Chapter 262: Dao of Acupoint & Kindling of Nanming Ignis (1/2)
Chapter 262: Dao of Acupoint & Kindling of Nanming Ignis
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”Real Dragon's Nine Acupoints? What do you mean by that?!”
Junior Leopard heard the word ”acupoint” from the Stranger who passed down the Nine Heaven Yuan Yang Technique to him. However, Junior Leopard didn't know the meaning of the word. Fortunately, since he had reached the third form of Nine Dragons Heavenly Fire Technique and gotten some insights for the Dragon Flying Technique, Junior Leopard had acquired unbelievable benefits from the Stranger by exchanging the mental cultivation method of this technique with him. Now hearing what the Green Spirit said, Junior Leopard could be sure that the Stranger hadn't lied to him.
”Real Dragon's Nine Acupoints basically means the nine acupoints of a real dragon!” the Green Spirit said. ”You should know that nature produces millions of creatures and these creatures reproduce and evolve into their own species with unique features. Most unfair, each living creature is born with different power. The law of the jungle becomes the first principle among the world!”
”L”Law of the jungle?!”Junior Leopard thought to himself, ”Indeed, I can't complain about the difference of inborn power in each spirit!”
”Quite right! Can't complain! What's more, that is nature. It is not easy to change destiny. Those who are born to be weak, can be killed in one stomp. While those who are born to be strong, can create a new world with a mere casual act. Nature is far from fair. All living creatures have struggled for just an illusory chance to survive!” The Green Spirit seemed emotional when saying this and his voice became far-reaching. ”All creatures can practice, whether they are flying birds, walking animals or crawling insects. Everything could go for that slim chance to be alive. Even the grass and the stones, if they got the chance, they could also practice. There are evils, demons, immortals and strangers existing in nature. Because of their congenital limitations, their practices are different. All living creatures have acupoints inside their bodies. And the so-called acupoint functions as a place to store and transform the essence of the world!”
”Dantian?!”
”Dantian. To you humans, Dantian is the acupoint. Actually, the acupoint is more than Dantian!”
”Dantian is only one kind of the acupoint. And you humans belong to the acquired living creatures. That is why you only get one acupoint. Some creatures have more than one acupoint!” said the Green Spirit.
”What is 'congenital' and what is 'acquired '?!”
”Creatures that have fur, antlers or are born from eggs or embryos all belong to the 'acquired'. Even your ancestors, the primitive ancestors still belong to the acquired. As for the congenital, even in the antiquity times, you could easily count them. Real dragons belong to the congenital. So they have nine acupoints!”
”Nine acupoints equals nine Dantians!”
”Not equal, but similar! It would be similar to you humans having nine Dantians!” The Green Spirit corrected him, ”In this case, they can store at least nine times more pneuma than you can. And in fact, the amount of the pneuma stored in each of their acupoints is much more than yours!”
”So you're saying humans can also practice several other Dantians?!”
”You got it! So do the demonic cultivation!” the Green Spirit said. ”Even back in the antiquity times, aside from the few living creatures grown out of the congenital seeds which were left by the primitives, the rest of the demonic cultivation all belonged to the acquired group who had only one acupoint, just like you humans do. Nevertheless, your ancestors were so smart that they found a way to Refine Acupoints during their practice. In this case, living creatures of the acquired group also had the chance to have the other acupoints in addition to the Dantian. But it was too dangerous to practice. One mistake could cost even the highest level of the practicers. A better way did not come out until the necromancer appeared!”
”A better way? What's that?!”
”The necromancers believed that all living creatures are interrelated and have the same principles. And they believed that the congenital group and the acquired group had similarities in their body construction. Though the primitive ancestors' Refine Acupoints method had enormous benefits, its risks were also unbearable for the common people. So they figured out a method to seek how the congenital living creatures practiced, and based on this they could use backward induction to find their acupoints. Considering their own physical features, they created a new way of sensing the acupoint. And finally, necromancers also found that among all the living creatures, the real dragon group had the most similar acupoints to those of human beings. These are also the easiest to practice!”
”Is it the Real Dragon's Nine Acupoints?!”
”Yes! It's the Real Dragon's Nine Acupoints, one of which is the Dantian!” the Green Spirit said, ”I can teach you how to Sense Acupoints and Refine Acupoints. But I don't know the mental cultivation methods that were secretly passed down within the dragon family. So I recommend you practice your own Dantian firstly. As for the others, you can wait until you have the mental cultivation methods of the Real Dragon Mysterious Method!”
”I do have a mental cultivation method for the Real Dragon Mysterious Method!” Junior Leopard thought. He said, ”The storage capability of the congenital living creatures' acupoints is much larger than those of the acquired group. This means Refine Acupoints can not only increase the amount of acupoints but also the storage capability of the Dantian for the pneuma, right?!”
”Right! That's it!”
As they were talking, the Green Spirit passed Junior Leopard the ways of Sense Acupoints and Refine Acupoints at the same time without concealment.
”No wonder the golden-robed man gave me so many benefits that day. It turns out he wanted to detect his acupoint using the Real Dragon Mysterious Method!” Junior Leopard thought to himself.
”What is the relationship between this Sense and Refine Acupoints with my Level Eight cultivation?!”
