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"By the way, are you going to sell the dragon's corpse? The purchase price for this thing is higher than the killing price. If you sell it, I can give you eight low-grade Earth-level merits," said Old Liang.

He knew Mu Yang didn't like selling demon corpses, but the demon corpses of dragons were extremely rare.

The entire dragon is a treasure; its bones, tendons, blood, scales, and whip are all valuable materials that can be used in medicine or for forging artifacts.

He couldn't help but ask.

What if?

"I'm sorry, Elder Liang, I already ate on the way back," Mu Yang said, spreading his hands with a helpless expression.

He wasn't lying, after all, putting something into the equipment slot and eating it really didn't make much difference.

"Alright."

Old Liang shook his head and didn't ask any further questions: "Give me the token, and I'll help you register your merits."

After the merits were recorded, Mu Yang took the token and prepared to leave.

Just then, Old Liang slapped his forehead, as if he had remembered something, and quickly said, "By the way, the election in Fudi is coming soon. You shouldn't leave the city these days, so as not to waste time."

The election in Fudi is scheduled for two weeks before Mu Yang sets off. Subtracting the ten days he spent away, there are now only five days left until the election.

Old Master Liang was genuinely afraid that Mu Yang might get so caught up in killing demons that he would forget about the election.

"Thank you for the reminder, Mr. Liang."

Mu Yang thanked him.

He naturally remembered the election in Fudi.

In fact, he hadn't planned to travel far these days; he'd just look around for suitable assignments nearby.

After saying goodbye and leaving, Mu Yang quickly arrived at the armory.

The person on duty today is not Zhao Mingli, but the middle-aged man who broke his left leg last time.

Seeing Mu Yang approach, he nodded silently and then handed the exchange catalog to Mu Yang.

Mu Yang thanked him and turned to the Meridian Opening Technique section of the exchange catalog.

There are only ten meridian-opening methods in the catalog. Three of them require specific true qi attributes, while the rest basically only require attribute-free true qi.

The "Zhengyuan Tongmai Method" that Muyang exchanged last time belonged to the latter category.

The exchange rate is equivalent to a lower-level prefecture-level merit.

As for the three meridian-opening techniques with attributes, their exchange price is two Earth-level low-grade merits.

From the perspective of opening up hidden meridians, exchanging for a cheaper, attribute-free meridian opening method is more cost-effective.

However, the effects of the attribute-free meridian techniques are indeed quite mediocre.

The Zhengyuan Damai method, for example, only accelerates the circulation of true qi.

It's not that this effect is completely useless, but to say it's useful is a stretch.

On the contrary, the effects of the powerful wind veins, thunder veins, black water veins, and green pouch veins are quite good.

Especially the Gale and Thunder Veins, after the twelve veins are connected and the attribute quality is upgraded to blue, the speed increase brought about is exaggerated.

With this in mind, Mu Yang decisively spent six low-grade Earth-level merits to exchange for the three meridian-opening techniques: "Breath Earth Meridian Opening Method," "Mysterious Ice Meridian Opening Method," and "Blazing Fire Meridian Opening Method."

With the remaining low-level merit, Mu Yang exchanged it for a non-attribute meridian-opening technique called "Nourishing the Body and Opening the Meridians Method".

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[Equipable Item: "Breath Earth Meridian Opening Technique" (Meridian Opening Martial Arts)]

[Rank: Fifth Rank]

【Equipment Effect: ①Perfect (White): The proficiency of the Breath Channeling Technique has reached the perfect level.

②Breath of Earth Great Meridians (White): After connecting the four great meridians with the Breath of Earth True Qi, the effects of all abilities activated by Earth-attribute True Qi will be slightly enhanced. If all twelve great meridians are connected, the quality of this attribute will automatically be upgraded to blue.

[Permanent fixation conditions: Equip this item for eight days, or kill any monster of rank 5 or higher while equipping this item.]

