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[Ding! 180 recharge points (10% discount) have been deducted, and you have reached the beginner level in the second-tier skill "Five Steps Plum Blossom Stakes"!]

As the system's voice sounded, Li Wei received a memory of himself practicing the "Five-Step Plum Blossom Stakes".

All the insights required for the initial stage of this skill entered his mind, and he practiced the Five-Step Plum Blossom Stakes mentally again and again.

Of course, he could spend 3200 recharge points to learn this skill to perfection in one step.

But this wouldn't be easy to explain to Aunt Ying.

Since the Meridian Opening Pill takes a month to absorb, and with Aunt Ying protecting him, he wasn't in a hurry to increase his combat power.

He planned to spend five days each to improve his skills in these five meridian-opening techniques within this month.

The first day covers the beginner and advanced levels; the second day covers minor mastery; the third day covers major mastery; and the fourth and fifth days cover perfection.

With five days left, I can pretend to be comprehending the essence of the technique, and then upgrade the most promising "Free and Unfettered Sword Technique" to the third tier.

That should shock Aunt Ying.

Li Wei couldn't guarantee that he wouldn't "fall out of favor" with Princess Yuzhen, so he could only try to increase his own bargaining power.

Extending the breakthrough time to a month also has its advantages. He can gradually become familiar with the practical application of various martial arts, so that he doesn't become a novice with maxed-out attributes but poor combat awareness.

Under Aunt Ying's watchful gaze, Li Wei recalled the secrets of the Five-Step Plum Blossom Pole Technique and performed a complete set following the mental rehearsal.

As Li Wei completed a full set of the "Five-Step Plum Blossom Stakes", his Foot Shaoyang Gallbladder Meridian, Foot Shaoyin Kidney Meridian, and Yangqiao Meridian were instantly connected.

Including the four meridians and two channels that were opened before, Li Wei has now opened six meridians and three channels.

"You've already learned it?" Aunt Ying was shocked.

She herself had learned this movement technique when she was in the Meridian Opening Realm. It took her a full half month to master it back then, and she was still praised as a genius.

What kind of person is Li Wei then? A celestial being? A genius?

Li Wei remained silent, but quietly continued practicing two sets of five-step plum blossom stakes.

then.

[Ding! 180 recharge points have been deducted (10% discount), allowing you to progress from beginner to expert in the second-tier skill "Five Steps Plum Blossom Stakes"!]

Immediately, more profound insights into this movement technique flooded his mind.

His movements became more skillful, exuding a certain charm.

"This is... he actually mastered this movement technique in just one day. It took me two months to get to this point back then, a total of two and a half months of practice before I could match him now."

Aunt Ying is numb.

When Li Wei stopped moving, Aunt Ying was still staring at him intently.

"Li Wei, tell me honestly, how did you train for the Body Tempering Realm? What technique did you use to break through to the Meridian Opening Realm? With such high talent, why are you still only at the mid-Meridian Opening Realm?"

Great, she was shocked, she was curious, and she started to care about me.

Li Wei knew that Aunt Ying had taken a liking to his talent, after all, the talent he had shown was simply too exaggerated.

"I practiced the 'Mountain-Shattering Thunder Hand' that my father gave me, and as I practiced it, I broke through to the Meridian Opening Realm."

"How is that possible? If you only practice the Mountain-Shattering Thunder Hand, you can't even achieve the perfection of Body Tempering, let alone break through to the Meridian Opening stage."

"I really only practiced this one technique before. My father was a Qi Sea martial artist. He had meridian opening and even Qi Sea martial arts, but most of them came from the Prime Minister's Mansion. There were special blood and qi restrictions. After practicing, you need to take special medicine powder regularly, otherwise your blood and qi will flow backward. At best, your meridians will be ruined, and at worst, you will die. He didn't want me to get too involved with the Prime Minister's Mansion, so he only gave me this clean Mountain-Crushing Thunder Hand and didn't teach me any other martial arts."

What Li Wei said was true. Otherwise, even if he was a good-for-nothing, with a father who had a Qi Sea, how could he only have a first-level cultivation technique?

Aunt Ying was aware of the Prime Minister's methods, so she did not question them.

