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In the west side of Liangyue, in a relatively remote village called [Yongde Town], a red glow suddenly appeared in the east. The red glow slowly expanded and soon dyed half the sky red.
The Yongde Town seemed to have awoken from its hibernation, as it slowly became lively.
On the streets, the bakery sellers, blacksmiths, and other snacks started to shout. The shops along the streets also opened their doors and waited for their customers.
Yongde Town, on a wide field. Dozens of children had also woken up early to train.
Liangyue Empire's martial arts were flourishing. Powerful warriors could easily destroy a small mountain, shake the world, and have illustrious statuses. If the family had a powerful martial artist to protect it, it could protect the family for a hundred years.
The starting point of a martial artist was to temper the body and gather energy. Through body refinement, one's body would be able to condense Genuine Qi.
This stage could be called Qi Condensation, or a stage in the Martial Dao.
When the Genuine Qi in the body becomes stronger through body forging and swallowing food's essence and energy, and reaches a certain limit, it would attack the eight meridians in the body. Once it opened up any of the meridians, it would be considered a true warrior in the martial way.
This stage of clearing eight meridians was called the second stage of the martial way, and could also be called Invigorated Meridian Stage.
Because the great perfection of the Invigorated Meridian Stage allowed one to open the two meridians, and the two meridians allowed one to form a circulation of the Minor Circulation in one's body, the great perfection of the Invigorated Meridian Stage which each meridian opened was also called a small Circulation Stage by some.
These children of Chen Mansion were still at the first stage of Qi Condensation. The way they refined their bodies, was also a unique way of forging their bodies, based on their Chen Family.
These children, some of them were still green and their movements were slow and erratic. It was clear that they had just started refining their bodies and had not even stepped into the Qi Condensation stage. Their bodies did not produce any Genuine Qi.
Some moved quickly and skillfully. As they swung their fists and kicked their legs, a strong wind blew, causing a few children who had just been training their bodies to exclaim in surprise and reveal expressions of envy.
Amongst the dozens of children, one of them seemed rather unique. Compared to these children, who were around eight to nine years old and around eleven years old, this one was clearly older. He had already stepped into the ranks of youth.
The youth waved his fists, his fists leaving afterimages. Around him, it was clear that the winds created by his fists were extremely powerful.
If there were powerful warriors present, they would be able to hear the roars of the Genuine Qi in the boy's body.
This young man had obviously reached the great circle of perfection in his Qi Condensation Stage, or even the limit of his Qi Condensation Stage.
No, compared to an ordinary peak Qi Condensation Stage, he seemed to be a little stronger.
Suddenly, the young man slowly threw a punch, wiped off the sweat on his forehead and sat down cross-legged. With a solemn face, the surging Genuine Qi s in his body suddenly rushed towards a wall!
Shockingly, this was where one of the eight meridians was blocked!
If one looked closely at this youth, although he wasn't particularly handsome, he was still handsome with clear eyes and delicate eyebrows, making it easy for people to have a good impression of him.
"Brother Chen Yi is about to break through again."
"I don't know when I'll be able to step into the Invigorated Meridian Stage. After I've broken through to the Invigorated Meridian Stage, I don't need to wake up so early to come here to train."
"That's right. After we become Invigorated Meridian Stage, we will be much more free."
Even though they were still young, they all had looks of envy on their faces. They still had a heavy heart at this time of the year. It was torture for them to get up so early in the morning to practice martial arts.
"Don't get any closer to Chen Yi, move away, don't disturb Chen Yi's breakthrough!" Suddenly, a loud shout rang out. A tall and sturdy man walked over with big steps and chased away the little guys around Chen Yi.
The group of little fellows immediately scattered in all directions.
Only then did the burly man focus more of his attention on Chen Yi with a worried expression.
Chen Yi, the third son of the Chen Family Patriarch, was also an extremely famous genius with great Chen Mansion a few years ago.
At the age of eight, he began condensing energy. After a month, Genuine Qi appeared in his body, reaching perfection in the Qi Condensation realm at the age of nine, and broke through to the Invigorated Meridian Stage at the age of ten.
This kind of cultivation speed was one of the best within the entire Chen Family, so it had gained a lot of attention.
However, on the second day, his Invigorated Meridian Stage once again returned to the level of perfection.
In the following four years, there were a total of a hundred and thirty-one breakthroughs to the Invigorated Meridian Stage, and they similarly fell back to the perfection of the Qi Condensation Stage on the second day.
It had been a long time since he had broken through the 131st level, but it had happened faster and faster. It would happen in just a few days' time.
