He felt, all of a sudden, his chest brimming with energy and his vision growing increasingly blurry, but he was able to feel the changes within his body more intimately. In truth, the internal qi that was diffused throughout his whole body had always been there; it was merely that he had not the correct way to engage it. Once he understood the concept, he suddenly felt a great wave of energy surge out of him, which even forcefully dislodged the hand Zhou Zishu had on his shoulder.

The last thing he saw was Zhou Zishu's stunned expression, then everything went black before his eyes and he fainted headfirst.

Chapter 45: Anticipation

Zhou Zishu frowned at his hand that had been flung off. Ye Baiyi looked back and coolly said, “Not bad. You’ve finally pushed him over the edge to his death, are you satisfied?”

Wen Kexing was the only one with some conscience: he bent to ‘retrieve’ Zhang Chengling, placed a palm on his back, and channelled a thin thread of true qi into his body. A while later, he made a soft sound of surprise, and said, “This kid...unbelievably, his meridians are wider across than those of any ordinary person by nature. Could it be that he’s actually a wondrous talent?”

Zhou Zishu replied, “Indeed. I discovered it when I was helping him regulate his qi after he was injured by Enchanted Song’s shockwaves that time.”

He took Zhang Chengling from Wen Kexing’s hands. The youth’s face was pale and his brow was tightly knit. The hems of his trouser legs dangled above his ankles, just on this side of too short. In the short jiffy of a month and a half, he seemed to have grown a little taller again. Zhang Chengling was born to the Zhang family, and was, furthermore, Hero Zhang’s only son; after so many years, he should not have been this lacklustre. That day, when Zhou Zishu had helped to heal his injury, he had discovered that this child’s neigong foundations had in fact been sturdily built; it was only that he could not use it.

To draw a comparison, he was like a young child who had been armed with a sharp weapon, but had not the strength to wield it.

Witnessing this, Ye Baiyi also found it interesting, and reached a hand over to pinch Zhang Chengling on various parts of his body. He remarked curiously, “Unbelievably, such a person exists on this earth: one with a phenomenally stupid brain, but born with great physique. Is Heaven intending for him to lead a blessed life, or a difficult one?”