Essence and qi

She really felt like slapping her self,How could she have sent a first level qi sensing realm rookie to hunt in this forest that even her still can't fully uncover it mystery's.

And not only did she send him to hunt,she sent him to hunt a qi condensation realm magical beast. She felt really stupid,What if he had died to some beast .

But she immediately denied that thought as she knew she would have gotten a signal from the mark if he was in danger or was dead,But in this case the said mark seemed to have gone dormant.

She could neither sense jian ling or monitor his action. She couldn't even sense whether he was still alive or dead. She never thought being a teacher would be so frustrating and even though she didn't have much emotions towards jian ling as she just took him in,but still, he was still her student and the worst of it all was that she was the one who sent him on this journey of no return.

She stood where she was for quite sometime as different thought and emotions washed through her being. But soon a thought flashed through her mind about whether he had encountered some sought of opportunity which isolated him and where he was from the world. She had realised by now that he probably wasn't dead or she would have gotten a signal no matter what. The mark she placed on him contained a speck of her essence. Essence was a part of a persons being which could be detached from that person to perform arts. While arts where basically skills performed with essence.

Essence and qi were similar but they were separated by earlier cultivators to make it easier for the younger generation to differentiate them.

Essence were similar to qi as they both could be considered part of a person and be used to perform moves. But the main different was that qi was absorbed from the world so it could only be considered as a foreign part of the human energy.

But essence on the other was formulated by the meridians in the body themselves. Essence are thicker and purer qi which is why they were basically used for more powerful moves.

But the letdown of essence was it's little quantity which made it impossible to overuse.

Qi is thinner and less purer than essence but they are more useful in prolonged battle due to thier large quantity.

The dantian was made up of two circles, The Large circle and the small circle. The Large circle is used for storing qi while the small circle is used for storing Essence.

The qi was absorbed mostly through the mouth with qi harnessing techniques, But there are techniques that allowed absorption through other means,Such as breathing through the nose, Absorption of the skin or eyes and various other special method.

But essence on the other could only be accessed by Core formation cultivators who had already gone through the Meridians strengthening realm or those that are in it final stage and had strengthened thier meridian.