It was far far more difficult than when he was practicing Internal Fist.

    Controlling the Qi finely to go through a small circuit of meridians, which in itself were extremely thin, just got countless times more difficult when he had a third person view.

    He had to concentrate extremely hard to not end up sending his Qi in an incorrect meridian.

    It was a good thing that he was still able to imagine his circuit of meridians while he was in third person view though.

    His thinking capabilities, and everything remained the same, mentally and physically, just his sight would change to a third person view.

    I need to see if I can change that.

    Third person view was good, but Eryndor preferred being able to switch between first person and third person flexibly according to his needs.

    That way, he could freely use his abilities when he was in a high-tempo fight.

    Eryndor continued circulating Qi through the circuit mentioned in Shadowstep, familiarising himself with the speed it brought.

    It was definitely a welcome addition to his repertoire of cultivation arts, given that he would soon be venturing deeper into the woods alone.

    For the next couple hours, no one entered his range of vision, while he continued practicing his Shadowstep.

    At a certain point, he reached a limit in terms of his speed, both out in the open, and in the shadows.

    I’ve hit the limit of my rank.

    As to what was his rank? Stage four of Qi Gathering realm.

    Yes, he broke through yesterday, and consolidated his realm today. One week to go from Stage three to Stage four of Qi Gathering realm? It would be hard NOT to attract attention if word of this got out.

    Occasionally, he would practice his Internal Fist along with Shadowstep. Before he had started with that though, he briefly halted his ability.

    After all, using two cultivation arts meant controlling Qi through two different circuits.

    No one was supposed to be able to do this at his level unless they focused on Qi control all the years.

    He didn’t want to take a risk.

    Fortunately, the simultaneous controlling of Qi in two different circuits went smoothly.

    He resumed his extended vision, and checked once again to see if anyone had come.

    He moved on to the next step, standing up, and walking around.

    He could still go on.

    Eryndor slowly but steadily increased the complexity of his actions, until finally hunger hit him.

    Maintaining his hold over the Qi, Eryndor began eating his food.

    Clearly, the act of eating food was more complex than walking, as he had to stop several times when his Qi almost went out of control.

    Eryndor didn’t think he’d have this much difficulty if he wasn’t in third person view.

    But it was absolutely necessary to keep watch on his surroundings at all times.

    Putting the empty box back in, he continued his practice.

    Finally, after about two hours of single mindedly focusing on the same task, he could now run his practice cultivation technique easily while being in third person view and doing the basic activities.

    That’s enough for now.

    Eryndor understood the meaning of training hard if one wanted to succeed, but after achieving a few small goals, it was important to loosen up, or treat yourself.

    His Internal Fist and Shadowstep were both at the limit of stage four, so his next task was to get started with Crimson Armor, the defensive cultivation art.

    Before that though, he stretched a bit, and moved deeper into the forest.

    The trees of this planet weren’t as exaggerated as the first one, being at the level of average height of trees on Earth.

    After walking for around ten minutes when he was sufficiently deep within the forest, his extended vision caught sight of a glowing flower.

    It was surrounded by a bunch of smaller flowers which were all similarly growing.

    Moltrasis flowers.

    He recognized them as one of the important plants of the planet which the Human Federation harvested.

    Eryndor’s vision shifted a bit, and as expected, he found a few nests on the trees around the colony of Moltrasis flowers.

    But it seemed he wasn’t the first one to find the Crappy Birds, as the translator device he had on all this time began emitting sounds.

    "Hehe! Look at that ground-walker down there."