What a lucky world!

Chapter 7 The twelve meridians transform into dragons!
night.

Snoring sounds could be heard one after another in the Wuren Lane slum.

Zhang Mu fell asleep on his bed.

He Bilai's promise made Zhang Mu feel much more relaxed. After he came back, the fatigue from the time travel finally broke out and he fell asleep as soon as he hit the bed.

Although he was asleep at this time, a thin layer of sweat appeared on his forehead.

A faint blood energy like smoke emerged from his body and condensed into a fox head the size of a fist. It bared its fangs and suddenly bit towards his throat!

Zhang Mu sat up suddenly with a look of panic on his face. He looked around and then breathed a sigh of relief.

"It was a dream..." Zhang Mu wiped the sweat from his forehead.

He dreamed that he appeared in the mountains and was bitten to death by a fox bigger than a tiger.

"Is it psychological, or is it the influence of that sorcery?"

Zhang Mu turned his head, glanced at the crescent moon outside the window, took a deep breath, lay back on the bed and closed his eyes.

I will start practicing martial arts tomorrow, so I have to stay in good spirits!

……

The morning light shines into the house timidly like a shy little girl.

Zhang Mu woke up from his sleep.

Fortunately, I was not woken up by nightmares in the second half of the night.

Zhang Mu got up, dressed, and walked out of the house. The large courtyard where he lived was already bustling with activity.

There are five families living in the yard. The gate is dilapidated and the lintel is low. The ground is a mixture of mud and gravel. There is a well in the yard and an earthen public stove in the northwest corner.

After saying hello to his busy neighbors, Zhang Mu took some water to wash himself, dodged the naked children playing and laughing, walked out of the gate of the compound, and entered the five-foot-wide alley.

At this time, the alley was filled with the smell of feces and urine. If you saw someone carrying a wooden bucket, you must avoid it, otherwise you might get some of the things of reincarnation on your body.

There was no way around it. The people living in this alley were all poor, and they wouldn't pay any money to the night incense collectors. So the night incense collectors put a big bucket at the entrance of the alley and let the residents pour the water in themselves, and they would come to get it at regular intervals.

At this time, Wuchixiang was like a minefield, and every step was filled with crying, scolding, and spitting.

The early morning is like the horn of their survival for a new day.

After walking out of Wuren Lane and arriving at the main street of the county town, you need to walk a little further and completely leave the neighborhood consisting of several alleys before the foul smell in the air will be alleviated.

At this time, the unique hawking sounds of the early morning reached Zhang Mu's ears.

"Chuibing—delicious huibing—fragrant huibing sprinkled with sesame seeds—"

"Pears—pears just picked from the tree this morning—sweet juice when you bite into them—"

"Selling fish - they are all big white fish one foot long, they are delicious steamed or braised, selling fish -"

The hawking sounds came one after another, and it sounded lively. Perhaps it was because it was still early, but there were not many people who actually stopped to buy. Most of them were students wearing Confucian robes.

After all, being able to read meant having some wealth. Those men in shorts were laborers, and they had to pick up work in the morning before they could eat. Otherwise, if they ate in the morning and didn't find work, wouldn't that be a waste?

Zhang Mu spent a few coins to buy a pancake and walked quickly among the crowd.

Wan'an County has been expanded once, so it has a layout of inner and outer cities. After years of adjustment, it has formed a pattern of rich inside and poor outside.

Zhang Mu passed through the inner city gate and entered the inner city area, and the scenery in front of him suddenly changed.

Green pines and cypresses, and bluestone roads.

Walk along the bluestone road and pass several archways, and you will see a magnificent mansion.

Before the mansion stood four stone altars, each supported by a flagpole about two feet tall. Atop each pole fluttered a green flag embroidered with designs of dragons, tigers, lions, and leopards. The flags fluttered in the wind, and the gold embroidery brought the designs to life. The mansion's vermilion lacquered gate stood open, its teacup-sized copper nails gleaming in the sunlight. Atop the gate, a plaque read "Yuanwei Escort Agency," its characters written in bold, powerful strokes of iron and silver.

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"Brother Mu, this! This!" As soon as Zhang Mu entered the escort agency, he saw a young man who was slightly older than him greeting him from behind the door.

As soon as Zhang Mu saw the other party, he hurried to meet him.

It was the escort who had come to the accounting office to retrieve the precious medicine. This man was called He Yun, a nephew of He Bilai. He often went to the accounting office, so he and He Bilai had met each other a few times.

"Brother He, why are you here?" Zhang Mu asked curiously.

"Well, it's your business." He Yun led Zhang Mu into the escort agency, explaining as they walked, "My second uncle said that you usually stay in the accounting office. Today is the first day of martial arts training, so he specifically asked me to take you with me."

"Thank you very much." Zhang Mu hurriedly thanked him.

"You're welcome... But Brother Mu, forgive me for being frank, it's a bit late for you to practice cultivation now. You have missed the stage of strengthening your muscles and bones." He Yun said bluntly.

