Watch out! Something's wrong with this guard.

Upon hearing Shangguan Yue's words, Lu Yunshi's heart almost stopped. Although it was just a wisp of fire, if it was properly nurtured, it might become a new mother fire.

"It's true, but gaining my approval won't be so easy." Shangguan Yue smiled gently, her expression warm.

Upon hearing this, Lu Yunshi rubbed his nose. "No matter how difficult it is, as long as you try, there will always be a chance to achieve it."

"Yes, I believe you on that point." Shangguan Yue nodded slowly, her tone gentle.

Then the lesson continued, and as before, Shangguan Yue shared her insights and experiences in alchemy with Lu Yunshi at crucial moments, and occasionally asked questions to encourage Lu Yunshi to try to apply what she had learned to other situations.

Although Lu Yunshi was standing on a completely unfamiliar path, the books he had read before had given him some ability to answer questions. Although 30 or 40 percent of them were wrong, it was still quite good for someone who had just entered the path of alchemy and was not even a novice medicine apprentice.

At least that's what Shangguan Yue said. Lu Yunshi wasn't sure if she just didn't want to upset him, so she put it nicely.

About an hour later, a rich fragrance of elixir wafted from the cauldron and quickly entered Lu Yunshi's nostrils.

"It's formed a pill?" Lu Yunshi said, his expression changing.

“That’s right,” Shangguan Yue replied.

After speaking, Shangguan Yue raised her hand and the pills in the furnace instantly flew out and were held in her hand. When Lu Yunshi opened his palm, he saw that there were five milky white pills lying in his hand.

"Five?" Lu Yunshi held his breath and looked up at Shangguan Yue.

Seeing this, Shangguan Yue slowly nodded. "That's right. You must know how blocked your meridians are. I don't think just two or three pills can solve the problem. Since I've decided to help you, I might as well help you to the end. Otherwise, if you can't even reach the extreme realm in the end, wouldn't it be a waste of your Purple Cloud Root?"

"Thank you so much." Lu Yunshi felt solemn. Even though he knew that Shangguan Yue had a reason for treating him so well, he still felt warmed by being treated so kindly by someone.

Honestly, no wonder Shangguan Yue is the woman in so many people's hearts at the academy. Whether it's her looks or her personality, it's hard to find fault with her.

After receiving the five Purple Cloud Pills from Shangguan Yue, Lu Yunshi immediately sat cross-legged on the ground and put one of the pills directly into his mouth.

Instantly, the powerful medicinal properties erupted within the body, rapidly flowing into the meridians throughout the body.

"This kid is quite impatient." Watching Lu Yunshi break through to the next level without saying a word, Shangguan Yue shook her head, seemingly speechless. However, she simply kept her seated position and slowly closed her eyes to continue meditating.

'Sure enough, at least 60% of my meridians are blocked. To break through, I'll always have to rely on having more resources than others.'

Previously, Lu Yunshi only knew that his talent was not good, and when cultivating his internal energy and blood, he only felt that the obstacles he encountered were very serious and that he needed to spend more energy and mental effort.

But he didn't know exactly what the difference was.

But at this moment, for the first time, such a huge surge of spiritual energy entered his body. His weak spiritual sense was also affected, and his internal vision became much clearer. Now he finally knew exactly where his talent was lacking.

Cultivators absorb spiritual energy through their internal meridians, but most people's meridians are naturally blocked, which is why they cannot cultivate and can only remain ordinary people.

Only a small number of people have meridians that are not completely blocked, and this is the only threshold to becoming a spiritual practitioner.

The degree to which a person's meridians are opened also determines their cultivation speed.

This is the standard by which talent is defined in the world today, and it is also the only standard at present.

Some people have said that the definition of talent should not be so simplistic. Talent in combat and comprehension of martial arts techniques are also very important.

But that person's words ultimately became a joke. After all, if your meridians are 90% blocked, cultivation will be extremely difficult. What use are the other conditions you have then?

What good is high comprehension, or strong combat talent if your cultivation speed is slow? Your comprehension and combat skills are useless if you are slow.

As for whether the blockage of the meridians can be opened later in life, at least based on the knowledge Lu Yunshi currently possesses, it is not possible.

Lu Yunshi once heard Mr. Li say that a great master, after cultivating to the highest level, explored the heavens and discovered that what blocked people's meridians was not ordinary impurities, but an ineffable Dao intent. This was a shackle bestowed by heaven, which was naturally difficult for human beings to break free from.

Even if there were a way, it wouldn't be something Lu Yunshi could access right now.

What he needs to think about now is how to break through his ten orifices.

A person's body usually has ten orifices. The most important part of the Body Tempering Realm is to use one's own blood and qi to open up the orifices. Lu Yunshi is currently in the middle stage of Body Tempering at the sixth orifice. Normally, reaching the seventh orifice is the late stage of Body Tempering. When one reaches the ninth orifice, one can begin to break through to the Spirit Gathering Realm.

As for the tenth aperture, that is the so-called ultimate realm.

Soon, Lu Yunshi found the unopened acupoints in his body and prepared to use spiritual energy to attack them with his blood and qi.

Fortunately, the power of the Purple Cloud Pill was strong enough. Even though Lu Yunshi blocked most of the meridians, reducing the amount of energy that could be transmitted, he finally managed to open the seventh acupoint after thirty minutes.

The moment the seventh acupoint broke through, an even richer flow of qi and blood surged out, quickly transforming into Lu Yunshi's new power to take the next step.

eighth......

Lu Yunshi focused his mind, but he was not overjoyed by the small success. He knew that his purpose was not limited to this, and he quickly began to search for the eighth acupoint in his body.

If you can visualize inside your body, this process doesn't take long.

However, the strength of this eighth acupoint seemed to exceed Lu Yunshi's expectations. Without saying a word, he swallowed another Purple Cloud Pill, and its powerful medicinal effects immediately took hold.

This eighth point took an hour.

Next comes the ninth stage, which is also the final stage of body tempering.

Lu Yunshi proceeded methodically, swallowing the third Purple Cloud Pill. He gained an even greater amount of blood and spiritual energy, but facing the ninth level, it was still a protracted battle.

It seems that we may need to use the fourth Purple Cloud Pill.

'As expected, I was held back by my own body. Otherwise, even two Purple Cloud Pills would have been enough to break through to the ninth aperture, let alone the power of four. The blocked meridians prevented me from having enough power to break through, so I could only slowly exhaust myself, wasting a lot of my blood and spiritual energy.'