As Li Zhonglou’s body was brushed past, he could clearly feel that this aura seemed to be alive, searching for its own kind!
If he hadn’t reacted quickly enough to immediately disengage the soul fusion, fully conceal his aura, and control his heartbeat with his脉潜 (mài qián - pulse potential),
He might have actually been discovered just now!
This ability was somewhat similar to his Heavenly Eye Perspective divine ability. Although the other party couldn’t see through walls, they could also sense what was happening behind walls!
No, to be precise, it was the ability to detect people behind walls through walls!
“The Wu family is indeed problematic!”
Li Zhonglou clenched his fists secretly, a guess uncontrollably surfacing in his mind.
However, it wasn’t time yet, so he could only suppress his thoughts.
“Let’s go back first.”
In the end, Li Zhonglou didn’t bid farewell to Sister Qing. Instead, after soul fusion again, he used his Heavenly Eye Perspective divine ability to bypass numerous obstacles and secretly left the Yu family.
This trip to the Yu family had been very fruitful. Although he couldn’t resolve the Yu family’s issues or achieve his plan of taking the Yu family into his possession, the encounter with Wutong alone was enough to make him feel content.
Whether it was the increased address of the Lost Land, the discovery of a special meridian, or some secrets about the God Envoy organization, any one of these made the trip worthwhile.
Not to mention the matter of the Wu family!
In Li Zhonglou’s eyes, the Wu family had previously been as low-key as if they didn’t exist, making it impossible for him to act. But now, they were finally starting to surface!
Although he hadn’t truly interacted with them, Li Zhonglou had a feeling that this was just the beginning!
“I must go to this auction! If I can use this opportunity to infiltrate the Wu family…”
Li Zhonglou’s resolve regarding the auction instantly became firmer. However, before that, there was one more thing he needed to deal with.
That special meridian!
Although Wutong didn’t provide much information, such as the circulation route, how many meridians were needed, or even which acupoints were involved, he wasn’t an ordinary person! No, to be precise, he wasn’t an ordinary expert!
Li Zhonglou already knew all the meridians and acupoints in his body like the back of his hand. What he lacked for the further development of his 脉潜 (mài qián) was ideas and time.
These two, the ideas, were essentially opportunities, as they were unpredictable, much like random fusion.
He could try other circulation routes, but they might not work, and such things wouldn’t yield immediate results.
And this was where the time came in.
Apart from the correct ideas, Li Zhonglou was left with only the honest path of spending time to pile up and try.
This was precisely why he hadn’t been in a hurry to unseal or continue training before.
After all, he had already reached his limit, and forcing himself further wouldn’t help. It was better to take it slow.
And now, the special meridian mentioned by Wutong gave Li Zhonglou a subtle feeling that his subsequent ideas for 脉潜 (mài qián) might be right here!
As long as he could truly explore the function of this special meridian through his own experiments!
Therefore, after returning to the company, Li Zhonglou only told Yuehai that the matter was resolved before burying himself in his room and choosing to go into seclusion.
“Why does Brother Li look so flustered?”
Zhou Tong heard that he was back and wanted to report on the company’s progress, but unexpectedly, he was also met with a closed door.
Yuehai scratched his head and shook it, saying, “I don’t know either. He didn’t even say where Yu Ke is, just that it’s fine.”
However, neither of them knocked to disturb him. Suddenly going into seclusion must mean he had gained some insight. During such times, even if something catastrophic happened, it shouldn’t be disturbed unless it absolutely required his presence!
They had this much awareness.
After they left with their doubts, in the room, Li Zhonglou was already in a posture of trying methods to train the special meridian.
Wutong dared to tell Li Zhonglou, firstly, because he had a bit of trust, and secondly, and most importantly, that even if ordinary people knew the general idea, if it wasn’t complete, they wouldn’t dare to try it easily!
One must know that rashly trying a new circulation method, if there was even the slightest error, could at best lead to internal chaos in the meridians, and at worst, qi deviation. This was common knowledge!
This was why everyone looked for various inherited cultivation techniques instead of creating their own. There was simply no cost to create one!
But Li Zhonglou was different. His meridians had long been tempered, and all his acupoints were unblocked. What others feared, qi deviation, was impossible for him!
Because the root of qi deviation was the lack of control over acupoints!
If a cultivator, without even mastering a single acupoint, carelessly utilized it, and it uncontrollably輸送 (shū sòng - transmitted) energy outwards, it would trigger a chain reaction in minutes!
The consequence would be that other uncontrolled acupoints would also transmit energy, and as more and more uncontrolled power surged out within the body, the host would either have their thoughts affected, becoming a demon without self-awareness, or they would explode due to the excessive surge.
As for the other outcome, the complete destruction of the meridians, it was the result of a still-conscious person destroying their own meridians to eliminate power and protect themselves when they were on the verge of exploding!
It was precisely because of this high cost that Wutong felt confident that others would not keep trying just by knowing the location of the special meridian.
It was just that he didn’t know about the existence of 脉潜 (mài qián), or that there were people in this world who had already developed their bodies to a terrifying extent!
Li Zhonglou, without any fear of qi deviation, changed his methods almost every ten seconds. Because he knew the specific location of the special meridian, this allowed him to quickly eliminate methods.
After all, if there was no reaction even when circulating, it was likely not the correct method.
However, this trial lasted for three days and three nights!
On the night of the fourth day, Li Zhonglou suddenly opened his eyes, and the joy in them was clearly visible!
“Finally found it!”
“Cough, Xiao Li, I’m also reaching my limit.”
The one speaking was not Cai Hong.
Because to circulate internal energy, Li Zhonglou, whose curse power had not yet been removed, naturally had to use soul fusion to begin. He didn’t know how much time it would take, so before starting, he went to find Elder An.
He asked Elder An to help him find another soul body that wished to reincarnate, and this was the person speaking now, a senior with the codename Fourteen.
Before becoming a soul body, he was a mortal and had no particular interest in anything in the world. He hadn’t expressed his desire before because he felt his status was not high enough.
Of course, this was relative to the others in the Soul Bottle.
Therefore, when Elder An, according to Li Zhonglou’s request, looked for a soul body again, he stepped forward.
And what he said was not for Li Zhonglou to be mindful of saving, but for him to persist a little longer…
Just a little longer, and he could reincarnate.