Everyone's a Master: I'll reward my disciples ten thousandfold!

Moonlight shone on the mountain path, where wolf blood was spilled everywhere.

Lin Xiao remained in the slashing posture, the Demon-Slaying Sword hanging in mid-air, not yet retracted.

He looked down at the round wolf head at his feet, then at the longsword in his hand that gleamed with a bluish light.

His lips twitched.

A sword?

Just one sword strike?

He fought this century-old wolf demon for three whole days, sustaining new wounds upon old ones, and almost lost his life.

So he switched swords and killed him in one strike?

There was no time to think.

The sound of hooves and claws came from the end of the mountain path; the second wave of wolves was surging up.

There were twelve heads, each larger than the previous one, and all of them had scarlet eyes.

The leader was even half a person's height, with a severed arm in its mouth.

Lin Xiao gripped the sword hilt tightly, not taking a single step back.

He glanced back.

Chen Yuan was standing at the entrance of the main hall, his hands behind his back.

The moonlight shone from behind him, obscuring his expression, but his posture was as steady as a mountain.

The sect leader is watching.

We must not lose face.

"Come!"

Lin Xiao suddenly jumped up.

Swish swish!

The cyan sword light drew arcs in the night.

The first wolf demon was cut in half at the waist; the second had its head swept off by the sword energy; the third, the fourth—

When the Demon-Slaying Sword touches the hide of a demon beast, it's no different than cutting tofu.

The seven-headed wolf demon collapsed to the ground in less than twenty breaths.

The remaining five, terrified by the stench of their companion's blood, whimpered and retreated, disappearing into the woods with their tails between their legs.

Lin Xiao was panting heavily, his body covered in blood.

[Ding! Disciple Lin Xiao has slain seven hundred-year-old wolf demons! Sect's fortune +70!]

[Ding! The sect's accumulated luck has reached 80, and the sect's rating has been upgraded from "On the verge of abandonment" to "Low-tier, Ninth-rate"!]

Chen Yuan stood at the entrance of the hall and nodded expressionlessly.

"Barely passing."

Seven heads! Seven heads in one breath! This sword is simply a divine weapon!

He forced down the smile on his lips and turned to walk into the hall.

Just then, a semi-transparent panel suddenly popped up in the lower right corner of the field of vision.

The global public channel for survivors is now open...

Lines of text were being refreshed rapidly.

[Zhang Dachui (Iron Fist Sect): Help! All three disciples of my sect have run away! I'm the only one left being chased and pecked by a chicken demon! How come this chicken is fiercer than a dog?!]

[Li Xiang (Guiyun Sect): We were wiped out on the third day! How are we supposed to play like this? I want to go home!!]

[Wang Ping (Chang Sheng Guan): Can anyone tell me how to surrender? Do demons understand raising a white flag?]

[Zhao Lengyue (Frosty Valley): Stop struggling, the first wave of beast tide will last for seven days...]

[Li Jianguo (Kaoshan Sect): My disciples are faster than demonic beasts. Three of them have already been killed, leaving me, the sect leader alone, to kowtow and beg for mercy from a group of wild boar demons. They ignored me.]

[Qian Duoduo (Jin Yuan Gang): After transmigrating to this sect, all I received was a defensive shield, and it turned out to be made of paper. Heavenly Dao, come out here, let's talk.]

[Sun Xiaomei (Hundred Flowers Valley): The sect leader of the neighboring sect has been carried off by a demonic beast...]

Chen Yuan silently lurked online and scrolled up the channel.

They were all crying and wailing.

Not a single piece of good news.

He turned off the channel and rubbed his temples.

"Sect Leader!"

Lin Xiao dragged his wounded body back to the main hall, knelt on one knee, and held the Demon-Slaying Sword horizontally in front of him.

"Sect Leader, most of the wolves on the outer perimeter have been cleared out, and the rest dare not approach. This disciple..."

Before he could finish speaking, he swayed and clenched his teeth.

The backlash from the severed meridians has returned.

The blockage of meridians leads to poor circulation of qi and blood, and after a fierce battle, the internal organs are all feeling a dull ache.

Chen Yuan frowned.

It wasn't heartache—well, I was a little heartache, but more than that, I was worried that my only disciple might die on the spot.

Just then, a new page popped up on the system panel.

[Disciple training panel unlocked!]

Disciple: Lin Xiao

[Constitution: Severed Meridians (Sealed)]

Loyalty: 100 (Die-hard)

[Combat Potential: SSS (Sealed by Physical Constitution)]

When Chen Yuan saw "SSS", his hand trembled.

SSS? The highest rating?

He quickly looked back and saw a line of small gray text following it.

"If his meridians are opened, this child's talent is enough to reach the top."

