When system cheat becomes rampant!

"That's ten million in strength, not something to joke about."

"He still needs to cling to someone's coattails, the thicker the better."

Professor Guo and Ye Changfeng might also be willing to invest such an item in Xiang Beifei, as their systems had identified his potential and the rewards received were roughly equivalent to the investment. However, for now, Xiang Beifei couldn't let any of the three of them incur losses.

Actually, even without their help, Xiang Beifei could reach the Meridian Opening stage just through his own cultivation; it was merely a matter of time.

If it were the system rewards from Yuchi Shen, Xiang Beifei could take them with peace of mind.

Regrettably, he still didn't know what exactly Yuchi Shen's system entailed.

——

"Then I can only use this."

Xiang Beifei already had a spiritual power crystal suitable for the Meridian Opening stage, which was the "Thousand Faces Slash Moon" from Lai Wuying!

This was a spiritual power crystal of the early Meridian Opening stage, originally intended for lighting up constellations when he reached that stage, but he decided to use it first to help open his energy channels.

With Xiaohei's assistance, the "Thousand Faces Slash Moon" turned into pure spiritual power, soon condensing into an absorbable spiritual power crystal. Xiang Beifei immediately used this mass of spiritual power to develop his energy channels.

As he absorbed the spiritual power crystal, he was also refining it, striving to coalesce the energy channels; the process was very slow.

He cultivated for a full two days!

During these two days, he even took leave and didn't attend classes.

Xiang Beifei's fists were covered with extremely majestic and abundant spiritual power; he was refining this power into energy channels, his spirit extremely focused.

"Compress the spiritual power into one point, and merge it into one's body."

Xiang Beifei operated the cultivation method within his body, and the spiritual power in his fists was already taking shape!

Hum!

It felt as if something extra had appeared within his body, and his spiritual power instantly increased a level! And on his fingers, he had finally coalesced a small segment of the energy channel, less than an inch long!

Extremely meager, equivalent to about three centimeters.

But after he had developed this single channel in his right fist, the force he could exert with his right hand was significantly stronger than his left!

Do not underestimate an inch of energy channels; in his perception, the force he could exert with his right hand was probably about five times stronger than his left!

Most peculiarly, simply developing this small segment of the energy channel seemed to rejuvenate him completely; his perception, sense of smell, hearing... all seemed to become incredibly sharp.

"Is this the Meridian Opening stage?"

Xiang Beifei found it quite strange; although it was just an inch of energy channel developed, the overall enhancement went far beyond just this inch!

"Now for the left hand."

Xiang Beifei was not satisfied and shifted his focus to his left hand.

With the experience from his right hand, the left hand was much easier. However, at this time, he realized that the speed of development had slowed down because the spiritual power crystal was depleted, the absorption of the surrounding Spiritual Energy couldn't keep up with his consumption, and the spiritual power within his body couldn't be supplied quickly enough.

"This is bad, I might fail at the last step."

Xiang Beifei found that if he continued developing his left hand, his spiritual power would be exhausted!

Reluctant to give up just yet, as he was about to abandon the attempt, Xiaohei barked loudly, pulling out a handful of sunflower seeds from Xiang Beifei's pocket and stuffing them into his mouth after cracking them open.

The seeds quickly transformed into pure spiritual power, flowing within Xiang Beifei's body, replenishing his depleted spiritual power!

"I almost forgot about this!"

Elder Luo's seeds possessed unparalleled spiritual power, a very strange recovery item. Usually, he just ate seeds whenever he had nothing to do, and he hadn't paid much attention to the benefits they could bring him.

But at a critical moment like this, the effect of the seeds was particularly obvious!

Spiritual power surged rapidly in Xiang Beifei's body, gathering once again as he desperately pressed on toward his left hand, the blood vessels in his hand condensing the spiritual power, attempting to pull the energy channels together!

Xiaohei furiously cracked open the seed shells, and Xiang Beifei kept eating the seeds while cultivating. After spending ten hours in the cultivation space ——

Finally, he also managed to coalesce the energy channel in his left hand!

