novelraw Chapter 987 - 986 - Broken Meridians
Chapter 987 - 986 - Broken Meridians
Lind held more sermons but after a month, they became more specialized. He began to break into elixirs, Forging, and weaving after that.
While the audience shrunk massively during that, he noticed a certain core group kept coming back. The young aether beast girl never stopped coming but he noticed she sometimes had injuries.
He frowned at that but so long as it did not happen under his nose, he could not act. He was not a member of the sect, after all.
He then began to investigate the group that seemed stuck.
He began to ask for people to come to the stage if they were willing to demonstrate his various creations. He had secretly made a ward with his harmony to keep the tainted Qi out as most of his items would reveal he was an ascender if exposed to the air otherwise.
A young man with long black hair came up. He was an inner disciple but seemed to be stuck at the 3rd tier of the Sky Realm.
"Now, when preparing an elixir, you must be able to not only observe your patient, but examine them with an artifact or skill." The man was well muscled but showed far more flexibility compared to most he had met.
The man took a seat on the stage and Lind began his examination. At first, he found no issue, and even found signs of incredible results of daily training.
Despite being so thin, Lind would guess the young man had 3 to 4 times the strength of a mortal human.
His dantian had 4 elements heavily tainted like most were. They were light, air, water, and earth. An odd but usable combination. It also explained his body as several techniques would enhance a body to such an extent even his relatively limited experience with the current world.
"Not bad. You have done well in your training." The young man had pale hazel eyes that lit up with joy at his compliment. Lind moved on with his Eyes to see if he could find any issues to demonstrate a proper evaluation.
He was about to move on when he narrowed his eyes.
Nearly all the meridians were in perfect health but he saw 2 that were broken. It was not impossible to hurt the meridians but even pills existed to repair such damage.
Yet, he did not see any sign of even attempting such repairs.
Lind knelt down and the young man seemed to get nervous but he had no time to pay attention as he confirmed the meridians leading from the heart and mind were broken. It was no wonder they could not advance!
He quickly scanned the group he noticed earlier and saw they all had 2 to 4 meridians broken wide open!
Why? How could they advance at all like that?
It made perfect sense why they did not benefit from any of his sermons but that was not the biggest question.
Why had no one treated them?!
"For the sake of demonstration, I will not reveal any conditions found but I will state that the volunteer here has some complications due to old injuries. They have not healed properly but a pill or elixir could help." The young man perked up in surprise which made Lind even more curious.
A broken meridian would hurt a lot! It would be easy to know when it happened as even the deepest enlightenment would be shattered in such a moment.
He summoned a Heaven grade 5 elixir. It swirled with all 6 colors of natural Qi with the golden sparkle so many knew what it meant.
"As many know, a Heaven grade compared to a mortal grade is magnitudes greater in power but there is more to it than that. A Heaven grade elixir or pill can also be far more subtle and complete than a mortal grade." Several cultivators seemed to become surprised at his words.
It was easy to grasp an increase in power, but being more thorough was not something they thought of either. Being complete did not equate to just more power. Very delicate things like the dantian and meridian could suffer fatal damage if too much power was put through them after all.
"This elixir is difficult to create due to 6 primary elements would be needed." His words shocked the crowd as he had spoken on how experts could work together to complement the missing primary elements if they needed to achieve a certain effect.
Delenn had informed him that was a fairly unheard of method that Lind had long worked out. The sect master had come running after that particular sermon promised a demonstration and several other elders had attended!
It was a day he noticed the young aether beast had no signs of injuries at all.
Now, he placed the elixir before the young man.
"Before administering an elixir or pill, as you have long experienced, you should ensure the patient or client understands what they are getting. In this case, there will be great discomfort and likely impurities removed from the body. They will also need to use their cultivation technique in lockstep with the flow of elixir in their body." He looked down and the young man unstoppered the vial which clearly had a reaction out of him.
His pores would open up and his dantian seemed to anticipate what was coming. Lind also locked his Eyes on the meridians as the young man began to circulate his technique.
