Since I was at home, I didn't dare to scream out loud to make my parents worry. I could only endure the pain with all my might. But strangely enough, after the boiling heat circulated through my meridians, it quickly calmed down. The boiling heat turned gentle, and the sharp pain disappeared in an instant, replaced by a warm feeling.
The meridians in my body felt like they were soaking in a hot spring. After the initial pain, what followed was endless enjoyment.
My meridians, limbs, and bones were all warm, so comfortable that I couldn't help but moan. I laid there, feeling dizzy. I didn't know how long it took before I slowly woke up.
When I woke up, I was shocked to find that the Dao Qi in my body seemed to have changed!
After these few days of hard work, the Dao Qi in my Heaven Meridians had occupied close to two acupoints, reaching close to two acupoints. I didn't know how this progress compared to geniuses like Han Wennan and Zhang Kunlun, but at least I had left the people of the Guangdong branch behind.
I thought that this cultivation speed was fast, but I was shocked to find that the Dao Qi in my Heaven Meridians had occupied a total of four acupoints!
There was even a faint glow of Dao Qi in the fifth acupoint. This was a sign that the Dao Qi had entered the fifth acupoint.
Just a moment of pain and then a moment of comfort, and I actually advanced by three realms?
He advanced directly from two apertures to five apertures?
I was stunned. After a long while, I vaguely remembered the legend of the Dao Ghost Seal.
I quickly looked at my left wrist. At this moment, the red ghost shadow on the Dao Ghost Seal had disappeared, and only a red ghost face was left. The Yin Yang Fish on its forehead was even clearer.
I thought about it and understood. The Dao Ghost Seal had the power of Glory of Consciousness sealed in it. Since I got the Dao Ghost Seal until now, it had been close to a month, and the power of the Dao Ghost Seal had finally started to be absorbed by me!
It's not that I haven't thought about this, but I've always thought that this kind of power that doesn't belong to me can't be converted too much. Even if it's the power of the Glory of Consciousness realm, it would be good if it could be converted into one aperture of Dao Qi. But I never thought that just a portion of it could actually raise my cultivation by close to three apertures!
Anyone could tell that the essence of the Dao Ghost Seal was in the Yin Yang Fish Pattern on the Dao Ghost's head. In other words, I've only absorbed a small part of the Dao Ghost's body, and I've already improved so much. What will happen if I absorb the Dao Ghost's head in the future?
Now that I thought about it, I couldn't believe it. Could it be that the Dao Ghost trapped in this Dao Ghost Seal was a Heavenly Master when he was alive?
But who had the ability to refine a Heavenly Master into a Dao Ghost?
The more I thought about it, the stranger I found it. If it really was the Celestial Master's Soul of the Path, it was a waste of God's gift to refine this Ghost Seal. I wondered where Liang Tianxin and his son had gotten it.
Of course, even though it was a pity, I was still very excited. My five-apertured cultivation base could be considered the middle acupoint sealing realm. I wasn't inferior to Chen Xuande, who I'd met during the day.
With my current cultivation speed, perhaps I would be faster than Ye Pianpian. I could reach the Glory of Knowledge realm in less than three years.
It was a quiet night. The next morning, my parents went to visit their relatives while I went to the city alone.
As soon as I got out of the bus station, I saw Chen Xuande, which startled me. Although I'd contacted him on the phone and he knew when I would arrive, the bus wasn't punctual during the Spring Festival. I didn't know how long he had been waiting here.
He was the Vice President of the Metaphysics Association, but he had lowered himself to this extent. I didn't know if I should laugh or cry.
However, it made sense. With Ye Pianpian's talent of three meridians, she had become the Vice President of the Metaphysics Association in just three years. My talent was stronger, and my future achievements were bound to be higher. If it were someone who had reached the Glory of Knowledge realm or higher, they wouldn't care. However, he was only at the middle acupoint sealing realm. Who knew when I would catch up to him?
So, it wasn't too hard to understand why he was so careful.
In fact, the moment he saw me today, Chen Xuande's eyes widened again. Even his voice trembled as he asked me in shock, "Bro … Bro Zhou, if I'm not wrong, your cultivation was still at the early acupoint sealing realm yesterday, right?"
I nodded awkwardly.
Chen Xuande instantly sucked in a breath of cold air. He pointed at me and said with a trembling voice, "One night … In one night, you … you jumped from the early acupoint sealing realm to the middle acupoint sealing realm?"
He looked as if he'd seen a ghost. His face was full of shock, and he didn't even notice that his current actions were very rude.
Of course, I didn't pursue the matter, but I felt very awkward. I couldn't explain the ghost seal, so I could only let him continue to misunderstand.
I shook my head and said, "It's not that exaggerated. I just happened to break through a bottleneck last night."
Chen Xuande immediately shook his head and said, "I can feel that your current strength has even surpassed mine. Even if you broke through a bottleneck last night, I've never seen anyone who can directly reach the fifth acupoint sealing realm right after breaking through the middle acupoint sealing realm … As expected of a peerless four meridians talent, it's actually so terrifying!"
