7 Finding Eight Maredians

The next morning Zhou qing came to the Zhou yuan and talked with him about the way to find his eight meridian channel. 

Yes, It was Ancenstral Ground Shrine. 

After hearing this zhou yuan couldn't help but say," Father this seems little un trust worthy!"

"hahaha, You brat! what do you know this was left behind by our ancenstals for us,  it is said the destined person will open the array with in it." Laughed Zhou quing.

"But in past thousand years no one had managed to open it" said zhou yuan gloomily.

"Heh! I found acient records regarding it, that said  the person with the sacred dragon blessing will manage to open it, and obvisely your dragon resentment poison will be counted as a part of the sacred dragon blessing."

....

Zhou Qing Waved his hands as a horn sounded and the thousand-men force swiftly turned into a torrent that engulfed Zhou Qing and Zhou Wei, protecting them within it. Next, they surged out of the royal palace with rumbling sounds of movement, travelling along the city streets as they hurried towards the city exit.

As they arrived at ansenstral grounds of the great zhou empire, Zhou qing  began telling history and meaning behind it.

After paying their respect at ancestal shrine they arrived at a remote mountain where zhou yuan could see a altar in it. 

There lay a ancient formation on it which was giving off a mystirious aura.

Zhou yuan began walking towards the altar and he took a bite of his finger and lay a drop of blood on the altar as his father had instructed.

Suddenly, Zhou yuan disappear with a bright light surounding him.

....

Blinding light flooded the eyes, followed by a barbaric pulling force. Zhou Yuan was hit by vertigo as if he had fallen into a whirlpool.

Fortunately, the pulling sensation did not last for long. Zhou Yuan felt a huge force rush towards him and his body was flung into the air.

Bang!

Zhou Yuan's body landed heavily on the ground, causing him to eat a mouthful of soil in the process. However, he was rather quick-witted. Ignoring the pain when he landed, Zhou Yuan swiftly rolled on the ground, distancing himself from where he had originally landed.

At the same time, the Metal Skin Rune, that had been prepared in advance on his arms, started to flicker with a faint glow, ready to activate at any moment.

Fortunately, the ambush he had expected did not come, and Zhou Yuan's tense body gradually relaxed. Only then did he leisurely inspect the surroundings.

As he looked around only to find beautiful looking ancient forest. he sense someone near him.

She was a girl and zhou yuan was stunned to see her.

so, that's the third goddess. Thought zhou yuan.

The girl had snow-white skin. Her fine black hair was lightly bundled up, while her simple green clothes outlined her wonderful curves. She had a very exquisite set of facial features. In particular, her bright eyes seemed to contain a certain aura of mysteriousness, causing them to appear both unpredictable and distant.

At this very moment, the girl seemed to tread on shards of sunlight against the backdrop of towering ancient trees. A gentle breeze blew past and lifted her fringe, allowing one to catch a glimpse of an extremely ancient rune between her brows, a sight that gave off an aura of indescribable mysteriousness. This scene was so beautiful that it made Zhou Yuan breathless for a moment.

He didn't think much about what would happen between them. Whatever comes it his way he wouldn't be afraid of it.

She inquisitively sized-up Zhou Yuan for a moment before muttering, "Grandpa Hei was right, someone really came here today."

  Zhou yuan quickly checked her with copy talent, as he was impressed he could copy two talent from her.

Genesis spirit talent

Genesis Rune talent

He copied two talent from her, as she started heading towards outside while calling tuntun and said to zhou yuan, " Follow along if you want to obtain your great destiny."

Zhou yuan began to check tuntun using copy talent because he could feel some sort of connection with tis beast to his surprise he could copy a talent from him.

Devour talent

He quickly copied it and continued walking.

They advanced in this manner for an hour, before Zhou Yuan finally sensed the girl in green's footsteps come to a stop.

"We're here."

The girl's voice echoed from the front. Zhou Yuan's heart jumped slightly as he raised his head and peered at through the greenery of the forest. A clearing had appeared within the forest where a cottage peacefully stood.

There were three fences around the cottage. Zhou Yuan's gaze ultimately paused on a recliner in front of the cottage where an old man in black was peacefully resting as he gently rocked back and forth.

As if he had sensed Zhou Yuan's gaze, the old man opened his eyes and looked at the former.

Zhou Yuan's heart faintly trembled when he saw the old man's eyes. Those eyes were filled with an indescribable ancientness, as if they had experienced countless eons.

At the same time, Zhou Yuan was able to feel a thick declining and decaying aura cloaking the old man.

However, the moment their gazes met, Zhou Yuan also felt the sensation of being seen through. It was as if all of his secrets had been put on display before the old man's eyes.

To zhou yuan's surprise he describr his siuation extremely accuretely with the exception being his taotai blessing. Zhou yuan mentain his calm began talking to old man in respectful manor.

  "This junior one is known as Zhou Yuan. Greetings elder."