”Surely they're related! With level eight cultivation, you are gonna have iron-strong Internal Qi. And you may also produce the Real Essence Source. Once the Source is made, you will step completely into Level Nine. At this level, the Real Essence Source will be nourished carefully. If you have more than one acupoint before condensing the Real Essence Source and going into Level Eight, you will definitely yield twice the results with half the effort in your future practice. If you only have one acupoint when you step into Level Eight, even if you have the other acupoints later, each acupoint will still need to condense into the soul source. What's worse, even if the later sources came out, it will be hard to integrate with your original Real Essence Source. The later ones will also need to be purified and refined which is indeed troublesome. The best way is to have all the acupoints ready before you step into Level Eight. Moreover, your internal qi has already integrated with the evil fire of the primitive dragon chimera. If your Internal Qi can be completely transformed into the evil fire of the primitive dragon chimera, even though this is not one of the congenital nine fires, you will still enjoy endless benefits. The evil fire is also quite famous and as good as the Tusita Fire. If you can make a few more acupoints ready and plant this evil fire in all of them, your future achievement will be unmeasurable!”
”There are so many techniques!”
”There are more than you can imagine! The Sense Acupoints and Refine Acupoints are just a small part. Once your cultivation reaches the corresponding level and you step into the big three realms and your Internal Qi transforms into the Real Essence, you will understand how important it is to have a solid foundation!”
Junior Leopard nodded with a smile on his face. This was a major lesson.
Junior Leopard had some leisure time in the following days to practice his Dantian following what the Green Spirit had said. After several days, he obtained excellent results. His Dantian experienced wonderful changes, plus others he hadn't even noticed before. Of course, as the Green Spirit mentioned, Refine Acupoints was not a thing that could be done in one day or one night. It was dangerous and would take a long time. Junior Leopard, practiced it very carefully.
One day, just as Junior Leopard finished his daily practice, he felt refreshed and his Dantian seemed to have advanced just as the Green Spirit said.
As Junior Leopard was immersed in his happiness, he frowned suddenly. Renzhen Cuo lifted the curtain and came in. ”Your Excellency, the Cao man is here to visit again!”
”Let him in!” Junior Leopard answered. Cao, a protector, belonged to the Sect of Flame and was mastered by a Venerable of the sect. Junior Leopard didn't understand why he wanted to be in his territory. A few days ago, Mr. Cao had informed him that his Venerable master together with his wife would visit soon. Full of curiosity, Junior Leopard waited for a few days for them. This was his personal territory. The appearance of a Level Seven master from the Sect of Flame, in any case, was disturbing for him.
”Your Excellency, Mr. Zhou. My respect!”
Guided by Renzhi Cuo, Cao Zhi showed his respect when seeing Junior Leopard.
”Don't bother! You are from the Sect of Flame. Hearing you call me 'Your Excellency', 'Your Excellency', it makes me feel uncomfortable!”
It was ironic. The Sect of Flame followers were all rebels who planned to kill the officers, particularly those who served for the imperial court. Cao Zhi, as a protector of the Sect of Flame, greeting a man 'Your Excellency ' so respectfully would make anyone feel uncomfortable.
CCao Zhi's look stiffened. A trace of embarrassment flitted across his face. ”Your Excellency just likes joking around!”
”I never joke. I've waited here for days. Why hasn't your Venerable Master come yet? If he isn't coming, I will leave. After all, I don't have much leisure time!” Junior Leopard's words revealed some maliciousness.
”Please forgive me, Your Excellency! Please!” Cao Zhi felt horrible deep inside at this young master's dark look, though he could not tell whether Junior Leopard was really angry or not. ”My Venerable arrived this morning. I'm here to invite Your Excellency to visit him!”
”I should go to visit him?! ”Junior Leopard grinned with an unpleasant look. Cao Zhi was hit by invisible stress all of a sudden. He felt depressed with a feeling like he was being choked. When he came to, he was soaked with cold sweat. With feeble knees, he flopped onto the ground. His feet were unable to bear his weight because of fear.
In recent years, Junior Leopard had become much more mature. He'd gained a higher cultivation and more knowledge about the world. He also had a wider vision which made his behavior much more powerful and influential. Normally, his power would not be that strong; he usually wore a smile. But when he was in a bad mood, like now, his Qi power would show up. His inborn Divine Sense, his Fiery Eyes and the Heavenly Magic Eye, carried a shocking feature which had integrated into his bones. Cao Zhi, a Level Four martial master who had just stepped into the Bone-Forging Realm, could barely stand it. His whole soul was suddenly shocked. It happened only for a short time, but to him, it seemed like it was a lifetime. It was a good thing he was in the bone-forging realm, if he was a rookie in the Skin-Toughening Realm, he definitely would have pissed himself unconsciously.
”Your, Your Excellency! You, you misunderstood!”
Though not frightened to death, Cao Zhi still could not smooth himself, ”My venerable is not belittling Your Excellency. It's, It's that he tru-truly cannot stand up!”
”What? Can't stand up? !”Junior Leopard stared at this Cao Zhi with a puzzled look. ”Tell me the details! What happened?!”
”My Venerable master met a tough enemy and was seriously wounded! Thank god he's still alive! He's resting at the Young Master's with extremely bad injuries. He can't get out of bed and falls into a coma from time to time!”
”What?!” Junior Leopard paused. He felt speechless. He wasn't expecting this. All the Sect of Flame Venerables were strong masters. A master lying in bed, unable to stand because of the injuries incurred by another man, this was big news. Filled with curiosity, Junior Leopard changed his demeanor. ”So that's the situation. I misunderstood you! Let's go visit your Venerable. I'm really wondering what on earth your aim is in doing all these things!”