Hui Yue exerted immense effort, sweat pouring down his forehead, until he finally captured any glimmers of light coursing through the blood vessels. If he hadn't opened up the Chongmai Meridian, then Yan Xiaobao would have been unable to find those glimmers, resulting in a loss of more than half the medicine pill's effectiveness.
Yan Xiaobao's Qi Cave expanded by one-seventh of its original size—a seemingly modest increase, but considering the years of arduous cultivation required to develop its original dimensions, this was undoubtedly a miraculous gain.
Yan Xiaobao finally opened his eyes and gazed at the sun; noon had already passed. He had spent several hours absorbing the pill's energy, but in the end, he managed to suppress the pill's lingering effects.
