DRAGON EMPEROR

CHAPTER 7 Exponential Growth

After returning home from the market, Lu Ming could not wait to enter the Supreme Temple, and opened one of the sandalwood boxes.

Thirty Dragon Tiger Pills lay neatly within it.

This was a Lower First Level Dragon Tiger Pill. The Lower First Level Dragon Tiger Pill was enough to open the seventh to ninth meridians. As for the Mediocre First Level Dragon Tiger Pill, Lu Ming intended to use it to open three divine meridians.

He took the Dragon Tiger Pill and swallowed it.

As he swallowed the Dragon Tiger Pill, a faint red light flashed. He felt a burning sensation along his spine that quickly became a vortex, fully absorbing the Dragon Tiger Pill. Then, he felt a continuous surge of pure energy coming from his spine.

'What's wrong with my blood meridians? It could refine pills at a frightening speed!’

Using his thoughts, Lu Ming controlled the pulsing energy within him, guiding him along his open meridians. He formed it into a dragon-like stream of Essential Qi and flowed it towards the seventh meridian.

The dragon-like Essential Qi had sharp edges and was extremely powerful. Instantly, the huge acupuncture point on the seventh meridian opened.

One after another, unhindered strength opened up the huge acupuncture points.

When his Essential Qi was about to run out, Lu Ming would swallow the Dragon Tiger Pill, convert his energy into Essential Qi, and continue his unlocking.

The seventh to ninth meridians were known as the Sky Meridians, and opening them was certainly not as easy as the previous meridians.

In the next two days, Lu Ming needed to refine twenty-four more Dragon Tiger Pills continuously until he finally opened all three Sky Meridians.

This immediately brought Lu Ming's cultivation to the peak of the top Beginner Realm.

At this stage, the gathering and gathering of Qi in the Dantian was a common practice to break through the Realm of Beginners.

Lu Ming would definitely not do so yet. He aimed to open all three divine meridians, then he would break through the Beginner Realm.

After all, the divine meridians were not easy to open, it could also be said to be almost impossible. Lu Ming did not rush to open the divine meridians, but consumed the remaining six Dragon Tiger Pills and turned them into Essential Qi.

As the Essential Qi within Lu Ming solidified and thickened after one day, Lu Ming began the opening of his divine meridians.

Lu Ming stuffed the Mediocre First Level Dragon Tiger Pill into his mouth and in the same way as the previous pill, the pill was absorbed and purified by the blood meridians near the spine. The burst of energy was several times stronger than the Inferior First Level Dragon Tiger Pill that poured into Lu Ming's body.

The Mediocre First Level Pill lives up to its name.

Lu Ming moved the True War Dragon Technique, stimulating the Essential Qi to begin the opening of the first divine meridian.

The explosion!

Lu Ming felt his entire body tremble, his senses numb from shock, but the first large acupuncture point in the first god meridian did not move at all.

Not giving up, Lu Ming gathered his energy to continue his quest.

The explosion! The explosion! …

After seven tries, the first acupuncture point in the first divine meridian finally opened, waves of Essential Qi flowing in.

One after another, light spots began to appear on Lu Ming's body until the remaining eighty-one points of light. This was his unlocked acupuncture point. Right after, the eighty-second point of light lit up, shining brighter than any other point.

“Only one large acupuncture point opened, but the Essential Qi within me was much more abundant. Let's continue."

Lu Ming continued by opening the lock.

However, the divine meridians were divine meridians. The energy they demanded was very high.

It took three days in a row to open the nine great acupuncture points in the first divine meridian and spend the thirty-six Mediocre First Level Dragon Tiger Pills.

“A very great strength, the power I have from using my own Essential Qi should have at least seven hundred and fifty kilograms?”

Lu Ming's eyes twinkled.

Previously, when his cultivation had only been at the peak of the Mid-Starting Realm, he had only packed five hundred kilograms in his punch if he put in the power that came from the Fire Dragon Fist. Without it, the strength he had from the use of Essential Qi alone should only be around three or four hundred kilograms.

The number has doubled.

For Ordinary Martial Artists who were at the peak of the Beginner Realm, the explosive power of their Essential Qi alone should be around five hundred kilograms.

If they were to collect and coil their Essential Qi and break through the Beginner Realm, the explosive power of their Essential Qi would increase by a thousand kilograms.

A thousand kilograms can be compared to the strength of a bull.

“I've spent all the Dragon Tiger Pills, but I don't think I'll rush to buy more for now. I have increased my cultivation too quickly the past few days. I think I need some time to strengthen and consolidate it while I practice my martial techniques.”

