Heavenly Spirit Cover Smashed to Bits

As one's internal cultivation mastery improves, the time required for internal cultivation will inevitably increase.

However, for most martial artists, martial skill cultivation is also a slow process that takes more time the further one progresses.

At this point, the martial artist needs to decide for themselves whether to focus on internal cultivation or martial skill cultivation.

If one's talent is insufficient and their energy is limited, a choice must be made between the two.

[Cultivating Internal Cultivation Method, Achievement Points +10.]

Until a prompt message popped up before Gu Shaoan again, just as Gu Shaoan, who had finished nourishing his meridians, controlled his internal energy to return to his dantian, he glanced at Zhou Zhiruo, who was still cultivating opposite him, and picked up a medical book to read.

As Gu Shaoan's mind sank into the medical principles described in the book.

At the same time, Gu Shaoan's proficiency as a physician was also steadily increasing at a stable rate.

He didn't even notice that the carriage beneath him had already begun to drive back onto the official road, his mind completely engrossed in the contents of the medical book in his hand.

It wasn't until the carriage wheels beneath him caused a noticeable bumpiness from hitting a pothole that Gu Shaoan's thoughts were interrupted.

[Studying Medical Book, Achievement Points +20.]

[Current Achievement Points: 1002]

Looking at the prompt message before him, Gu Shaoan's eyes lit up.

"Finally, I've accumulated enough Achievement Points."

It had been five days since the suppression of the mountain bandits.

It was at this moment that Gu Shaoan finally saved up a thousand Achievement Points.

With a thought, the lucky draw roulette immediately appeared in Gu Shaoan's mind.

As the Achievement Points, which had just reached four digits, were reduced to a mere fraction, the lucky draw roulette before him began to spin.

A few breaths later, after the roulette stopped spinning, a prompt message popped up before Gu Shaoan.

[Congratulations to the player for drawing a Twenty Year Power Card (Superior Bone Structure).]

The moment this prompt message appeared, the hand holding the medical book trembled involuntarily.

"A power card, and a twenty-year one?"

Gu Shaoan hadn't expected that just a few days ago, Miejue had just given him a Bodhi Exquisite Pill to increase his power by two years, and now he had drawn a twenty-year power card.

Once used, Gu Shaoan's power would surge by twenty years.

After all, Gu Shaoan was only eleven years old now.

What does it mean for an eleven-year-old child to possess over twenty years of cultivation?

See these little hands?

One palm strike, twenty-two years and two months of cultivation, I ask you, are you scared?

Your Heavenly Spirit Cover will be smashed to pieces.

At this moment, Gu Shaoan felt like a person who had been poor for a long time and suddenly received a ton of gold; his emotions surged uncontrollably.

But looking at Miejue and Zhou Zhiruo, who were sharing the carriage and meditating, Gu Shaoan could only forcibly suppress the urge to immediately use the Power Card.

After all, twenty years of cultivation, once absorbed into his body and refined, the surge of Internal Energy fluctuations would inevitably be detected by Miejue beside him.

If Miejue then probed his Internal Energy, discovering that her eleven-year-old disciple suddenly possessed over twenty years of cultivation, she would likely be stunned on the spot and question her life.

It wasn't until evening, when they passed through a town and checked into an inn, that Gu Shaoan, after locking the doors and windows, leaped onto the bed, sat cross-legged, and with trembling excitement, brought out the Power Card he had drawn during the day.

As his thoughts willed it, the word "Use" seemed to carry a mysterious power.

The next moment, a vast, unimaginable, yet completely different from the volcanic, violent burst of the Bodhi Exquisite Pill from earlier, a mellow energy, like moonlight cascading from the heavens, suddenly appeared within Gu Shaoan's body.

This power was warm, pure, vast, and majestic, carrying a sense of tranquility steeped in time.

It felt less like an external forceful infusion and more like a spring welling up naturally from the depths of his life's essence.

There was no agonizing pain as expected, only a near-satiating warm current that instantly filled his limbs and bones, making every cell in Gu Shaoan's body seem to sigh in comfort.

This energy was so immense, yet so gentle and obedient.

