Chapter 32
【Do you want to start the needle technique training? Note that the opening meridian technique is extremely dangerous; if you lack proficiency, it is highly likely to result in disability!】
“Sure!”
【Please select a target for the acupuncture.】
Who should I choose? Li Qingran is definitely out of the question. Should I have her go out and catch a wild boar instead?
Chen Huai'an was stunned.
Then he saw his phone automatically switch to the camera, which flipped to selfie mode.
The screen showed his own face.
【Selection complete, please begin the acupuncture!】
Chen Huai'an: “??? ”
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Chapter 32: The Birth of Inner Demons (Sponsored by Shukongkong)
No way, man.
Are we not even pretending anymore?
Not even trying to cover it up!?
“I know you can hear me! From now on, stop controlling my phone and cease invading my privacy, or I’ll take you to court!”
Chen Huai'an spoke with a serious tone, his anger palpable.
【Due to the extreme danger of the opening meridian technique, performing it on a suitable target will greatly enhance your proficiency.】
【This acupuncture session can yield a 20% proficiency increase and reduce the probability of disability from the opening meridian technique by 20%.】
【The opening meridian technique is powerful; it can assist your electronic girlfriend in accelerating her cultivation and stabilize the foundation of practitioners.】
Chen Huai'an frowned at the three game prompts.
He calmed down, his gaze unconsciously drifting to his right leg.
It seemed… it might not be a bad idea~
After all, his right leg was already a crippled mess; what difference would it make if it got a little worse?
Besides, it’s just a game item! Just because it says disability doesn’t mean it’s true! What a scare tactic!
【What is this kid up to now?】
The black cat crawled out of its box and jumped onto the sofa, eyeing Chen Huai'an, who was poking at his phone next door. It needed to get closer to absorb the spiritual energy emitted by the spirit stone but was wary of getting too close, fearing the ancestral dragon’s wrath that Chen Huai'an carried.
【Staring at that black box all day… Wait, is it possible that all the good stuff this kid has comes from that black box?】
The black cat cautiously crept a bit closer but could only see a dark screen, its suspicions growing stronger.
【If my theory holds, then if I can get my paws on that black box, all his fortunes will be mine!】
Perhaps the reason this human was under the ancestral dragon’s protection had a lot to do with that black box.
After all, it couldn’t see anything particularly special about Chen Huai'an.
The black cat leaned in closer, one eye on the phone and the other on Chen Huai'an’s back.
Suddenly, Chen Huai'an picked up the set of silver needles.
The black cat froze for a moment, thinking Chen Huai'an had finally decided to give it a needle.
In the next second, it watched in shock as Chen Huai'an plunged the silver needle deep into his right leg.
The black cat: “??? ”
“Roar————!” A piercing scream echoed throughout the hotel.
Fortunately, it was already noon; if he had screamed like that in the morning, other guests would have come knocking.
“Damn, that hurts!” Chen Huai'an glanced at the spot where he had stabbed himself; the skin was already turning purple.
But soon, he felt something was off.
The area he had stabbed had previously been completely numb!
Now he could feel such sharp pain—didn’t that mean the silver needle was working?
It was just a little pain; did Chen Huai'an fear pain?
He continued to jab in a flurry of needles, and the black cat, seeing Chen Huai'an lost in self-harm, crouched low, ready to snatch the phone.
At the moment the last needle went in, the black cat let out a “meow” and lunged for the phone by Chen Huai'an’s thigh.
However, just as the needle struck, Chen Huai'an’s leg, which had already been fractured, shot up like lightning, delivering a brutal knee strike to the black cat.
“Meow?!”
Bang————!
The black cat flew through the air in a perfect arc, landing back in its shoebox, the lid slamming shut behind it.
“Hey! It hurts, but at least I can feel it now!” Chen Huai'an rubbed his right leg, his face lighting up with surprise.
The opening meridian technique was meant to clear the meridians and invigorate the blood flow.
His leg had been numb mainly due to the fracture and tumor pressure, and the opening meridian technique was just the right remedy. Of course, it could also be a case of fighting fire with fire, and he might have gotten lucky.
