6kv Chapter 19: I practiced the Mountain-Opening Fist, how come my Body-Overlord Technique level increas
Chapter 19: I practiced the Mountain-Opening Fist, how come my Body-Overlord Technique level increas
noon the next day.
Su Chen opened his eyes.
At that moment, his eyes were shining!
The nineteenth acupoint of the Opening Meridian Realm, the eighth acupoint of the Shadowless Step.
The Yin Gu acupoint has been activated!
And this was only a short time since he last activated the eighteenth acupoint, Yanglingquan on the Gallbladder Meridian of Foot-Shaoyang...
A day and a half!
Su Chen sat on the futon, staring at the inside of his left knee for a long time.
This spot is still slightly warm, like a small ball of warm fire burning under the skin; the afterglow of the acupoint opening hasn't completely dissipated.
The eighteenth acupoint, Yanglingquan, was also activated after practicing the Swift Step technique for one night.
However, the main reason is that after accumulating for nearly half a month, the acupoints were already close to opening.
This time it's completely different!
This time it was pure cheating. Relying on Wang Yichuan's level 5 Shadowless Step high-intensity cleansing in the learning machine, he managed to open up an acupoint that would normally take at least half a month in just one and a half days.
"Cool!!!"
Su Chen said one word, then grinned.
He brought up his own control panel and took a look.
【Shadowless Step Lv3 (794/3000)】
Su Chen glanced at his phone.
11:23
Thirteen hours, and I gained 322 experience points!!!
"This efficiency is still a bit worse than that epiphany I had before the exam last night!"
He recalled the process of gaining experience last night.
At 10 p.m., in the first two hours after entering the training room, the experience points increased very slowly, totaling only about 20 points.
At that time, he was a little anxious, wondering if he had hit a bottleneck.
But then it seemed to enter some special state, and the flow of qi and blood in the meridians suddenly became exceptionally smooth and much faster.
In that one hour, my experience points skyrocketed by nearly a hundred!
Su Chen thought the acupoints were about to be opened.
As a result, it didn't clear up after two attempts.
Then it slowed down again.
For nearly five hours straight, the pace was very slow, yielding only about ten experience points per hour.
He felt a pang of regret as he watched his pet's energy points dwindle, wondering if he had truly reached a bottleneck.
Why not try Wang Yichuan's other skills, and continue to target the acupoints when you're in good condition?
But ultimately, following that "feeling" about my body, I continued to flow downwards.
Around six o'clock in the morning, I entered another state similar to "enlightenment".
Although it wasn't as intense as last night, the experience gained was still quite rapid.
However, the acupoints still haven't opened.
It's finally open now!
"The moment the acupoint was activated, I gained 27 experience points within one minute!"
"Overall, I feel that it still can't compare to the experience boost I gained during that one hour of enlightenment."
"However, before the acupoints are activated, and in a state of enlightenment, only ten experience points are gained per hour. Compared to when I first started yesterday, the experience gain rate has decreased by 70% or more."
"Now that the acupoints are activated, if I continue practicing, the rate of experience gain should increase significantly!"
With the panel prompts, Su Chen could even deduce some of the experience and techniques he had learned in cultivation.
Thinking back to yesterday morning, my Shadowless Step experience was only a little over 100.
Now... it's gone up by nearly 700!!!
"good~good~"
Su Chen glanced at his pet energy point balance again.
Pet Energy: 2
Hehe~ No, hehe!
He stared at the number for two seconds, and his lips twitched.
The machine naturally recovers more than five points per hour, while the learning machine consumes six points per hour.
It's like losing a little money every hour!
"If this can be kept on 24 hours a day, then keep it on 24 hours a day as much as possible."
Su Chen's gaze involuntarily turned to the boy.
Task 1: 100km Run
Progress: 82/100
Eighteen kilometers to go!
Once this order is done, I won't have to worry for two days!
"Now that we have the energy points, should we continue our relentless attack on the Shadowless Step, or... do something else?"
Su Chen stood up and stretched his muscles, his knees, ankles, and lumbar spine cracking repeatedly.
He began to make plans in his mind.
"For now, I'll not renew the Shadowless Step subscription. It's always good to accumulate more pet energy."
"And... I'm only using the learning machine's functions right now."
"The pet space has even more features waiting to be developed! Buildings need to be constructed, capacity will be increased, and terminals will need to be upgraded..."
"Terminal upgrade, humanoid pet capacity increased by 1!"
"Two people..."
Su Chen licked his lips.
Lin Xiyue's Water Spirit Technique, Zhang Yan's Overlord Body Technique.
Threesome! How amazing must that be?
He took a deep breath, suppressed the images in his mind, and bent down to pack his backpack.
My phone vibrated.
He clicked on it.
Wow! A ton of messages.
Zhang Yan posted a total of 37 messages!
