"Your Silence Confirms It."

"There…" Chihiro smiles with eyes closed, feeling something inside him snap right in place.

"Very good, Chihiro." Red nods, seeing the once ordinary boy finally step into the path of cultivation.

Chihiro is the last one of the new cultivators to access his inner world and connect his meridians to his budding elixir sea without Red's assistance, lagging a bit behind Ran.

Kanon and Osamu, who were actually two weeks ahead of the rest of the children, were the first ones to access their inner worlds and subsequently connect their meridians to their elixir seas. They were followed by Taishiro. Behind Taishiro, to the surprise and envy of Yoshiko and Kotone, are Yori and Akane who just moved in the hill a little over two weeks ago. And finally, Ran and Chihiro, whose short attention spans, made them access their inner worlds and connecting their meridians the last in the group.