“By the way, did I just bump into something with my knee?”
Chen Huai'an scratched his head, looking around.
He had been so focused on the acupuncture points that he hadn’t paid attention to his surroundings.
“Eh, maybe it was just my imagination.”
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Cangyun Realm.
Ever since acquiring the supreme-quality dantian, Li Qingran’s cultivation speed could only be described as meteoric. She broke through to the eighth level of Qi Refinement last night, and by this afternoon, she was already on her way to achieving the Great Perfection of Qi Refinement. This was thanks to her supreme-quality dantian and the fact that she had no spiritual root. At this moment, the five elemental spiritual energies were quietly residing in her dantian, making it look quite impressive.
Cultivators with spiritual roots could convert all the spiritual energy they absorbed from the world into energy corresponding to their root’s attribute.
For example, a fire-rooted cultivator could transform all five elemental energies into pure fire energy.
Moreover, the energy’s attribute could only unleash its maximum power if it matched the spiritual root. If the root and the energy were in conflict, it could lead to chaotic energy and dangerous situations. Some techniques and internal cultivation methods also had requirements regarding the cultivator’s spiritual root. Typically, cultivators had to choose partners with similar roots to exchange energy, meaning at least one of them had to share a common root for energy fusion.
Thus, in the cultivation world, having a single spiritual root was considered a top-tier talent, while mutated roots were even better, and five-element roots and no roots were deemed the lowest tier.
Cultivators with five spiritual roots had an extremely slow cultivation speed, often struggling to break through the Qi Refinement stage in their entire lives. Those without spiritual roots might cultivate quickly, but due to the poor quality of their energy, they also found it hard to break through bottlenecks, and their spells were significantly weaker than those of other cultivators.
Li Qingran had thought that without a spiritual root, she would never break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.
That bottleneck was like a dam; to break through it, one needed not only a sufficient amount of energy but also a powerful impact.
A mix of energies clearly lacked the necessary force.
But as she neared the breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment stage, she discovered that the supreme-quality dantian provided her with purer energy and a much larger quantity than before!
“The supreme-quality dantian bestowed upon me by my senior is truly incredible.”
Li Qingran looked inward at her dantian, her heart racing with astonishment.
Before her cultivation was crippled, she had reached a small success in Foundation Establishment, but now the amount of energy in her dantian was already two to three times that of her peak! If she had a spiritual root and could smoothly break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, wouldn’t she possess the total energy equivalent to five or even more ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators?!
“What does it matter that I have no spiritual root? With my senior’s help, I can still continue on this path…”
The five elemental energies within Li Qingran began to boil under her guidance, gathering towards the ‘dam’ of the Foundation Establishment stage.
She was preparing to break through!
But just then, a wave of intense pain surged through her mind.
An endless darkness engulfed Li Qingran completely.
In her daze, she saw an old man in a green robe standing before her—it was Daoist Qingxuan, her former master.
“Li Qingran! Hurting your fellow disciples is unjust!”
“You practice our sect’s martial arts but show no ambition, trampling on your master’s teachings—this is unfilial!”
“I sent you to the outer sect, yet you bully the outer disciples—this is unkind!”
“You possess the inner cultivation method of the Chiyun Jue, yet you still think of switching masters and changing sects—this is disloyal!”
Her heart clouded, inner demons began to take root.
The smiling mask could not hide the grotesque scars.
A painful past cannot be easily buried.
Daoist Qingxuan’s words resonated like thunder in Li Qingran’s mind, scattering the surge of energy that was about to break through the bottleneck.
The figure of her senior brother, Lu Changtian, appeared beside Daoist Qingxuan, a cold smirk on his lips:
“Li Qingran, someone like you—disloyal, unfilial, unkind, and unjust—dares to dream of breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage? Pathetic and laughable!”
“Li Qingran, you actually harmed your junior sister. I truly misjudged you.” Her third senior brother, Yun Zimo, looked at her with disgust.
“Li Qingran, spit out the pills and herbs I gave you! You think you’re worthy?” Her second senior brother, Xiao Yifeng, glared at her with a twisted expression.
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