Heaven Refining physique-Chapter 41: Opening Third Meridian

In fact, all professions are graded like that, but there exist other treasures or pills that couldn’t be categorized as grades, such as universal treasures or the pill that gave him his physique.

That being said, the pills and weapons refined by cultivators are mainly divided into grades according to their value, ranging from Grade 1 to Grade 9.

Each grade has subdivisions: Lower tier, Normal tier, Higher tier, Supreme tier, Perfect tier, and Perfect tier with patterns.

This knife was a Grade 5 weapon, but he couldn’t determine it just by looking at it. He had to use his qi on it.

Once it absorbed his qi, it would release a unique aura. Cultivators could easily identify a weapon’s grade once its aura was released.

He injected his qi into it and felt it vibrate in his hand before releasing a unique shine. This was indeed a Grade 5 weapon because it had five shades in its shine.

What was even more amazing was that it was at least Perfect or Supreme tier because such a level of shine was only possible from these tiers. He hadn’t seen any of those weapons before, so he couldn’t differentiate them perfectly.

"Senior Sister, which tier is this?"

"Perfect tier. Do you like it?"

"Hm, it’s quite beautiful. Using it just to cut a piece of meat feels like an injustice."

"Injustice? Hehehe... Do you know Aunt and Master also have second professions? Aunt is a weapon refiner, and Master is an array master. This weapon was created by Aunt, and she has plenty of them inside her storage bags. Just steal one, Junior Brother, she won’t mind."

Jiang Hao was surprised. Not many cultivators chose even a single profession, let alone two. Undoubtedly, these two were amazing to have cultivated to such a level while following two professions. Looks like the title of Heavenly Sisters wasn’t just because of their beauty.

But even if he thought of stealing from her, how would he do it? When she was sleeping? She was too strong to not wake up if someone sneaked up on her. Forget it. He would just ask her if he ever wanted one—he was her disciple in name, after all.

He went ahead and started slicing off the leg first. It was really hard to cut through. Although he was using a Grade 5 treasure, he also needed the strength to wield it to its full potential. He would have had an even tougher time if not for the fact that this was a Perfect grade weapon.

He continued slicing according to Ming Yue’s instructions, who was clearly enjoying to see him work.

Once she had enough for all of them, she told him to stop and went to the cooking area. Jiang Hao followed her, wanting to see the cooking process. Normal fire definitely couldn’t cook a Grade 5 beast, so there had to be another way.

As expected, when he entered, he saw a huge furnace inscribed completely with arrays. Its shape was also quite unique, as it was open from the top.

There were a lot of jars inside the cooking area, each filled with something. He could guess what they were. At his home, he had some basic seasonings, but here, there were just too many.

Ming Yue took out Normal-grade spirit stones and placed them in the array nodes. When she inserted the last spirit stone, deep crimson flames lit up inside the furnace.

She then picked up multiple jars, took out various seasonings, and mixed them into a single bowl. After that, she used a strange liquid to turn it into a paste.

Then, she used the knife to make long cuts into the meat pieces. Once she was done, she applied the paste to all of them. Afterward, she skewered the pieces onto a big iron rod beside the furnace. Once everything was skewered, she placed the whole rod into the furnace.

"Now we wait, Junior Brother. It won’t take long to cook."

Jiang Hao nodded and waited alongside her.

"Junior Brother, this furnace is quite special—it makes food more digestible. The food in Misty Pavilion was prepared in the same type of furnace.

Now that I think about it, I must have embarrassed myself by thinking that much meat would be enough for you to break through to the Foundation Establishment realm.

The amount of resources we need to break through is quite steep, and I have a feeling you might need even more than me."

Jiang Hao smiled when he heard that. Should he tell her that the wine was even more of a waste on him than the food?

They waited for five minutes before Ming Yue removed the rod. She had cooked Grade 3 meat for herself while Grade 5 meat was for the others.

After plating the food, they went to the place where Huan Caiyi and Zhi Hui were.

They all sat together and started eating immediately, as Huan Caiyi was too enthusiastic to wait.

Jiang Hao took one bite and was stunned. This meat was just too good. However, even then, he found it too much of a hassle to cook for himself in the future unless necessary—it was simply too much of a chore.

He could easily refine even raw meat, which was far more efficient than cooking.

After finishing his meal, he felt the immense energy from the Grade 5 beast. His third meridian was on the verge of opening.

Thank god he had taken only a small piece, or it might have opened immediately, which would have definitely alerted Huan Caiyi, Zhi Hui, and Ming Yue. Although it wouldn’t have changed anything, it was better to be cautious for now—unless he trusted them unconditionally.

"Your cooking is really the best. You should teach your master too."

Huan Caiyi couldn’t help but praise Ming Yue while taking a jab at Zhi Hui.

Zhi Hui just shook her head. If she said anything, they would bicker for a while, and it wouldn’t set a good example in front of the juniors.

She looked at Ming Yue and made a decision.

"Ming Yue, from now on, you can remove your restrictions. Since we will be the center of attention anyway, it won’t matter if they know you have a physique too. But that doesn’t mean you should reveal it openly in the sect—make sure not to use your full strength unless necessary."

Ming Yue nodded, and Jiang Hao’s eyes lit up. That meant next time, they could use their full strength in a fight. He was already looking forward to it.

Ming Yue smiled when she saw his expression.

"Junior Brother, next time, it won’t be a draw. You should be prepared to lose—it’ll help you become humble, so you won’t pull something like that again."

"Oh, you guys fought?"

Zhi Hui asked with curiosity, and Huan Caiyi also paid attention.

"Yeah, we just had a friendly spar before you arrived," Ming Yue nodded.

"Good. Next time, invite us to watch. It will be good to see the potential of two top-tier physiques in battle. You two might be perfect training partners for each other.

It’s been so long since you’ve used your unrestricted strength. I was worried it would affect your foundation if you just kept increasing your realm without proper battles, but I guess that won’t be a problem now."

Huan Caiyi sighed.

Jiang Hao stood up and bowed to them.

"Elders, I would like to cultivate now, so please excuse me."

"Hm... Go. You just ate Grade 5 meat. The fact that you can even hold it in without discomfort is commendable in itself. Is your physique name gluttonous monster or something?

Jiang Hao was speechless. She was right—it wouldn’t be wrong to say his physique could eat like a Gluttonous Monster. He even had the urge to ask if he could devour all the spirit beasts she had stored.

If he could, he would easily reach the Core Formation realm or even higher. But it wasn’t an ideal situation, as he didn’t want to continuously increase his cultivation realm.

He reached his cave abode and started cultivating directly from the spirit qi in nature. He was already on the verge of opening his third meridian, so a night of cultivation would be enough, even without spirit herbs or spirit stones.

As expected, by morning, he had opened his third meridian, reaching the peak of the early stage of the Foundation Establishment realm.

He stepped outside and looked at the rising sun. He had already advanced so much in his cultivation.

It hadn’t even been a year since he started cultivating. He was about 15 years and 10 months old and had already reached the Foundation Establishment realm.

He sighed, thinking of his mother. He could only hope she was fine. For now, he didn’t want to contact her. It had only been about four months since they had separated, so everything should be fine in the village.

He had already told her he might take more than a year before visiting again, so he could only hope she wasn’t too worried right now.