"Star? What the hell?"
"Kid, I told you about Stars before!"
Zayn started to think about the topic of Stars. In a second he remembered about the conversation inside his inner world.
"Ah! Stars! If I recall correctly, they have wills and send wisps of their celestial bodies out. A cultivator could absorb the Star Body then, and receive an upgrade, right?"
"Yes..."
"Wait, that means I could absorb a Star Body and get stronger, right?"
"Hold on! It's not that simple. What you forgot about was the part about the requirements. Every Star has its own requirements for the cultivators. One has to fulfill them, and then one would have the ability to absorb it. Trying to absorb the Star without having fulfilled the requirements first is something far too dangerous."
"All right, and which requirements would I need to fulfill?"
"As I told you, every Star has its own. Some would set the cultivation stage as a requirement. And those would never allow someone below the Qi Emperor Realm to absorb them. Some would set talent as a requirement. Qi talent, Bodily talent, Heart's talent and so on. And they would only allow the highest of the highest talents. Even some would set knowledge or intelligence as a requirement. There are far too many Stars to list all of their individual requirements."
"Yeah, ok. How do we find out the requirements of the Star here?"
"That's impossible. There exists no way of finding out the specific requirements of a Star."
"Great... So, knowing that a Star is here, is useless for us..."
"Useless? Kid, there's always another way. If something doesn't work out try a different approach. Easy as that!"
"Ok... And what would be your new approach?"
"Simple. We don't have to know the requirements nor fulfill them."
"..."
"Let me explain. With the Infinite Star Arts, you could easily absorb the Star. The Infinite Star Qi is able to bypass the requirements. It's ability to be formless, lets it take on-"
"... You serious?!? The Infinite Star Qi is really able to do everything..."
"I told you, it's the ultimate Qi Cultivation Technique! And you're its only user! With the Infinite Star Arts, rising up to the top is not a dream anymore. Unfortunately, your Qi talent is trash..."
"What? What do you mean?"
"Well... Qi talent is, generally speaking, the body's ability to absorb Qi and refine it.
Even though everyone is able to do that process, it still varies in the efficiency of everyone. Those, who could absorb Qi and refine all of the Qi absorbed, are the highest of highest in Qi talent. Their efficiency would be 100 percent, they can refine all of the Qi absorbed. But those talents are far too rare. I think there isn't even one in the Royal Blue World.
Then the talent begins to decline. Those with a 90 percent efficiency, are able to refine only 90 percent of the Qi which they absorbed. This declines further and further.
I'm not sure at what percent the Qi talent is from those in your academy. But I'm totally sure that it's below 30 percent. All their hard work is useless against an extreme Qi talent.
And then there's you. I'm also not sure at what percent your Qi talent is, but I can totally see that it's trash, below 10 percent at least.
If you take your cultivation speed as an example, it's incredibly slow! Really slow! You can impress those at the academy with that speed, but that's only because of the Infinite Star Arts!
I mean take your cultivation session now as an example. You swallowed 50 Qi Pills and sapped the whole cultivation side empty and only entered the 4-Star Body Refinement Realm. And all of that even took you five days to achieve. Look around you the water is cold and the qi isn't as thick anymore as it was.
I don't want to hurt your confidence, but you need to know that. Your body is wasting nearly all Qi which you absorb. Only a small part of the Qi is able to be refined.
The Infinite Star Arts balances out your weakness. With the Infinite Star Arts, your absorption rate is increased. Meaning, you attract and absorb far more Qi than any other cultivator is capable of storing.
But that doesn't change Qi Talent. Your body acts as if it has never seen Qi before. Where the hell were you born?"
"Hehehehehehe..." Zayn didn't know how to react to all of the information.
He was aware that Infinite Star wasn't trying to hurt his feelings or anything like that, but hearing that got Zayn a bit down.
"It's not so bad right now, the Infinite Star Arts balances it out, but I can't promise you that it will be also like that in the future.
The higher your cultivation stage rises, the higher the gap between each stage gets. This means you'll take always more time to reach the next stage of your cultivation.
And if your cultivation rises, the people around you will also rise. You may even encounter individuals with a 100 percent Qi talent.
Your weakness will only get bigger and bigger!"
After hearing all of that, Zayn was left speechless for a while. His thoughts went crazy.
"Who cares! I have the Infinite Star Arts, the ultimate Qi Cultivation Technique. And I also have you and myself! That's enough." Zayn regained his spirits in a flash. He didn't care about the topic anymore, as long as he had fun on his journey, nothing else mattered.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That's the spirit, kid! I was only teasing you a bit. Don't worry Qi talent is only something minor on your cultivation road.
For many normal cultivators, it would be their end to learn about their insignificant Qi talent. But to those at the top, it's only a detail.
There are far too many methods to increase Qi talent. Even absorbing a Star counts as one, it's also the rarest method. But as to how high your Qi talent rises after the absorption, depends on the Star itself. Each Star is unique and gives different enhancements."
As Zayn didn't fall into Infinite Star's trap and Infinite Star presented a solution to his problem, Zayn was burning in excitement.
"Well, let's get the fucking Star!"
"Quest added: Absorb the Star inside the Python Beast Forest"
"..."
'Well, I set it as my goal anyway! I have nothing against an extra reward.'
Zayn began to walk out of the former cultivation side and started to dry himself off. He then pulled out a new school uniform out. It wasn't his typical purple robe-like uniform. It resembled far more the ordinary school uniform of the academy.
He was given by the principal many uniforms for his trip, so he could always change. This was naturally a luxury for his trip, but the principal insisted on it.
The principal squabbled about the possibility of others seeing Zayn and noticing a worn-off uniform, that their opinion on the academy's star student would be affected by it. Zayn didn't really care about that, but he was happy to have things to change into.
"All right! Let's go find that Star!"
Zayn got changed and started to walk out of the cultivation side. After walking for a bit, he noticed that he didn't have the slightest clue, as to where he was going.
"... Where exactly is the star?" Embarrassed, Zayn asked Infinite Star.
"..." Infinite Star only sighed "The Star is most likely the source of all of the forest's rich qi. You just need to follow the Qi and reach the source of it. The Star should be situated there."
"All right! Let's go find that Star!"
And following that Zayn began to head deeper and deeper into the Python Beast Forest.