Alchemies

Chapter 37: "The Science of Knowledge"

He assumed he would stop about 20 cm, or maybe less because he managed to break through a little. However, he began to drift continuously nonstop. His speed was rising very slowly, but he was still going up.

When his height reached about a meter, Ma Rong told him to stop. He landed on the ground.

"So you can do it." Ma Rong once again did not believe. 'How can a bone forging realm cultivator be able to carry so much weight with his Qi?' she asked.

He looked at Alex, who was looking at him expectantly to get an answer. He sighed and asked, "Do you know how cultivators usually fly without artifacts?"

Alex thought for a moment, and said, “isn't it by wrapping themselves with their Qi?”

“Yes, but what I ask is, do you know why it works for farmers? But not much work for you?” she asked.

Alex just shook his head. Ma Rong replied, "You know, our Qi quantity increases as we make a breakthrough. That Qi is getting thicker as we continue to break through the realms. At some point, it becomes so thick that we can physically pick up objects using it like a rope or a stick."

"The thicker the balloon, the heavier the object it can carry. Think of Qi as a balloon. Once the balloon has more air in it, it will be able to carry objects. The more air, the heavier the thing it carries."

“What do you think will happen if I tie a balloon light enough to carry a load of 50 kilograms, on a rock weighing 50 kg?” she asked.

"That's gonna bring the stone?" she said.

"No. The balloon will remain silent. Since the balloon was strapped to a 50kg rock, it was now effectively capable of carrying a load of 0, so the balloon did not fly. Now, what if I break that little piece of rock?" that rock, what's going to happen?"

“The rock will now start flying.” He answered with confidence.

“Yes, but between a balloon carrying a rock and another balloon with the same ability to carry a load of 25 kg, which do you think will go up faster?” she asked.

"The stone is lighter." He answers.

"Yes, that's exactly it. Similar qi. When you are not in the realm of hardening bones, your Qi is thick enough to just hold your weight. But once you break through, now it can slowly lift you higher. Since you can't 'I didn't change the weight of the stone, you made the balloon even lighter."

Alex feels he learned something important today. 'So, I can fly after my Qi is able to carry more weight, huh?' he thinks.

But then he thought of something, But master, I can carry monsters easily when I am in the first realm of Bone Tempering. My Qi shouldn't have been so thick at that moment.

Ma Rong chuckled small, "It's simple. Take the example of balloons and rocks. Since the weight is effective 0, any outside influence from you can lift it easily."

“But when you are tied to a balloon, it does not work. You can't push a balloon to take you higher, because the balloon and you are a unit. You may be hovering above the ground because you raised it. feet in anticipation of flying."

Alex seems to understand a little. ‘There is more science involved in this than I knew before,’ thought.

Ma Rong then said, "I know you might be excited to fly immediately, so you might try to make a lot of breakthroughs, but don't. You need to stay a little at each cultivation base to understand the intricacies. If you continue to break through without stabilizing your cultivation, your foundation will be bad in the future, and you will definitely end up in a Qi Deviation, and might lose your entire cultivation as well as your life. "

Alex was a little surprised. 'Stabilizing my cultivation? I've never heard of it before. Is leveling up too fast that bad,’ he wonders. Even so, the threat of death was enough for him to accept it.

‘Alright, come with me,” Ma Rong said as he walked down the summit. In less than a few minutes, they arrived at a large but seemingly simple house.

A step below the house there are several other houses that have their own courtyard. "Choose one of the houses. Since you are my disciple, you will stay here now. From tomorrow, every morning I will teach you about alchemy. You will take what you learn and use it to try alchemy. As long as you are mine disciple, you are still an outer sect disciple. Quickly make a pill to become an inner sect disciple."

"Also, there are alchemy rooms in each of these houses, so you don't need to go to the alchemy hall to practice alchemy. However, I suggest that you do not do any alchemy today and settle other affairs. It's better if you wait until I teach you some basics tomorrow morning."

"Now go rest. You almost died today, and are still full of blood and dirt. Clean yourself up."

Alex nodded and said goodbye as he departed for the leftmost house under the sect leader's house. As soon as he entered, he saw the inside of the large house, with its own backyard and pond.

It has been a long day and night now. He looked at the time and realized that it was almost 10 in the morning. He had accidentally missed his breakfast today. He sighed and walked into a random room, then logged out.