Lu Sheng froze, then fell speechless.
"It took me more than two hours to sense qi back then. Someone born in a yin year, yin month, and yin hour truly is extraordinary."
He composed himself and hurriedly explained.
"This is the introductory qi sense. You need to spend at least two hours every day nurturing and stabilizing this thread of qi sense. If you leave it alone, it will naturally dissipate within a few days," he explained. "It is transformed from Five Grains Essence. If you do not use your mind to stabilize it, your body will automatically transform and absorb it again."
"Then, Teacher Lu, how long will it take to stabilize it?" Song Zhenguo opened his eyes, his face full of delight. He had never expected to sense inner qi so quickly.
"Your aptitude is not bad, and this inner cultivation method is effective, so it takes a little longer. Three years will be enough to stabilize your introductory qi sense. After that, you may choose to cultivate the first level of the mental method." Lu Sheng estimated according to the time stated in the manuals.
"Three years?!" Song Zhenguo went blank at once, and the smile on his face froze.
Seeing that Lu Sheng was so young yet possessed deep cultivation and astonishing martial skill, he had assumed that good aptitude meant martial arts could be learned quickly. He had not expected that merely stabilizing the entry stage of an inner cultivation method would take three years. "You are already considered talented. Others would need at least four to five years." Lu Sheng continued, "Internal martial arts are far harder to cultivate than external martial arts for this very reason. They consume far too much time and energy, and the rewards may not even be great. Many