Chapter 9: Meridians Opened Up (1/2)

To someone engrossed in cultivation, time was an illusionary concept. Bai Luochu had been cultivating for an entire day and by the time she woke up, all the others in the prison cells were sound asleep. There were even a few of them snoring thunderously.

Seeing as no one had their attention on her, Bai Luochu once again attempted to absorb the spirit qi from the heaven and earth in order to open up her meridians.

In the dead of the night… Perhaps it was because everyone in the Bestial Battle Arena was in dreamland, Bai Luochu felt as though the spirit qi in her surroundings was much denser. Traces of spirit qi permeated into her body through her skin and converged within her spirit platform.

This time, there was a much higher concentration of spirit qi in Bai Luochu’s spirit platform. When the spirit platform was overflowing with spirit qi, Bai Luochu started to use her spiritual energy to guide the spirit qi before circulating them through her meridians. As the spirit qi arrived at the obstructed areas, she didn’t recklessly control it to charge at the blocked areas like last time. Instead, she gathered all the spirit qi with her spiritual energy right in front of the obstruction. When she was ready, she used all the spiritual energy in her body to force the spirit qi forward!

“Ah...” Bai Luochu let out a groan and opened her eyes abruptly!

Immediately after, she started to pant. She felt a sharp pain shooting through her body but fortunately, she could feel a small crack in it after her attack on the obstructed meridians. This was truly a pleasant surprise for Bai Luochu today.

Although Bai Luochu understood that opening the meridians wasn’t an easy task and there was still a very long path ahead for her, it was nevertheless the first step in her cultivation.

Originally, Bai Luochu wanted to take advantage of her cultivation progress and continue her breakthrough. However, she realized that her injuries were not fully recovered yet. Also, she spent a huge deal of energy trying to break through the obstruction in her meridian. In the end, she decided to rest on the bed and quickly fell into a deep slumber.

“Gong! Gong! Gong!” When Bai Luochu opened her eyes again after a good night’s rest, she was shocked by that loud, ear-piercing sound of the gong ringing. After strapping the poison needles and the dagger on her waist and making sure they were secure, she calmly walked towards the main hall. She was ready for the day.

Ever since Bai Luochu won the battle against the Thunder Python without suffering an injury, all of the prisoners somewhat started to fear her. They were restraining themselves in her presence and no one dared to stand next to her in the main hall.

Today, Bai Luochu’s name wasn’t on the list. In her mind, there was nothing more important than cultivating. Just as she was about to return to her prison cell, the person who rang the gong spoke. “Hold it, did I ask you to return?”

As he spoke, he walked in front of Bai Luochu and sized her up. Finally, his eyes landed on Bai Luochu’s face and he asked in a soft voice, “Where is the reward that the noble gave you yesterday? Why don’t I see it?”

Bai Luochu already understood that he probably wanted to gobble up the reward. When the reward was given to her, the noble was watching from the side and it was naturally inappropriate for him to pocket her rewards. Right now, there was no one else present and he obviously thought that she was a pushover. It was clear he was eyeing her rewards.

But who was Bai Luochu? In her previous life, she was the famous ‘evil dao witch’. In this life, she might be a wastrel but her temperament was still the same as before. Arrogance was carved deep into her bones and nothing could change that.

Bai Luochu despised his behaviour. She didn’t even try to flatter him and immediately replied, “I spent everything. There isn’t a single thing left.” As soon as she was done, she didn’t even look away as she stared directly into his eyes.

“Tsk. Spending so much money… do you think you are some wealthy landlord?! You ungrateful thing!” When the person who rang the gong knew that he wasn’t going to get anything, he was extremely infuriated. He immediately spoke without mercy, “Since you spent so much money, you must have improved quite a bit. Since that is the case, you shall also enter the arena today. I hope you can return alive.”