"System! How do I transfer this cultivation technique to disciples?"
After seeing Nangong Xuan's silly smile, Ning Qi shook his head and asked the system. Does he just put his hand on Nangong Xu to pass it directly?
[Host! The system is sending a copy of the Astral Qi cultivation technique. Please receive it.] System said.
Soon a white light flashed on Ning Qi's hand, making both Ning Qi and Nangong Xu cover theirs out of instinct.
A book with only 10 pages or so is in Ning Qi's hand. Nangong Xu was surprised by the fact that Ning Qi bought the book out of nowhere. But decided to blame the storage belt or something related like that.
"This technique here is the main breathing technique of our Taohua sect! I'm passing a new rule to you before I pass it on to you. Rule #3: Never teach any sect martial arts to another person without the permission of the sect leader. Did you get that?"
Ning Qi spoke with a solemn expression, making Nangong Xu shiver a bit. He decided to abide by the rules, even if his lover left him for another guy.
But, because he is still single, he was embarrassed by his thought.
"Don't worry, sect master! I will follow Sect rules and never give it to anyone without your permission." He also looked at Ning Qi and said honestly.
Seeing that Nangong Xu understood the importance, Ning Qi slowly passed the book to him. Nangong Xu held it as though he were holding a newborn baby.
"Sit there and thoroughly remember everything that is in the book. Only after you are 100% sure that you remember every method in there can you start! Take as much time as you want."
Ning Qi spoke slowly and sat back on his throne, not bothering him any longer.
Nangong Xu also slowly and very carefully opened that book and started reading. Ning Qi took a peek at the book, but all he saw were pictures of a human sitting in a lotus pose and then a set of instructions around that picture.
It was already afternoon, and Ning Qi hadn't even had his breakfast in the morning. He decided to order something for both of them and took his mobile out, not bothering Nangong Xu anymore.
He ordered 2 or 3 dishes in large quantities and waited for them. After half an hour or so, a delivery guy came and delivered food.
That guy is also surprised by the fact that a resort was turned into a dojo or something similar, but it's not his damn job to worry about that. He delivered his order and went away with a 10 yuan tip from Ning Qi.
As soon as the food came, Nangong Xu, who was seriously memorizing one page after another, looked at Ning Qi and the food that he was eating before bowing his head to read the book.
But as soon as he bent his head to concentrate on the book, his stomach made a big growl. He also didn't have anything in the morning... even last night, he only had some biscuits and a bar of chocolate.
"Come here! Eat first and you can finish that book later."
Ning Qi turned to face him and said. He couldn't help it, as a hungry stomach won't let you have full concentration on work.
"Hehe! Thank you, sect master! You are the best."
Nangong Xu grinned a bit and shamelessly praised Ning Qi before taking a chicken leg out and starting to munch on it.
They slowly savored their food, and by the time that Ning Qi cleaned the place, it was already 2 p.m. And Nangong Xu is still memorizing the book.
Ning Qi again sat on his throne-like chair and started scrolling his mobile to pass the time.
"Brother! How come you are texting?"
Ning Jing asked, as her brother usually won't text messages. He either directly calls her or comes to her college to meet her.
"Wen Wen!! Look here! My brother is using the text chat, hehe!"
Ning Jing giggled and showed it to Wen Fen, who is right beside her.
"Oh!! Don't bother about that... In any case, all I have now is free time. That Kuang guy didn't come to bother you again, right?"
All Ning Qi was concerned about was this. As he has some free time and it's around lunchtime for Ning Jing, he doesn't want to disturb her much.
He just texted so that he would get the reply whenever she saw it. But who knows? This kid is on her phone even while eating.
"Nope! He is so embarrassed that he didn't tell the truth, that he was hit in the face. Instead, he lied to everyone that he fell downstairs. He is staying far away from me, as he is afraid that I will tell the truth to everyone, hehe!"
Ning Jing said gloatingly, as she felt this was the best week that happened to her this year.
