Progress (2)
Chapter 26 – Progress (2)
At night, before Miaomiao went to sleep, he didn't forget to practice manipulating Qi in his body. Hot energy surged inside his muscle and blood vessels as his Yang Qi moved around his body. At the moment, Qi strands circulated in his muscle fibers and nourished the tissues without getting stuck like before.
This result was the reward of Miaomiao's bold theory. He kept melting his Yang Qi and evolving his blood cells, muscle fibers, and blood vessels to the point that he repeatedly died in the Isolation Training Space every day. Because of this cheating technique, Miaomiao obtained a modified physique, tailored to manipulate Qi flow inside his body.
This type of physique belonged to cultivators at the 3rd stage, Meridian Foundation Realm. 3rd stage cultivators' blood cells, blood vessels, and tissues became one with Qi strands and Qi Essence. They could use various ranged skills, such as fireballs, ice needles, or other magic attacks at will without worrying about a backlash.
As for cultivators at lower stages, they would suffer serious backlashes had they used the mentioned skills. Yet, Miaomiao was an exception because of his death-seeking training style.
"Grr, which one should I buy?"
Miaomiao wanted to go to sleep, but he chose to sit alone in the lobby. He had a big decision to make.
After a week of hard work, Miaomiao had collected 105 Yang Essence, which was more than enough to buy a system skill or upgrade the Isolation Training feature.
There were 3 choices; One – buy the Orc King Sutras, Two – buy the Demonic Body Strengthening Technique, or Three – upgrade the Isolation Training feature.
'So far, I haven't mastered the Dual Flame technique yet, so I don't need another technique to mess up my training schedule. Doubling the training time should be a better choice.'
In the modern world, there was a famous quote from Bruce Lee.
"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times."
Miaomiao used this quote as his training principle. Until he truly mastered a technique, he would not learn a new one. Because of such an attitude, discipline, and hard work, Miaomiao won a few world titles.
In this world, Miaomiao still didn't forget this principle. He chose to master his current technique before moving to another one.
"System, upgrade the Isolation Training Feature!"
<<Ding>>
<<You have used 100 Yang Essence!>>
<<The feature has been upgraded. Current sleeping time and training time ratio: 1 Hour – 2 Hours.>>
Now, instead of having 6 to 8 hours a day to train in the Isolation Space, Miaomiao would have 12 to 16 hours a day. This would double his training speed and gave him more time to spar with more clones.
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[Isolation Training]
Conversion Ratio (Real World Hour/Isolation Space Hour): 1:2
Upgrade Cost: 500 Yang Essence
Next Conversion Ratio (Real World Hour/Isolation Space Hour): 1:5
Whenever you've fallen asleep, your consciousness will be sent to System's isolated space for special training sessions that you can design for yourself.
Inside this space, you can choose to fight against illusions of fighters that you had once encountered in the past, or you can spend your time practicing various arts that you haven't mastered.
The Conversion Ratio is the time in the real world and the time you can spend in space. Currently, two hours in the isolation space is one hour in real life. You can upgrade the conversion rate by spending the Yang essence.
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The next upgrade was tempting. Instead of having 12 to 16 hours, each night, Miaomiao would have 30 to 40 hours of precious training time. Still, it was too expensive for him at the moment.
Miaomiao stopped thinking about his future for now. He returned to Zheng Liqin's room to sleep.
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The next day, Miaomiao attended the weekly lecture on the 10th floor. However, Jiang Lan and Zheng Liqin didn't come with him.
Jiang Lan finished her closed-door training, but she went somewhere without telling Miaomiao. As for Zheng Liqin, she had lost her free-will and became a mindless doll. Without Miaomiao's order, she would just stay in her bedroom, staring at the wall in a daze.
When Miaomiao arrived at the 10th floor without the two girls, he was surrounded by female disciples and prostitutes, clinging onto his arms, his chest, and his back. As if they were flies attracting to a pile of poop, they fought each other to reach Miaomiao, screaming and yelling in chaos.
The superstar maintained his pokerface and let these thirsty gold diggers touching every part of his body. Although unknown hands grabbed his crotch, he didn't react to it.
*PIIIIII*
Someone blew a whistle. Everyone stopped what they were doing and turned to the source.
The twin elders, Qi Hong and Qi Ning were here again. They stood before the central fountain and glared at the noisy disciples.
*RUMBLE*
Miaomiao could sense the mysterious killing intent again. It came from one of the two elders, but he couldn't pinpoint which one wanted him dead as both elders' appearance and clothes were the same.
"E Class, follow me to the west side. C Class and D Class, go with elder Qi Ning."
