By the twenty-fourth year, you had successfully opened the fifth major acupoint on the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Acupoint Diagram—the Quchi Acupoint. It was a major acupoint located on the arm, and was also a paired acupoint.
In the end, it took you a full eight months to successfully nurture and open it into its completed form.
Opening the Quchi Acupoint consumed eighty-eight streams of astral qi.
With the successful opening of the acupoint, your total astral qi also increased by forty-four streams, reaching as many as one hundred and sixty-four.
By the twenty-fifth year, you successfully opened the sixth acupoint on the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Acupoint Diagram—the Yangxi Acupoint.
This was a major acupoint located on the thumb of the hand, and was likewise a paired acupoint.
In the end, it took you a full ten months to successfully nurture and open it into its completed form.
Opening the Yangxi Acupoint consumed one hundred and twelve streams of astral qi.
With the successful opening of the acupoint, your total astral qi also increased by fifty-six streams, reaching as many as two hundred and twenty.
By the twenty-sixth year, you successfully opened another paired acupoint located between the first and second metacarpal bones of the hand—the Hegu Acupoint.
This was already the seventh major acupoint on the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Acupoint Diagram. You spent a full year successfully nurturing and opening it into its completed form.
Opening the Hegu Acupoint consumed one hundred and thirty-three streams of astral qi.
With the successful opening of the acupoint, your total astral qi also increased by sixty-seven streams, reaching as many as two hundred and eighty-seven.
By the twenty-eighth year, after a year and three months, you once again successfully nurtured and opened the eighth acupoint on the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Acupoint Diagram—the Xuehai