Different emotions invaded the boy, after all, he had to wait almost 4 years to start cultivating, although reading and learning about the place he was distracting him all this time, when the moment of truth arrived, the beginning for him from everything, the emotions she had been holding overflowed, so it took her a long time to calm down and enter a serene state of mind.
"*sigh*, I finally calmed down a bit, this is only the 1st step, who knows what I will face in the future, I have to learn to release my emotions only at the right times and focus when necessary like now, from otherwise I won't last long."
Thinking about it, the boy, sitting cross-legged in the corner of the room, closed his eyes, his mind pushed away any other thoughts that had nothing to do with cultivation and began his first attempt according to the instructions of the Handbook.
"The first thing I should do is meditate and recite according to what is written in the manual, while concentrating on feeling the spiritual qi that surrounds me, well that's easy."
Thus, the boy began his meditation, it did not take long to feel the spiritual qi that surrounded him, so he tried to guide it to his body, more exactly to his meridians, according to what the cultivation manual indicated.
Although the boy did not know if his talent for cultivation was amazing, because he lost his bloodline, if it was true that he had already sensed the existence of something around him and it existed all over the place, to describe it simply, It was like oxygen to breathe, although you couldn't see it, its presence became obvious when there was a shortage of it, like when at the base of a mountain you breathed normally, but it becomes more and more difficult while climbing, it was the same feeling .
The child had been born in Kunlun, the place was practically full of spirit qi, but the mansion where he was now had a qi collection matrix, so the spirit qi was much more concentrated and easier to feel and differentiate, and It was because of this that the boy had already felt this spiritual qi a few years ago when he arrived at the mansion.
It took the boy some time to find the correct way to "direct" this spiritual qi towards his meridians, which was the basics to be able to cultivate, it was only after a few minutes and several attempts that he achieved this first goal.
"Very well, first step achieved, but I have no time to lose, now I must circulate this spiritual qi through my meridians in the order that the manual says."
This part was very important for each cultivator, no matter what level or stage he is in, the cultivator must control the spiritual qi and circulate it according to the manual he practices, since, if this circulation gets out of control, already Whether through outside interference or through the negligence and distraction of the cultivator, one can enter the state of qi deviation.
The deviant state of qi was very common in the cultivation universes of the novels he read, so he was surprised when he found that it was very real in the world he was in. Basically it occurred when one cultivated and the qi ran unbridled in the reverse way, which caused the cultivator to lose his mind and attack anyone who interposes it, the unbridled qi destroys the cultivator from the inside and, in the end, causes a gruesome death.
Although it was not the only way to enter qi deviation, although the cases were rare, dark feelings can also trigger the qi that circulates through the body of the captivator to flow in reverse, such as hatred, betrayal, loss, etc., but they must have a very high intensity for that to be the case.
In one of the books that the boy had read, he came across the case of one of the geniuses of a sect, although the situation and the development of events was not very clear, apparently they had raped and killed his beloved right in in front of his eyes, in the end he entered a state of qi deviation, and, without distinguishing friend or foe, he killed everyone who tried to stop him, in the end, before he caused more disasters, the sectmaster himself had to kill him.
Thus, after the child read this, he took cultivation much more seriously, since although one can certainly become stronger and be able to fulfill his wishes; In the end, the cultivation itself is going against the heavens, and in that way, without a strong determination and mentality, the only result is death.
Just knowing all that, the boy was not careless and wholeheartedly focused on properly circulating the spiritual qi, and it was not only until he managed to complete the first cycle that he breathed a sigh of relief.
"I had not concentrated so much in this life, luckily I completed my first cycle in a satisfactory way, thanks to this, I understood more or less how I should do it normally, so the next one I will do it faster."
"Now I should focus on reaching at least 4th level of body refinement in order to practice the arts of the saber and sword."
The 4th level of refinement of the body was the standard level to be able to practice any martial technique, since it is at this level that spiritual qi is stored in the body, ready to be used through martial technique, and that is why All the sects and families in the lower realms made it the norm, only when their juniors reached that level were they granted a martial technique.
Thus the boy resumed cultivation, once again guiding the spiritual qi towards his body, then circulating this qi through his meridians until completing a cycle.
