Xuanxia

Chapter 10: The Nine Realms of Martial Acupoints
As the white fog invaded his body, Fu Qingzhou subconsciously became alert, but then he let out an exclamation.

The moment he came into contact with the white mist, his previous fatigue and irritability were significantly relieved, and his breathing became calmer.

"This is?"

Fu Qingzhou was stunned.

"Lingxu." The Smoker said calmly, "The Ten Thousand Poisons Mountain was chosen to be located near this place, probably because of the rich Lingxu here - only places with abundant Lingxu are truly suitable for cultivation."

"This stuff is everywhere between heaven and earth, but when it is dense, it will condense into fog, which is not only suitable for cultivation, but also can confuse outsiders' vision and hearing. Therefore, since ancient times, major sects have liked to choose locations where spiritual voids are abundant to establish their sects."

Fu Qingzhou walked in the fog and stretched out his hand to stroke the white mist.

This thing feels very light and subtle when it touches the skin, but it doesn't make people feel cold. Instead, it feels extremely comfortable.

It is called "Lingxu", but in fact it is just the so-called spiritual energy of heaven and earth, right?

His eyes lit up slightly: "So the opening of the martial acupoints you mentioned before also needs to be done in the spiritual void?"

"That's natural."

The smoker laughed dryly: "Why, you want to get wise here? The Miao man has escaped now, but I guess he will come back to kill us after resting for a while, aren't you afraid of death?"

Fu Qingzhou hesitated for a moment and shook his head: "He doesn't dare."

"The key is still with me. He must have turned back, but he didn't come back just to kill me and take the key."

"After the fight just now, I think he must have realized that it is very difficult to kill me without paying a price."

"When he returns to the sect, he will not be able to rescue the villain without attracting attention. It will be difficult for him to explain why he was seriously injured after going down the mountain. The death of the Miao old woman will be known to the Wandu Mountain soon. The time when he went down the mountain and got injured coincides with that. He cannot hide the key and cannot save anyone."

"If I were him..."

Fu Qingzhou said slowly: "I think he will make up an excuse, pretend to be ambushed outside, bring some fellow disciples here, kill me before I open my mouth, and then 'accidentally' discover the key hidden on my body."

"Whether he hid the key without anyone noticing or it was taken away by his fellow disciples is not important. What is important is that he cleared himself of suspicion and was able to return to the Ten Thousand Poisons Mountain safely and approach the villain again under the pretext of delivering food."

"By then, he will know where the key is, and saving him will be a piece of cake. This is the best strategy."

The Smoker listened to his speculation and sneered, "That's a good point, but what if he is just a fool and can't think that much? He just wants to kill you?"

"Then I have to open my martial acupoints first." Fu Qingzhou's eyes sparkled: "At least when he comes again, I will be able to protect myself."

"Hmph, okay."

The smoker said lazily, "I've promised you anyway - then just sit down cross-legged."

Fu Qingzhou sat down cross-legged in the white mist and closed his eyes as he was told. The lazy voice of the smoker came to his ears.

"There are nine realms of martial orifices, and they have been passed down for who knows how many years. The method of cultivation has remained unchanged for thousands of years, and the method of opening the martial orifices is not a secret either."

"The strengths of the hundreds of martial arts schools are different, but the methods of opening the first three realms of martial acupoints are all the same. However, after entering the third realm, one needs to practice different internal skills to establish the foundation of the great way."

"Those who have not opened their martial arts acupoints can also practice martial arts, just like you, who can train their muscles and bones day and night and learn martial arts, but they will never be able to generate internal energy. At most, they can fight against guys at the third level of martial arts acupoints. And as the time of practicing martial arts increases, the damage to the body will accumulate day by day, which will shorten their lifespan to a certain extent. Only those who have opened their martial arts acupoints can prolong their lifespan and have a youthful appearance despite their white hair."

It said slowly: "Now, I will teach you how to open the first realm. The first step is to press your tongue against the upper palate, use your fist as a hammer, and hit the Yintang acupoint with all your strength." Fu Qingzhou did as he was told, gathered his strength into the tip of his fist, and hit it heavily on the Yintang acupoint between his eyebrows!
With a bang, my head suddenly started buzzing.

Under normal circumstances, this would be nothing more than a fist mark on the forehead and dizziness for a while, but at this moment, after a buzzing in the head, a clear and crisp breath like a spring suddenly drilled in along the Yintang acupoint!
At this moment, the smoker's voice sounded again.

"Step 2, use both hands as swords and penetrate your temples with force."

Fu Qingzhou turned over his hands, raised his index finger and middle finger, and pressed them hard on his temples.

In an instant, he felt like he had turned on some kind of switch.

If the Yintang acupoint is a gate to Lingxu, and it just left a tiny gap, then it is like unscrewing the door stops on both sides, and the gate is wide open!

The clear spring turned into a torrent and rushed in with a roar!

Fu Qingzhou's breathing suddenly became heavy. This force instantly penetrated from the top of his head to his whole body. The feeling was very strange. It made him feel so comfortable that he wanted to shout, but at the same time, all the illnesses and chronic diseases in his body broke out.

The gastrointestinal problems caused by eating raw meat and drinking blood in the forest when he first came here, the finger bones injured when practicing archery when he was young, the calves that often hurt after being bitten when fighting wolves... and the fatigue accumulated in the past two days, and the shoulder that was just stabbed by a stone.

All these ailments that he had long been accustomed to but had always accompanied his body suddenly lit up like lights.

"third step."

The smoker said calmly: "Concentrate your mind, calm your thoughts, look inward, and use your spirit to cleanse and replenish your deficiencies."

Fu Qingzhou took a long breath, and calmed himself down according to what it said, guiding the spiritual energy to flow slowly in his body, flowing to those uncomfortable and injured areas.

Lingxu did not heal the injuries immediately in the blink of an eye, but it brought a cool chill that relieved the pain a little.

"You have something..."

The Smoker muttered, "Do you know how many people have to try dozens or even hundreds of times just to get the first step to open the Yin Tang Gate and let the spirit enter the body? You actually succeeded in one try?"

At this time, Fu Qingzhou still had his eyes closed and was guiding Lingxu to wash the wound, so he did not respond to it.

The Smoker didn't care and kept chattering to himself: "The first step to opening the martial orifice is almost like this. When you can mobilize the spirit to repair yourself in a breath, it means that you have mastered the ability to sense the spirit and reached the first level of martial orifice. At that time, I will teach you how to open the second level of martial orifice."

"But to be honest, I was right back then. Although your talent is not unprecedented, it is still outstanding. But I really can't understand how a wild boy like you who grew up in the mountains can have such a powerful spirit. How great would it be if this body belonged to me?"

"Damn it, I've really fallen into this situation, and you're still threatening me with shit and piss every day. Fuck you..."

It became angrier and angrier, and even started to swear.

Fu Qingzhou was too lazy to pay attention to him and just treated this as his background rap BGM, silently repairing all the injuries on his body.

What's wrong with being gifted? I've traveled through time, so at least I'm treated like a protagonist in a novel. Which protagonist doesn't have extraordinary talent and extraordinary bones...

After an unknown amount of time, he suddenly felt something moving in his heart.

At this time, he was closely connected with the Lingxu white mist, and seemed to vaguely feel that there were several people approaching not far away. These people were also in harmony with Lingxu, and were powerful people who had opened their martial orifices.

(End of this chapter)