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Chapter 188 Let's start with the Qian Yuan Gong (Please subscribe)

Chen Fan read it twice.

If I'm not mistaken, the plus sign after "realm" only increases the True Qi attribute after consuming potential points.

The plus sign after Body Enhancement, when clicked to consume potential points, can only improve the four attributes of Constitution, Strength, Agility, and Spirit; it cannot improve the True Qi attribute.

Chen Fan's gaze fell on 1000 million.

Ten million.

Ten million can only be used to enhance once.

And all the potential points I have left are only 250 million...

Looking back at the potential points needed to improve true qi, the cost-effectiveness is really too high.

"Why don't we give it a try?"

Chen Fan thought to himself.

He also learned about the benefits of strengthening his body.

For example, the "Entering the Power" realm increases by 1.15 times with each advancement.

The previous breakthrough resulted in a 1.2x increase in all attributes.

So, how much does the Qi enhancement increase?

Chen Fan focused his gaze on the realm and added 100,000 potential points to it.

In an instant, he felt a massive surge of true energy within his body, like a great river, while the few strands of true energy within him seemed as insignificant as dust.

This massive amount of true energy surged forward and arrived at an acupoint, striking it directly without any hesitation.

"boom!"

A loud bang.

A massive amount of true energy surged in like a river bursting its banks.

Then, it quickly flowed back and disappeared back to where it had appeared before.

The few streams of true energy within his body seemed to rush over with great joy.

Not only that, but there also seemed to be a wisp of true energy within it, and a faint warm current flowed through its body.

Chen Fan was very surprised and quickly looked at the information in his mind.

[Consuming 10 potential points to open the Jinmen acupoint on the Yangwei Meridian]

[True Qi +1]

[Constitution +3]

[Strength +2]

"The Jinmen acupoint on the Yangwei meridian?"

He looked at the boundary markers again.

Realm: Early stage of Meridian Refinement (0/12 million)

True Qi: 53

My cultivation level remains unchanged at the early stage of Meridian Refining, but the potential points consumed next time have increased to 12.

The True Qi attribute also increased from 52 points to 53 points.

The physical constitution and strength attributes below have indeed changed.

Chen Fan understood.

Adding points to one's realm is not what one thinks is a breakthrough in realm, but rather the opening of the eight extraordinary meridians.

The first meridian affected is called the Yangwei Meridian.

Jinmen acupoint is the first acupoint on this meridian.

The events that occurred in the body earlier were likely the process of true qi impacting the meridians.

Clearly, with such a massive amount of true energy, opening up an acupoint or even the first meridian would be a piece of cake. If one were bolder, it might even be enough to open up all eight extraordinary meridians.

"It seems that the Qi Refining stage in the Meridian Refining realm involves opening up the eight extraordinary meridians, increasing true Qi, and improving physical attributes at the same time. In addition, it seems that it can also be improved through cultivating internal energy techniques."

Chen Fan looked at the Qian Yuan Gong skill in the skill bar.

I wonder how this internal energy cultivation method increases true qi?

Is it like opening up meridians, with growth occurring in small, incremental steps?

Or is it like the previous martial arts techniques, where you improve by a certain percentage each time?

If it's the former, then you can learn it anytime. If it's the latter, then naturally the higher your true qi value, the greater the improvement.

"No rush, let's use up all these potential points first."

With a thought, Chen Fan added another 12 potential points.

The massive amount of true energy that had previously disappeared from his dantian reappeared, flowing through the opened Jinmen acupoint and arriving at the second acupoint. Without the slightest hesitation, it crashed into it.

Like a whirlwind, the second barrier offered no resistance to this level of true energy and crumbled instantly.

[Consuming 12 potential points, the Yangjiao acupoint of the Yangwei Meridian is opened]

[True Qi +2]

[Constitution +3]

[Strength +2]

"Wow, that was fast."

Chen Fan sighed.

Two more strands of true energy appeared in his body.

He continued clicking the plus sign, and instantly, a massive amount of true energy surged forth again, breaking through the third acupoint in the blink of an eye, just like before.

Next are the Tiankuan and Jianjing acupoints.

Including the previous two times, I have consumed 70 potential points.

The True Qi value increased by 15 points, and the original five True Qi became six.

Constitution, strength, and agility attributes also increased, and by a considerable margin, generally approaching 30 points.

"It seems that this cultivation isn't as simple as I imagined."

Chen Fan thought to himself.

The growth rate is too slow; opening one acupoint only adds a few points of true energy.

Although the potential points were not consumed in large quantities.

"Let's continue."

Chen Fan glanced at the remaining potential points; there were still a little over 180 million. At this rate, it wouldn't be difficult to unlock a few more acupoints.

[Consuming 20 potential points to open the Touwei acupoint on the Yangwei meridian]

[True Qi +6]

[Constitution +5]

Agility +3

22 potential points, unlocking this divine acupoint.

24 potential points, opening up the Yangbai acupoint.

……

[Consumed 32 potential points to open the Chengling acupoint on the Yangwei Meridian]

[True Qi +12]

[Constitution +5]

[Strength +6]

Agility +5

"They added three basic attributes at once?"

Chen Fan was a little surprised, and then tried to click the plus sign again, only to find that his potential points were gone.

