The Immortal Seeker: Legend of Bronze Mirror
Chapter 151 - 92: Purple Emperor Meridian and Innate Divine Ability

Chapter 151: Chapter 92: Purple Emperor Meridian and Innate Divine Ability

"What’s wrong?" Su Lianqing looked at Xu Qing anxiously.

Just now, she was guarding beside Xu Qing and saw his face turning pale and then blue, which was quite alarming. Su Lianqing knew this might indicate a problem with Xu Qing’s Divine Soul.

She didn’t dare to interrupt and could only wait anxiously for Xu Qing to wake up.

Xu Qing took a deep breath.

He recalled that when he was visualizing the "Xuantian Taoist," his Divine Soul experienced a great terror, as if plunging into an endless abyss of darkness.

The reason he could escape from the darkness was that he had ignited his first Hidden Vein—the Purple Emperor Meridian.

There are thirty-one Hidden Veins in total, including three main veins, also known as the Tri-Guardian Emperor Veins, which are Purple Emperor, Taiwei, and Heavenly Market.

The remaining twenty-eight are named after the Twenty-Eight Star Constellations, which are the Eastern Azure Dragon Seven Veins (Horn, Neck, Root, Room, Heart, Tail, Winnowing Basket), the Northern Xuanwu Seven Veins (Dipper, Ox, Girl, Emptiness, Danger, Room, Wall), the Western White Tiger Seven Veins (Leg, Bond, Stomach, Hairy Head, Net, Turtle Beak, Three Stars), and the Southern Vermilion Bird Seven Veins (Well, Ghost, Willow, Star, Extended Net, Wings, Chariot).

Currently in Xu Qing’s Divine Soul, a star was ignited, precisely the image of the "Ziwei Star."

According to the records on the stone wall, the first Hidden Vein ignited is often one’s Lifebound Star.

His Lifebound Star is "Ziwei Star"?

A strange feeling welled up in Xu Qing’s heart.

Moreover, igniting the first Hidden Vein being one of the Tri-Guardian Emperor Veins wasn’t necessarily a good thing.

Because the process of opening Hidden Veins should be gradual. The Qi-Blood consumption of the twenty-eight branches is much less compared to the Tri-Guardian Emperor Veins.

Fortunately, Xu Qing reacted quickly. At the moment the Purple Emperor Meridian was ignited in his Divine Soul, his soul returned to his shell.

The reason he was in pain just now was because the cost of igniting the Purple Emperor Meridian was too great, and it severely depleted his physical Qi-Blood.

Now it was just ignited, and there was still a long way to go to fully open the "Purple Emperor Meridian."

Simultaneously, inside the bronze mirror, under the category of Daoist Skill, the Visualization Image of the Xuantian Taoist appeared and the Purple Emperor Meridian was highlighted, while the other two main veins and the twenty-eight branches remained in a grey, unachieved state.

This was a direct visual presentation of the current progress of Xu Qing’s Xuantian Visualization.

Previously, even for the Five Great Demon Gods Visualization Method, what appeared were textual evaluation contents, concealing some information. Only for the Xuantian Taoist Visualization Image did an actual image appear in the bronze mirror.

It can be said that this is a unique treatment.

It clearly shows the high status of the Xuantian Visualization Image.

"I know you have high status, but the problem is..." Xu Qing internally sighed. If it had been one of the branches that was ignited, with his current physical Qi-Blood, he could have completely borne the consumption of opening a branch.

However, it was the leading Purple Emperor Meridian among the three main veins, the depletion of physical Qi-Blood it caused was significantly greater than the ordinary branches.

"Whether it’s a main vein or a branch, the further you go in unlocking them, the greater the Qi-Blood consumption will be. And forcibly opening them will definitely undermine the physical foundation, causing irreversible damage to one’s body."

Xu Qing realized that, as the text on the stone wall mentioned, cultivating the Golden Light Spell would cause great damage to the Divine Soul. Conversely, cultivating the Xuantian Visualization would also place a tremendous burden and cause great harm to the physical body.

That’s why the Xuantian Taoist emphasized the importance of the Golden Light Spell.

Only by cultivating both of these exceptional techniques together can they compensate for the innate flaws of the Cultivation Technique.

Of course, if one is already a strong Martial Arts practitioner, they can indeed bear the initial consumption of the Xuantian Visualization, but as it progresses, the burden increases, and there’s not that complementary effect like with the Golden Light Spell.

Conversely, for those who cultivate the Golden Light Spell, even if their Divine Soul is strong, as they deepen their cultivation, their Divine Soul will eventually be severely damaged, becoming insane and idiotic.

No matter how you look at it, the value of the Xuantian Visualization is indeed hard to measure.

Xu Qing clearly felt that his Divine Soul had become more robust than before.

There’s no doubt that persistently cultivating the Xuantian Visualization visibly strengthens the Divine Soul.

One should know, ever since his Divine Soul reached the Day Trip Realm, progress had been much slower than in the Night Wander Realm. Just now, he clearly felt an advancement in his Divine Soul which would have been impossible before.

"Fortunately, I have not yet completed my cultivation of the Tiger Demon Bone Refining Fist. There is still significant room for improvement in Qi-Blood and muscles, temporarily meeting the consumption needs of cultivating the Xuantian Visualization. Once the cultivation stagnates, then I’ll plan to cultivate the Golden Light Spell for a better grasp then."

Now that Xu Qing was clear about the drawbacks of cultivating the Xuantian Visualization, he was in no hurry.

He would first realize his current potential into real strength, and then confronting difficulties would naturally produce twice the result with half the effort.

Meals should be eaten one bite at a time.

Besides, as time passes, the Golden Ray Monastery’s dependence on him would deepen. This would also implicitly reduce the difficulty of obtaining the Golden Light Spell.

After pondering for a while, Xu Qing slowly replied to Su Lianqing: "Let me rest for a while, and then we can descend the mountain."

He took out the Qi Blood Powder to consume, then performed the Crane Form Skill and Tiger Demon Bone Refining Fist in the cave. Soon, he had digested the medicinal effects of the Qi Blood Powder, looking vigorous and spirited.

Seeing that Xu Qing was alright, Su Lianqing breathed a sigh of relief.

Yet, she was curious, what was Xu Qing doing in this cave?

She didn’t ask further.

The rule in their profession is, the less you know, the longer you live.

Even if she really knew, she would pretend not to.

Xu Qing said, "Let’s go."

He didn’t look back at the thin layer of stone wall in the depths of the cave, nor did he destroy the texts and patterns on the stone wall. Because he would return here.