Empty Meridian

Shen Tingchao, an apprentice at the Jiangzhou Shen family's boat company, has empty meridians. Qi never lasts the night, and his punches cannot reach beyond three chi. At seventeen, when he tests his meridians again, the Manjiang Gang strikes his name off in public. The martial world of the Qingjiang River decides rank by how much inner force one can retain. Some want to turn this kind of empty meridian into a needle that replenishes others' damaged arts. He cannot store qi; he can only borrow passing force and return it. Family bonds, brotherhood, and an official case that was erased are all recorded in the same ledger. Six years later, at the tide gathering, the old rules still count whoever retains the most qi as first. He does not train this dry well until it is full. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: Empty Meridian — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