Small Pole Position

With Zhang Ruochen's current physique and the abundant True Qi in his body, opening up the seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth meridians appeared to be a breeze.

It only took him a day to successfully open up five meridians that ran through his entire body, forming five circumferential cycles.

However, when he began to open up the eleventh meridian, he finally felt some strain.

It took him a full six hours to successfully open up the eleventh meridian, and his entire body was so exhausted that he was drenched in beads of sweat, and the true qi in his body had been depleted by close to ninety percent.

When the eleventh meridian was successfully opened, Zhang Ruochen's body trembled slightly.

A muffled sound was emitted from the center of his eyebrows.

"Boom!"

Reaching the Yellow Extreme Realm Minor Extreme Position!

The capacity of the Qi Pond immediately expanded by ten times, becoming a size of five meters square, comparable to the size of a real pond.

In the qi pond, true qi surged and was dense.

"Sure enough! This body is still too weak, I can only open up eleven meridians at the Yellow Extreme Realm's Small Extreme Position, I must find a way to enhance my physique before I can do so."

If any other martial artist knew what Zhang Ruochen was thinking at this moment, they would have to cry in the martial arts training ground.

One must know that being able to open up six meridians at the Yellow Extreme Realm's Small Extreme Position could already be called a genius.

To be able to open up eight meridians would be a top genius.

To open up ten meridians was simply like a demon, allowing martial artists of the same realm to only look up.

The Seventh Prince had opened up ten meridians in the Yellow Extreme Realm's Small Extreme Position, thus shaking the heavens and becoming invincible in the same realm, being named the Cloud Martial County's First Heavenly Pride, completely suppressing the light of those other geniuses.

For a hundred years, in the entire Yunwu County Kingdom, he was the only one who had opened up ten meridians in the Yellow Extreme Realm's Small Extreme Position, and there was no one else.

Of course, now there was one more Zhang Ruochen!

"No matter what, I have finally reached the Yellow Extremity Realm Small Extremity Position! And I wonder what level of power I've reached now?"

Zhang Ruochen cleaned the dirt from his body, changed into a blue robe, and walked out of the room.

He intended to find a place where no one was around to test his power.

The royal palace of the Yunwu County Kingdom was built around a mountain, wrapping three large mountains inside the palace walls: the Jun Mountain, the King Mountain, and the Tianzi Mountain. In addition to the densely packed palace-style buildings, there were also some more secluded gardens and mountain docks.

Zhang Ruochen and Concubine Lin resided in the Ziyi Partial Hall, which was equivalent to a cold palace and was farther away from the main palace complex.

Walking out of the Ziyi Partial Hall, there was a dense forest full of snow. Continuing forward, there was one of the three great mountains in the royal palace, Jun Mountain.

Coming to the bottom of Jun Mountain, the endless stream of palace maids and eunuchs could no longer be seen, and even the forbidden guards were barely visible.

"Just here!"

Zhang Ruochen stopped and prepared to test his current strength.

His legs were slightly bent, shaped like a horse stance, or like a giant elephant standing proudly in the snow.

With his legs stepping in pace, he kept striking out palm seals with increasing speed.

"Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm First Palm, Barbarian Elephant Chasing the Ground!"

Zhang Ruochen's legs stomped, and the bones and muscles of his entire body completely tensed up before he violently shot out and struck the stone wall with a palm strike.

"Boom!"

On the stone wall, a gap cracked out, and the gap continued to expand.

The five-meter high stone wall collapsed with a loud bang.

Zhang Ruochen stepped on his pace and fell backward at a rapid pace to avoid being hit by the collapsing rubble on his body.

"The explosive force of this palm is almost equivalent to the force of eight oxen!" Zhang Ruochen nodded gently.

An ordinary Yellow Extremity Realm Minor Extremity Position martial artist could only erupt with the force of four oxen.

He had only just broken through the Yellow Extremity Realm's Small Extremity Position, and to be able to erupt with the force of eight oxen was already considered quite good. As his cultivation deepened, the power that could be erupted would definitely be even more powerful.

"Let's try the sword technique again!"

Zhang Ruochen took the Flashing Soul Sword out from the inner space of the Space-Time Crystal Stone, held it in his hand, and injected his True Qi into the sword body.

"Wow!"

The first force-based inscription was activated, and the weight of the Flash Soul Sword immediately reached one hundred and fifty-three pounds.

Subsequently, the second Ice System Inscription was also activated, and a bone-piercing cold aura emanated from the sword body, causing the surrounding air to become slightly colder by a few degrees.

With Zhang Ruochen's current cultivation level, activating two inscription patterns at the same time was already the limit!

In the last half a year, Zhang Ruochen hadn't exactly been refining his body, but had actually spent a lot of time practicing the "Heavenly Heart Sword Technique" and the "Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm".

Technique, body refining, and martial arts, all three were indispensable.

The Heavenly Heart Sword Technique, a Spirit Grade Sword Technique, the entire set of sword techniques was divided into twelve moves.

Each move was incomparably subtle, containing multiple variations, and was far from being comparable to human level sword techniques.

If a martial artist of the Yellow Extreme Realm wanted to successfully cultivate the Heavenly Heart Sword Technique, it would definitely take a great deal of time. Even cultivating one of the sword moves would take months of hard work to accomplish.

Zhang Ruochen, relying on his memories of having once practiced the Heavenly Heart Sword Technique, had spent half a year before he could only successfully cultivate three of the sword moves.

