Because she was self-aware, she knew she simply couldn't achieve this.

The only reason she shared this technique with Chad Brooks was out of a sense of unwillingness to admit defeat. Although Chad Brooks had already demonstrated extremely powerful control over his true energy, she never believed that this young boy could actually reach this level.

Chad Brooks listened quietly, his eyes gradually lighting up, his heart filled with joy.

So there was such a technique in the method of inscribing spirit patterns—how fascinating and irresistible it was, making him eager to try it out.

Although he had the experience of two lifetimes, at this moment he still couldn't see through the girl's thoughts.

Because he didn't feel that controlling true energy was such a difficult thing.

With the help of Emily Brooks, his control over true energy had indeed reached a level unimaginable to ordinary people.

Intelligent lifeforms might not be as imaginative as humans, but their hands-on abilities were absolutely beyond reproach.

The thin amount of true energy Chad Brooks possessed was utilized to the fullest under Emily Brooks's control, without the slightest bit of waste. And in this process, Chad Brooks didn't feel any strain at all.

Precisely because he did it so effortlessly, and when watching David Brooks inscribe spirit patterns, it was also done in one go, without feeling it was difficult at all. So he always thought that everyone found controlling true energy this easy, and he couldn't possibly guess the complex thoughts in the girl's mind at this moment.

After listening carefully, he nodded heavily to the girl and said sincerely, "Thank you, miss, for your guidance. Chad Brooks will never dare to forget this favor."

The girl's face flushed slightly, a trace of guilt flashing through her heart.

These techniques sounded simple, but accomplishing them was fraught with difficulties. She seemed to have already seen a scene from the future.

The boy, holding a longsword and a short needle, would try his best again and again, but would never succeed.

Shaking her little head, she turned and said, "I have something to do, I'll go first. I'll come see you next time." With that, her slender waist twisted, and she darted away like she was flying.

Chad Brooks grew anxious and called out, "What's your name?"

In the distance, the girl hesitated for a moment, and that beautiful, clear voice finally rang out again:

"Yvonne Sullivan."

Chapter 007: True Energy, Second Layer

Waves of heat surged from all parts of his body, slowly gathering in his dantian under the control of powerful willpower.

"Boom..."

Suddenly, his meridians trembled violently, and a surge of powerful true energy rushed upward, breaking through one meridian after another like a hot knife through butter. Under the impact of this force, his meridians seemed to become thicker and more solid.

Actually, this was just the meridians' capacity for endurance growing stronger through continuous cultivation. Still, the sensation was quite marvelous, bringing an extreme sense of pleasure and enjoyment.

Opening his eyes, Chad Brooks looked at his hands, clearly sensing the strength of the true energy within him. This was the first time since refining a mid-grade Life-Nourishing Pill that he had so distinctly felt an increase in his total true energy.

The second layer, the second layer of Qi Cultivation, was finally accomplished.

Taking a deep breath, Chad Brooks's longing for Life-Nourishing Pills grew even stronger.

This kind of pill truly had incredible effects. Just one pill not only saved him a month of arduous cultivation, but the residual medicinal power in his body even helped him break through the bottleneck and successfully advance to the second layer.

A thought suddenly arose in his mind: if he had enough pills to take, how fast could his cultivation progress?

Once this thought appeared, it was as if countless little hands were tickling his heart—he simply couldn't let it go.

He looked up and glanced toward the bushes, but to his disappointment, the girl named Yvonne Sullivan still hadn't appeared.

Three days. Ever since she left three days ago, Chad Brooks had been hoping to see her again. But this wish had never come true; the beautiful, elf-like girl had never appeared before him again.

Lowering his head, he glanced at the longsword beside him and sighed softly.

Last night, he had already finished inscribing all the spirit patterns on this longsword. He had originally wanted to show off in front of the girl, but now it seemed that this wish was unlikely to come true.

He sighed, picked up the longsword and short needle without much enthusiasm, and recalled in his mind the technique the girl had taught him for smoothing out breakpoints.

Although no one had ever demonstrated it for him, Emily Brooks was a truly extraordinary existence.

Once it knew the method, it could simulate it in Chad Brooks's mind. Three days was enough for Emily Brooks to simulate it thousands or even tens of thousands of times.

True energy flowed from his dantian along his meridians into the short needle. The inch-long white light seemed to become a bit more solid, and Chad Brooks felt pleased—true energy at the second layer was indeed incomparable to the first.

However, for a true craftsman, there was actually no difference between first and second layer true energy.