"Old …"
Dan Xiaotian was just about to call out 'teacher' in agitation when the other party suddenly shook his head. He couldn't help but stop himself.
Just a moment ago, his teacher had specially sent him a telepathic message to tell him that as a low-profile person, he was unwilling to show his face in public. In private, he could treat him as a teacher and student, but in front of outsiders, he could just call him a friend.
With the age difference between the two of them, no one would doubt it.
"I am Zhang Xuan, a friend of Dan Xiaotian's. Greetings, Elder Lu …"
Zhang Xuan slowly walked over.
Huo Jianghe showed an unnatural expression when he saw his face.
The two of them had exchanged blows back at Hongyan Trading Firm. Back then, the other party had been wrapped in bandages, concealing his appearance, so Zhang Xuan hadn't been able to recognize him earlier. However, with his current voice and stature, how could he not recognize him?
"You are saying that Dan Xiaotian will be able to achieve a breakthrough to Ancient Sage within three hours?"
Elder Lu Yun frowned.
"Yes!" Zhang Xuan nodded. "I was injured and saved by him, so I know his true strength! In truth, he had long achieved a breakthrough to Ancient Sage, but in order to treat my injuries, he expended too much of his energy, resulting in his cultivation falling to Great Sage 3-dan. As long as I deal with it properly, it shouldn't be difficult for me to recover to my original state within three hours! "
"He's an Ancient Sage himself?"
Perplexed, Elder Lu Yun turned to look at the young man before him once more.
The Ancient Sage looked like this? There should be standards for making up lies … Is it really okay to just spout nonsense?
Dan Xiaotian was also dumbfounded.
He had only been a Saint 6-dan cultivator the day before, and it was already an incredible feat for him to advance to Great Sage 3-dan after killing the gu. Yet, his teacher actually said that he was already an Ancient Sage …
When did I become an Ancient Sage?
Why didn't I know?
"Give me three hours. No one can disturb him. I guarantee that he will be as good as new!"
Seeing that no one believed him, Zhang Xuan nodded.
There was no one who would believe that Zhang Xuan would be able to raise a person's cultivation by two whole realms within just three hours. If he were to really do it, there was no way he would be able to conceal his brilliance. If he were to do so, he might even end up being captured and used as a lab rat for research purposes.
After pondering for a moment, he could only lie and claim that the other party was an Ancient Sage!
Recovering his strength would definitely not be as shocking as increasing his strength so quickly.
Sigh, in order to keep a low profile, I really put in a lot of effort. I, Zhang Xuan, am the kind of man who does good deeds without leaving a name, who is loved by everyone, and who makes flowers bloom when he sees me.
"What's so difficult about not being disturbed?" Even though Elder Lu Yun was a little skeptical of Zhang Xuan's words, he still nodded in agreement. He turned to Huo Jianghe and said, "Bring them to a quiet location. We'll use this opportunity to assess the other examinees!"
"Yes, sir!" Huo Jianghe replied and immediately led the way.
He had stayed in the City Lord Manor for a few days and was very familiar with it. The courtyard that the other party had arranged for him was very secluded, and no one would come to disturb him.
It did not take long for Dan Xiaotian to arrive at the residence. After making the necessary arrangements for Huo Jianghe, he turned around and left. Dan Xiaotian closed the door behind him and kneeled down before his teacher. "Teacher, I am not an Ancient Sage at all!"
"Do you think I was lying?" Zhang Xuan looked at him.
"This …" Dan Xiaotian's face reddened.
As a disciple, it was disrespectful to think that their teacher was lying.
"It's true that you have yet to reach Ancient Sage, but that doesn't mean that you won't be able to advance to Ancient Sage within two hours!"
Zhang Xuan replied with a light chuckle.
"Advance two cultivation realms within two hours?" Dan Xiaotian was perplexed.
It was not that he did not believe it, but that he could not bring himself to believe it.
If it was that easy to advance one's cultivation, there would be experts everywhere.
