Han Bingning clearly saw a massive golden spiritual meridian emerge within Ye Xuan.
The Spiritual Qi between heaven and earth was drawn toward him, flowing into his body and beginning to circulate furiously along the newly opened spiritual meridian.
Watching this, the corners of her mouth twitched, and she gaped in disbelief.
H-he had already grasped the basics?
Did he have to be this monstrous? Did he have to slap her in the face like this?
Was the Chaos Sacred Body really this monstrous?
For a moment, even with Han Bingning's composure, she could not help flushing scarlet with embarrassment.
She felt as though her face had been slapped swollen.
If there had been a crack in the ground, she would have crawled into it without hesitation.
Ye Xuan also felt the thick spiritual meridian within him, along with the immense fluctuations of Spiritual Qi.
For a moment, he felt surging power pour into his body. He could kill ten oxen with a single punch.
Yes, it was precisely that crude a comparison.
A moment later, Ye Xuan opened his eyes and asked timidly, "Master, what just happened? Have I grasped the basics?"
Hearing this, Han Bingning's face instantly turned frosty.
Her pearly teeth bit hard into her red lip, and her icy eyes stared fixedly at Ye Xuan.
She very much wanted to know whether Ye Xuan was doing this on purpose, whether he was mocking her mediocre talent.
But looking at Ye Xuan's clear eyes and earnest expression...
She still forcibly suppressed the urge to slap him and said through gritted teeth, "Yes, you could barely be considered to have grasped the basics."
Hearing this, Ye Xuan could not help shivering. Goosebumps rose all over him, and he felt the world was filled with malice.
Yet he was somewhat bewildered. What had he done wrong? He did not seem to have done anything, did he?
After hesitating for a long time, Ye Xuan asked cautiously, "Then, shall we continue?"
Han Bingning said coldly, "It's getting late today. I'll take you to the Holy Son Hall to rest first. For now, you'll cultivate there. I'll come over to guide you when I have time."
As she spoke, she seemed to remember something and added, "While cultivating, you may walk around the holy land, but remember not to go to the rear mountain. There are many demonic beasts there. It isn't a place for you yet."
Ye Xuan nodded obediently. "Yes, Master."
The instant he finished speaking, his head spun, and then he appeared inside an unfamiliar hall.
The hall was magnificent and lavish, and it had been cleaned thoroughly, but it lacked any sign of life.
Clearly, no one had lived here for a long time.
Han Bingning stood before Ye Xuan.
She was tall and shapely, her breathtakingly beautiful face filled with majesty, noble and domineering.
She looked at Ye Xuan and said evenly, "This will be your residence."
With that, she casually waved a hand, left some food, and departed with effortless grace.
Ye Xuan was a little dumbfounded.
That was it?
This stunning master of his seemed rather unreliable.
Still, he did not dwell on it. He first wandered around the hall, then found a room, sat cross-legged on the floor, and began cultivating.
The twelve ancestors had left him plenty of cultivation resources, along with many cultivation methods and martial techniques, so he had no shortage of those things for now.
Meanwhile, after returning to the Holy Lord Palace, Han Bingning first set up a formation, then began venting with a series of bangs.
"Bastard, bastard! So what if you have the Chaos Sacred Body? Does having the Chaos Sacred Body mean you can be this lawless? Damn it, damn it!"
She vented furiously. Clearly, she was anything but calm inside and had been desperately suppressing it earlier.
As the holy land's Holy Lord, Han Bingning's talent naturally went without saying.
Back then, she had taken only three months to grasp the basics of the Supreme Profound Scripture, shaking the entire Ancient Desolate Holy Land.
Across the history of the Ancient Desolate Holy Land, among all its monstrously talented figures,
Apart from her, even the fastest to grasp the basics had taken half a year.
She had cut that time in half!
Now, however, she had been slapped hard in the face.
Slapped hard in the face by her newly accepted disciple.
And it had happened right after she had said those embarrassing words.
