Chapter 3058 — The Third Tier of the Xuan Yuan Dragon-Taming Art
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What Wei Zhao did not know was that Kang Jingming had begun scheming again, this time to sabotage his pill business. As for Wei Zhao, he had no time to spare for such things now: the herbs required to fortify his meridians before cultivating the third tier of the Xuan Yuan Dragon-Taming Art were finally all in hand, and he was ready to begin decocting them.
With the experience of last time behind him, Wei Zhao went about it with practiced ease, yet without any haste, boiling the medicine strictly according to the method set down in the silk scroll.
When everything was ready, Wei Zhao summoned Huo Shaoyun and Wu Chengtian. He had originally meant to discuss the matter of the Inheritor with Huo Shaoyun, but he was too impatient to complete the meridian fortification, so he decided to leave it until afterward.
"Chengtian, Shaoyun, I am about to begin the meridian fortification, which requires a period of seclusion. The whole process may not take long—a few hours at the fastest—but during that time I cannot move, so I will have to rely on you two to stand guard for me," Wei Zhao said. Though this was different from cultivation, and if something truly happened he could force himself out of the medicinal bath, the effect would be ruined and the medicine wasted!
These were herbs Wei Zhao had gone to great trouble to obtain. For the sake of one vital and exceedingly rare ingredient, he had even killed the elder of the Dongfang family. How could he possibly let it go to waste over some ordinary matter?
"No problem, Chief. We will sit right by the door and wait for you to... finish that whatever-it-is, the meridian fortification..." Huo Shaoyun was the first to speak up. Though he had no idea what meridian fortification actually was—for all his status and knowledge in the ancient sect, he had never even heard of such a thing—every cultivation method had its own secrets, so curious as he was, he did not feel it proper to ask.
Wu Chengtian, by contrast, was already well versed in guarding Wei Zhao. He did not need to say a word; he simply nodded and sat down in the hall to keep the door for him.
Back in his own room, Wei Zhao prepared the medicinal liquid according to the instructions on the meridian fortification prescription. After taking a dose of the oral medicine, he stepped into a basin of dark green liquid set on the floor!
In an instant, a burning sensation spread across his skin, as though he had leapt into a basin of boiling water! In truth, when Wei Zhao stepped into the liquid, he had already braced himself against the cold, because the last time he had tempered his body, the moment he entered the bath, he had been struck by a bone-deep chill!
But this time, what Wei Zhao had not expected was the heat! It caught him completely off guard. Fortunately, his constitution was strong and his resistance to heat considerable; otherwise, he truly would have leapt right back out of the basin!
Gritting his teeth, Wei Zhao endured it in silence. This was a trial he had to pass through before setting foot on the third tier of the Xuan Yuan Dragon-Taming Art; only by seeing it through could he cultivate the third tier smoothly.
The meridian fortification took a different length of time from body tempering. Body tempering required twenty-four hours, whereas the meridian fortification needed only four. So, all in all, this time would be easier for Wei Zhao to endure than the last.
As Wei Zhao had expected, the dark green liquid grew paler and paler as time passed. Wei Zhao knew his body was absorbing it. It had been the same last time: once his body had absorbed the medicinal liquid, it began expelling the impurities within, completing the body-tempering process.
This time, however, what surprised Wei Zhao somewhat was that the liquid simply kept growing lighter—it was not like body tempering, where absorption was followed by the expulsion of toxins. This time, it seemed to be absorbed entirely into his body!