Paul spent most of the day purifying his mana and he had made some progress with it.
His mana became more pure but it was a far cry from what he wanted it to be.
When he was ready to finish it for now and start to cultivate his Qi,Mia came to him.
-The rabbit is ready to eat.
She informed him.
-That's good,I will get there shortly.
He answered simply and decided to first eat something and then continue with the cultivation.
They ate their dinner around the bonfire and it was a very satisfying meal aside from the taste as they had no seasoning.
-How did you make the fire appear from your finger?
Mia asked after the meal.
Paul understood that Maya had most likely told her sister about his little display of magic.
-I used mana to create a flame.
He said,as he didn't mind sharing this bit of information.
-But you never did that before so why can you do it now?
The girl asked, visibly curious about the topic.
-Earlier I was too low leveled to use mana and I could only cultivate to increase my mana reserves and advance in level.
However when I absorbed the power from your seals it allowed me to reach a high enough level to use mana to create a small flame or some water and some other small phenomena.
He explained and ignited a small flame at the tip of his finger to demonstrate.
The girl was fascinated by this and looked at the flame like she was enchanted by it.
-Can I learn how to do that as well?
She asked absentmindedly.
-I don't know.
Paul answered.
-There is a chance that you can cultivate mana or Qi since you are half blood but to be sure I would have to check if you can cultivate.
He explained.
-How would you check if I can cultivate?
Mia asked intrigued by his words and hopeful for the chance to create fire on her fingertip.
-I would have to channel some of my mana into your body to see if there are mana channels inside of you and if they arent blocked or damaged.
Or the Qi energy to see if you have a dantian and meridians that would allow you to cultivate Qi energy.
He explained the procedure.
-Can you do it now?
The girl asked excitedly.
Seeing her enthusiasm Paul couldn't bring himself to decline and he was also curious about it especially since it seemed that after removing their seals,both girls became more humanlike and it looked like their only heritage from the goblin race was their green skin and ash gray hair.
-Give me your hand.
He saistreaching his hand and waiting for her to do the same.
Mia was a bit reluctant at first but she was determined to find out if she could do the same thing as the human.
-Close your eyes and try to relax.
Paul instructed closing his own eyes and focusing on sending mana to her body.
At first he probed little by little as he wasn't sure what he would find and didn't want to cause pain for the girl.
After a few minutes he sent more mana and probed deeper until he found something that left him speechless.
This girl was the same as him,she had both a dantian and a mana pool.
What made him even more shocked was that her mana pool was exactly the same as his before he started to cultivate.
She was an archmage and a qi warrior just like him,the only difference was that she couldn't absorb all forms of energy like he could but that was thanks to his physique but she had her own physique,unfortunately he wasn't able to tell what it was as he had never studied physiques.
Paul slowly retracted his mana and replaced it with his Qi that went straight through her meridians and arrived at her dantian which surprised him a bit because he suspected that her meridians might be damaged or to narrow but it turned out that her meridians were in a great condition and much wider than his when he started cultivating Qi.
-This girl is a genius and a dual cultivator to boot,she will become very powerful when she reaches the higher stages of cultivation.
Paul thought to himself.
He retracted his Qi and opened his eyes,looking at the girl that was potentially even more gifted than he was with a complicated expression on his face.
The girl was having a look of a loss on her face as when the energies went inside of her body it felt warm and comfortable,now that they were gone she felt a bit empty.
-So can I do the same thing that you can?
She asked,remembering why they were doing this.
-Yes you can and even more than you think you can as you are the same as me, a dual cultivator.
Paul explained what he had found out.
-Is that not something common?
She asked, not understanding his reaction.
-It is very rare to be able to cultivate both mana and Qi.
Most people can cultivate only one of those powers but some have a rare talent like me and you to cultivate both of them at the same time and what's more you are also an archmage co when you reach high enough level of mana cultivation you will be able to use any kind of magic you want.
Paul explained to her as her eyes went wider and wider from the surprising news that she was hearing.
Then Paul had an idea.
-Call Maya here,I want to see if she can also cultivate.
Paul said and Mia went to get her sister who was taking a nap in the shelter.
They came back a moment later and he explained to the still drowsy girl what they wanted to do.
She was momentarily fully awoken once she heard that her sister is very talented and has a special talent to cultivate both energies.
She didn't understand just how rare this kind of talent was and most of the explanations were a bit hard to understand for her but she wanted to see if she was also able to cultivate,whatever that meant.
The most important for her was that she might be able to create a fire from nothing at the tip of her finger.
Paul explained what he was about to do and her sister assured her that it is not painful at all but a warm and comfortable feeling.
Maya agreed and blushed a little when she held hands with Paul but she did as he instructed and soon felt a warm sensation coming from her hand and spreading all over her body.
This was a nice sensation and she relaxed,allowing it to engulf her.
Paul repeated the procedure that he used on Mia and he went slowly with care to not hurt her.
He soon discovered that this girl was exactly like her sister, a dual cultivator and an archmage.
He was partially prepared for this outcome but it was still shocking for him to find two people who were the same as him and it was supposed to be a rare talent that only one out of a few million cultivators possessed.
He somehow managed to find two dual cultivators at the same time and they were both very talented.
Paul knew that a trio of such powerful beings would cause a huge commotion no matter where they went and the girls were in great danger if they were found out to be dual cultivators without sufficient strength.