Grinding Cultivation Toward Martial Saint

Inside the carriage.

After Jiang Ning left, Xie Xiaojiu and Lv Yi were left staring at each other, wide-eyed.

Although they were both feeling very hot, as if they wanted to strip off their clothes to cool down,

they couldn't bring themselves to do that in front of others.

Especially after Jiang Ning had left, there seemed even less need to disrobe.

The heat was uncomfortable, yes, but not unbearable.

At that moment, Xie Xiaojiu glanced at the fair skin on Lv Yi's chest and couldn't help but pout, then straightened her chest.

Lv Yi's attention was instantly drawn by Xie Xiaojiu's action, her gaze involuntarily dropping to Xie Xiaojiu's chest.

Then she quietly pulled up her collar, covering the fairness of her chest.

She suddenly felt a bit deflated.

...

Outside the carriage.

Jiang Ning was unaware of everything that was happening inside the carriage.

He sat on the shaft of the carriage, his Inner Breath gathering in his hands, instantly molding it into a ferocious tiger made of gathering white mist.

In the forehead of the tiger, a tiger bone manifested.

In just a fleeting moment, he completed the manifestation of the pattern.

With the pattern's manifestation, he once again felt a change in his Inner Breath.

It contained an extraordinary power, filled with a savage and fierce aura.

This transformation gave him a feeling as though it could melt bones and smelt metals.

"Is this the power of the Divine Pattern?" Jiang Ning murmured to himself.

Feeling the power bestowed by this pattern once more, he felt the name 'Divine Pattern' was truly fitting.

He gained a new understanding of the kind of rules and supreme logic contained within the pattern, as Hong Minghu had mentioned.

The sheer might of the pattern's manifestation alone was formidable.

He didn't even dare to imagine what level of strength the original owner of this tiger bone possessed.

After some trying, he dispersed the Inner Breath he had gathered in his hands.

Immediately after, his thoughts returned to what Hong Minghu had said before.

The Eight Extraordinary Meridians and the Twelve Main Meridians, along with countless other channels.

Expanding the body's meridian channels could greatly increase the efficiency of Inner Breath eruption.

This was the largest gap between himself and Hong Minghu previously.

"This concept... is somehow similar to the medical knowledge recorded in my previous life."

"Inner Strength, Inner Breath also has its parallels."

"It shows that perhaps the ancestors of my last life also discovered some things, but in the end, civilization chose another path, causing those explorations by the ancestors to be swept into the dust of history."

Thinking of the history of his past life, his thoughts began to drift.

After a moment,

he shook his head, dispelling the stray thoughts from his mind.

"I must quickly unblock the Eight Extraordinary Meridians and Twelve Main Meridians; it's vital for improving the efficiency of my Inner Breath eruptions, and it will greatly enhance my strength!"

"However, it's a bit strange. Why didn't the Fifth Grade True Understanding that Granny Bai gave me have any descriptions of this, nor a record of martial skills?"

He thought for a long time but couldn't figure out a reason.

For the time being, he had to categorize it as unimportant.

Because he had already understood a lot about the Eight Extraordinary Meridians and the Twelve Main Meridians.

He had not encountered this knowledge in the Martial Arts Skills, but in medical books that he had read to increase his Literacy and Judgement Experience.

These medical books often mentioned the human body's meridian channels.

From what he understood,

the Eight Extraordinary Meridians referred to the Ren, Du, Chong, Dai, Yin Qiao, Yang Qiao, Yin Wei, and Yang Wei meridians.

The Eight Extraordinary Meridians were different from the Twelve Main Meridians; they were not directly associated with the organs and did not have an interior-exterior pair relationship, but followed a unique and extraordinary course, hence the name 'extraordinary.'

The Twelve Main Meridians were the main body of the meridian system, including the Three Yin Meridians of the hand, the Three Yang Meridians of the hand, the Three Yang Meridians of the foot, and the Three Yin Meridians of the foot, collectively known as "Main Meridians."

As for the other meridian branches of the human body, they were countless and spread throughout all parts of the body, with no one having made a detailed count and record.

Jiang Ning briefly recalled, and the diagrams of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians and Twelve Main Meridians from the books emerged in his mind.

"Let's just give it a try!"

"Right now, even if my heart were gone, my physical body could rapidly grow it back; I can tinker without worrying about breaking it."

With this thought,

Jiang Ning immediately closed his eyes.

His mind sank into his body, quickly locating the Eight Extraordinary Meridians and the Twelve Main Meridians.

The next instant,

the rich Inner Breath in his Dantian began to gather but did not release.

According to the records in the books, the Dantian was located three inches below the navel, connected to the kidneys and the life gate.

A short while later,

the Inner Breath traveled upwards along the Ren Meridian, passing through the abdomen, chest, throat, and reaching the spot between the eyebrows of the human body.

The Inner Breath paused briefly there, and he immediately felt a swelling pain in that spot.

"This place..." At that moment, Jiang Ning was slightly startled.

He had been quite interested in Daoist knowledge for some time in his previous life and understood some of it.

Now, as his Inner Breath reached and stayed at the spot between his eyebrows, it made him think of a concept.

In Daoist terms, the spot between the eyebrows was considered the residence of the spirit, also known as the Upper Dantian.

Cultivating the Upper Dantian could enhance one's spiritual state, aspiring towards the realm of transcending the ordinary and achieving enlightenment.

Although the martial arts knowledge he had encountered in this world had no records of this,

he didn't believe the people before him didn't understand this point.

His lack of knowledge might simply be due to his limited experience and understanding.

Just then,

his expression suddenly changed, and a muffled grunt escaped from his mouth and nose.

The next moment, he felt liquid flowing from his nostrils.

He touched it with his hand, opened his eyes, and saw that his fingers were instantly stained with fresh blood.

"It seems that one should never hold distractions during cultivation."

Just then,

he suddenly felt his Inner Breath go out of control; the originally gentle Inner Breath turned into a deluge of savage beasts, erratically surging everywhere. It backflowed down from the spot between his eyebrows, causing his Ren Meridian to tear, internal bleeding ensued, and blood started flowing from his nostrils.