"From now on, listen to my orders completely. Don't resist at all. Do as I say," Zhang Xuan said.
"Yes, teacher!" Dan Xiaotian nodded.
From the moment he acknowledged Zhang Xuan as his teacher, he had already made up his mind that he would never disobey his teacher's orders.
Zhang Xuan looked at Dan Xiaotian and said, "Even though you haven't converted the spiritual energy you have absorbed into your body over the past ten years into zhenqi, your body and meridians have become far stronger than ordinary cultivators. You are already on par with Ancient Sages. As long as you find a way to alter the layout of your meridians, it won't be too difficult for you to achieve a breakthrough in your cultivation!"
"Alter … the layout of my meridians?" Dan Xiaotian was perplexed.
Was this even possible?
Wasn't one's meridians fixed at birth, and if it was altered, one could easily die from it?
In truth, cultivation going berserk was simply a case of one's zhenqi entering the wrong meridians due to the wrong method of cultivation.
Was it really possible to survive by altering one's meridians?
"That's right. This is something that I have just discovered, and I haven't tried it out yet. Are you willing to give it a try? If you succeed, you'll be able to reach Ancient Sage. If you fail … there's a good chance that you'll become a cripple, unable to cultivate anymore! "
Zhang Xuan said grimly.
"…" Dan Xiaotian felt his hair standing on end, and he was on the verge of tears.
In the end, this was something that only existed in theory. No one had ever tried it out before.
Yet, he was actually willing to give it a try?
[This teacher is really magnanimous!]
Even though Dan Xiaotian felt that his teacher was a little unreliable, he still nodded without the slightest hesitation in his eyes. "My life belongs to you, teacher. If it weren't for you, I would have already been dead by now. Why wouldn't I dare to do it?"
"Since that's the case, the rest is simple."
Zhang Xuan nodded in satisfaction.
He wasn't lying. He had indeed just thought of this solution.
Under normal circumstances, as long as one had sufficient resources, it would be easy for one to achieve a breakthrough to Ancient Sage within a few days. However, to achieve a breakthrough of two realms within two hours, he would have to resort to using the Heaven's Path Divine Art!
However, no one other than him would be able to cultivate such a technique. Even if he were to impart it to them, they would still be unable to do so. In fact, they might even be crushed to death by the heavens.
Thus, he could only think of other ways.
Through his observations, he realized that the meridians of the natives of the Azure were more accurate than those of the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe, but they still weren't perfect.
Due to the flaws in the meridians of the humans, they would only be able to reach Zongshi realm upon reaching adulthood. The Otherworldly Demonic Tribe had even fewer flaws, reaching Transcendent Mortal realm upon reaching adulthood. As for the natives of the Azure, they had the fewest flaws, reaching Saint 9-dan upon reaching adulthood.
Thus, Zhang Xuan deduced that if he were to alter one's meridians to make them flawless and infuse them with sufficient zhenqi, would it be possible for one's cultivation to rise swiftly?
Previously, it was precisely because of this that Zheng Yang and the others had been able to achieve a breakthrough to Dimension Shatterer realm so quickly, breaking through the bottleneck that had prevented them from achieving a breakthrough on the Master Teacher Continent.
Of course, these were all hypotheses, and he had never succeeded before. Thus, he could only use Dan Xiaotian as an experiment.
Flicking his wrist, Zhang Xuan took out a huge pot and some firewood. After which, he went outside to grab a bucket of water and began boiling it.
With the storage ring in hand, he knew that he might be injured in the future, so he had prepared the pot and firewood beforehand.
"Good boy, come out and take a bath."
Zhang Xuan sent his consciousness into his dantian, and soon, a gourd appeared before him. He placed it into the boiling water.
While Zhang Xuan's Heaven's Path zhenqi did allow him to swiftly recover from his injuries, he was still unable to guarantee that he would be able to make a full recovery within two hours if his meridians were to be ruptured.
Thus, he thought of using the gourd as bathing water.
