Day after day, the Lian tribal clan's back mountain was filled with Yi Yun's footprints.
Yi Yun refined the desolate bones at night, peeked at the warrior preparation camp's training in the morning, and spent the entire day training in the back mountain. Only at dusk would he return home to take a two-hour nap.
Yi Yun's hard work allowed his strength to improve by leaps and bounds.
The back mountain was a great distance away from the herb mountain. Furthermore, this place was far from the tribal village, so no one would come here. There was no one during the day, and there was not even a shadow at night. Yi Yun was not worried about being seen while he was cultivating here.
Fifteen days later.
"Ha!"
Yi Yun roared. His body shot out like an arrow. Yi Yun leaped up the ten-meter tall mountain rock!
The wind whistled in his ears as Yi Yun's joints crackled like a dragon's roar!
"Fierce Tiger Descends the Mountain!"
Yi Yun's body tensed up. With his legs and waist, he transferred the strength from his back to his arms and punched out!
"Weng!"
Yi Yun's body emitted a clear sound, like a bow being pulled. This was the sound of Yi Yun's tendons cracking! Compared to Yao Yuan, this sound was much stronger!
"Ka-cha!"
In front of Yi Yun, a foot-wide rock was smashed to pieces by his punch!
Spider web-like cracks covered the entire rock!
This was no ordinary rock, it was black ironstone. It was much harder than normal rock, but today, it had been smashed to pieces by Yi Yun's punch.
"Puff Puff Puff!"
In the forest, the birds that had already settled down were startled and flew away together. The insects and the croaking frogs all quietened down because of the shock!
Momentarily, there was complete silence in the wilderness. Only leaves and bird feathers fell down, landing on Yi Yun's head and shoulders.
Thunder in the Nine Heavens, Flock Bow Drops Flock!
This punch of mine has reached the beginning stages of this realm!
Now, Yi Yun's entire body was bursting with energy. His joints were indeed cracking and thunder could be heard, but as for Flock Bow Drops Flock, only an injured lone goose could do it. If not, even a nine-picul bow would not be able to scare off a wild goose.
Casually moving his body, Yi Yun's joints began to emit "Ka Ka Ka" sounds. His bones were like well-tempered iron. His tendons were like the tendons of a dragon that could pull a strong bow!
"My cultivation has long since stabilized. I can try to open my meridians and enter the 4th Tier of Mortal Blood in one go!"
The human body had meridians, but ordinary people's meridians were blocked, so they were unable to form a circulation. Thus, they could not be used to contain the Heaven Earth Yuan Qi.
When a martial artist practiced martial arts, after their body had been tempered, they would have to open up their meridians in preparation to truly embark on the path of martial arts.
The meridians of the human body are divided into the Twelve Main Meridians and Eight Extraordinary Meridians.
The Twelve Standard Meridians passed through the four limbs. They were 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.
The Eight Extraordinary Meridians were spread throughout the body, and the two most important meridians were the Conception and Governing Vessels.
The Conception and Governing Vessels were located on the central axis of the human body. From the front, it looked like a straight line.
The Conception Vessel was in front, while the Governing Vessel was in the back. The two lines formed a circle along the central axis of the human body, passing through the Dantian and perineum. It was like two ropes that passed through the crotch, trapping the human body inside.
Between the Conception Vessel and Governing Vessel were broken meridians. By opening the Conception Vessel and Governing Vessel, the broken meridians could be connected. Then, the energy in the human body would form a perfect and closed loop along the central axis. So opening the Conception Vessel was the key step in opening up the meridians of the body.
In the wuxia novels that Yi Yun had read, there were many plots about opening up the Conception Vessel.
For example, Zhang Wuji's practice of the Heaven and Earth Great Shift to open up his body's entrances, and Xuzhu's acceptance of Li Qiushui and Grandma Tong's internal energy heritage to open up his meridians.
Including ancient medical books, there were many records of opening up the Conception Vessel. Once the Conception Vessel was opened up, it could be reborn, greatly increasing one's power.
With the meridians perfectly closed, it would pave the way for one to reach a higher realm in martial arts.
Yi Yun sat cross-legged and began to circulate the accumulated energy in his body to open up his meridians!
Once his meridians were opened up, Yi Yun's strength would be comparable to the peerless experts in wuxia novels.
If it was in ancient China, he would be able to leap onto roofs and vault over walls, settle grudges and take the head of the enemy's general.
There were two ways to open up the Conception Vessel. One was to rely on external help, and the other was to rely on oneself.
In novels, peerless experts would expend their energy to open up the Conception Vessel and Governing Vessel for the main character, allowing the main character's strength to increase overnight. This was also known as "power transfer".
Although this method was fast, it was not the right way. It was not as solid as one's own cultivation.
Yi Yun naturally chose the second method, which was to open up his meridians by himself.
In the "Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist", there was a method to open up meridians. Sitting cross-legged, he took deep breaths.
After a warrior reached the third level of Mortal Blood, the Qi he breathed in and mixed with the accumulated energy in his body would superimpose and circulate within his body like a stream of fire!
Yi Yun consciously guided this energy to his Dantian and compressed it there!
