I'll admit, I don't know a whole lot about qi. My knowledge is mostly based in the sciences, both our own and those of the West. Though a little less on the latter.

[ Between what her father taught her and what she deciphered from the foreign books he had owned until he burned them. ]

I can help with that, though it would take more than a single night's conversation. I also think it is easier to learn those things with some hands-on experience.