"What True Dragon something Qi?"
Yu Ci really had not heard clearly, but He Qing did not feel like repeating herself for the moment. She reached out directly and drew over the earthworm-like fish dragon.
The little fellow had no power to resist. Yu Ci frowned slightly but did not stop her. Given He Qing's status, surely she would not make trouble for an outer disciple like him.
Sure enough, He Qing merely rolled the little fellow between her fingers before releasing it. She had only been confirming something. In the end, her attention still settled on Yu Ci.
"How did you extract the True Dragon Form Qi?"
"What do you mean, True Dragon Form Qi?" This time Yu Ci had heard her clearly, but after blinking, he threw the question right back at her.
He Qing frowned as well. She could see that Yu Ci truly had no concept of it. After a brief pause, she said:
"Every fish dragon possesses True Dragon Bloodline. You should know that, shouldn't you?"
Yu Ci nodded. Daoist Yu Zhou had explained that long ago.
"True Dragon Bloodline is merely an abstract concept. When made tangible, when embodied in a fish dragon, it becomes True Dragon Form Qi. It is slowly accumulated and transformed through the sequence of Shrimp Whisker Grass, Fish Dragon Grass, and finally fish dragons. It is the origin of all a fish dragon's vitality and spiritual qi."
He Qing reached out and lightly pressed her own fish dragon's head, then traced an invisible line from between its two short horns all the way back.
"This True Dragon Form Qi condenses without dispersing, forming a long string from head to tail that runs through the fish dragon's entire body. Centered upon it, flesh and blood are distributed, and soul is