Chapter 262: The seclusions end

Li Meng settled down in the middle of the formation, while the old man masked the whole area from the outside world. It was time for him to accept the law's blessing and consolidate his realm.

"Convert the formation. It should be able to infuse all the energy in the environment and project it towards your junior brother." The old man instructed the three people through the whole process.

"The runes will absorb energy on their own master. I don't see the need to use a formation to infuse energy towards him. It seems a bit unnecessary." The oldest disciple spoke up.

"This is the reason I ask my dear disciples to read the scriptures which relate to concepts other than the martial path. You could have gained so much, from doing so." The old man spoke in an ironic tone, then caressed the formation lines and began to explain his motives.

"During the whole period where countless practitioners broke through the Qi King realm, there were experiments on each kind of avenue related to it. Over the years our ancestors constantly experiment on the law blessing part, where they found out that there is a lot more energy than the practitioner can absorb."

"The whole blessing was found to be affecting the world's energy in a much more powerful way than we thought of. The amount of energy which could be absorbed by the practitioners is highly limited due to overtime dissipation of the excess. With long years of research, people were able to come up with ideas which could help them in this situation."

"The formation to attract energy and concentrate it towards the practitioners was the one they began with, but it overloaded the practitioners with an uncontrollable amount of energy influx. That was when the containment formation came into the picture. It not only helped to influx the energy but also helped to regulate the flow and help the process of absorption."

The three men nodded their heads, slightly embarrassed due to their master's statement earlier. They began to follow his guidance and flux in energy towards Li Meng. To their surprise, their junior brother was way better than the estimates.

"How is he able to absorb the energy so fast?" The estimated flow rate of law energy was decided by the old man, but it soon led to a depletion of energy around Li Meng.

"Body cultivation might be the reason for this unprecedented behaviour. There are other explanations, but that is the best one according to me. Your junior brother did manage to step into the Channel Tempering realm before even breaking through the Qi King realm. Those acupoints out to provide good storage of energy and a better absorption rate."

"We should prepare for his upcoming assignment then. Once he ends his seclusion, he must accept a task. We could help with the choice." The old man did think of it as a good move.

"Does master have someplace in mind where he should go for his first task?"

"Your brother is one-of-a-kind genius in this world and hence requires a tempering which is one of a kind too. If he is to fight on the same grounds as you people, he is supposed to temper his martial base. Send him to the forbidden regions in the central plains. Like the Sea of Monsters, or the ice-valley."

"Wouldn't it be too soon for him to step into a region like that?" The second brother insisted.

"Natural luck is not something which can be obtained in closed doors. He is ought to face the world himself, and only then could he rise to the top of this world. he needs to seek out opportunities of his own caliber. Search for three missions. The three should rate from intermediate QI King level, to advance and the peak of Qi King at the very last. He gets a single year to complete all of them."

"I could agree with your first proposition, but now it feels that you are just trying to rush things over. Cultivation is not a path where you could just hurry up to the end line. His Martial base is going to be riddled with flaws if he goes through with this plan." The eldest spoke up.

"Only when that happens, could he reach the specifications to enter a special place I have designed for him to go." The two men were confused at first, but they suddenly remembered a certain horrific memory. "You couldn't master. That is equivalent to pushing him into hell."

"Yet it is also the perfect gateway to enter the Emperor realm. Every disciple of mine has to go in there before breaking through the Emperor realm. It is even more necessary for your junior brother's case."

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Li Meng's body was continuously being filled with a huge amount of Law energy. Although there were times when the energy input could have resulted in a burst of his Qi veins, the artifact came to his rescue.

"It will only absorb any residual energy which your body is no longer able to handle. There is way more than you would ever require to complete the process. The artifact is this close from undergoing another break-through." The Keeper explained.

Li Meng decided to ignore them and concentrated on his runes. They were slowly absorbing the energy, refining it into themselves, and giving out a tiny fraction that went into Li Meng's cultivation base. A single cycle would like a very small amount for Li Meng, but the enormous number of cycles ensured that his cultivation base was constantly rising.

The whole process lasted a little longer than two months when finally, every bit of energy reserve within the formation was exhausted by Li Meng. He was rapidly rotating energy through his Qi veins. It started to rush through every meridian and acupoint, and finally ended up back in his Qi base.

When he finally opened his eyes, he could feel that the surrounding was no longer filled with energy as before.

"Guess the whole process demanded a lot of energy from you." He got up and exited the formation, just to find three exhausted faces looking at him with shock in their eyes. Their eyes were filled with a mixture of disbelief and relief at the same time. When Li meng finally exited the area, they fell to the grounds and began to cultivate their lost Qi over the last two months.

Li Meng was about to enquire about their well-being when a familiar voice halted him in its path.

"its time for you to leave for your task junior brother. You have one day to prepare your reserves. We will leave tomorrow morning." The same guy who made a bet with him spoke in a serious tone.