The last time Chen Yi broke through Invigorated Meridian Stage was five days ago, when he once again established a record for breaking through Invigorated Meridian Stage at the perfection stage.
Unfortunately, this record wasn't an honor.
The whole town called Chen Yi the Congealed Qi that would last forever, and he would never be able to officially step into the Invigorated Meridian Stage. They even made a secret bet that Chen Yi would not be able to create such a thing in the future.
The Patriarch and other higher ups of the Chen Mansion were also disappointed with Chen Yi and stopped paying attention to him after a while.
About Chen Mansion, they all hated Chen Yi, an existence that made them lose face. This made them unable to raise their heads in front of other people of the same age in the other families, and only these eight to nine-year-old kids who were still refining their bodies had no idea about this.
Also, a small group of people like the burly man still had good intentions for Chen Yi. They believed that Chen Yi did not have to live like that forever.
"I wonder how long this breakthrough will take?" The burly man looked at Chen Yi with a complicated expression.
Breaking through to the next realm had always required one to be in a stable environment, and one had to be careful and prepared.
However, other than Chen Yi being careful in the first dozens of times, and being extremely casual in the next hundred or so breakthroughs, he didn't have a cautious attitude at all.
As expected, not long after Chen Yi sat down with his legs crossed, his body shook and a powerful aura spread out.
In less than the time it took to make a cup of tea, Chen Yi had completed his breakthrough, breaking through from the great circle of Qi Condensation Stage to the Invigorated Meridian Stage.
With such a fast speed, and so easily breaking through, there probably wasn't much that could be found in the entire Jingzhou.
"I broke through again." Chen Yi stood up, looked at his body and let out a mouthful of impure air.
"Kid, don't retreat." The burly man saw Chen Yi break through and also let out a sigh of relief as he walked towards Chen Yi.
Chen Yi smiled, "Hello Uncle An."
The muscular man's full name was Chen An, and he was a member of the Chen Family branch family. He had been assigned by the Patriarch to teach the most basic body forging method to the younger generation of Chen Mansion, and currently, his cultivation realm was at the great perfection of Invigorated Meridian Stage.
It was easy to open one of the eight meridians, but it was more troublesome to open all eight meridians at the same time, especially the last of the eight meridians, the two meridians that were in charge, which were even more difficult to open.
Many talented practitioners who entered the Invigorated Meridian Stage at the age of seventeen or eighteen might be able to reach the peak of the late stage of the Invigorated Meridian Stage in a few years. However, to open the two meridians and step into the perfect Invigorated Meridian Stage of the Minor Circulation, one would have to spend ten, or even twenty years.
In the martial world, there were a lot of people who were at the late stage of the Invigorated Meridian Stage junior high school, but there were a lot fewer who were at the great perfection of the Invigorated Meridian Stage.
The Great Perfection of the Invigorated Meridian Stage was considered one of the best in the martial arts world.
After that, it was Martial Cultivator of Circulation Stage, who was ranked second in the martial arts world, or even a semi-first-rate character.
The Circulation Stage required one to open up all twelve true meridians in the human body. The Genuine Qi would form a relatively large cycle in the human body, thus many people called the peak of the Circulation Stage realm the Great Circulation Stage.
Cultivators of this level also had quite a bit of status in the martial arts world and could not be underestimated. Chen Mansion was one of the three great families of Yongde Town, and none of them had experts of this level.
Seeing that Chen Yi's expression was not strange, as if he was not affected by the backlash of more than a hundred cultivation realms, Chen An's clear eyes could not help but feel gratified.
If even Chen Yi himself gave up, then he would forever be a Qi Condensation Stage warrior.
"Although this is your one hundred thirty-second breakthrough, resulting in the Genuine Qi being strong, stable, and not needing to go into seclusion, just in case, you don't need to continue training here this morning. Go back and stabilize your cultivation."
"Hopefully, I won't see you again tomorrow." Chen An said meaningfully.
After arriving at the Invigorated Meridian Stage, he would have his own training grounds for the Invigorated Meridian Stage. Chen An's words were actually a blessing to Chen Yi.
Chen Yi smiled bitterly: "I hope so."
After that, Chen Yi bid his farewell respectfully. Under the envious gazes of many kids, he left the playground which they hated dearly.
These brats, who were still young, did not know the worries of Chen An and Chen Yi. They only knew that Chen Yi could 'finish the class' earlier today, saving them a lot of training. As for whether Chen Yi would leave tomorrow or come back here, it was not within their concern.