MTLNOVEL Chapter 8: Cultivating
"Ok boy I will copy it down and give you a copy, wait a minute" the elder said and then took a brush into his hands the brush automatically started to write and within a minute all the information was written down on the book.
After that Arjun went out and met up with Gopal, and the others. It seems that they have all finished choosing their techniques. Gopal has chosen a cultivation technique called turtle cultivation art, a ninth-tier top-grade one focused mainly on defense. Leela chose the mystic Light cultivation arts, which had an edge in terms of movement speed, but it was only a ninth-tier high-grade cultivation art.
Pavitra chose a cultivation art called the Great Yin Qi Cultivation art, it is a second-tier medium-grade cultivation art more inclined towards coldness and can also enhance the user under moonlight. Ahalya chose a cultivation art called The Mythical Essence cultivation art, a second-tier mid-grade cultivation art which gives a bit more lifespan to the users and also has an inclination towards nature.
Arjun felt good that all of them were able to choose a good cultivation art. After this, they all went home and then Arjun prepared lunch for them.
"Guys I hope that all of you will read the cultivation techniques, try to understand them and remember them line to line before even starting to cultivate" Arjun said this and then went to the Pill Hall to learn and then to the Array Hall.
Finally, after returning home he started to read the whole cultivation technique from start to end and after reading it twice within three hours, he found out that the Celestial QI cultivation technique mainly focused on expanding Qi sea, the place where a cultivator will have to store the Qi, of the cultivator and it even consists a sword art unique to the Celestial Qi cultivation art at the end of the technique.
Arjun then whispered to himself "Most of the cultivation techniques starting from 1st tier high grade and above have a secret art unique to those techniques. This Celestial Qi cultivation technique not only has secret arts but also can expand the Qi sea of cultivators to at least ten times larger compared to an average cultivator, this is a true treasure". Arjun got to know many things about cultivation from the book he purchased.
The cultivation technique states how to feel the Qi within the surroundings and how to absorb it into his Qi sea. The Celestial Qi cultivation technique also states how to expand the Qi sea. Having a larger Qi sea means having larger Qi reserves which could be used to fight longer in battles, imagine if you and your enemy start a battle but your enemy runs out of Qi after just ten rounds, while you still have enough Qi for another ninety rounds.
Arjun was also able to understand that the common process of every cultivation technique was to have a calm state of mind be present in a Qi-rich area try to perceive Qi and then try to convert the Qi and then store it.
Although the Celestial Qi technique is great it has a major drawback, that is one can only cultivate this technique if they are present in the Celestial Qi-rich area, or one will have to reach the foundation establishment to try to absorb the Celestial Qi in the surroundings to forcefully absorb it. If one tries to absorb celestial Qi forcefully in the Qi refining stage their body will not be able to support the process and explode.
But this is not a problem for Arjun because, in his last life, he has heard the scientists saying that there is a special type of energy which is flowing excess into the atmosphere during sunrise and sunset. Arjun hopes that this Energy is the Celestial Qi.
Today the sun has already set, so Arjun had to wait to try this solution until tomorrow morning.
The next morning, Arjun woke up at around 4 am and then cleaned himself. After taking a bath Arjun went into one of the cultivation rooms provided in the house and started to recite the cultivation technique and tried to feel the Celestial Qi.
He tried for an hour and the sun had already risen but he couldn't feel any Qi. Then he went to prepare breakfast after which he went out to socialize with the other kids.
As Arjun was walking, he saw a huge crowd near the dojo and went there and found that there was a small competition taking place this Sunday and anyone interested could sign up, Arjun signed up for it and then went back home and revised his alchemy and Array classes.
Later Arjun went to attend the Alchemy and Array classes and then again after coming back he tried to cultivate during Sunset but was not able to feel any Qi. Arjun now started worrying whether his plan would work or not and then went to sleep.
The next morning, Arjun asked Pavitra and Ahalya to cook rice and he would prepare a dish after coming out from his cultivation. Arjun wasn't able to feel Qi this time either and then went to prepare breakfast. Today they had the last compulsory class of the week.
Today Elder Chow said "I think that most of you have chosen a cultivation technique, Now coming to cultivation, there are numerous types of Qi in this world, we can not even count them in a thousand years. Every cultivation technique deals with a Qi, some may even deal with the same types but their way of cultivation is different. Some focus on movement speed, some focus on strength, there are many aspects like this".
"When you cultivate for the first time, you may not be able to feel a Qi until you have tried it a couple of times. You will have to be patient to get the results..." For this, the leader gave a lecture about absorbing Qi into the Qi sea.
After listening to the class Arjun felt a bit confident and then went home to prepare lunch.