Great Yin Jade Lotus Treasure Scroll

Li Wei felt a slight pressure on her head, followed by a warm, moist sensation.

Then, it was as if her forehead had opened a hole, and a torrent of warm energy poured down, washing over every corner of her body.

She couldn't help but tremble, her cheeks flushing. She felt as if she were soaking in a hot spring, so comfortable she was about to melt.

"Gra... Grandmother, what are you... doing? Ah~" Li Wei's voice quivered, her voice trailing off into an uncontrollable moan.

Damn! This is too much... My reputation is ruined!

"It's a ritual, what else would it be?" Jiang Xinyue's voice was steady.

The warm current pulsed through her body wave after wave, and Li Wei slowly began to adapt.

Suddenly, she remembered the energy consumption of the ritual that Jiang Han had mentioned, and couldn't help but worry, "Grandmother, aren't you injured? Will the ritual consume...?"

The warm current paused slightly, then surged even more fiercely.

"Ah~" Li Wei almost bit her tongue. Her whole body shook like a sieve, and she was on the verge of collapsing, but an invisible force held her in place, forcing her to maintain her cross-legged posture.

After this wave of intense comfort passed, she heard Jiang Xinyue's voice, tinged with amusement, "Good granddaughter, don't worry. Your grandmother was just pretending!"

"Ah?" Li Wei's eyes widened. "Pretending?"

"What else?" Jiang Xinyue's voice was lazy. "Those two from the Gu family, one is lying there unconscious, the other is half-dead. If I don't come back to take charge, how can this marriage be settled smoothly?"

"The Zhang family has a Martial Immortal, and you're just a mere Master... Ah~~~ Spare me~" Li Wei lost control again, stars flashing before her eyes.

Holy crap! This is so embarrassing! Is this weak, soft voice coming from me?!

Damn it, I can't face anyone!

If she could move right now, Li Wei would have dug a three-bedroom apartment out from under her feet and burrowed into it, never to be seen again.

As the wave subsided, Li Wei panted, her hair damp with sweat and sticking to her cheeks. Her eyes and neck were flushed with an unhealthy red, making her look somewhat disheveled.

Jiang Xinyue snorted, "What, you still dare to look down on your grandmother?"

"No... I wouldn't dare..." Li Wei said cautiously.

Grandmother, you truly loved your ex-boyfriend...

"Alright, stop overthinking!" Jiang Xinyue's voice suddenly turned serious. "Embrace the origin and guard the unity, it's about to begin!"

"Ah? It hasn't started yet?" Li Wei was astonished.

Jiang Xinyue sneered, "That was just to help you sort out your body, invigorate your Vitality, and restore your mental energy... Shut up and calm your mind!"

Li Wei quickly gathered her thoughts and felt her body.

Suddenly, she realized her body was "boiling." Her Vitality was active and abundant, surging everywhere warmly. Even the mental fatigue from the mysterious state she was in that morning had disappeared.

Huh? Is the "skill" cooldown over?

As she was wondering, Jiang Xinyue's voice, filled with surprise, came from above her head: "Why are all your acupoints open!!!"

Li Wei fell silent, not daring to make a sound.

She heard Jiang Xinyue muttering to herself, "Does the 'Dao-Approaching Body' have such benefits? I haven't heard that old fellow Yun Sheng mention it... Could he have been holding out on me?"

Li Wei continued to play dead, believing silence was golden. She even felt like whistling to cover her guilt.

"Forget it! No matter what! Let's proceed to the next step!" Jiang Xinyue stopped dwelling on it.

While guiding the Vitality within Li Wei's body with her own power, she explained carefully:

"The human body has three hundred and sixty acupoints. One hundred and twenty are in the skin and membranes, one hundred and twenty are in the tendons and bones, and one hundred and twenty are in the internal organs! Connecting these acupoints with specific Vitality meridians, different connection methods form different Vitality circulations, producing different effects."

"The so-called divine techniques are when our predecessors found near-perfect connection methods. More importantly, they can be combined with the unique 'Intent' of the technique itself, unleashing power far beyond ordinary techniques."

"With advanced technology today, the computational power of supercomputers can also deduce near-perfect Vitality circulation routes."

"However, inanimate objects are still inanimate objects. Techniques deduced by machines lack 'Intent' and 'soul.' For example, our Jiang family's 'Great Yin Jade Lotus Treasure Scroll' has its 'Natal Lotus Flower,' and the Gu family's 'Great Sun Meditation Method' has its 'Primordial Essence Great Sun.' These cannot be calculated."

