C193 Regeneration of Qi to Genuine(part I)
"In the world of martial arts, through fortuitous encounters, if one consumes rare and precious medicines to increase one's power, then the only way to increase one's power is not to increase one's inner strength." This is because, as you said, inner strength can be consumed and produced. If I temporarily increase my Qi, I won't be able to make up for it even if I run out of Qi