Meanwhile, in OFT-Space, Theodore was dumbfounded by the sudden development. He was deep in thought about the contents of the letter. Rainy saw this and remains quiet.

Theodore says in his mind: “So this happened when the previous occupant of this body entered the main building. He was just a tool to be used for others. Like a chess piece who has no control over his own movements and to be played with the confines of a set of rules, but this world will be my stage to set up the board.”

“Spacey if we want to have a peaceful life, we will need to set up an intelligence network, I purpose we manufacture more of these ambers and spread them on the continent.” Spacey answers: “That can be done Theodore, but won’t it be better to wait till we have found a replacement of these ambers, these things are still fragile if they come in contact with water? And we will need more capacity to monitor all the scenes.”

Theodore says: “You’re quite right, Spacey. Look into materials that are sturdy and not destroyed easily in any conditions, and see if any other material has natural conductivity towards energy than those MaCs.”  

“Just how plants can absorb the energy from the atmosphere, it needs to be so that no one can detect the fluctuation of space in its inactive state. When some discover it they just see a natural thing like a rock, wood, sand, or whatever. Put it on our ‘to-do list’, there is no rush, meanwhile, keep producing those ambers as they are convenient for now. As for capacity, we will use our combined society later as the capacity that can help you monitor outside movements.” Spacey answers: “Affirmative!” 

Theodore continues: “Come to think of it, didn’t Eric and Bruce bring in some ore into Space?” Spacey says: “Yes they did, but you were distracted with other things on your mind. And there is no rush in scanning them. Though the gravitational force in the outside world is a little higher than the earth, to be exact 0.8%, there won’t be much difference. Theodore says: “Well it can’t do any harm to scan them, and perhaps we can gain some more experience points.”

Theodore turns his head and completely forgot about Rainy who sat near him and says: “Sorry, Rainy. I was distracted by this whole affair.” Rainy says: “No need to say sorry, Theo. I understand. Look, Theo, Aunty May is back.”

Theodore says: “Okay, I’ll go outside and hand her a Backpack. As discussed before, you stay in OFT-Space. I’ll take Jenna and Maggie with me and some things to eat when I return, okay?” Rainy nodded.  

Theodore stood up and walks towards the Shed. When they exit the other day, they put all the things back in the shed for its ability to clean the equipment thoroughly. He checks both Backpacks and saw that one contains the food, ore, and some other objects he didn’t know what it was. The other was empty. He takes both backpacks with him and disappears out of OFT-Space.

Jade, who stood in the living room, suddenly saw Theodore appear next to her. She grabbed and pulled him in her embrace. Theodore turns red feeling suffocated, yelled: “MOM, I CAN’T BREATHE!” Jade says: “Oh son, although you said I’ll get a notice when you will return. I can’t help but be surprised whenever you appear so suddenly and just want to hug you.” The others giggled. Jade released Theodore.  

Catching his breath, Theodore looks at May and says: “He did it again on the vegetables and fruits in the backroom,” May get instantly angry when she heard it. Theodore continues to say: “No need to get angry Aunty, we will pay him back 10 folds. Spacey already noted several hidden spots with valuables. We’ll loot him clean, that’s fair enough. And soon they will be out of our lives anyway.”

“I’ll wash the veggies and fruits with Spring Water or have Spacey collect the drugs, which we later can use as evidence if they truly intend taking things too far.” He turns his head to Jade and says: “Here is the Backpack, mom. With the glasses already in your pockets, you will be safe within a radius of 500 meters. It can also direct you to the trail where we cleanse Rainy’s blood before. And Spacey can talk directly with you if it notices some valuable things near your location.” Jade took the Backpack, put it on her back, and then she covered it with a cloak.  

Jade took a look at Theodore then says: “Take the girls into OFT-Space. I’ll be leaving.” Theodore says: “Yes mom, I will. Rainy is still there waiting for us. Be careful out there.” Jade nodded turns around and she with May left for the forest.  

