Chapter 2785 (ω‖) A ready-made way to cultivate immortality—don't you want to give it a try?
Under Zhang Chulan's shocked gaze, Feng Baobao's cool-eyed observation, and the contented hums of a certain troublesome little girl rolling around on the sofa while rubbing her belly, Xu San—his entire body wrapped in bandages and someone who ought to have been lying down somewhere for a few days—continued speaking at length. He explained the company's standards for identifying Inhumans and, while he was at it, gave Zhang Chulan, who seemed to know nothing about it, a primer on what "qi" and Inhumans were.
Though, using the word "primer" to explain something as unscientific as Inhumans always sounded a little odd.
Regardless, Xu San didn't care about that right now. He activated his "qi" as he continued explaining.
As it turned out, they identified Inhumans by detecting an energy that ordinary people couldn't use. Zhang Chulan was familiar with the name of that energy, since it was something he possessed himself: "qi"!
They said the passage of life was mysterious and sacred. Under normal circumstances, when a living being—or, more specifically, a human—was born, they inherited not only basic physical traits like flesh, blood, and genes from their parents and other previous generations, but, most importantly, an abstract and wondrous energy that science couldn't explain.
That energy allowed inheritors to grow and think, transforming what had once been a "lump of flesh" into a living being with independent consciousness and a soul. Living beings also gradually aged and eventually died as that energy naturally drained away. Replenishing other forms of energy—food, medicinal herbs, supplements, and so on—didn't help at all.
At last, in the distant past, ancient sages had stumbled upon its existence. They named it—innate qi!
Then, after cultivating through certain methods, Inhumans