Mortal To Immortal (Book 1)
MTI 009 - Absorbing Qi

"Han'er, can you show me that practice manual you were given?" meirong Pinta.

Yao Han nodded slowly then touched his forehead. A blue book appeared.

Meirong and Yutian were not surprised by the appearance of the Celestial Star Book from Yao Han's forehead because they had heard the whole story, it also reinforced that Yao Han did not make up the story at all.

Yao Han had not had time to read the contents of the practice manual, today Hong Ming had Yao Han open it for them to read and check the contents.

After a while, the two spirit beasts let out a long sigh.

"Is something wrong, Uncle? Aunty?

"No. This manual includes a high-level practice manual..."

According to Hong Ming's explanation, the practice manual was a match, corresponding to the element in the spirit root of a cultivator. If studying and following the improper manual, the cultivation journey would slow down even to a halt.

There are manuals that are only used for a certain level of practice, but best practice manuals are those that can be used ranging from the basic practice level to the highest. The Book of Heavenly Stars was an example, making it an extremely valuable practice manual.

Another advantage of the Celestial Star Book was that its user would possess Qi with a high level of purity. Not many practice manuals had this advantage, as other cultivators refined their Qi with certain techniques.

"It would be very dangerous if this practice manual was known to people with bad intentions, but fortunately it could be kept very well without having to fear being known to others."

So far in the Blue Moon Continent that knew about the Celestial Star Book were Yutian, Meirong, and Feng Xian who were secretly listening from a distance.

'This Yao Han boy has incredible luck..." Feng Xian smiled faintly, he was still quite surprised despite having heard Yao Han's story.

"Han'er, watch this..." Hong Meirong raised his right wing, then a golden-red glow appeared, "This is my Qi. Previously it was only red, but then it became like this because my current form is a phoenix."

Yao Han was amazed by the beauty of Qi Meirong's color, he then turned to She Yutian, who easily read the look on his face.

Yutian in the form of a jade snake clearly had no hands or wings, he was flowing Qi on his head, precisely on two small horns. The green-colored Qi She Yutian slightly mixed in gray, which also amazed Yao Han.

Yao Han intended to ask Feng Xian to show the same, but he paused because the stern-faced man was busy painting and Yao Han thought his little request would trouble Feng Xian.

Meirong showed me how to flow Qi so that Yao Han could know the color of Qi he had. Yao Han learned quite quickly, half an hour later he could drain the Qi on his right hand.

On his right palm, a bunch of golden blue threads appeared.

"Eh, why is it like this? Not the same as Uncle She and Aunt Hong..."

Contrary to Yao Han's astonishment, Yutian and Meirong were amazed by Qi Yao Han's color.

She Yutian explained that Qi was basically thread-shaped, Yao Han was still a beginner and was not used to flowing Qi yet. If he was already proficient, those Qi threads would form clusters of light on his fist.

"The golden color on this thread of Qi of yours indicates a high purity of Qi, Han'er." praise Hong Meirong. Feng Xian from a distance observed Yao Han's face, he laughed inwardly as Yao Han looked ordinary.

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Yao Han then only found out that Yutian and Meirong had practices on the Twelfth level of the Basic Realm.

Although Yao Han's level of practice was still at the first level of the Basic Realm, but with his five pure spirit roots, his Qi radiance matched the practices of the fifth level of the Basic Realm. Besides with a high level of purity Qi, making Yao Han's Qi radiance feel even stronger.

After reading the instructions of the Celestial Star Book for an entire day and comprehending the contents, Yao Han tried to start practicing. He was sitting cross-legged under a shady tree. Yutian and Meirong joined him in training.

In less than half an hour, Qi began to gather around his body.

"The Qi gathered around Xiao Han's body was very dense..." Feng Xian was amazed by what he saw, he thought Yao Han would need a lot of Qi to form pure Qi, "I wonder how fast he will reach the top of the Basic Realm."

Both Feng Xian, Yutian, and Meirong had both agreed in their respective minds that Yao Han would be able to reach the fifteenth level of the Basic Realm with ease, especially since he was in a place with a high Qi density.

Having five spirit roots made Yao Han have to raise one by one his level of practice. Yao Han made an ascension sequence of spirit root practices, namely fire, wood, water, earth, and metal. So for the first time, Yao Han raised the practice of fire elemental spirit root to the second level of the Basic Realm.

Half an hour later, Yao han's body emitted a blue light, a sign he had managed to level up.

"You did it, Han'er! Congratulations-!" meirong.

Some time later Yao Han managed to stabilize his practice. As per Meirong's message, do not rush to raise the practice so quickly as it will make the practice fragile.

"Uncle, Auntie, I don't know yet what kind of spirit root you have..."

"Oh, that's right, we haven't told you, yes.." said Yutian, "A little like you, I was born with two spirit roots, each of them poisonous and metallic elements." Yutian said a little proudly, Yao Han was stunned to hear that.

"Han'er, I'm lazy to admit it, but this ugly snake is indeed amazing. He is a talented figure who will appear once every few thousand years, especially because he has the root of a pure spirit poison element" Meirong said.

"Hoho, it's an honor to hear your praises Rongrong.." seduced Yutian, "Aren't you born special too?"

"Stop calling me with such a disgusting call!" Meirong snorted loudly, "And I don't praise you, I just say the facts."

"Sad, reason.." She Yutian sneered, "Han'er, this lousy bird, has a pure spirit root of fire element and a special body named Sword Spirit Body."

Just now Yao Han wanted to cluck in admiration, a voice startling the three.

"With such talent, it's no wonder you guys have such a big name in the world of cultivators."

Feng Xian suddenly appeared before them.

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Note:

Feng Xian called Yao Han as Xiao Han (Little Han/Little Han) while Hong Meirong and She Yutian called him Han'er. Different calls but seem familiar and have almost the same meaning, such as showing a closeness.