Alex started reading the translated book. As he read on, he realized that it wasn't as easy as he had expected it to be. He didn't have the same talent as the in-game character and thus failed to remember much of the 5000 words the first time through.
Once he was done, he once again started to read the book from the start. He had to read it over and over to understand what was being told throughout the book.
"No wonder the people would rather just click the 'Learn' button. If your talent is like this, I assume it will take forever for them to learn anything," Alex thought.
After 7 or 8 times of fully reading the book, did he finally understand what the book was trying to say? It spoke of a way to pull in Qi from the surroundings and introduce it to your body.