Su Chen clicked on it and took a look.
Starting at 7 a.m., I post a few messages every half hour or so.
"Are you awake? What happened to our boxing practice?"
"Still not awake? You're such a lazybones!!!"
...
"(╯°□°)╯︵┻━┻I'm going to hit someone!"
Su Chen smiled and typed a reply.
Have you eaten yet?
He replied almost instantly.
"Damn it! Why are you only replying to my message now?"
"Oh, a young lady, huh? Who's the sugar daddy?"
There was a pause of a few seconds.
Then....
"Hmph! When are you going to practice your boxing? Just wait until I beat you to death!"
"Let's practice after we eat. Have you eaten yet?"
"I didn't eat."
See you at the cafeteria.
.......
Canteen No. 1.
The cafeteria wasn't crowded at this time; the first and second-year high school students were still in class.
In their final year of high school, students are mostly immersed in spiritual practice. Since they have no classes and free time, their mealtimes are irregular.
The queue at the window was sparse, and the auntie serving the food leaned against the counter scrolling through her phone.
Su Chen carried the tray inside and glanced around.
Zhang Yan stood near the entrance, hands on her hips, her eyes scanning the crowd.
Today she tied her ponytail half an inch higher than usual, wore a white sports T-shirt, and rolled up the sleeves to her elbows, revealing a section of her forearm that was not thick but had well-defined lines.
The moment she saw Su Chen, she immediately pouted.
"snort!"
He turned and left.
We soon stopped in front of a beef rice window and started queuing.
Su Chen followed her with her tray and lined up behind her.
Neither of them spoke first.
Seeing this, Su Chen, having nothing else to do, looked around.
But she suddenly noticed that Zhang Yan's panel had some data changes!
Zhang Yan
Affection level: lv6
Status: Available for contract (Time limit: 6 days)
Strength Level: Third Realm - Acupoint Opening Realm (47 acupoints)
Pet Energy Points - Acquisition Speed: 67 points/day
Ok? ? ?
Su Chen widened her eyes slightly and checked again.
I couldn't make a contract yesterday morning, and I reached level 5 last night.
You're already level 6?
He recalled what had happened from last night to today.
I made her furious during the assessment, and she stormed off when I left the venue. I even exchanged a few sarcastic remarks with her when I replied to her message just now.
That's it? My favorability rating actually increased?
Sure enough, the worse a man is, the more a woman loves him; the more he bullies her, the faster her affection for him grows.
A thought popped into Su Chen's mind: If he invites her to dinner, will she think... he's interested in her?
Someone like Lin Xiyue, with a narrow social circle, might overthink things in this situation.
But with Zhang Yan's personality, surely she wouldn't go that far?
"Um... I don't like this style either!"
He then looked at two other changes on the panel.
47 holes!
Last night it was 46 acupoints, and a new acupoint was opened overnight.
That's pretty good!
The energy acquisition speed increased from 55 to 67, an increase of twelve points, or about 20%.
Su Chen touched his chin.
"Is the energy acquisition speed calculated as: affinity level × cultivation level × some other coefficient?"
He's only guessing at this formula right now; he'll figure it out once he has more data samples.
"What rank did you get in the speed test?" Zhang Yan suddenly turned around and asked.
"Huh? What is that?"
"Hmph! Stop pretending! It was just last night's assessment!"
"Oh, oh," Su Chen took out his phone, "I was cultivating all night and forgot to check."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Yan immediately deflated.
Su Chen opened the grade rankings.
146 people!
During the joint entrance exam, he ranked 273rd in speed, an improvement of 127 places!
"146," Su Chen asked, "What's yours?"
"149," Zhang Yan said.
"Haven't you improved too? What are you still angry about?"
"Who said I'm angry?"
"Okay, okay! You're not angry."
Zhang Yan snorted, flicked her ponytail, and turned to the window to order.
Su Chen, standing behind her, thought for a moment and said, "By the way, do the top 200 and top 150 in speed subjects unlock the ability to purchase specific resources?"
"Hmm." Zhang Yan didn't turn her head. "Foot meridian-clearing pills and foot bath powders, etc., are probably useless to you, right?"
"No, no, no! It's perfect for me! I've only opened all twelve meridians."
Zhang Yan turned around with her tray, glanced at him, and suddenly paused.
There was a moment of confusion in his eyes.
Useful? What's the use?
But after hearing it clearly, she remembered that Su Chen had only opened twelve meridians!
In yesterday's speed test, she actually lost to someone at the Meridian Opening Realm.
After a fraction of a second of baring her teeth, Zhang Yan nonchalantly picked up her tray and walked to her seat.
Su Chen followed behind, a smile playing on his lips.
After sitting down, Zhang Yan added, still unwilling to give up, "So how many points did you get?"
