Chapter 26
The journey to Mang-ryang’s was long and arduous. Understandably so, as Mang-ryang lived near Jinrang Valley near Luoyang; to get there from the village I was living in, I had to cross mountains and rivers dozens of times. I got by with a meager 50 silver coins for travel expenses and walked on monotonously every day.
With nothing much to entertain me, I practiced the Thunder Dragon Breath Technique during my free time. Perhaps due to taking the spiritual elixir twice, I felt electric rays bursting from all over my body even with just circulating Qi through the microcosmic orbit.
Kwaaarung!
A thunderous sound erupted. It wasn’t just a feeling; others could sense it too. Whenever I finished my Qi cultivation, the innkeeper would run in, startled.
“What’s going on?”
“Nothing.”
“But I saw a flickering light…”
Pretending to know nothing, I watched the innkeeper shake his head and leave.
‘Hmm. Practicing Qi cultivation is becoming burdensome.’