Chapter 238 - Confirming One's Worth

Elder Dan eyed Ah Chun up and down. "What exactly did you do?"

Ah Chun thought for a second and figured it would not be a bad thing to tell Elder Dan but she would have to keep it to herself and not tell a soul. "Master, I can tell you but you will need to make a soul oath." 

Elder Dan was not surprised by this answer nor did she get mad. Some secrets were not meant to be told. Elder Dan was grateful that Ah Chun was even willing to tell her. Elder Dan took out a scroll and laid it out on a table in Ah Chun's room. She then pricked her finger and started to draw runic lines in the air in front of her. When she was done the bloody runes hovered in the air as Elder Dan made a few hand signs causing the bloody runes to float and merge into the scroll. As soon as the bloody runes made contact with the scroll a bright flash of light filled the room before quickly dimming. "Okay, Chun'er drip a drop of blood in the middle." Elder Dan motioned for Ah Chun to come over.

Ah Chun did as she was asked and pricked her finger dripping a drop of blood onto the scroll. Another flash of light filled the room before once again dimming down. Elder Dan's face paled as a white light floated out of her body. This was Elder Dan's soul fragment. The soul fragment entered the scroll causing more runic lines to appear. The scroll then floated up off the table before turning into a stream of light splitting in two and shooting into both Ah Chun and Elder Dan. Ah Chun smiled when the light entered her. "Master really knows how to cover all the bases."

"Chun'er it seems I am not qualified to be your master. I do not think there is anyone in the Mortal Realm who actually qualifies." Elder Dan said bitterly.

"Master, that is not true. Although I do not require much in the form of teaching. A master is more of a family member than anything else. The teaching is just an addition to the responsibilities as a master. A master is there to guide and watch over their disciples as if they were their own children. So is Master not doing just that. You have been keeping an eye on me all the time. Not only that you guide me in my swordplay every other morning. So there is no reason to look down on yourself, Master." Ah Chun said with all sincerity. She had found Elder Dan to be a very good master. She is patient and does not forget to check on her disciples and help them when needed. Li Chen Bao is a good example. With Elder Dan's guidance Li Chen Bao has made progress by leaps and bounds in her cultivation.

"You really know how to sweet talk your Master!" Elder Dan said as she pulled Ah Chun into a hug.

"Now Master to answer your question from earlier. I was opening my ninth meridian." Ah Chun said as she broke free from Elder Dan's embrace.

"Ninth meridian?" Elder dan was confused. 'Was there not, only eight meridians?'

"Yes, the Ninth Meridian. In all, there are one hundred and eight meridians throughout the body. Normally humans only have 8 of them open. If one is able to open more meridians it would allow one's strength to grow ten times that or their own rank. Right now as someone who has nine meridians open I can be considered unparalleled in the qi gathering realm." Ah Chun explained.

"Then would it be possible for me to open my ninth meridian as well?" Elder Dan asked.

"Yes, but I would need to be able to show you the circulation method since it is hard to explain. Unfortunately, I am not in the qi condensation or I could help you find the correct path. All I can say is that you can check how I circulate the spiritual qi in my body and see if it will help." Ah Chun really wished she had spirit power so that she could be of better assistance in times like these.

After watching Ah Chun circulate the spiritual qi in her body a few times Elder Dan got the gist of where the ninth meridian is. "Okay, Chun'er I think I have an idea of where it is now. I will go back and try to open my ninth meridian now!" 

"Good luck Master!"

After Elder Dan left Ah Chun got lost in thought as she thought about the process of opening more meridians did not seem to go against heavens will on this world.  She wondered if there was a reason why her old world had so many rules binding those to a set frame of mind. Ah Chun could only play guessing games at this point. She shook her head and took out some spirit gathering pills. She knew she had to hurry up with her cultivation. She could only hope that her mother was okay. But if the people who took her away went through so much trouble to take her back. They should not harm her. As long as they were not devil cultivators she should be fine. Ah Chun wished now more than ever that she could cultivate at ten times faster speed.

Slapping her little cheeks Ah Chun came out of her depressed mood. "Come on Chun'er you need to get it together and cultivate, cultivate, cultivate!" After regaining her drive to cultivate Ah Chun popped the spirit gathering pills into her mouth and went back to cultivating. 

An hour later Ah Chun opened her eyes as she felt a disturbance in the spiritual qi in the air as it was being sucked into a different direction. Ah Chun smiled as she mumbled: "It seems Master is very talented as well!"

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