Su Chen didn't look at it, but asked first, "How much?"
"22. It's just a small assessment, not much," Zhang Yan mumbled, taking a bite of rice.
Su Chen opened the points mall.
[Points change: +125]
Points Balance: 2410
"I gave you... one hundred and twenty-five," Su Chen said.
"So many?" Zhang Yan's eyes widened, her chopsticks stopping in mid-air.
"Of course! An improvement of 127 places is quite significant! I even think they didn't give us enough."
Zhang Yan pursed her lips and lowered her head to continue eating.
After a while, she looked up from her rice bowl and said in a casual tone, "Not bad! After training with me, try to do well in the strength subject as well, and don't embarrass your teacher."
"Hehe~"
"What are you 'heh'ing about? Eat!"
Then Zhang Yan ate her meal in silence.
Seeing that the girl was silent, Su Chen also ate his meal in silence.
He then began to think about the strength training that would follow.
His current strength-based martial art is: Ming Jin Jue!
Since Wang Yichuan didn't learn this, he couldn't use the learning machine to secretly learn it, and he also couldn't see the progress of Ming Jin Jue's cultivation.
Ming Jin Jue, a passive skill of the strength category.
The main point is to mobilize the body's Qi and blood, coordinate them, and then release the force.
The first level of the Ming Jin Jue (明劲诀) does not require activating any acupoints! Therefore, it doesn't take much time to get started.
This is also why Su Chen chose this cultivation method.
It's easy to get started, but quite troublesome to improve. He's only at a beginner level right now.
Su Chen estimated that his experience progress would be around 600/1000.
"There's no way around it! Practicing martial arts requires too much talent and too much time."
"Wang Yichuan's highest skill level is only lv5 Shadowless Step, right? There aren't many skills above lv3 either."
They're just high school students, not some old monster!
Having five or more level 3 or higher martial arts skills can be considered genius.
Only when you cross the threshold of the Opening Acupoint Realm!
Especially after entering the Qi Condensation Realm, it becomes much faster to learn subsequent spiritual techniques.
After a moment's thought, Su Chen didn't waste any words and began to consume his pet's energy points to learn the Mountain-Opening Fist!
Wang Yichuan has two level 3 fist techniques: the Sky-Piercing Fist and the Mountain-Splitting Fist.
The Mountain-Splitting Fist is an advanced martial art!
Although it is one of the more advanced martial arts techniques that is relatively easy to learn, its effectiveness speaks for itself.
Another key reason why Su Chen chose the Mountain-Opening Fist was that Zhang Yan had also learned it! And she had even reached level 4.
It's a good time to learn Wang Yichuan's level 3 Mountain-Opening Fist to get through this phase.
"Sigh~ I really can't accumulate energy points." Su Chen sighed inwardly.
He had only stopped using the Shadowless Step technique for about ten minutes, and he had only gained a little energy, with a remaining balance of three points.
Fortunately, Xiao Zi's 100-kilometer sprint mission was there to fall back on, otherwise we would really be starving.
"Practice boxing for two hours, then do a 20-kilometer endurance run, and I'll finish the task!"
After finishing his mental calculations, Su Chen focused his attention on the spiritual energy trajectory of the Mountain-Opening Fist.
The first trajectory.
Starting from the dantian, passing through the qihai, passing through the stone gate, ascending to the zhongwan, then splitting into two paths, descending along the inner side of the arm, passing through the quze and neiguan, and finally reaching the lagong.
Su Chen carefully sensed it.
The first step in the Mountain Opening Fist only requires activating three acupoints: Quze, Neiguan, and Laogong.
The first level of the Shadowless Step requires four acupoints!
It sounds like the Mountain-Opening Fist is simpler.
In reality, the difficulty of activating acupoints on the arms is on a completely different level than that of activating acupoints on the legs.
The difficulty level for activating acupoints on the legs is 1, while it's at least 3 for the arms!
This is why most martial artists focus on leg techniques in the early stages, as the acupoints in the legs are easier to open and the effects are faster.
Martial arts techniques like fist fighting have high entry barriers and long payback periods, so people who aren't exceptionally talented or have abundant resources rarely choose them.
Su Chen chose the Shadowless Step for the same reason.
"But now... with the cheat code, things are different."
Su Chen felt the path of spiritual energy flowing through the meridians in his arm. The warm air gradually washed over the acupoints that had not yet been activated, and each wash brought a slight tingling sensation.
He was very familiar with this feeling.
It feels the same as practicing the Shadowless Step.
The acupoints are being preheated.
Although it is not activated, the flow of meridians is improving, and the sensitivity of acupoints is increasing.
Once enough has been accumulated, opening the acupoint will be a natural process.
"Hey!" Zhang Yan's voice rose another notch, and she waved her hand in front of him even faster. "Su Chen!"
