The Crow on the Sky Ladder

Ding Ling's reputation spoke for itself.

He dealt ruthlessly with any player who dared offend him.

No one knew how many players he had killed.

On the Real World forums, entire threads were devoted to analyzing his personality.

After combing through countless accounts, the players had a fairly clear picture of him.

Ding Ling repaid kindness with kindness and vengeance with vengeance. He acted decisively and had little interest in dealing with players.

Otherwise,

the players figured they would have flocked to him long ago.

Over the next few days,

Ding Ling stayed at the Wang Residence, discussing cultivation with Tong Yuan, Wang Yue, Hua Tuo, Zhang Zhongjing, and the others.

At night, he accompanied Diao Chan and the others as they practiced the Martial Dao True Understanding.

During breaks in the day, he also gave Cao Ang and Cao Chong a few pointers.

Ding Ling had broken down Cao Chong's Solar True Skill and personally helped him with Foundation Establishment.

Cao Chong had an unusual constitution: a spark of Sun True Fire already resided in his body.

All Ding Ling had to do was guide that flame to open Cao Chong's Eight Extraordinary Meridians.

But Cao Chong was frail. Opening them all at once could cause the flame to turn on him and injure him.

So

Ding Ling opened one meridian for Cao Chong each day.

Eight days passed this way.

Once all eight meridians were open,

Ding Ling began guiding Cao Chong through the Solar True Skill.

At first, the method did not require him to draw in Fire Qi from the sun. Cao Chong only needed to turn his attention inward, slowly draw out the pure Sun True Fire within him, and refine it for his own use.

Once he had drawn out and refined all