According to the monkeys, true qi is simply chi. All things under heaven carry their own subtle resonance, and chi may be guided to answer it in kind. In lesser hands, it may pluck a peach from the topmost branch; in greater ones, it may restart the Chamber of Derivation itself. Yet to press chi too far is to risk clouding the mind or costing one's life.
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