Chapter 1017

"Broly, are you joking?"

"No, everything I said is true."

"But do you know, the feeling you give me right now is just like a Qi Control grandmaster charlatan from last century————

Hisako Arato's family has inherited Traditional Chinese medicine, and in the eighties and nineties, a Qi Control craze also emerged in Japan, someone published 'Introduction to Qi Control' books, setting off a wave of learning Qi Control and Neidan.

And this point can also be seen from the manga of this period, for example the Ripple in 'JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'.

Digressing, simply put, Qi Control and Traditional Chinese medicine were originally one body, the TCM classic 'Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon' long ago already had Daoyin, Xingqi, Exhalation and other such Qi Control content.

It's just that, in reality, this is merely a method of conditioning the body, and doesn't have such miraculous effects as temporarily reinforcing an object's strength.

Hisako Arato counts as half an insider, so that's why she feels Broly's words are somewhat absurd, just like a Qi Control grandmaster liar from last century.

"Then how do you think I should prove it?"

Broly didn't refute, but asked.

"Since you say you can temporarily reinforce an object's strength, then you hold this celery and reinforce its strength, and then I'll

cut, and see if the feeling of cutting down is the same as celery that hasn't been reinforced."

Hisako Arato's verification method was very simple, that is to directly get hands-on and practice.

"Okay."

Broly nodded, and took the celery.

", Broly, you really agreed, actually even if you don't want to reveal your method for making Egg Tofu easy to cut, I wouldn't blame you."

"That's right, powerful Chefs, more or less all have their own unique craftsmanship."

Nakiri Erina also chimed in from the side, although she also couldn't figure out how Broly managed to hard-cut Egg Tofu, if it was just wanting to cut Egg Tofu into the state Broly has now cut it, she indeed has a method, and this method is the same as cutting Raw Meat.

Fresh Raw Meat is too soft, people with poor Knife Skills find it hard to cut, but as long as you put it in the Refrigerator and freeze it, freeze it to a half-hard half-soft state, cutting like this becomes easy.

Egg Tofu is the same principle, can freeze first to harden its texture, then take out and julienne, then just need to use Hot Water to set the shape, prevent it from falling apart.

"I really wasn't being perfunctory with you, if you don't believe me, Hisako-sensei and Erina-sensei, you both can come up and cut the celery in my hand."

Broly was a bit helpless, he tells the truth and no one believes him, still Tadokoro Megumi is good, whatever he says, that girl believes.

"Fine, since you put it like that, then let's try, hmm, Hisako, you go first."

"Okay, Erina-sama."

Hisako Arato nodded, drew a Kitchen Knife from the Knife Rack nearby, and walked up to Broly.

"Have you finished reinforcing the celery with Qi, don't let me cut down and not cut out a difference, then you tell me you weren't ready yet."

"Rest assured, won't happen, I'm already ready, Hisako-sensei, you can bring the knife down anytime."

"Then okay, I'm bringing the knife down."

Hisako Arato nodded, the knife fell, only the imagined scene of cutting through the celery in one cut didn't appear, the Kitchen Knife in her hand upon touching the celery on the cutting board was like hitting something hard like Bone, the knife pressed against the surface layer and couldn't go down.

The girl's Eyebrow raised, thinking it was because this celery was too old, or because she didn't use much force, she then added more strength and pressed the Kitchen Knife down, result the Kitchen Knife was still stuck by the celery at the surface layer, fundamentally couldn't descend.

"No way, what you said is all true?!"

At this time, Hisako Arato only then startled turned her head, looking at Broly with somewhat incredible eyes.

"Mhm~"

The youth nodded, answered with a sound from his mouth.

"You two, couldn't it be you're acting together to fool me?"

However, Nakiri Erina instead looked at them with some doubt.

"Erina-sama, I wasn't acting, I really used force."

Hisako Arato hurriedly explained.

"Fine, then let me try."

Hisako Arato stepped back, Nakiri Erina took over her position.

Very quickly, this God Tongue girl also felt under her Kitchen Knife, that unremarkable celery's true strength after being reinforced with Qi.

"Crack~"

She even used a bone cleaver, exerted full strength to conduct heavy chopping, yet couldn't leave half a trace on the celery reinforced with Qi.

"How is this possible, an ordinary celery actually able to resist a High Manganese Steel bone cleaver's chopping, did you secretly swap the celery?"

Nakiri Erina asked doubtfully.

"Here, the chopped celery is right in front of you, Erina-sensei if you don't believe, feel free to pick up the celery and inspect carefully."

"Snap~"

Erina picked up the celery on the cutting board, just with both hands a snap, the celery that even the bone cleaver couldn't do anything to just now, was easily snapped into two sections by her.

"Ah, this is?"

Erina widened her eyes looking at Broly.