The old man nodded and replied, "It is indeed someone from the Zhou clan."

They continued this type of conversation as zhou yuan could see the old man was testing him.

Suddenly, Old man said " I can indeed help you but I have a condition"

Zhou yuan wasn't fazed in the slightest as he knew there was nothing as a free lunch in this world.

The old man softly sighed, tilted his head and looked at the elegantly standing girl beside him as he slowly said, "I want you to leave this place with Yaoyao, and protect her."

"Yaoyao?" Zhou Yuan was stunned once again as he too looked towards the girl in green. This was evidently her name and was a good match for her pretty and tender look.

"Grandpa Hei." The girl in green bit her red lips as a look of unwillingness and resistance was revealed on her aloof and pretty face.

The old man lightly patted the girl's hand as he gently said, "Yaoyao, grandpa Hei has something to do and will have to leave for some time, I cannot continue staying by your side."

The crystal clear eyes of the girl called Yaoyao dimmed. She looked at Zhou Yuan and softly said, "Grandpa Hei, he is too weak."

An awkward expression filled Zhou Yuan's face. It was indeed true that he was practically powerless as someone who had yet to open even a single meridian channel.

The old man could not help but chuckle upon hearing this. His gaze swept over Zhou Yuan as he said, "Although this kid is weak now, it is hard to say what he will become in future."

"Grandpa Hei, will I still be able to see you in future?" Yaoyao asked in a low voice. As an intelligent girl, how could she not sense that the old man's actions was similar to entrusting her to someone else. It was evident that he was going to do something extremely dangerous, so dangerous that he might even pay with his life.

The old man in black did not reply, but instead gently patted Yaoyao's little hands.

He then turned his head, looking towards Zhou Yuan as he smiled and said, "So how about it?"

A serious expression covered Zhou Yuan's face. He respectfully bowed to the old man as he slowly said, "Although I do not have any power now, I can promise elder that if anyone wants to hurt big sis Yaoyao, he will have to first walk over my corpse."

Although the youth's voice sounded rather immature, it had an unquestionable tone that made one raise one's brows.

Upon hearing this, a satisfied smile was revealed on the old man's face.

"Since that is so..." The old man chuckled as he stared at Zhou Yuan and said, "I'll now solve the problem of your eight meridian channels..."

Zhou Yuan immediately felt a surge of excitement as he eagerly gazed at the old man in black.

A strange smile emerged from the corners of the old man's lips when he saw Zhou Yuan's expectant gaze, before the former suddenly waved his sleeve.

Boom!

The earth shook and an enormous crack opened below Zhou Yuan's feet, forming a deep abyss. With a single gulp, it swallowed the pale and horrified Zhou Yuan.

Aaahh!

Zhou Yuan's body frantically fell as a shriek emerged from his mouth. While this happened, a sticky and viscous black liquid appeared from the darkness and wrapped around his hands and feet.

As the black liquid creeped up inch by inch, an intense pain washed over Zhou Yuan as if the skin of his body was being melted away.

The most alarming thing was that the black liquid was invading his body through his pores and destroying the inside of his body. Wherever the black liquid passed, everything; his blood, his flesh, his channels, were being completely eroded away.

Along with the intense pain, fear invaded Zhou Yuan's heart and he started to smell the scent of death.

He knew that he would really die if he allowed the black liquid to continue its destruction.

Zhou Yuan frantically struggled, activating the Genesis Runes he had inscribed on his body without any hesitation. However, the moment the three Genesis Runes started to glow, the black liquid surged over and extinguished their light. In the end, even the three runes were wiped away by the black liquid...

Zhou Yuan's heart turned completely ice-cold when the three runes were utterly destroyed.

The black liquid continued to spread and eventually covered Zhou Yuan's eyes. Intense pain exploded and seemed to erode even his eyes as the entire world faded into darkness.

In the darkness, Zhou Yuan could feel the intense pain that originated from inside his body as the black liquid descended layer by layer.

The smell of death grew increasingly strong.

He stilled his will as he relesed his taotai blessing to fight back with black liquied.

n the darkness, an angry and unresigned roar echoed in Zhou Yuan's heart, a roar that contained the deep desire to live.

Just as death approached, Zhou Yuan mind suddenly sank into his body. In that moment, he was barely able to discern eight faint meandering paths of light in the deepest depths of his body.

These eight paths of light were akin to eight hidden dragons.

"Are these... the eight meridian channels of cultivation?!"

Zhou Yuan's heart violently shuddered as he stared at the eight paths of light while comprehension started to bubble forth within him. These eight paths were the eight meridian channels that had never revealed themselves since the beginning!

Roar!

he could tell what happened was real and he could sense the eight meridians that are surfeced which he couldn't find them in the past.

He didn't blame old man for near death experians as he could also feel his eight meridians would releasw themsleves before the moment  he was about to die.

He thanked the elder with respect and gratitude.