He sweeps his hand across in front of him, and a stringed instrument appears. With unconscious grace, he seats himself on the floor, the guqin balanced across his lap, and places his fingers on the strings.
"As a cultivator, I cultivate qi, which is energy. It flows through my meridians into my dantian, where I refine and concentrate it and use it to form my golden core."
Someone sensitive to magical and spiritual energies, as he starts to play Tranquility softly, might be able to sense his core, glowing at his center like a bright, miniature sun, or the flow of spiritual energy that he directs into the music. Certainly flickers of blue light are visible, dancing across the strings.
"The spiritual energy thus created can be used in many ways. Balance is important. Training with the sword improves the body, for example."
He has gotten more and more used to offering these explanations here at the inn, so although it is more than he has spoken at once before to her, it comes naturally all the same.
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He sweeps his hand across in front of him, and a stringed instrument appears. With unconscious grace, he seats himself on the floor, the guqin balanced across his lap, and places his fingers on the strings.
"As a cultivator, I cultivate qi, which is energy. It flows through my meridians into my dantian, where I refine and concentrate it and use it to form my golden core."
Someone sensitive to magical and spiritual energies, as he starts to play Tranquility softly, might be able to sense his core, glowing at his center like a bright, miniature sun, or the flow of spiritual energy that he directs into the music. Certainly flickers of blue light are visible, dancing across the strings.
"The spiritual energy thus created can be used in many ways. Balance is important. Training with the sword improves the body, for example."
He has gotten more and more used to offering these explanations here at the inn, so although it is more than he has spoken at once before to her, it comes naturally all the same.