The same as last week, Miaomiao followed Joyous Yin School's disciples to the west side. He picked a rear seat and sat down.
Qi Hong and Qi Ning led their disciples to their respective areas. As soon as they separated, Miaomiao could sense the source of the ongoing killing intent.
It became clear. The hostile aura came from the east side.
Miaomiao didn't know why Qi Ning was so hostile to him. He didn't remember offending this elder or other disciples of Virgin Yin School.
'What did I do to her? Why does she want?'
Despite being threatened, Miaomiao feinted ignorance, not moving from the spot or turning around.
The killing intent subsided. Both elders began their lectures.
"Last week, we talked about Succubi Sense and how you can inspect your customers. This week, we'll review about Yin Qi application and how you can use it to improve your cultivation base."
Miaomiao's eyes gleamed. Since he possessed several thousand strands of Yin Qi, this topic interested him.
"Normally, Yin Qi is cold and sinister, which is suitable to be used as fuel for ice, wind, water, or darkness-related techniques. However, you shouldn't forget that these Qi strands can be used to enhance your blood cells and muscle fibers after you've reached the 3rd stage. For example…"
Again, Qi Hong glanced at Miaomiao and gave him a wide smile.
"For example, if you can't circulate your Qi to your right arm, you can move a strand of Yin Qi to that part and dissolve it into particles. Then, your blood cells will consume them and carried the Qi particles into the clogged area and unclog it."
Miaomiao's jaw dropped. This lesson confirmed that he accidentally used a proper technique to increase his cultivation base. Still, there were many questions unanswered.
"But bear in mind, this method should only be used once a day at the maximum. Dissolving more than one Qi strands may risk destroying your inner organs because of the extreme temperature from Yin Qi and its impurity. Averagely, 60-70% of a cultivator's Qi is impure substances that come from incompatible natural Qi, gas, dead spirit's remnant, and incontrollable electric static. By disintegrating your Qi, our blood cells will be contaminated by these things, and it will take time to clean them from our system."
One of the disciples raised her hand, "Senior, what if our Qi doesn't contain impurity? How many times can we use this method?"
"In theory, our artery can handle 100 Qi strands at once per day, but small blood vessels can't handle more than one unless your cultivation strength is stage 4 or higher. Even if you have the purest Qi with 0% impurity, you can still die by dissolving about 2 to 3 strands within a day. Therefore, I'll remind everyone again, never dissolve it more than once per day. As for those who are still at the 2nd stage, don't use this method."
"Then, what can we do to get rid of those impurities?"
Qi Hong glanced at Miaomiao again. It was as if this elder wanted to relay some tips for him, "That's simple. Use the basic Body Cleansing technique. If you still haven't learned the Body Cleansing technique from the outer library, you shouldn't dissolve your Qi strand at all! Remember, there are 10 basic techniques that everyone here should master, and these manuals can be found in the outer library. Work hard and earn those contribution points to buy and learn all of them ASAP."
That was the hidden message from Qi Hong to Miaomiao. The latter also understood it, so he slightly nodded to Qi Hong, telling her that he got it.
'I shouldn't be conceit and get tunnel-visioned because of my current Dual-Flame technique. I guess I have to pick those manuals for some references.'
Seeing that Miaomiao picked up the hint, Qi Hong slightly nodded at him. She continued the class.
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The lecture today was more helpful than last week. Qi Hong taught everyone how they should circulate Qi from dantian to various body parts. She even demonstrated how everyone could summon a water ball or an ice shard from their bare hands by using Yin Qi, which was applicable for everyone with 2nd stage cultivation base.
Miaomiao also tested it with his Yin Qi, and he could create a finger-sized ice needle from his palm. However, nobody paid attention to him since they were busy testing their skills. Miaomiao dispelled it and kept it secret. He planned to practice more in the Isolation Space.
"Okay, that's enough for today!"
Qi Hong dismissed the class as it was almost 5PM.
The lecture was over. But before everyone could leave, Qi Hong reminded them of an event.
"Don't forget. In three weeks, Mountain Goose Sect and our sect will hold an annual examination for new disciples, and some of you lots may have to spar against the examinees. If you don't want to embarrass yourself, train hard!"
Miaomiao narrowed his eyes. This event might be insignificant to him since he was already enlisted into the Silver Phoenix Sect, but protagonists in many novels usually showed up and caused a scene. He was concerned about his position as the Xu Clan's false young master as he might have to get involved in the event.
Moreover, the quest deadline ended at the same time. Miaomiao had a hunch that the next quest might have something to do with this annual examination.
'I need to train hard, too.'