Zhang Mu looked helpless and sighed, "Poor in literature but rich in martial arts, I didn't have the conditions before. This time, it's all thanks to Mr. He's help..."

He Yun realized that he seemed to have said something wrong and quickly changed the subject, "It's okay. You know our escort leader Song, he didn't learn martial arts until he was in his twenties, but he's also an escort leader now, right?"

Zhang Mu smiled in agreement. Above the escorts are the escort masters, and above the escort masters are the escort leaders. Even in the Yuanwei Escort Agency, there are only four escort leaders. These four people are undoubtedly masters even if you look at the entire Wan'an County.

"The Escort Agency's martial arts academy is divided into the inner and outer courtyards." He Yun introduced as he walked. "The inner courtyard is where the Escort Agency's internal staff continue to practice after they have been promoted. Since you are just starting to learn martial arts, you can only enter the outer courtyard."

"By the way, Brother Mu, since you want to practice, how much do you know about martial arts?"

Zhang Mu thought for a moment and said, "It's all hearsay. I can't really say I know much about it."

"That's what I guessed." He Yun shook his head. "These basic common sense should be taught by the master when you are training your strength. If you don't understand, then I will explain it to you in more detail."

Zhang Mu's eyes lit up: "Brother He, please tell me in detail."

He Yun nodded and said, "Let's talk about the initial stage of martial arts, the Tongmai stage."

"The human race is the seed of destiny, and its mysteries are extraordinary. The meridians in its body are as crisscrossed as the mountains and rivers of the earth, and the acupoints are as densely packed as the stars in the night sky, implicitly in line with the principles of heaven and earth."

"Within the complex structure of the human body, ancient sages discovered twelve meridians as the foundation of martial arts."

"To reach the Tongmai realm, one must find these twelve meridians and then circulate the innate martial energy to clear them."

"Along these meridians, there are varying numbers of acupoints. Each acupoint is like a door, and you have to push these doors open one by one. When all the acupoints on a meridian are pushed open, the meridian will be unobstructed, and an empty acupoint will form at the end of the meridian. The empty acupoint can gather extraordinary power, which is the fundamental reason why warriors are stronger than ordinary people."

"When you condense your first acupoint, you are considered to have entered the first rank. After that, you will successively reach the second rank, the third rank, the fourth rank... until the twelfth rank."

After hearing this, some of Zhang Mu’s doubts were immediately answered.

No wonder innate martial luck is so important; it's needed to clear the meridians. It sounds a bit like digging a tunnel: those with strong innate talent can just drive a tunnel boring machine and push it forward, while those with weak talent can only carry it by hand, achieving half the result with twice the effort.

"Opening up the meridians has enormous benefits." He Yun saw the light in Zhang Mu's eyes, smiled, and continued, "Every time a meridian is opened up, you can increase your strength by ten kilograms. If all twelve meridians are opened up, even without the blessing of martial arts, your strength will exceed a hundred kilograms, which is already inhuman."

Zhang Mu was shocked when he heard this. One jun is about 1.5 jin, and one hundred jun is jin, which is tons.

With a force of over 1.5 tons, who can withstand this punch?
No wonder the warriors in this world can fight against demons!

"Some say that these twelve meridians are like twelve sleeping dragons within the human body. Opening the meridians is actually the process of awakening them. Once the voids condense, it's like a dragon entering the sea, transforming into a dragon. Therefore, the Meridian Opening Realm is also called the Dragon Transformation Realm." Zhang Mu sighed, "If it truly is the twelfth level of Great Perfection, then for ordinary people, it truly is a dragon among men."

"Brother He, what is your current cultivation level?" Zhang Mu suddenly asked curiously.

He Yun shrugged and said, "I have average talent. I started practicing at the age of twelve, and so far I have only opened up two and a half meridians, which is a second-level meridian opening."

"Is it so difficult?" Zhang Mu blurted out.

He Yun didn't feel offended and nodded, saying, "Yes, opening up the meridians is actually a very slow and steady process. Some meridians have fewer acupoints, so the level can be increased quickly, while others have more, so the level is naturally slower. Moreover, the further acupoints are along a meridian, the more difficult it is to reach. I've heard that people with strong innate martial luck can achieve a level increase per month, and reach the Great Perfection of Meridian Opening in a year. I'm so envious."

Zhang Mu lowered his head and said nothing.

With a strong innate martial luck, he could reach the state of great perfection in the meridians in one year?

My Tianji Ranking can enhance the innate martial luck!

At this moment, Zhang Mu's desire to raise money to restart the Tianji List reached its peak.

As the two were talking, they arrived outside a yard, from which came all kinds of loud shouts.

"Okay, this is the outer courtyard. The instructor of the outer courtyard is named Wang, and he is also an old man in the escort agency." He Yun said with a smile, "Brother Mu, go ahead. Once you take this step, you will embark on the path of martial arts."

Zhang Mu smiled when he heard this, and walked towards the yard without hesitation!

(End of this chapter)