By the time he had fully digested the enlightenment, it was already past 8 pm. Lin Fan’s stomach was already rumbling with hunger and his shirt was already soaked with sweat.
Lin Fan returned home and cooked a pot of rice. At the same time, he took out a large piece of beef and a few eggs from the fridge. He made some vegetables and stir-fried two dishes.
Lin Fan had already prepared the ingredients yesterday. As he continued to make breakthroughs and practice, his appetite would continue to increase.
That was unless he cultivated to the point where he didn’t need to eat anything and could live on just by absorbing star power. He had heard from his teacher that those were abilities that only the strong could have. Only when one reached the Fifth-grade and above could one achieve this feat.
Those were too far away!
While he was cooking, Lin Fan took out the Basic Sword Techniques manual from his robes. He flipped it open and quickly memorized it.
The Basic Sword Techniques and Basic Saber Techniques were similar in many aspects because they were both foundational, but their styles were completely different.
The specialty of using the saber was that it made one brave, swift, imposing, forceful, and ferocious.
While the specialty of using the sword included lightness and agility, as well as merging toughness with softness.
The Basic Sword Techniques mainly consisted of stabbing, hacking, hanging, tapping, breaking, smearing, penetrating, and pressing.
The Basic Saber Techniques also included the acts of stabbing, hacking, tapping, and breaking.
The basic commonality between the two was very strong. As one progressed in the mastery of these two foundational techniques, their style would become clearer. However, the fundamental difference wouldn’t be too big.
Lin Fan took the steel bar and waved it in the room. He just needed to memorize it.
The steel bar was really handy. It could be used as a knife or a sword. It was worth 20 yuan.
Soon, the rice was cooked. As he ate the rice and two stir-fried dishes, he browsed through the Basic Sword Techniques manual. He was so focused and engrossed that he did not notice that all the rice had entered his stomach.
His rice had been soaked with the gravy of all the dishes. Yes, there was nutrition in the gravy too. He could not waste it.
However, even after finishing his meal, Lin Fan felt that he was only 80% full. He felt a little sad. This meal cost less than 100 dollars. It was twice as much as before!
He was about to run out of money. In less than a month, he had spent all his savings and could not afford to support himself.
He really had to think of a way to earn money!
He should have clung onto a rich woman!
He picked up the steel bar and went downstairs. He began to practice the Basic Swords Techniques as a way to digest his food after dinner.
“Ding! Congratulations on learning Basic Sword Techniques.” The system’s prompt finally sounded.
Host: Lin Fan
Age: 18 years old
Power: 13
Speed: 13
Spiritual Energy: 13
Strength: First-grade Four-star (880/888) (+)
Skills: Basic Sword Techniques Level 0 (0/10) (+), Basic Saber Techniques Level 2 (52/60) (+)
Talent Skill: Pregnant Gaze (2/100) (+) [Allow the target to experience the pain of giving birth for 30 seconds. Damage Dealt:10~55)
Star Power Points: 1011
On the system page, another skill popped up. Indeed, it was the newly learned Basic Sword Techniques.
At the same time, Lin Fan realized that not only had his condition not deteriorated, he was even nearing his peak state.
Lin Fan was pleasantly surprised. The star powers in his body had actually recovered quite well when he was practicing his saber skills in the afternoon. Although it was slower than meditation, he was hitting two birds with one stone since he was improving his saber skills at the same time.
When he focused on cultivating his saber skills, his body was automatically absorbing the star powers in the air.
He immediately retracted the steel bar and went home. Although his body was filled with the stench of sweat, he did not take a shower. He immediately began to meditate and soon recovered his peak condition.
En, he wanted to continue breaking through.
His main plan was to break through another minor realm tonight. When the time came, he still had to take a shower, so he might as well not shower first. He could shower after he broke through.
It wasn’t that he found it troublesome, it was just that he didn’t have the time to spare. He wanted to continue cultivating immediately.
He sat down cross-legged without hesitation and clicked the (+) button!
+1!
+2!
+3!
…
+140!
+141!