"Show me how you use the Mountain-Shattering Thunder Hand technique."

Li Wei did as instructed.

"Is this...is this really the Mountain-Shattering Thunder Hand?"

This martial art was quite popular in the official departments of Dali, and Aunt Ying, as a guest of the princess's mansion, had naturally learned it as well.

The Mountain-Shattering Thunder Hand technique that Li Wei demonstrated seemed to be the same as what she had learned, but it was also not the same thing.

Putting everything else aside, why does the Mountain-Crushing Thunder Hand have eighteen moves?

"Aunt Ying, this martial art only has ten moves, but I figured out the last eight moves, which is how I broke through to the Meridian Opening Realm."

"If you remove the last eight moves and the concept of 'momentum' within them, it should look like this."

As Li Wei spoke, he performed the original Mountain-Shattering Thunder Hand technique again.

"This is indeed the Mountain-Shattering Thunderclap Hand. You actually managed to cultivate it to its perfect state and even created a second-tier martial art based on it, thus breaking through to the Meridian Opening Realm with only this one martial art?"

"Li Wei, you are truly a martial arts prodigy."

At this moment, Aunt Ying was filled with amazement.

However, she seemed to suddenly remember something, so she grabbed Li Wei's arm and started kneading it.

Then the thighs, chest, and back.

She had never lost her composure like this before, but Li Wei's talent was simply too extraordinary.

And for some reason, she found the other person very attractive, which made her feel an involuntary protective instinct towards him.

Those two fair and delicate hands were agile and strong, and they also exuded a kind of true energy, which moved between Li Wei's bones and muscles.

It wasn't until she noticed something amiss that Aunt Ying suddenly released him.

She glanced at the mysterious hidden weapon that seemed to have its own consciousness, and couldn't help but spit out a light spit, thinking to herself that the young man was really too arrogant.

"I was just probing your Body Tempering Realm foundation, don't overthink it."

"There are bound to be some problems with this kind of training, but fortunately we discovered it early and there's still a way to remedy it."

Huh? This time it was Li Wei's turn to be surprised.

You should know that the cultivation level of ordinary people is achieved through cultivation, and their realm is superficial; but his realm is the result of real system pay-to-win points, which is solid and steady, so how could there be a problem?

Seeing his bewildered look, Aunt Ying explained:

"Geniuses from normal martial arts families will practice several techniques to strengthen different parts of the body when they reach the Body Tempering Realm. They will also take medicinal baths. The skeletal muscles they develop in this way will be far stronger than those of ordinary Body Tempering Realm martial artists."

"Although you have mastered the Mountain-Shattering Thunder Hand technique to a high degree, it is still just a single martial art. In addition, without medicinal baths, your physical strength is far inferior to those of the noble families."

Li Wei understood. The system provided the standard solution, which was indeed solid and reliable, but there were also solutions that exceeded the standard.

Just like the meridian-clearing pills he took before.

He could clearly feel that his meridians were thicker and stronger than before under the influence of the medicine.

The worldly people may have a superficial understanding of the world, but that doesn't mean that the elites of aristocratic families may have a superficial understanding of the world.

The scroll is one of the eternal themes of humankind.

"You are a martial arts prodigy, one in a thousand years. How could you stumble here? I will use acupuncture to help you channel the medicinal power, which will make up for your lack of physical strength."

Li Wei was truly on the verge of tears this time, and he really wanted to shout out those two words.

But I held back.

As night deepened, and knowing that tomorrow would be the seventh day after his father's death and that he would have to get up early for the funeral, Li Wei prepared to go to sleep.

"Aunt Ying, you sleep in the master bedroom, I'll go to the side bedroom next door."

The side bedroom was originally for the maids, but it was vacated today for Aunt Ying.

Li Wei was naturally embarrassed to let such a kind Aunt Ying stay in the maid's room, so he prepared to sleep in the side room himself.

"No, go and bring in the side-lying bed. We'd better not sleep separately, so that if you get attacked, I won't be able to come to your aid in time."

Looking at Aunt Ying's curvaceous figure, Li Wei's heart began to beat faster involuntarily.

Holy crap, does it have to be this exciting, my aunt?