The occupant of this small house was the caretaker guarding the Cultivation Arts Hall.
Xu Zimo entered the room. It was not large, with a table placed in the very center.
Books were piled across the table and floor, leaving barely any room to stand.
Across from the table sat a woman in black, her head lowered as she flipped through the sea of books before her.
"I'm here to apply for a Meridian Technique," Xu Zimo said, taking out his token.
"Wait a moment," the woman said blandly, waving her hand.
Xu Zimo nodded without any hurry.
The sunlight outside shone gently upon the ground, while several white clouds drifted leisurely through the sky.
The lingering glow of the setting sun sailed toward the horizon's end.
With nothing better to do, Xu Zimo sat atop a pile of books nearby and took out the book the old man outside the Book Pavilion had given him.
As he slowly opened the Meridian Scripture, its contents stunned Xu Zimo—or rather, they were simply unheard of.
Everyone knew that the human body possessed Twelve Dao Meridian Gates.
By opening the Twelve Dao Meridian Gates, one could transcend oneself and reach the Other Shore of martial cultivation.
Yet the human body was profoundly mysterious and endlessly changeable.
It did not merely contain Twelve Dao Meridian Gates, but also thirty-six extraordinary meridians.
Although these extraordinary meridians could not compare to true Meridian Gates, they were still immensely important.
As long as one opened all thirty-six extraordinary meridians, one could still achieve something remarkable.
If the Twelve Dao Meridian Gates and thirty-six extraordinary meridians worked together, complementing one another, it would be like a fish returning to water, like sending charcoal in the snow. One's potential would grow even greater.
Whether in cultivation or comprehension,