"Thank goodness Elder Luo stuffed a handful of seeds into my pocket last time."

Xiang Beifei clenched his fists, feeling the power that they brought him, thoroughly comfortable.

He continued to nurture the energy channels in both hands, spending another day.

Everything is difficult at the beginning, so the next step is to slowly temper this Qi meridian with Spiritual Energy, letting it grow until it spreads throughout the body.

Soon, Xiang Beifei had finished all of Elder Luo's melon seeds. He stopped and discovered that the Qi meridian had spread to his fingers. Because the blood vessels were twisty, it didn't completely cover his palm. He couldn't measure exactly how long it was now, but it was definitely more than one inch – maybe it added up to half a meter?

"Elder Luo's melon seeds are really something."

Xiang Beifei decided to ask for more melon seeds.

These melon seeds were the same ones Elder Luo had given him five days ago, when he explained to him about Qi meridians. Now, all were eaten.

Cultivating really does consume a lot of melon seeds.

However, before that, Xiang Beifei had to first make sure that he had indeed reached the Meridian Opening stage.

His situation was different from other cultivators. Other cultivators had systems, relying on the systems to pile up cultivation levels, and the systems would display the realms very clearly.

But Xiang Beifei did not have system notifications, nor any earth-shattering signs. He could only rely on his own perception.

However, the verification method was quite simple: if he was in the Meridian Opening stage, it meant that he could see the system interface of the God Refining stage!

Xiang Beifei immediately left the cultivation tiles of the dormitory and rushed to find Ye Changfeng.

He didn't go to Elder Luo for verification because Elder Luo's cultivation level displayed in the system was utterly abnormal. Who knew if Elder Luo's cultivation was just at the early stage of Qi-Controlling now.

So the best person to confirm this with was Ye Changfeng.

——

Approaching Ye Changfeng's office, Xiang Beifei immediately caught sight of Ye Changfeng standing at the door of his office!

[Host: Ye Changfeng]

[SR rank, Supremacy of Ten Thousand Swords System]

[Realm: God Refining Mid-Stage]

He could see it!

Xiang Beifei felt a sigh of relief in his heart.

He browsed through Ye Changfeng's system and found it to be as he had imagined.

Each of Ye Changfeng's swords had an ability. Up to now, he was able to control 569 swords, which means he had 569 abilities.

"So strong!"

Xiang Beifei never underestimated Ye Changfeng, but Ye Changfeng's strength was obviously even stronger than he had imagined.

The Ten Thousand Swords System, if he could bring out its potential to the fullest, would mean controlling tens of thousands of abilities!

The way Ye Changfeng's system became stronger was by comprehending Sword Qi or practicing the sword.

This sword wasn't limited to himself. Even watching others practice or anything related to swords could make him stronger.

[You played a Xianxia game and chose Swordsman, used your sword to kill ten little monsters, sword Qi value +2]

[You read a Sword Cultivator novel, sword Qi value +10]

[In the outer domain wilderness, you drew your sword and killed a Ghost Head Bee, sword Qi value +50]

[Sun Yushan learned your sword techniques, sword Qi value +10]

[Xiang Beifei learned your sword techniques, sword Qi value +300]

[Xiang Beifei perceived Sword Intent, sword Qi value +500]

[You discovered Xiang Beifei is more suitable for practicing Heavenly Sword Nine Traces than you, sword Qi value +1000]

...

"Always dealing with swords and not getting tired of it," Xiang Beifei murmured to himself.

But now he could see the mission released by Ye Changfeng. He was right, Ye Changfeng's [Heavenly Sword Nine Traces] also needed his improvement.

He pondered that he should learn Heavenly Sword Nine Traces as well. After all, Sword Flight was very cool, and it could also make him run faster.

At that time, Ye Changfeng was frowning, apparently pondering something, and Xiang Beifei quickly realized that Ye Changfeng wasn't alone. There was another person in the office—astonishingly, it was Yuchi Shen!