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"Ghost King's Body, Dragon-Subduing Dharma Form, Independent Combat..."

"Isn't this just like raising a ghost pet?" Mu Yang thought to himself as he looked at the entry for "Ghost Lantern Dragon Subduing Technique".

However, in addition to fighting independently, the Dragon Subduing Dharma Form can also combine with other beings to increase its power, similar to armor.

The boosting effect is as much as 5000 million jin!

Mu Yang was unsure of the strength of a seventh-tier martial artist, but among the sixth-tier martial artists he had seen, apart from himself, he had never seen anyone whose strength could reach fifty million jin.

"This Jingchan is truly a genius..."

Although Mu Yang despised Jing Chan's methods, he still acknowledged his intelligence.

If given enough time, he might be able to bring Hozukiji to an unprecedented level of status.

The only problem is that creating a dragon-subduing image is very difficult.

Humanoid ghosts are alright, given the large population base; as long as you search patiently, you'll eventually find one.

But dragons and ghosts are much harder to find.

After all, the number of dragons is small, and if they don't have a suitable environment, even if they die, they won't necessarily become ghosts.

"Speaking of which, can the Water Demon be used against a dragon?"

Mu Yang fell into deep thought.

The condition for using the Water Demon is that it must be a drowned female corpse, but it doesn't say that it can only be a human female!

Theoretically speaking, female dragons can also be considered female!

"If I get the chance, I'll try finding a female dragon."

Mu Yang had no psychological burden whatsoever about experimenting on the Jiaolong; on the contrary, he was very much looking forward to it.

Even if the dragon cannot transform into a ghost, it is still quite good as equipment for a demon corpse.

After regaining his composure, Mu Yang focused his attention on Mingjing's sleeve pocket.

Compared to having a complete collection of Hozukiji martial arts techniques, Meikyo's sleeve pocket doesn't contain many martial arts techniques.

There are only three books in total: "Diamond Glazed Body", "Diamond Indestructible Divine Skill" and "Great Vajra Palm".

Just like Lu Chengxian, the former deputy sect leader of Fengyun Sect, Mingjing did not have the habit of carrying the Dantian Construction Method, Meridian Opening Method, and Acupoint Opening Method with him.

Fortunately, after a quick glance, Mu Yang discovered that these three martial arts did not necessarily require Vajra True Qi to cultivate.

Theoretically speaking, any kind of true qi can be used to cultivate these three martial arts, but the speed will be faster if the matching Vajra True Qi is used.

In response, Mu Yang said that the speed of cultivation is a minor issue.

In addition to these three martial arts techniques, Mu Yang also took out a book called "Detailed Explanation of Enlightenment" from Ming Jing's sleeve.

This is not a martial art, or rather, this martial art is quite special, just like the original "Hidden Meridian Explanation", which only has a perfect entry with white quality.

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[Equipable Item: "Detailed Explanation of Enlightenment" (Special Martial Arts)]

[Rank: No fixed rank]

【Equipment Effect: ① Perfect: The proficiency level of the "Understanding the Secrets" skill has reached the perfect level.】

[Permanent fixation condition: Equip this item for one full day, or slay any rank of monster while equipping this item.]

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"So, the Acupoint Opening Realm, like the Meridian Opening Realm, also has its special characteristics?"

Filled with curiosity, Mu Yang immediately added this special martial art to his equipment inventory.

In an instant, Mu Yang felt as if he had read the book for decades, memorizing every word and sentence and thoroughly understanding it.

"Phew~~"

Mu Yang let out a long sigh of relief, secretly marveling to himself, "Besides the body aperture and the spiritual aperture, there are actually life apertures and soul apertures!"

He had always thought that the five physical apertures and the five spiritual apertures were enough to elevate him to the perfect state of enlightenment.

Unexpectedly, there were two more hidden acupoints besides these.

The first is the life aperture, located at the heart and not far from the torso aperture; the second is the soul aperture, located above the eyebrow aperture and on the forehead.

These are two very unique acupoints; whether they are opened or not will not affect the breakthrough from the sixth to the seventh rank.

However, without opening the life aperture, one will be stuck at the seventh level of True Qi Realm for life, and will have no chance to reach the eighth level of Martial Soul Realm.

As for how to open these two acupoints?

The method isn't difficult.

All you need is a strong enough spirit and abundant enough true energy.

Specifically, after opening the ten major body acupoints, one relies on a powerful spirit to find the locations of the life acupoint and soul acupoint within the body, and then simply needs to expend a large amount of true energy to continuously open them.

The difficulty lies in the fact that if your spiritual power is not strong enough, even if you have abundant true energy, you will never be able to find the location of the two vital points in your entire life.

Conversely, if your spirit is strong enough, the remaining steps are actually quite similar to opening the body's orifices and the spirit's orifices.

It's just a matter of consuming more resources.

After opening the life aperture, one can imprint a martial art that one has mastered to perfection into it, turning it into a natal martial art, greatly increasing its power, and completely ignoring its grade, so that its power will always increase with the user's cultivation level.

It can be said that the opening of the life aperture allows martial artists to no longer need to spend time retraining the martial arts corresponding to their cultivation level after each breakthrough.

As for the Soul Aperture, in addition to enhancing the soul and increasing the five senses after its opening, it is also related to the breakthrough from the eighth to the ninth rank.

As for what the connection is?

It's not mentioned in the book.

As far as Mu Yang knew, even the Demon Slayer Division Commander of Liangzhou was only at the eighth level of cultivation, which shows how rare ninth-level martial artists were.

It's understandable that the Vajra Temple, a top-tier power with only seventh-level martial artists, wouldn't know the reason behind this.

"Life Aperture, Soul Aperture, Innate Martial Skill..."

Mu Yang closed his eyes slightly, lost in thought: "After I open my life aperture, which martial art should I imprint?"

Thanks to the equipment slots, he didn't have the same worries as others who painstakingly cultivated martial arts.

But because he learned so much and so quickly, he mastered a vast number of martial arts techniques.

For the time being, he really didn't know which one to choose as his natal martial art.

After all, once this thing is engraved, it can't be changed. Once you choose it, it's for life, so you can't be careless.

"Forget it, there's no rush. Let's equip it first."

Mu Yang quickly snapped out of his reverie and focused his gaze on the books in front of him.

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[Ding! The "Hozuki Dantian Construction Method," "Hozuki Meridian Opening Method," and "Hozuki Acupoint Opening Method" have been equipped!]

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With the three martial arts manuals equipped, Mu Yang's true qi attribute increased by one again, gaining an additional yin attribute.

At the same time, a large amount of Ghost Lantern True Qi surged forth.

With Mu Yang's meticulous operation, the last spiritual aperture was successfully opened in no time!

The fifth spiritual aperture—the ear aperture—is complete!

With an increase of 20 jin, the soul power increased by another 10 points, reaching 200 points.

Of course, this is Mu Yang's own way of calculating.

According to the description in "Detailed Explanation of Enlightenment", the strength of the divine soul should increase by about one cup, bringing the total strength of the divine soul to twenty cups.

The so-called cup and saucer is a way for martial artists to quantify their own spiritual power.

Based on the amplification of spiritual power gained by a sixth-level martial artist opening a spiritual aperture, each opening of an aperture increases spiritual power by one cup.

Opening the life aperture not only increases strength by 300 million jin, but also increases the spiritual strength by about five cups.

Opening the soul aperture not only increases the strength of the soul by ten cups, but also adds an extra 150 million power.

It can be said that Mu Yang's current spiritual strength is almost comparable to that of a sixth-level martial artist who has opened up the two acupoints of his life soul.