The Prefecture City is different from Jade Water City.

The Prefecture City is bustling, with hidden talents and powerful figures.

He may be invincible in Jade Water City, a county city, but in the Prefecture City, that's not necessarily the case.

While he was pressing Ou Tianhao for the cultivation method of the Celestial Deformed Foot, he also asked about the cultivation method after the Qi Blood Realm and the strength of the Martial Artists in the Prefecture City.

The realm after the Qi Blood Realm is called the Meridian Opening Realm.

Meridian Opening involves using True Qi to expand the body's meridians.

After the expansion of the meridians, the capacity for True Qi and Qi Blood multiplies, allowing them to circulate more smoothly.

Under the stimulation of True Qi and Qi Blood, a Martial Artist's strength, speed, and other aspects of physical fitness will be further enhanced.

Moreover, after expanding the meridians, the released True Qi will be even more powerful.

The meridians are divided into Main Meridians and Extraordinary Meridians.

There are twelve Main Meridians: the Hand Three Yin Meridians, Foot Three Yin Meridians, Hand Three Yang Meridians, and Foot Three Yang Meridians, collectively called the "Twelve Main Meridians."

There are eight Extraordinary Meridians: Du, Ren, Chong, Dai, Yin Qiao, Yang Qiao, Yin Wei, and Yang Wei, collectively called the "Eight Extraordinary Meridians," which have the function of commanding, connecting, and regulating the Twelve Main Meridians.

The Meridian Opening Realm begins with the Twelve Main Meridians.

As for which meridian to start with, it purely depends on the Martial Artist's expertise in martial arts.

Some Martial Artists are skilled in fist and palm techniques and thus begin with the Hand Three Yin Meridians or the Hand Three Yang Meridians.

Some Martial Artists excel in footwork techniques and thus begin with the Foot Three Yin Meridians or the Foot Three Yang Meridians.

If the Martial Artist's martial arts are yin-based, they begin with the Yin Meridians.

If the Martial Artist's martial arts are yang-based, they begin with the Yang Meridians.

The more meridians one opens, the higher the Martial Arts Realm.

According to Ou Tianhao, his family's patriarch, also his father Ou Haquan, has opened twelve meridians.

His grandfather, before going into seclusion, opened thirteen meridians, but they don't know his current situation.

As the Chief Constable of the Prefecture City, Ou Tianhao has investigated many cases, and he estimates that there are more than thirty Martial Artists in the Prefecture City who have reached the Meridian Opening Realm.

This is undoubtedly a minority in a Prefecture City with over one million people.

And the strongest Martial Arts Realm on the surface is the commander of the Thunderbolt Army, Li Tunshan.

In the martial world of the Prefecture City, it's said that he has opened the twelve Main Meridians plus three Extraordinary Meridians, totaling fifteen meridians.

Because of Li Tunshan's supreme Martial Arts Realm, he is able to keep multiple forces in the Prefecture City in check.

Su Que also asked Zhang Bengen about the Martial Arts Realm of the Tang Sect's head in Jiannan Prefecture City.

But Zhang Bengen, being at a low level, did not know.

However, Su Que speculated that since the Tang Sect, an assassin organization, could exist in the Prefecture City, the Martial Arts Realm of the Tang Sect leader, even if weaker than Li Tunshan, would not be much weaker.

'So, in that case, there are at least thirty Martial Artists in the Prefecture City who are stronger than me.'

'These are just the ones on the surface; combined with those in the shadows, there are even more.'

'I must continue to enhance my strength to prepare for the trip to the Prefecture City!'

At this thought, Su Que followed the meridian opening method described by Ou Tianhao to perform "Meridian Opening."

He practiced both fist and foot techniques; both the Seven Injuries Fist and Celestial Deformed Foot were equally powerful.

And his True Qi possessed both yin and yang qualities.

Thus, it didn't matter which meridian he started with.

