Chapter 120
The person who came looking for her was the man who had first bought one of her manuals.
This time, he brought an old man with him. The old man held a magnifying glass, scrutinizing her manuals with extreme care.
As he looked, he said, “This calligraphy is truly excellent, and the script is different in every book. Young lady, where did you get so many of these? Can you sell them all to me? I’ll offer ten million. If you think that’s too little, we can still negotiate.”
Qiu Chi’s stall was already popular, and the old man's words were overheard by others, making her even more of a sensation.
Qiu Chi was a bit speechless. “I’m selling cultivation manuals, not calligraphy.”
“Young lady, you can’t be so rigid when doing business.”
But Qiu Chi was extremely rigid and refused no matter what he said. The old man had no choice but to take the few people he brought with him and buy just a few books to take back.
The next day, Qiu Chi swiftly packed up her stall.
She had come to realize that running a stall was useless. Selling martial arts manuals to most of these people felt like a waste of the manuals themselves. This method was too slow; she might as well wait for Xia Country to popularize the cultivation methods.
But for now, there was nothing online besides entertainment news. Some people claimed to have discovered aliens and whatnot, but it was obvious they were fabricated stories.
She wasn't in a hurry, but she couldn't just keep dawdling, could she?
Unable to sit still, Qiu Chi snuck into a leader's home that night, then took a tour of a military base.
Afterward, Qiu Chi fell silent.
She did discover that some people were indeed cultivating, but most were focused on physical training. There was practically no one practicing Qi Refining.
It was then that Qiu Chi remembered not everyone was a genius like her.
Even in the cultivation world, it took some people time to guide Qi into their bodies, let alone on Blue Star, where the spiritual energy was merely average.
Qiu Chi understood.
Having come to this realization, Qiu Chi sought out Li Ming.
Li Ming was a rebellious teenager who used to skip school to go to internet cafes all day. Ever since meeting Qiu Chi, he had been cultivating as if he were pumped full of adrenaline.
Thanks to his excellent talent and luck, he had quickly succeeded in guiding Qi into his body.
Qiu Chi sought him out with the intention of sending him in to be a teacher.
“I have something I need you to do. What about your family situation?”
Li Ming said excitedly, “No trouble, no trouble at all! They’re never home anyway, each doing their own thing. Whatever you need me to do, I guarantee I’ll get it done. Do you need me to help you promote the manuals again?”
“Not that. Haven’t you succeeded in guiding Qi into your body? Go to the military and teach the others.”
“The military?!” Li Ming’s eyes grew exceptionally bright.
Qiu Chi nodded. “Yes, the military. When the time comes, just make up a story for why you can cultivate. The methods they’re practicing are different from yours, but the process of guiding Qi into the body is more or less the same. You will go teach them how to do it.”
After a moment's thought, Qiu Chi took out a circular disk and handed it to Li Ming. “This is a Spirit Testing Disk. Place a hand on it. Only those who make it light up can guide Qi into their bodies. If it doesn’t light up, they can’t.”
“If you find anyone who makes it shine with exceptional brilliance, remember to send me a message.”
Li Ming held the Spirit Testing Disk, trembling with excitement.
He asked, somewhat puzzled, “Then why don’t you go yourself?”
“I have some unresolved matters to attend to. I’ll go after I’ve dealt with them.”
Li Ming was thrilled about going to the military. That very day, he slung on his backpack and went to the municipal mayor’s office.
As for Qiu Chi, she did indeed have things to do. She was going to continue being a great master, spreading her teachings!
She couldn't let the higher-ups handle everything; there needed to be reliable people at the grassroots level too!
Qiu Chi was picky, but the people she chose were all filled with righteous energy, the kind who would never betray her.
The cultivation methods she gave out were also tailored to their individual natures.
Of course, the manual she had given to the leader wasn't some common method either. Although it was a basic Qi Refining technique, it was definitely one of the best of its kind.
Qiu Chi spent two months traveling all over Xia Country, handing out countless cultivation manuals. Only then did she sense that the mermaids' spaceship had finally come to a stop.
During this period, with Li Ming's help, the military finally began practicing Qi Refining, and some soldiers successfully guided Qi into their bodies.
The higher-ups were also indirectly disseminating information online.
Qiu Chi felt it would be better to just be direct and publicly announce that cultivation was possible and that spirit roots needed to be tested.
But now was not the time for that. First, she had to go to the Mermaid Planet to "take care of" them, which would also buy Blue Star more time.
It had taken the spaceship over two months to arrive, but Qiu Chi was much faster. She reached their planet in just a few days.
The Mermaid Planet was largely covered by oceans, appearing as a vast expanse of blue from the outside.
The entire planet smelled of the sea.
Qiu Chi headed directly for the spaceship's location.
She didn't reveal herself immediately, choosing instead to wander around first.
Then she discovered that the group of mermaids who had returned from Blue Star were being ostracized by the other mermaids on the planet. The reason was that their fishtails were no longer perfect.
If they hadn't brought back news of Blue Star, it was said they would have been driven out of the safe zone.
Although the Mermaid Planet was large, only the safe zone was truly safe.
Furthermore, on the Mermaid Planet, they weren't the most powerful species; they just had higher intelligence compared to the others.
The average lifespan of a mermaid was about a thousand years. It was unknown how many years of development it had taken to achieve their current level of technology.
Qiu Chi only figured all this out after taking one of their translators.
Once she understood, she unhesitatingly took a huge pile of various technologies from their warehouses.
Then, she gave Wenren Xiu a good beating before leaving.
She didn't destroy the planet, nor did she completely cut off their path to Blue Star.
After all, Blue Star had already been discovered. Even without the invasion from the Mermaid Planet, other strange races would invade sooner or later. It was better to let them get some practice now.
Qiu Chi's round trip from Blue Star to the Mermaid Planet took no more than half a month, and that included a few days she wasted on the Mermaid Planet.
After returning to Blue Star, she found a string of messages from Li Ming on her phone.
Qiu Chi didn't reply, instead going to find him in person.
“Master—oh, no, Teacher. Teacher, you’re back?”
“Yes.”
Qiu Chi handed Li Ming a storage ring. “The things inside are all technologies far beyond what Blue Star has. Take them out and let them study them.”
Qiu Chi was about to leave after speaking, but Li Ming called out to her. “Teacher, why don’t you stay here?”
“Reclusive masters like us cannot casually participate in these matters. You can only rely on your own efforts.”
Leaving behind this sentence, Qiu Chi vanished.
As for why she didn't stay?
It was too restrictive, with no freedom.
Li Ming was now being watched with painstaking closeness. Although he seemed excited and thrilled and didn't seem to mind...
...she had no desire to be in the same position.
Besides, she was so powerful that people would inevitably say, “Since you’re so powerful, why don’t you just solve everything? Then there wouldn’t be any problems, right?”
But on what grounds should she?
She felt that doing this much was already a testament to her kindness and mercy.
She had no desire to make an effort only to have it be taken for granted.
It was better for them to work hard and become strong on their own.
After all, she would have to leave eventually.
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