"How many times a day should I strike it? And how many times each session?"
"There is no fixed requirement, but do not do it too often. Once or twice a day, one or two strikes each time will do... With this sort of thing, being too deliberate is not a good thing. Going with the flow is best."
"Then, Doctor, have you found out why they have developed this abnormal condition?"
"There are many possibilities. As I said, without conducting a specific 'analysis,' even I would find it difficult to make an accurate judgment based on such limited outward signs. As for whether their condition is related to you, I cannot be certain. We will need to conduct further tests after they truly wake up."
The so-called "specific analysis" meant dissecting one of the little sprites.
Perhaps Dr. Duzem considered that a perfectly normal method of alchemical research, but Zheng Qing found it very difficult to accept.
So he decisively ignored the doctor's suggestion and brought up another matter that had been on his mind just moments ago. "Um, Doctor, you just said that those tuning forks 'can awaken the spirituality of life, activate the origin of magic deep within life, and promote life's transformation and evolution'... It sounds as though they would benefit everyone, doesn't it? What I mean is, why don't we listen to them more often?"
"Does transformation in life always lead in a positive direction? What if someone's magic is already highly active and then receives further stimulation? Does a person who is already alive need someone else to awaken the spirituality of their life?"
Dr. Duzem did not directly answer Zheng Qing's confusion. Instead, he posed three rhetorical questions before concluding, "It is like vitamins. Taking an appropriate amount is necessary, but taking too