Cultivating martial arts should not be rushed. If the level rise happened too fast, it would result in its foundation faltering with the tainted Essential Qi base, and that was why Lu Ming decided to take the time first to strengthen his foundation and everything he had built, rather than obtain more Dragons. Tiger Pill to continue opening the remaining two divine meridians.

Lu Ming went on to develop the Fire Dragon Fist and Dragon Snake Steps.

In the blink of an eye, seven days had passed.

Today, Lu Ming took the opportunity to cultivate the Fire Dragon Fist in the courtyard while Li Ping and Qiu Yue were absent.

Whooshing sound! Whooshing sound! …

The power of his punch howled like the wind, Lu Ming's body wriggled like a giant dragon, and with each punch, his roar exploded in the air.

Ha!

In closing, Lu Ming punched a skull-sized stone in the courtyard while exhaling and shouting. Bam! The stone broke into pieces.

“Development of Martial Arts Technique Fourth Stage – Engineering Mastery.”

Lu Ming finished his stance with excitement engraved on his face.

After practicing and cultivating for seven consecutive days, he was finally at the Fourth Stage of cultivating martial arts techniques for the Fire Dragon Fist.

“Y-Young Master, your k-you became very strong!” a sharp and clear voice sounded unannounced from the door in disbelief.

"Qiuil!"

Lu Ming was stunned, he had not expected his rare opportunity of developing martial arts techniques in his courtyard to be witnessed by Qiu Yue.

At the same time, Qiu Yue looked at the stone broken by Lu Ming and turned her gaze towards Lu Ming, with tears streaming down she rushed to Lu Ming's side, with tears rushing to Lu Ming's side, clasping his hands tightly, and exclaiming, “It was incredible, Young Master, you became so powerful, you ended up becoming a powerhouse in martial arts! If Miss finds out about this, I can't imagine how happy she is.”

Tears flowed down her cheeks as she spoke.

Even though Qiu Yue was weak, she remained beautiful, beautiful crying at this moment if that was the case. Lu Ming's heart softened as he reached out to wipe away the tears from Qiu Yue's face and said, “Qiu Yue, my cultivation is paying off, shouldn't you be happy? Why are you crying?"

“Young Master, I'm so happy for you!”

Qiu Yue pretended to be angry, only to realize how tightly his hands were still holding onto Lu Ming's. He felt a warmth radiating from his palm as his heart skipped a beat. He immediately jumped back a few steps with a reddened face, like a terrified deer that caught the headlights.

Looking at Qiu Yue's reddened and embarrassed face with her eyes still glazed over, Lu Ming exclaimed, “Qiu Yue, you are so beautiful.”

Upon hearing that, the red hue on Qiu Yue's face increasingly became bright red like an apple. With his head bowed, he muttered, “A-what are you saying, Young Master?”

“HAHAAA, Qiu Yue, you know, I've had some supernatural encounters recently, and that's how I got this skill, but I haven't been able to tell you exactly what's going on,” Lu Ming coughed dry and changed the topic.

Qiu Yue blinked her teary-eyed female deer, stared intently at Lu Ming, and asked, “Young Master, can we tell Miss about this?”

“No to the moment,” replied Lu Ming.

“Alright then, you keep my promise.”

As Qiu Yue finished, he pondered for a moment and seemed to have decided something. “Young Master, I want to ask for your help,” he said.

"What's that?" ask Lu Ming.

Qiu Yue bit her lips and said, “Young Master, can you teach Qiu Yue how to cultivate martial arts?”

Surprised, Lu Ming confirmed, “Qiu Yue, you want to develop martial arts?”

“Yes, Young Master. Qiu Yue wants to learn to cultivate martial arts, so that I can repay the kindness of Father and Mother, and also, Qiu Yue wants to help Young Master and Madam as much as she can, ” Qiu Yue replied.

Lu Ming nodded. He knew enough of Qiu Yue's background. Old man Qiu Yue adopted him even when they were living poor on the outskirts of Fire Wind City.

Due to poverty, Qiu Yue was sold to the Lu Family when she was eight years old and became Li Ping's servant. Qiu Yue, a year older, grew up with Lu Ming and they were as close as siblings.

“Alright then, Qiu Yue, but your body is too weak, so you need a Health Restoration Pill to restore your health, then I will try to awaken your meridians,” Lu Ming promised Qiu Yue with a smile.

“You agree, Young Master? It's big!" Qiu Yue was overjoyed, and although she almost jumped in excitement right into Lu Ming's embrace, she held him back with a flushed face.

“Qiu Yue, I was about to go buy some stuff. Let's go out together so we can buy you a pill that restores health as well!” Lu Ming chuckled.