Chapter 5145 — Breaking Through in Twos
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
Just like wider meridians, more resilient meridians were a blessing one could only wish for. After all, those powerful martial techniques all required summoning vast amounts of true qi in an instant, often pushing to the absolute limit. If the meridians were not resilient enough, a single excess would rupture them, leaving one half-dead at one's own hand. Now that the meridians had grown resilient, there was no longer such a worry.
"You're wrong. This may not be such a good thing," Bing Wushuang said, shaking his head.
"How could that be?" Xue Jianming looked baffled.
"In the short term, it will indeed make us stronger. But in the long term, it's tantamount to strangling our future potential. The more resilient the meridians, the harder it becomes to break through and rebuild—so breakthroughs will only be more difficult from now on," Bing Wushuang said gravely.
"Impressive, impressive. You really are extraordinary—to see through this in such a short time. You're the first to do so," Dr. Glasses said, clapping.
"Ah? Strangling future potential?" Xue Jianming was somewhat taken aback; he had not thought of that at all. Compared with Bing Wushuang, the former number one Foundation Establishment expert of the Taigu Alliance, he fell far, far short.
"Exactly. But you needn't be alarmed. Though breakthroughs will indeed be more troublesome hereafter, for you this is definitely more benefit than harm. The improved grade-five Great Return Pill can repair the dantian and remodel the meridians—that is laying the foundation for you. What comes next is when you witness a miracle." Dr. Glasses smiled mysteriously, then drew two strangely shaped pills from his black robe and held them out before the two men.
Bing Wushuang and Xue Jianming exchanged a glance. Though both harbored some doubt, the improved grade-five Great Return Pill had raised their trust in Dr. Glasses considerably. Each took a pill and immediately popped it into his mouth on the spot.
Half a day later, Bing Wushuang and Xue Jianming were almost entirely different people. The aura around each of them was utterly unlike before—each had grown tens, even a hundred times, more powerful!
"I... I... I'm a Golden Core expert?!" Xue Jianming felt the earth-shaking changes within him in disbelief, as though he were dreaming. He had been stuck at Foundation Establishment grand completion for several years, trying countless times without ever managing to advance. Now, inexplicably, he had suddenly become a Golden Core expert—anyone in his shoes would suspect he was dreaming.
Likewise, Bing Wushuang beside him was immersed in incredulous shock. Unlike Xue Jianming, who had gone from Foundation Establishment grand completion to early Golden Core, he had risen four levels in a row from early Golden Core, becoming a late Golden Core expert in one leap!
Only then did the two finally understand why their meridians had been remodeled to be so wide and resilient—it was so they could withstand the overwhelming potency of the second, unknown pill. Otherwise, far from a surge in power, the two of them would long since have had their meridians burst by that peerless surge of true qi, their very bodies torn to pieces.
What the two did not know was that this was not solely the work of the pills, but chiefly because their natural aptitudes were outstanding to begin with. Had it been some other Taigu Alliance disciple of ordinary talent, even taking the pills would not have let him break through to the Golden Core stage—he would have been unable to withstand the tyrannical efficacy and would long since have become a mangled corpse. (To be continued.)