Chapter 51 - The Sister's Peculiar Constitution

"Why is this happening? Could it be that Su Ye doesn't have the talent for body refining? No, that can't be right. If she truly lacked talent, understanding the theory would be like reading a book of spells to her—completely incomprehensible. Yet, she grasped it instantly, speaking eloquently and even making connections beyond the basics. This doesn't look like a lack of talent at all..."

Su Mu's brow furrowed deeply, his mind teeming with questions.

Su Ye was just as perplexed. She had understood everything her brother explained, and it even seemed quite straightforward to her. So why was it that she couldn't execute it when it came to practice? Where was the issue?

Both siblings were the stubborn sort, unwilling to give up. They tried several more times, but to no avail.

Even with Su Mu's hands-on teaching, Su Ye could understand with her eyes, wrap her head around it, but her body simply wouldn't cooperate.

Seeing that his sister couldn't seem to learn the self-defense techniques of the body refining major, Su Mu let her rest for a while before switching to teaching her the Fire-Attracting Spell from the alchemical cuisine major.

This spell, while primarily used in the alchemical cuisine major to control fire, could also be used for self-defense. As long as there was fire nearby, this spell could come in handy.

Of course, with Su Ye's spiritual qi value, even after learning this spell, she wouldn't be able to unleash much power. At most, she could control a small flame, and even that wouldn't last long—just a second or two before depleting all the spiritual qi in her body.

Still, Su Mu taught her, if only to see if she could learn it.

A familiar scene unfolded.

Su Ye quickly mastered the theory behind the Fire-Attracting Spell, even explaining it more clearly and logically than Su Mu.

But the result was the same when it came to practice. Not to mention controlling a small flame, she couldn't even stir her spiritual power to flow according to the requirements of the Fire-Attracting Spell.

Afterward, Su Mu tried teaching her skills from several other majors.

The situation remained unchanged. Su Ye learned the theory quickly, but faltered at the practical stage.

What was this? A king of theory but a novice in practice?

But when Su Ye first learned the Qi Cultivation Technique and the method of making qi refining pills, it wasn't like this at all.

"Wait a second..."

Su Mu's eyebrows lifted as he felt he was onto something.

"Qi refining pills don't count as spiritual pills. Their level indicates that even at perfection, they're only level 0. Plus, Su Ye didn't actually learn how to make the qi refining pills; all the initial steps like mixing the medicine and refining the honey were done by me. She just rolled the mixed medicinal powder into pills. Anyone can do that."

"So, up to this point, the only cultivation-related knowledge Su Ye has truly learned is the Qi Cultivation Technique..."

Su Mu had a hypothesis, but it needed to be tested.

However, he only had the Qi Cultivation Technique as a mental technique available. Even if he decided to spend money to advance quickly, he would first need to learn the knowledge from "Foundation of Cultivation Theory," "Principles and Applications of Spiritual Qi," and "Human Physiology," among others.

Distant water can't put out a nearby fire.

Perhaps he could ask Kevin for help?

Su Mu took out his phone and dialed Kevin, asking him to come to his room.

Ten minutes later, the doorbell rang. Opening the door, Kevin walked in wearing pajamas, grumbling, "Buddy, what's up? It's a good thing I was just lying in bed, not asleep. Otherwise, no matter how many times you called, you wouldn't have been able to wake me up..."

Seeing him about to ramble on again, Su Mu quickly interrupted, otherwise, he could keep talking for hours non-stop, from poetry and songs to life philosophy...

"Kevin, did you learn any cultivation methods to increase spiritual qi when you were at the Magic Academy?"

"Of course, the Meditation Technique. But we call spiritual qi 'Elemental Magic Power', they're actually the same thing, just different names, like how Su Ye calls you 'brother' and I call you Su Mu. Ah, speaking of the Meditation Technique, it reminds me of some funny incidents when I was learning it. Do you guys want to hear about them?"

"No!" Su Mu and Su Ye almost said in unison.

Kevin was stunned for a moment, probably thinking that the script wasn't going as he had designed it.

But he quickly said, "Then I'll tell another story..."

Su Mu quickly interrupted him again, "Wait, Kevin, save your stories for another time, maybe you can even write them into a book, call it 'Harry Potter'... Let's get to the point, can the Meditation Technique be taught to outsiders? If so, can you teach Su Ye? We can pay tuition, whether she can learn it or not."

"Write a book? That's a good idea, but why call it 'Harry Potter'? That's a strange name for a book..."

After rambling for a bit more, Kevin finally got back to the main topic.

"Little Ye wants to learn the Meditation Technique? She doesn't want to pursue cultivation and become a magician instead? Or is she trying to combine Eastern and Western practices? Well, what I mean is, I can teach her. The Meditation Technique in Europa, like the Qi Cultivation Technique over here, can be learned by anyone; there's nothing secretive about it. Forget about the tuition, I'm not interested in money."

Su Mu was speechless at Kevin's casual show-off, but as long as he was willing to teach Su Ye the Meditation Technique, that was all that mattered.

"Thank you, Kevin. Can you teach her now?" asked Su Mu.

