Mu xin and the boar having a stare off, when mu xin take a step back the boar take a step forward.
(This bastard is aiming for me, i can't keep running away i have to fight it, first i have to calm down and watch its movement to anticipate its attack)
Without breaking the eye contact mu xin crouch down a bit to grab a stone, when the boar see that it immediately charge at him, when the boar halfway in its charge mu xin throw the rock at the boar eye and charge at the boar where the boar move its head to block the stone with its tusk.
As mu xin keep his focus and charge at the boar, the boar movement appears becoming slow just like with the first boar, he can see all its movement, its running path, he saw the boar in order to block the rock its raise its head showing its neck a bit.
(That's it!)
He smiles thinking of a way to kill it, when mu xin reach the boar he utilizes the Flowing Palm Technique, the qi in his dantian is stirred, flowing from dantian to his palm, his hand moves like water, he can tell a lot of power is gathering on his palm as it move, as his palm hit the neck of the boar, an explosion happens upon contact making the boar squeil in pain while being push back few steps.
When the boar stop in its place it looks at mu xin with viciousness and hatred, while on its neck where mu xin strike some blood can be seen.
(I wound it, but i did it wrong that's not how a flowing palm technique is, it should have injured it from inside not outside)
His face was sullen after realizing his strike has failed, while mu xin is pondering his mistake the boar is coming for him again, mu xin immediately use the flowing palm technique once more, his qi is stirred moving all over his body, when the boar right in front of him, he step to the side barely avoid the tusk and hit his palm at the body side of the boar.
But this time there's no explosion, it's like a light tap, the boar stop moving in place and fall to the other side on its own, on the other hand mu xin is sweating a bullet, he sat down gasping for breath but there's a smile on his face for improving his palm technique mastery
(I see now, the nature of this technique is flow, but the key of mastery is control, it needs such delicate control of both qi and body, somehow i pull it of, my body is in pain now, when I'm fully master this technique it's should be no longer be a problem)
"Congrats mu xin, you manage to kill it on your own this time, you should be able to kill the previous boar to if you have faced it properly, but you improve now sister is happy for you"
Shu hua coming out of bracelet and sit beside mu xin happily.
"Huh sister hua what did you just say? I could kill the first boar if i fight it? But i don't have flowing palm technique yet, wait, you mean?"
"Figure it out?"
"Im already cultivator my physical ability already improved not only that i could have used my qi on my punch to strengthen it?"
Mu xin dumbfound by this realization (i could have done that)
"Thats right, i said qi is being used in martial art doesn't mean you can't use it without it, for example you can coat your qi on a blade of grass that grass will be sharp enough as a normal sword, it's just more efficient using qi with martial art"
"But i still got injured though"
"You just manage to awaken your spiritual root and fell asleep later on, although you've eaten all my fruit you only store it in you're dantian you didn't use it to refine your body yet, remember the first realm is body refining"
She said so like a teacher reminding her student his previous lesson.
"So how do i do that?"
(I wonder whenever is it painful or not, in those novel tempering or refining physical body always a painful process)
"Circulate your qi thought your body, make it slowly seep into your bone, keep at it until your bone reject your qi then the next one is your internal organ does it like your bone then last one is your skin"
Mu xin look at shu hua dubiously
"Sister hua didn't you say you don't know how human cultivation work?"
"Sister only know the basic, come on refine your body don't you want to become strong?"
Mu xin looking at shu hua suspiciously, but then he looks at the wooden bracelet which sticking firmly on his left hand.
(Far to late for me since I'm already stuck with her, i just hope she really has no evil intention)
He's sighing with defeat and sit cross leg, he closes his eye focusing on his body, his qi start to flow all over his body and start covering all his bone, little by little the qi is penetrating his bone.
(It's not painful, but it's so uncomfortable, its like thousand of ant is crawling on my bone)
His body is shaking a bit showing how uncomfortable it is, but he keeps trying to push the qi into his bone until he feels some pain, his face is contorted in pain, he immediately stops because of unfamiliar pain from his bone.
"What was that?"
"The process of refining body is always painful, but you have to endure it, sister believe mu xin can do it"
"Why you didn't say so sooner"
Mu xin complain still feeling numb from pain.
"I just fight with a wild beast and immediately try to refine my body i think i have enough for today and I'm hungry to"
"Lets go there to rest then"
Shu hua stand up with her usual smile while guiding mu xin in certain direction.
It was only fifteen minute walk they're arrive at a riverside but the sun has already gone down.
Mu xin ran to the river with excited face and shove his face into the river, drinking as much water he can while shu hua gone to a certain tree, the tree brings down its branch showing some peach on it, she picks some and bring it to mu xin who done drinking.