At the Imperial Palace, there are ghost soldiers keeping watch, so Xin Lin is at ease.

Over the past few days, Shi Fei’s health has gradually improved through the recuperation, and it seems that Empress Feng has not made any significant moves this time.

Everything appears calm, but Xin Lin remains vigilant and asks Gui Hu to keep a close watch. If there is any sign of trouble, she will be informed immediately.

At the School Clinic, Jiang Qing follows Xin Lin’s instructions and visits the clinic every afternoon for treatment.

Initially, Jiang Qing doubted whether Xin Lin could indeed continue the meridians, but after the first treatment, he knew he had met someone with exceptional skill.

Xin Lin’s technique for meridian continuation is very skilled, not at all like a novice.

However, due to her limited cultivation, she can only treat two broken veins at a time.

After breaking through the Blood Realm, Jiang Qing’s internal meridian patterns changed.

Inside his body, there are more than ten broken veins, and Xin Lin patiently mends them one by one.

During the treatment, Jiang Qing shares his insights about Martial Artist cultivation with Xin Lin.

Xin Lin learns that progressing from the Xuan Transformation Realm to the Blood Realm is a qualitative leap in Martial Artist cultivation.

After reaching the Blood Realm, a Martial Artist’s basic five Martial Meridian can give rise to more meridians.

Generally, one must have three Martial Meridians to reach the Blood Realm.

One Martial Meridian can, at most, extend into nine additional meridians, and the level of these meridians is determined by the Martial Artist’s original Martial Meridian. This means if you break through to the Blood Realm with a Heavenly Vein, your new meridians will be Heavenly Branch Meridians; If they are Earth Meridians, then they will be Earth Branch Meridians.

A Heavenly Meridian can develop up to nine Heavenly Branch Meridians, while an Earth Meridian can develop up to seven Earth Branch Meridians.

The more branch meridians you have, the more Spiritual Energy you can absorb from Heaven and Earth, and True Qi can be swiftly exploded when utilized. Therefore, with more branch meridians, a Martial Artist’s cultivation is higher.

"So that’s why you have so many Martial Meridians in your body. I see that, Brother Jiang, you have sixteen Heavenly Branch Meridians and five Earth Branch Meridians in your body; this time, ten Heavenly Branch Meridians and three Earth Branch Meridians are severed. Compared to the others, Heavenly Branch Meridians are much harder to cultivate."

Xin Lin carefully reconnects the third broken Heavenly Branch Meridian.

"I naturally have two Heavenly Veins and one Earth Vein. When I broke through to the Blood Realm, the two Heavenly Veins broke through first, followed by the Earth Branch Meridians, during the turmoil at Hei Yao Castle. I was besieged by several brothers and uncles, which led to the severing of my meridians. With the meridians blocked, my injuries haven’t healed. Thanks to your help, otherwise, my future cultivation journey would have been ruined."

Jiang Qing said with a bitter smile.

Meanwhile, the people of Hei Yao Castle, his uncles, showed a clear ruthlessness in their bid for power.

On the Eastern Continent, there are those who can mend meridians, but even to mend one meridian, even a branch meridian, requires an astronomical cost, and the opposite party cannot guarantee Jiang Qing’s cultivation will return to its former level.

However, Xin Lin’s approach is different; although she mends the meridians slowly, Jiang Qing notices that the mended meridians are just as strong as before.

This means that once all the broken meridians are mended, his power can be restored without affecting his future cultivation.

So this time, Xin Lin’s help is undoubtedly significant for him.

Jiang Qing also asked Xin Lin where she learned this skill, and Xin Lin simply replied that it was from Chu Beiqing’s Mystical Medicine Book. Whether it was true or not, Jiang Qing did not investigate further.

"Life Book hint: Congratulations, life master, for achieving meridian continuation more than five times, increasing mastery level; can now simultaneously repair two broken meridians at a time."

The prompt from the Heaven-defying Book came.