Chapter 535 - 319: King Shuo’s Army Invades! Dynastic Upheaval!

The final reshaping of the meridians and acupoints is complete, the physical body is akin to rebirth.

With the rebirth of the physical body, one may qualify to impact the National Guardian Realm.

The National Guardian Realm, originally known as the Sea of Qi Realm, requires condensing all one’s Qi Blood at the chest, continuously accumulating until it transforms to a state as vast as a sea of Qi Blood.

"Reshaping the meridians and acupoints is challenging, and accumulating Qi Blood is also a lengthy process..."

In the Qin Dynasty’s Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm, including over a dozen at the Astronomical Bureau, as well as those in King of North Snow’s North Snow County, the total is no more than thirty.

Of the twenty or thirty, most are stuck at reshaping the skin, meat, and bones, only a few have reshaped the internal organs, and fewer than eight or nine can reshape the meridians and acupoints.

As for achieving perfection in reshaping, complete rebirth, and Qi Blood accumulation, barely one in nine succeeds.

Even with abundant resources like Emperor Qin, one can only stop at reshaping meridians and acupoints.

Like the King of North Snow, who governs North Snow County diligently, making it comparable to the Qin Capital, yet he too is halted at the meridian and acupoint reshaping stage.

Everyone’s meridians and acupoints are different, qualifications vary, hence the reshaping methods should differ as well.

Unfortunately, methods for the Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm are rare, obtaining even one is a stroke of luck.

Like the Astronomical Bureau, it has only collected a few methods, meaning there’s not much choice.

The final result is the physical body is forced to adapt to the Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm methods, progress is slow even with abundant resources.

Chu Ming summarized this information from various ancient texts and books.

"Although I can devise a reshaping method suitable for myself, there are no shortcuts in reshaping the meridians and acupoints."

"The Twelve Major Meridians, Eight Extraordinary Meridians, and three hundred sixty-one acupoints, each must be handled with care."

Chu Ming lightly shook his head.

"At my current speed of reshaping, it might take over a month to complete."

The Twelve Major Meridians, Eight Extraordinary Meridians, and three hundred sixty-one acupoints, even the two great National Guardian Realm experts Ji Wujiang and Chang Qin Jiumin of the Qin Dynasty took decades to achieve.

It may seem unsatisfactory, but Chu Ming knew he didn’t have that much time.

"Heaven and Earth as a Furnace, living beings as material, the Innate Treasure is born."

Every time he thought of this phrase from the Cyan Cloud Secret Record, Chu Ming felt an urgent pressure.

The millennial calamity, Black and White Divine Palace, the mysterious Old Man Shi and Silver-haired Elder...

They all seemed like towering mountains before him.

If it truly takes ten years to cultivate, who knows what might happen.

Chu Ming flipped his hand, took an elixir and swallowed it, then got up and walked out of the villa.

Spiritual Sense deduction allows for independent reshaping of the meridians and acupoints, not a bottleneck, so he doesn’t need to deliberately close himself off for cultivation.

The Sword Gourd Spirit spread out, covering thirty miles.

After being closed off for more than half a month, he didn’t know how the outside world had changed.

"Sigh, life is getting harder and harder."

The Sword Gourd Spirit sensed a nearby official road from Yunwu Mountain Villa.

"Indeed, taxes have increased, and businesses in Chi’an County, Pingzhong County, and Xirong County have been severed, it feels like it will collapse soon."

"If Brother Wang can’t hold on, I surely can’t either."

"I’ll teach Brother Wan a method, maybe it will help to hold on a little longer."

"Brother Wang, please share."

"Brother Wan owns five large restaurants, three rice shops, and two cloth shops, correct?"

"Correct."

"I suggest Brother Wan keep three restaurants, one rice shop, and one cloth shop."

"Huh? Brother Wang wants me to cut off my own limbs?"

"Brother Wan, you’ve seen the current situation. Everyone is panic-stricken, the King of North Snow took four counties in just ten days, Lindu County is also at risk, who knows when they might strike the Qin Capital."

"If I were Brother Wan, I would abandon all the restaurants, rice shops, and cloth shops, convert everything into gold and silver, and find a safe place to ride out the storm."

"..."

"Although you say so, if I sell the restaurants and estates, what about those beneath me? Dismiss them?"

"Given the times, you’re still thinking of others? They’re just a bunch of lower-class people who depend on Brother Wan for a living."

"Give them some silver, and send them off."

"This..."

"If Brother Wan sells all the restaurants and prepares to lie low, you don’t even need to give silver."

"..."

Above Yunwu Mountain Villa, listening to the conversation on the official road, Chu Ming’s brow slightly furrowed.

The two merchants were reminiscent of capitalist exploitation of employees from a previous life, but that wasn’t the reason for his frown.

"King of North Snow occupies four counties? Trade stopped with Xirong, Pingzhong, and Chi’an?"

"It seems, we’ve reached this point."

Chu Ming paused, waved his sleeve over his face, changing his clothing from white to black.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The Elemental Shield flew out, split into nine, wrapped around him closely, and he flew into the air.

The direction, the Qin Capital.

According to previous conjecture development, amidst Empress Dowager Duaan’s grand birthday, Emperor Qin feigning death, and the King of North Snow entering the capital, certainly, something major occurred in the Qin Capital.

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