Chapter 14: Heretical Cultivation Technique
“System, upgrade me!”
Chu Huaixu sat cross-legged on the bed and spent 79 experience points to raise his character level from 0 to 1.
As for why it was 79 points, the system had its own algorithm.
This was closely related to the player’s attributes and the compatibility of their cultivation techniques.
Xue Hu, who died on that rainy night, probably never dreamed that Chu Huaixu would open his acupoints as easily as breathing.
Of course, he couldn’t even dream anymore.
Xue Hu had actually opened two acupoints himself.
In his youth, he had purchased Meridian-Opening Pills through some special channels and then relied on Body Refining techniques to stimulate his body, enduring great hardship to achieve this.
He actually knew in his heart that this shouldn’t be his limit.
But the pain was so deeply etched in his memory that he didn’t even dare to go further.
Moreover, with two acupoints opened, his physique was slightly stronger than that of ordinary people, enough for him to use his connections to get into the Police Office.
It was a pity that on this night of pouring rain, he encountered Chu Huaixu, a cheater.
His death provided the transmigator with 100 experience points, becoming the “nourishment” for his current acupoint opening.
In the main hall of Ask Dao Peak, a group of cultivators above the Seventh Realm were all startled.
Opening acupoints in three breaths?
And completely blocked acupoints at that?
What did this represent? Spiritual Power had just entered his body and it had opened his acupoints?
Unfathomable, unbelievable!
One should know that Nangong Yue, who had the Profound Yin Physique and lived next door, took almost the time it takes for an incense stick to burn to circulate the Art of Icy Purity in her body for one full cycle before successfully opening an acupoint.
Among these people, Li Chunsong was the most agitated.
This Sixth Elder, playfully called “Charity King of Gamblers,” “Li Chun Song,” and “Eternal Loser” by players on the forum, was breathing rapidly!
His body was even trembling slightly.
His ordinary face began to turn red, and he appeared extremely excited, as if currents were coursing through his entire body.
“Won?”
“I, I actually won!”
He could no longer clearly remember when he had last won a bet.
The feeling of exhilaration was so intense that he felt his skull was about to be blown off.
However, before they could finish their shocked discussions, an anomaly occurred.
Chu Huaixu, who had opened his acupoints in three breaths, suddenly let out a heart-wrenching scream.
He was instantly in extreme pain, feeling as if he was lying on the road with a motorcycle repeatedly running over him, ensuring that tire marks were left on every inch of his body.
Because this all happened so suddenly, he was dizzy with pain.
Chu Huaixu was already sitting cross-legged on the bed, and now after a dizzying spin, he fell off the bed.
The jade slips spread out in front of him and the small booklet placed beside him also fell to the ground.
This young man with a fox-like face directly fainted from the pain.
Just before he lost consciousness, he suddenly understood the sentence written on the jade slip.
“【Heaven and earth as the cauldron, the body as the sword, Spiritual Power as the hammer, refining the body to open acupoints.】”
The night breeze blew in from the window, coincidentally flipping the pages of the small booklet, with a feeling of “the breeze doesn’t know words, why does it turn pages randomly.”
The large characters written on the first and second pages thus appeared.
“Don’t practice!”
“Listen to my advice!”
In the bamboo house next door, Han Shuangjiang opened her beautiful eyes, having undoubtedly heard the heart-wrenching scream.
She was startled and stood up directly from the bed.
“What’s wrong with him?” she asked in the direction of the neighboring bamboo house.
However, her experiences since childhood and her recent turbulent life had made her lean towards indifference.
But after struggling several times, she still decided to “meddle.”
After all, her fundamental nature was still that of a kind person.
Han Shuangjiang strode forward, her astonishingly proportioned jade legs exuding a unique beauty when she walked with large strides.
Short legs would often appear somewhat comical because of this.
She pushed open the bamboo door and arrived in front of Chu Huaixu’s room, raising her hand to knock on the door.
“Knock, knock, knock—!”
No answer.
