Heretical Cultivation Technique

"System, upgrade me!"

Chu Huai Xu sat cross-legged on the bed and spent 79 Experience Points, raising his Character Level from Level 0 to Level 1.

As for why it was 79 points, the system had its own algorithm.

It was closely related to the player's various attributes, the Match Rate with his Cultivation Method, and so on.

Xue Hu, who had died on that rainy night, probably never would have imagined even in his dreams that opening his orifices would be as easy for Chu Huai Xu as breathing.

Of course, he couldn't dream anymore.

Xue Hu had actually opened two orifices as well.

When he was young, he had bought an Aperture Opening Pill through certain special channels. Then, relying on a Body Refining Technique to stimulate his body, he had endured tremendous suffering before barely achieving such a result.

He knew quite well that this probably wasn't his limit.

But those pains had been etched into his bones so deeply that he didn't even have the courage to go any further.

Moreover, two open orifices made him slightly stronger than ordinary people, which was enough for him to pull some strings and sneak into the Patrol Office.

Unfortunately, on this night of torrential rain, he had encountered Chu Huai Xu, this cheat-user.

His death had contributed 100 Experience Points to this transmigrator, becoming the "nourishment" that allowed him to open his orifices now.

Inside the main hall of Inquiry Peak, all the experts above the Seventh Realm were shocked.

Opening an orifice in three breaths?

And completely blocked orifices at that?

What did this mean? The moment the spiritual energy entered his body, it had opened his orifices?

It was simply inconceivable and utterly astonishing!

One had to know that even the Profound Yin Physique living next door had spent nearly the time it took an incense stick to burn circulating the Ice Purity Art through one complete cycle in her body before successfully opening her orifices.

Among them, Li Chunsong was the most agitated.

This Sixth Elder, nicknamed the "Charitable gambling king," "Li Chun-gave-it-away," and "Perpetual Loser General" by the players on the Forum, began breathing rapidly!

His body even trembled slightly.

His ordinary-looking face flushed red as well, and he appeared incredibly excited, as though currents of electricity were coursing through his entire body.

"I won?"

"I—I actually won!"

He could barely remember when he had last won a bet.

He was so exhilarated that it felt as though the crown of his head was about to be blown off.

However, before they could discuss it in shock, an unexpected change occurred.

Chu Huai Xu, who had opened an orifice in three breaths, suddenly let out a heart-rending scream.

His entire body instantly suffered excruciating pain. It felt as though he were lying in the middle of a road while a motorcycle repeatedly ran over him, intent on leaving tire tracks in every corner of his body.

Everything happened too suddenly, and the pain made him dizzy.

Chu Huai Xu had been sitting cross-legged on the bed. After the world spun around him, he fell off the bed as well.

The Jade slip spread out in front of him and the Booklet placed to the side also fell to the floor.

The young man with the Fox Face passed out from the pain.

Just before losing consciousness, he suddenly understood the sentence written on the Jade slip.

"Heaven and Earth as the furnace, the body as the sword, Spiritual Energy tempering it, refining the body and opening the orifices."

The night wind blew in through the window, coincidentally flipping through the Booklet. It evoked the feeling of "The breeze can't read, so why does it mess with the books?"

The several large characters written across the first and second pages were revealed.

"Don't Cultivate!"

"Listen to Advice!"

Inside the Bamboo House next door, Han Shuangjiang opened her beautiful eyes. She had obviously heard that heart-rending scream.

She sprang up from the bed and stood directly.

"What happened to him?" She looked toward the Bamboo House next door.

However, several experiences from her childhood and her recent life of wandering had made her lean toward indifference.

Yet after struggling several times, she still decided to "meddle."

After all, kindness had always been the foundation of her character.

Han Shuangjiang strode forward. Her astonishingly proportioned jade legs possessed a unique beauty whenever she took large, hurried steps.

By contrast, short legs often made a person look somewhat comical.

She pushed open the bamboo door, arrived outside Chu Huai Xu's room, and raised her hand to knock.

"Knock, knock, knock—!"

No one answered.

"You..." Han Shuangjiang paused before continuing, "Are you all right?"

