, he used his Telekinesis to pick up crystalline ash. "Those are core dregs, I hear Enchanters use them to stoke their flames. Actually, the reason I left was to look for someone who could teach me Enchantment magic."

Fei Lei looked at the material and tried to absorb it as she did, however, nothing occurred, "I need to experiment."