Chapter 309: Practice in Secret Area, Insights of Acupoints (2/2)
Although it was more chaotic than the first time he entered the Azure Secret Area, the chaotic extent was limited.
”How did it go? Did you find it?”
”Yes, there is a hiding place 600 feet away. However, it seems that it already has a master!”
”I don't care. Can you feel the strength of the guy hiding there?”
”I can feel a bit, its cultivation is no less than Level Seven!”
”It's an evil beast whose cultivation is equal to Level Seven. It should be hiding in the hole and be trembling right now. It's easy to deal with it!”
”I see!” Zhou Bao nodded.
Because there was turbulent and eccentric pneuma everywhere, it took him more than one hour to cross a 600 feet distance. But fortunately, it was safe in the end. He bid defiance to a Level Seven evil beast. Moreover, the evil beast was not as sensitive as usual in the Essential Qi Tide, and it would never have imagined that one could still find the way to its cave in the boundless Essential Qi Tide.
So, when Zhou Bao arrived at its lair, it was not even awake.
Zhou Bao resolved the issue of the cave's previous master using his Great Fusion Technic.
”Whoo, whoo!” After jumping into this cave, Zhou Bao took a deep breath and gasped, and then sat down and began to adjust his breath. Along the way, he was exhausted and his Internal Qi, including that of his Fiery Eyes External Elixir, had been consumed by 80 percent. If it was a bit longer, he might not have survived it.
However, in the Azure Secret Area, his Internal Qi recovered quickly and the cave which was not affected by the Essential Qi Tide, was full of pneuma.
”Green Spirit, just tell me why this cave is not affected despite the Essential Qi Tide almost covering the entire Azure Secret Area?”
”The power of the world is unpredictable, but in any dangerous situation, there will always be some hope of survival among the Great Ways. The exquisiteness of the Great Ways lies in the transience between death and life. I just know this truth, but I can't really understand it. You're asking me the reason, but I can't exactly explain it!”
”Just say you don't know. What do you do with all this esoteric stuff?” Zhou Bao was angry at his words and asked, ”What shall we do next?”
”Since you have recovered your Internal Qi, just begin to refine acupoints!'' Green Spirit said, ''I'm going to look for a place to restore my Original Spirit!”
”Aren't you staying here?”
”What am I doing here?” Green Spirit laughed.
”Don't forget that this place is full of Essential Qi Tide. Can you just go out like this? Aren't you afraid of falling into trouble?”
”I'm not going out. I'm just guide pneuma into my body at the entrance to the cave!” Green Spirit said, ”Because of the stir of the Essential Qi Tide, there is Spiritual Qi and Evil Qi everywhere. I have just discovered several kinds of pneuma that are good for my recovery. I just need to guide the pneuma at the cave's entrance, and I don't need to leave.”
”You simply got a terrific place for yourself!”
Having muttered a curse, Zhou Bao calmed down, quietly exercised his own Internal Qi and began to refine acupoints.
This was not the first time for him to refine acupoints. He already had some experience. In addition, since he had fumbled through the acupoint of the Primordial Celestial Dragon by Invisible Dragon Rod, he had a very deep understanding of the Real Dragon's Nine Acupoints. Therefore, once he ran his Internal Qi, exploring the tricks of his own acupoints was something up his street.
Because he wanted to open the Real Dragon's Nine Acupoints, therefore, the Internal Qi was in accordance with Dragon Flying Technique. After several full days, Zhou Bao's body gave a slight shake, and the black flames began to swirl around him like wind instead of in a solidified form.
At this moment, in Zhou Bao's tendons and meridians, the black flame-shaped Internal Qi which was like a hand controlled by Zhou Bao, moved slowly and probed the depths of his tendons and meridians, feeling their difference in a subtle way and trying to find a unique point in the tendons and meridians.
The Fiery Eyes' Inner Vision function had been fully turned on and all the movements in his body were fully reflected in his mind. The flow of a drop of blood, the beating of the heart, the pulsation of the tendons and meridians, and even the deepest mental and spiritual movement were all clear and complete.
After a full day's operation of the Dragon Flying Technique, he basically knew the position of the remaining seven acupoints of the Real Dragon's Nine Acupoints. After a few more days, he could locate the position of the seven acupoints and went to the second step.
Refine!
To refine acupoints!
According to the last distribution of tendons and meridians, he first began to flush the tendons and meridians with his own Internal Qi, slowly emptying the points around the seven acupoints, creating the inner air circulation, step by step, letting the cycle take shape.
As expected, the acupoint was opened by him.
”Bang!”
As what happened when he opened the first acupoint, this acupoint madly absorbed his Internal Qi like a black hole once it was formed. The Internal Qi which originally coiled around his body because of the operation of the Dragon Flying Technique, was sucked into his body suddenly.
The Internal Qi was rolling like a long river running!