There was still no answer.

Earlier, Han Shuangjiang had always worn a veil in front of Chu Huai Xu.

Now, without a veil, her exquisite face was flawless, beautiful enough to seize the soul.

She clenched her silver teeth, made up her mind, and pushed the door directly.

"Creak—!" It wouldn't open. It was locked.

You've got to be kidding me. You're a witch from the Joyful Sect who possesses the dual-cultivation technique Joyful Entanglement, and you called me a Cultivation Cauldron the moment we met. How could I, Chu Huai Xu, not lock the door?

What's the most important thing for a young man venturing outside?

Protecting himself!

After working as a gaming companion for so many years, how could he not understand one principle—women were all the same. If you let them obtain something too easily, they wouldn't know to cherish it.

A man who didn't love himself was like rotten cabbage.

Han Shuangjiang lowered her eyes slightly. She guessed that the situation was probably quite serious and suspected that he had already fallen unconscious.

She looked around and finally decided to find Steward Niu.

That thick-browed, big-eyed fellow looks upright, and he's kind as well. Even though it's already so late, he probably won't be angry with me, right?

Just as she was about to leave, a figure flew rapidly over from the distance. As he approached the door, he flicked his sleeve, and Spiritual Power blasted the door open. Only then did he land gracefully.

The entire sequence of movements flowed like water and clouds. It was incredibly dashing!

Sixth Elder Li Chunsong, whose appearance was less than impressive, glanced at Han Shuangjiang before walking inside with an anxious expression.

"His Physique is robust. There's no serious problem."

"Moreover, it's a little too robust." Li Chunsong was somewhat puzzled.

How could merely opening one of the Nine Orifices result in such an improvement?

He raised his right hand, and the Jade slip scattered on the ground flew into his palm.

Li Chunsong took a close look and couldn't help blurting out:

"Where did this Heretical Cultivation Technique come from!"

As a dignified Great Cultivator of the Seventh Realm, he could naturally see through a Cultivation Method of merely the Aperture Opening Stage at a glance.

"This Cultivation Method directly incorporates the Body Refining Technique, turning it into Internal and External Cultivation."

"And it uses Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy to temper the flesh?"

"How is that any different from the final step of Artifact Refining—the tempering of spiritual energy?" Li Chunsong's brows furrowed even more deeply.

Sword Refining Art, Sword Refining Art.

This really is treating a person like a sword and refining him!

Yet after calming down and deducing it once, he discovered that this Cultivation Method was actually feasible. It was as though it had used artifact refining as its foundation and modified it into an unconventional Heretical Cultivation Technique for opening orifices!

"This person's artifact-refining skill is absolutely at the grandmaster level!" Li Chunsong was once again greatly shocked.

One had to know that the entire Dao Sect had only one Artifact Refining Grandmaster.

That was the broad-minded Ninth Elder of the Dao Sect, Nangong Yue.

In terms of rarity, there were even fewer Artifact Refining Grandmasters than Great Cultivators above the Seventh Realm.

"This definitely wasn't made by Junior Sister Ninth. For something this contrary to convention, it would make more sense if Chu Yinyin had created it!" Li Chunsong thought.

He decided to wake Niu Yuanshan later and ask him about it.

The Sixth Elder turned to look at Han Shuangjiang and comforted her, "Don't worry. It's fine. He only passed out from the pain caused by the Cultivation Method's special nature."

"Passed out from pain?" Han Shuangjiang was baffled.

A grown man actually passed out from pain?

This Cultivation Method is that terrifying!

When she had practiced the Ice Purity Art earlier, she had clearly felt extremely comfortable. It was as though a gentle current had spread throughout her body, washing away an entire night's fatigue.

She would never have imagined that cultivation could be such a pleasurable thing.

But why was he suffering so much?

Han Shuangjiang glanced at Chu Huai Xu lying on the floor. After his face had turned deathly pale, his Fox Face seemed to have acquired another kind of beauty.

"An excellent Cultivation Cauldron should be like this." Her old habit from being born in the Joyful Sect had flared up again, and she even offered a critique.

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