The Start of Cultivation (I)

It was morning, Inside a forest where high and mighty trees which touch the sky can be seen. There is a house, A boy was sitting cross-legged in the surrounding of the house.

This was Ryu, he started to cultivate today. It has been 2 days since the incident in the cultivator association.

Ryu wanted to start right away but he couldn't as Amilia gave him the warning to rest for at least one day. She also told him that if he uses the water element he could heal himself faster.

So Ryu was doing that whole day, He first started controlling the spiritual Qi in his body, and then with the method, his mother told him he could turn pure Qi inside him into Water elemental spiritual Qi.

Amilia was shocked at first because when Ryu tried this for the first time, he succeeded at it. This made Amilia a little Ache in the heart as She thought

'Why does the heaven have given my son so less potential, Even his comprehension is of a genius.' She sighed inwardly.

As Ryu was starting to practice the Basic cultivation technique, he Firstly used the basic breathing technique and collected the spiritual energy and then started converting it into his Spiritual Qi by supplying it to the Dantian.

After practicing for Half hour Ryu opened his eyes, HIs body was now drenched in sweat, The process of Converting regular spiritual energy into spiritual Qi was simple to understand but difficult to do.

One must first collect the energy In the Dantian and then use own Spiritual qi to swirl around the new energy and Convert Spiritual energy into Spiritual Qi.

It was easy to understand but when one started practicing it, then they will understand that it requires much more mental energy.

With mental energy, one must exert bodily energy for the process. So this overall process was more taxing and Tiring on the body and mind.

There was another restriction on this action and that is one person can take a maximum of energy that is equal to or less than his/her spiritual qi. because When a person takes more than what he has then there can be a waste of energy.

In some major cases, Some idiot thought to increase his spiritual Qi in one fell swoop and consumed some pills or spiritual crystals which are above his capacity.

Then there can be Qi deviation where the Natural Qi Runs rampant inside the Dantian which can make backlash on cultivation or In extreme cases shatter the Dantian.

This is also the method used by stronger people to break someone's dantian.

As Ryu took a break from cultivation he thought

' I can only complete one cycle and then I fully beat up, Although It is not mentally taxing as grandpa described my body can not handle more than this '

(one cycle means The completing process of converting spiritual energy into spiritual Qi once)

" I guess I will rest, for now, First I have to increase my Spiritual Qi so I can advance to the second stage and then open all the meridians." He lay on the cold ground letting his body rest.

"I also need to increase my limits, One cycle is not enough to train fast enough. Okay, I will do some running to increase my stamina for now" He thought and closed his eyes to take a quick nap.

It is very good for someone who has never practiced any cultivation or does not have much knowledge to complete one cycle on the first try.

Usually, when someone starts cultivating they can't even complete one cycle in the beginning.

They take breaks in between the process, and although this lead to a wastage of Energy they can not do much as their mind can not handle the whole process on the first try.

And when a person can complete one full cycle at once they require more time and some even reach the Peak of the Body awakening realm but can't do a full cycle at once. So this speed which Ryu can do is Well Monstrous to say in regular words.

After some time As Ryu got better and less tired, he woke up and started walking towards the house as it was time for breakfast.

As he was walking he felt a little pain in his stomach. feeling pain Ryu frowned and sat on the spot to check what was the problem.

As he started checking he found the problem. The problem was the Mein meridian which was responsible for supplying the new spiritual energy to the dantian. It seems he had again injured his meridian.

Well, It was understandable for the meridian to get injured because normally when one practices the cultivation they take it to step by step.

And while doing this at the beginning they start with gathering less amount of spiritual energy as the body is not used to having a large amount of spiritual energy.

When Ryu found out he was perplexed

'It seems I damaged the meridian again, I have to heal it first before I practice it again, But then It will lead to slowing down my progress more, now what do I do '

"I also have to wait for my own spiritual Qi to replenish then, So what do I do?....."

After thinking for a few minutes he came to a conclusion

"Ok so, for now, I will do One cycle of cultivation in the morning then Repair my meridian And then wait for my spiritual Qi to replenish and I will do this again In the evening, I guess this is my limit for now..."

Ryu spoke as his voice trailed at the end.

He wanted to get to the peak of the Body awakening as fast as possible so he devised this plan, but because of his body's limitation he could not do it, so he was a little sad as well as mad at himself for being a child.

" I guess There is nothing more than this I can do Or I will damage my body which can not heal my Water element easily."

As he started walking another idea popped into his mind and he started walking faster toward the house.

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