Chapter 10

Both Bai Bo and Zhou Lan have left this place. They are now on their way back to their sect.

Xue Yang can only hope that they will be able to return.

While they only met for less than two hours, Xue Yang felt that the bond between them is very strong.

Maybe because they are the first person that Xue Yang met in this world. Of course, not counting the children.

Or maybe because they are Xue Yang's first friends in this world? Well, who knows…

"Now, what should I do?"

In Xue Yang's hand is a brilliantly shining crystal, the Grade 3 Spirit Stone. This is money that Xue Yang has never had in his life.

"A Grade 3 Spirit Stone can be exchanged for 1,000 Grade 2 Spirit Stones.

"A price for not so bad Breathing Exercise Method should be at around 50 Grade 2 Spirit Stone.

"For the better one, it should cost around 200 to 300 Grade 2 Spirit Stone."

Breathing Exercise Method is a technique that is mostly used at stage 1 of cultivation.

At stage 2 or higher, the way to alter the flow of energy inside the body will be different.

Breathing Exercise Method can still be used in the higher stages, but its effectiveness dropped a lot. Because of that, Breathing Exercise Method is not that expensive.

But for poor people like Xue Yang, this is more than what he has. That is why Xue Yang trained with a cheap manual that is full of holes.

"It is okay… It is for the children. It doesn't matter if it is more expensive. I will buy it."

Xue Yang has decided that the children deserve to get the best things available. He doesn't want them to end up with many flaws in their cultivation.

"Now, when should I go to the city?"

Xue Yang has never gone to the city in this world. When he was a child, he lives in a village near the Silk Sword Sect.

After entering the sect, he didn't have any time to go outside.

***

Today, just like usual, is a training day.

"Remember the breathing pattern that Zhang Hao did yesterday."

This is the first time that Yu Guanyu and Liu Mei will try to copy Zhang Hao.

Xue Yang hoped that both of them can copy it. It will help massively with their training efficiency.

"Okay, senior brother, we still remember," said Yu Guanyu.

"It is like this… Then this… and after that, this."

Yu Guanyu demonstrated her breathing pattern.

Liu Mei on the other hand looked at Yu Guanyu and tried to mimic the breathing pattern.

Xue Yang patted Liu Mei's head. "Don't think too much, just try to match your step with your breathing."

Xue Yang then looked at Zhang Hao.

"Zhang Hao, you need to run together with the girls. Don't leave them behind, okay?"

"Yes, I understand," nodded Zhang Hao.

"Good, now let me check your body."

Xue Yang holds the little hand of Zhang Hao. He then sends a small amount of Spiritual Energy. That Spiritual Energy then circulates the body before coming out.

When the spiritual energy circles the body, he checks if there is any unusual reaction inside the body.

Xue Yang then does the same to the girls. He holds their hand and sends a small amount of Spiritual Energy.

"Good, you all are in a good condition."

After checking their body, Xue Yang lets them train. Xue Yang usually checks the body twice a day.

Once before they go train and another one after they train.

He does this to ensure that the children are in good condition to train. The later check is used to detect if something is wrong after the training session.

***

"Now I should continue to fix my flaws," muttered Xue Yang.

Today he wanted to fix his ear acupoint. His ear acupoint is not perfectly opened.

This makes the amount of energy stored in the body decrease. Not only that, but this condition might also cause Energy Imbalance.

And the effect of the imbalance will only be felt at Stage 3 or higher.

"So that is why I don't think anything is wrong with my body?"

Xue Yang always felt that his body is okay. Only after reading the manual from the system that he knows in full, how bad his body is.

The "Manual of Body Refining and Qi Condensation" have a way to fix a not perfectly opened acupoint.

"Basically, I need to flood the acupoint with Spiritual Energy, right?"

That is right, there is only one way to open an acupoint. By force.

Forcing the acupoint to accommodate excess energy will make it open. Sometimes it can also enlarge the acupoint.

Xue Yang then fetches a bucket full of Spiritual Water. He will use the Spiritual Energy from the water to fill the acupoint.

First, Xue Yang drinks a mouthful of water. When the water reaches his stomach, he forcefully absorbs it.

The water then gets distributed to every part of the body. After that, Xue Yang boils the water inside his body using the Spiritual Energy stored in the water.

A minute later, hot steam is coming from every pore of Xue Yang's body. For a cultivator at the same level as Xue Yang, temperature as high as when water is boiling, is not a problem.

Boiling the Spiritual Water will not use all of the Spiritual Energy stored. So, it is a surplus reaction for Xue Yang.

The remaining Spiritual Energy is then redirected to the ear acupoint.

Xue Yang keeps doing this thing again and again. Only a few hours later that he stopped doing this when the children are back.

***

Xue Yang found that something is wrong when he looked at the children.

"What happened?" asked Xue Yang.

He looked at Yu Guanyu, the leader of the children.

Yu Guanyu only shrugged her shoulder, she pointed to Liu Mei.

"Liu Mei, what happened?" Xue Yang asked Liu Mei in a soft voice. He also patted Liu Mei's head.

Liu Mei, on the other hand, started to drop tears from her eyes.

"You two, clean yourself and then rest. I will check your body later."

Xue Yang ordered the other children to go for now.