Five days!
For five full days, Qin Shujian had not taken a single step outside the Forbidden Grounds.
Although Liangshan had risen higher, Liangshan Summit remained the Forbidden Grounds.
That fact.
Could not be changed.
Over those five days, he opened one Star Acupoint after another.
Only after consuming the last trace of energy did Qin Shujian open his eyes.
"Whew!"
A gale of blood and qi blasted outward, violently distorting the void.
Then.
Qin Shujian examined his body, a faint smile on his face.
Seven thousand Star Acupoints.
He was still some way from the seven thousand two hundred Star Acupoints required to reach perfection at the heavenly human fourth level.
Although the result differed slightly from his expectations, it was still within an acceptable range.
Because the more acupoints he opened.
The more energy he needed.
If opening an acupoint required one unit of energy when he had seven thousand Star Acupoints, then at seven thousand two hundred, it would require 1.2 units.
Although that comparison was not entirely accurate, it served to illustrate one thing.
The further he progressed.
The stronger the acupoints he opened became.
Stronger acupoints naturally required more energy.
Likewise.
Once those stronger acupoints were opened, the power they fed back would also strengthen the weaker acupoints opened earlier.
All in all.
It was a cycle.
Qin Shujian clenched his fist and felt the surging power within him, gaining a rough idea of his strength.
At five thousand six hundred Star Acupoints, his combat power had been five thousand.
Now that he had seven thousand Star Acupoints, his combat power should be somewhere between five thousand five hundred and six thousand, though probably still short of six thousand.
That was already a considerable increase.
The stronger a cultivator became, the better he understood his