“You,” Han Shuangjiang paused before continuing, “Are you alright?”
Still no answer.
Previously, she had always worn a veil in front of Chu Huaixu.
At this moment, without the veil, she had an exquisite face that could not be faulted, beautiful to the point of being soul-stirring.
She gritted her silver teeth, made a decision in her heart, and directly pushed the door.
“Creak—!” It couldn’t be opened; it was locked.
You jest! You, a vixen who possessed the Dual Cultivation technique “Joyous Entanglement,” called me a mere Alchemy Furnace/Cauldron as soon as we met. How could I, Chu Huaixu, not lock the door?
What is the most important thing for a boy when he is out?
It is to protect himself!
Having been a companion player for so many years, how could he not understand a truth—women are all the same; if you give them too much, they won’t cherish it.
A man who doesn’t love himself is like rotten cabbage.
Han Shuangjiang lowered her gaze slightly, guessing that the problem was quite serious, suspecting that the other party had already fainted.
She looked around and finally decided to find Steward Niu.
This guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes looked upright and kind, and even though it was so late at night, he probably wouldn’t be angered, right?
Just as she was about to move, a figure flew rapidly from a distance. As he approached the door, he flicked his sleeve, and Spiritual Power directly blasted open the door before he landed gracefully.
A set of actions that were smooth and elegant, so dashing!
Sixth Elder Li Chunsong, with his less-than-ideal appearance, glanced at Han Shuangjiang and then walked inside with a look of anxiety.
“His physique is strong, no major harm.”
“Moreover, it’s a bit too strong.” Li Chunsong was somewhat puzzled.
How could someone who had only opened one out of nine acupoints achieve such progress?
He made a gesture with his right hand, and the jade slips scattered on the ground flew into his hand.
Li Chunsong looked closely and couldn’t help but exclaim:
“What heretical cultivation technique is this!”
As a dignified cultivator of the Seventh Realm, he could naturally see through a mere cultivation technique for the Meridian-Opening Stage at a glance.
“This cultivation technique actually integrates Body Refining techniques directly into it, making it an internal and external dual cultivation.”
“And it uses heaven and earth Spiritual Power to temper the physical body?”
“What’s the difference between this and the last step of artifact refining—Spirit Tempering?” Li Chunsong’s brow furrowed deeper and deeper.
Sword Refining Art, Sword Refining Art.
Damn it, this is actually refining a person like a sword!
But after calming himself down and deducing it, he found that this cultivation technique was actually feasible, as if it were based on artifact refining techniques and adapted into an alternative heretical cultivation technique for opening acupoints!
“This person’s artifact refining skill is definitely at the Grandmaster level!” Li Chunsong was astonished again.
One should know that the entire Daoist Sect only had one Artifact Refining Grandmaster.
That was the broad-minded Ninth Elder of the Daoist Sect, Nangong Yue.
In terms of rarity, the number of Artifact Refining Grandmasters was even fewer than cultivators above the Seventh Realm.
“This must not have been created by Junior Sister Nine; such heresy would be more like something Chu Yinyin would do!” Li Chunsong thought.
He decided to call Niu Yuanshan later to inquire about it.
The Sixth Elder turned to look at Han Shuangjiang and said with comfort, “Don’t worry, it’s fine. He just fainted from the pain due to the special nature of the cultivation technique.”
“Fainted from pain?” Han Shuangjiang was puzzled.
A grown man actually fainted from pain?
This cultivation technique was this terrifying!
When she practiced the Art of Icy Purity earlier, she clearly felt comfortable all over, as if a gentle energy pervaded her entire body, washing away the fatigue of the entire night.
She could never have imagined that cultivation could be such a pleasant thing.
But why was he in so much pain?
Han Shuangjiang glanced at Chu Huaixu lying on the ground, only to find that after his face turned pale, his fox-like face unexpectedly had a different kind of beauty.
“A perfect Alchemy Furnace/Cauldron should be like this.” Her old habit from the Joyous Sect acted up again, and she even commented on him.