Theodore turns around, putting all the stuff bought from the grocery store in his Backpack. After he’s done he looks at the girls and says: “Come Jen, Mags, let’s not keep Rainy waiting any longer.” The 2 girls walk beside Theodore and each held an arm. With a command, they disappear from the living room.

When they enter, Theodore gave Jen and Mags a little time to adjust from the teleportation, he turns his sight to the monitor and asks: “Did anything happen?” Rainy answers: “No, but it turns out as you expected. They were first full of arrogance, but once they were reminded of your dad’s dad they answered all his questions. Your dad did manage to place amber inside the Chief’s Office and are now going to the Captain's area.” Theodore nodded.

Theodore asks: “How is your leg? Are you able to exercise with us?” Rainy looks at her leg and says: “The Spring Water is truly miraculous. It’s healed, but truly we Elf train at evasive movements and speed.”

Theodore says: “You might not understand now with your natural growing strength, but at a point that natural growing strength can’t compare with the Dwarves and gives us humans time to catch up, even grow stronger than the Elves.”

“I am unsure of the Beastmen though as they are named almost similar to animals, which I doubt, they should be at least stronger than the Elves from birth.” He asks Spacey to show the anatomy of the human body on the monitor. Rainy watch the monitor and was shocked by what she sees, she turns red. Jenna and Maggie who adapted look at the monitor and also turn red on their cheeks.

Theodore without noticing the girl's points at certain areas and continues: “As you see on the monitor, this is my body without the skin. Without it, you can see all the red and white tissues that are called muscles and tendons. Every moving living being has these, even the Elves. What we do as humans are to train these muscles gradually to be able to build up strength, agility, and endurance. Through harmonizing these areas, you can build momentum to build up strength to arms and legs, and these to build up speed.”

“We humans need to expand these muscle size through training and make mental imprints in our mind, how to move more naturally according to these movements of the muscles.” He turns his sight to Rainy and sees the 3 girls blushing and felt awkward, says: “Sorry, I got too much into it, but let’s do some cardio training.” He ran off to the Shed and could hear the girls behind him saying: “Shameless brother to show your lower parts to girls,” which of course was Jenna.

Arriving in the Shed, Theodore ignored the glares and changed into a worker's outfit, and says: “Let’s do 15 rounds of laps today, try 75 pushups and 10 min abs workout. Between each 2-3 minutes stretch exercises what I’ve shown yesterday.”

“Rainy, you can join in and just try. I am unsure if the elf anatomy is the same as us humans, but Spacey is able to analyze your movements and later perhaps gives you some specifics tips on training some areas to improve your body control.” After he said that, he turns around and ran. Jenna with her tiny fist runs after Theodore while shouting: “YOU BULLY!” The two others just giggled and run after them.

While they were exercising, Spacey had an important message to tell Theodore: “TJ, I’ve spotted the location of the youngsters, but there is an unexpected surprise. There is an elvish girl separated from the others and according to the description Rainy gave yesterday. It should be Starry.” 

Theodore stops at his tracks and asks: “They said she was dead. How can she still be alive?” Jenna, who was following Theodore close on his heels, bumps into him and yells: “HEY YOU, why did you stop, Theo?”

Theodore turns around and helps Jenna up, and says: “Just received some important news from Spacey, which I need to handle properly. You continue, first.” He turns around and walks to the monitor. Jenna grumbles but did what Theodore says and keeps running with the other 2. Spacey says: “Perhaps they believed that Rainy was nearby and would sob which they will then notice. I have no clue but we are able to listen in the conversation.”

Theodore thought for a while and says:  “Relay this information to Jade and May but tell them to continue to collect various plants, fruits, and any stuff that seems valuable from the forest, as well the dry leaves and branches. They just don’t have to follow the trails anymore. Make sure they are safe, Spacey.” Spacey answers: “Affirmative!"

A few seconds later, Spacey says: “They’ve been notified and agreed to continue collecting. What will you do about Rainy?” Theodore looks back at the girls and says: “We have to monitor the current situation with Starry. I’ll break the news to her after our exercise is done. Meanwhile, keep close surveillance on Starry. Keep me informed!” Spacey answers: “Roger that.” 

