Morning inside a restaurant in some big city.
Bai Bo and Zhou Lan are disciples of a very small sect from a faraway region. They are now traveling to gain more knowledge about the world. Right now, they are stopping in this big city to rest for a few days before continuing their journey.
"Hey, did you hear the news?"
"What kind of news?"
While Bai Bo and Zhou Lan are waiting for their food to be delivered, they heard a conversation between two cultivators. While cultivators in general don't need to eat, eating can be considered as a leisure act to be enjoyed.
"You know that sect? What is it again… Satin? Silky? Soft? Smooth?"
"Silk Sword Sect? What happened?"
"Yes, that one. They get destroyed…"
"What!? Don't joke around,"
"I'm not joking. I get this information from a disciple of that sect, Sword of the Verdant Shadow. They said that their senior disciples have returned from the Silk Sword Sect."
The first man stopped and eat his noodles first before continuing, "That boy also bragged that the defensive formation of the Silk Sword Sect is now broken. Should we—"
"Don't bother… That sect is popular to rob everything from their victim. Nothing should be left in the Silk Sword Sect," said the second man. Flat out refusing the idea of the first man.
"You are right… Huh, life is hard as a poor cultivator. A small resource is so hard to get. I wonder if I will ever step to the second stage in my life…"
Bai Bo and Zhou Lan heard the conversation and communicate with each other using their eyes. In Bai Bo's mind, he thinks that the destroyed sect is interesting, and they should go visit it.
Meanwhile, Zhou Lan's face showed a tired expression. He is tired of how an accident always happens every time both of them traveled outside.
Then again, his master said that he and Bai Bo need to learn more about the world. Maybe after the journey this time, they will be able to come back to the sect and not get refused to go inside.
***
At the same time in the dormitory yard of the 'destroyed' Silk Sword Sect.
A little boy is running in circles. Meanwhile, two girls and an adult man are watching over him from the side.
Zhang Hao is running at a steady cadence. His breathing follows the movement of his feet. All in all, Zhang Hao is running with a rhythm.
Xue Yang planned for the two girls to observe how Zhang Hao trains. From there, he hopes that the two girls can get some insight into how to properly breathe while running.
Of course, this is under the assumption that Zhang Hao is indeed able to properly do the breathing technique. That is why Xue Yang is also observing from the side.
'I hope he really can do it…'
Xue Yang really hoped that Zhang Hao can do it. Then he also hoped that the girls can follow Zhang Hao.
If both of Xue Yang's hope can be fulfilled, it will be a stopgap for the children to keep training. At least until Xue Yang can get some Breathing Exercise Methods.
"Look at all the things that Zhang Hao does. Scrutinize every little detail," said Xue Yang to Yu Guanyu and Liu Mei. "Observe the way he swings the leg, hand… And more importantly, pay attention to the breathing."
"Breathing?" asked Yu Guanyu.
"Yes, look at when he inhales air, exhales air. How long is needed when inhaling air, or exhaling air," replied Xue Yang.
"Right, while observing, try to replicate his breathing pattern."
The girls then started to copy the breathing of Zhang Hao. It took a few minutes for them to be able to breathe in resonance with Zhang Hao.
When Xue Yang notices this, he pours spiritual energy into his eyes. The world that Xue Yang sees changes. Not only Xue Yang can see better, but he now can also see the flow of energy.
'This vision is so GOOD… It all looks so crisp; the color also feels more vibrant.'
Too bad, Xue Yang can't sustain this for a long time. His stored spiritual energy can't supply a continuous use of this supervision.
'Let's see the flow of energy inside the two girls,' thought Xue Yang.
The energy inside the girls is still stored in the form of Qi. In the vision of Xue Yang, Qi itself looks like a blue-colored vapor. And that vapors are saved in the first acupoint, the heart acupoint.
The first stage of cultivation, the Body Refining stage ended when a cultivator finished opening all five acupoints. After that, they move to the second stage of cultivation, the Qi Condensation stage.
At the Qi Condensation stage, cultivators need to condense Qi to a purer version of energy. That pure version is called spiritual energy. Something that is now used by Xue Yang to do his 'super vision'.
Observing the girls, Xue Yang found that the girls are now flowing their energy in a packet. When they exhale, a packet of energy is sent from the first acupoint to each part of the body.
'It is still not perfect though… I can still see that the girls are still sending a very small amount of continuous flow of energy.'
Along the continuous flow, sometimes a big amount of energy got sent. That is why Xue Yang thought that they have sent energy in packets.
'Then again, it is better than what they have done before. Now they need to train their breathing while refining their body.'
***
Later that day, in the afternoon
*bang*
Along with the sound, a young man is bounced from the defensive formation. He gets thrown back a few meters back from where he was standing before.
"Damn, why is there a defensive formation here…" a small voice escaped his mouth.
Sitting on the ground is the young man that just gets repelled by the barrier. Bai Bo didn't expect that he would hit a defensive formation.
"They said there is no defensive formation left," said Bai Bo.
"Hey, you okay?" asked Zhou Lan, offering his hand to help Bai Bo.
"Yeah," answered Bai Bo as he takes the hand. Not long after, he is standing again.
Checking his body, Bai Bo didn't find any injuries so he started to look at his surroundings once again.
"Hey, I didn't mishear what they talk about right?" asked Bai Bo. "They said that the defensive formation has been deactivated, right?"
"Yes, I also remembered that they did say that."
"Then, what is this defensive formation? Did they lie about this?" said Bai Bo. His face turned sour as his plan have been getting thwarted by an unexpected barrier.
"Well, maybe some kind of coincidence makes the defensive formation to activates again?" said Zhou Lan. "Let's look for an opening on the formation."
And the two of them circle the mountain and found no opening.
"Let's just break this barrier. If this formation got activated by an accident it should lose its energy after a few punches," said Bai Bo. His fist is ready to strike the defensive formation.
*bang*
We finally have the name of the sect where Xue Yang was once a disciple. We also have the name of the destroyer sect.
It is not that I just come up about their name at this chapter, okay? Believe me~
Thank you for reading