In a very short period of time, the Internal Qi in his body was completely inhaled into the newly opened acupoint. The Internal Qi in his Dantian, the Fiery Eyes External Elixir, and the crimson star cloud in the acupoint he had opened before, all rushed out and poured directly into the newly opened acupoint.
Everything happened as Zhou Bao had expected. However, instead of crimson star cloud, there was a black star cloud circling in the newly opened acupoint.
”Whoo!” Zhou Bao took a deep breath. Unlike last time, there was no shortage of Internal Qi this time. Having been circulating in the newly opened acupoint, the Internal Qi in his Dantian, the Fiery Eyes and the first acupoint were completely melted together. After being purified and converted, it was completely condensed into one when the star cloud was formed.
But at the same time, Zhou Bao felt an endless emptiness and even had the feeling that he was hurt badly. It was because the whole body's Internal Qi had been consumed in this new acupoint, leaving the whole body in urgent need of supplementation.
Fortunately, he was in the Azure Secret Area. The richness of the essence of the world quickly filled up his Internal Qi, but at the same time, his look became a bit weird.
”Internal Qi is powerful!”
After opening the second acupoint, he had totally doubled the amount of Internal Qi in his body. Additionally, after the purification, the crimson Internal Qi in the acupoint which was first opened, was also completely assimilated, and it began to change into condensed and black flame-shaped Internal Qi.
His Dantian, the first acupoint, and the second acupoint, vaguely formed a cycle where the Internal Qi flew endlessly. Furthermore, he noticed that the capacity of his Dantian seemed to have been expanded a lot, not to mention the capacity of two Real Dragon's Acupoints which was more than ten times bigger than that of his Dantian.
”Although my cultivation is still at Level Seven, my current Internal Qi is at least fifty times more than that of an ordinary Level Seven expert. If I try to open a few more acupoints, then my Internal Qi capacity will be a hundred times or even hundreds of times more than that of an ordinary Level Seven expert!” At this thought, his face lit up with a joy, but it soon subsided.
”It's a pity that the strength of my tendons and meridians is limited. Moreover, it is impossible to make all the Internal Qi burst out at once no matter how abundant my Internal Qi is. Otherwise, it will fracture the tendons and meridians. Therefore, compared to a Level Seven expert, my biggest advantage is only my great amount of Internal Qi. If we confront each other, my endurance is a hundred times more than that of theirs, but the power that can be exerted by one stroke will not be much stronger!”
This is a very simple truth. An acupoint was like a pool, and tendons and meridians were like water pipes. In the case of the same thickness and the same number of pipes, the amount of water that you put in one pool and one hundred pools at the same time was almost the same. The advantage was shown when the water in one of the other pools was drained.
But Zhou Bao was very satisfied with this. What he valued was not the present, but the future. After he had opened all the acupoints, he would purify the Real Essence Source. By the time his cultivation had passed Level Nine, reached Mysterious Realm and obtained Individual Immortal Karma Rank, his Real Eessence would be many times more powerful than that of an ordinary Individual Immortal.
Of course, this was just one of his ideas. It was far from becoming a reality.
After he opened the second acupoint and tasted the benefits of it, Zhou Bao continued to work hard and started refining the third one and the fourth one...
Gradually, he had completely indulged himself in the process of refining acupoints.
Because during this process, he increased the number of his acupoints, and at the same time, he used his own Internal Qi to control his own tendons and meridians inch by inch as he opened his acupoints step by step. It helped him a lot with the control of Internal Qi in extremely subtle areas. His technique of exercising Internal Qi also entered into a new level and height.
”The Sword Qi of the Extreme Yang Heavenly Sword can also be used separately!”
”Differentiation of such a large quantity of Sword Qi can be carried out in the tendons and meridians!”
”Yes, if the gathering and diffusion of Sword Qi can be done in such a way, the efficiency will at least double!”
”Oh, I got it! If Heavenly Jade Technique and Snake-like Breath Holding Skill work in this way, the Critical Hit rate will be greatly increased!”
”Well, why is it in the reverse order? Haha, I got it. The waves of two secret skills of Heavenly Jade Technique and Snake-like Breathing overlap. As long as I do it in this way, I can keep the probability under my control, and I don't need to count on luck!”
”This is the secret to the technique of Flipping Sky Seal. As long as my Internal Qi flows like this, I don't need to worry about breaking my tendons and meridians when I exercise Flipping Sky Seal!”
”As long as Infinite Trembling Contemplation is also exercised in this way, the power will be increased by 30%. The time of application will be reduced by half. The damage to the tendons and meridians won't be so serious. It can save my life at critical moments!”
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Time flew as he was refining and meditating. When he re-opened his eyes, it was already half a month later.
He let out a sigh of relief. The past half month was fruitful and he was extremely exhausted due the fact that he kept practicing and meditating, which was physically strenuous.
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