Again and again, Yi Yun slowly gathered all his energy. His breathing became faster and faster, and his breaths became deeper and deeper.
Absorbing the essence of the Sun and Moon, inhaling Heaven Earth Yuan Qi!
If someone was not far away, they would see a faint layer of light covering Yi Yun's body.
Especially at Yi Yun's chest, there was a purple light that gradually spread throughout his body.
This was the light produced when the Purple Crystal Origins absorbed Heaven Earth Yuan Qi. As Yi Yun sat cross-legged and breathed out, the Purple Crystal in his heart would also absorb the energy from Heaven and Earth, helping Yi Yun to make the final impact.
Slowly, the purple light on Yi Yun's body became more and more intense. This purple light was like the Purple Air Comes From The East in ancient Chinese legends. It was the sign of a sage!
Again and again, the energy superimposed. Within Yi Yun's body, there was the roar of a dragon and tiger. The blood in his body was like a raging river, surging endlessly!
With each breath, the air around Yi Yun rapidly rotated, like a whale sucking in water. It was a stunning sight.
"Phew – Phew – Phew –"
Yi Yun's breathing became heavier. With each breath, his body swelled. It was as if his body was a boat on the waves, bobbing up and down.
And in this undulation, Yi Yun's body's energy was constantly condensed and condensed.
The tendons in his body emitted the sound of a bowstring. His tough skin was like a cow's hide being blown away. His bones made popping sounds like frying beans.
When all of this accumulated to an extreme, Yi Yun felt like his body was about to explode. He controlled the gathered energy, and together with the heat he absorbed into his body, they all rushed into his Dantian. Wave after wave, it was like a raging wave hitting a reef!
When Yi Yun felt that he had reached his limit, and the tiny blood vessels on the surface of his body began to rupture, he heard a "boom" sound. With Yi Yun as the epicenter, all the energy exploded. The rock Yi Yun was sitting on cracked, and the shrubs and trees in a five meter radius were all destroyed!
Yi Yun's body collapsed. His nostrils and ears were all bleeding. But the blood was not fresh, it was black. Even Yi Yun's pores were leaking grey sweat.
It was done.
Fourth level of Mortal Blood – Meridians!
Yi Yun knew that he had finally opened up all his meridians. He had officially entered the fourth level of Mortal Blood's Meridians realm. He had become the equivalent of a hero in a wuxia novel.
Back when Yi Yun was reading wuxia novels, he had dreamed of becoming an unrestrained hero. He wanted to be able to leap over roofs and vault over walls. He wanted to be chivalrous and avenge.
And today, he really had such strength.
But in this strange world, the energy was much richer than on Earth. On Earth, opening up the Conception and Governing Vessels made one a peerless expert. That was probably because Earth did not have the so-called "Heaven Earth Yuan Qi".
But here, not only was there Heaven Earth Yuan Qi, there was also Power of Desolates, spiritual energy and all sorts of mysterious energy that Yi Yun had never understood. Its power was as exaggerated as the nuclear energy on Earth.
This energy could be used by him. So the fourth level of Mortal Blood's Meridians realm was just the beginning of martial arts.
Yi Yun jumped up from the ground and looked around. His perception became clearer. Within ten steps, he could hear the sound of the wind blowing through the grass and the sound of bugs burrowing.
He could even count the number of fallen leaves on the grass. There were a total of 32 leaves!
His perception was clear and his thinking was sharp. Many martial arts experts had photographic memory because their meridians were cleared and their brain power improved greatly!
After all, the circulation of the Conception and Governing Vessels went through the brain. With energy flowing into the brain, a person's memory would naturally be stronger and their reactions would be faster.
"Awesome, this is awesome!"
The changes in his body made Yi Yun overjoyed. He had perfectly broken through to the fourth level of Mortal Blood's Meridians realm. Not only that, he had once again undergone a Marrow Cleansing.
Mortals ate grains, so their bodies had a lot of impurities. Before reaching the Purple Blood realm, they had to undergo a Marrow Cleansing.
The more thorough the Marrow Cleansing was, the better. Yi Yun had already undergone Marrow Cleansing twice, and the impurities that came out were lesser each time.
Yi Yun took off his clothes and jumped into the deep pool to take a bath. In one breath, he dove more than a hundred meters deep and held his breath for twenty minutes before swimming out.
"Puah!"
With a splash, Yi Yun leaped onto a boulder like a big carp!
He was naked and did not have a change of clothes, so Yi Yun wore the old clothes that he had just washed with water on his body.
The coarse clothes were wet and stuck to Yi Yun's body, highlighting Yi Yun's perfect body lines.
After days of hard training, Yi Yun's muscles had become stronger and his body had become more fit. He had also grown taller, making him look more like a handsome youth.
Especially now that Yi Yun had broken through to the Meridians realm, he gave off a completely different vibe.
Standing on the boulder, his body was like an unsheathed sword. His aura was sharp and outstanding. The gentle moonlight shone down on Yi Yun's delicate skin, making it look like flowing mercury.
How could such a youth look like a poor child from a poor family who didn't even have enough to eat?
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