Chapter 11: In the blink of an eye, the heavens changed

"Lu Xun, my mother took me to the capital to find a way to awaken the ancient spiritual root. You must absolutely not be lazy; train according to the plan I made for you. Before the big exam, open three meridians, and then we'll go to Peking and Tsinghua together."

In the evening, Lu Xun received a message from Chu Youqing.

This message let Lu Xun breathe a sigh of relief.

He could finally continue to lie flat.

"Why hasn't she opened her meridians yet?"

Two days after Murong Wan reached Body Refinement Stage Ten, she still showed no movement.

With less than a month and a half left until the big exam, it's impossible to say one isn't anxious.

【Murong Wan broke through to Body Refinement Stage Eleven, and the host gained ten times the harvest from Murong Wan's Body Refinement.】

"Huh?"

Early the next morning, the new return surprised Lu Xun immensely.

Murong Wan surged past Body Refinement Stage Ten, reaching Body Refinement Stage Eleven!

"Impressive."

Lu Xun couldn't help but give her a thumbs-up.

As expected of an Exquisite Treasure Body, Murong Wan has no system, yet she can break through to Body Refinement Stage Eleven.

"Lu Xun."

In the afternoon, Lu Xun encountered Lin Yan once again.

Lin Yan brought a large group of little brothers, and their intentions were not good.

"What do you want with my brother?"

"Li Bu Fan, why are you everywhere?"

"Don't underestimate the bond between us brothers, you idiot."

Li Bu Fan's words gave Lu Xun a chill.

Lu Xun pushed him aside and stood in front of Lin Yan: "What's the matter?"

"Lu Xun, if you're a man, let's have a man's showdown—whoever loses withdraws. How about it?"

Lin Yan stared fixedly at Lu Xun.

"Are you crazy? Chu Youqing is already Lu Xun's girlfriend—only a sick person would challenge you, Lu Xun. Don't bother with this lunatic."

Li Bu Fan pushed Lu Xun away.

"Stop!"

Lin Yan blocked the way.

"Lu Xun, are you still a man..."

"Want to fight?"

Lu Xun interrupted him.

"Lu Xun, stay steady, don't be reckless—talk after opening your meridians!"

Li Bu Fan hurriedly advised.

Lu Xun hasn't opened a single meridian yet—how can he fight Lin Yan?

"Not bad—if you're a man, don't chicken out."

Lin Yan goaded him.

"Fine, I'll grant you that."

"Now that's like a man—come on, I'll let you strike first."

Lin Yan laughed loudly.

Lu Xun didn't hold back; as soon as he moved, he attacked Lin Yan.

"I've been waiting for you!"

Lin Yan showed no panic—how could he fear Lu Xun when he had opened seven meridians?

He threw a punch to meet him, intending to defeat Lu Xun with upright strength and let Lu Xun know exactly how great the gap between them was.

Fist met fist, and they collided instantly.

Lin Yan revealed a ferocious grin.

He seemed to see Lu Xun's fist shatter and his whole body sent flying.

"How could this be!"

But the next second, a huge force came from Lu Xun's fist, numbing his arm and making him stumble back several steps with a "scrape scrape scrape".

If it weren't for his Body Refinement already being at Stage Ten, this punch would have shattered his finger bones.

"Seven meridians—nothing more. You lost."

Lu Xun said calmly.

"Wow, brother, how are you so strong?"

Li Bu Fan was startled.

"Impossible!"

Lin Yan couldn't believe it.

He had opened seven meridians, yet he ended up at a disadvantage.

He didn't want to believe it, but the constant pain and numbness in his arm told him this wasn't a dream—it was real.

"Isn't that Lu Xun? How is he so strong!"

"Could he have already opened eight meridians?"

Students around who saw this scene also showed surprise.

Lin Yan had always been a big shot at school, known to everyone.

As for Lu Xun, he was originally unknown, but after becoming Chu Youqing's boyfriend, more students got to know him.

"Don't go, I just didn't want to bully you with martial arts—Opening Mountain Fist!"

With a soft shout, Lin Yan's aura shifted.

He actually learned a martial technique!

Although it's the simplest Opening Mountain Fist, executing it can greatly increase strength.

A fist as big as a sandbag shattered the air and smashed toward Lu Xun, aiming to knock him down with one punch.

