Sword Roaring in the Sky

Chapter 221 The Hidden Meridian of Three Golds
As Fan Na Jia Er was searching around, a ball of true energy suddenly attacked his lower abdomen. He remained calm in the face of danger, pressed down with one palm, and his body floated up into the air. However, he did not expect that the ball of true energy would suddenly deflect, and his palm strike would miss its mark.

Fan Na Jia Er's ability to ascend the stone platform for the battle for the throne demonstrates his exceptional skills. He suddenly twisted his body, dodging the vital point, but was struck in the side by this burst of true energy. He couldn't help but roar in anger, and a folding fan flew out of his sleeve and smashed down to the ground.

Sun Yanwan's sneak attack failed to achieve its full purpose, which was a slight pity. She broke through the mud and slashed out with her saber.

The two exchanged three or four blows in mid-air before landing. Fannajia Ernuhe said, "Quickly return my precious fan!" At the same time, he was also quite surprised.

In their exchange just now, Fan Najia Er did not gain the upper hand. As a Xiantian Realm cultivator, in addition to the Eight Extraordinary Meridians and the Twelve Orthodox Meridians, he also had seven or eight Hidden Meridians connected. His true energy should have been more powerful than Sun Yanwan's. However, when the two clashed with their folding fans and sabers, they found that this kid's true energy was extremely profound, seemingly even above their own. This was very strange!

Fan Najia thought to himself, "If I weren't a Xiantian cultivator with far more refined true energy than him, I might have suffered a loss in our fight just now."

He was, after all, a disciple from the Great Snow Mountain, and in an instant, he understood the truth and couldn't help but ask, "Your external martial arts have also reached the second rank?"

Sun Yanwan said with a grin, "Just lucky!"

He turned and fled without the slightest hesitation.

Although he was not at a disadvantage in the previous exchange, the Innate Realm is not only about opening up the hidden meridians, but also about condensing the true meaning of martial arts. When he uses the same moves, they are more refined than those of a first-grade martial artist.

Sun Yanwan knew that she had only managed to hold her own because of her successful sneak attack. Fan Najia was injured and had caught her off guard; if they continued fighting, she would be at a disadvantage. Moreover, if Fan Najia got entangled with her for too long, a large number of experts from Northern Yan would arrive, and her fate would be dire.

Fan Najia used his lightness skill to chase after her for a while, but then felt a sharp pain in his side. Every step he took aggravated the wound, forcing him to stop and watch Sun Yanwan disappear into the distance. He called out, "No matter how you try to escape, you will never get out of my grasp."

Sun Yanwan didn't answer him at all and quickly disappeared into the grassland. He was also very troubled. Fan Najia had actually gotten a tracking eagle. What should he do?
"We must find a way to kill that hairy beast."

Sun Yanwan soon encountered a group of riders on spirited horses, and relying on her superb lightness skills, she managed to sneak into their ranks unnoticed.

The Fierce Horse Cavalry were warriors selected by Northern Yan from various tribes, so they were not very familiar with each other. No one could have imagined that Sun Yanwan would be so bold. He was also a northerner, and his accent was close to Northern Yan Mandarin. As long as he spoke less in the team, he would not attract attention.

On the vast grasslands, the languages ​​of different tribes are not the same. After the establishment of the Northern Yan royal court, the Northern Yan language was created by bringing together Confucian scholars from the royal court and eminent monks from Longzang Temple, based on the official language of Dalang. Apart from accents and a few words, it is not much different from the Dalang language, and there is no language barrier between the people of the two countries.

Sun Yanwan infiltrated the group simply to rest and avoid being chased by Vanaga II's eagles again.

Sure enough, he infiltrated the Fierce Horse Cavalry, and Vanaga II was never able to find him again.

Sun Yanwan followed this group of spirited cavalry for several hours. As it was getting dark, the group decided to return to their camp to rest. Of course, he dared not go back to the camp with them, so he quietly broke away from the group again.

On the vast grassland, Sun Yanwan found a sheltered spot, took the jerky and naan bread she had stolen, ate it with some water until she was full, and then resumed her daily cultivation.

Although he has not yet cultivated his internal strength to the second rank, he has already opened six of the eight extraordinary meridians and nine of the twelve regular meridians. His internal energy flows through his veins with very few obstructions.

He cultivated until dawn, when the sun rose. He then took out the Golden Sutra of the Sun given to him by Xiximuli and read and pondered it for a while.

Although the Songyang School's Meridian Classic has a method for cultivating the thirty-six hidden meridians, it is a gradual process. The cultivation of internal energy still starts from the eight extraordinary meridians and the twelve regular meridians.

Without cultivating the Eight Extraordinary Meridians and the Twelve Regular Meridians, and connecting all the hidden meridians, the Golden Classic of the Sun cannot follow the path of accumulating true qi and breaking through the barriers of the Extraordinary Meridians. It records many "unthinkable and unorthodox" methods.

For example, the most difficult martial art in Da Lang, the Xuan Guan Yin Mai, has incredible techniques in Bo Shi Guo, such as throwing wild beasts, high-altitude rope jumping, blissful intercourse, taking illusionary drugs, and fantasy feasts.

Although these methods have a high probability of leading a person to death, they are indeed quite effective if we disregard human life.

For example, there are very few martial arts methods in Da Lang. To master them, one must spend years of hard work or rely on talent and sudden enlightenment. However, in Bo Shi Kingdom, there are strange methods such as the Ant Nest Meditation Method and the Snake, Spider and Scorpion Crawling Method, which are terrifying yet eye-opening.

Sun Yanwan studied the Taiyang Jin Jing (a classic text on metal and solar energy) and, through analogy, actually managed to connect a hidden meridian, Taibai!
Tai Bai, Tai Geng, and Tai Xin are known as the Three Hidden Gold Veins. Among the Ten Transformations of Xuanhuang, there is a school that cultivates the Three Hidden Gold Veins.

