Chapter 5145 — Breaking Through in Twos
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The instant the pill passed his lips and slid into his belly, a vicious pain tore through him. Xue Jianming could not help but let out a howl of agony, his whole body shuddering as he rolled about on the ground. Such fierce, horrifying torment—he simply could not imagine how Bing Wushuang had managed to endure it without making a single sound. This thing was a real monster!
Xue Jianming felt he was about to die. Beyond the pain, his mind was now flooded with regret, cursing himself for being so stupid, for letting his head overheat and following Bing Wushuang out here to throw his life away!
True, they were both cripples, but his situation was nothing like Bing Wushuang's. Bing Wushuang had no hope left at all—this was the last desperate gamble he could make. But he, Xue Jianming, was different: he had Xue Liping, the deputy sect master, backing him up—his own father—and perhaps one day the old man would get him a grade-five Great Return Pill to bring him back from the brink. Even at the very worst, he would never want for food or clothing. And now he had foolishly run out here to die—if that wasn't a diseased brain, what was?
As the agony grew ever more intense, Xue Jianming was sick with regret. Yet just as he could bear it no longer, his mind at its darkest, ready to give up entirely, the pain inside him suddenly vanished without a trace, as though it had never been there at all. And at once he made a discovery that filled him with overwhelming joy: in those brief moments, his internal injuries had healed completely!
Xue Jianming was dumbstruck. This was nothing short of a miracle!
While Xue Jianming was still reeling in shock, Bing Wushuang, on the other side, had already risen to his feet. Though joy was hard to conceal on his face as well, he was ten thousand times calmer than Xue Jianming.
"This pill is formidable. I believe even a grade-five Great Return Pill could not possibly possess such potent efficacy. What kind of pill is this?" Bing Wushuang asked in his usual tone. He had never personally taken a grade-five Great Return Pill, but he knew a great deal about them. Even if a Great Return Pill could restore his dantian, it could never do so in such a short span of time.
"You know your stuff. This is indeed not a grade-five Great Return Pill, but an improved version produced by our Center—ten times as potent as a grade-five Great Return Pill!" Dr. Glasses said with a smug laugh.
"So powerful?" Xue Jianming had finally come to his senses. Amid his delight, he hurriedly asked, "Now will you tell us just what kind of organization this Center of yours is?"
"No hurry for that. Why don't you take a closer look at the changes inside your bodies?" Dr. Glasses said, with a meaningful note in his voice.
At his reminder, Xue Jianming, as if discovering a new continent, exclaimed in delight, "Eh? My meridians seem to have become wider than before?"
Cultivators rely entirely on the meridians within their bodies to circulate true qi. The wider the meridians, the more freely the true qi flows, and the more qi can be summoned in an instant. By and large, the stronger the cultivator, the wider his meridians. This was an absolutely welcome change—Xue Jianming reckoned that once he recovered, his strength would be at least a notch above his former peak. This was truly a blessing in disguise!
"Not only wider, but more resilient as well," Bing Wushuang said, though his expression was somewhat strange.
"Right, right, they do seem more resilient. That's a good thing—now I can recklessly draw on my true qi without fear of my meridians bursting!" Xue Jianming grew all the more delighted.