Inside the room, Cloud sit cross legged on the wooden board. He took out all the things he received as rewards.
He look through them one by one.
There is one jade bottle. Inside it are some pills. Cloud was told by the Head Elder that it is Qi Gathering Pills.
He doesn't know what its effects are but he understand that it's related to Qi Gathering Realm.
There are three pills inside the bottle. This reminds Cloud that he also received a similar bottle before.
It was given by the City Lord of River City. He was told that it would also help him in Qi Gathering.
He opened the bottle and found one pill inside. This pill seems to be the same as the Qi Gathering Pills.
They look exactly the same and the smells are also the same.
After that, Cloud close the bottle back and put them aside. He doesn't know much about it yet so he doesn't plan to use it for the time being.
There is one other thing he received as rewards. It is a space ring.
Cloud is happy that he got the ring. It would be easier for him to bring things in the future.
He inspect the ring closely but as expected he can't use it yet. He need qi to use the ring.
At this point, the temporary qi inside his body has already dissipated. But he remember the feeling clearly so it would be easier for him to sense it in the future.
After looking at everything, Cloud put everything back inside his robe.
This things are very precious for him at the moment so he must keep it close.
Looking at the darkening sky outside through the window, Cloud knows that it's time to rest.
Tomorrow is an important day so he must rest properly to prepare.
The next day, all disciples are already awake in the morning.
Some of them only sleep briefly because of excitement. Some others didn't manage to sleep at all.
Only a few got a proper rest. Cloud is among this group. He already estimated that Xiao Han wouldn't come too early today.
And as expected he came just before midday. Even though the disciples already wait for him since early morning.
After arriving, Xiao Han quickly bring everyone to do what needs to be done.
He first brought them to a hall, at which he give some explanation about the Qi Gathering Realm.
This is very important. Everyone needs to understand what it is first to be able to reach it.
In the explanation, Xiao Han speak about his understanding of the realm.
Qi Gathering Realm are a realm where one gather Qi from the surrounding into their body.
They must slowly gather the Qi and accumulate them in their meridian.
Only when they managed to gather and stabilized a certain amount would they enter the Qi Gathering Realm.
To gather Qi you need a cultivation manual. There are a lot of different kinds of it with its own advantages and disadvantages.
Xiao Han also explain about Qi Gathering Pills. When you take a Qi Gathering Pill, your body would temporarily attract qi from the surrounding area.
It's exactly like people with Spiritual Roots.
The difference is that people with Spiritual Roots would already attract qi from the surroundings already.
So when they take the pill, they would attract significantly more.
Also, people with Spiritual Roots can absorb qi faster compared to people without.
This things cannot be changed. So even if you have unlimited Qi Gathering Pills, if you don't have Spiritual Root, then you would still absorb qi slower compared to people with Spiritual Roots.
The difference would be that with the help of the pill, you would already attract Qi and gather it around your surroundings.
So you would only need to focus on absorbing the gathered qi from around your body, into your body.
This would cut the process of gathering qi significantly.
After all if you don't use the pill, then you would need to slowly absorb the very thin qi from the surroundings.
This would be a very long process compared to using the pill.
After Xiao Han is done with the explanation, he took the disciples into another hall.
This hall is where the sect keeps the cultivation manuals. But it is of course just the outer hall.
The more important manuals would be keep inside the inner hall, on the inner ground.
Even though its just the outer hall, the security in this place is very strict.
There is one elder guarding it that the deciples recognize and also some senior deciples.
When Xiao Han arrives with the deciples, the elder already knows the drill.
He speak to the disciples about the rule and then he let them in.