He saw the broken meridians were being useless but a trickle of Qi was getting through. He frowned and forced his Eyes to look deeper and saw that the broken meridians just barely did not touch each end.
It was like a circuit board with a connection that electricity could still jump to function. It could work but more likely it would fail.
The elixir flowed into his body like a tidal wave. It first flushed the body to the brim before the 2 broken meridians began to glow. The young man began to sweat profusely as pain lanced through his body.
Lind carefully monitored him but kept talking at that point.
"If the client is in need of your expertise, it is critical to keep an active monitor of the subject. If you slip up, death is not the worst result. Crippling, maiming, and other life long ailments are possible as well." It was a standard warning but he let his Qi manifest for all to see that he was actively monitoring by a technique rather than an artifact.
"Artifacts can be helpful but the more you are directly involved, the better the results." Many heads nodded but Lind then saw the critical moment had come.
Mending meridians was not an easy thing, even with an elixir like the Foundation Restoration Elixir he had given him. It would normally be used for Qi deviations or issues with the dantian which were difficult to resolve but it was his first time using it for such an issue.
The small pop was audible to all as both were restored! The man repressed a scream but then his body began to exude impurities! The stench was awful for only a moment when cold flames burned them away.
Using demonic flame so easily was shocking to the crowd but they noticed the benefit. The impurities were destroyed but no stench lingered!
"At times, a hot flame is not as useful as the blue flame of the demons. An artifact can be used or other methods but I prefer that one. It of course is very delicate to use on a person." The young man continued to circulate his technique as his body was repaired by the elixir!
All were shocked as the tier 6 Sky Realm aura rose to tier 8! He had broken through 2 Tiers right in front of them!
"I would not always expect such a dramatic result without serious underlying issues." Lind briefly frowned. The result was excellent but he noticed the 2 meridians, while repaired, were already straining once again.
He carefully examined the flow of Qi and found the issue. The technique itself!
"Stop cultivating." His words became authoritative and the young man stopped in confusion. "Do you have the text on your technique?"
The young man nodded and summoned a scroll. The scroll was ancient and barely held together but protected by a formation. Lind washed his aura over it and his frown deepened.
It was a flawed technique.
It required a very specific physique to truly work but the creator did not mention it anywhere. Nor was there any warning but that was not the real issue. The damage to the others was similar but different enough to mean there was a group of techniques.
"Where did you get this?" The young man gulped but did not answer. Lind looked up at him and saw he could not answer. "I see. Then you should know you are incompatible with it. This needs the physique known as Mountain Steel Physique. It makes a body as powerful as the imposing visage of a mountain where pure steel is formed." It was an artistic way of saying a resilient body but there were a lot of variations on those.
Surprise flashed on the young man's face. He looked forlorn as it meant he had been going about it all wrong!
"Further, I want your group to come see me. All of you are suffering similar underlying issues." The public reveal made the named group flush with shame but then all were shocked as a jade slip appeared.
"Here, this will correct the issue for your foundation while not having to start over. The issue of the physique is due to the originator not knowing about it or a piece of the technique lost to time. With this modified technique, you should have better results." The young man sank his senses into it and shot bolt upright.
"THIS IS THE COMPLETE TECHNIQUE!" His words shocked the crowd as murmurs rose but Lind held up his hand to silence them.
"You are incorrect. It is merely a corrected technique based on what you gave me. It will not produce the results of the scroll but allow you to continue on your path as you have done well thus far." Lind could see how to modify it for a body lacking the physique which was all he did.
Dead silence spread across the auditorium. If what Maester Cord said was true, he modified a technique after only looking at it once!
"The rest of you come up to the stage and I will do the same for all of you." The group just barely did not run and he spent the rest of that day repairing the damage to their meridians and examining their techniques.
They all needed special physiques but none were mentioned once. Questions formed in his mind but he pushed them aside for later. He had patients to treat.