In the morning, Ezio was received by two nurses to be given a bath. Since he was still 11 years old, he was counted as a child, and no one would think it was immoral for him to have a bath with a woman. Well technically nurses would bath him, but details. After that, he had breakfast. Nurses served him Thousand Years Old Cleansing Wine and Thousand Years Old Meridian Purging Ginseng.
They were absolute treasures and could not be used in normal circumstances, but because Ezio had a chance to achieve a seamless body, Abbot took them out from the treasury after the debate against all Supreme Elders. Supreme Elders even threaten him that if Ezio could not achieve the seamless body, Abbot would be forced to step down from his position.
After all those preparations, the time to climb the mountain had arrived. He had to climb the mountain, not by taking the stairs but by climbing with bare hands. This was to warm the muscles and expand the meridians, so when one started to create a vortex of Qi, it wouldn't rupture the Meridians. It was easy for Ezio, especially after he broke through to the Mana Pool Realm.
When he broke through and achieved Mana Ocean yesterday night, he was awarded Seventh Wind of the Golden Roc. At first, Ezio thought it was a Manual because the reward for achieving the Seamless Body was a manual. But to Ezio's surprise, it was a golden-colored wind.
When Ezio summoned the Wind in the cave, a golden-colored aura coated his body. His speed was many folds faster, and even the speed of his thinking was faster than normal. He couldn't unravel all of the mysteries of the Wind yet, but it was nothing shabby for sure.
Even though Mana was mostly related to magic and spells, it would still strengthen the body and maybe not as much as Qi but would fill the cells with the energy. That is why after breaking through to the Mana Pool Realm, Ezio felt more energetic and stronger.
After an hour, Ezio finally reached the top of the mountain. Disciples and Outer Sect Elders were cheering for him, some with envy, some with pride, all were looking at him. It had been a few decades before anyone got to get into the cave to break through Qi Vortex Creation. Even when Tian Xu, Inner Elder of the Sect tried as much as he could, his grandson Tian Huang wasn't given a chance.
Of course, there was a feast going on while Ezio was climbing, and there would be a feast for days if Ezio managed to acquire a seamless body. Although The Cleansing Buddhist Sect was living in humility and free of all desires, a celebration was still a must for the sect to embolden other younglings.
Ezio walked with a straight back, eyes staring ahead. He walked to Abbot who was waiting for him in front of the cave. He clasped his fist to salute the man and walked into the cave. Because he was expected, the formations were inactive. People outside could feel the heavy Qi oozing from inside.
Ezio knew he couldn't hide the fact when he acquired the seamless body. He had to activate the formation to keep the tremor inside, but since he could not hide it, he would let them know he acquired the seamless body, so he could be favored more. He would rather keep it a secret, but there was nothing he could do to hide it, so why not promote it so even his adversaries could do nothing but admire him.
There were 12 meridians in all living beings. Best of the best Qi Practitioners could open up, up to the 11 meridians, but there was never a recorded incident where somebody opened up to all 12 of them. The Seamless Body in the legends was where a practitioner opened up 10 or 11 meridians. Still, it was just pseudo-seamless. Ezio was sure he could open all 12, thus he was afraid of the tremor he would cause. On the other hand, he wanted to show his value so he could continue to goof around all day long.
He wasn't afraid of being seen by these old monks, after all, he had the title bestowed by the Mysterious Room itself. He was "Shrouded by Mystery!" Others would only see what he wanted them to see. He had already tested this when he wanted to block others' perception from seeing his mana cultivation. He didn't know how and why he got the title, but it wasn't important. Since he could prevent others from seeing his true abilities, he would.
After solving his inner struggle Ezio walked to the opening at the end of the cave he visited the previous night. He found the spot with the richest Qi and sat in the lotus position beneath it. After a few minutes, he was already in meditation and started to gather all the Qi inside the cave.
Qi Vortex Creation was a little bit harder than the Mana Pool Creation because one had to locate all meridians and use the accumulated Qi to widen and strengthen them. It was like reviving the draughted river, one had to run Qi in the meridians a few hundred times at least. It was painful and boring, but Ezio found it fascinating. He was going to be first, first-ever to open 12 meridians. Just the thought excited him so much, that he almost lost control.
After a few hours, he spotted all 12 meridians and started to run the Qi in his meridians. It was very painful, so painful he couldn't hold his screams to himself.
All of the people waiting outside were terrified and thought something might have gone wrong. But Abbot gave them a comforting smile and explained, "To achieve a seamless body, one has to open 10 or 11 meridians. It is 10 times more painful than normal Qi Vortex Creation."
But what they didn't know was that Ezio was trying to open 12 of them, so the pain was 100 times more than normal.
As Ezio ran the Qi inside his meridians, he started to understand why it was so hard to open 10 or more Meridians. Even with his accumulated Qi, it was still not enough to spread all over the body. He had to gather more Qi every second, or he would fail. After doing so for more than 12 hours suddenly a pillar of light shot out from his body and cave, and the mountain with it started to shake. Ezio gathered all his Qi on his Dantian and his meridians connected themselves to the Dantian as well. When all Qi condensed, he started to spin it to create a vortex.
Ezio's mind once again left his body and reached the endless space he visited the night before. The pressure was a little bit more manageable but it was still not something he could stand against. He approached the curtain keeping him outside and saw more of the stars this time.
He saw a sword on fire, a frozen dagger, a spear covered with thunder, a bird as big as a mountain, and many more, but with a sudden pain his consciousness kicked out once again.
After a few minutes, the condensed Qi sat on his dantian. It was like a celestial body, a galaxy in his inner universe, it was an ever-spinning vortex, sucking the Qi in from every pore. He stood up and realized he was soaked in sweat and black liquid all over his body. His clothes stuck over his body, and he was reeking.
After he walked outside, all the people waiting for him for hours started to cheer. Of course, they all felt the tremor, and Abbot explained to them it was caused because Ezio achieved a seamless body. A nurse approached Ezio and supported him towards the artificial lake.
"Get cleaned and we will start the feast. Today is a historical day for our sect." Abbot said with a smile.
As Ezio was supported by the nurse, he started to run his hand where it was resting on the Nurse's waist. A sudden electrical shock pulsed through the nurse's body as Ezio grinned.
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