Chapter 1249

When the gale dissipated, the two men fell from mid-air. Sweat had completely soaked their clothes, and beyond the sweat, layers of grime oozed from their pores. At this moment, they smelled as foul as if they had fallen into a cesspit.

Yet, for the two parties involved, they had no heart to care about this; they only felt fortunate—fortunate to have survived.

After a long while, once the sensation of pain on their bodies had vanished.

Xu Ziling managed to prop himself up with great effort and looked up at Su Xuan, "What did you do? Did you cripple our martial arts?"

Xu Ziling felt an unprecedented sense of weakness, so he subconsciously assumed that Su Xuan had crippled their martial arts because they were unwilling to hand over the Longevity Art.

"You will know once you sense it carefully again."

Su Xuan replied to Xu Ziling's words in a calm tone.

Xu Ziling then sensed the changes in his body once more, and Kou Zhong, beside him, also began to sense his own. Upon this sensing, they immediately discovered something unusual.

They only felt that the meridians throughout their bodies were unimaginably wide. In the past, when their internal energy traveled through them, it could fill the entire meridian, but now, the internal energy was like a stream, while the meridians were like a great river. As the stream traveled through the riverbed, it naturally felt different, which was why Xu Ziling thought Su Xuan had crippled their martial arts.

"How could it be like this?!"

The two were extremely shocked. After realizing what Su Xuan had done, they felt waves of fear toward Su Xuan's methods.

Directly expanding the human body's meridians—even a Grandmaster of martial arts could not accomplish such a feat.

After all, one's natural aptitude is fixed at birth; one must practice martial arts early. The later in age, the more the meridians have set, and they cannot be reversed or changed later in life. Although the two of them had stumbled into practicing the Longevity Art, many experts they encountered had lamented that they had started practicing martial arts too late.

"The Longevity Art is a supreme profound technique for comprehending the Dao of Heaven. Once you entered the gate, you advanced to the Heaven-Man Unity realm that many experts have never stepped into. The internal energy you cultivate is even the extremely pure Innate True Qi. Because of the characteristics of the Longevity Art's internal energy, you learn any martial art extremely quickly, but this is merely a characteristic bestowed by the Longevity Art. There is one thing that even the Longevity Art cannot change."

"And that is your natural bone structure!"

"You started practicing martial arts too late; even with the help of the Longevity Art, you cannot change your own bone structure. Earlier, I drew upon the power of heaven and earth to perform an empowerment for you, expanding your meridians. Although the process was somewhat painful, it successfully widened your meridians. From this day forward, you can be considered to have the foundation of a Grandmaster. If your luck is a bit better, it is not impossible to advance to become a Heaven-Man, and then aspire to the Dao of Shattering the Void!"

Upon hearing Su Xuan's words, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling realized what Su Xuan had done.

They had wrongly assumed Su Xuan was preparing to act against them; as it turned out, they had indeed measured a gentleman's heart with a villain's yardstick.

The more they sensed the changes in their meridians, the more Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling could appreciate the preciousness of this gift.

Right now, although the internal energy flowing through their meridians felt like a stream, as the meridians had been widened, as long as they continuously cultivated their internal energy to refill them, their strength would likely be able to reach a higher level because of this.

But immediately after, the moods of Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling became complex again.

Debts of favor are not so easy to repay.

They had previously been strangers to Su Xuan, and Su Xuan had even wanted to trade the He's Jade for the Longevity Art.

Perhaps they could have refused the He's Jade, but now, having accepted such a heavy gift from Su Xuan, it would be truly unjustifiable if they did not repay him.

"Ziling?"

Kou Zhong looked at Xu Ziling.

Xu Ziling also looked at Kou Zhong with a complex expression.

The two had grown up together since childhood. If they were a man and a woman, they would definitely have married; because they were both men, they could only be brothers. They could be said to have a tacit understanding; even if the other did not speak, they knew what the other was thinking.

Their eyes met, exchanging a glance, and both understood each other's meaning. Then, it was Kou Zhong who spoke, looking at Su Xuan, "The Longevity Art was buried by us at..."

He stated a location.