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[Mystic Ice Meridian (White): After connecting four meridians with Mystic Ice True Qi, the tolerance to low-temperature environments is slightly improved, and the resistance to abnormal high-temperature states such as fire and poison is slightly improved. If all twelve meridians are connected, the quality of this attribute will automatically be upgraded to blue.]

[Permanent curing conditions:.........]

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【Blazing Fiery Meridians (White): After opening four meridians with Blazing Fiery True Qi, the tolerance to high-temperature environments is slightly improved, and the resistance to abnormal low-temperature states such as Cold Poison is slightly improved. If all twelve meridians are opened, the quality of this entry will automatically be upgraded to blue.】

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[Major Meridians for Nourishing Life (White): After connecting the four major meridians with non-attribute true qi, one can extend their lifespan by ten years. If all twelve major meridians are connected, the quality of this entry will automatically be upgraded to blue.]

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The effects of the four meridian-opening methods vary, but they are all quite good.

The Great Earth Vein can increase the ability to activate earth-attribute true energy, which can enhance the effect of burrowing underground.

The Xuanbing Great Vein and the Liehuo Great Vein, one cold and one hot, are enough to keep Mu Yang unaffected in many extreme environments.

What surprised Mu Yang the most was that the attribute-free meridian-opening technique he had casually exchanged actually had the effect of prolonging life.

White quality can add ten years to one's lifespan, while blue quality is estimated to add at least twenty or thirty years.

The years he gained were longer than the length of his life.

After exchanging for the Meridian Opening Method, Mu Yang spent three Xuan-level superior merits to exchange for the "Blazing Fire Dantian Construction Method," which was paired with the "Blazing Fire Meridian Opening Method."

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[Equipable Item: "Blazing Dantian Construction Method" (Qi Condensation Martial Art)]

[Rank: Fourth Rank]

【Equipment Effect: ①Perfect (White): The proficiency of the Blazing Dantian Construction Method has reached the perfect level.

②Fiery True Qi (White): When using fire-attribute true qi to activate martial arts techniques, the power is slightly increased.

[Permanent fixation conditions: Equip this item for eight days, or slay any fourth-tier or higher-grade monster while equipping this item.]

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The effects of the "Blazing Dantian Construction Method" and the effects of the "Blazing Dantian Construction Method" that he has already solidified cannot be said to be completely similar; they can only be said to be exactly the same.

In other words, the "Blazing Fire Meridian Opening Method" requires the "Blazing Fire Meridian" attribute to be activated only with "Blazing Fire True Qi," otherwise Mu Yang would have no reason to exchange for it.

However, equipping several more Dantian construction techniques of the same attribute seems like a good idea.

After all, the effects of this power amplification are cumulative.

If enough of them are stacked, even a small fireball might be able to release the heat of the sun.

The only problem is that the number of martial arts techniques in the armory is limited, and the number of merits he has accumulated is also limited.

"I wonder if the arsenal of a top-tier power like Thunder Sect contains many methods for building dantian and opening meridians..."

Mu Yang suddenly thought with some curiosity.

After exchanging for martial arts skills, Mu Yang used all of his remaining four low-grade Xuan-level merits and six high-grade Xuan-level merits to exchange for Qi storage crystals.

One superior Xuan-level merit can be exchanged for five items, and two inferior Xuan-level merits can be exchanged for one item.

A total of 32 storage crystals can be exchanged.

Including the previous 81, he now has a total of 113 gas storage crystals.

Based on the principle that every sixteen crystals can be combined to form one +2 enhanced gas storage crystal, a total of 7 crystals can be synthesized.

If it were all solidified, that would be the total amount of seven thousand strands of true energy.

It was almost one-third of his current dantian qi reserves.

"Young man, the martial arts techniques obtained from the Demon Slayer Division are strictly prohibited from being sold privately."

It seemed that the middle-aged man with the broken leg kindly reminded Mu Yang, who had exchanged for quite a few martial arts manuals.

"Thank you for the reminder, senior. I understand."

Mu Yang nodded, indicating that he understood.

Seeing this, the middle-aged man didn't say anything more and silently sat back down in his chair.