Seeing Audrey like this, Alexander could not stand these sentimental scenes, so he gave her new instructions: "we still have a few hours until dawn so take advantage of the Qi Gathering formation and make your way to the Realm of Gathering Qi"

Audrey nodded obediently, Alexander followed: "In this realm, one must sense the Qi, then absorb it guiding it towards the acupuncture points opening them one by one while filling these point with Qi then proceed to the next one. This process may take a few months to a few years to open and fill the corresponding acupuncture point depending on the cultivation technique, normally the cultivators first open the acupuncture points of the palm of their hands and use them to reach the thorax and the rest of their body. although you skipped this step and opened all 108 points previously you still have some obstructions left in your channels. it will be much easier for you clear all your channels and it takes you even less time compared to others but you should not neglect this process and clear your Acupuncture points clean. so that you will not face any problems in the circulation of your Qi and have a stronger foundation."

having listened to what her young masters instruction Audrey sat down again in the Array and put her hands in front of her chest palms facing each other, after a few moments a ball of Qi began to appear between her palms, Audrey began to move her hands in the form of yin-yang controlling the Qi gathering between her palms while a few strands of Qi began to enter her palms clearing all the obstructions in her channels and filling up her acupuncture points. after a few hours Audrey opened her eyes full of emotion, she finally reached the realm of Qi gathering!

"Do not get too excited, do you know what is the other name of the Realm of Qi Gathering?" Alexander said emotionlessly, he did not want Audrey to settle down from a small achievement, Audrey when she heard that question she shook her head, "They are called Fake Cultivators" answered Alexander.

but when she heard his response she was struck dumb and asked involuntarily "Why?"

"For three reasons, the first is that they can not use their Qi properly, Second: when they use it they will lose it forever and they will have to re-cultivate to recover it, and third: they use the most impure Qi that exists in the atmosphere called the mundane Qi, if you compare it with the spiritual Qi, the mundane Qi is garbage."

The Qi in this world is divided into two, the mundane Qi and the spiritual Qi, One was used at the beginning of cultivation because one could not feel nor could their body withstand the force of spiritual Qi. Mundane Qi was something that only the lower cultivators would use, This southern region has a decent amount of mundane Qi but Only a thin layer of spiritual Qi, Because of that, it was not strange that there were no cultivators in the Elemental Realm in the whole region, When one makes his way to that Realm he has to convert all his mundane Qi into spiritual qi, when they have converted fifty percent of their mundane Qi to spiritual Qi they are known as half a step elemental Realm cultivators, After converting all their Qi to the spiritual Qi, one must gather all the accumulated Qi and impact his dantian to form the Qi Sea and formally enter Elemental Realm.

Alexander explained everything to Audrey, who understood that her achievement was not worth much in the eyes of the true experts, seeing that the night was almost over, Alexander could only sigh: "The dawn is upon us, my mom does not take long to wake up so lets stop our section for today and take some rest. we also need to resolve the funds So, Audrey, have you or rather my mom not thought about starting a business? We should currently have enough funds to open more than one store in the capital, so present this idea to my mother and I'll take care of everything else, if you need more funds then sell what we stole from my old man, they should at least worth a couple thousand gold coins" Saying that he went to his bed, while Audrey nodded and proceed to think of a plan to convince Anna to go along with this idea. Although she had not slept, she did not feel tired as she was no longer a normal person but a cultivator in the Realm of Qi Gathering!

The next day Anna was still angry When Audrey presented an idea If the king does not want to give them any more funds then why not set up there own business and earn their own wealth? Anna loved that idea so she planned to open a clothing store for Ladies, as she knew a lot about that, So they set everything in motion and started planning for their new venture.

That's how the days went by, during the day Alexander trained hard or he spent it with his sisters and grandparents, and at night he trains with Audrey, She and his mother spend all their time planning the opening of their store, so these days he hardly sees them. With the influence of Frey and his grandparents, the officials did not make things difficult for his mother so everything went smoothly.

After a month, Audrey reached the third stage of the Realm of Qi Gathering, her speed was terrifying, It may take at least a year just to fill an acupuncture point for a normal cultivator but it was very easy for her, if the elders of the southern powers saw this scene they would die of shame, meanwhile Alexander advanced to the fourth stage of Realm of body refinement, his speed was even more terrifying than that of Audrey.

Currently, Alexander did not have to worry about his safety, Audrey's current strength was over 5420 Newton, During the Realm of Qi Gathering for each stage she earned more than a thousand newtons of strength! Adding the extra twenty percent from the six animal forms technique, and the fact that her strength doubled after purifying her flesh with Qi, This gave her the strength of a fifth stage Qi Gathering cultivator. which is two stages above her current cultivation, with her strength only the High commanders of the nearby powers would be able to compete with Audrey so with her by their side neither he nor his mother would face any problems.

Late at night, two shadows approached a certain store inside a commercial street in the Capital City.

"is this the store?" (Alexander)

"Yes, Young Master, Miss Anna closed the deal a few days ago, But I found something suspicious for it was so easy and without any competition, as this store is in an excellent location, I think it's a trap" (Audrey)

"haha, It's certainly is a trap, but they made a mistake by not anticipating me in there equation, It's time to remodel the store and after I'm done with that, I want to see what kind of tricks they have under their sleeve, No matter what scheme they play they will not succeed." (Alexander)