At that moment, Ning Chuan had no idea that the master of the Treasure Pavilion was searching all of Flame Dragon City for that mysterious alchemist.
Nor did he know that Li Yunfei and Shen Ruzhuo were secretly plotting against him.
He quietly left the Treasure Pavilion and returned to the Shen household.
"My cultivation has finally reached the ninth level of the Meridian Opening Realm!"
Ning Chuan's eyes brimmed with excitement.
This had also been his cultivation level before all his meridians were destroyed. Now that his meridians had been restored, he had cultivated the Chaos Gods and Devils Art and devoured the spiritual energy within a hundred li. His cultivation had soared, allowing him to open all nine major meridians with ease.
All nine meridians in Ning Chuan's body were now open. Spiritual energy surged through him like a great river, filling him with a tremendous sense of strength.
More importantly, Ning Chuan was stronger than before.
A casual sweep of his hand produced an explosive crack, and the powerful gust it stirred made his robes flap sharply.
Generally speaking, opening each of the body's nine major meridians granted a thousand jin of divine strength.
Opening all nine meridians meant ten thousand jin of divine strength!
Yet Ning Chuan felt that a single punch from him now would carry far more than a hundred thousand jin of divine strength!
His restored meridians had become stronger, and the Chaos Gods and Devils Art had transformed his flesh and bones, granting him a physique far more powerful than that of an ordinary martial artist.
Ning Chuan even felt that if a Spirit Sea Realm martial artist stood before him, he could kill them with a single punch!
My cultivation has reached the ninth level of the Meridian Opening Realm. I should learn a few martial techniques to defend myself. If I get the chance, I'll beat that venomous snake Li Yunfei to death so he'll stop coveting my wife!
A brilliant light shone in Ning Chuan's eyes as he thought to himself.
Cultivation methods and martial techniques were divided into yellow, profound, earth, heaven, and saint tiers.
Each tier was further divided into low, middle, and high grades.
The strongest martial technique in the entire Shen household, the Flame Dragon Sword Technique, was only a low-grade profound-tier technique.
However, Ning Chuan was currently only at the ninth level of the Meridian Opening Realm, so he could only practice yellow-tier cultivation methods and martial techniques.
For a cultivation method, I already have the Chaos Gods and Devils Art. It's a divine-tier cultivation method, far beyond any martial art in this world! As for martial techniques, those of the Shen household are too ordinary. Let's see whether the Demon Emperor Asura's memories contain any powerful ones!
Ning Chuan thought to himself.
Within the Demon Emperor Asura's memories, he found a martial technique suitable for him to practice at his current level.
Great Wind Thunder Palm!
It was a high-grade profound-tier martial technique with three stages in total. The first stage rivaled a high-grade yellow-tier technique, the second rivaled a low-grade profound-tier technique, and the third rivaled a high-grade profound-tier technique.
The Great Wind Thunder Palm was peerlessly fierce. Cultivated to its pinnacle, it could harness the power of wind and thunder to crush and kill all before it.
Of course, Ning Chuan could only practice the first stage for now, but mastering it would increase his combat strength by several tenths.
He also found a movement technique called the Wandering Dragon Movement Technique, likewise a high-grade profound-tier martial technique.
The Wandering Dragon Movement Technique made one's body move like a roaming dragon, swift as lightning with every turn and shift. Cultivated to its pinnacle, it could even allow one to walk through the air briefly. It was extraordinarily powerful.
The Great Wind Thunder Palm was an offensive martial technique, while the Wandering Dragon Movement Technique was a movement art. Once he mastered them, Ning Chuan's current formidable physical strength would allow him to crush and kill even martial artists who had opened their spirit seas.
There are only a few days left before the Spirit-Seizing Battle between the Shen household and the Li Family. Once I've mastered the Great Wind Thunder Palm and the Wandering Dragon Movement Technique, I can enter the battle and give Qianxun a surprise!
A sharp gleam flickered in Ning Chuan's eyes as he thought to himself.
He did not practice there. Both the Great Wind Thunder Palm and the Wandering Dragon Movement Technique required an open space, and practicing in the Shen household would easily cause too much of a disturbance.
Ning Chuan put his black robe back on, covered his mouth and nose, and donned a hood. Taking some dry rations and water, he quietly left the Shen household and headed straight out of Flame Dragon City.
