A ten-year Qi pill wouldn't do much for the students in terms of breaking through to the next stage. All of them knew that they either needed a mass amount of Qi at once to break the dantian, creating a stronger one, or discover some type of breakthrough within.
That breakthrough could come in a number of different ways: enlightenment, a clearance in the mind, even through a tough battle. The issue was that this breakthrough was different for each individual and often harder to achieve as they moved up the stages.
This was the issue Gunther, Dame, and Beatrix would experience. One might try to force a breakthrough, like Gunther, by fighting whoever he could whenever he got the chance, but it didn't seem to be working.
