novelraw Chapter 1346: A Miracle Unseen for Nearly a Million Years
Chapter 1346: A Miracle Unseen for Nearly a Million Years
Tang Bufan slowly floated to the ground, his expression also filled with confusion."Eighth Rank Sword Master, this... how is this possible?" After a long time, Tang Bufan murmured to himself, looking bewildered.
No wonder he felt it was impossible; he knew his condition best, so he would never doubt the words of those Imperial Physicians.
With all his cultivation wasted and even his potential like a thoroughly dried-up dead spring, unless he could find a miracle medicine with Dan Power so vast that even he couldn’t bear it, or go through a life-and-death ordeal changing his aptitude against all odds, it would be absolutely impossible to reactivate that dead spring.
Although Han Yan had said she would help him regain his strength and reignite his hope, he knew himself that such hope was so slim, it was almost impossible to realize.
Who would have thought, after just one night, his potential was reactivated, not only regaining his cultivation capital but his strength directly leaped from Second-level Sword Master to Eighth Rank Sword Master.
As far as he knew, such a miracle had never occurred in the nearly million-year history of the Holy Court Continent!
"Congratulations!" Han Yan stepped forward and said. Despite the confusion, she was sincerely happy about Tang Bufan’s restored cultivation talent and his strength suddenly advancing to Eighth Rank Sword Master, causing her heart to ease.
To be honest, she didn’t have confidence in curing Tang Bufan’s body and restoring his strength.
Huayue and several others also stepped forward, heavily patting Tang Bufan on the shoulder. Even though they didn’t say much, it was still apparent they felt joy and relief within their hearts.
"Quickly, help me check, my body seems to have changed." Tang Bufan finally awoke from his dream-like state and said with some anxiety.
Huayue and Jiang Yuzhe exchanged a glance, and their expressions turned slightly peculiar.
Han Yan, hearing Tang Bufan’s words, felt a hidden worry but didn’t notice the change in the two’s expression, and instead reached to hold Tang Bufan’s pulse.
Using Divine Sense to probe, she soon showed a shocked expression on her face.
Inside Tang Bufan’s body, more than a dozen hidden meridians had been opened, and his entire meridian system had become entirely different from ordinary people’s.
No wonder his cultivation potential had been reactivated; this was exactly the against-all-odds change the Imperial Physicians spoke of, wasn’t it?
"My meridians have become completely different from before, why is this, have I turned into a monster?" Tang Bufan said worriedly; born into low status and never having had a learned master, he knew nothing of hidden meridians, and upon noticing the change in his meridians, felt far more worry than joy.
"Don’t worry, those are hidden meridians; once opened, cultivation becomes much more effective, and the cultivation potential multiplies. Ordinary people consider opening one hidden meridian a heaven-sent fortune, sometimes only after reaching Sword Saint do they get the chance, but you opened twelve at once, making advancing to Sword Saint eventually a certainty. If word spreads, others would be immeasurably envious." Han Yan consoled with a smile.
"So these are the legendary hidden meridians, but I didn’t do anything, just went back feeling unwilling last night and tried to cultivate for a night, how did I open the hidden meridians and my strength leap to Eighth Rank Sword Master?" Tang Bufan said, puzzled.
His understanding was broader than Han Yan imagined, having heard of hidden meridians in legends, yet never thought he’d be fortunate enough for such a massive opportunity to come to him.
And what he couldn’t understand was, with a wasted cultivation and ruined potential body, how might he possibly open hidden meridians.
Han Yan instinctively glanced at Huayue and Jiang Yuzhe, noticing their peculiar expressions, realizing suddenly.
"If I’m not wrong, you two have the same situation, don’t you?" Han Yan said.
"Including the previously opened hidden meridians, I’ve opened sixteen hidden meridians in total," Huayue nodded and said.
"Me too, exactly the same," Jiang Yuzhe said.
Han Yan realized with clarity, it was just as she guessed, Huayue and Jiang Yuzhe also opened over ten hidden meridians. However, even so, their advancement shouldn’t be this immense, moving up four, five, even six ranks was a bit enviable. Although her own advancement wasn’t less than theirs, the pain and peril she experienced during it far exceeded theirs.
"Also, not long after the hidden meridians were opened, the Heavenly Destiny Star Plate began releasing a strange yet grandly pure power, and through this power, I directly ascended into the Ninth Rank Sword Master," Huayue added, retrieving the Heavenly Destiny Star Plate.
At this moment, despite its ancient and damaged appearance, the Heavenly Destiny Star Plate emitted a mysterious glow throughout, with underlying mystical beats full of Spiritual Intent, as if it had come alive.
Jiang Yuzhe and Tang Bufan also drew out their Heavenly Destiny Star Plates, which pulsed with the same mysterious glow and presented similar rhythmic patterns.
Han Yan suddenly realized the same rhythmic pulses were present in her as well, and after brief contemplation, she brought forth the Ruyi Hair Crown.
The Ruyi Hair Crown, originally sparkling with crystal-like hues, now radiated mysterious brilliance, equally rich in Spiritual Intent, more sublime, even imparting a dream-like feel.
And this rhythm correlated subtly with the Heavenly Destiny Star Plates held by Huayue and others, resonating in response.
"What’s going on?" Jiang Yuzhe clutched his head, unable to comprehend no matter how he thought.
"The reason I advanced from Sixth-level Sword Master directly to the Great Sword Master Realm was through absorbing the enormous Nine Heavens Star Power granted by the Sword Sound Academy. And through the connection between this Ruyi Hair Crown and the Heavenly Destiny Star Plate, you should have absorbed a portion of the Nine Heavens Star Power as well," Han Yan contemplated aloud.
Previously, she found it slightly odd; Green Yue and the others experienced promotions alongside her before, but limitedly. This time, advancing from Fourth Rank Sword Master to Ninth Rank Sword Master seemed a bit excessive, even though a dozen hidden meridians had been opened, changing their aptitude against all odds made no sense.
After all, cultivation demands gradual progress; without refining and gathering sufficient Qi, breaking through stage after stage isn’t feasible, natural talent alone doesn’t suffice.
Until Han Yan observed the harmonic pulse between the Ruyi Hair Crown and the Heavenly Destiny Star Plate, she was able to understand. Despite having refined the drifting Nine Heavens Star Power at maximum speed, inevitably some escaped, rather than wasting them, through the subtle link between the Heavenly Destiny Star Plates and Ruyi Hair Crown, Huayue and the others absorbed and refined them.
Han Yan certainly didn’t feel short-changed, as those Nine Heavens Star Powers scattered outward were essentially wasted originally, maximizing Huayue and the others’ strength improvement was the best outcome in truth. Moreover, through repeated meridian clearing and marrow washing, changing her aptitude time and again, her advancement challenge far surpassed ordinary cultivators’. Even if she refined all stray powers entirely, advancing to Sword Saint was an impossibility, making helping Huayue and them enhance their capabilities a more worthwhile path.