Chapter 2143 — About to Break Through?
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So Wei Zhao had no choice but to redouble his efforts and strive to repair his injuries as soon as possible. These people all harbored malice beneath their courteous faces, especially that Master Wo of the Qian Mountain Sect, who wished for nothing more than to see Wei Zhao dead. Wei Zhao had to guard against the old beast being driven to desperation and coming to assassinate him in the dead of night!
If Wo were to join forces with Jin Gangzuan of the Golden Bell Sect to move against him, then he would truly have to be on his guard.
Bones and internal organs—Wei Zhao repaired them all in good order. What remained now were the meridians, and this was also the first time Wei Zhao had used the second layer of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art to reshape his body. What astonished him was that the bones and organs restored by the second layer were markedly different from before—they had become far tougher than they once were!
It was just like when he had first tempered his body with the body-tempering medicinal liquid; after that tempering, Wei Zhao had already clearly sensed that his body was different. But after this thorough restoration, he sensed the difference once again! This turn of events left Wei Zhao greatly astonished!
"Elder Jiao, it seems that after this injury, my body has been restored by the second layer of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art and has grown tougher?" Wei Zhao asked in secret.
"Mm... I have been observing as well..." Jiao Yazi said. "From what my memory tells me, the second layer of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art is indeed more wondrous than the first. It is no wonder that restoring your body with the second layer should prove superior to the first. This time you have turned disaster into blessing! Since you began cultivating the second layer, this is the first time your body has been injured so completely."
Before, whether in his battle against the black-clad men of the Earth Rank or during the endurance trials, he had never suffered such total bodily ruin. So this time it was somewhat like the legendary case of breaking down before building anew—could this be the boon of the second layer of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art?
But the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art had never mentioned any such thing before.
"In that case, it truly is disaster turned to blessing!" Wei Zhao nodded. "But why did the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art never mention it before?"
"I do not know. One possibility is that my memory has not fully returned—I know it, but I cannot recall it," Jiao Yazi said bluntly. "Another possibility is that our Martial Uncle Grandmaster himself did not know... After all, this is a heart-method formula from ancient times. No one has ever cultivated it, and Martial Uncle Grandmaster merely drew up certain cultivation plans based on his own conjectures..."
"I see." Wei Zhao nodded.
At last, Wei Zhao restored his meridians as well. Yet the restored meridians were far thicker and sturdier than before. This development both startled and delighted Wei Zhao: thicker meridians meant he could absorb more true qi, and with that, his strength would increase accordingly...
Once his meridians were restored, Wei Zhao began the long road of recovering his strength. He had already expended far too much true qi and physical stamina, so he had to replenish it ferociously.
But just as Wei Zhao was about to finish replenishing his true qi, his expression suddenly changed—for he made the astonishing discovery that he was actually about to break through!
It seemed that his meridians, having been restored and thickened, had absorbed more true qi and thus given rise to the omen of a breakthrough! If Wei Zhao now charged ahead in one sustained effort, he would very likely break through to the middle stage of the Earth Rank!
Yet Wei Zhao hesitated.