Chapter 50："Science" Behind Flying (1/2)
He had assumed he would stop at around 20 cm, or maybe a little more since he broke through a bit. However, he started floating continuously without stopping. The speed at which he was rising was very slow, but he was rising nonetheless.
When he got to about a meter high, Ma Rong told him to stop. He landed on the ground.
”So you can do it.” Ma Rong was in disbelief once more. 'How is a bone tempering realm cultivator able to carry so much weight with his Qi?' she questioned.
She looked at Alex, who was looking at her expectantly for an answer. She sighed and asked,” Do you know how cultivators normally fly without artifacts?”
Alex thought for a second, and said, ”isn't it by wrapping themselves with their Qi?”
”Yes, but what I'm asking is, do you know why that works for the cultivators? But doesn't work much for you?” she asked.
Alex simply shook his head. Ma Rong answered, ”You see, our Qi increases in quantity when we breakthrough. It keeps getting thicker and thicker as we keep on breaking through the realms. At some point, it gets so thick that we can physically pick objects off using it like a rope or a stick.”
”The thicker they get, the heavier the object they can carry. Imagine Qi as balloons. Once the balloons have more air in them, they become able to carry objects. The more air there is, the heavier the objects they carry.”
”What do you think would happen if I tie a balloon light enough to carry 50 kilograms of weight, on a 50 kg rock?” she asked.
” It will carry the rock?” he said.
”No. The balloon will stay stationary. Since the balloon is tied to a 50kg rock, it is now effectively able to carry 0 weight, so it doesn't fly away. Now, what if I were to break off a small piece of the rock, what would happen?”
”The rock will now start to fly.” He answered confidently.
”Yes, but between the balloon carrying the rock, and another balloon of the same capability carrying a 25 kg weight, which do you think would rise faster?” she asked.
”The one with the less weighing rock.” He answered.
”Yes, Exactly. Qi is similar. When you were not in the bone tempering realm, your Qi was thick enough to only carry your weight. But once your broke through, it is now able to slowly lift you higher. Since you couldn't change the weight of the rock, you made the balloon even lighter.”