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TO OVERCOME HIS WEAKNESS , SUN DECIDED TO DO QI PRACTICE DURING THE DAY AND PHYSICAL TRAINING AT NIGHT.

ONE CAN ONLY STORE QI IN THE BODY AFTER THEY HAVE PASSED BODY TEMPERING REALM , BEFORE THAT PEOPLE ARE JUST ABLE TO FEEL IT LIKE AIR BUT CAN'T ABSORB IT.

SUN : (To himself) I will have to close down the gap of talent by my hardwork . I have to prove myself to be worthy of my parent's affection and efforts.

SUN HAD OVERHEARD HIS PARENTS TALK ABOUT THE MONEY THEY TOOK AS LOAN FROM THE CITY LORD FOR PAYING THE ADMISSION FEES FOR SECT'S TEST .

SUN WAS SAD ABOUT THIS BUT CHOSE TO NOT CONFRONT THEM AS HE KNEW ONCE HE BECOMES STRONG THE MONEY WILL EVENTUALLY FLOW IN AND HE WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE A BETTER LIFESTYLE TO HIS PARENTS.

BUT SUN HAD OTHER PROBLEMS TO FACE FIRST .

SUN WAS NEVER TAUGHT ABOUT THE VARIOUS LEVELS OF CULTIVATION AND DID PRACTICE ON THE BASIS OF THE BOOKS THAT HE HAD READ IN THE CITY'S LIBRARY . HE REMEMBERED READING THAT THE FIRST STEP IS TO ULBLOCK THE 8 MERIDIANS. THE NOBLE KIDS HAD THEIR MERIDIANS UNBLOCKED BY THE EXPERTS , BUT FOR SUN IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THE HELP OF AN EXPERT FOR FREE . SO , THE NEXT DAY SUN MEDITATED WHILE TAKING THE PILL AND SEARCHED FOR HIS BLOCKED MERIDIANS , BUT UNLIKE WHAT HE HAD READ IN BOOKS , SUN SENSED THAT HE HAD 11 MERIDIANS , AND DIDN'T KNEW WHETHER THIS WAS A FAULT IN HIS BODY OR A GOOD THING. REGARDLESS OF THE CONSEQUENCES AND WHAT IT MEANT.

THE PILLS THAT THEY WERE GIVEN WERE FOR NOURISHMENT AND STRENGTHENING . THESE PILLS COULD ALSO CONTAINED TRACE OF QI SO THEY COULD BE USED TO FORCE OPEN THE BLOCKS OF MERIDIANS.

THOUGH IT WAS EASY FOR SUN TO SEARCH FOR MERIDIANS BUT HE WAS HAD NO IDEA HOW TO OPEN THEM . HE WAS SHY AND RELUCTANT TO GO AND ASK OTHERS ABOUT IT SO HE JUST TOOK THE PILL AND TRIED TO SENSE THEM AND UNBLOCK THEM ON HIS OWN.

SUN : I can sense them , let's just focus the strength I got by pill on the meridian.

SUN TRIED TO USE THE INNER STRENGTH HE GOT BY PILL ON THE MERIDIAN AND AS SOON AS HE DID THAT HE FELT A POP SOUND INSIDE HIM. THAT WAS THE SOUND OF HIS MERIDIAN OPENING .

AS SOON AS IT OPENED HE FELT THAT HE SENSES HAVE GOTTEN A LITTLE BETTER BUT ALSO FELT THAT HE WAS ABOUT TO PASS OUT OF EXHAUSTION.

SUN :( Exhausted I just need to continue this process each day and recover from exhaustion.

SUN OOK 20 DAYS TO UNBLOCK HIS ALL MERIDIANS AND FINALLY HE WAS READY TO SET FOOT ON THE ROAD OF CULTIVATION.

SUN : After unblocking my meridians I feel that my senses and my bone frame have become stronger. Opening the first 8 meridians was easy and it took me only 8 days but the next 2 took me three days each and the last one took 6 days to unlock. I am easily able to sense the surrounding QI . Looks like these 20 days that I used for unblocking my meridians turned out to be quite fruitful.

THE NEXT DAY SUN CAME TO KNEW THAT THERE WAS A FOREST NEARBY AND DECIDED TO GO THERE AND CHECK IT OUT AT NIGHT.

FOR SUN AND OTHER MORTALS THIS WAS DEFINITELY A FOREST BUT FOR CULTIVATORS , IT WAS LIKE A GARDEN . THERE WERE NO WILD MONSTERS OR HERBS THERE , IT LOOKED MORE LIKE A DECORATION THAN A FOREST.