"You really didn't know?" Xu Lan exclaimed in surprise, shaking her head lightly. "You are so ignorant."
"Mind you, I was just a nominal disciple a month ago," Li Yun said wryly.
Xu Lan nodded and explained, "In the Qi Training Realm, a martial artist can gather Qi mist in its form, and in the Innate King Realm, one can condense the Qi gathered inside one's dantian into liquid form. The entire purpose of the Innate King Realm is to convert the Qi stored inside our bodies from mist form to liquid form."
She added, looking at Li Yun, "It's only in the Earth Profound Realm that one can manifest Qi outside of their body for both offense and defense, depending on one's needs."
Xu Lan then pointed at the shelves. "The martial arts contained in these shelves are all of profound rank, and most, if not all, of the profound rank techniques require one to manifest Qi outside of their bodies. Therefore, until you reach the Earth Profound Realm, these martial arts are very useless to you."
