Guanyuan Acupoint

As Jiang Ye steadily increased his effort.

The silver starlight around him streamed into his body.

The starlight carried wildly violent energy, coursing through Jiang Ye in an extraordinarily brutal manner.

As the Star Martial Advancement Method circulated.

The Starry Sky Energy traveled along the meridians throughout his body.

It was like cleansing his meridians and marrow, scraping open his sealed meridians with countless invisible blades.

"Are all the cells in my body transforming?" Jiang Ye's heart stirred.

The starlight carried extraordinary properties.

It was transforming every cell in his body, making him grow stronger at an astonishing pace.

But the process was excruciating.

After only a few minutes.

Jiang Ye was already beginning to feel unbearable pain.

But in the next moment.

"Bzz!"

Suddenly, his mind became utterly tranquil, his mental world clear as a mirror, as though all distracting thoughts had been cast aside.

I've entered a state of pain. Jiang Ye thought to himself.

[Finding Joy in Misery: While in a state of pain, all attributes receive a considerable temporary boost. The deeper the pain, the greater the boost.]

[Maintaining Clarity in Misery: While in a state of pain, you can remain absolutely clearheaded and hold fast to your heart, unmoved by any tribulation.]

Now that Jiang Ye had entered a state of pain, both effects began to take hold.

The across-the-board boost to all his attributes immediately eased his pain considerably.

Seeing this.

Jiang Ye immediately moved on to the next step.

He guided the Starry Sky Energy into the space he had opened in his lower abdomen.

"Guanyuan Acupoint." Jiang Ye focused on sensing it.

The Guanyuan Acupoint was located in the lower abdomen, roughly where the legendary dantian was said to be.

Once the advancement method was initiated, a small space would be opened at this location.

That space was where Starry Sky Energy was stored.

Though Jiang Ye couldn't look inside his own body, he could sense it.

A space had already been opened at the Guanyuan Acupoint.

As the first wisp of starlight entered the Guanyuan Acupoint, a feeling of comfort surged through his entire body.

"I did it." A smile appeared on Jiang Ye's lips.

Once Starry Sky Energy entered the Guanyuan Acupoint, it would be stored there temporarily.

It wouldn't dissipate for a short while.

As long as he refined it in time, he could make it completely his own.

"That was only the first wisp. I have to fill the Guanyuan Acupoint this time for the Starry Sky Refinement to be worth it." Jiang Ye thought to himself.

Jiang Ye soon realized.

It wouldn't be easy to pull that off.

"I just absorbed at least a hundred wisps of starlight from outside."

After doing the math, Jiang Ye was stunned. "In the end, only one wisp entered the Guanyuan Acupoint, and all the rest dissipated?"

"Is this why Primitive Talent is considered Inferior Aptitude?"

His absorption efficiency was less than one percent.

At this rate, he would probably have to stay here all day to fill the Guanyuan Acupoint.

"Stay here all day?"

"That should be fine."

Jiang Ye nodded to himself.

This pain was nothing compared to what he had experienced on the second level of the Martial Arts Heavenly Ladder.

"Keep going!" Full of enthusiasm, Jiang Ye began absorbing again.

Meanwhile.

Above the Refining Pool, on a huge platform suspended in midair.

Several middle-aged men and women stood on the platform, looking down below.

They were all teachers from the three high schools. Zhang Jianwu and Cao Feng were among them.

"That girl Zhao Qingli really doesn't disappoint."

Looking down below, Zhang Jianwu chuckled. "In just a few minutes, she's probably absorbed a thousand wisps of Star Energy."

From where he stood.

It was easy for him to tell how much Star Energy each student had absorbed.

Cao Feng said, "That girl's Foundation Establishment Method is almost at Great Accomplishment. She's absorbing it far faster than anyone else."

"Of everyone here, probably only Lin Yushu from Ancheng First Middle School can surpass her."

Zhang Jianwu nodded. "Lin Yushu scored 849 on his last monthly exam. He's destined to attend one of the Ten Great Famous Schools. As for Zhao Qingli... I'm afraid her chances are slim."

He shook his head slightly.

Zhao Qingli had scored 810 on her last monthly exam.

Could she reach 900 within half a year? It would be difficult.

Beside them, a middle-aged man in a black martial arts uniform smiled. "Money can make the gods work. If Zhao Qingli keeps trying, she still has a chance."

He was Cang Haisong, a teacher in the Key Class at Ancheng First Middle School.

Zhang Jianwu didn't argue.

Money really could make the gods work.

If a hundred thousand wouldn't do it, then a million.

If a million wouldn't do it, then ten million!

But the problem was, even if they spent that much to get into one of the Ten Great Famous Schools.

If she couldn't keep up with the pace there, she could still be eliminated.

They couldn't keep throwing money at the problem, could they?

Just then, Cang Haisong suddenly asked, "I heard your school has a student with Primitive Talent participating in this Refinement?"

Zhang Jianwu nodded.

"Is that the student?"

Cang Haisong pointed in the direction where Jiang Ye was.

He could see that Jiang Ye was absorbing Star Energy noticeably more slowly than the others.

Zhang Jianwu neither confirmed nor denied it. He turned to Cao Feng and asked, "Cao Feng, did Jiang Ye choose the Body Tempering Method or the Foundation Establishment Method?"

He hadn't asked about it these past few days.

But at those words, Cao Feng shook his head helplessly. "He chose the Advancement Method."

"What? The Advancement Method?"

Zhang Jianwu's brows drew together sharply.

Why would he choose the Advancement Method?

Even Zhao Qingli hadn't chosen this notoriously difficult Refinement Method!

Cao Feng sighed. "I tried to talk him out of it, but the kid insisted on choosing the Advancement Method. There was nothing I could do."

Cang Haisong was surprised too. "The Star Martial Advancement Method? Someone with Primitive Talent shouldn't have been able to learn it so quickly, should he?"

Whether it was the Body Tempering Method, the Foundation Establishment Method, or the Advancement Method.

Students had to learn the method before participating in the Starry Sky Refinement.

Otherwise, they would just be wasting their time.

"He hasn't learned it yet. That just means his Star Energy absorption efficiency will be lower." Zhang Jianwu shook his head. "It doesn't mean he can't participate in the Refinement."

Cao Feng said gravely, "With Primitive Talent, his Star Energy absorption efficiency is already less than one percent. If he hasn't learned the method, it'll be even lower."

That much was common knowledge.

When an ordinary person absorbed a hundred strands of Star Energy, only one would enter the Guanyuan Acupoint.

What about a genius with Nascent Talent? They might absorb ten.

The difference between them was tenfold.

And that was only absorption.

The refining process afterward had a similar gap.

There was a reason Primitive Talent was classified as Inferior Aptitude.

How could Zhang Jianwu not understand all this? Still, at that moment, he was at a loss for words.

"Miss Chen has only been gone a few days, and this kid's already causing trouble."

Zhang Jianwu rubbed his aching temples. "And that old rascal Cao Feng didn't even tell me at the time."

He had never thought Jiang Ye would choose the Advancement Method.

His judgment told him that the kid wasn't the sort to overestimate himself.

But now? Zhang Jianwu found the whole thing absurd.

Of course, it wasn't really a big deal.

But if Chen Zilu asked about it later, he wouldn't know how to explain himself.

"Let's watch a little longer."

Zhang Jianwu sighed softly. "This kid's Martial Will is astonishing. Maybe he can stay in the pool a little longer."