Chapter 7

The human mind is very active; once it sees a glimmer of hope for improvement, it starts to think of all sorts of things. Especially for someone like Ling Xiao, who has read countless bizarre novels in his previous life. Seeing the sword intent made him think of internal energy, and thinking of internal energy reminded him of the concept of unblocking meridians. This was Ling Xiao's eternal pain; with the strength of his internal energy, it was almost impossible to unblock the meridians. But now, with the sword intent, the internal energy, once imbued with the sword intent, would greatly increase in power, making the unblocking of meridians a real possibility!

We won't talk about the "Heavenly Flying Immortal" technique for now, but there is the Light Sword Intent! Ling Xiao, brimming with excitement, once again carelessly threw the secret manual aside. If Ye Gucheng saw this, he would definitely cut him down. Closing his eyes and sitting in meditation, he used his internal energy to envelop the tiny bit of Light Sword Intent and thrust it towards an acupoint!

"Huh? It's open!"

Ling Xiao's eyes widened in surprise, his face full of astonishment. The acupoint, which had previously been as solid as a steel wall, was now no stronger than a piece of paper in the face of the internal energy imbued with the sword intent! If he hadn't been so sensitive, he might not have even noticed any loss of internal energy!

His breathing gradually became rapid, and his excitement was impossible to suppress. "Today is truly my lucky day! Not only did I obtain a treasure imbued with sword intent, but I also found a shortcut to becoming stronger!" Riding on this wave of excitement, he continued to push forward, one acupoint after another being unblocked by the internal energy.

Each unblocked acupoint made the entire meridian tremble, and each unblocked meridian made his whole body shudder. Ling Xiao advanced rapidly, unblocking the eight extraordinary meridians and the Ren and Du meridians. One by one, like a man possessed, his eyes turned red, determined to unblock all the obstructions in his body!

Alright! Ling Xiao succeeded! For a martial artist, the process of unblocking all the meridians through countless hardships and sweat took a long time, but Ling Xiao managed to do it in just two minutes and twenty-seven seconds!

"Oh! So fast, what should I do? Should I tell my master? Should I tell Qinglong? Should I hold a press conference? This sense of superiority is so strong, what will I do if I can't feel it in the future?"

Ling Xiao, in a state of extreme self-love, didn't notice the slight change in the airflow in the room. His fully unblocked meridians formed a complete cycle with the heavens and earth. A stream of energy flowed into his Baihui acupoint, initially slow but gradually speeding up as more and more energy flowed in.

Ling Xiao, still grinning foolishly, suddenly felt a sense of swelling, not in his stomach but in his entire meridian system. He then realized that the energy flow had completely filled his meridians, and his originally scarce internal energy had been transformed into true qi.

Possessing true qi meant he had become a先天 (xian tian) expert! But Ling Xiao wasn't happy; instead, he frowned, because the energy flow was still pouring in, and his meridians couldn't take it anymore.

In this world, there are no shortcuts. Any quick method has side effects. Unblocking meridians is a gradual process, where each acupoint's unblocking also strengthens the meridians. This requires a long period of nurturing, and only after the meridians have widened and become more resilient can they withstand the influx of heavenly energy.

This is the explanation from a martial arts perspective. If explained using scientific theory, it would be about pressure differences. The meridians need to be wide and strong enough to accommodate more gas; otherwise, if the external pressure is greater than the internal pressure, the heavenly energy will continuously flow in.

Ling Xiao's meridians were unblocked too quickly without any widening. Over time, the rapid increase in true qi would cause his body to burst!

A shadow of death completely enveloped him, and he could hear the sound of his meridians gradually tearing. The true qi running rampant made his body bulge and swell, and in the blink of an eye, he turned into a big fat man!

"What should I do? This is a case of extreme joy turning into sorrow. Just when I was about to make it, I'm going to die by my own hand! Is this considered suicide? I wonder which beast will take my place in the Bao Long Clan!" Ling Xiao felt a deep sense of despair.