"Alright! Be careful and inform me if that guy dares to cause you any trouble, okay?"
Ning Qi said to her, to which Ning Jing responded with an 'ok' too.
"Bye! I will talk with you later."
With that, Ning Qi closed the chat application and put his phone away. He simply closed his eyes and took a rest.
"Sect master!! I'm ready. Please protect Dharma for me."
Nangong Xu made sure that he remembered everything and shouted at Ning Qi, who had already fallen asleep, making him jolt out of his seat.
Ning Qi slowly walked to Nangong Xu and gave him a slap on the back of his head, making him dizzy.
"Don't shout like that, you scared the hell out of me!"
Ning Qi expressed his embarrassment at his recent action.
"Alright! I get what you want to say already... Just start practicing already. It's already... 5 p.m."
Ning Qi interrupted Nangong Xu, who was about to apologize. He looked at his watch and suddenly remembered that it was still evening and not the best time to practice this technique.
"System! Is it okay to practice now? Like, will he still be able to level up?"
Ning Qi asked the system without bothering to think more.
[Don't worry about that, Host!] system unhurriedly said.
"Wait!! Nangong Xu, what is the main restriction on this technique?"
Ning Qi stopped Nangong Xu, who was about to perform the technique.
"Never cultivate directly under the sun! And also, the best time to cultivate is at night. Don't worry, sect master, I know... I have remembered everything in the book."
Nangong Xu said proudly, thinking that Ning Qi was just testing him. But he doesn't know that Ning Qi just forgot to mention that, or else he would have sweated at the carelessness of his sect master.
"Ok! carry on then."
Ning Qi sighed, relieved because he felt bad about it.
Nangong Xu started performing weird poses with his hands, and from the looks of it, he is trying to match the rhythm of his breathing with those hand actions.
He tried for around 10 minutes before he completed his first set. After gaining experience from the first set, he struggled less and less with each next step.
By the time he finished all the nine steps mentioned in the book, He felt that something was flowing into his hands, and then it flowed to the area below his navel.
Then to the rest of his body. This rotation took around another half an hour.
[Ding!! Disciple Nangong Xu completed his first rotation and entered the 'Qi refining stage 1'.]
Nangong Xu finished pumping astral spiritual energy into his entire body when the system voice came.
[Ding! The system finds a Direct disciple under the sect leveled up! The host will get a 100 % cultivation bonus from that disciple.] A system notification sounded again.
[Ding!! Congratulations to the host for gaining a level and reaching Level 4.]
System notifications came one by one, making Ning Qi surprised and dumbfounded at the situation that he was facing.
"Waaahhh!! Something is inside me, sect master, a-a-and it's very comfortable! A-A-Also, I'm feeling a lot of power, like my strength has doubled instantly...."
Nangong Xu finally believed everything that the sect master said was true. Even though he believed 99 percent of what Ning Qi said and showed before, he still doubted his subconscious mind.
But now that he knows that everything is real and the excitement is filling up his entire stomach, he wants to scream, jump, and shout like a mad guy right now.
He knows that he will be different from normal people, and just that thought itself is making him go wild with an unknown emotion.
Ning Qi, who is also surprised by system notifications, wanted to check them hurriedly. But was interrupted by Nangong Xu's abrupt cry... He slowly looked at Nangong Xu and wanted to kick this guy in the butt.
But Ning Qi felt the mood that Nangong Xu was in and couldn't help but have a smile on his face.
"I understand how you feel, okay? I have some other work to do here. So, go out and scream and do whatever you want, but don't leave the sect premises, and also come back only an hour later. Alright?"
Ning Qi both said and asked at the same time.
"Yes, sect master! I will only come back after one hour!"
With that, Nangong Xu ran away with a whoosh.
'I didn't do something this wild, even though I got a damn System Man!!'
Ning Qi thought to himself and walked towards his chair, wanting to continue his 'INTERROGATION'.