Capítulo 51: Scholar Fan (II): 8th Stage Open Meridian Realm

There were resources within the sect that could definitely help to increase his cultivation and his cultivation speed, however both his teacher Scholar Fan and his grandfather believed that it would be better for Alex to train and grow during the early stages of his cultivation without relying on external help. And Alex knew he had a rather ridiculously fast cultivation speed, if he so wished he could probably be at the peak of the open Meridian realm before the month ends, and since now, all. Of his focus would be on cultivating, that was his aim.

According to Laozi, the tree on his still unarmed mountain peak was a thousand year old blood sakura tree. After living for over a thousand years, it's original pink flowers bad turned blood red, and it bloomed all year long. The tree for the most path purified the QI and energy on the peak of the mountain, in very much the same way common plants absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen in turn. The tree tool in the impure world Qi, refined it, and released it out back onto the peak, making cultivation that much faster and smoother.

Alex was currently found under this tree with his eyes closed and his legs folded. He tool in deep breaths as he began to recite the [WUDANG HEART SUTRA]taking in energy and allowing it to flow through his body based on revolution recorded on the technique. Previously Alex had already opened nine meridians, and when he was unconscious after putting on the fire mask and activating Nezha's power, he had inadvertently opened two more, making for a total of 14 meridians out of the 108 he needs to open.

The moment Alex began absorbing the energy of the world, pure unrestrained Qi rushed into his body from the already open 14 meridians. Before meridians are opened, cultivators rely mostly on their seventh apertures to absorb Qi. Their mouth, nostrils, ears, skin, and eyes. It was a rather slow process, but that gave enough energy to temper the body in the body refining realm. But once the first meridian is opened, the speed of absorption increases exponentially, and every twelve meridian opened, would boost that speed even more.

Scarcely had Alex even started meditating did he hear a loud pop! And the fifteenth meridian open up, greedily absorbing Qi that it circulated around the body and sent into the other close meridians. Ten seconds later the sixteenth meridian came open, and the seventeen to twenty-three opened up immediately. Alex was rather startled, but the (YIN-YANG HEART PROTECTION) kept him focused as the onslaught of energy began to attack the twenty fourth meridian. This particular meridian was a watershed and normally it would have proven to be quite a challenge for most cultivators in the open meridian realm, but on the second assault of Qi, the meridian shredded open as Qi from the outside world rushed into it, and Alex felt himself reach a new level of power.

"The Second stage of the open Meridian realm."

It was a pleasant feeling having reached such heights, but Alex's fourteen year old body have been starved for energy in a very long time. He grew up in a village where Qi was stable and abundant, but he was not allowed to cultivate, and even if he did, he didn't even have a proper cultivation manual that would have helped him reach his highest potential. Even Anya who got a chance to cultivate by just relying on meditation, was only able to get to the second level of the open Meridian realm after six years of cultivating.

But now they would both be in a place where QI is in even more abundance and they had access to training materials common village children would never have imagined or dreamed they could get their hands on. Even if they wanted to slow down, the energy starved overly talented bodies would not have let them, at this point it would be like dam that's broken, and Qi would flood across their entire body until their thirsty bodies have had their feel.

Alex was only able to enjoy the feeling of advancing to the second stage of the open meridian realm for fifteen seconds, before the energy entering his body rage forwards and the twenty fifth meridian opened up. Alex already had experience with the onslaught of energy in his body, he knew that it was almost impossible to stop, which was why he didn't and just focused on running the [WUDANG HEART SUTRA], And just like that, half an hour later his 36th meridian opened up, and he stepped into the third stage of the open Meridian realm.

Qi flooded his body, tempering his flesh, organs and bones. Increasing his physical strength by multiple levels and pushing him ever closer to the peak of power that he was aiming for. Forty-five minutes later, he stepped into the fourth stage, and at this point the spirits of air and nature were already dancing around him, his growth in power affecting even the mist above his mountain peak as the blood red petals of the thousand year Sakura tree began to float around his body.

His Servant Laozi was stuck watching this scene in front of him with abject shock etched onto his face. This was unlike anything he's ever seen before, and the very idea that someone could advance this fast just by training made him scared and terrified. There was no way that level of progression was normal, if it went on like this, how old would he be once he enters the earth gate, in fact it might not even take him up to 250 years like his grandfather to reach the peak of the earth gate and step into the heaven gate, becoming ever closer to the path of divinity.

It was in this shocked state that Scholar Fan, who found that he was rather fond of his new student decided to pay the young master a visit, and give him a few pointers and extra lessons about their Kamasutra topic yesterday. Rather, he arrived just in time to see the young mam directly sore into the sixth level of the open Meridian realm.

The old man was so shocked that he fell back onto his ass, his eyes widened to epic proportions. It was not as if there were no fourteen year old at the open meridian realm, heck if not for some few special cases, Alex should be the oldest open meridian realm practitioner in the entire sect, there were numerous talents here and the least a fourteen year old can probably achieve in a sect as powerful and resourceful as Wudang, is probably the sixth or seventh level of the open Dantian realm.

However! None of the jumped five stages in the span of one night! Going from the first stage of the open Meridian realm, all the way to sixth stage, and gradually heading to the seventh. This was not normal, it was fucking insane and monstrous, even the most talented of all the cultivators in the history of the Wudang sect, could achieve what this young man just did.

Alex completely oblivious to the looks of shock and wonder he was causing, continued to advance as he broke the glass ceiling of the seventh level, and stepped into the eight, almost giving a heart attack to both his teacher and servant. But this was enough as the onslaught of energy within his body began to calm down, his flesh, bones, organs and meridians feeling tired from the massive amount of Qi they just received an revolved around his body, but also refreshed and stronger.

Alex opened his eyes and saw his teacher sitting on the ground and his servant standing on shaky legs and looking at him like they had seen a ghost. His servant cleared his throat and asked.

"Young master? How?....how...how many meridians have you opened?"

Alex wasn't really sire what the fuss was all about, but he decided to give them the answer either way, there really wasn't anything wrong right?

"100 meridians, almost got the 101st opened, but my body is a little too tired and I need to consolidate and get used to my new strength."

*Bang!*

Alex didn't need to finish his comment, his teacher fell over backwards fainting from too much shock. But even then both Alex and Laozi could hear him muttering.

"What! A! Monster!"