At this moment, the flapping of wings was heard, and a small pigeon landed on Ling Xiao's window. His already distorted fat face managed to force a smile. He wanted to grab the pigeon but found even this small action difficult.

Ling Xiao sat back on the bed, frustrated. "I don't believe in this evil! A living person can't be killed by a full bladder!" In his previous life, Ling Xiao's senior, who was also his classmate, always believed in the principle that "the great way has fifty, and forty-nine are left to the heavens, leaving one thread of life." This senior always found loopholes in the law, walking the fine line of government tolerance, and managed to thrive.

Influenced by his senior, Ling Xiao wouldn't give up easily, and he always managed to turn things around in difficult situations. "Think, think fast! What can I do? Increase the width and resilience of the meridians! No time, no medicinal herbs. Change the external pressure? Hell, if I could do that, I wouldn't need to rely on Zero Zero Fa! Since the root solution won't work, I'll have to treat the symptoms. Block the entry point of the heavenly energy? Even if I could, the true qi inside me is about to explode! Blocking is not the solution; I need to find a way to release it."

Just as he was about to raise his hand to release the true qi, he suddenly thought, "That won't work! The heavenly energy is continuously flowing in! This is unsolvable! I... I don't think it's unsolvable!"

What Ling Xiao needed to do was simple: first, take a deep breath. Many people take a deep breath before doing something, as it can help alleviate tension. Of course, in this extremely critical moment, there was no time for tension; he just needed to gather his strength to perform an action that he couldn't even do in a normal state.

He raised his hands, extended his left leg into a bow stance, and bent his right leg into a somewhat strange arc. The entire action seemed ordinary, but the arc formed by his body was perfect, yes, perfect! The moment the action was completed, his body, which had almost swollen into a ball, shrank significantly.

"Oh! Yeah!... Ah!... Ah!"

It was very passionate! Very intense! Ling Xiao didn't want to make these sounds, but he couldn't help it. His bones, muscles, and meridians, all the organs in his body, were creaking. The true qi, which had been running rampant inside him, strangely began to integrate into these organs, strengthening and evolving them. Ling Xiao had a clear understanding, and with this feeling, he began the next action.

He retracted his arms and legs, bent his body to the side, placed one hand on his waist, and extended the other hand downward. Believe me, this is absolutely not the eighth set of radio calisthenics, because the actions of radio calisthenics are not this perfect!

"Oh! Oh!... Yes!"

Still those embarrassing sounds, but his body returned to normal. No, it was even more handsome and dashing than before! Ling Xiao took a deep breath and began the next action, but he immediately felt a sense of discomfort and weakness. He forced himself to continue, but then he felt nauseous and couldn't complete the action.

He sighed and retracted his hands and feet, sitting back on the bed. "What kind of ultimate divine skill is this? It starts at the先天 (xian tian) level, and I can only perform two and a half actions!"

He got up and took out a cherished buffalo horn from the cabinet, carefully touching the patterns on it. Yes, the two and a half actions he just performed came from this. There are eighty-one actions in total, divided into nine groups of nine. He had only practiced the first three actions of the first group, and he hadn't even completed them!

Although he had only completed two actions, the effects were very obvious. His meridians were almost instantly condensed and stabilized, and his body felt tight and full of strength. But Ling Xiao wasn't satisfied because the problem of the true qi's violent nature was solved, but the width of the meridians hadn't changed at all. In other words, Ling Xiao had become a先天 (xian tian) expert with less true qi than a third-rate martial artist!

Flap, flap! The pigeon was emphasizing its presence again. He took a quick step to the pigeon, so fast that it was startled. He took the message tube, "The bodhi tree is not a tree, the bright mirror is not a stand, originally there is nothing, where can dust arise?"

"It seems his mood has calmed down, but I don't have time to play poetry with you now." Ling Xiao shook his head and wrote directly below the poem: "Bro, I have an emergency and need to travel far. It could take a month or half a year. If we have the chance, let's meet in our dreams!"

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