With over 250 million potential points, a total of twelve acupoints were opened, and the true qi value increased by 78 points.

The attributes of constitution, strength, and agility have increased by nearly 200 points.

The mental attributes remain unchanged.

He looked at the panel.

Realm: Early stage of Meridian Refinement (0/34 million)

True Qi: 131

The potential points required for the next meridian breakthrough have reached 34.

Chen Fan frowned. It seemed that the required potential points were not many, but when accumulated, they would amount to a considerable sum.

Just like at the beginning, it only took 10 potential points to break through the meridians once.

Now, it's 34.

"I wonder how many acupoints are there in the Yangwei Meridian in total?"

Chen Fan thought to himself, if the progress is only halfway done, then the potential points for opening the last acupoint are likely to be over 50.

It's important to know that the Yangwei Meridian is the first of the eight extraordinary meridians, and the other seven will definitely require even more potential points.

Especially the Ren and Du meridians.

Although he didn't know the location of these two meridians, judging from previous martial arts novels, many people never managed to open them up in their entire lives.

Now that the potential points are exhausted, the meridian can only be opened up to this point.

"Not necessarily."

Suddenly, a brilliant idea flashed in Chen Fan's mind.

Not everyone has a panel. Those martial artists in the Meridian Refining Realm in the association must rely on their internal true qi to open up their meridians.

When your true energy is depleted, you either need to meditate and regulate your breathing to restore it, or you need to take a True Energy Pill to replenish it and continue to open up your meridians.

So perhaps I could try this approach myself?

He closed his eyes and, in a trance, sensed where the next acupoint to be opened was.

So he carefully controlled the true energy within his body and launched an attack on the next acupoint.

With a loud "boom".

This surge of true energy, like a river, crashed against the dam and vanished without a trace in the blink of an eye.

"That's it?"

Chen Fan was somewhat surprised. After carefully sensing it, he indeed could no longer detect the true energy from before.

The acupoint that was impacted has loosened considerably; it can be broken through by using true qi to impact it a few more times.

"Again."

This time, Chen Fan controlled two streams of true energy and rushed them fiercely towards that acupoint.

The acupoints immediately relaxed.

Chen Fan was overjoyed and quickly mobilized another stream of true energy.

"Snap!"

With a crisp sound, the acupoint was instantly broken, and a surge of true energy arose spontaneously.

"It's done!"

Chen Fan was overjoyed.

It seems his earlier guess was correct; this method is feasible.

He successfully broke through the thirteenth acupoint by consuming less than four strands of true energy.

It went more smoothly than I expected.

The panel changed again.

Realm: Early stage of Meridian Refinement (0/36 million)

True Qi: 108/144

"Did it consume 36 points of true energy?"

Chen Fan saw that the True Qi section matched the previous consumption.

So, the first 108 represents the available true qi within your body, and the second 144 should represent the total amount of true qi you have.

"It seems that my internal energy can open up one or two more acupoints?"

Chen Fan's lips curled up slightly. Practice makes perfect, and this time, he directly controlled three streams of true energy and rushed forward.

The vital energy collided violently with the acupoints.

In less than a breath, the three streams of true energy vanished without a trace, and the fourteenth acupoint had also loosened considerably.

Chen Fan once again controlled the three streams of true energy within his body to surge upwards.

"Snap!"

A crisp sound.

The fourteenth acupoint has been broken.

Realm: Early stage of Meridian Refinement (0/38 million)

True Qi: 70/158

"52 points of true energy have been consumed."

Chen Fan glanced at it.

The total true qi has increased to 158 points.

"I wonder if seventy points of true energy will be enough to open up the next acupoint. Anyway, I'm just killing time, so I might as well give it a try."

After a short rest, he once again controlled the three streams of true energy and launched an attack on the next acupoint.

The three streams of true energy were quickly exhausted, and the acupoints had only loosened about one-third of their tension.

"It seems that's not enough."

Chen Fan muttered something to himself, but still used the remaining 40 points of true energy, which loosened most of the acupoints.

True energy is exhausted.

"I don't know if this acupoint can stay in this state indefinitely, and if it can be opened up with 30 points of true qi next time, or if it will gradually recover."

Chen Fan thought to himself.

If it's the former, that would be even better.

But his intuition told him that the latter was more likely.

Fortunately, he had enough time to observe.

Furthermore, it is also very difficult to use true qi to penetrate the meridians.

His vital energy can only be used to open three acupoints at most before it's gone. It will probably take a day to fully recover.

However, the further you go, the more difficult it becomes to break through.

For the average martial artist practicing meridian cultivation, opening just one acupoint a day is considered a great achievement. Furthermore, it's unknown whether there's a chance of failure when attempting to open acupoints.

"We can only take it one step at a time. Now that we've used up all our potential points, let's improve our martial arts skills."

Chen Fan's gaze fell on the skill bar. There were four martial arts techniques that could be practiced in the Meridian Refining Realm.

The mental cultivation method, 【Qian Yuan Gong】

Archery, [Piercing Cloud Archery Technique]

Boxing technique, [Fuhu Fist],

And a body-refining martial art, the Golden Bell Shield.

The first three martial arts techniques can be learned immediately, but the Golden Bell Shield requires three days to unlock.

"Let's start with the Qian Yuan Gong."

Chen Fan thought to himself.

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