Chapter 29 of 100

Chapter 29

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Day after day, Yi Yun's footsteps covered the back mountain of the Lian Clan. At night, he refined the wild bones, in the morning, he secretly watched the Warrior Reserve Camp practice, and then spent the whole day cultivating in the back mountain. Only at dusk did he return home for a brief nap.

Yi Yun's cultivation was so arduous that his strength advanced rapidly.

The back mountain was far from the Medicine Mountain, and it was also a long distance from the clan village. No one would come here on a regular basis. There was no one during the day, and at night, not even a ghost's shadow could be seen. Yi Yun practiced here without worrying about being seen.

Fifteen days later—

"Roar!"

Yi Yun roared, his body darting out like an arrow, leaping up a ten-meter-high rock in one bound!

The wind whistled past his ears, and his joints crackled like the roar of a tiger or the call of a dragon!

"Leaping Tiger Descends the Mountain!"

Yi Yun's body tensed, his legs driving his waist, the power from his back transmitted to his arms, and he punched out!

"Buzz!"

A clear tremor sounded from within Yi Yun's body, like a strong bow being drawn, the sound of his tendons snapping! Compared to Yao Yuan's sound that day, this one was even more intense!

"Crack!"

In front of Yi Yun, a one-foot-square boulder was shattered by his punch!

Crack-like fissures spread across the entire stone!

This was not ordinary rock, but black iron rock, much harder than regular stones. Yet today, it was shattered by Yi Yun's punch.

"Thump, thump, thump!"

In the forest, the birds that had settled down were startled and flew away, and the insects that were chirping and the frogs that were croaking all fell silent from shock!

For a moment, the mountains and fields were silent, with only leaves and bird feathers falling onto Yi Yun's head and shoulders.

The thunder in the nine heavens, the startled bow, and the falling wild geese!

My punch has already reached this initial realm!

At the moment of explosive power, Yi Yun's joints crackled, and there was a faint rumble of thunder, but to startle the bow and make the wild geese fall, it would require an injured lone goose. Otherwise, even a nine-stone strong bow couldn't make the geese fall.

Yi Yun casually moved his body, and his joints crackled again. His bones were like refined steel, and his tendons were like the sinews of a dragon that could draw a strong bow!

"My realm is already fully consolidated, and I can try to open my meridians and advance to the Fourth Level of the Mortal Blood Meridian Realm!"

The human body has meridians, but ordinary people's meridians are not connected, so they cannot form a cycle and cannot accommodate the elemental energy of heaven and earth.

After martial artists have fully refined their bodies, they must open their meridians to prepare for truly stepping onto the path of martial arts.

The human body's meridians are divided into the Twelve Regular Meridians and the Eight Extraordinary Meridians.

The Twelve Regular Meridians all pass through the limbs, including the Three Yang Meridians of the Hand, the Three Yin Meridians of the Hand, the Three Yang Meridians of the Foot, and the Three Yin Meridians of the Foot, totaling twelve.

The Eight Extraordinary Meridians are spread throughout the body, with the two most important being the Conception Vessel and the Governor Vessel.

The Conception Vessel is in the front, and the Governor Vessel is in the back. The two lines encircle the body along the central axis, passing through the dantian and the perineum, like two ropes that encircle the body from below.

There is a break in the Conception and Governor Vessels. Connecting these two meridians and bridging the break allows the body's energy to form a perfect and closed loop along the central axis. Therefore, opening the Conception and Governor Vessels is a crucial step in opening the entire body's meridians.

Yi Yun had read many martial arts novels that featured the opening of the Conception and Governor Vessels.

For example, Zhang Wuji practiced the Nine Yang Manual to open all his meridians, and Xuzhu received the internal energy from Li Qiushui and Tong Lao, which opened his meridians.

Ancient medical texts also recorded the opening of the Conception and Governor Vessels, stating that once they were open, one could undergo a complete transformation and greatly increase their power.

The perfect closure of the meridians would also pave the way for reaching higher realms in the future.

Yi Yun sat cross-legged and began to circulate the energy stored in his body, aiming to impact his meridians!

Once the meridians were open, Yi Yun's strength would be on par with the supreme experts in martial arts novels.

If he were in ancient China, he could leap over eaves and walls, act with righteousness, and take the head of an enemy general in the midst of a thousand soldiers.

There are two methods to open the Conception and Governor Vessels: one is with external assistance, and the other is by oneself.

In legendary novels, there are stories of supreme experts expending their energy to open the Conception and Governor Vessels for the protagonist, greatly increasing their strength overnight. This is known as "transmitting power."

While this method is quick, it is not the orthodox way and is not as solid as cultivating by oneself.

Yi Yun naturally chose the second method, which was to open the meridians by himself.

The "Dragon Sinew Tiger Bone Fist" contains a method for opening the meridians. One sits cross-legged, and each breath should be as deep and long as possible.

After reaching the Third Level of Mortal Blood, the breath inhaled by martial artists, when mixed with the energy already stored in the body, flows like a stream of fire within!

Yi Yun consciously directed this energy to the dantian, compressing it there!