He immediately chose to open the "Hand Yangming Large Intestine Meridian" from the Hand Three Yang Meridians.

While enhancing his Martial Arts Realm, he didn't forget to cultivate his martial arts.

In martial arts, he had the fiercely imposing Seven Injuries Fist for close combat and the longer-ranged attacking Celestial Deformed Foot.

However, he lacked methods for long-range attacks.

And the Tang Sect's hidden weapons happened to fill this gap.

He glanced at Zhang Bengen's diagrams of the Tang Sect's hidden weapons.

Among the hidden weapons, there were those with simple construction and those more complex, mechanism-based ones.

However, even the simple ones were only so when compared to the complex Tang Sect's mechanisms.

If crafted, they were harder than swords, spears, sabers, and halberds.

And those mechanism-based hidden weapons, like crossbow arrows, were extremely complex; it's estimated that the blacksmiths in Jade Water City couldn't forge them.

If he relied on hidden weapons, he would have to find skilled craftsmen to forge them, which would be very troublesome.

Therefore, he decided not to rely on hidden weapons but to cultivate the Tang Sect's hidden weapon techniques.

From Zhang Bengen, he forced out the hidden weapon techniques, "Rain of Falling Flowers" and "Picking Flowers and Leaves."

Zhang Bengen primarily cultivated "Rain of Falling Flowers."

He progressed slowly with "Picking Flowers and Leaves," so he didn't practice it much.

Zhang Bengen said that when this hidden weapon technique is cultivated to a profound level, even flowers and leaves can injure others.

This was exactly what Su Que wanted to practice.

As long as he cultivated it to a high level, he could pick any object as a hidden weapon.

Recalling the cultivation methods mentioned by Zhang Bengen, Su Que began to practice.

Hidden weapon techniques first involve practicing the use of power and True Qi.

Once one knows how to utilize power and True Qi, the thrown hidden weapons become more forceful.

After roughly understanding how to exert power and use True Qi, he practiced the accuracy of hidden weapons.

For several nights, Su Que first decocted and drank medicine in Cyan Flower Mountain, circulated his True Qi, and opened the "Hand Yangming Large Intestine Meridian."

About an hour later, he would leap to a forest, using the stones there to practice the "Picking Flowers and Leaves" technique.

At the beginning of his practice, he followed Zhang Bengen's method, initially ignoring accuracy, and instead focusing on the use of power and True Qi.

Practicing power involves the entire body, from the feet to the waist to the hand, coordinating multiple muscles and bones when throwing an object.

The training of True Qi focuses on the moment of power release, with True Qi simultaneously released in coordination with the power, pushing the object forward.

Initially, his use of power and True Qi during launching was not adept.

When the stone was thrown, it only penetrated one tree before its momentum was exhausted, dropping to the ground.

He practiced with stone after stone, gradually increasing the speed of the stones as they shot out.

He summoned his attributes, practicing while observing them.

In the "Martial Arts" section of his attributes, "Picking Flowers and Leaves" was added.

Picking Flowers and Leaves (Beginner 21%)

Picking Flowers and Leaves (Beginner 22%)

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As he threw the stones repeatedly, continually adjusting his application of power and True Qi,

the cultivation progress of this martial skill, Picking Flowers and Leaves, was rapidly advancing.

After his one hundred and twenty-first throw,

Picking Flowers and Leaves (1st Realm Initial Insight 1%)

Upon breaking through with Picking Flowers and Leaves, Su Que twisted his wrist, transmitting power to his fingers, while True Qi entwined the stone and burst forth.

Swish!

A stone the size of two fingers cut through the air in a trajectory barely visible, shooting forward!

Thunk thunk thunk!

In an instant, three large trees simultaneously exploded with wood chips, revealing a hole the size of two fingers once the chips settled.

In just a moment, the stone flew nearly a hundred meters, passing through three large trees, ultimately exiting the furthest one before falling to the ground.

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