Chen Yuan's eyes lit up.

This kid isn't a good-for-nothing; he's a genius who's been locked up!

He immediately scanned the corners of the hall.

Among that pile of junk, besides the old scrap sword, there were a few dusty, round spheres that looked like they were made from mud.

Automatic system identification —

[3 Wasted Pills: Remnants of pills failed to refine by an unknown person. There is a 0.01% chance of causing diarrhea for three days after consumption, and a 99.99% chance of having no effect whatsoever. Value: None.]

Chen Yuan picked one up and rubbed it between his fingertips.

It has a rough texture and smells rancid.

But the corners of his mouth were already turned up.

The system offers a 10,000x return; the more useless something is, the better the return.

He walked up to Lin Xiao, looking down at him.

"look up."

Lin Xiao looked up, his face covered in blood, his eyes burning.

Chen Yuan held the mud ball in his palm and slowly said, "This pill is called the Primordial Creation Pill, which I refined with three hundred years of painstaking effort. Your meridians are blocked, and they cannot be broken without external force."

He paused, then emphasized his words.

"Today, I will open your meridians."

Lin Xiao's eyes widened, and her breathing became rapid.

Three hundred years? How many years has the sect leader actually cultivated?!

His hands trembled as he took the "mud ball" and kowtowed heavily once more.

"This disciple...kowtows to express gratitude to the sect leader for his life-saving grace!"

[Ding! Success! Triggered a 1000x critical hit return!]

[Congratulations, host, on obtaining the 'Heavenly Grade Divine Pill - Nine-Turn Meridian Opening Pill'!]

[Effect: Forcibly opens all blocked meridians, even those with severed meridians can defy fate!]

Chen Yuan's heart skipped a beat.

A thousandfold increase! A Heavenly Grade Divine Pill!

His face remained expressionless as he took out the radiant golden pill from his wide sleeve.

As soon as the pill was produced, the spiritual energy in the entire hall instantly became richer.

The spiritual energy, so dense it was almost liquid, overflowed from the surface of the pill, even shaking off the dust from the broken roof.

"That one was a catalyst," Chen Yuan said calmly. "This one is the real medicine."

He held the pill to Lin Xiao's lips.

"Take it."

Without hesitation, Lin Xiao opened his mouth and swallowed it.

next moment--

"boom!"

Golden light exploded from Lin Xiao's body.

The boy's body arched suddenly, every meridian trembling violently.

Those meridian channels that had been sealed for nineteen years were being forcibly opened by a tyrannical and unreasonable medicinal force!

"ah--!"

Lin Xiao gritted his teeth and swallowed back his scream.

Only muffled groans escaped from his throat.

pain.

Ten thousand iron needles were simultaneously pierced into the bone marrow.

But he didn't say a word.

Chen Yuan stood to the side, watching Lin Xiao's body glow with golden light, cold sweat pouring down his back.

Don't let anything happen to him! He's my only disciple!

He coldly remarked, "If you can't even handle this little pain, you're not worthy of being my disciple."

Lin Xiao grinned when he heard this.

Blood was everywhere between his teeth.

"This disciple... will not disappoint the sect leader!"

One meridian after another burst open.

Article 1.

Article 3.

Article 7...

Article 12!

All twelve meridians of the body are fully connected!

The moment the golden light subsided, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth surged into Lin Xiao's body like mad.

The riverbed, which had been dry for nineteen years, finally received a flood, and spiritual energy filled every inch of its veins.

One layer of Qi.

Second level of Qi Refining.

Refinement level three!

The cultivation levels in the world are clearly written in the system: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation...

Each major realm is divided into nine levels.

The vast majority of novice disciples struggled to survive in the beast tide, unable to even reach the first level of Qi Refining.

Lin Xiao, on the other hand, jumped directly to the third level of Qi Refining.

"Bang!"

A visible shockwave emanated from Lin Xiao.

The cobwebs on the walls of the main hall were shattered, and the broken pieces in the corners were scattered all over the floor.

Moonlight poured down through the hole in the roof, the golden light intertwining with the pale moonlight, falling on Lin Xiao.

The boy opened his eyes.

There was an extra layer of light in those eyes.

"Master...Master...your disciple's meridians...are open?!"

Chen Yuan, with his hands behind his back, nodded slightly: "Mm."

Right now—

A golden system announcement suddenly popped up on the global survivor public channel, overshadowing everyone's chat history:

[Server-wide Announcement!]

[A disciple of the Guiyuan Sect has broken through to the third level of Qi Refining on the third day, becoming the first disciple in the entire server to achieve this breakthrough! Reward: +100 Sect Reputation!]

The announcement was issued three times.

The entire channel fell silent for half a second.

Then, it completely exploded.