Watching the monitor and seeing the image of Starry, he couldn’t help but gulp. He asks Spacey: “Isn’t that another who resemblance someone of Earth?” Spacey giggles and answers: “Yes, another one you had the hots for. I’ve made an accelerated aging comparison of what she looks like when she grows up. Do you wish to see?” Theodore shook his head and says: “Nope dunno wanna,” and ran off to meet the others while running while having an image of Charlize Theron in his mind and thought: “Are all the famous humans of Earth, I’ve seen on TV from music and movies, all Elves here?” 

Then he suddenly stops and couldn’t help but wonder in his thoughts: “Would there also be someone like Meddy here?” Spacey says with a hurried tone: “There might be, but TJ do understand that they won’t be the same!” Snapping out with memories of his ex-girlfriend, Theodore shakes his head and says: “It doesn’t matter. We'll see where this life will take us.”

They continued their exercise. After cardio training, they exercise the fist technique together and then ran for 2 laps with stretch exercise as a cooldown. They ate some leftover snacks from yesterday, still in the Backpack, and drank some Spring Water. They took a shower to freshen up and get together at the Origin Station.

Theodore was notified that Eric and Bruce had returned and already started working the field as planned yesterday. This needed to be done before frost sets in. He went out of OFT Space and asks them to join.

Theodore returns in Space and asks them to sit in a circle, he told them that the Practice QI that was generally spread within the Kingdoms contains a lot of errors which was analyzed by Spacey. And their Great Grandfather, the 2^nd Patriarch of their previous family had made adjustments towards the Practice QI, which benefited the Wilde family enormously in training. He told them the current secret training of the Wilde family.  

Practice QI is the general term for all practitioners, which Spacey term it as cultivators, it gives the practitioners to feel special energy within and outside the human body and this is what was called QI. With this energy, the practitioners can improve their whole body by concentrate, cleanse, and strengthen, whichever parts in the body they desired to improve, though there are certain general manuals from where to start. Thus cultivating the body and should be mentioned as cultivators as Spacey mentioned.

The benefits the cultivator gains are sharper awareness surroundings and sight/hearing, sturdy natural defense, stronger strength, agile movements of the joints, faster dexterity of the hands, some resistance/immunity to toxin/diseases, more sensitivity to QI, faster regenerative minor wounds and mostly desired by all longer life! The practice is divided into 2 stages: Body Refining and Condensing QI.

Eric and Bruce nodded.

Body Refining is the early training for all cultivators and it’s just the starting point. It shows you the way how to move internal energy through QI vessels in the body. In special environments, or with aid from magical vegetables, or magical herbs (which can be called natural treasures), or concocting special medicine mix can strengthen the feeling of this energy within the body for humans. Which they enjoyed while being a part of the Wilde Clan, luckily they have the OFT-Space to receive equal benefits and later even more.

The energy is stored in the cells of the body and moved via these QI vessels throughout the entire body. It’s recommended by all parties to start at the age of 12, so the body is somewhat matured.

Theodore stops here and says that this is all bull a misconception that started with the original Practice QI manual. Training can start at the age of 4 through 6 years and it’s the most ideal age to start. Eric and Bruce listen to it and they disapprove of Theodore claims. Theodore says he’ll explain.

The Wilde’s Body Refining practice went like this; widening blood and QI vessels (ranked 1 to 2), strengthening the organs (ranked 3 to 4), strengthening the flesh (ranked 5 to 6), strengthening muscles and tendons (ranked 7 to 8), strengthening the bones (ranked 9).

The benefits it gave to the Wilde practitioners were with each rank: spiritual awareness of surroundings and sight/hearing (1), better transportation of energy which aids in faster regenerative of wounds (2), better ingestion of nutrition converting it to energy (3), resistance to a certain low-level toxin and diseases (4), sturdy natural defense like an extra invisible armor you are wearing on your skin (5) and able to withstand more blows to the body without bruising (6),  faster agile movement of the joints (7), faster dexterity movements of the hands (8) and higher strength force output (9).

