Capítulo 28: I can't feel Qi

"You see, I forgot the most important thing.. I forgot to tell you that I can't c..." As Zhu Long was trying to explain something, a sudden loud voice echoed alarming both Zhu Long and Ku Wang.

"HAHAHA! I HAVE SUCCEEDED! THIS PILL FORMULA WASN'T BOGUS, IT WAS REAL!" The voice became louder as it got closer to them.

"Ah- Teacher, Brother Lin, that's..." Ku Wang sighed while hiding his face from Zhu Long. It seemed like he didn't want to show his face due to embarrassment.

The door burst open. A largely built man in a red robe came out of the room. Zhu Long was surprised to see the man.

'Although Ku Wang never told me much about his teacher, I expected him to be an elderly man. The fact he was able to observe me from quite a distance despite being occupied in concocting a pill. Just prove how powerful he is, which means he must be above Nascent stage. But by looking at his face, it seems he's not that old at all.'

Ku Wang's teacher was a large man, his height is about 6'4. Even though he was wearing a robe, one could still see his muscles bulging beneath it. Looking at his face, Ku Wang's teacher looked like a middle aged man. Zhu Long expected him to be old with white hair and a long white beard but was in fact wrong.

When Ku Wang's teacher exited his room, he noticed Zhu Long and Ku Wang sharing a table together on the balcony. He had also noticed a wine gourd on the table and guessed that the two were going to drink wine while waiting for him whilst he finish concocting the pill. Ku Wang's teacher only smiled and said, "Little Ku, I will be heading out to get some fresh air, please entertain our little friend while I'm gone."

Zhu Long had noticed the smile on Ku Wang's Teacher's face, but didn't know the reason why. He felt that the smile was a bit out of place and strange, but then he stopped thinking and shook his head.

'I've been overthinking things again. It must be due to what happened in Elder Kong's fortress." It was only human nature to be overly cautious, especially when he had a recent incident where if he hadn't been careful, it would have meant his life.

Ku Wang looked at his teacher angrily, seeming to understand the reason for his smile. He continued to stare disheartedly at his teacher. Ku Wang's Teacher smiled again," Little Ku, behave yourself in front of our little friend here, don't let him see all of your bad habits on the first day, Haha"

*Swoosh*

The teacher's laughter echoed as he hastily flew away.

Ku Wang, whose face was as red as a tomato looked towards the clueless Zhu Long and smiled awkwardly, "I hope you don't mind my teacher, he just likes to pull people's legs. Just ignore him."

Zhu Long nodded and said, " No problem, I know what you mean, I've encountered those types of people..."

"Oh, Yeah! I forgot, you were about to tell me something but we got interrupted. You can now continue..." Ku Wang said as he remembered that Zhu Long was trying to tell him something with a very embarrassed face.

Zhu Long suddenly looked embarrassed, he shook his head. Suddenly, Zhu long noticed the wine gourd on the table and said, "You can forget about that.. I will tell you some other time. But right now, Lets drink the wine you were telling me about."

Zhu Long seemed to be enthusiastic about drinking wine. This was because it would be the first time that Zhu Long would try alcohol. In this world, children were considered to be adults around the age of 15. At this age, most of them would be able to try alcohol and also get engaged. It was rare that they would get married this early as cultivators had longer lives. It was the most beneficial for cultivators to cultivate in their teens as they would get better advantages earlier in life. But as cultivators got older, their talent would also worsen, making it difficult to break through.

Ku Wang seemed to be disappointed by Zhu Long's reaction, but continued to smile. His face also brightened up as he heard Zhu Long wanted to drink wine. He took out two glasses from his spatial ring and poured the wine in both. The scent of the wine flew into Zhu Long's nose. The wine smelled sweet, followed by a scent of bitterness, there was also a small burning sensation in his nose. Zhu Long seemed excited to drink this wine.

"Here, this is my best wine. It's a bit rough and burns your throat, but feels very good once it goes down. It also helps in cultivation so it's very to good us." Ku Wang said as he offered the wine glass to Zhu Long. Zhu long nodded as he grasped the wine glass full of wine. He looked at the wine, it was blood red and carried a burning sensation when one smelled it.

Zhu Long looked towards Ku Wang, expecting to see him drink his glass, but instead he saw Ku Wang staring back at him, in anticipation while holding his glass. Zhu Long smiled and looked at the wine.

'Here goes nothing' He said to himself as he gulped the whole wine in one go.

Ku Wang's eyes bulged out seeing Zhu Long's action.

'He's a crazy man' he laughed to himself while he sipped the wine.

Zhu Long instantly regretted having the entire glass in one go. As soon as the wine entered his mouth, Zhu Long felt an intense burning sensation in his throat. It felt like his throat was set on fire and that he wasn't able to put it out. Zhu Long's face reddened due to the pain. The pain continued for a few seconds. Ku Wang, who was smirking as he watched Zhu Long laughed, "Brother Lin is really brave to down that wine in one go. But I'm sure that you regretted it by now." He continued to laugh while looking at Zhu Long's red face.

Slowly the pain within Zhu Long's throat lessened. Then, a sweet taste seemed to flow within his mouth.

'This... First comes the pain.. Then the aftertaste of this wine is so sweet that anyone can get addicted to drinking it regardless of the pain. I finally understand why people like alcohol now' He savored the sweet taste within his mouth, hoping that it would never end.

Zhu Long put the glass on the table and looked at Ku Wang, who was sipping the wine.

"Although it is extremely painful, the aftertaste is just worth it! Could you give me a refill?" He asked excitedly.

"Sure, I'm glad that Brother Lin likes the wine, but I recommend you not to down the entire glass and just sip it like I do." Ku Wang said warmly. He then also thought of something,"Oh yeah, Brother Lin, I forgot to ask you, but have you felt any changes within your body? This wine is very good for cultivation and can even refill a little bit of qi when you get exhausted, from what I had heard from teacher, you had a very rough day and probably needed this."

Zhu Long shook his heavy head feeling a bit dizzy from all the alcohol he drank, "You see, about the thing, I... I was about to tell you earlier, before your teacher interrupted. And if, if we are to work together in the future, I guess, there is no need for me to keep it a secret."

"Please continue.." Ku Wang said as he looked into Zhu Long's eyes with anticipation for what he wanted to say next.

"It's that...I can't feel qi… I, I can't even manipulate it. I do-don't think that I have ever even absorbed qi. It's just my body just rejects it." Zhu Long spoke gibberishly due to the alcohol in his system.

Ku Wang looked at Zhu Long in complete silence, he seemed to be in shocked by what Zhu Long had just mentioned. Thinking that it was a joke, Ku Wang laughed, "Brother Lin is a really good actor. For a second, I really thought that Brother Lin was telling the truth, but that is impossible. What teacher said, Brother Lin can easily defeat the second elder, Qiang Tian Kuang. So proves that Brother Lin can cultivates. Cultivation without qi is just impossible."

Ku Wang laughed for a few more seconds, but soon noticed that Zhu Long was being serious. He also noticed that until now, he had never noticed qi radiating from Zhu Long's body. Normally one could sense qi radiating from cultivators if they were at similar cultivation levels. Ku Wang had also ruled out the fact that Zhu Long was in another cultivation level, higher that Nascent stage. This only meant one thing. Zhu Long wasn't lying.

"You.. you ain't lying? You really can't..."