Opening Meridians and Pulsing Acupoints

Wind is formless, clouds have no shape.

The Sword Intent Li Yuan had just comprehended was precisely Cloud Formless.

Like Fist Intent, Sword Intent is also a type of Martial Dao True Intent.

Illusory clouds and mist manifested outside his body. These illusory clouds and mist appeared to drift and float, serene and peaceful, but if anyone were to enter them, they would be instantly sliced into pieces.

No matter how harmless the clouds and mist manifested by Cloud Formless appeared, they were, in essence, swords!

Nothing it cannot cut!

Nothing it cannot sever!

With this, Li Yuan had mastered three types of Martial Dao True Intent: Dragon's Bloodshed, Ten Thousand Ranks Cold Pool, and Cloud Formless. This made his spiritual power increasingly formidable!

Li Yuan's eyes blazed with terrifying intensity. His vast and resilient spiritual power was almost tangible, bursting forth from his eye sockets!

Li Yuan had never slacked in his cultivation of the spiritual domain. Vast spiritual power allowed him to control these Martial Dao True Intents with greater ease, and his Martial Dao True Intents were subtly undergoing an unknown transformation, seemingly approaching an uncharted territory.

Li Yuan felt a premonition. This change in his Martial Dao True Intent was a good thing, and he was not alarmed.

It was just that his knowledge of the martial path was too limited, and he didn't know what this change entailed.

"I need to visit the Stone Tower at the Special Capture Division when I have time."

The last time Li Yuan went to the Stone Tower to exchange for martial arts, he had seen several books on Martial Dao True Intent. However, he didn't have enough contribution points at the time to redeem them. He could check them out once he had the money.

The martial art he submitted to the Special Capture Division, [Shocking Step], had passed the review. As long as someone exchanged for this martial art, Li Yuan would receive income from it. However, the income generated from exchanging cultivation techniques was settled monthly, and there were still a few days left until the end of the month.

Once he had enough contribution points, he could go to the Stone Tower to consult relevant materials, so he wouldn't always be in the dark.

And now, with [Cloud Stream Sword Record] perfected, it was time to do something else.

Opening Meridians and Acupoints!

During the Body Tempering Realm, the main cultivation content for a martial artist was to continuously hone the physical body, temper muscles and bones, and increase strength.

The main task in the Inner Force Realm was to continuously temper Internal Energy, making it more abundant and condensed.

As for the True Qi Realm, it was about opening meridians and acupoints!

What does it mean to open meridians and acupoints?

After opening the first martial acupoint in the human body and condensing Martial Arts True Qi, one needed to use True Qi to continue opening new acupoints within the body!

As acupoints are connected one after another, they form meridians!

Connecting the twelve main meridians of the body, the Martial Arts True Qi within the body would surge more than tenfold, and one would become a mid-stage True Qi Realm martial artist!

Next, by unblocking the eight extraordinary meridians, all the meridians in the body would circulate together, and True Qi would circulate endlessly, inexhaustibly. This would make one a late-stage True Qi Realm martial artist!

If one continued to refine True Qi, making it increasingly refined and pure, and liquefying True Qi into True Essence, then one would step into a higher realm... the True Essence Realm!

Xu Zhe, who had accompanied Li Yuan and others to lure and capture the Corpse Demon, was a top-tier expert in the True Essence Realm!

Since breaking through to the True Qi Realm, Li Yuan had only opened one Qi Sea Acupoint so far, making him an early-stage True Qi Realm martial artist.

Next, he needed to continuously open new acupoints and meridians to allow his body to contain more Martial Arts True Qi, so that he could continue to improve his realm.

Qi Zhengyang's [Cloud Stream Sword Record] contained a method for opening meridians and acupoints. Li Yuan sat cross-legged on the ground and began to attempt to open meridians and acupoints according to the method.

Within the Qi Sea, violent Martial Arts True Qi swirled like a storm, displaying its terrifying might.

Suddenly, a strand of True Qi within the vortex trembled slightly, then detached from the vortex and flew out of the Qi Sea.

