Xiuxian: I use magnetic fields to prove my truth

Chapter 223 Opening Up Multiple Dantians
The cultivation of the Foundation Establishment stage involves continuously channeling spiritual energy into the energy storage acupoint.

Once the dantian is opened, it will become wider and wider as spiritual energy increases.

Once a certain point is reached, the dantian will no longer expand, but will instead compress spiritual energy.

When the spiritual energy is compressed to the limit that the dantian can withstand, the dantian will undergo a violent spasm under the immense pressure. This spasm will cause the dantian to shrink significantly, returning to its original size when it was first opened.

At the same time, the spiritual energy in the dantian will be compressed like never before.

Then it's time to start over.

Continue to accumulate spiritual energy, expand the dantian, and reach the limit, causing the dantian to spasm and contract.

This is the cultivation process for the ninth level of Foundation Establishment.

Even the condensation of the Golden Elixir is the result of this process.

When a cultivator reaches the peak of the ninth level of Foundation Establishment, the dantian will spasm and contract once again, causing the spiritual energy to break through a limit. At this time, the spiritual energy will no longer remain in a mercury-like liquid state, but will become a bright and solid state.

That is the Golden Elixir.

Zhou Qing achieved Foundation Establishment in just five years in the Thunder Dragon Cave, which is halfway to the ten-year agreement he made with the Sect Leader.

He certainly wouldn't waste the opportunity.

He planned to stay in the Thunder Dragon Cave for ten years to improve his cultivation level.

Zhou Qing sat cross-legged on the platform, intending to absorb spiritual energy into his body, but suddenly a flash of inspiration struck him, and he thought of something very important.

In fact, there are 365 major acupoints in the human body.

According to the cultivation world, among these 365 major acupoints, only the Qi Sea, Tan Zhong, and Ni Wan can be used as places to store Qi.

These three acupoints are where all the meridians converge, giving them a naturally strong foundation.

Other acupoints are too narrow and fragile to be developed into places for storing qi.

Zhou Qing thought that since his body was different from other cultivators, just because other cultivators couldn't do it didn't mean he couldn't either.

His acupoints have a significantly higher tolerance limit than those of other cultivators.

If he had used the force he applied to the acupoints just now, other cultivators would have already died from shattered Qi Sea, but he was completely unharmed.

He could try to develop other gas storage sites.

In this way, he can store more spiritual energy in his body. Even if it doesn't reach 365 times that of cultivators at the same level, it should be more than 100 times.

The question now is whether it's worth it.

Opening up multiple dantians has both advantages and disadvantages.

The benefit is that the spiritual energy is more abundant and the strength is greater.

The downside is that advancing to the next level will take even more time.

Is it necessary for him to sacrifice his cultivation speed to open up more dantian?

After much deliberation, Zhou Qing finally decided to open up more dantian.

There are two reasons.

First of all, he doesn't need to pursue cultivation speed too much right now.

Ordinary cultivators are concerned about the speed of cultivation because they have a limited lifespan and may face the predicament of running out of lifespan but being unable to break through to a higher realm.

His current cultivation speed is already ahead of the depletion of his lifespan, and by a significant margin.

He doesn't need to worry about his lifespan running out right now.

The second reason takes a longer-term perspective.

He was a man who had seen the world, and he knew how terrifying the existence was outside this seemingly prosperous world of cultivation.

Those are likely beings capable of using the entire eighty-one continents as a chessboard.

He won't face them yet, but as long as he keeps going, he'll eventually encounter them.

He must do his best to raise his strength ceiling in order to ensure that he has the power to fight back when he encounters them. This is the only time he has the opportunity to open his dantian.

Once that happens, any one acupoint will be the first to condense the golden elixir, and the other acupoints will no longer be able to open up the dantian.

Therefore, he must open up as many acupoints as possible into dantian before the golden core is formed, so that he can raise his strength limit to the maximum.

Therefore, Zhou Qing was certain that he should open up more dantian, even if it meant sacrificing the speed of his cultivation advancement.

Having made up his mind, Zhou Qing immediately began to consider the matter of opening a second dantian.

He once obtained an ancient notebook from his senior master Du Ziming, which recorded fifteen acupoints that ancient Qi cultivators had explored, including the exact locations of these acupoints and the various circumstances under which they were opened.

Ultimately, they all failed because their physical bodies were not strong enough and their acupoints were too fragile, but this can serve as a lesson for Zhou Qing.

Zhou Qing plans to choose one of them to open up his dantian.

Finally, he chose the Zhongchong acupoint on his left hand.

Select the acupoints and then perform internal visualization of the meridians.

The spiritual energy in the meridians has all flowed into the Qi Sea, and now only a small amount has been restored, which is obviously not enough to open up the Dantian.

He secluded himself for a day, restoring the spiritual energy within his meridians to its peak.

These spiritual energies naturally wanted to converge towards the Qi Sea, just as rivers flow into the sea. However, Zhou Qing intercepted them midway and guided them towards the Zhongchong acupoint.

He carefully guided the acupoints, constantly adjusting the intensity, and soon felt the difference between the Zhongchong and Qihai acupoints.

When he tried to strike the Qihai acupoint, he couldn't damage it no matter how hard he tried.

When he used 80-90% of his strength, he felt swelling and discomfort at the Zhongchong acupoint, and had to reduce the strength.

He controlled his strength with extreme caution, as if walking on thin ice.

Even with Zhou Qing's exquisite control over spiritual energy, he often damages his Zhongchong acupoint due to excessive force.

These injuries accumulated, and by the third day, Zhou Qing finally felt that the accumulated injuries had become quite serious.

It's like a porcelain jar covered in cracks, ready to break at any moment.

So Zhou Qing took out a Foundation Establishment Pill and swallowed it.

A pure medicinal power circulated through the body, eventually converging near the Zhongchong acupoint, continuously repairing the damage to the Zhongchong acupoint.

By the time the medicinal effects wear off, the damage to the Zhongchong acupoint will have been almost completely repaired.

Zhou Qing continued to use his spiritual energy to attack without worry.

Five days later, Zhou Qing felt a sudden jolt in his Zhongchong acupoint, and all the spiritual energy in his body surged in, giving him an extremely pleasant feeling.

He examined the Zhongchong acupoint internally and found that it had stabilized and no longer showed any tendency to close.

This is a sign of successful pioneering.

It actually worked!

Zhou Qing was overjoyed. His previous speculation was only theoretical, but now the theory had been confirmed.

This means that as long as he can obtain information about all the acupoints, he can open up all 365 acupoints to the dantian.

His spiritual energy will be incredibly abundant.

Zhou Qing suddenly realized that if he really opened up 365 dantian in the future...

If each dantian can provide three minutes of peak condition when using the "Rejuvenation of Withered Trees" technique, then wouldn't 365 dantians allow him to maintain peak condition for almost a whole day?
That's too brutal!

Three minutes of peak performance is already incredible; the thought of maintaining that state for an entire day excites Zhou Qing.

Zhou Qing was immediately motivated.

He only rested for two days to stabilize the two newly opened dantians before attempting to open the third.

(End of this chapter)