Again and again, the energy in Yi Yun's body gradually gathered, and his breathing became faster and deeper.

Absorbing the essence of the sun and moon, exhaling and inhaling the elemental energy of heaven and earth!

If someone were nearby at this moment, they would see a faint glow enveloping Yi Yun's body.

Especially on his chest, a purple light gathered and gradually spread throughout his body.

This was the light emitted by the purple crystal absorbing the elemental energy of heaven and earth. As Yi Yun sat cross-legged and practiced, the purple crystal in his heart also absorbed the energy from the universe, assisting Yi Yun in his final push.

Gradually, the purple light on Yi Yun's body grew stronger, resembling the purple aura from the east in ancient Chinese legends, a sign of a sage!

Again and again, the energy accumulated, and a sound like the roar of a tiger and the call of a dragon echoed within Yi Yun's body. His blood flowed like a mighty river, surging endlessly!

With each breath, the air around Yi Yun rapidly swirled, like a whale drawing water, creating a stunning momentum.

"Whoosh—Whoosh—Whoosh—"

Yi Yun's breathing became increasingly heavy, and with each breath, his body swelled, as if he were a small boat on the waves, rising and falling.

In this rise and fall, Yi Yun's strength continuously condensed, and then condensed again.

The tendons in his body made sounds like bowstrings, and his skin, tough like leather, seemed to be inflated. His bones crackled like popping beans.

When all this reached its peak, Yi Yun felt his body about to explode. He controlled the condensed strength, along with the hot flow he had inhaled, and directed it all into the dantian, wave after wave, like angry waves crashing against the rocks!

When Yi Yun felt he had reached his limit, and his small blood vessels began to burst, a loud explosion sounded, and the energy erupted from Yi Yun's body. The rock he was sitting on shattered, and the shrubs and small trees within a five-meter radius were all destroyed!

Yi Yun's body was completely drained, and blood flowed from his nose and ears, but it was not fresh blood, but black blood. Even the pores on his body excreted a gray sweat.

It was done.

The Fourth Level of Mortal Blood—Meridian!

Yi Yun knew that he had finally opened all his meridians and officially entered the Fourth Level of the Mortal Blood Meridian Realm, becoming a figure equivalent to a supreme hero in martial arts novels.

When Yi Yun read martial arts novels in the past, he had also yearned to be a free-spirited hero, able to leap over eaves and walls, act with righteousness, and live a life of passion and vengeance.

And today, he actually possessed such strength.

However, in this different world, the energy was much richer than on Earth. On Earth, opening the Conception and Governor Vessels already made one a supreme expert, probably because there was no so-called "elemental energy of heaven and earth" on Earth.

Here, there was not only elemental energy but also the power of the wild, spiritual energy, and various mysterious forces that Yi Yun had never understood, with power as exaggerated as nuclear energy on Earth.

This power could be harnessed, so the Fourth Level of the Mortal Blood Meridian Realm was just the beginning of the path of martial arts.

Yi Yun leaped up from the ground, his perception becoming clearer. Within ten steps, the sound of the wind rustling through the leaves and the sound of insects burrowing were all clear.

He even counted the number of fallen leaves on the surrounding grass, a total of thirty-two!

With clearer perception, his thinking also became sharper. Many martial arts experts could remember things at a glance, which was due to the full opening of their meridians, leading to significant improvements in brain function!

It is important to note that the cycle of the Conception and Governor Vessels passes through the brain. When energy flows through the brain, one's memory naturally becomes stronger, and reactions become much faster.

"Awesome, so awesome!"

The changes in his body made Yi Yun extremely happy. He had perfectly broken through to the Fourth Level of the Mortal Blood Meridian Realm, and not only that, he had once again refined his body through the breakthrough.

Ordinary people eat a variety of grains, and their bodies contain many impurities. Before reaching the Purple Blood Realm, one must refine the body.

This refinement is naturally more thorough the better. Yi Yun had already refined his body twice, and the impurities refined out each time were less than the previous one.

Yi Yun stripped off his clothes and jumped into the deep pool to bathe. He dove to a depth of over a hundred meters and held his breath for twenty minutes before swimming back up.

"Splosh!"

The water splashed, and Yi Yun leaped onto a large rock like a big carp!

He was completely naked, with no clean clothes to change into, so he put on his wet, old clothes.

The coarse cloth clothes, soaked with water, clung to Yi Yun's body, highlighting his perfect physique.

These days of hard training had made Yi Yun's muscles increasingly firm and his physique increasingly robust. He had also grown taller, looking more and more like a handsome young man.

Especially after breaking through to the Meridian Realm, his overall presence was different.

Standing on the large rock, his body was like a precious sword drawn from its sheath, with a sharp and outstanding aura. The soft moonlight shone on Yi Yun's smooth skin, like silver water flowing down.

Such a young man, how could he still look like a poor child who couldn't even afford a meal?

He was like an unpolished jade that had already revealed its beautiful luster, and the coarse cloth clothes, which could almost be described as tattered, could not hide his radiance.

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