"Now?"

Kevin was taken aback, spreading his hands.

"Buddy, you should understand that even though the Meditation Technique is the most basic mental technique, it's not something that can be learned in a short time, just like your Qi Cultivation Technique. It's already late. Maybe we could schedule the lesson for tomorrow morning? We'll aim to have her understand the principle of meditation within a week, then spend another ten days to half a month to enter the meditative state and begin to absorb Elemental Magic Power, what you call spiritual qi."

"That's fine, just go over the knowledge of the Meditation Technique for now... Here, I'll order some takeout for a late-night snack."

Kevin's eyes immediately lit up, "That's a great idea... Order me some blood curd and pig organs, I absolutely love those delicacies."

"Okay," Su Mu agreed, "It's rare to see a foreigner who likes to eat blood curd and pig organs."

"That's because you're not well-travelled, there's blood sausage in Germany too, and it tastes pretty good..."

Seeing Kevin about to launch into a lengthy discourse on the origins, taste, and preparation of blood sausage, Su Mu quickly steered the conversation back on track, "We can talk about blood sausage later. First, teach Su Ye the Meditation Technique, I'll order the food. When you're teaching, just enjoy being the teacher."

"Fair point." Kevin stopped digressing and began to seriously and meticulously explain the key points of the Meditation Technique.

Like the Qi Cultivation Technique, the Meditation Technique, a fundamental part of Western spiritual practice, is actually not that complicated.

Before the takeout had even arrived, Kevin had finished explaining all the key points.

He said with some enthusiasm, "That's the basic principle and cultivation method of the Meditation Technique. How much of that did you understand? If you have any questions, I'm here to answer them one by one."

Su Ye replied, "I understood everything, no questions."

"Oh, you understood everything, huh... What? You really got all of it?"

Kevin looked at Su Ye with wide eyes, clearly incredulous.

But then, Su Ye recounted the key points of the Meditation Technique, even more systematically than he had, clearly showing she didn't just memorize the information but truly understood and integrated it.

"This... this..."

Kevin's mouth hung open as he looked from Su Ye to Su Mu.

"What kind of monsters are you people?"

You're the monster, I'm the Cheater!

Su Mu thought to himself, then instructed Su Ye, "You try it, see if you can cultivate."

After listening to Kevin's lecture, Su Mu also acquired the Meditation Technique through a pay-to-win cheat, which was about the same Level as the 7th Set of National High School Qi Cultivation Technique.

Su Ye nodded, sat down on the ground, and began to adjust her breathing and focus according to what she had learned.

"You're too eager, my friend. Beginners need half to a full month to enter the meditative state. Su Ye learned the theory so quickly, it shouldn't take that long, but still, a week... Huh?! She's starting to absorb Elemental Magic Power already? How is this possible! Is she really a beginner?"

Kevin was only halfway through his sentence when he felt the Elemental Magic Power, or spiritual qi, begin to flow into Su Ye's body.

This was completely beyond his expectations, and he exclaimed in shock, invoking 'God,' 'Mary,' 'This can't be happening,' and the like.

Su Mu glanced at him.

Heh, shocked, aren't you? My sister's even more formidable than this Cheater!

But it's just as I guessed.

She can only practice mental techniques; she can't learn anything else, whether it's spells, alchemy, Artifact Crafting, or drawing runes.

No, it's not accurate to say she can't learn them. Her grasp of theoretical knowledge is astounding.

More precisely, she's unable to practice them.

Why she can't, I don't know and don't dare to ask. Perhaps it's related to her illness, and maybe things will change once she's cured?

After eating the late-night snack once the takeout arrived, a yawning Kevin left with his astonishment, while Su Mu sent Su Ye back to her room with Elemental Magic Power.

Seeing her mood wasn't high, Su Mu patted her shoulder, comforting her, "Don't worry, the inability to learn spells and Runic Paper is probably temporary. We'll surely find a solution in the future. For now, focus on cultivating the mental technique and raising your spiritual qi value. It's good for your health too... Huh."

Suddenly, both siblings looked stunned.

It turned out that when Su Mu patted Su Ye's shoulder, a static charge occurred, and a stream of spiritual power flowed from Su Ye's body into Su Mu's.

Spiritual power can be transferred to another person?

This was unheard of.

"Little Yezi, try projecting your spiritual power into your hand," Su Mu suddenly had an idea and grasped his sister's hand as he spoke.

Su Ye immediately complied.

Normally, with her cultivation level, she should have been unable to project her spiritual power outward, but something strange happened. When she tried to channel her spiritual power outward this time, it really did flow out and entered Su Mu's body!

After some investigation, Su Mu discovered that although he couldn't absorb his sister's spiritual power, he could use it.

Additionally, Su Ye's spiritual power didn't stay in his body permanently; it dissipated after about half an hour.

Now this was getting interesting.

Had Su Ye become a living, breathing spiritual power bank?

When he was low on spiritual power, or needed more, could he just borrow some from his sister?

Could this be the real purpose of his sister's abilities?

Tsk tsk tsk...