Strength: First-grade, Peak Four-star (999/999) (+)
At this moment, Lin Fan was a peak First-grade Four-star. His star power value upper limit was 999. He was just a step away from breaking through 1000. He had used up 141 points of star power points, an additional consumption of 30 strands of star power.
Indeed, the consumption had increased!
This time, the acupoint that Lin Fan wanted to open was called the Yunmen Acupoint. It was located between the upper part of the chest area and the lower part of the collarbone, towards the inner part of the shoulder blade.
In the First-grade, one had to open nine acupoints. Lin Fan had already opened three of them. The remaining six acupoints were symmetrical. Two were the left and right Yunmen Acupoints, while two others were on his left and right arms. The remaining two were on his legs.
One actually had two choices for the fourth acupoint to open. One was the Yunmen Acupoint, while the other was the Xiehai Acupoint on one’s leg.
If Lin Fan chose the acupoint on his arm, he would have to open up a long meridian pathway to link to the acupoints on them. That would consume more star power, and it was much more difficult to open.
The reason why Lin Fan chose the Yunmen Acupoint was because he only had enough star power points left to open up one acupoint. Furthermore, he had not thought of a way to earn money in a short period of time.
If he could only activate one of the Xiehai Acupoint points in his legs, it would cause some imbalance in his lower body for a short period of time. Although First-grade cultivators were unable to release their star power out of their body (excluding talent skills), he would still experience imbalances in his left and right legs, making him feel awkward.
His normal life would not be affected, but one should not underestimate this slight imbalance. If he were to get into a battle with such imbalance, it might lead to major mistakes.
However, if it was some imbalance on his upper body, it was not as bad.
Thus, Lin Fan had decided to open the Acupoint on his right side, as he was right-handed.
Star powers gathered around the Yunmen Acupoint, as if they were an army waiting to charge forward. They were just waiting for Lin Fan’s order before they rushed onwards.
And without much hesitation, Lin Fan started his process of opening his fourth acupoint.
+1!
1000!
Boom!
The star powers in his body immediately rushed towards the Yunmen Acupoint. He tore a small crack first, then steadily released his star powers into the acupoint to stabilize its opening until it was completely opened, allowing him to create a stable two-way flow of star power in and out of the acupoint.
This was Lin Fan’s strategy for opening acupoints.
Since he had started, Lin Fan was completely focused on what he was doing. Everything in the outside world had nothing to do with him.
+2!
+3!
+4!
…
Although his star power points were being depleted at a crazy rate, Lin Fan couldn’t care less about his heartache. He crazily clicked (+) as if it had already become an instinct. Just a little more, just a little more.
The rate of depletion of star power was way beyond Lin Fan’s imagination.
It was lucky that he had reserved quite a large amount of star power points, enough for him to reach the First-grade peak Five-star realm with some remaining.
When he was breaking open the Shentian Acupoint, a crack appeared after 15 breaths. Breaking open his Zigong Acupoint was even faster, only requiring 10 breaths. His Qihai Acupoint was opened almost instantly.
But now, after 30 breaths, there was still no sign of him breaking through his Yunmen Acupoint.
And the consumption was twice as much as before.
And this was only the beginning!
After 40 breaths! Finally, there was some effect!
Finally, at the 50th breath, a fine crack was opened. The Yunmen Acupoint was finally opened. Following that, a special force was transmitted to his body from the acupoint.
However, Lin Fan didn’t even think about it. He immediately increased the output to stabilize the acupoint, continuously adjusting the amount of star power. This was because the Yunmen Acupoint was continuously being torn apart and expanded, adapting to the continuous flow of star power.
By the time Lin Fan came to his senses, he was stunned. Why was he out of star power?
Upon closer inspection, he realized that all his star power points had been used up. He was still habitually clicking the (+) button, but there was no reaction. No new star power was being produced.
Thankfully, he had already stabilized his Yunmen Acupoint. Lin Fan focused his attention back on his body and allowed the star powers to flow steadily in and out of the Yunmen Acupoint. This time, he had to circulate it more than 50 times before it slowly stabilized.