166 Meridian Opening (2/2)
Fang Yuan looked at him and waved his left hand.
Huhu!
The Bewildering Fog started to move forward. Yang Qing, who was on the ground, rolled backwards and retreated.
”Oh? It appears that you were only putting on an act!”
His technique was good. While it was unsightly of him to roll around on the ground, his speed was fast as lightning.
If Fang Yuan had been complacent and walked up to him, he would have regretted it.
No matter how good Yang Qing's lightness skill was, he was unable to outrun the fog.
Yang Qing gave a look of despair as the fog surrounded him before it was dispelled.
Fang Yuan walked forward and looked at Yang Qing who looked empty.
He lifted Yang Qing and used shadowsteps to arrive in the middle of the dense forest.
”Dream!”
After Fang Yuan found a cave, he took a deep breath, touched the space between Yang Qing's eyebrows and used his ability.
”This is Yang Fan's true dream world. As the rules of this world is the same as the real world, it means that the living things have consciousness and dream worlds...as such, I can enter their dreams as well! A dream within a dream!”
In that instant, many thoughts flowed into Fang Yuan.
Inside the cave, Fang Yuan's real body was motionless as he delved into the mind of Yang Qing and looked for the information that he was interested in.
”It was really that vicious Lady Wang's idea to send him here!”
”Even though he committed many crimes, he was extremely good to his only child. He only helped them so that his child could have a future...”
...
Fang Yuan looked through all his memories. One memory caught his eyes:
In the dream world, within a secret room, an elder spoke solemnly, ”Yang Qing, you have broken through the 4 Heavenly Gates. Now it is time to impart to you the part of Qian Kun Giant Spiritual Technique that is relevant to the Wu Zongs. You must remember...”
...
Fang Yuan went through and remembered all the memories.
After a while, he opened his eyes and smiled. ”It appears that after Wu Zong, there is another level, the Meridian Opening Realm!
He had really achieved a lot by entering the dream this time.
Experimenting with dreaming within a dream was only one of the small ideas that he had.
The big idea lied with Yang Qing's martial arts knowledge as well as memorizing them so that he would be able to use them next time!
”The most important stage for a Wu Zong is the Elemental Gathering Realm where they gather elemental force and give it form outside of one's body. In Xia Country and Wu Country, there are many Wu Zongs, including General Fei Long, who are stuck at this stage...In Da Qian, the spiritual knights have Elemental Opening Realm while the Wu Zongs have Meridian Opening Realm! This meridian is no common meridian. Rather, it is spiritual meridian! Since the path to cultivating martial arts had been destroyed, they used elemental force to train their spiritual meridian for cultivation! For every meridian that is opened, the Wu Zong would gain 1 elemental power level.
This 'Elemental Power Level 1' was a unique notion of the Da Qian Empire. It could be seen as the full power of a newly ascended Wu Zong!
”The Giant Spiritual Strength that a person gains after breaking through to Wu Zong using Yang Family's Qian Kun Giant Spiritual Technique is actually 1 elemental power level! Those who advanced to Wu Zong using the Qian Kun Giant Spiritual Technique are twice as strong as a normal Wu Zong!”
”That is not all, this spiritual technique can help cultivate 8 spiritual meridians. Even in the Da Qian Empire, this is quite an impressive technique!
The better the technique, the more spiritual meridians that could be cultivated. In the end, you would be able to undergo 'body forging'!
Rumours had it was a change that is similar to being reborn for martial artists. Even the elders had only heard of it and had never witnessed it with their own eyes before.
There were sayings that the more spiritual meridians opened, the stronger the power of the Wu Zong. The divine body forged would also be more terrifying and comparable to the bodies of the deities and the demons!
”The Meridian Opening Realm for martial artists is similar to the Elemental Opening Realm for spiritual knights and the Illusionary Divine Stage of the Dream Master! No one knows what the corresponding cultivation level for Body Forging was either ...”
Fang Yuan had the feeling that regardless of the pathways to cultivation, the end would be extremely frightening.
”What a shame...Yang Qing's memory only had the Giant Spiritual Technique to open the spiritual meridian and did not have the portion of Cast Body!”
This was natural. The higher the level of the technique, the more secrets involved.
Fang Yuan predicted that the last stage of the Qian Kun Giant Spiritual Technique was either known by the clan elders collectively or was only known by the clan master.
”If I want to try next time, and able to procure the whole manual, the price would be terrifying...”
Fang Yuan could not calculate what would happen if the manual was spread to the whole of Da Qian Empire.
”Of course, the most important thing now is that I have a direction for improvement for my martial arts!”
He looked at the unconscious Yang Qing and suddenly pressed him with his right hand.
Yang Qing jerked on the ground and stopped breathing shortly after.
”It is lucky that I left early. If not, I would miss the timing of the exams!”
Fang Yuan walked out of the cave and struck it once with his palm.
Huala!
A small amount of spiritual light appeared on his palm and seeped into the rocks.
Not long after, cracks started to appear. The entire wall crumbled and buried the cave.
Although he would not admit to what he had done, it was better to have lesser troubles.
Without the interference from Yang Qing, the remaining journey was smooth-sailing for Fang Yuan. He arrived at the county at noontime.
The golden rays of the sun fell onto the tall building and added a golden sheen to the walls of the building.
The gate opened and the passers-by bustled around.
”The patrols are mostly martial artists (6th gate) with inner power?”
Fang Yuan's eyes shone.
Just this point alone showed that this city surpassed his Secluded Mountain Prefecture.
[1] Fang Yuan was using a slang that was relevant to the real world and as such Yang Qing of the dream world was unable to comprehend what he was talking about.