destiny eternal calamity

The 10,000 taels of silver that Uncle Xu brought back, along with the remaining 2,700 taels in the storeroom, were moved into Li Wei's room under Li Wei's orders.

Seeing the three large boxes containing 12,700 taels of silver, Li Wei recharged it all at once.

next moment.

[Recharge Points: 13900]

Before Li Wei could make a move, a crisp notification sounded in his mind again:

[Ding! Congratulations, host, on your first single recharge exceeding 10,000! You are rewarded with 1000 recharge points as a cashback.]

As soon as the notification sound ended, another thousand recharge points were added to Li Wei's account, bringing the total number of recharge points in Li Wei's account to 14900.

"System, upgrade the Mountain-Shattering Thunder Hand technique for me!"

As soon as Li Wei had a thought, 10,000 recharge points were automatically deducted from his account.

Immediately afterward, images began to appear in his mind of tiny figures modeled after himself, repeatedly performing the entire "Mountain-Shattering Thunder Hand" technique.

As the number of times the little figure in his mind completely executed the Mountain-Shattering Thunder Hand technique increased, Li Wei's understanding of this skill deepened. When this profound understanding converged to a peak...

Suddenly, a brilliant idea flashed into my mind.

Originally, the Mountain-Shattering Thunder Hand only had ten forms, but Li Wei deduced an eleventh form.

This is not over yet.

As time went by, the twelfth, thirteenth... and so on, up to the eighteenth move of the Mountain-Shattering Thunder Hand technique, finally came to a halt.

The Mountain-Shattering Thunder Hand technique, originally a first-tier skill, was upgraded to a second-tier skill after Li Wei deduced the subsequent eight forms.

Furthermore, since it was deduced by Li Wei, the initial understanding and comprehension of the eight forms of the Mountain-Crushing Thunder Hand were also entered into Li Wei's mind.

This allowed Li Wei to reach the "entry-level" level of understanding of the last eight forms of the "Mountain-Crushing Thunder Hand," which had been upgraded to the second-tier technique.

Once Li Wei reached the "entry-level" stage, the barrier that had previously prevented him from breaking through to the "meridian opening" stage disappeared.

The next moment, Li Wei felt that the meridians in his body became much smoother.

Li Wei's martial arts cultivation broke through the 'Meridian Opening' stage almost without any obstacles.

Body tempering is mainly for strengthening the body and refining muscles and bones, while meridian opening is entirely different.

Unblocking the meridians requires connecting the twelve regular meridians and the eight extraordinary meridians, allowing the body's Qi and blood to surge like a river.

Once a martial artist enters the Meridian Opening Realm, they can release their blood and qi to form a protective aura, their hands can transform into sharp blades to cleave metal and break rocks, and their physical strength can reach several times that of body tempering.

Li Wei has only opened up two of the twelve regular meridians and one of the eight extraordinary meridians.

If he can open up all twelve regular meridians and eight extraordinary meridians, then Li Wei will reach the realm of perfect meridian opening, and only then will he have the opportunity to come into contact with the next realm, the 'Sea of ​​Qi'.

Li Wei originally wanted to find a quiet and suitable place to test his current strength.

But before Li Wei could take any action...

Li Wei's third uncle's family was the first to come to the door. When Uncle Xu told Li Wei that his third uncle and his family had arrived at the house, Li Wei was stunned for a moment.

Li Wei was also surprised that his third uncle was in such a hurry.

Li Wei recalled his third uncle's family in his mind. When Li Wei's father was still alive, his third uncle's family would send a congratulatory letter to Li Wei's father during festivals to show their presence and make their presence felt. At the end of the letter, they would not forget to take the opportunity to ask Li Wei's father for some benefits.

At other times, you can't even see a soul.

Li Wei is now eighteen years old, and he has only met his third uncle's family three times, the most recent time being three years ago.

At that time, Uncle San's eldest son, Li Ye, had made a breakthrough in martial arts, having just broken through the first realm, "Body Tempering".

The third uncle's family was overjoyed and went to great lengths to travel by carriage from Nanyang Prefecture to the capital, where they boasted about it to Li Wei's father.

The implication of his words was simply that he hoped Li Wei's father would give his son more support in practicing martial arts, and that the future honor of the Li family would depend on his son.

As for Li Wei, his talent is really dull, and there is definitely no hope for him in martial arts, so there is no need to continue wasting money.

Li Wei's father was furious, but out of consideration for the family's reputation, he held back and did not lash out. In the end, he gave his third uncle's family a thousand taels of silver as support, and the matter was over.

The seven-day mourning period for his father hadn't even passed yet, and his third uncle's whole family had already rushed over, so it couldn't be just a simple memorial service for the deceased.

Li Wei didn't bother to think about why his third uncle's family had rushed over so urgently. Anyway, whatever they wanted to do, they couldn't interfere with him!

Li Wei instructed Uncle Xu, "Uncle Xu, please take them to the mourning hall first. I'll be there in a bit."

Uncle Xu responded and left, following Li Wei's instructions, leading his third uncle and his entire family to the mourning hall.

Li Wei's third uncle, Li Anxing, was very unhappy that Li Wei hadn't come to greet his family in person.

As he followed Uncle Xu toward the mourning hall, he spoke with a hint of reproach to his children who were following behind:

"Your cousin, now that Father is gone, no one can control him anymore. He's become arrogant. When I, his third uncle, came to visit, he didn't even bother to show his face to greet me personally. He just sent some old man to send me away."

Upon hearing this, Uncle Xu remained silent and continued leading the way.

Li Anxing was the third son in the Li family, while Li Wei's father, Li Anguo, was the eldest, and there was also a second son, Li Anshun.

Li Anxing's son, Li Ye, immediately echoed:

"Father, don't be angry. Anyway, Li Wei doesn't even have a body tempering cultivation level. He'll have to rely on us in the future. When we take over Uncle's family property, how dare Li Wei neglect you?"

Li Anxing and his family made no attempt to hide their words from others, clearly showing that they didn't take Li Wei seriously at all.

In their eyes, the inheritance left by Li Wei's father was clearly already theirs.

The reason they rushed here was to get ahead of Li Wei's second uncle Li Anshun's family and make Li Wei "voluntarily" give them all of his property.

In this way, even if Li Anshun and his family arrive in a few days, they won't be able to compete with them for the family property.

A short while later.

Uncle Xu stopped in his tracks: "We've arrived."

He then turned and left.

Watching Uncle Xu leave with a cold attitude, not even bothering to say a polite word, Li Anxing spat on the ground and loudly declared:

"You old fool, once I'm in charge of this house, the first thing I'll do is kick you out!"

Soon, Uncle Xu relayed everything about Li Anxing's situation to Li Wei in detail.

Listening to Uncle Xu's words, Li Wei realized that his third uncle didn't respect him at all, even in front of others, and was unabashedly greedy for the family fortune left by his father. Li Wei couldn't help but shake his head and laugh mockingly.

Li Wei knew that Li Anxing was so confident simply because his eldest son had decent talent and he himself was a "body tempering" martial artist.

However, they were unaware that Li Wei, whom they knew as someone who couldn't even reach the "Body Tempering" stage, had already reached the "Meridian Opening" stage.