After accepting the mission, Xu Qing and Tang Wulin collected the necessary materials and left the Blacksmith Association.
After parting ways with Tang Wulin, Xu Qing had dinner with Gu Yuena and then returned to his dormitory. After locking the door, he did not enter the Parallel Earth, but instead sat cross-legged on the bed.
He took out the storage ring given to him by Cen Yue and the latest soul-guided communicator.
The storage ring wasn't of much use to him, mainly because he already had one, and it had more space, which he could exchange for money if given the chance.
As for the soul-guided communicator, it did catch Xu Qing's attention. Judging from its appearance alone, it was quite good, after all, it was the most popular style at the moment.
It's also designed like a bracelet, about two fingers wide, so it can be fastened directly to the wrist.
It's somewhat like the phone watch from my previous life, only with limited functionality.
Unfortunately, cell phones cannot be used in this world.
Xu Qing took off the bracelet that Mang Tian had given him on his left wrist to store the forging hammer and replaced it with a soul-guided communicator.
Then the forging hammer in the bracelet was stored in the bracelet on the right wrist.
Afterwards, he took stock of last night's spoils: over thirty specially made submachine guns, over a thousand specially made bullets, twenty hand grenades, all of which he checked and were still usable; over five hundred ordinary crystal cores, over one hundred and thirty semi-yellow crystal cores, fifty yellow crystal cores, and one special purple crystal core.
Xu Qing took out the purple crystal core, and he could sense a strange spatial power contained within it.
It's exactly the same as the one on the Space Mantis.
However, Xu Qing did not start absorbing it right away. After putting the crystal core away, Xu Qing stretched.
Let's begin!
Thinking about it, Xu Qing took out several hundred crystal cores and placed them in front of the bed.
Xu Qing took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and began to circulate the Soul Power within his body.
Suddenly, a phantom image of Five-Clawed Golden Dragon appeared behind Xu Qing.
roar--!
A dragon's roar emanated from his body, his golden Dragon Eyes devoid of any emotion.
The next moment, the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon opened its blood-red maw and unleashed an incredibly terrifying suction force. The crystal cores that Xu Qing had piled on the bed were instantly sucked into the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon's mouth. As soon as the crystal cores entered the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon's mouth, they were transformed into extremely pure energy and slowly flowed into Xu Qing's body.
Feeling the energy continuously flowing into his body, Xu Qing began to recall the meridian knowledge from the traditional Chinese medicine materials he had found in the town.
Meridians are the channels through which Qi and blood are transported, connecting the internal organs, the body surface, and the limbs. They internally connect the five viscera and six bowels, and externally connect the skin, muscles, tendons, and bones. Simply put: the internal organs are the warehouses, the meridians are the transport channels, and Qi and blood are the energy.
What Xu Qing needs to do is to guide the energy to cleanse the meridians in his body, and combine the enormous life force provided by the Gold of Life to repair the meridians.
This was the body tempering method Xu Qing had come up with—simple and direct.
There are 20 meridians in the human body, including the twelve primary meridians: Lung Meridian of Hand-Taiyin, Large Intestine Meridian of Hand-Yangming, Pericardium Meridian of Hand-Jueyin, Triple Energizer Meridian of Hand-Shaoyang, Heart Meridian of Hand-Shaoyin, Small Intestine Meridian of Hand-Taiyang, Spleen Meridian of Foot-Taiyin, Stomach Meridian of Foot-Yangming, Liver Meridian of Foot-Jueyin, Gallbladder Meridian of Foot-Shaoyang, Kidney Meridian of Foot-Shaoyin, and Bladder Meridian of Foot-Taiyang.
There are also eight extraordinary meridians: the Governing Vessel, the Conception Vessel, the Penetrating Vessel, the Belt Vessel, the Yin Wei Vessel, the Yang Wei Vessel, the Yin Qiao Vessel, and the Yang Qiao Vessel.
Xu Qing has currently completed the treatment of the Lung Meridian of Hand-Taiyin, Large Intestine Meridian of Hand-Yangming, Pericardium Meridian of Hand-Jueyin, and Triple Energizer Meridian of Hand-Shaoyang.
Originally, Xu Qing planned to directly try to open up the Small Heavenly Circuit, that is, the Ren and Du meridians.
However, after thinking it over, he decided to give up. Although the existence of the Gold of Life made it difficult for him to die, it didn't mean he wouldn't die. If something went wrong, there would be no way to regret it, especially since he had no experience at all. In the end Xu Qing chose to try the main meridians on his hands.
Xu Qing never expected to be so lucky; she succeeded on her first try.
As the meridians were widened by the erosion, their resilience also increased. Moreover, Xu Qing discovered that the speed of Soul Power flowing through the tempered meridians was much faster.
This proves that Xu Qing's method is feasible, and while tempering the meridians, one's physical body is also nourished by energy, which is much more effective than Xu Qing's direct absorption.
Thus, Xu Qing had a clear direction. He would start by refining the twelve regular meridians, then the Ren and Du meridians of the eight extraordinary meridians to complete the Small Heavenly Circuit, allowing his Soul Power and blood to circulate endlessly within his body. Next would be the Great Heavenly Circuit, refining all the main meridians of his body, allowing his Soul Power to circulate throughout his body. Finally, he would refine the smaller meridians. Fortunately, he had more than a dozen human meridian charts, and with the improvement of his Spiritual Power, this shouldn't be a problem.
As the tempering process continued, the energy flowing into Xu Qing's meridians felt like an apple had been forcibly stuffed into his mouth.
A sharp, tearing pain shot through my left upper arm.
Xu Qing gritted his teeth and didn't shout out. After all, he had gotten used to it after so long of training.
The next day, early morning,
Xu Qing slowly woke up from the bed.
Last night, Xu Qing trained until late at night before taking a shower and falling asleep in bed.
After all, the tempering process requires Spiritual Power to guide it.
After washing up, Xu Qing left the dormitory, but he ran into Gu Yuena as soon as he reached the door.
After having breakfast together, the two went to Class 1 classroom together.
Before long, Ye Yingluo walked in and began today's lecture.
In the afternoon, after saying goodbye to Gu Yuena, Xu Qing went to Mang Tian's studio in Eastsea City.
When Xu Qing arrived at the studio, there was no one there. Tang Wulin was much the same as in the original story, and he had started the special training for Class Five, except that Gu Yue was not there.
Xu Qing quickly completed the task he had been assigned, put the metal away, and returned to school.
As night fell, the bright moon hung high in the sky.
The pure white moonlight shone through the windowpane and fell onto the ground like snow.
Parallel World Earth,
Xu Qing appeared inside the house he had left.
As soon as Xu Qing arrived in the Parallel Earth, he immediately felt something rushing towards him from his left.
In an instant, Xu Qing's left hand shot out, a burst of golden light appeared, and countless fine dragon scales grew out. The moment the light in Xu Qing's hand dissipated, his left hand had transformed into a golden dragon claw.
And in the dragon's claws was a black Haozi the size of a rabbit.
You little punk, trying to ambush me!
I never expected that even with such a tight seal, a mutated beast could still sneak in.
After casually swatting the rat in his hand, Xu Qing opened the door he had sealed and went out.
Meanwhile, the streets he had previously cleared were now "reorganized" with some zombies, though most of them were first-tier zombies. Of course, "first-tier" was a term Xu Qing had coined himself.
Xu Qing walked, he used his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul to deal with the zombies that tried to rush towards him.