Jiang Xinyue's tone was light and proud, like a child showing off a toy, "Our Jiang family's 'Great Yin Jade Lotus Treasure Scroll' is a top-tier Inheritance recognized throughout China!"

"When others break through to become a First Order Martial Artist, they usually connect the one hundred and twenty acupoints in the skin and membranes first, forming a small outer circulation."

"In the Second and Third Orders, they then construct the other two small circulations for tendons/bones and internal organs separately. The three Vitality currents circulate in their own paths, independent of each other."

"Only when breaking through to the Fourth Order will they forcibly open and merge the three independent small circulations, using the explosive power of that moment to 'blast open' the Lower Dantian."

"But the 'Great Yin Jade Lotus Treasure Scroll' is different. From the very beginning, it focuses on the whole, connecting all three hundred and sixty acupoints to form a complete and unified large circulation, using the position where the Lower Dantian should be as the central 'node' of the entire circulation network."

"In this way, the acupoints are the 'soil,' the meridians are the 'roots,' and that central 'node' is like a 'lotus root' buried deep in the mud. When enough accumulation is gathered, the 'lotus root node' breaks through the 'mud,' and the Lower Dantian forms naturally."

"Later advancements to the Fifth and Sixth Orders are the process of the 'roots and stems' continuously growing, the 'lotus leaves' unfurling, and the 'lotus buds' condensing, until they bloom on the water, with breakthroughs in realm occurring naturally and the foundation being incredibly solid..."

Li Wei listened with rapt attention and couldn't help but blurt out, "Then, Gu... cough cough~ Grandmother, what's the price?"

Jiang Xinyue paused, her voice a little gritted, "The price? The price is that before opening the Natal Lotus Flower at the Sixth Order, this damn technique has no bonus, and is even inferior to those common ones on the market!"

Li Wei: "Techniques have bonuses?"

Jiang Xinyue huffed a couple of times, annoyed, "Nonsense! Take the Gu family's 'Great Sun Meditation Method' for example. At the First Order, the Vitality already had a burning effect, and a punch felt like searing meat... By the Fourth Order Essence Refining Realm, they could condense a 'Great Sun' phantom in their Lower Dantian..."

"Speaking of which makes me angry!!!" Jiang Xinyue became somewhat flustered and angry.

"That old bastard Gu Litong! He always wanted to spar with me back in Martial Arts University! What was I supposed to do, fight him with my bare hands? Huh? Throw lotus roots at him? Turn me into fried lotus root fritters?! Do you know how I got through it back then?! It makes me so angry—so angry—!!!"

Li Wei's eye twitched. Damn, there's a story here... Who is Gu Litong? Is he part of the Gu Family too? He sounds like he's from Grandma's generation. Could he be Aunt Liang's father-in-law? The Grandmaster who got injured?

Also, the power isn't great before Sixth Order? No worries, that's a minor issue! I'll just reach Sixth Order as soon as possible. Hehe~ I have a cheat, after all!

As she was lost in thought, her face suddenly turned pale, the flush on her skin instantly vanishing. Large beads of sweat began to pour down.

Pain!

Her entire body, inside and out, felt as if it were being pierced simultaneously by countless red-hot needles. The pain was so intense she almost fainted.

In a daze, Jiang Xinyue's voice sounded distant, "Hold on! We're starting the 'rooting' process!"

While firmly restraining Li Wei's trembling body, Jiang Xinyue carefully used her own "True Essence" to guide Li Wei's Vitality, opening up those minute meridians.

Strand by strand, three hundred and sixty "rootlets" were forcibly stimulated into existence.

They intertwined, connected with each other, and rapidly and precisely formed a complex and strangely beautiful bloodline network.

Everything went smoothly at first, but the moment the central "node" was established, Jiang Xinyue froze.

As soon as all the meridians connected, Li Wei's Vitality within her body found an outlet and surged madly towards the "node"!

This phenomenon...

Impossible! She just became a Martial Artist, how can her Vitality already have the momentum to impact the Lower Dantian?!

Her mind was in turmoil. Fearing Li Wei might have an accident, she quickly increased the flow of True Essence, trying to forcefully suppress the agitated Vitality.

But when her divine sense probed deeper, the full picture of the "node" finally became clear in her perception—

"Lower... Lower Dantian is half-open—?!!!"

Jiang Xinyue let out a sharp cry.