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Chapter 4 - The Long Airloom Technique

The room became silent.

Li Tian carefully placed the jade scroll on the table.

Dust particles floated slowly through the sunlight shining from the window.

"This technique," the old man said quietly, "has not been practiced for thousands of years."

Matthew frowned.

"Why?"

"Because no one could."

Michael leaned closer to the scroll.

"What does it do?"

Li Tian took a deep breath.

"It is called…"

The Long Airloom Dual Cultivation Technique.

The name alone sounded ancient.

Michael scratched his head.

"Dual cultivation?"

Matthew raised an eyebrow.

"You mean the kind that requires two cultivators?"

Li Tian nodded.

"Yes."

"But not in the way you think."

He pointed at the twins.

"This technique was designed for cultivators who possess perfectly balanced Yin and Yang roots."

The twins looked at each other.

Then back at their grandfather.

"Us?" Matthew asked.

Li Tian nodded slowly.

"For thousands of years, no one in the clan has had the necessary spirit root."

"That is why the technique was forgotten."

Michael frowned.

"But the elder said our roots are average."

Li Tian chuckled.

"That's because they only measured purity, not balance."

"The elders are too focused on raw strength."

"But true Yin–Yang cultivation requires perfect harmony."

He tapped the jade scroll.

"This technique allows cultivators to refine something far rarer than normal spiritual energy."

Matthew's eyes sharpened.

"What kind?"

The old man spoke slowly.

"Origin Qi."

The words felt heavy in the room.

Even the air seemed to pause.

Michael frowned.

"What's that?"

Li Tian looked at them seriously.

"It is the original energy from which Yin and Yang were born."

"The purest form of power in existence."

Matthew whispered.

"Then why doesn't everyone cultivate it?"

Li Tian's expression turned grim.

"Because the cost is terrifying."

He pointed toward the twins' lower abdomen.

"The dantian of an Origin cultivator must condense one hundred times more energy to advance."

Michael blinked.

"…One hundred times?"

Matthew nearly choked.

"That's insane!"

Li Tian nodded calmly.

"Most cultivators would die from the strain."

"That is why the technique was abandoned."

"But for the two of you…"

His eyes shone.

"It might be possible."

Inside the twins' souls, something ancient stirred.

The hidden dragon spirit whispered faintly.

Origin Qi…

So the ancient path still exists…

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