Xue Yang actually has a lead on how to get the technique. It is the system.
In the last few days, Xue Yang not only trains the children. He also looks at the system in more depth. As a result, he found that the 'quest' that he had done was a bit different from the real quest.
The 'quest' that he had done, the disciple recruiting is called by the system as [Milestone Quest]. This [Milestone Quest] is related to growing the sect as a whole. Recruiting a disciple is one example of building the sect bigger.
Meanwhile the real [Quest] is different.
[Bring Medicinal Plant A] [Bring Leg of Magical Beast B] [Pill of C needed] … [Bring Z]
'It looks like a quest board in a video game,' thought Xue Yang when he first see this.
And the [Quest] rewards are all in a currency called [System Point]. Xue Yang has a guess on where he can use the [System Point].
[Objective: Recruit disciples (3/5)
Time limit: -
Reward:
- System Shop]
The [Milestone Quest] for recruiting five disciples has [System Shop] as its reward. As a person with a memory of the modern day, Xue Yang knows that a shop is very normal in a system-focused story. And the system shop usually has good items inside.
"There is a very high chance that Body Refining Art or Breathing Exercise Method will be sold here," said Xue Yang. "Should I look for two more disciples?"
Xue Yang dismissed the idea quickly. It is just not possible to take in two more people.
There is also the problem of the shop currency. Who knows how high a good Body Refining Art is priced. It might need a year of work finishing [Quest] to buy one.
Right now, Xue Yang has his hand full in guiding the three children. He hasn't even started treating his defect on cultivation. And adding two more children means he will get busier, which is a no-no.
Remembering the imperfection in his cultivation, Xue Yang can only sigh. Xue Yang has not started fixing it, but he has finished identifying all the problems.
Too bad for him, Xue Yang found that there are more flaws in his cultivation base than he expected. Fixing this many will need time as it needs to be solved one by one. And in some unlucky cases, if he fixes something, some other problem might surface instead.
But there is nothing he can do about that. Xue Yang can only solve it little by little. Only after he perfects his cultivation base will Xue Yang continue to advance his cultivation stage.
Not only that, but he also wanted to get a more advanced cultivation technique.
"In the end, I need a way to get those advanced techniques. No matter whether it is a Body Refining Art, Breath Exercise Method, Qi Absorption Technique, or any other technique out there. I still don't have a way to get that."
***
"Senior Brother, I have finished the training for today. Please check my body," said Zhang Hao.
The boy has finished his assigned training recipe assigned for today. He and the girls are now running not circling the dormitory yard, but they are running in circles around the sect. Sometimes they also run up and down the mountain, even to the mouth of the mountain.
"Sure, give me your hand," said Xue Yang.
Zhang Hao sticks out his hand toward Xue Yang. Xue Yang touches it and sends a very small amount of spiritual energy. That spiritual energy then circles the body before getting out.
When the spiritual energy circles the body, Xue Yang can see how spiritual energy behaves in each part of the body. From there, Xue Yang compares it to how it should react normally. Xue Yang has this knowledge from reading the "Manual of Body Refining and Qi Condensation".
"Yup, looks good. You advanced again today," said Xue Yang. "What about the other two? Are they still running?"
"Yeah, I run back first"
"How long do you think until they come here?"
"They should be here shortly, I only run faster on the last part," explained Zhang Hao.
True to his word, two minutes after Zhang Hao reach this place, the girls finished their run. The conditions of the two girls are different from Zhang Hao.
Zhang Hao looked perfectly fine, no signs of tiredness can be seen on his face. The two girls on the other hand look very tired. They gasped for breath, and sweats are also pouring from their body.
Xue Yang decided to check the energy left inside Zhang Hao's body. He found that there is a small trace of Qi left inside the boy's body.
Xue Yang then looked at the girls, starting with Yu Guanyu and then Liu Mei. He then found that both of them actually have a higher amount of Qi inside their body if compared to Zhang Hao.
'There should be something that caused this… The manual…' thought Xue Yang in a split second. He then picks up the Jade Slip of the manual from the system. He wants to look at what happened to the girls.
Not long after, he found the cause of this phenomenon. If one has excess energy after hard training, it is most likely caused by inefficient energy flow.
'Energy flow?' said Xue Yang in his mind. 'In the end, I need to give them some kind of Breathing Exercise Method…
'Wait a minute…'
"Zhang Hao, why are you not tired? Did you do something special while running?" asked Xue Yang.
Zhang Hao shakes his head, "Not really, I only run as how I usually run."
Once again, Xue Yang compared the condition of the girls to the nonchalant Zhang Hao. Xue Yang assumed that Zhang Hao is somehow able to do breathing naturally, or by instinct. Making Zhang Hao train in more optimal energy flow.
When the girls have calmed down a bit, Xue Yang also checked their bodies by using a very small amount of spiritual energy. And he didn't find any weird reaction or behavior of the spiritual energy.
'The body refining is not a problem… So, it really is a problem in the energy flow?'
"Okay, you three have finished today's training. Tomorrow, I want you three to do something different.
"Zhang Hao, tomorrow you still train like usual. But instead of circling the sect, I want you to run at the dormitory yard.
"Yu Guanyu and Liu Mei, I want you to observe how Zhang Hao is running. Check his movements, breathing, and pattern, all of them.
"Then in the afternoon, we will discuss Zhang Hao's training method. Okay?"
The three children didn't understand what Xue Yang wanted to do but decided to just follow him.