Then Theodore looks at Eric, who nodded and says: “This is our current secret technique of body refining that is different from the general one, which states that the organs needed to be done last with an excuse that otherwise, the body can’t handle it due to excessive nutrition that the body can’t handle. But Great Grandfather brought it as the second most important and through the test he managed to discover that the body will adapt and even helps with the growth of the other parts.”

“Then why didn’t he brought it towards the most important to refine first? He knew that the body will adapt but I think he had other reasons for not doing so.”

Eric asks with doubt: “And what may the reasons be son.” Theodore then says: “If Great Grandfather had discovered that if by refining the intestines second, or in Spacey analyze 1st, it helps the growth of other parts, then he should have figured out starting early with training Practice QI can help with our natural growth overall. And why can't body refining continue during the Condensing Stage?”

“I am afraid he was scared to change it and looked towards the overall situation. Imagine if you had a bunch of 12-year kids or maybe younger running around in cities, who already in the Condensing Stage. How will the general public react to this, even the party who released the General Practice QI?”

Eric and Bruce were stunned hearing this and they couldn’t refute Theodore’s claims. They would be surprised as well, even going so far as doubting their own Practice QI. Then everyone would be knocking on their door asking them to explain, which will trigger another round of questions towards the General Practice QI and those who spread them around. They couldn’t help but sweating imaging such scenes in their mind.

While they were still in their own world, Theodore continues by explaining the Body Refining to the girls.

Generally, it gave all human Body Refining cultivators a longer life by approximately 100 years more, if completely achieved the whole practice Body Refining. It’s because every Rank within this practice is valuable to the body and interlinked which turns it in a sturdy foundation. Skipping a Rank in this practice would only make you stronger in certain parts, but cultivators still feel a loss of stiffness and incompleteness as if the body is not in harmony.

A person who doesn’t practice or just couldn’t have a regular live expectancy of about 60 to 80 years if there would be no mishap or accidents. This also counts for Body Refining cultivators they weren’t invincible just stronger than average people. Who wouldn’t want to live 160 to 180 years longer in the entire Azure Planet? 

Besides these within each rank, it is known, measured, and tested, that with each improvement there are substantial gains in extra force in which parts the practitioners practice. How much precisely is unknown because every single cultivator is different.

Thereby it’s decided amongst the cultivators that within each rank a level is gained up to 9 each and it depends on the cultivator potential and efforts how fast they gain a level in each rank. This gives the cultivators a sense of time when training, so they don’t get easily bored and have a sense of happiness when achieving such a level.

A cultivator potential is measured when they start practicing Condesing QI Stage because then it would be known which type of QI a practitioner has an affinity with. Within the Condensing QI, a practitioner is able to blend the outside QI with their own internal energy.

But Theodore says with help of OFT-Space the measurements can be done here and with the Well they could find out the affinity of which type of QI and individual has. He tells Jenna and Maggie, that they can test their affinity with a drop of their blood. They both nodded and wanted to try.

After putting out the ore next to the monitor for the girls later to scan, he walks with them to the well. While they are walking Theodore whispers to Eric: “Dad we need to talk about the Eyes and there is another development after you placed the amber inside the Guard Station.”

Eric asks: "Have the Elvish youngsters been found?" Theodore answers: "More than that." And looks at Rainy, Eric follows Theodore's sight and couldn't help but sighs.

Theodore turns his sight to Bruce, then to Eric, and says: "Uncle, dad I will later print out the changed Practice QI that Spacey has theorized and the current exercise we are doing. There should be some surprises for the Condensing Stage as well in the Practice QI, which would help your practice, even more. Things they left out." Eric looks in doubt and says: "Nothing surprises me anymore, let's see it later."

Author tries to explain:

Some corrections after publishing. In my drafts I mixed cultivator and practitioner in my writing. I decided to call it cultivator amongst Theodore known people and practitioner when they are outside. So even I get confused sometime.

I am little under the weather, so the late publishing + missing some while proofreading the drafts. But hopefully its all corrected now. Umm... I'll release another chapter tomorrow so that Wednesday a double issue can get posted. See yah!