From the Character Panel, he could see that after the Ren and Du Meridians had been opened, his character's attributes had increased by nearly 100 points.
First, opening the Ren Meridian activated the Mingmen Acupoint.
All the acupoints associated with the Dantian Origin had now been lit up.
Opening the Ren Meridian had unexpectedly added 30 points to his Strength.
He had to remember that back when Meng Qingshan had only 13 points of Strength, he had already been able to lift a wild boar weighing three or four hundred pounds.
Now, Meng Qingshan's Strength had surged by more than three times.
That meant his arm strength had definitely surpassed the thousand-pound mark.
If he used the Mountain Breaking Spear Technique now, its power would surely be on a whole different level from before.
Opening the Ren Meridian had also added 200 points to Meng Qingshan's Max Vitality.
According to the game mechanics of Wulin Qixia Zhuan, each point of Physique added 10 points to Max Vitality.
Even without counting External Defense or Stamina Recovery Rate, that 200-point increase in vitality was barely equivalent to 20 points of Physique.
Next, opening the Du Meridian had activated the Qihai Acupoint. Just like with the Ren Meridian, all the acupoints associated with the Dantian Origin had been lit up.
After opening the Du Meridian, Meng Qingshan's internal cultivation attributes had risen significantly, with his Inner Breath increasing by a whopping 50 points.
Previously, Meng Qingshan had gone through countless hardships, risking his life nearly every time, just to gradually accumulate some cultivation and train the Long Wind Heart Method to the twelfth level.
Yet the Inner Breath it had granted him amounted to a mere 18 points.
Now, this 50-point increase not only far exceeded his previous gains but was more than double what he'd earned before. It was undoubtedly a qualitative leap in Meng Qingshan's strength.
Of course, these were only the increases in strength that could be seen on the panel after opening the Ren and Du Meridians.
The Basic Skills that came with them were even more crucial to players.
First, there was the "Internal Cultivation" skill associated with activating the Qihai Acupoint.
Once the Du Meridian had been fully opened, energy flowed freely through the Qihai Acupoint.
With this Basic Skill, Meng Qingshan no longer needed to spend time each day sitting in meditation to cultivate his internal arts.
With only a thought, his main cultivation method would circulate freely within his body, without stopping.
In essence, it was like getting an automatic cultivation slot for an internal art in a game.
All he had to do was put his internal art into the slot, and it would automatically circulate through the meridians he was cultivating, completing its cycles without any input and freeing the player's hands.
Next was the "Martial Training" skill associated with activating the Mingmen Acupoint.
This skill was mainly used to practice martial techniques.
When Meng Qingshan entered the "Martial Training" state, he would receive system prompts that guided him through the moves.
He could even use the martial arts recorded in the Martial Arts Illustrated Book to run combat simulations. This would improve his proficiency in various moves and his combat experience, allowing him to continually refine his martial arts.
It was clear just how powerful the attribute bonuses from opening the Ren and Du Meridians were.
No wonder Li Yufeng's strength had soared after inheriting the legacy here, sending him rising to new heights.
And that was without even cultivating the Wulin's Four Great Miraculous Arts—the Ling Shu Atlas. Meng Qingshan couldn't even imagine how strong Li Yufeng would be in version 3.0 if he had cultivated it.
Suddenly, Meng Qingshan was drawn to the smell of fish burning.
"Oh no! What a waste! I hope I haven't burned the Red Scale Tail!"
He exited the light screen and saw that one of the Red Scale Fish's tails was nearly charred.
Meng Qingshan quickly took the fish off the fire, then sprinkled some medicinal powder over both grilled fish as seasoning. He flipped them several times to let the seasoning soak into the flesh, then eagerly dug in.
He was starving, and polished off the whole fish in two or three bites. He didn't even spit out the bones.
[You ate a 'Scorched Red Scale Tail' and gained 200 points of cultivation!] [You ate a 'Cooked Red Scale Tail' and gained 500 points of cultivation!
Seeing the two lines of blue text pop up before him, Meng Qingshan felt a pang of frustration. He hadn't expected that one moment of carelessness would cost him nearly half the cultivation bonus from one of the fish.
Meng Qingshan silently resolved to give grilling fish his full attention from then on.
The two fish hadn't really filled him up, but grilling two more would take far too much time.
So he ate some flatbread and drank from the pool to stave off his hunger, then prepared to return to the stone coffin and bury Xiao Tianfang with his wife, fulfilling his final wish.
When he reached the Jade Coffin, Meng Qingshan examined it closely, his eyes settling on the lines of writing engraved on its surface.
The strokes flowed smoothly, elegant and unworldly. They had clearly been written by Xiao Tianfang.
The Jade Coffin bore these clearly carved words: "At the end of this place, the Lotus Seat appears. Bow with sincerity, and the Ling Shu shall reveal itself!"
Though Meng Qingshan knew there was a Mysterious Encounter and legacy here, he hadn't actually gone through the steps himself.
Back in the game, by the time he'd reached this place, Li Yufeng had already gotten there first and claimed the Mysterious Encounter.
Fortunately, Li Yufeng had been a decent person. After receiving Xiao Tianfang's instruction and learning the Ling Shu Atlas, he hadn't destroyed it. Instead, he'd left the complete Ling Shu Atlas here.
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