This strand of True Qi traveled meanderingly through Li Yuan's body and quickly reached the tip of Li Yuan's index finger, the Shangyang Acupoint!

The Shangyang Acupoint was the first acupoint of the Hand Yangming Large Intestine Meridian, one of the twelve main meridians, located at the tip of the index finger. This strand of True Qi circled here, constantly compressing itself using the method of charging the acupoint, and violently charged towards the location of the Shangyang Acupoint!

Li Yuan faintly heard a crisp crack from within his body, as if something had broken.

In his perception, a vortex-like object appeared at the tip of his index finger!

This vortex was the Shangyang Acupoint that Li Yuan had opened.

The newly opened Shangyang Acupoint was empty. The strand of True Qi used to open the Shangyang Acupoint had not been significantly depleted, with about eighty percent remaining. These remaining strands of True Qi moved in unison and drilled into the Shangyang Acupoint.

Li Yuan smiled faintly and continued to manipulate this strand of True Qi, following the same method to open the second and third acupoints of the Hand Yangming Large Intestine Meridian: the Erjian Acupoint and the Sanjian Acupoint.

After opening three martial acupoints in one go, this strand of True Qi was finally depleted.

"Heh heh, this is much faster than I imagined!"

According to the method for opening meridians and acupoints, it was not easy for True Qi Realm martial artists to open new martial acupoints.

For ordinary martial artists, their True Qi attempts to charge acupoints would not be one hundred percent successful. If the amount of True Qi used was insufficient, or if the True Qi was weak and unable to break through the acupoint, then the True Qi used would be wasted in vain, and they would have to wait for their True Qi to recover before trying again.

If they used too much force, trying to achieve a breakthrough with sheer power, the acupoint could be damaged by a massive amount of Martial Arts True Qi. Not only would the attempt to open the acupoint fail, but it would also take time to heal the injury.

Recovering True Qi takes time, and healing injuries takes even more time. If one was lucky, opening one martial acupoint in three to four days would be considered fast.

There were a total of 362 acupoints in the twelve main meridians!

To unblock all these acupoints would take several years of effort.

Like Li Yuan, he had opened three martial acupoints in one go in just a few breaths of time.

At most, it would take a little over ten days to unblock all 300-plus acupoints.

If this got out, other True Qi Realm cultivators would surely pound their chests, regret their lives, and die of depression!

Li Yuan's rapid acupoint opening speed was thanks to his extremely high quality of True Qi.

The Martial Dao True Qi, converted from four types of Internal Energy, was no trivial matter. His True Qi quality far surpassed that of other True Qi Realm cultivators by several times.

If other martial artists' True Qi was like tofu, then Li Yuan's True Qi was a boulder!

Unbreakable!

Mere acupoints were pierced with a single poke, posing no challenge at all.

After opening three acupoints in one go, Li Yuan pressed his advantage, circulating another stream of True Qi to his arm and continuing to open meridians and acupoints.

An incense stick's worth of time later, Li Yuan had opened half the acupoints on the Hand Yangming Large Intestine Meridian!

This speed was simply astounding.

Another incense stick's worth of time later, all the acupoints on the Hand Yangming Large Intestine Meridian were opened!

The Hand Yangming Large Intestine Meridian, one of the Twelve Primary Meridians, was now unblocked!

True Qi flowed back and forth through the newly opened meridians. Not only did the total amount of True Qi in his body increase, but the quality of the True Qi also saw a slight improvement.

The Qi Sea Acupoint is the largest martial acupoint in the human body and can hold the most Martial Dao True Qi. After opening each subsequent meridian, the amount of True Qi in the body would double from the initial amount!

Li Yuan now had the True Qi capacity of two Qi Seas, doubling his endurance in combat!

If all Twelve Primary Meridians were opened, Li Yuan's total True Qi would increase by twelve times!!!

The substantial increase in True Qi within his body caused a faint sensation of swelling.

He knew he couldn't continue opening meridians and acupoints for now. He needed to spend some time letting his body adapt before he could continue.

Li Yuan slowly stood up and practiced his swordplay and fist techniques in the courtyard, adapting to the vast amount of True Qi he had just gained