He was right. After reaching the fourth acupoint sealing realm, it could already be called the middle acupoint sealing realm. Chen Xuande was probably at this realm, and my cultivation at the fifth acupoint sealing realm had actually surpassed his.
However, he was taking it for granted that it was all due to talent.
I tried to change the topic and asked him where we were going to eat. In the end, he casually said a name and continued to sigh, "Back then, this old man was only a half-meridian talent, and it took me twenty years to reach the middle acupoint sealing realm. But Bro Zhou, you actually surpassed this old man in just one month at the Young Phoenix Gathering last year … This is simply, simply …"
He couldn't even find a word to describe it after a long time.
Just like that, for the rest of the meal, it was basically Chen Xuande sighing and I being humble.
As for Chen Xuande and his group, the more they discussed, the more they admired me, and the more they spoke to me.
In the end, when I asked him to help me look up some information about the Metaphysics Association, Chen Xuande didn't hesitate and hurriedly nodded in agreement.
However, when I saw Old He, He Yuanshan, and the others, Chen Xuande was stunned and didn't speak for a long time.
I frowned and couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong? Is there any inconvenience?"
Chen Xuande reacted and looked a little excited. He shook his head and said to me, "It's not inconvenience, it's because … He Yuqi is my master, and He Yuanshan is my junior …"
This time, even I had a strange expression. This Chen Xuande was actually Old He's disciple?
We looked at each other for a long time, and Chen Xuande asked me with a puzzled expression, "Bro Zhou, why are you looking for information about my master and junior?
Could it be that Bro Zhou knows my master? "
Old He and I didn't just know each other … Although it was Red Shadow who gave me the 《Death Scripture》 that allowed me to officially step onto the path of Metaphysics, it was Old He who truly let me see Metaphysics and aroused my interest in it.
The past was still vivid in my mind, and I always had the thought of paying Old He a visit. Who would have thought that before I could take action, we were already separated from each other.
I nodded and said in a low voice, "Grandpa He saved my life when I was young, and we went through some things together. It's a pity that I haven't come to find him since then."
Chen Xuande didn't notice the disappointment in my tone, and said with a puzzled expression, "That's strange. I haven't heard my master mention your name all these years."
I sighed. Liang Tianxin had already told me that I was no longer in Old He's memories. I didn't know what rules he was talking about, but I felt sad when I thought about it.
I drank the wine in front of me in one gulp, then asked, "Uncle Chen, when did something happen to Grandpa He and the others?"
Chen Xuande was flattered when he heard me call him Uncle Chen, but his face darkened when he heard what I said. He sighed and said, "It was in the spring of the year before last. At that time, my master had just retired from our Taiyuan branch. I don't know what he was researching every day, but he didn't live in the city, but in your county.
At that time, I had already taken over my master's position as the vice president, and I was busy every day. I only knew that something had happened when I received a call from your county's Public Security Bureau.
When I went to investigate, I found that my master and the others' souls had been taken away, and only soulless corpses were left. "
"From this method, it seems like it was done by those ghost and corpse rearing sects. But there are no such crooked people in our vicinity. After that, I secretly investigated for a long time, but until now, I still don't have the slightest clue."
I nodded, but I didn't tell him about Liang Tianxin. He was a Heavenly Master, and if I told him about it, it would only add to Chen Xuande's worries.
I could only keep this grudge in my heart. Sooner or later, I would find Liang Tianxin and settle this grudge.
After the meal, Chen Xuande took me to the Taiyuan branch. He asked someone to find information about the others for me, while he took me to the president's office. He said that he wanted to introduce the president, Xie Lingyun, to me.
Xie Lingyun looked to be about the same age as Chen Xuande, but his cultivation base was much higher than Chen Xuande's. He had the Glory of Knowledge cultivation base.
Contrary to my expectation, Xie Lingyun didn't seem to be enthusiastic towards me at all. On the contrary, he was somewhat indifferent. After chatting with me for a while, he said that he had something to do and sent me out of the office.
Although I felt that it was strange, I didn't think much of it. However, not long after that, Chen Xuande came back with a gloomy face. He told me that the people he had sent to investigate had been refused at the door. President Xie said that he wasn't a member of the branch, so he didn't have the right to look at the members' information.
What did Xie Lingyun mean?
Although his cultivation base was at the Glory of Knowledge realm, he shouldn't completely disregard me, right?
Ever since I revealed my four meridians talent, even the headquarters' Yang Shilong, Dan Feng, and the others were very polite to me. He was just the president of a small Taiyuan branch. Why didn't he give me face?
I really couldn't understand, so I had Chen Xuande go and ask around. In the end, he quickly got the result. He hurriedly ran back and asked me with a grave expression, "Zhou Yi, did you cripple the arm of the Lu family's first son, Lu Zhenyang, at the Young Phoenix Gathering?"
So it was the Lu family!
These days, the Lu family hadn't made any movements. I thought that a metaphysical family like the Lu family would care about their face and wouldn't investigate this matter. I didn't expect that I would suddenly hear the Lu family's name.