12 Chapter 12: Martial Grower

And so they went to the eighth floor

Arriving there they found the books that the chief guide had said

"So it's not a spell, but a manual? Interesting!" Said Don Yuki

"Let me have a look" Ming Xue took the book in the hands of little Yuki

"You must gather the maximum in the body, after that you will control the energy, make it follow your orders, you must compress the Qi in spherical form, the perfect position is in the center of the chest, close to the heart"

Leu Ming Xue

"So it's like this," Ming Re said.

Don Yuki nodded.

It was not long before they started training.

The process of accumulating Qi, as on the last floor took 1 month

By gathering the Qi into their bodies, he shaped it, gradually that energy was gaining spherical shape

But when it condensed it it was looking like a goo, and it was very hot, that sphere needed time to become a nucleus.

"Success" said Ming Re, as Don Yuki had finished her core, just needed to wait the same chill and gain form

After the two came Ming Xue

Even when they were finished, they still had to wait for another 2 months, until the nucleus gained its true form

"Finally my core has stabilized, I think we can go to the top floor now," said Ming Xue

Just like Ming Re and Don Yuki he had finished waiting

"Yes, let's go," said Don Yuki.

And so it was, after 1 year and 5 months since the beginning of their journeys, they had finally reached the end, the 9th floor

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9th floor

On this floor the Qi was denser, it was even a little complicated to breathe in there

As the three imagined, the 9th floor was not the end, there was one more floor!

But in front of the stairs was an elegant door, it was as if mortals were not allowed to climb those stairs.

"Look, that door is so exquisite, it looks like a painting and not just a door, that's art!" Ming Re said

She was very inspired to look at that door

"What do you think Don Yuki, where do you take those stairs?" Ming Xue spoke

"Do I really have to say, they most likely go to where Chief Leader and Master Li are," said Don Yuki, he seemed to have already understood where he was leading the stairs

"Makes sense," replied Ming Xue.

"Where are the books that the Chief Guide had said?" Ming Re was questioned

"There is not! I've looked around ..." Said Don Yuki

"What, we have no instructions what to do?" Ming Xue was frustrated with this floor

"Do not rush, we do not need books, everything that should be taught has already been" said little Yuki

"What do you mean, Yuki?" Ming Re Replied

"First we learn to control and invoke Qi, then we create an empty core ..."

"Is not it just putting the two apprentices together now?"

"Control the Qi to fill the dantian?" Ming Xue asked

"exact" said little Yuki

"It makes sense, it makes sense," said Ming Xue

Different from 1 year ago, now Ming Xue completely trusted Don Yuki, he understood that little Yuki did not like to be flashy, but it was impossible for him not to be noticed, after all a 3 year old child becoming a martial cultivator was something completely remarkable.

With time Don Yuki gained Ming Xue's confidence, now Ming Xue considered little Yuki as a younger brother, they did not fight anymore, just enough camaraderie between the two.

"I'll try," said Ming Re.

Soon after this she began channeling Qi

"It's working !!! The dantian is filling up!" Exclaimed Ming Re

"How is it possible Don Yuki? Before I tried to channel Qi from the 8th floor in my dantian, but did not even give a signal, now little effort I already felt something" asked Ming Re

"That's simple, the energy contained here is much denser than the one downstairs ...."

"Now I understand, thank you!" She clenched her fists respectfully at Don Yuki as she smiled

"Come on, we do not have time to waste!" Said again Ming Re

"YEA!" In unison, Ming Xue and Don Yuki replied.

And so they began to gather Qi into their dantians

15 days later

Everyone had felt their nuclei fill up more and more

The feeling of filling the core was wonderful, it was as if they were feeding the soul

Another 15 days have passed

The nuclei were finally full, after channeling for a while

Noises were listened to

* Plaag, craack, craack *

* Plaag, craack, craack *

* Plaag, craack, craack *

If they looked around the ninth floor, everything was intact, nothing had been damaged

But looking inside the bodies of Don Yuki, Ming Xue and Ming Re, their cores had broken

"The nuclei are gone ..." murmured Don Yuki

He had said that his core broke for the brothers, they said that it had happened the same with them

Taa

Taaa *

*OK*

Noises from the palms were heard all over the ninth floor

"Congratulations, congratulations, you have finally finished this tower"

These words were spoken by none other than the Chief Guide

"Boss Guide!" Exclaimed the 3

"Guide, we ... We ..." Ming Re had trouble saying

"We broke our cores" Ming Re was downcast as she said this, after all she thought she had spoiled everything

"Oh ?! That? Do not worry, do not worry," replied the Chief Guide

"But chief guide, we had so much effort to form this nucleus, why should not we care?" Ming Re said

"Hahaha" the Chief Guide was laughing

"The primordial nucleus is of no use, think of it as simply a purse of a pregnant woman, in the bag is the baby!" What does it matter, the purse or the baby? Said the Boss Guide

"The baby, obviously!" I told Ming Xue

"Then the nucleus is the same, it is simply the shell of the dantian, after filling it it will break, what will remain is only the dantian" said the Chief Guide

"And how will we know when we will advance in cultivation if we have no more nucleus to fill?" Ming Xue asked

The Dantian is now like a cloud, a formless energy that is in their bodies! But this cloud of energy has 9 markings, these markings are layers, you can keep track of the fill of each layer when analyzing your dantian.When completing a layer, you will go up one level in cultivation, you are currently at the first level "answered the Chief Guide

"After all, congratulations guys, you are now martial artists!" Said the Chief Guide with a smile

"What's your name? We're worthy now, are not we?" Don Yuki went straight to the point

The chief guide smiled.

"My name is Chiang Ga" replied the chief guide

"Chiang Ga? Wow, his name has the same abbreviation as Chief Guide haha" said Ming Xue

"Hahaha, you're right" replied Chiang Ga

"Children, I believe you do not want to stay here right? Let's find that person ... Let's meet our master Li" said Chiang Ga

"YES" The children responded

They were very anxious, it was a year and a half since they arrived here, and it was only now that old Li could really become apprentices.

"Let's go" when finishing the conversation with the children, Chiang Ga came in front of the exquisite door and pushed it, doing so the door slowly opened

Upon opening by complete, there was an exquisite wooden staircase

The staircase compared to the other floors was not so long, in a short time they reached the tenth floor

It was a great room, in fact it's like a gigantic Dojo

"Children? You came much earlier than I expected, you really surprised me"

A voice sounded from the back of a room

Ming Xue, Ming Re and Don Yuki hurried to that room, as they reached the front of the room, they opened a sliding door made of wood

Opening the door and looking toward the back of the room, there was an old man with long white hair, he was with his eyes closed while he said it again

"Ming Re, Ming Xue, Don Yuki! Welcome!"

Finishing this, he opened his eyes, a formless energy passed through the 3, it was as if all their lives were exposed to that man

Powerful...

Definitely powerful! Old Li was someone worthy to be their master.