Not waiting for her to ask, Broly answered first: "I already retracted the Qi, the reinforcement effect is gone, Erina-sensei the celery in your hand naturally also became ordinary celery's condition."

This reasoning was very sound, actually leaving Nakiri Erina speechless.

"Broly, that————"

"What is it, Erina-sensei, if you have something to say just say it directly, no need to stammer with me."

"What I want to ask is, that Qi of yours, can I learn it?"

Which girl doesn't harbor spring feelings, oh no, should be which girl who's read Cardcaptor Sakura manga doesn't imagine herself becoming a Mage.

Although this isn't a Mage's power, but Qi, it's still about the same, before didn't know so nothing to say, but now knowing, and a person who knows Qi is right by her side, naturally wants to consult Broly.

Regarding this, Broly was quite happy.

【Always demanding from you yet never saying thank you————】

Some strange melody lyrics floated up in his head, shook his head to shake them off, Broly then answered Erina's question: "Qi, as long as it's a living life all have it, naturally can be learned."

"That—"

Nakiri Erina's eyes lit up, but Broly interrupted her first: "However, being able to learn Qi is one thing, but wanting to learn to use Qi at will is another matter entirely."

", is it hard to learn?"

Beside them, Hisako Arato asked somewhat confusedly.

"It's not a question of whether it's hard or easy to learn, but rather that with an ordinary person's physical quality, refining Qi out of the body to use separately is comparatively difficult."

Broly said, then took a large stainless steel basin, filled a basin of water, and carried it over.

"For example, my Qi is like the water in this basin; to use it, I just scoop the water out with a spoon."

Broly took a spoon, scooped a spoonful of water from the basin, and poured it onto the celery the girl had broken.

Broly took a Spoon, scooped a spoonful of water from the Basin, and Poured it on the Celery broken by the girl.

Hisako Arato said.

"Mm."

Nakiri Erina nodded in agreement beside them.

"For me, it's indeed not hard, but—"

Broly brought over a small dipping dish, putting only a little water in it.

"But your Qi is like the water in this small dish; do you think it's easy to scoop out a spoonful of water with a spoon here and pour it onto the celery beside it?"

"Uh, you basically can't scoop out a spoonful of water at all, right?"

Hisako Arato said.

"Broly, why is our container for holding water so small?"

Nakiri Erina asked.

"This is a matter of physical quality. Qi is the comprehensive energy of life; the better the body and the stronger the spirit, the more Qi one can accommodate."

Broly explained. Nakiri Erina looked at his sturdy figure and indeed couldn't find words to refute him.

"So you're saying we basically can't learn Qi, right?"

Hisako Arato asked.

"No, I said you can learn it. Physical quality can be trained through postnatal exercise."

Broly shook his head, correcting her words.

"Then how long does it take to train?"

Erina pursued the question.

"Mm, with your ordinary people's physical quality, it would take about ten or so years to train it out."

Broly changed the dipping dish to a deep dish, then poured in one and a half spoonfuls of clear water.

"No, train for ten years, and that's just this much water?"

Nakiri Erina glared and asked.

"This mainly depends on talent and living environment. If talent is good and the living environment permits, training is faster; if talent is poor and the living environment is unsuitable, training is slower."

"This Mainly depends on Forest Elf's Talent and living Environment; good Forest Elf's Talent, suitable living Environment, Cultivation is faster, while poor Forest Elf's Talent, unsuitable living Environment, Cultivation is Slower."

"No, whether one has talent needs to be tested."

"Then test us."

Erina said, and Hisako Arato also looked over; obviously she was also interested in Qi.

"Testing is fine, but the Kitchen here isn't very suitable for testing."

"Testing is fine, but the Kitchen Here is Not Too suitable for testing."

The two girls looked at him somewhat confusedly.

"Because during the testing process, I need to have a certain intimate contact with your bodies."

Broly explained in a low voice. Of course, with his Aura Volume he actually didn't need to, but it didn't stop him from saying so.

After all, this was a rare opportunity to possibly get closer to the two of them.

"What intimate contact?"

Hisako Arato asked vigilantly.

"I need to get as close to your heart's position as possible and have physical contact with you."

"I need to get as close as possible to the position of You All's hearts, and Produce physical Contact with You All."

"What, does this require touching our chests?"

Nakiri Erina asked with wide eyes.

"No, absolutely not."

Hisako Arato jumped out to stop him directly.

"The front chest is best, but as a second choice, the back isn't impossible either."

"The Front Chest is best, but second best, the back Shoulder is also Not Work."

Nakiri Erina was somewhat tempted; if it required touching her chest, she would definitely refuse, but if it was just touching her back, it became something not unacceptable.

After all, Broly's massage these past two days had also touched her shoulders and back, though over her clothes.

After All, these two days Broly's Massage also touched the Shoulder and back positions, although it was through Clothes.