However, Sun Yanwan doesn't have the time right now to cultivate another Xuanhuang Transformation technique and open up another hidden meridian, which for the time being only to store more true qi.

After flipping through the Sun Golden Sutra for a while, Sun Yanwan thought to herself, "When I return to Songyang Mountain, I will present this sutra to my master and senior uncle. These elders will surely be able to perfectly integrate it into the Meridian Sutra, making this mental cultivation method even more perfect."

"Following my master's style, I'm afraid I'll become a third-generation celebrity in revising the Meridian Classic." "Unfortunately, Bo Shi Kingdom doesn't cultivate the Eight Extraordinary Meridians and the Twelve Orthodox Meridians. Although the Taiyang Jin Jing also contains methods for opening up abandoned meridians, its mental techniques are very crude and far less refined than the Meridian Classic, so it has little reference value."

"I don't know when I will be able to open up the last two extraordinary meridians and three main meridians, allowing my internal energy to flow freely throughout my body and advance to the first rank."

Sun Yanwan was studying martial arts when he heard a commotion. He put away the Golden Sutra of the Sun, used his lightness skill to follow the sound, and saw more than ten horsemen throwing Xixi Muli, who was bound hand and foot, on the ground and trampling on him. There were also several experts from Northern Yan chatting and laughing nearby.

Relying on his martial arts skills from the Kingdom of Boshi, Xiximuli rolled around on the ground, his face covered in mud, his robe smudged and worn, begging for mercy, but no one paid him any attention.

Seeing that he would soon be exhausted and trampled to death by the chaotic horses, Sun Yanwan suddenly leaped out, swung his saber, and killed a Northern Yan general who was still chatting and laughing.

The remaining experts from Northern Yan were initially surprised, but then overjoyed, and quickly formed a united front.

Sun Yanwan killed one of them, but dared not get entangled with the other Northern Yan warriors. She charged into the ranks of the fierce cavalry, swung her sword and cut the ropes binding Xiximuli, and shouted, "Take the horse!"

Xiximuli leaped up, propelled by the spiritual power of the Boshi Kingdom. Two fierce riders immediately fell from their horses. He seized a horse, frantically patted its rump, and fled in disarray.

He didn't dare use this move just now because the warriors of Boshi Kingdom specialize in hidden meridians and have too little true energy. They have to conserve it to avoid being trampled by warhorses. Now that he has escaped, how could he dare to be stingy with his true energy?
Sun Yanwan also seized a horse and chased closely behind Xiximuli. Several Northern Yan warriors also mounted their horses and led more than ten fierce cavalrymen in hot pursuit.

Sun Yanwan called out from afar, "Old Xi, how did you get captured alive?"

Xiximuli cried out in grief and indignation, "Don't follow me!"

Sun Yanwan said, "You are not familiar with Northern Yan. Without me to guide you, you will not be able to get out of the Great Grassland."

Xiximuli yelled, "You're lying again! You don't know the paths on the grasslands either. Don't forget, you led me astray once. Besides, they're all chasing you, they won't care about me. I'm perfectly safe as long as you're not with me."

Sun Yanwan laughed and said, "If that's the case, then why were you arrested?"

Xiximuli became even more upset when the matter was brought up. He picked up Jiyatana's jewelry as a hidden weapon to hit Sun Yanwan. He originally wanted to travel west, cross the territory of Northern Yan, and find Bo Shi's army on his own. However, after going around in circles, he ended up back and was caught by the experts from Northern Yan who were searching for Sun Yanwan.

He originally wanted to explain himself, after all, he was a cannibal, and there was a chance that he could be believed if he said that he had no relationship with Sun Yanwan. However, the warriors of Northern Yan discovered that he had Jiyatana's jewelry on him and took it off on the spot.

Originally, the Northern Yan and Boshi Kingdom were at war, and the warriors of the Northern Yan hated the Boshi merchants who occasionally came to the grasslands to trade. Xiximuli even dared to "steal" the Northern Yan princess's belongings. No matter how Xiximuli explained that he had picked them up, it was useless. He was to be executed by being trampled by horses on the spot.

This is a form of execution on the grasslands, where captured prisoners are trampled to death by wild horses.

At the critical moment, Sun Yanwan stepped in and saved the merchant from Boshi Kingdom.

The two rode their horses for more than ten miles until their horses were exhausted. Just as Sun Yanwan was thinking of a way to get rid of the pursuers, he saw the eagle raised by Fan Najia circling high in the sky. He angrily cursed, "You feathered beast, I'll roast you one day."

Seeing that he couldn't get rid of Sun Yanwan, Xiximuli knew that he might not be able to find a way out of the grassland. Originally, he was a maritime merchant and was very confident in his ability to observe celestial phenomena and find directions. However, he never expected that the grassland was different from the sea, and many of his methods were not applicable. Although Sun Yanwan was also unreliable, it was better for the two of them to be together than for one person to be alone, so he accepted his fate.

He looked up at the sky and asked, "Does that eagle have an owner?"

Sun Yanwan said, "It's the Great Snow Mountain, where Fan Najia and Er kept them. They are the best trackers and are very annoying."

Xiximuli took a few deep breaths and said, "I have a way to kill this eagle."

Sun Yanwan was overjoyed and asked, "How do we kill this hairy beast?"

Xiximuli said, “In our country of Boshi, there are also people who raise these intelligent birds and use them for hunting. These birds, which are kept by humans, have a great defect from birth.”

Upon hearing this, Sun Yanwan's spirits lifted, and she hurriedly exclaimed, "Speak quickly!"

(End of this chapter)