Su Chen snapped out of her daze and blinked, "Huh?"
"What were you doing just now? I called you and you didn't hear me."
"Thinking about something." Su Chen picked up his bowl, shoveled the last two mouthfuls of rice into his mouth, and mumbled, "About practicing boxing."
Zhang Yan glanced at him suspiciously, but didn't ask any more questions.
Seeing that Zhang Yan had finished eating, Su Chen quickly shoveled down the remaining food.
Let's go!
Zhang Yan stood up, wiped her mouth, and said, "I need to teach you quickly, I have to get back to work."
"What are you busy with? You sent thirty-seven messages this morning. You seem pretty free!"
Zhang Yan put her hands on her hips: "Hmph! If I didn't do anything, how did I acquire this strength? Besides..."
A smug smirk played on her lips: "I activated a new acupoint this morning! It significantly boosts my combat power!"
Su Chen found her expression amusing.
That's it!?
I opened one too!
But I can't say.
"Alright, alright, Miss is the best." Su Chen stood up and picked up the tray.
The moment I stood up, a piece of information flashed through my mind...
[Overlord Body Technique Experience Points +1]
Su Chen stopped in his tracks, but pretended nothing had happened and continued walking.
He was quite shocked.
What's going on?
What does that mean?
Isn't the Mountain-Opening Fist I'm practicing?
Is it a pirated copy?
These two are completely different systems of practice.
The acupoints for the Mountain-Opening Fist are on the arms, while the acupoints for the Overlord Body Technique are on the torso. They are different!
He immediately checked the relevant skill panel.
The information he received surprised him once again.
【Mountain-Splitting Fist Lv1 (11/1000)】
【Ming Jin Jue lv1 (623/1000)】
【Invincible Body Technique Lv1 (66/1000)】
Ah? ? ?
I clearly haven't practiced the Mountain-Opening Fist or the Overlord Body Technique!
wrong!
That's incorrect; he seems to have tried both of those techniques.
When students choose their martial arts techniques in the second semester of their first year of high school, the school will temporarily open up trial access to all basic martial arts skills and techniques, allowing each student to experience them and then choose their major based on their talents.
Su Chen's family is well-off, and they can afford to get complete versions of these basic techniques.
So he practiced privately later, but not in great depth.
The main reason is that the activity level of the acupoints on his legs is much higher than that on his arms and torso, making the practice of the Shadowless Step more cost-effective.
He only tried the Mountain-Opening Fist and the Overlord Body Technique, and gave up before even getting a basic understanding of them.
Now...
"Since I'm using the learning machine to try the Mountain-Opening Fist, I naturally hope to gain experience, activate my acupoints, and thoroughly learn this martial art."
"I just never expected that practicing the Mountain-Opening Fist would unleash the Overlord Body Technique! And... the Bright Strength Technique!"
"Holy crap! If I'd known that one Mountain-Splitting Fist could power three different martial arts techniques, I would have been completely useless practicing the Shadowless Step!"
"Are all advanced martial arts techniques this powerful?"
As for the reason...
There should be some kind of connection between the three skills: Mountain Opening Fist, Ming Jin Jue, and Ba Ti Jue.
Perhaps it's because a small change can have far-reaching consequences, or perhaps the underlying logic is the same.
Su Chen suddenly thought of something.
Although he did not activate the corresponding acupoints for the Mountain-Opening Fist and the Overlord Body Technique, he had already discovered and explored the locations of these acupoints!
According to martial arts theory, even if the acupoints that have been discovered are not activated, they will still play a latent role in combat.
This is why some people, when all fourteen meridians are open, can discover the prototypes of more than one hundred acupoints and can be called geniuses.
When Su Chen practiced Xiao Zi's Swift Wind Step, he discovered nine new acupoints in her meridians.
These acupoints were places he had never even known the location of before.
"In other words..." Su Chen stood there holding the tray, his mind racing, "I can 'discover' the prototypes of a large number of acupoints in advance by practicing different skills."
"The day I've fully opened all fourteen meridians, the number of acupoints I've discovered will easily exceed one hundred!"
This is a cultivation genius in the truest sense!
"Holy crap! I've become a martial arts genius?" Su Chen exclaimed inwardly.
The key point is... this approach isn't difficult for him!
He spent one night learning the Swift Wind Step and discovered nine new acupoints.
Find some strange and unusual beasts, learn some bizarre skills, and you can dig out a whole bunch of unfamiliar acupoints!
"Phew~"
Su Chen tried her best to calm herself down.
Let's take it one step at a time.
"Master the Mountain-Opening Fist first!"
"During the practice, I also carefully tried to understand how it activated the Ming Jin Jue and Ba Ti Jue."
"Let's see what secrets are hidden inside."
"Only by understanding these things can we maximize the effectiveness of the learning machine!"