The next day Ben woke up early and started some warmup and did some work for his school. Soon an official from the facility came. She was very professional and gave him some things to do and supervised the exercises that were mentioned and the rest of the work was left for him. That part also had to done before 9:00 pm at night and he had to sleep at maximum 11:30pm. This was also part of the discipline training that was needed to control his body. He also had to wake up at 5:00 am in the morning. Soon he had his breakfast and started to get acclimatized to his body as well as the intense schedule. Soon he had to work for about 9 hours with occasional breaks in between. During these 7 days he had to do theoretical work from his school and the facility and also the various exercises prescribed by the supervisors coming. During this time whenever he got time, he was practicing the visualization technique.
After 7 days Dr. Haldert came to him. He said " Hello Ben. I am here to do a routine checkup. Hope you are doing well." Ben answered: " Hello doctor. Yes, I am doing good." Haldert did some checkups with the machines. Then he said " Ben I am going to use my powers on you for a complete checkup. Please cooperate." Ben nodded. Haldert's hands began to glow. Then and he closed his eyes. Ben sensed something pass through his body and felt a warm sensation. It continued for several minutes. Haldert was shocked by what he was seeing. 'This boy. His body is extremely conductive of cultivation. The meridians have penetrated at least 75% of his body. The structure is also extremely stable. The only thing required is the start of the cultivation and finding the right martial techniques.' Then he stopped using his power and began to record something in his device. After that he just had a casual conversation with Ben. He was trying to make Ben comfortable in this place. Only if the person was comfortable would they actively learn and acclimatize with the powers that the martial seed has given.
The next day the work started. He had to do a lot of work for the acclimatization treatment. It started with normal exercises and then theory works. They were actually making use of Placebo effect to a certain extent. He was taught which part of the brain controlled what and how strength was produces and then he was asked by them to control his actions by keeping these facts in mind. The first day was comparatively easy. For the next 17 days he was literally grilled. He only got 5 hours of sleep in the subsequent days. He had to do the treatment exercises and then he had to do the work for his treatment and his school. On the 17th day evening, the doctor came again.
The doctor began to speak. " Congratulations Ben, you have completed the acclimatization treatment. Now let me explain to you about the meridian seed that you have. As you know you have a shamanic variety martial seed. You could say that this is a semi-neutral class martial seed. It means that the energy that is required for the growth of this martial seed and the meridian pathways can be drawn from multiple sources without contaminating it. For example, a fire type meridian seed user can create energy from his body from the metabolism happening in his body as well as from medicines, objects or environments which produces fire type energy. If they try to absorb water type, wind type or other types of energies, their aura produced from their martial seeds will be contaminated. But neutral type or semi-neutral type martial seeds are almost devoid of this problem. For such martial seeds the contamination rate will be as low as 5% which can be purified easily. But these martial seeds are also extremely difficult to master and ascend. Shamanic variety are very closely related to the life force in the nature. The name Shamans comes from the old world, where there were people called Shamans, who said they could communicate with the nature. Hence all Shamanic variety martial seeds are the ones which absorb the natural energy. The most conductive energy for such a martial seed is the energy produced by the living organisms during chemical processes in the nature. That is, to absorb energy required for your martial seed, you need to go into nature and absorb energy from there.
The next part of the explanation comes for the best master part. As you know, a beast master forms a bond with his/her companion beast and develops together. These companion beasts follow a path of unique evolution which is fundamentally different from its base species. Thus each beast master will end up with a companion beast which may be extremely divergent from its base species. These beasts follow an evolutionary path that is synergic with their base nature and the nature of the beast master. For example, a creature that dwells in water might have a fiery temperament and it becomes a companion beast. Its Beast Master companion will most likely have this fiery temperament. Thus, there is a high chance that they end up with an ascension path that is based on fire, which is straight opposite to the affinity of the base species of the beast.
Here also a beast is involved. But that beast is not something that you tame from outside, but something which you create yourself." Hearing this Ben was stunned. He did not know what to say. Haldert chuckled. He continued:
" I am not saying that you have to create a creature using any bio-genetic technology. No. Shamanic martial seed users often create things out from their own aura. Shamanic weapon masters create weapons they have affinity towards out of their energies, shamanic artificers create artifacts from their life energy and so on. In your case, you have to create a beast from your life energy. And like creations from shamanic energy, your creature will be sentient. It will be better if you base that creature on something real. Although, you can create creatures out from your wildest imaginations, when the creature is based on something which you have seen, it will get deeply imprinted in you. And in the growth of your martial seed, mentality has a great role to play.
Another thing is the 'Shamanic script'. It is something like a tattoo that is created in your body when you decide on the form of your beast. The deeper the hue and larger the 'Shamanic script' more powerful you will be.
Now even though the creature is based on something that is real, its evolution and ascension is something which you decide. Don't let the constraints of reality limit your imagination. If your beast is a domys, evolve it to something that can tunnel through causality and reality it self. If your beast is a fiery, let it ascend to something that can set the universe ablaze. If it is a corvid that can only fly in the lower atmosphere, make it into something that can reach the end of the universe.
Remember, for a Shamanic Martial, often the limitation is one's imagination and will. Don't let conventional ideas shackle your will. Let it bloom and full fill the primordial desire of ascending towards a higher life form."