Chapter 11 - Qi Formation realm

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"We can come back to the Glaive manual later, right now you need to start cultivating your Qi," Sgt Wei said.

"In the simplest of words, Qi is the purified form of spiritual energy that is all around us. You have to absorb the spiritual energy and convert it into Qi that you can use."

"In your body, there are these small clusters of nerves and blood vessels called meridians. They are different from your blood circulation system and form another system entirely, which covers every single part of your body. Every creature has a different number of meridians, but there are five main ones that are present universally. You use meridians to store Qi to use during fights and different skills. Only the five main ones need to be opened with a special energy, whereas others can be opened by just refining normal spiritual energy," he explained in detail.

"The cultivation manual basically tells you which meridian to open and in which order, using which type of energy. For example, the hammer manual requires one to open their first main meridian using some sort of heavy elemental energy."

"For this, a cultivator can train in places of higher than normal gravity, or under physical pressure by tieing weights to your body or training deep under water, and absorb the 'essence' of that to convert the spiritual energy into Qi, and blasting open your locked meridian. Just like that, it should say which type of energy you need to open your first meridian, whichever one it is," the Sgt said solemnly.

Hao Xuan closed his eyes and the Glaive manual appeared in his mind. After the first page introducing the manual itself, the second explained much of what the Sgt had just told him. It said that the five main meridians were present in the forehead, both the legs and arms. But then it mentioned another, a sixth meridian, which could be used to cultivate something called a spiritual soul. It was located below the belly button.

The opening of this sixth meridian had some special requirements and would take a long time.

Hao Xuan was taken aback by this mention of a new meridian, especially since the Sgt had no information about it at all. Maybe this is why the glaive manual was so highly regarded.

Reading on, it said that the Glaive was a very flexible weapon in terms of the energy requirements to open the main meridians. One could use the Severing Energy of a saber to open the first one, the blunt and impact energy of a hammer user, cutting energy of a sword etc.

All one had to be mindful of was whichever type of energy they used to open their first meridian, it would overpower the rest. Meaning if Hao Xuan used a sword for the first meridian and hammer for the second, his attacks would have more cutting power than impact.

But this was all for later, right now he had to start absorbing spiritual energy and open his first normal meridian.

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On the third page, it detailed the process of opening normal meridians. Hao Xuan followed the instructions and tried to sense the spiritual energy in the atmosphere around him. After just a few moments, he could "feel" the presence of something around him, it was everywhere.

His eyes were closed but he could still perceive that it had a rich blue color, even though it wouldn't normally be seen with the naked eye. He emptied his mind as the manual said and thought of something that could attract the spiritual energy.

So Hao Xuan visualized a whirlpool, and the spiritual energy started to slowly move towards him.

He could feel it enter his body and had a certain degree of control over it. Well, "control" would be a bit farfetched, he could just barely push it in a direction.

He imagined the whirlpool getting bigger and bigger, and even more spiritual energy gathered around him.

Sgt Wei was shocked at how quickly Hao Xuan got the hang of it all. Normally it would take hours just to feel the energy flows, let alone draw it in.

Hao Xuan continued absorbing spiritual energy for about 30mins or so, and then he started applying force on it to compress it as much as possible. After a few mins the energy turned into a blob of Qi, and then he led it towards the meridians in his right hand and started attacking the many normal meridians there.

One after the other dozens of meridians unsealed, each one boosting his power by just a little bit. He could feel himself getting stronger by the second.

By now everyone in the entire camp could feel the flow of spiritual energy moving towards the training area. What was causing it? It wasn't even being absorbed anymore, but going towards Hao Xuan's location of its own accord.

He could feel a burning sensation in his eyes. It was like after you did a lot of exercise and the muscles hurt, but instead of muscles, it was Hao Xuan's eyes.

Sgt Wei suddenly stood up, stupefied by the disturbance in the spiritual energy. It was like the energy had finally found an outlet and happily went into Hao Xuan's eyes.

"W-what's going on?" Sgt was baffled by the situation. "Does he have a special body?" he thought.

While all this was happening, Hao Xuan had no idea. He had already opened a few dozen normal meridians.

After an hour he finally woke up from his meditative state. As he opened his eyes, they glowed red for a second and then reverted back to their normal state.

"Qi Condensation third stage?!!" Sgt Wei who was still standing a few meters away from him shouted.

"Yes?" Hai Xuan replied, confused.

Regaining his composure, the Sgt replied, "Ah, nothing, nevermind. Do you know about the cultivation realms yet? I forgot to mention because its common knowledge but I know you haven't been here long."

"No idea," he replied awkwardly.

"Well, you just entered the Qi Formation realm. This is where you learn how to compress and control your Qi. After Qi Foundation, there is the Elementary realm, Earth realm, Origin realm, Spirit Realm, and Profound realm. All the generals of the kingdom have to be at least Profound realm warriors."

"At that realm, they can also use their Qi to fly. They are powerful enough to destroy entire cities if they wished," Sgt said respectfully.

"Each realm has Nine stages, first three are called Initial, then middle and last three are the peak stages. After that is the Pinnacle stage of each specific realm where you get ready to break into the next cultivation realm."

"Once you break into the Elementary realm you'll understand the difference of the power level between warriors," he said with a smirk.

"Now that you broke straight into the third stage of Qi foundation realm, let me see what you can do," the Sgt said, throwing Hao Xuan a blunt sword.