Chapter 1098: The Strength of Red Moon (II)
“I want to take a look and study the forefather’s stroke again before everyone comes...” Li Hao asserted. “If any problems develop, teacher, just kill me.”
“The powerhouse in the seal is very practiced at possessing others. Even Ying Hongyue might not fully be the Ying Hongyue he was in years back. After a period of observation, it remains to be seen what the true nature of the situation is.
“Although Ying Hongyue was tricky and devious, he also fancies himself a sentimental romantic. The old Ying Hongyue would’ve long come for my head after he saw me take out so many of his women.”
“In that case, we’ll be safer by the stone door,” smiled Li Hao. “This time, I’ll make my way to the core of the eight trigrams by following the diagram.”
“Ah...” Yuan Shuo grappled with a massive headache. “Very well then!”
Since Li Hao insisted, he could only keep his disciple company.
“There are still a lot of dao meridians to be manifested in your journey to clear acupoints in all 360 meridians. Even without opening meridians, you’ve cleared more than 200 acupoints, but have left 324 meridians untouched. You’ve got to clear at least 324 more acupoints, which will make for more than 500 total! Can you hold up beneath that amount of strain?”
“I can. Clearing an acupoint is not the same as opening a dao meridian. There’s much less of an strain on me,” Li Hao responded softly. “The key is that I’m not sure there will be much of a difference in my strength if I clear another acupoint and eventually complete the circulation of 360. That would be a waste then.”
“There will certainly be some changes,” said Yuan Shuo after some quick determination. “But it won’t be as pronounced as if you fully open your dao meridians. However, 360 acupoints forming the sword of dao meridians, Stellaris, and the Sword Sovereign’s techniques... might give rise to unexpected gains.
“In addition, I have something to ask of you.”
“What is it?”