It was only because Han Bingning did not know what "social death" meant; otherwise, she would certainly have found the precise term to describe it.
Holy Son Hall.
Ye Xuan knew nothing of what was happening with Han Bingning. At this moment, he had already resumed cultivating the Supreme Profound Scripture.
Spirit stones covered the ground around him in quite a lavish display.
As he cultivated, surging Spiritual Qi gathered, forming an enormous vortex in an instant.
The vortex took shape and swiftly streamed into his body without end.
The dense Spiritual Qi even began showing faint signs of liquefying.
Before long, with a boom, a second spiritual meridian opened, and Ye Xuan's speed of absorbing Spiritual Qi immediately grew even faster.
The initial stage of cultivation was meridian opening. Only by successfully opening a meridian could one formally become a cultivator.
Opening one meridian meant the meridian opening first layer, two meant the meridian opening second layer, three meant the meridian opening third layer, and so on.
Meridian opening had nine layers in total, so opening nine meridians meant reaching the meridian opening ninth layer and qualifying to attempt a breakthrough to the next realm.
However, nine meridians were not the limit. Those with monstrous talent or powerful physiques could continue opening meridians.
The more meridians one opened, the deeper one's foundation and the more Spiritual Qi one could store within the body.
As the saying went, a tower ten thousand feet tall rose from level ground. This was the foundation, and no carelessness could be allowed.
Thus, anyone with some talent would not advance directly after reaching the meridian opening ninth layer. Instead, they would keep opening meridians until reaching their limit.
Inside Ye Xuan's body-
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Sounds rang out one after another-the sounds of spiritual meridians being opened.
The third,
The fourth,
The fifth,
In a short time, five spiritual meridians had already opened within his body.
The meridian opening fifth layer!!!
Endless Spiritual Qi gathered, and the Spiritual Qi above Ye Xuan's head grew increasingly dense.
Not only that, many of the spirit stones laid around him had also exhausted their Spiritual Qi, crumbling into dust with a series of cracks.
The Spiritual Qi seemed to have gathered into a flowing stream, pouring in without end.
Ye Xuan's body was like a bottomless pit that could never be filled.
Moreover, the spiritual meridians within him continued expanding, and new ones kept emerging.
The sixth,
The seventh!
The eighth!!
The ninth!!!
Another four hours passed, and nine spiritual meridians had now opened within Ye Xuan's body!
The meridian opening ninth layer!
In such a short time, he had gone from someone with no cultivation to the meridian opening ninth layer.
This was absolutely heaven-defying.
If word of this spread, it would undoubtedly cause another uproar.
Others were already considered geniuses for crossing three or four realms in a day. What did that make Ye Xuan?
Even in the early stages of meridian opening, even someone as talented as Han Bingning,
Had needed two to three days to open a single spiritual meridian back then.
And Ye Xuan?
The Chaos Sacred Body, peerless throughout the ages, was just that heaven-defying!
Outside the Ancient Desolate Holy Land.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.
Sounds of figures cutting through the air rang out. The ancestors, who had just returned to their seclusion grounds intending to enter seclusion, emerged from their palaces once again in shock.
"W-what happened?"
"Such a terrifying speed of absorbing Spiritual Qi-what's going on?"
"Could there be another monstrous genius hidden in our Ancient Desolate Holy Land?"
The ancestors murmured, their faces full of shock. The next second, all of them appeared above the Holy Son Hall.
They swept their gazes toward the hall, their eyes instantly piercing through everything to see what was happening inside.
In an instant, their faces filled with shock, and they gaped in disbelief.
"It-it's that brat!"
"I regret it! I'm going to reason with that little girl Bingning. A monster like this must become my disciple!"
"He opened nine spiritual meridians in less than six hours, and even cultivated the Supreme Profound Scripture to its second level. This..."
Meanwhile, Han Bingning had only just finished venting and calmed herself when she, too, was stunned by this sight.
She likewise appeared above the Holy Son Hall. When she sensed the scene below, towering waves once again surged through her heart, which had only just settled.