Wizard: I brought the wrong system.

Chapter 590 A New Shortage of Skill Points
After a moment's thought, Yarrow understood the reason.

After opening up his dantian during this period, he had no time to cultivate the "Eight Extremes Method". So he ate some demonic plants every day and constantly poured his life force into his dantian to nourish it. The life force in his dantian was basically saturated at all times.

In addition, since this was the first one, and it perfectly matched Yaro's image of a martial arts manual, he would glance at it from time to time, or read it from beginning to end.

Whenever I read about an acupoint, I subconsciously devote some energy and vitality to that acupoint.

After reading the whole book, I had essentially nurtured all the meridians and acupoints of the Great Circulation in the "Mending Heaven Technique".

It can be said that the timing was perfect and the location was ideal.

Ultimately, mindset only played a final, crucial role.

"So, does that mean I've gotten to the basics of reading? Like the legendary Huang Chang, the creator of the Nine Yin Manual?"

Yaro thought to himself, trying to find some humor in his misery.

The introduction to the "Heaven-Mending Technique" directly disrupted his plans.

"What should we do now? Should we continue with the Eight Extremes Method, or change direction and focus on the Heaven-Mending Technique?"

The question had barely crossed Yaro's mind when he immediately came to the answer—the Eight Extremes Method!
Perhaps the upper limit of the "Heaven-Mending Technique" is no lower than that of the "Eight Extremes Method", but its future development direction is definitely smaller than that of the "Eight Extremes Method".

If you want to spread martial arts widely, you definitely need to teach all of the Eight Extremes Method.

Since we're going to point it out anyway, why settle for second best?
Choose the most expensive one!

The problem is that the first meridian to be opened in Yaro's body is the "Heaven-Mending Technique".

Although the core principles of the "Mending the Heavens Technique" and the "Body Character Technique" are the same, they were created entirely based on different needs.

The "Body Technique" is a component of the "Eight Extremes Method," which uses three steps to strengthen the functions of the human body's organs to their limits, with the ultimate goal of elevating the entire body to a higher level.

The "Heaven-Mending Technique" is a self-contained system, taking "human heart to mend heaven's heart" as its core principle. It uses the spleen as its core, absorbing blood from the heart and qi from the dantian. It uses a philosophical approach that even Yaluo doesn't quite understand, or perhaps an imperfect method, to create special blood that influences energy through the body, ultimately achieving "human heart to mend heaven's heart" within the human body.

It's like the difference between a car and a motorcycle; they work on the same principle, but their underlying concepts are completely different.

The "Mending the Heavens Technique" certainly cannot be used to replace the "Body Character Technique" in the "Eight Extremes Method".

Right now, Yaro only has two choices.

The simplest way is to destroy one's own meridians, but the consequences are unknown and could be very serious.

Secondly, the overall approach is to elevate the "Eight Extremes Method," which uses the "Heaven-Mending Technique" as a design template and the "Eight Extremes Method" as a blueprint. Each incantation is designed to resemble a divine skill from the "Heaven-Mending Technique," and these divine skills can be combined to form the "Eight Extremes Method" scheme.

This option avoids harming your body, but it consumes too many skill points.

The Eight Extremes Method requires five skill points, so choosing this option means spending an additional six skill points...

"Where are we going to get so many skill points?!"

Yaro put on the mask of pain.

……

No matter what, life goes on.

Yaro quickly adjusted his mindset and put all the miscellaneous items in the tent back into his spatial ring.

After lunch, the group set off again. This time, the choice of direction was simple.

In the story, the stone slabs were washed down by the water, so you just need to follow the direction of the water source, or the place where there are traces of erosion, and keep going upstream.

The reason Claire in the story chose this path was because it was less likely to get lost, much easier to walk than through the thorn bushes, and she wouldn't lack water or food.

Claire was again leading the way, but this time, Yaro and Bevin lagged behind to prevent stones from falling off the tall wicker basket on his back.

Bevin seized the time to pursue his studies.

"Teacher, you said before that as long as one goes against the 'True Meaning of Mending Heaven,' one will fall into the state of demonic possession. What do you mean by going against it?"

"Whether you've violated the rules or not isn't up to others, it's up to you. You have to decide for yourself whether you've violated them." Yaro said casually, but he moved lightly and steadily, and could even respond to Bevin with ease.

Bevin hurriedly asked, "Then there must be a general range, right? Or what level of behavior constitutes a violation? And what level of behavior would lead to going astray?"

"You don't need to be so nervous. Going into a state of demonic possession is a very serious matter. It's not like you'll feel guilty and go into a state of demonic possession just because you slept an extra hour."

Yaro casually said, "To be precise, it needs to reach the point of mental breakdown, shattered beliefs, and a wounded soul. The Old Man Who Mending the Sky is the first type, 'mental collapse,' which I have given it another name for—'shattered Dao Heart.'"

“The Dao Heart? What is that?” Bevan asked.

You can understand it as an ideal or belief.

Yaro continued, "Specifically, it refers to the average 'peak' of emotions experienced when starting out."

"What if a person has no Daoist heart?"

"Then he won't be able to even begin, and he won't be able to learn the Heaven-Mending Technique."

“But isn’t it too demanding to expect someone to maintain such a high level of conviction all the time?” Bevan added. “People’s emotions always fluctuate. If someone falls into an emotional low point, does that mean they’ll go mad?”

Yaro said, "Don't worry, I've already considered the problem you're looking for, and I've also considered the problems you haven't thought of. So those acupoints in the 'Heaven-Mending Technique' also have the effect of balancing valves."

"What is a balancing valve?" Bevan asked, puzzled.

Yaro said, "To put it simply, the stability of one's internal energy can be seen from the acupoints and meridians. At the same time, one can use one's own internal energy to stabilize the acupoints and meridians, suppress the occurrence of qi deviation, or recover from qi deviation."

From another perspective, this is no different from the drug treatments administered during a mental or neurotic episode in a previous life.

"Teacher, after hearing what you said, I suddenly feel that going mad in qi cultivation doesn't seem so bad after all!" Bevin breathed a sigh of relief.

"You're wrong to think that way."

Yaro stopped in his tracks and looked at Bevin seriously.

"There are only two possibilities: zero times or countless times, when one goes astray in cultivation."

"At zero times, there is still fear of going into qi deviation, which is the 'Minggui' effect I mentioned before. At the same time, the body has never experienced this abnormality, and there is no way to trigger it."

“But once it happens, the psychological defenses become weak, and it is easy to trigger it a second or third time from a psychological perspective.”

"At the same time, whether it is the subtraction effect of magic or the addition effect of vitality, going into qi deviation will leave traces in the body and cause a physiological relapse, which may even be more serious each time."

"This is also the reason why the 'Old Man Who Patches Up the Sky' is sometimes lucid and sometimes insane."