First Level Of Qi Condensation

In the morning Long Yong woke up refreshed, today he decided to forgo his morning training and went directly to the library.

As he entered he bowed to the female elder who spared him a glance before going to the first level shelves to find some books on Alchemy.

As he already studied and memorized a lot of herbs and their effects, he only needed to complete this knowledge before going to the Alchemy hall and taking an exam to become an Alchemist in training.

He found a compendium, as he checked it out he found that he already knew most of the knowledge but as he continued checking the book out he started seeing unfamiliar herbs.

Now that he found the compendium he will came each morning to memorize the new herbs and he's pretty sure he can take the exam in a month.

After two hours he went back home and directly entered the meditation room to continue trying to unlock his first meridian.

After trying hard for a while he was very tired but had a smile on his face, as he was very close to unlocking his meridian.

The next morning even though he knew if he started meditating again there is a great chance to reach the first level of Qi condensation, but as he had important lessons in array's he had to delay until later.

Long Yong arrived to the same lecture hall and sat down in the same place and waited for a while as people settled down a middle aged man entered the room and directly started talking.

"Hello!I'm Song xue an outer elder and today we'll start the basics of arrays, or technically at least." this confused everyone as they though they will be though arrays.

"I see your confusion, i say it's technically because i'm here to teach you runes."

"Runes are what make up an array, after all an 'array' is an amalgamation of runes that make a formation, runes can also be used to make talismans."

"Runes were created when the ancients contemplated nature and the rules of the world and people to this day still create new runes but here you will be taught the very basic runes!"

The for the rest of the lesson Song Xue was introducing runes and their importance to every cultivator and said that he planned to teach them runes through out his next lessons.

Long Yong quickly returned home and ate a meal before holing himself in the meditation room because he knew that today was the day he will step into the path of cultivation.

As he was doing his breathing technique that he grew more adept at after these days of almost non-stop practice he felt something his first meridian

He could feel his first meridian being open and suddenly he felt a connection!

A connection to the area between his belly button and crotch, this was the dantian!

But Long Yong's joy wasn't for long before he coughed violently, it took a while before he finished and as he looked down some black substance was on the ground.

'This must be the impurities, according to the text i read babies in their mother's womb have a pure body and opened meridians but as they are born they are tainted by their environment and the food they eat.'

It smelled quite bad so Long Yong had to clean the impurities from the ground before returning to his meditation, as he still hadn't reached the first level yet.

Long Yong concentrated on his breathing and sucked in spiritual energy and refined it in his unlocked meridian according to the instructions of the True Mystic Cultivation technique, which was quite inefficient as he only had one meridian unlocked before sending the last bits of spiritual energy into his dantian. He finally reached the first level of Qi Condensation and he could feel his control over this bit of spiritual energy.

Long Yong felt happiness he never felt before, he finally took that step leaving behind him the mortal and ordinary.

Long Yong felt quite good and continued cultivating as he already unlocked a meridian this process felt relaxed and if he reached high enough level he could even substitute sleep.

Long Yong's spiritual energy grew quite considerably as he was now firmly in the first level, as he took stock he made a decision.

'I won't breakthrough to the second level before i open all my meridian and refine my spiritual energy to make it denser and purer!'

Even though the True Mystic cultivation technique gives the user higher reserves and purer spiritual energy compared to other techniques, Long Yong wanted to go above and beyond even if he knew he will lag behind the other disciples.

Long Yong prefers a stable foundation on which he will build his future cultivation.

Long Yong left his meditation room and it was already night, he asked the two servant to prepare a meal while he took a bath.

The two servants could see the happiness on their master's face and lijuan couldn't help but ask.

"Master you seem happy, did anything happen?"

Long Yong was quite happy and didn't feel the need to keep his breakthrough a secret as it is normal for a Mystic grade talent.

"Yes, I managed to reach the first level of Qi Condensation!"

The two servants were quite shocked as their little master became a cultivator at the young age of six.

"Congratulations master, it is a grand occasion, i'll cook my best recipe tonight for you!" the chubby dongmei said with enthusiasm.

After the two congratulated Long Yong he went to take his bathroom with a smile on his face, quite proud of himself.