Lu Xun showed no weakness, meeting the attack head-on with full force.

"Crack."

Lin Yan's finger bones emitted a crisp sound.

In intense pain, he staggered back several steps, losing balance, about to sit down hard on the ground.

"Young Master Lin."

A few lackeys promptly held him up.

On the contrary, Lu Xun retreated only a single step!

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Young Master Lin went numb all over.

He, the esteemed third young master of the Lin family, after reaching Body Tempering Tenth Stage, had opened seven martial meridians in one go—taking on ten old-era martial arts champions would be no problem.

Moreover, he had even learned Opening Mountain Fist.

Now he actually can't beat Lu Xun!

How could he accept that!

"So strong!"

"Young Master Lin even used his battle skill, yet still couldn't beat Lu Xun!"

"Eight meridians—Lu Xun must have opened eight meridians!"

The crowd of onlooking students grew larger, all stunned by Lu Xun.

"Young Master Lin, Third Young Master Lin, if you're weak, train more—don't come out and embarrass yourself."

"Li Bu Fan, I'm going to kill you!"

Li Bu Fan's mockery made Lin Yan's mouth twist with anger.

Today he's lost face to the point of throwing it at his grandmother's house.

He came specially to pick a fight, but Lu Xun turned out this formidable.

Wasn't it said that Lu Xun is only at Body Tempering Second Stage, making the chance of opening meridians minuscule?

This is Body Tempering Second Stage without opening meridians?!

Only by opening all martial meridians could one be this strong.

Otherwise, why would his seven meridians lose to the opponent!

Who gave this intel? Lin Yan decided to give that kid a proper lesson.

"What if you have eight meridians? Wait until I open eight meridians and complete the Crimson Yang Meridian, then I'll settle the score with you!"

Watching Lu Xun's retreating back, Lin Yan did not admit defeat just then.

The Crimson Yang Meridian is a Heaven Earth Meridian.

To open the Crimson Yang Meridian, for each meridian one must, at high noon, draw the "Sun Essence" into the body, temper the Meridians for twenty‑four hours; once the eight meridians are strangely opened, the Crimson Yang power can fuse the eight into one, recreating the Crimson Yang Meridian!

This is the standard method.

Using this method, those who can open the Crimson Yang Meridian are exceedingly few.

The Lin family had been planning this long ago.

Generally, after turning sixteen and when the body's bones have basically set, one can begin Body Tempering.

When Lin Yan started Body Tempering, he used a secret method to draw Sun Essence into his body, making his physique adapt to Crimson Yang power.

This way, his chance of opening the Crimson Yang Meridian is several notches higher than others'.

"Well, Lu Xun, I've been wondering why you've been so relaxed lately—turns out you opened eight meridians ages ago, making me worry day after day; shouldn't you compensate me for some mental loss?"

"You're still wasting time here, Grandma's spirit in heaven..."

"I'll work hard now, goodbye, Lu Xun."

Lu Xun's words made Li Bu Fan surge with adrenaline and rush into the training chamber.

"Body Tempering Twenty‑Second Stage, indeed formidable."

Lu Xun clenched his fist.

Lin Yan had opened seven meridians and was himself at Body Tempering Tenth Stage, yet Lu Xun, without opening a single meridian, could rely on his Body Tempering Twenty‑Second Stage to easily defeat him.

This is enough to show how terrifying Lu Xun's body is now.

"I don't know if Murong Wan will still push upward."

Lu Xun wondered.

"Lu Xun, I never expected you'd opened eight meridians—you kept it from us, causing us great distress."

"Quick, look—that's Lu Xun; I heard he's opened eight meridians, and even Lin Yan isn't his match."

"Wow, how did he suddenly become this strong?"

Before it got dark, the news that Lu Xun had opened eight meridians spread throughout the campus.

In the blink of an eye, he went from a Body Tempering Second Stage waste who could hardly open meridians to a genius of Rong Cheng No. 1 High.

Upon meeting his students, none failed to greet him with beaming smiles.

It seems they are just as familiar with Lu Xun.

Even the roommates who had previously deliberately distanced themselves from Lu Xun each became warm again, vying to please Lu Xun.

"The old saying is correct."

"When you are strong, the people around you are all good."

Lu Xun thought silently.

Even upon entering the high martial era, some truths of this world have never really changed.