As soon as it entered his body, it seamlessly integrated with his own Emei Heart Method Internal Energy, blending perfectly, indistinguishable from each other.

It was as if the memories of twenty years of arduous cultivation, along with the pure Internal Energy generated from cultivating his roots and bones, were all completely packaged and delivered to him at this moment.

However, gentleness did not mean it was easy to bear!

Twenty years of cultivation was still too vast. Although there was no tearing sensation like when he took the Bodhi Exquisite Pill, his Dantian was still rapidly expanding under the sudden twenty-fold increase in energy!

The feeling was like an amplified version of needing to pee urgently in the middle of the night, a suffocating pressure.

Fortunately, the cultivation within his body was gentle and pure. Coupled with the fact that Gu Shaoan had taken the Bodhi Exquisite Pill a few days prior, his Internal Energy had significantly improved. With the Emei Nine Yangs Technique Second Layer operating at full capacity, the cultivation within his body was rapidly refined into his own power by Gu Shaoan.

As one decreased and the other increased, the feeling of pressure in his Dantian gradually eased.

With the continuous increase of Internal Energy and the circulation of the cultivation technique, the previously stable bottlenecks appeared incredibly fragile before this surging torrent of Internal Energy, like a mighty river.

Following the circulation of Internal Energy, one hidden meridian after another was forcefully opened by this powerful force.

In a flash, the circulation route of Gu Shaoan's Emei Nine Yangs Technique Second Layer abruptly changed, incorporating several newly opened hidden meridians.

More hidden meridians were opened up.

This caused the circulation route of the Emei Nine Yangs Technique Second Layer to change again.

In just a short quarter of an hour, with the help of the surging internal energy within his body, Gu Shaoan's Emei Nine Yangs Technique Second Layer had already reached Perfection.

As the core Internal Cultivation Method reached Perfection for its current layer, the routes for internal energy circulation instantly became several times more complex.

And his internal energy, due to the change in the cultivation method, was continuously compressed, tempered, and purified.

Until all the internal energy began to carry a more righteous and profound aura.

"Pop!"

Finally, at a certain peak limit, two sounds like bursting bubbles emerged from Gu Shaoan's body.

The Dai Mai within the Eight Extraordinary Meridians was forcefully opened by the impact of the internal energy.

Closely following were the Yin Qiao Mai, Yang Wei Mai, Hand Shaoyang San Jiao Meridian, Foot Yangming Stomach Meridian, and Foot Taiyang Bladder Meridian.

Until all three meridians and three channels involved in the first and second layers of the Emei Nine Yangs Technique were opened, Gu Shaoan suddenly felt his body lighten!

An indescribable sense of smoothness swept through his entire body like a spring breeze thawing a frozen river!

Instantly, the torrent of internal energy surged and roared along the unimpeded network of meridians, with no trace of obstruction!

Wherever the internal energy passed, there was warmth and vitality.

Even the muscles, bones, and internal organs were subtly nourished and strengthened by this high-speed, pure circulation of internal energy.

After a long while.

The surging internal energy was like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, finally converging into the "lake and sea" of the Lower Dantian, which had already been expanded to be even vaster and deeper.

Gu Shaoan slowly opened his eyes. Within his dark pupils, it seemed as if sharp light flickered, like cold stars in the night sky, fleeting but leaving behind a heart-palpitating trace of light.

The moment he opened his eyes, Gu Shaoan could even clearly see the almost imperceptible scratch on the corner of the wall.

The sound of cicadas by his ear was also several times louder than usual.

Even his sense of smell had become more acute.

These were the changes in the five senses brought about by the opening and nourishment of the meridians.

Feeling the flowing, heavy power within his body, condensed and surging like mercury.

Gu Shaoan's expression was ecstatic.

It was done!

Using the explanation from readers in the comment section, how powerful would Zhang Wuji be after achieving Great Accomplishment eight years later? Master Miejue would be 47 years old then, with about 40 years of internal energy. Even holding the Heavenly Sword, she wouldn't be Zhang Wuji's opponent! The protagonist would be 22 + 8 = 30 years of internal energy then, which is less than Master Miejue's 40 years of internal energy, so it won't be too excessive, everyone can rest assured!