The one hundred and fifty-three pound Flash Soul Sword, in Zhang Ruochen's hands, was as if it didn't have any weight, and was utilized very skillfully, as if it had become a part of his body.

When his arm moved, the sword, already moved first.

"Heavenly Heart Pointing!"

Zhang Ruochen's right arm lifted and swung the sword out.

In the air, an ear-piercing wind-breaking sound immediately appeared as a sword Qi flew out.

"Wow!"

On the ground, a seven-meter-long, three-foot-deep cold ice sword mark was left behind. Where the sword mark passed through, grass blades broke by inches, stones cracked, and a neat cut was left on the ground.

It was like a sword path!

"Heavenly Heart Breaking Plum!"

Zhang Ruochen shook his arm and stabbed out with his sword!

The Soul Flash Sword transformed into a blue shuttle of light and seven phantoms appeared, like seven swords stabbing out at the same time.

When it pierced the stone wall, the tips of the seven sword shadows converged at one point, emitting a "ding ding" sound!

On the stone wall, seven tiny holes were left behind, all of which were stabbed out with the tips of the swords. The seven holes were arranged in the shape of a plum blossom.

Heavenly Heart Breaking Plum - what was broken was not the plum of the plum blossom, but the brow of the brow.

A sword thrust out, leaving seven tiny sword holes in the opponent's brow, was like imprinting a blood-colored plum blossom on the opponent's brow.

Only by cultivating sword intent to the realm of "the sword follows the heart" could this move be successfully cultivated.

The realm of Sword Intent was divided into three levels: Sword Follows Heart, Sword Mind, and Human Sword Unity.

Zhang Ruochen was now at the realm of "Sword Follows Heart", and was not far from "Sword Heart Understanding".

In addition to the "Heavenly Heart Pointing the Way" and "Heavenly Heart Breaking Plums" sword techniques, Zhang Ruochen had also successfully cultivated a defensive sword technique - "Heavenly Heart Sword Bell! "

"Heavenly Heart Sword Bell!"

Zhang Ruochen injected a steady stream of true qi from his body into the Flashing Soul Sword and blocked it horizontally, and the sword qi immediately coalesced into the silhouette of a large light blue bell. The large bell silhouette, spinning rapidly, wrapped Zhang Ruochen's body inside the sword bell.

Once this sword move was executed, it was enough to block the full force of a martial artist of the Yellow Extreme Realm Great Extreme Position. Unless that one Yellow Extreme Realm Grand Extreme Position martial artist had also cultivated a Spirit Grade Sword Technique, only then could Zhang Ruochen break through this defensive sword technique.

Heavenly Heart Pointing!

Heavenly Heart Breaking Plum!

Heavenly Heart Sword Bell!

Zhang Ruochen continuously performed the three sword techniques to realize the "Sword Heart" sword intent realm. Of course, to achieve "Sword Mind Understanding", it could never be achieved overnight.

It was only when the true qi in his body was exhausted that Zhang Ruochen returned to the Ziyi Partial Hall.

"There are still thirteen days to go before the end of the year examination, so I'll strive to make my cultivation level rise some more."

Zhang Ruochen sat down in the Space-Time Mysterious Dictionary, took another Qi Gathering Pill into his mouth, and cultivated with all his might.

It was getting closer and closer to the time of the End of Year Assessment, and all of the princes and county lords of the Yunwu County Kingdom were cultivating intensely, wanting to make a splash and shine during the End of Year Assessment.

The End of Year Examination was only available to royal descendants and royal relatives under the age of twenty, as a way to increase the motivation of young people and enhance their mutual competitiveness.

In previous years, Zhang Ruochen didn't even have the chance to participate in the End of Year Examination and could only stand under the stage and watch. Whenever this time came, it was the most embarrassing and awkward time for him and Concubine Lin.

This year, it might become different.

While Zhang Ruochen was trying to progress, those other princes and county lords were also progressing.

Inside an ornate room in the Yu Shu Palace where Zhang Ruochen and Concubine Lin used to reside, the loud laughter of the Eighth Prince, Zhang Ji, was heard, ''Haha! Finally breaking through the Yellow Extremity Realm Minor Extremity Position!"

A hint of relief appeared on Consort Xiao's face as she exclaimed, "Good! Ji'er, with your current cultivation, although you are not yet able to compare with the Fifth and Sixth Princes, but at least your father will be able to see your progress, and there will definitely be some rewards to reward you when the time comes."

The eighth prince nodded, with his own cultivation, he was indeed far from the fifth and sixth princes.

The Sixth Prince was at the peak of the Yellow Extreme Realm's Small Extreme Position during last year's end of year examination, and now he had probably reached the Middle Extreme Position.

As for the Fifth Prince, he was even more impressive, and it was rumored that he had already broken through to the Great Extreme Position.

The eighth prince smiled coldly and said, "Anyway, there's already someone at the bottom, and when the time comes, having him there will only set me off even better."

"You're talking about the Ninth Prince? Didn't he just open up the Martial Dao Seal not long ago, I guess he hasn't even finished cleansing his marrow and flushing his veins yet, so he shouldn't be participating in the End of Year Examination." Princess Xiao said.

"Hehehe! It's not up to him whether he participates or not." The corner of the Eighth Prince's mouth hooked slightly, a disdainful sneer appearing on his face.