Zhang Ruochen sat cross-legged at the bottom of the water, calming his mind and breathing steadily, his face unchanged, mobilizing the true energy in his body to flow through the three meridians.

  Every time the true energy runs a lap, that pain will weaken by several points.

  With his current level of martial arts cultivation, he cannot hold his breath for a long time in the water and will surface every five minutes to take a breath.

  An hour passed, the pain gradually disappeared, and a cool stream of air entered the body, repairing the damaged flesh. A refreshing feeling spread throughout the body, almost making one moan with pleasure.

  "Wow"

  Zhang Ruochen stood up from the water, wiped off the water droplets on his body with a towel, and stood in front of a copper mirror to examine his own body, nodding slightly.

  After more than ten days of cultivation, plus the tempering of medicinal baths, his body had become noticeably stronger, no longer as thin and sickly as before.

  Of course, more than ten days have passed in the Time-Space Crystal, but only four days have passed in reality.

  Four days ago, he was still a weakling, expelled from the Jade Washing Palace by the Eighth Prince, and ruthlessly ridiculed and oppressed by everyone. Who would have known that four days later, he already possessed mid-stage Yellow Extreme Realm martial arts cultivation.

  This is simply a miracle

  "Its still far from being a yellow extreme realm mid-term, its just the beginning" Zhang Ruochen clenched his fist tightly, his eyes were extremely sharp.

  After putting on his clothes, he swallowed a Blood Dan and entered the inner space of the Time-Space Crystal to continue his cultivation.

  He was able to reach the middle stage of Huang Ji in just four days, not only because he had martial arts experience from his past life, but also with the help of the Time-Space Crystal.

  With the Space-Time Crystal, he had three times more time to cultivate than other warriors. This was his unique advantage.

  "Boom"

  "Boom"

  "Very much like"

  Zhang Ruochens legs bent, stepping out in rhythm, his arms continuously slapping out, each palm strike mobilizing the strength of every inch of muscle and every bone in his body.

  Just finished soaking in medicinal bath, must rely on fist method to fully absorb the medicinal power into the body and transform it into ones own strength.

  In the following days, Zhang Ruochen was almost always cultivating in the inner space of the Time and Space Crystal, only going out once every three days.

  Lin Fei knew that Zhang Ruochen had just activated the Divine Martial Mark, and he must have gone into seclusion to cultivate, open up his dantian, and wash his marrow and veins. So she didnt ask much, but only instructed Yuner to take good care of Zhang Ruochens daily life.

  She would still take her own ornaments to sell and use the silver coins she got to buy blood dan for Zhang Ruochen.

  At this time, Zhang Ruochen would let Yuner bring silver coins to secretly buy back those ornaments at a high price.

  Its an indescribable feeling, that kind of selfless care, which moved Zhang Ruochen deeply.

  Gradually, Zhang Ruochen accepted his current physical identity and regarded Lin Fei as his real mother.

  "Your Highness Ninth Prince, should we tell Princess Lin the truth? If she knew you were now a true martial artist, she would definitely be very happy." Yuner said.

  "For now, lets just put it aside. I want to give her a surprise at the end of the year assessment. Besides, my current cultivation is not strong enough, I need to become stronger." Zhang Ruochen said.

  Now, Yuner knows many secrets about Zhang Ruochen.

  Apart from the secrets of her past life and the Time-Space Crystal, Zhang Ruochen had almost told her everything.

  In Yuners eyes, the Ninth Prince was simply a martial arts prodigy, having already cultivated to the middle stage of the Yellow Extreme Realm in such a short period of time. Compared to him, those other princes were far too inferior.

  Perhaps, it was only that one person, the Seventh Prince, who surpassed his peers in cultivation, who could be mentioned in the same breath as the Ninth Prince.

  After reaching the middle of the Yellow Extreme Realm, Zhang Ruochen cultivated in the Time and Space Crystal for another month, taking an Gathering Qi Pill every six days and soaking in a medicinal bath every ten days.

  At other times, he was practicing the second palm of the Longxiang Moruo Palm "Flying Dragon in Heaven" and contemplating the "Meridian Diagram" of the Jiutian Mingdi Jing.

  The second palm of Longxiangs Banruozhang had yet to be successfully cultivated, but the true energy in his dantian was already fully cultivated.

  "We can start attacking the late stage of Huang Ji tonight," Zhang Ruochen said.

  Upon hearing this, Yun Er was shocked and pale, saying: "The Ninth Prince of the Huang Ji Realm reached the middle stage of the Huang Ji Realm in just ten days after entering the late stage, while the Eighth Prince spent four years cultivating from the middle stage to the late stage."

  Yuner didnt know about the Time-Space Crystal, thinking that Zhang Ruochen had only cultivated for ten days, when in fact, Zhang Ruochen had already cultivated for a whole month.

  This is because he spent a lot of time tempering his body, otherwise, his cultivation speed would be even faster.

  "Its just a matter of time before it happens"

  Zhang Ruochen didnt think his cultivation speed was particularly fast. If those other geniuses had the same rich cultivation resources as him, their cultivation speeds would also be very fast.

  Hachioji spent four years reaching the late stage of Huang Ji Jing, which can only show that his qualifications are too poor.