In the beginning, it was quite clumsy and wasted quite a bit of qi, but little by little he began to become more familiar with this process, to the point that, if someone were watching him, they would find that each time he repeated this process much faster, completing the cycles each time in less time.
2 hours passed when the boy, who repeated the same process over and over, felt something strange, he felt that his body was saturated and he could not continue to circulate his qi in a fluid way as before.
This strange situation did not worry him, on the contrary, it moved him, the child had already read about this situation in the novels of his previous world and in this one, that sensation of his body was that he could not circulate more qi through his meridians unless for his cultivation level to rise, so he was basically on the verge of an imminent breakthrough.
The boy, knowing that he was on the verge of a crucial step, did not lose his calm, on the contrary, he concentrated even more, and gradually increased the speed of circulation of the spiritual qi, trying to "break" the barrier that prevented progress to the next level.
"Alright, it's now or never, 1st level of body refinement, here I come!"
Suddenly, the child suddenly increased speed, concentrating fully on keeping the qi circulation stable, while little by little, he felt the barrier give way until, from one moment to another, the child heard like "something" inside he was breaking.
Thus, once the high-speed running qi completed its cycle, the feeling of being full disappeared, and conversely, his body seemed hungry, from one moment to the next, his body went from being completely full to bursting, to an unbearable feeling of having gone weeks without eating anything, so his body began to absorb huge amounts of spiritual qi.
This situation caught the child off guard, he had not read anything about the situation he was in, and to make the situation worse once again, the spiritual qi began to circulate on its own, although to the child's relief, it circulated in the order that the manual indicated, but the situation was far from over.
In and of itself, the amount of spiritual qi his body absorbed had already far exceeded the amount that a person's body can normally accept at the 1st level of body refinement, but there was no sign of stopping.
Suddenly, his body began to ache everywhere, especially in his eyes, he felt so much pain that he even thought of ripping them off to avoid suffering.
But the boy's martyrdom had only just begun, it seemed that entering the first level of refinement of the body had opened a Pandora's box inside his body, the pain only increased, the feeling that his bones were quickly destroyed and rebuilt. He was overwhelmed, his muscles were tearing only to return to normal immediately afterwards, but the greatest suffering that the boy experienced was in his eyes, he could clearly feel how they were destroyed to nothing and grew back over and over again.
This level of pain would have already shattered anyone's soul, not to mention a 3-year-old, but to his luck (or misfortune), his soul was much stronger than normal, so he didn't faint the entire time. A process that seemed like an eternity to the child.
By the time the boy felt the pain disappear and he gradually regained control of his body, it was already late at night, so he tried to get up to lie on his bed and rest, when he noticed something very peculiar.
"What the hell, did I bathe in a manure pool? My whole body sucks, damn it must be from this black thing that covers my body."
Still somewhat confused, the boy went to the bathroom to wash, it was only when he felt the cold water on his head that his clarity returned.
"That did hurt, damn it, I think it's a thousand times worse than being aware while they are operating on you, but why did that happen? If I have to experience that pain every time I level up, I think I'd better reconsider cultivating..."
Obviously, the boy was only joking, furthermore he knew that the situation he experienced was completely abnormal, not only the pain he experienced, but also that the amount of spiritual qi he absorbed was absurd, not to mention the strange black substance that covered his body.
"Although if I have to guess, it is most likely that I experienced a cleansing of spiritual qi, and, if this is real, then the pain I experienced was completely worth it."
A spiritual cleansing occurred in very, very rare cases, and due to special situations, it basically consisted of all the impurities found in the cultivator's body, even the most minute and deeply hidden ones, were cleansed by the spiritual qi, expelling them from the body, leaving them on the surface of the skin, and thus improving the grower's aptitude towards cultivation.
"But those results are generally achieved with spirit treasures, so the cause should not be my cultivation manual."
From what he had read during his stay in the mansion, spiritual treasures are very rare, to find them a great fortune was required, but the boy had not used any, so he could not understand why this situation occurred.
"Forget it, I'm too tired to think of something, for now I'll sleep and think about it tomorrow."
Making his decision, the boy finished washing and went to sleep, without noticing that, throughout his journey, he did not turn on any lights...