To his surprise, Brad grasped qi remarkably quickly.
No, it was not really Brad's aptitude, but Skynet's immense computing power.
Although Clone Three had a purely flesh-and-blood body, his brain had also been modified and implanted with a special Crystal Chip.
It allowed him to connect with his main body's consciousness and Skynet.
Through extensive data analysis, the method of sensing qi that sounded like utter gibberish when Iron Fist explained it was broken down into specific techniques for stimulating key points.
Skynet calculated the locations of acupoints as nerve junctions and points of tension in the fascia with different functions. As its understanding of acupoints deepened, it calculated more locations that could produce the same effects but were not included in the method Iron Fist had described.
As for stimulating and activating those acupoints, that meant using mental intent-or, more precisely, brain waves-to perform specialized, targeted exercises.
That was no challenge either.
Brad, who could control three consciousnesses simultaneously, was already highly proficient in this area.
Soon, Brad's brain precisely detected a faint, elusive trace of qi.
It might have felt elusive to an ordinary martial artist, but to Brad, anything that existed was definitively there.
Iron Fist was rather shocked.
He even considered whether Brad could succeed him as the next Iron Fist, if his age were suitable.
Unfortunately, Iron Fist remembered The Ancient One mentioning that Brad was already over fifty.
Age brought cunning, and old men knew every trick in the book.
The next two Iron Fists had to be people destined to face the calamities of a great era. They did not actually need to be particularly strong, only simple-minded and pure enough to devote themselves wholeheartedly to traveling the world for Kunlun's greater cause.
Once the calamity passed and its destined champion died facing