  No matter what, at this moment, Yuners mood was extremely excited, and she said: "Ninth Prince, I believe you will definitely succeed. As long as you reach the late stage of Huang Ji, we wont have to be afraid of Eighth Prince again."

  "Uh, you go out first tonight, dont let anyone disturb me." Zhang Ruochen said.

  Yuner nodded vigorously, like a little chick pecking at rice, and said: "Tonight, Ill guard the door, whoever dares to disturb the Ninth Princes cultivation, even if it means risking my life, Ill stop him."

  Zhang Ruochen gazed deeply at Yuner and said softly: "Thank you"

  After Yuner left Zhang Ruochens room, Zhang Ruochen immediately entered the inner space of the Time and Space Crystal.

  "To break through to the late stage of the Yellow Extreme Realm, I must open up three meridians in one breath, allowing the meridians to penetrate the five organs, both arms and legs."

  Zhang Ruochen took out three small jade bottles in a row, each containing a portion of hair washing liquid.

  After adjusting himself to the best state, Zhang Ruochen swallowed the washing liquid in the first small jade bottle into his mouth, and with the help of the medicinal power of the washing liquid, he immediately began to open up the fourth meridian in his body.

  It took half an hour to successfully open up the fourth meridian.

  The fourth meridian flows out from the Qi Pool, passes through the neck, thoracic cavity, left arm, right arm, then along the spine of the back rushes up to the head, and returns again to the Qi Pool at the eyebrow center, completing a large heavenly cycle.

  Without any rest, Zhang Ruochen took down the second small jade bottle of marrow washing liquid and immediately began to open up his fifth meridian.

  The fifth meridian extends from the Qi Hai, passes through the thoracic and abdominal cavities, goes down to the left leg, then the right leg, and returns again to the Qi Hai.

  This meridians route was even longer, and Zhang Ruo Chen spent a whole three hours before successfully opening it up.

  The true energy in his body had been depleted by more than half, and his entire body was covered in sweat. Zhang Ruochen couldnt help but take out a Ling Crystal, grasping it in his hand, quickly absorbing the spiritual energy within the crystal, converting it into true energy, and storing it in his Qi Pool.

  The true energy in the air pool has been restored to its full state again.

  Zhang Ruochen immediately drank the marrow-washing liquid from the third small jade bottle and began to open up his sixth meridian.

  This meridian runs through the spleen, lungs, kidneys, liver, and heart, belonging to the five internal organs of the human body. When true qi flows through the five internal organs, it can strengthen them. At the same time, the five internal organs are also the most fragile, so Zhang Ruochen must carefully control them.

  It took a whole six hours, and the true energy in his body was almost completely exhausted, but the meridians still hadnt been opened up throughout his entire body, and he was still a little short.

  If the true Qi is interrupted, then all efforts will be abandoned, and even the five internal organs will suffer damage.

  In the future, if you want to open up this meridian again, it will be ten times more difficult than now.

  Zhang Ruochen made a bold decision and quickly swallowed an Air-Gathering Pill.

  Boom

  The medicinal energy of Jū Qì Dān bursts forth violently inside the body.

  Zhang Ruochen immediately devoted himself to the task at hand, utilizing the five opened meridians to absorb the dan energy, transforming it into true energy and transporting it to the air sac.

  On the other end, carefully controlling his true energy, he continued to impact the sixth meridian.

  This is a huge test of ones spiritual power, fortunately Zhang Ruochen was a strong practitioner in the Tianji boundary in his previous life, with powerful spiritual power, and under the situation of using two hearts as one, he actually succeeded.

  The sixth channel has been successfully opened.

  The air pool in Meixin emitted a circle of white light, and its capacity expanded by ten times again.

  In the middle of Huangji Border, the air pool was only the size of a water bucket.

  Now, Zhang Ruochens Qi pool has become as large as ten water tanks, very spacious, and can hold a lot of true energy.

  "Finally broke through to the late stage of Huangji Border"

  Zhang Ruochen pinched a Ling crystal in his hand, the divine mark on his brow appeared, and he began to absorb the spiritual energy from the Ling crystal continuously.

  All six meridians are activated, and the speed of absorbing spiritual energy by the Divine Martial Seal is doubled.

  The boundary stabilized, Zhang Ruochen stopped his cultivation.

  He opened his eyes, and a pair of pupils became extremely bright, just like two twinkling cold stars.

  Three new meridians were opened up, and a large amount of impurities in the body were discharged from the pores, emitting a foul odor.

  Zhang Ruochen walked out of the inner space of the Time and Space Crystal, took a bath in the wooden bucket that had been prepared long ago, put on his clothes, pushed open the door and went out.

  Its already late at night now.

  In the air, there were flakes of snow like goose feathers, fluttering down, and the whole courtyard was covered with a layer of silver frost.

  Yuner sat on the steps outside Zhang Ruochens room, hugging herself and occasionally rubbing her hands together to warm them up.

  "Ouch!"

  Hearing the sound of the door opening behind her, Yuner immediately stood up and looked at Zhang Ruochen who was walking out from inside, saying joyfully: "Your Highness, Ninth Prince, you succeeded!"