Since it was extremely effective even for a Dimension Shatterer realm cultivator like him, there was no doubt that it wouldn't be a problem for a Great Sage cultivator.
While Zhang Xuan was boiling the water, Zhang Xuan turned to Dan Xiaotian and instructed grimly, "Bear with the pain."
"Yes!"
Dan Xiaotian nodded as he sat on the floor motionlessly.
Zhang Xuan took a step forward and pressed his palm downward.
In the blink of an eye, his zhenqi flowed through Dan Xiaotian's acupoints and jolted.
Pu!
Dan Xiaotian spurted a mouthful of blood.
In an instant, his meridians were shattered by his teacher.
The intense pain caused his vision to darken, and he nearly fainted.
Had it been anyone else, they would have surely succumbed to the pain by now. However, Dan Xiaotian had gone through a calamity at the age of six, and his mental fortitude was already as tough as steel. Even so, he still felt that he could faint at any moment.
"Bear with it. You mustn't faint!"
Zhang Xuan instructed. He continued infusing his Heaven's Path zhenqi into Dan Xiaotian's body to reconnect the broken meridians.
The Heaven's Path zhenqi that was formed from the mercury-like spiritual energy was even purer than before. It flowed through Dan Xiaotian's severely injured body, and it didn't take long for it to reconstruct a new set of meridians.
"It's indeed possible, but … the Heaven's Path zhenqi won't be able to heal his injuries that quickly …"
After reconstructing his meridians, Zhang Xuan heaved a sigh of relief. He realized that his conjecture was right. While the Heaven's Path zhenqi could heal injuries swiftly, the prerequisite was that the other party's cultivation wasn't too damaged. Dan Xiaotian's internal energy had been completely destroyed, which meant that he didn't have the slightest bit of strength left. This situation was similar to when he had turned into a skeleton, so the effects of the Heaven's Path zhenqi would be significantly weaker.
It would take at least ten days to half a month for him to succeed!
In another two hours, Dan Xiaotian would be seventeen years old. There was no way he could make it in time.
Thus, he brought the gourd's bathwater over and said, "Drink it."
Without any hesitation, Dan Xiaotian gritted his teeth and drank the bathwater.
Just as Zhang Xuan had said, his physical body had been tempered for ten years, and it was already on par with Ancient Sages. Drinking the bathwater wouldn't hurt him at all.
Gugugu!
As soon as the bathwater entered his body, his severe injuries healed at a visible rate. In less than a minute, he was back to normal.
"This …"
Dan Xiaotian widened his eyes in shock. He couldn't have imagined that a gourd's bathwater would be so formidable.
"Hurry up and absorb the spiritual energy in here so that you can achieve a breakthrough!"
Seeing that Dan Xiaotian was still in a daze, Zhang Xuan instructed with a frown.
"Yes!"
Dan Xiaotian focused his attention.
Even though his meridians had been destroyed, his zhenqi was still stored in his dantian, so there wasn't the slightest bit of loss. Absorbing the spiritual energy in here, he was able to rejuvenate his zhenqi back to Great Sage 3-dan consummation.
The barrier that had been so difficult to break previously suddenly began to stir, as if it would open at any moment.
"Break!"
Without any hesitation, Dan Xiaotian drove his zhenqi and pushed for a breakthrough.
In the blink of an eye, he broke through the bottleneck and reached Great Sage 4-dan Sempiternal realm.
His cultivation swiftly improved along with it.
Sempiternal realm primary stage, intermediate stage, advanced stage, pinnacle, consummation, consummation …
In less than two hours, he was already just a step away from achieving a breakthrough to Ancient Sage.
However, at this moment, Zhang Xuan could clearly sense that the zhenqi in Dan Xiaotian's body was no longer as ferocious as before. It felt as if a tidal wave was receding, and it was just a step away from achieving a breakthrough.
"It seems like I underestimated the difficulty of reaching Ancient Sage … Even in the Azure, reaching Ancient Sage isn't that easy …"
Zhang Xuan's face darkened as his heart clenched tightly.
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