Li Xiaoyue's beautiful eyes lit up too, and she nodded vigorously beside him, her anticipation plain to see.
"All right."
Chen Lin began teaching them in earnest.
Rather than having them sit in meditation and recite the text straightaway, he first carefully explained the meridian circulation route for the first level of the Azure Origin Sword Art.
Then he extended two fingers and pressed them against the centers of the two women's backs.
Two exceedingly gentle streams of spiritual power flowed from his fingertips into their bodies, winding slowly through their meridians like a pair of docile little snakes.
"Remember this feeling. Remember this route.
Then try to reach out with your minds and communicate with the invisible energy in the air."
Chen Lin's gently guiding voice rang out in the quiet backyard.
Song Qiuya and Li Xiaoyue immediately sat cross-legged beside the stone table at the center of the Spirit-Gathering Formation. Closing their eyes, they followed Chen Lin's instructions and began trying to capture the elusive spiritual energy.
Time ticked by.
The backyard grew so quiet that only the rustling of peach leaves in the wind remained.
An hour later.
Li Xiaoyue's body suddenly gave an almost imperceptible tremor.
She had successfully captured a wisp of spiritual energy finer than a strand of hair, shakily drawing it into her body and merging it into her dantian.
She did it!
A flicker of surprise crossed Chen Lin's eyes.
Another hour passed.
Song Qiuya, seated cross-legged on the other side, also began to give off a barely perceptible fluctuation of spiritual power.
Her talent was actually not much worse than Li Xiaoyue's.
Now Chen Lin was genuinely surprised.
He had originally thought it would take them at least three to five days just to reach the threshold.
He hadn't expected this...