"Can I ask why it needs to be as close to the heart position as possible?"

"The heart is the main organ for transporting Qi. The part of the human body with the most Qi is the heart. Your foundation for training Qi is almost nonexistent, so connecting your Qi to test your talent for training Qi is very difficult. You must find a place with abundant Qi to make contact."

"The heart is the Main Purpose organ for transporting Qi; the place with the most Qi in the human body is the heart; You All's Cultivation foundation is almost non-existent, to Connect You All's Qi to test You All's Cultivation Forest Elf's Talent is very difficult, must find a place with more Qi to Conduct Contact."

"Then, since your cooking trial is done, how about coming with me to the Room?"

"So, now that your cooking trial is done, how about coming with me to the Room?"

The blonde girl asked.

", Erina-sama, do you want to be tested?"

Hisako Arato looked at her in surprise.

"Yes, I want to learn how to use Qi."

Erina nodded.

"But I only allow him to touch my back, not to touch my chest, Hisako, don't misunderstand."

The girl added another sentence.

"But even if it's the back, it's Erina-sama's back!"

"It's fine, anyway these past two days he's massaged our bodies, it's not like he hasn't touched the back before."

"Uh————"

"How about it, Broly, do you agree?"

Nakiri Erina looked at the boy.

"I agree."

Broly nodded decisively.

"Then I'll go with you————"

"No need, Hisako, haven't you finished testing the egg dishes you need to make tomorrow yet?"

Nakiri Erina quickly refused; she didn't want her desire to learn Qi to interfere with her childhood friend's preparations for tomorrow's cooking.

"Ugh, but, Erina-sama, when you and Broly are alone together, what if Broly suddenly gives in to his beast nature and wants to do something bad to you?"

"No, Teacher Hisako, in your heart, am I really that untrustworthy?"

"Normally I'd be at ease, but Erina-sama is so beautiful, and you're about to have intimate physical contact with her; how can I be at ease?"

"Then I'll wait until you've finished testing your cooking too, and go to your room to test Teacher Shi Nature Lao Shi's Qi-cultivation talent?"

"Okay."

"No need."

"?"

Hisako Arato looked at her Big Sister in some bewilderment.

"I trust Broly."

Nakiri Erina said this, but actually she was just worried that she might make an embarrassing expression due to some physical contact with Broly, and be seen by her childhood friend.

"She said so."

Broly looked at Hisako Arato.

"Ugh, since Erina-sama has said so————"

Hisako Arato could only accept.

"Just, Broly, don't have any bad ideas, otherwise, I won't let you off."

And before the two left, the girl also quietly warned Broly once.

"Rest assured, I absolutely won't overstep."

Broly slapped his chest to guarantee it, then followed Erina to the room.

With Nakiri Erina's permission, his hand probed upward from the bottom of her clothes, following the spine to touch a strap tied horizontally across her back.

"Teacher Shi Nature Lao Shi, this is a bit in the way, can I undo it?"

Broly leaned close to the girl's ear and asked softly.

"Must it be undone?"

To learn Qi, Erina allowed the boy to touch her back, but forgot she was still wearing a chest band.

Now being asked if it could be undone made her face blush red with embarrassment.

"It can be left undone, but then I'll have to squeeze my hand in."

"Ugh, then you undo it."

Facing the choice between undoing the chest band's buckle and Broly's hand squeezing into the chest band, Nakiri Erina chose the former.

Broly skillfully undid the chest band's buckle, and when the binding sensation on Erina's chest loosened, she quickly raised her arms to hug her chest.

Although she knew the bra inside wouldn't fall off, she was still nervous, a completely different feeling from undoing it herself.

At this time, Nakiri Erina was indeed a bit worried about the possibility of the boy behind her giving in to his beast nature, but this didn't happen; Broly's hand stayed honestly on her back.

Erina only felt that from where the other's hand touched her back, a hot current began to flow into her heart, and with the heartbeat began to wander through her body.

It felt strange, a strange kind of comfortable, making Erina's toes, pressed under her buttocks as she knelt, subconsciously spread and tighten, appearing very restless.

"Hmm, Teacher Shi Nature Lao Shi, your Qi-cultivation talent is somewhat ordinary."

After Broly used Qi to wander through Erina's body once, he withdrew his Qi and gave an objective evaluation.

Guiding others in Qi cultivation, Broly had done it many times, having seen geniuses and mediocrities alike.

Now, he had some idea in his heart about whether others possessed Qi-cultivation talent.

Regarding Erina's Qi-cultivation talent, he had not a bit of embellishment.

The girl was just a pure ordinary person.

"So, I can't cultivate Qi?"

Erina was somewhat disappointed, but not entirely because her Qi-cultivation talent was mediocre; it was also because after Broly withdrew his Qi from her body, she suddenly felt a sense of emptiness.