The Hourglass 33 The Hidden Cultivation Stages

So Michael closed his eyes and felt around the red string that connects him and Aria.

Whoos.h.!.+

He suddenly found himself in an unknown room taking out a book from a hidden place, Michael found out he is seeing what Aria saw he tried to went back and with the other whoosh, he is back to the hourgla.s.s.

Michael then tried to connect to the dim red string that connects him to Melinda. The process took a second longer than when it was with Aria and he could felt that he was laying on the bed with his eyes closed, it means Melinda is still asleep.

Michael went back to his own body and began to think 'hmm… why did the transmission on Melinda is slower than Aria's, maybe it's because she is unconscious or because our connection isn't strong enough but when it was with Marcel it w'

Michael's thought was interrupted by the sound of the door opening. Aria then went in with a notebook that looks like it was new.

"what's that?"Michael asks the still naked Aria while pointing at the notebook.

She threw the notebook toward Michael and began to search for her clothes on the wardrobe in the room.

As Michael was catching it and Aria is wearing clothes, she said "it was the translated version of the ancient book"

So Michael opened the notebook and he saw the t.i.tle on the first page 'The Hidden Cultivation Stages'. Interested Michael flipped to the next page.

"as you all know (actually we don't) the cultivation stages commonly is separated into three stages: Qi gathering Stages, Transformation Stages, and Soul Stages (really?). The Qi gathering Stages is further separated into three stages Gas Qi Stages, Liquid Qi Stages, and Solid Qi Stages (we already know that) which after that we transform our qi into Attribute qi according to our own talents but before that there is a hidden stage that could make you more powerful than anyone else but the time it takes to reach completion is longer as well (wow!)"

The paged ended and on the next page at it's very top there is sentences 'Hidden Cultivation Stage: The Connecting Qi Nodes' and below it there is a diagram of the male body and female body beside it. Michael looked at the male bodies and he saw many blue circles on the diagram.

The first one he notices is the heart and then the throat, both of the capsule that connect the hand and shoulder, two on each elbow, two on each wrist, two on each palm, one on the navel, also one on the part just above the testis, two on the hips that connected to leg, two on each knee, two on each ankle, two on each soles of the feet, and lastly four on the spine; the first one on the behind of the throat then at behind the heart, the part of spine that is behind the navel and the end of the spine .

Michael counted and the total twenty-four nodes in males body including the heart and for some reason, the head is not included when he counted the woman's it's still twenty-four except the one above the male's testis is on their v.a.g.i.n.a.

Then Michael flipped to the next page "you do understand right (no we don't) that the quality and the size of your soul when you are at soul stage is determined by quant.i.ty and quality of your attribute qi (is that so). This hidden stage can upgrade the quant.i.ty of your attribute qi.

Also from what I observed from my disciple, this hidden stage can increase your lifespan half from the usual stage, fifty years (so cruel, you made your own disciple an experimental mouse). Even if this stage may take more than fifty years for the untalented or you could decrease the time if you are a genius or get a fortunate encounter.

Then Michael took my eyes off the book to look at Aria who is sitting beside me grinning. "the heck is this?" he waved the notebook in front of her face.

"that is a translated version of a very rare and valuable book that I discovered with the level up pill that you just took on the ancient ruin with the back-stabbing companion I told you about before" Aria answered with a very smug face.

"so it's not nonsense huh, then what about the extra comment that was written on it," Michael asked.

"if you flipped the notebook to the last you will understand it," Aria said with a smile while running out from the room.

Then Michael flipped to the last page. Written on it is " by Hui Yin (Aria Alvionita, comedic version)" but it's not very funny Michael commented in his head.

Then suddenly Aria popped her head from the door " next Monday we are going to Mount Everest, okay"

When Michael wants to ask for more detail she went off and escaped, even when Michael had searched the entire building she is nowhere to be found.

At one of the rooms on the second floor, Michael opened the door intending to search for Aria but he was greeted by a female cheetah with a growl.

"let me out!" Melinda growled out these word with frustration.

Michael stunned for a second because he forgot that Melinda is still here and when he looked carefully at her eyes he saw no hate and he even saw a little bit of affection but he didn't felt anything similar like when he ended his first time with Aria.

'So it's one-sided huh, also shouldn't she know I killed her brother shouldn't she hated me or is it the effect that Aria speaks of that even a death grudge can be solved just by taking each other first time 'Michael thought while rubbing his chin.

"what are you waiting for? Let me out, for some reason, I can't touch the wall and door, when I want to destroy the floor I suddenly felt weak, it's your doing right" Melinda returned to her human form while asking that question.

"well let's talk inside," Michael said while bravely stepped inside the room. Melinda trained her eyes toward Michael who nonchalantly sat on the bed and Melinda to sat on the bed with the clothes that she had before.