He looked through the books and he found a book that had writing that was completely unknown to him. The script in that book was something Ben had not seen ever in his life. He took a photo of the script and searched in the world wide network. The network also had no substantial results. He looked at the writings again. It felt like a cryptic encoded language to him. He looked at the text and started to turn the pages. The book was not in the form of typical book. It had a more length than width, and it was kept together using metal wire spirals. When he was fidgeting with the book, the metal spirals made a small cut on his finger. He did not see this and he continued to turn the pages. He continued to turn pages and soon reached the end. Then he closed the book. He was about to keep the book back. Suddenly he looked at the first page of the book. He blinked his eyes several times. All the characters in the book suddenly made sense. The title of the book was ' Saptharishi Samhita'. He suddenly remembered reading about ' Saptarishis' or seven sages of the Martya race.
Ben pondered:
'They were the first 'Yogis' of the world. The first to have superhuman powers even without the use of meridian seeds. They had invented a group of exercises that made the body flexible like the flow of water and as strong as the mountains. They were so powerful that even the other races dreaded them. They were in fact killed by the two martial entities of Naturas and Metallas. These martial entities were the first martial entities in the world. Two of the most powerful existences had to combine their powers to kill them. They did not have any followers and the news about their deaths was discovered only much later. The other races sabotaged the attempts of Martya race to come to the top. It was also said that they were clairvoyant people who knew what was going to happen in the future.'
Ben opened the pages of the book. He started to read it. The letters had not changed, but for some reason he could understand it. This consisted of certain exercises and movements. He continued to turn pages and after the fifth page he could not understand a thing. He kept the book on the table and immersed in thought.
' It is said that these sages could see the future. Well clairvoyance is not a myth anymore. Many great people whose mental power is powerful can do the same. This is often done by analyzing the current and past events and making logical predictions based on their knowledge and past patterns of events. It is not 100% accurate either. May be the sages had hidden this to prevent the other races from finding it. There is no reference about these exercises in book form anywhere. I heard that they tried to pass these arts but was unsuccessful. I don't understand why no one looked into this. It is better I don't tell it to any one. It can attract unnecessary problems.'
Ben put the book in the shelf and put other books on top of it. By this time his parents had come back and gone to the night market. He also went outside and he mingled with the neighbours. But his mind was unsettled. He knew that the book in his possession can cause more destruction than the most powerful god-particle bomb. He was afraid that his family may get caught up in the mess. His mind was working furiously towards making a plan. Ben was someone who took even the smallest things seriously.
Soon it was night. The family sat for dinner. John asked " Ben, you seem quite unsettled. What happened?" Ben looked up. Before he could say anything, Miraya said, " I think big brother has tried to woe a girl and she rejected." Ben looked at her exasperated. Malina said " Don't tease your brother. It takes time for a girl to change her mind." Ben was at a loss of words. The three had a good laugh at the expense of Ben. He said, " Oh come on everyone, not a single one of them even look at me, let alone speak to me." They all laughed together. The family had a happy time.
After dinner, Ben went to his room. He started to think about the issue at hand. He really wanted to start practicing the exercises mentioned in the book. But the night was a problem. Ben was also a bit excited as well.
' I need to be careful about this. I can't involve my family in this. While I can't also give this book simply. It might be my chance to get out of the endless cycle of being a middle class person. When I read the Martial Class material, I have understood more as to why the information about martial powers are not disseminated. Man, I can't believe that other races and even Marthya nations used the IT to give out contradicting information about the ascension to higher levels and ruined many geniuses. To think that the absorption and distribution of energy is so complicated. I really have to be careful. I can't do much till the time of the affinity test. Once I know about my affinity I can think about my future path. The next thing is the contents of this book. This book has to be kept a secret. Who knows if some one is already looking for this book or not. I also don't know what effect the things said in this book will have on me. If it is too apparent people might come after me. Also, I don't know what resources are required for the practice of whatever is there in the book.
Aah, there is one more thing that I forgot. It is to find out whether this book is legitimate or not. Considering the mysterious nature of this book, it can be concluded that this is written by some mysterious entity. If it was to mislead me, it should have been done after my affinity was found. Or they would have gone to some famous families to ruin their heirs. There is no need to come to me.
Well I can read the contents of the book and scrutinize it based on the knowledge available. Then I can also look at my body condition and then check if I need to continue practice it or not. Well that is that. I will sleep today and find out more about the book tomorrow'
All these thoughts had made Ben mentally tired. Soon he did his night activities and went to bed. In his dreams he was the supreme warrior of the Marthya race and was leading it to dominance.
While Ben was having all these dreams, he did not know that he was really going to so that, and that he had to go through a lot of trials and tribulations to get there.
The forces of light and darkness were equally looking for the inheritor of the seven sages, but they could not find it till now. It meant that the inheritor was not ready.