Chapter 154: Progress (1/2)

Alex thought for a bit. Pearl's cultivation base had come from sleeping for a few weeks in his tattoo, then eating the blood essence, and then finally, cultivating. Only one of which was responsible for his body cultivation right now.

”So that can only mean that it is a coincidence right?” he thought. He then wondered 'Since we have the same cultivation base in a way, maybe it will be equal if I take back my Qi? Although it feels really uncomfortable, I should try it.'

He started pulling in the Qi into his meridian and leaving his body Qi-less. ”Alright, hit me again buddy.” Pearl didn't wait for him to say anything else and immediately slapped his arm with his paw.

Alex stumbled a few steps back as the hit was a bit harder than he thought it would be. ”Shouldn't be surprising that I took so much damage. We are the same cultivation base technically after all. Although, it doesn't hurt as much as I expected it to.”

He then looked at Pearl and said, ”Alright buddy, come attack me.”

Pearl once more hit him, but this time Alex dodged it. Alex did nothing but dodge as Pearl tried to hit him continuously. In the end, they had to stop because Alex realized that Pearl just wasn't good at fighting.

”I can't even teach you how to fight, can I?” Alex fell into a dilemma. 'How do the normal monsters know how to fight then?' he wondered.

He continued fighting with Pearl once more. This time, he went on for as long as he could, however, Pearl barely learned anything once again.

”Is it because he is still a child that he can't learn how to fight? Or am I just that bad of a teacher?” Alex thought. ”Guess, I will have to wait until he is an adult then.”

Alex decided to solo train for the next few hours. It was a shame, but he couldn't train his Flickering Shadows technique in the brightly lit training hall. So, he just kept the training to the things he had learned in the Tiger Sect. But that was getting boring.

Perhaps he was getting really good at it, or he just didn't see the point of training solo for so long. He just wanted to stop for once and do something else. But his mind told him this was important.

”Urghh… I just want to go back to making pills. That is so much more interesting. But I also need to learn to fight so that I could protect myself.”

He reluctantly practiced for a bit longer until Wen Cheng came back around.

”Did you learn it?” he asked.

”Yes master,” he proceeded to show exactly how good the attack was. ”Hmm… did your yang-type spiritual root amplify the damage a bit?” Wen Cheng said as he felt the dangerous aura radiating from the palm.

”I think so master,” Alex said.