Beyond Flame Dragon City lay the rolling Great Wilderness Mountains.
Legend had it that the Great Wilderness Mountains held countless demonic beasts and treasures of heaven and earth. Many powerful martial artists liked to hunt demonic beasts and search for treasures there.
Ning Chuan chose a dense grove and began practicing the Great Wind Thunder Palm and the Wandering Dragon Movement Technique!
The first stage of the Great Wind Thunder Palm was Thunderclap. It required the power of one's own blood and vitality as a catalyst, making each strike roll like thunder with peerless ferocity.
As Ning Chuan practiced the Great Wind Thunder Palm, a furious gale seemed to swirl around him. Withered leaves flew in every direction, creating a terrifying spectacle.
Crack!
At last, Ning Chuan struck out with his palm, hitting a boulder and smashing it to pieces.
The Wandering Dragon Movement Technique, meanwhile, made his movements light and nimble. He turned and darted through the woods like a roaming dragon, moving as swiftly as lightning.
One hard and one soft, the two techniques not only sent Ning Chuan's combat strength soaring but also proved remarkably quick to learn.
As though he had inherited the Demon Emperor Asura's vast cultivation experience, Ning Chuan found neither the Great Wind Thunder Palm nor the Wandering Dragon Movement Technique difficult. His astonishing comprehension allowed him to grasp their basics after practicing just a few times.
That feeling of surging blood and vitality, of every punch striking flesh and destroying everything in its path, utterly enthralled Ning Chuan.
Two days later.
Boom!
Ning Chuan's blood and vitality surged, and spiritual energy swirled around him. The power of his blood and vitality coursed through his entire body like rushing rivers, unleashing peerless strength.
He struck out with his palms again and again. Each blow tore through the air like a raging gale, accompanied by the roar of thunder, fierce to the extreme.
He abruptly withdrew his palms and took a step, his body swiftly shifting forward along a strange trajectory and even leaving trails of afterimages in the air.
For an instant, he seemed like a roaming dragon sweeping past, incomparably light yet swift as lightning!
"I've finally mastered the first stage of the Great Wind Thunder Palm, and reached minor mastery in the Wandering Dragon Movement Technique!"
A trace of joy appeared in Ning Chuan's eyes.
Thunderclap, the first stage of the Great Wind Thunder Palm, unleashed a ferocious palm strike faster than one could cover their ears against the thunder, suppressing everything before it.
Combined with Ning Chuan's hundred thousand jin of divine strength, Thunderclap could unleash terrifying combat power.
Minor mastery of the Wandering Dragon Movement Technique also granted Ning Chuan tremendous speed. Paired with the Great Wind Thunder Palm, the power it could unleash was difficult to imagine.
"With my current combat strength, I could probably kill Li Yunfei with a single palm strike!"
A brilliant gleam shone in Ning Chuan's eyes, and he itched to try.
Li Yunfei's cultivation was also at the ninth level of the Meridian Opening Realm, and he had yet to enter the Spirit Sea Realm. Thinking of how Li Yunfei still refused to abandon his wicked designs on Shen Qianxun, Ning Chuan's heart filled with killing intent.
Should I just sneak into the Li Family estate and quietly beat Li Yunfei to death, so he can't pull any tricks during the Spirit-Seizing Battle?
The thought stirred in Ning Chuan's mind, and he felt an urge to charge straight into the Li Family estate and beat Li Yunfei to death.
"Hmm? Someone's here!"
Ning Chuan's eyes flashed. He suddenly sensed several figures in the distance heading into the Great Wilderness Mountains.
They were not far from him.
After cultivating the Chaos Gods and Devils Art, Ning Chuan's hearing and sight had sharpened, and his mental power had become extraordinarily strong. He could detect even the slightest rustle of wind through grass within a hundred zhang.
An idea stirred in his mind, and he quietly followed them.
There were three figures in total. Leading them was a young man in a black robe, with handsome features and a cold, arrogant expression.
Behind him followed two guards with powerful auras. Their faces were grim, their gazes sharp as lightning as they warily surveyed their surroundings.
"Li Yunfei?"
A strange look appeared in Ning Chuan's eyes.
He had just been considering whether to kill Li Yunfei, and now Li Yunfei had appeared. Could there really be such a coincidence?
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