It was perfectly understandable that Zhang Xing harbored doubts.
But what happened next left him no opportunity to hesitate, for something unexpected yet equally understandable occurred-on the very next evening, Deputy Regular Inspector Zhang finally broke through his last orthodox meridian during an uneventful session of seated meditation and meridian opening.
There were no strange celestial phenomena, no blessing from a Supreme One, not even streaming light from the twin moons. There was no disturbance whatsoever; it happened as naturally as it did for most people who reached orthodox meridian great perfection.
Yet once the meridian opened, his mind cleared and his spirits lifted, inevitably invigorating both body and mind-the expression "tempering the body and refining qi" was truly apt.
And now that he had opened his final orthodox meridian, greatly improving his overall physical abilities and his perception of true qi, coupled with the incident involving Zuo Youxian, which had made Zhang Xing keenly aware of the shortcomings of true qi circulation pathways in practical use, he naturally found himself impatient to return to that Muscle-Tendon Change Classic, which had arrived more than half a year too early... After all, according to Li Ding's explanations, one of the Muscle-Tendon Change Classic's principal supporting functions should be to allow true qi to break beyond the traditional circulation meridians and escape its restraints. Beyond that, it also offered the usual benefits of purifying the interior and strengthening the exterior.
It should be an excellent supplementary cultivation method for the stage after breaking through the orthodox meridians.
And so, from that day onward, Zhang Xing holed up in Daxing Imperial City on Longshou Plateau, practicing its techniques day and night... And wouldn't you know it, its supporting effects really were effective-or rather, the progress really was obvious.
It had to be understood