Chapter 4 (2/2)

If one could ‘clear’ their hidden meridians, the inner force that was stored in their bodies would far surpass ordinary people!

He immediately focused his mind and cultivated it.

Given his cultivation experience a thousand years ago, his progress was naturally like driving a lightweight chariot on a familiar road. There were no obstructions at all.

Time was like flowing water. Two months passed without realizing it.

Xia Qingchen suddenly opened his eyes. His palms slammed against the stone monument before him.

Kacha~

Five clear cracks appeared on it.

This stone monument was an item that could check one’s cultivation level at the minor constellation stage. When one unleashed the inner force of their bodies at it, the number of cracks that appeared would represent which radiance-level one was at.

Xia Qingchen caused five cracks with a palm strike. According to logic, he should be at the fifth radiance-level of the minor constellation stage.

“I’ve finally broken through and reached the fourth radiance-level of the minor constellation stage!” Xia Qingchen exhaled a breath of turbid air. In his fatigued gaze, a hint of calmness could be seen.

However, the reason why he could unleash inner force equivalent to the might of the fifth-radiance level was because during these two months, other than him clearing a great meridian, he had also connected a total of forty tiny hidden meridians.

The amount of inner force stored in the tiny meridians could be comparable to the amount stored in a great meridian. That, in addition to the four great meridians he had cleared, the inner force he unleashed was actually a level more solid compared to the inner force of the fifth radiance-level.

“Given my current cultivation base, it’s more than sufficient to join the martial pavilion.” Xia Qingchen calmly spoke. “However, I still cannot stop.”

His target wasn’t a small martial pavilion—It was that woman who stole his crown!

What was a mere fifth-radiance level of the minor constellation stage before that woman?

Just a gaze from her was enough to kill him over thousands of times!

“Godking Frost, just you wait!” Xia Qingchen mumbled in a low voice.

BOOM, BOOM~~

When Xia Yuan heard the commotion in the cultivation chamber, he knocked on the door from outside. “Qingchen, how’s your cultivation?”

Xia Qingchen opened the stone door. He smiled. “I’ve improved slightly.”

“Oh?” Xia Yuan was gratified. Ever since they had returned from the Shrine, his son was like a completely new person and would work exceptionally hard when it came to cultivation.

His son spent a total of two entire months in the cultivation chamber, not leaving half-a-step from there at all.

This was something unprecedented.

Xia Yuan smiled and walked into the cultivation chamber. His gaze turned to the stone monument the moment he entered.

Five cracks came into view, causing him to be startled on the spot. “You actually broke through to the fifth radiance-level of the minor constellation stage?”

Xia Qingchen nodded calmly, not concealing the fact at all.

“Uncle Qin, where did you buy this inferior-grade stone monument test? Go and purchase a new one!”

The person named Uncle Qin was this manor’s butler. He walked over for a look and puzzledly scratched his head. “There should be nothing wrong. This stone monument was purchased from legitimate shops. How could it be of shoddy quality?”

Regardless of Xia Yuan or Uncle Qi, when they saw the five cracks, both of them thought that there was a problem with the stone monument.

Why? Because Xia Qingchen was only at the third radiance-level of the minor constellation stage three months ago.

No matter how monstrously talented he was, it was impossible for him to break through to the fifth radiance-level of the minor constellation stage within a short two months.

Let alone the fact that his talent for the martial path was originally extremely mediocre.

Xia Qingchen’s lips moved, but after that, he remained silent.

If it wasn’t for the act of clearing the tiny meridians taking up plenty of time, he might have been able to clear three more great meridians and reach the sixth radiance-level of the minor constellation stage.

However, he didn’t make any attempts to explain. Just let the misunderstanding be a misunderstanding then. When he succeeded in his cultivation, it wouldn’t be too late to give them a surprise.

“Qingchen, martial cultivation requires one to walk firmly with their feet on the ground. No matter how awesome someone is, it’s impossible for them to break through to the fifth radiance-level from the third radiance-level within two months,” Xia Yuan lectured. He then continued, “You actually mistakenly believed that you have broken through to the fifth radiance-level. From this, one can see that your heart contains many unrealistic thoughts on your journey of the martial path. You have to work hard and improve on this point.”

Xia Qingchen silently smiled, but he had a straight look on his face as he replied, “I will remember father’s teachings well.”