Chapter 53: Unlocking a meridian

Over an hour later, Gu Lin Fang managed to get the shadow guard out of the city.

He rode on horse back while pulling another, the only thing on the shadow guard was the [Demon suppressing Pagoda] and Li Zhu's treasure map.

There were two things he intends doing,

° unsealing the Pagoda and increasing the body count, two birds with one stone.

° Exploring the ruins or rather, getting the treasure on the treasure map.

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Meanwhile, after successfully leaving the city with his puppet, he decided to go check on Li Cheng and Ji Wan.

After calculating the time, both parties have now been 'refined' for the same duration as Gu Ji Hung.

On getting there, he noticed that Li Cheng was passed out and seemed injured, Ji Wan on the other hand didn't have time to bother with the teenager.

'looks like I forgot to take Ji Hung's body toughness into consideration', he decided to end charade quickly by granting them the bloodline through the clan tab.

He set Li Cheng's bloodline purity at 80% and Ji Wan at 75%. Immediately they began healing at a visible rate but none of them tried to move.

He turned off the fire on the cauldron and stepped out once again.

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On returning, he brought up his status screen and decided to use the little experience left to increase the level of his skills.

[Crooked war finger] needed too much experience for level 3, he has forty thousand plus experience but he couldn't even fill half of it.

So he chose to max out his [Golden snake sword] and take it to level 5, leaving him with a little over eight thousand.

His alchemy and poison making couldn't be moved, so he chose to finally spend on the [Balki's Zombie refining technique].

Now his status screen looked like this.

[Name: Gu Lin Fang.

 Affiliation: Gu Clan(Upcoming).

Bloodline: Snow Vein Demon snake(Purple).

NPC qualification: Purple rank Elite.

Reputation level: Silver I (locked) (Northern Desert).

Named Subordinates: Gu Yu Xing (Gold III)

{Attributes} :

[HP: 21500/21500

Energy (Qi): 20200/21200

Nutrition: 63/150

Reputation: {Silver I}

Spirit root: Yin(water)

Brawn: 300

Dexterity: 420

Breath: 702

Spirit: 493

Stamina: 395 ]

Occupation: Poison maker lv 5(Primary), Alchemist lv 4(Subsidiary).

Standing: Gu clan Patriarch.

Title: Doting Father.

Cultivation Base Qi: Nascent soul mid stage.

Cultivation Base Body: Auroras Core realm

Cultivation manual: Blood Demon Tao Lv10 (Maxed).

Martial art Techniques : Golden snake sword (Purple) Lv 5, Banshee's footprint(Green) lv 5, Crooked war finger(Orange)Lv 2.

Dao: None

[Traits]

[Personality]

Special equipment: Balki's zombie refining method (Blue) Lv 3.

Nascent soul late stage realm: (0/400,000)

Experience Pool: (2201)]

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"I still have 3 empty slots though... let's see what I can get from this merchant group" he muttered to himself but soon noticed some approaching red figures from behind the wall.

'The hunched one must be Wei Fan, tsk tsk tsk, he even bows when approaching even though he doesn't know if I can see him.

But he's just mortal though, wait, can't I just...' while he was thinking, they got closer to the entrance, so he decided to surprise them by acting mysterious, "come in".

Outside, Wei Fan and the approaching players opened their eyes in surprise.

<Wow!!>

<What's so shocking, it might be part of the cinematics>

<You guys didn't play the beta, I did, this game doesn't work that way!. This Npc is awesome>

<Leader go back to the red haired teenage doctor, so handsome, I'll pay!>

<Curses!! There's still 1hr for the main release!!>

Gu Lin Fang's actions blew up Qin Feng's live stream once again.

Their group of five had just finished with their treatment and they all had bandages except the lady.

Other than this lady, the others were all men. She didn't seem to have participated in combat at all.

Upon reaching the hall, they noticed a blank plaque hanging at the entrance.

At the same time, the group realized that their sinister looking patriarch, whom was dressed in a black martial suit, was already seated in the hall.

"It's good that you came early!" His deep voice rolled out of his lips, trapping them where they stood.

No could speak and the Head servant dared not raise his head.

Qin Feng was shocked, 'it happened again, why is it that we would first notice anything other than him, until he speaks?'.

"Sit down" the moment he said this words, the pressure disappeared.

'That's indeed fortunate' Qin Feng sighs lightly.

The group found a seat and sat down.

At the same time, they glanced at one another and came to a realization.

They were all sweating profusely.

"I have a task for you all " the Patriarch glanced at Qin Feng and they looked shocked.

Gu Lin Fang turned to Wei Fan and said, "Give them horses".

Gu Wei Fan cupped his fist and left immediately.

"You will go to the Kin Ma merchant house and deliver a message within 90 minutes.

Tell them that I happened to have found something they were looking for, if they are interested, let their leader come see me alone before noon.

Should they inform someone else or exceed the given time, I might just discard the 'item'..."

For some reason, Qin Feng had a feeling that this task wasn't going to be easy and the notification that came after proves him right.

[Ding!: You have received a compulsory quest!(Blue)

Details: Deliver the message to Chairman Kin within 90 minutes without fail.

Reward: 5000 experience, +20 clan reputation, +5 individual Notoriety and a random cultivation method from your patriarch himself.

Optional: Survive

Reward: special item.]

"You can go, your time starts now" Gu Lin Fang said with a smile, then he thought of something and said, "by the way, if you are free, try to branch the Changfeng Merchant house and tell them I am still waiting for my explanation. It's been over two days already, my patience is running thin".

"Yes, as you will", the moment they accepted the quest, their body bowed slightly and said such words, surprising the new players amongst them.

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Gu Lin Fang watched them leave with a mixture of solemn and excited faces.

"This should be interesting, now, the puppet is yet to arrive at the village Yu Xing spoke about.

So Let's work on these meridians " He was amused and wished he could watch them try to complete the task, but he had better things to do.

He sat cross-legged in the courtyard on the other side of the pavilion. The Sun was high in the sky at this point.

Soon His mind was peaceful like water; his spirit was gentle. Back facing the sun, He took a deep breath and then his face became serene.

Meditation was almost like a default skill now, since he came to this world.

He moved his Qi according to the blood Demon Tao, but this time not for cultivation but to attack his meridians.

He had already brought out a few healing pills and elixirs in case something goes wrong.

His Qi moved like a water dragon walking in monstrous waves as it struck the first meridian in his torso.

Bang!

He seemed to have used too much force and ended up coughing a little blood.

Wiping his lips with his sleeves, his eyes flashed greedily when he felt movement.

So he chose to try again.

This time, his movement speed was fast but softer, his Qi pushed onto the meridian softly in fast repeated motions until he felt a pop!. His Qi flowed through and rotated back again.

"Success, which means I'm on the right path. You can actively seek to unlock your meridians without hoping on luck.

Although, it does put a little stress on the body, so one can't open it all at once. Let's do another to be sure" a grin was plastered onto his face since his first success.