Sword drawn from the constellations, poison as its edge.

Chapter 26 How can one bear something so thick?

Azi suddenly remembered: "That's right! You said you had something to do earlier, but when I heard Xiaoshengjiang climbing the wall, I thought someone had come in... Tell me quickly, what happened to your practice?"

Jiang Mingzhe touched his chest: "Last night I practiced internal energy for the first time, and it seems I accidentally opened up some acupoints..."

"You, you said you opened an acupoint?" Azi looked shocked.

He immediately shook his head repeatedly: "Impossible! Even if our third senior brother didn't give us secondhand wine, it was only a small amount. If you drank it all and practiced for another half month, you might be able to reach the standard for opening your acupoints."

After she finished speaking, another thought suddenly occurred to her, and she said urgently, "Hey, did something go wrong while you were practicing? Did you think you had opened up your acupoints? Tell me carefully, what exactly felt wrong?"

"Don't worry, senior sister, I'm fine." Jiang Mingzhe quickly comforted her when he saw her anxious expression.

Then he said, "Yesterday I drank some wine while practicing my martial arts, and I found the feeling of Qi. Then I activated that wisp of Qi and started to circulate it..."

Azi's lips twitched slightly: "You mean, you've found the Qi sensation and can activate it immediately?"

Jiang Mingzhe nodded.

"Then that wisp of air quickly grew stronger and stronger..."

Is it really this thick?

Azi held up one finger and asked eagerly.

Jiang Mingzhe blinked and pinched a C with his thumb and forefinger.

"It's so thick!!! How can the body withstand that?"

Azi compared the gap with her own fingers and found it was too big, so she had to overlap her two small hands, thumbs on thumbs and index fingers on index fingers, to show the thickness. Her eyes were full of horror.

Jiang Mingzhe nodded: "Yes, it stopped changing after it reached this thickness. I tried to sink it back into my dantian according to our sect's cultivation method, but I didn't expect it to sink down to this position..."

He pointed to a spot below his navel, above the pubic bone.

This place was close to privacy, and although Azi was inexperienced in such matters, she subconsciously felt ashamed and her face immediately turned red.

Jiang Mingzhe pointed to this spot in front of the little girl, feeling a little embarrassed, and quickly said, "At the time, I thought I had made a mistake in my practice, so I hurriedly tried to raise my qi. But just as I was about to do so, I seemed to hear a roar, and a cool sensation spread through my body. Then I felt a door open here, filled with a soft and lively... um, um, aura."

He originally wanted to say "full of energy," but fearing that Ah Zi wouldn't understand, he changed his words to describe it as "breath."

Azi blushed as if she had applied rouge, but tried her best to appear nonchalant. She stammered, "You have opened the Qugu acupoint. This...this acupoint is the second...second acupoint of the Ren meridian. The Ren meridian is the sea of ​​Yin meridians, while the Du meridian governs Yang and controls life force. The Yin meridian of the Ren meridian controls essence and Qi. The Qugu acupoint belongs to the water element and has the mutual generation of water and wood. Opening this acupoint allows the internal Qi to be controlled by water, becoming gentle and long. It can also help to gather essence and Qi and stabilize the core. Hmm, now that this acupoint is open, it will be very beneficial for you to practice lightness skills in the future."

Since they were discussing serious matters, Azi spoke more and more fluently, gradually becoming less shy. After explaining the key to this acupoint, she exclaimed in surprise, "When we practice this Star Constellation Tribulation Scripture, it takes at least a year, and at most three to five years, to cultivate our internal energy to the thickness of a finger. Only then can we be considered to have the power to open acupoints. However, opening an acupoint always takes a considerable amount of time. Even with the help of the Five Treasures Flower Honey Wine, you shouldn't be this fast. Your internal energy is so thick..." She then brought her hands together, making them as thick as wine glasses, "So thick, no wonder you opened the acupoint instantly! Is the Innate Poison Body really that powerful? But according to Master, the Innate Poison Body only has an amazing advantage when melting poison. How can you cultivate qi so quickly? You big ginger, what did you eat to grow up like this?"

Jiang Mingzhe was also puzzled, but after hearing Azi's last words, he suddenly understood.

What did I eat to grow up? Chicken, duck, fish, beef, lamb, seafood, all kinds of fruits, milk and drinks... I ate whatever was delicious!
He realized that the food he had eaten since childhood, although containing countless food additives, was so nutritious and comprehensive that even the current crown prince could not compare.

Even if Yang Guifei wanted to eat a few lychees, it would still cost the people and the nation a great deal of resources. But if I wanted to eat them, I could afford to eat them every day.

The food in China alone is already extremely abundant, not to mention the delicacies from overseas, such as tuna, salmon, and king crab, which even the emperor himself probably never gets to see.

Furthermore, imported goods such as peanuts, corn, sweet potatoes, and chili peppers probably hadn't been introduced to the country in this era.

He had previously deduced that the cultivation of internal energy relied on the tiny energies circulating within the body, which were referred to as "vital energy" or "life force" in the Tribulation Crossing Scripture. Given that he had been eating so well since childhood, the energy within his body was probably superior to that of countless ancient people.

Leaving aside others, just look at Azi. The Xingxiu Sect dominates one side. As a disciple who has been formally registered and is deeply favored by the sect leader, Azi eats a fried pancake with great relish and praises it highly. When she eats the snake meat stewed with stone chicken, she feels a dreamlike sensation that lingers for three days. This shows how scarce their usual diet is.

Jiang Mingzhe nodded to himself, thinking to himself, "That's it. My internal strength has improved so rapidly for several reasons. First, the Five Treasures Honey Wine gave me a boost, allowing me to cross the threshold of finding the Qi sensation. Second, my previous high-pressure learning experience allowed me to maintain a high level of focused mental energy. Third, the nutrition in my body is simply excessive, just like those protagonists in novels who eat rare and precious herbs but don't know how to refine them, causing the energy to accumulate in their bodies. Later, when they acquire kung fu, they immediately spread their wings like a divine eagle and ascend to heaven like a trapped dragon, making progress by leaps and bounds."

Once I understood this, I immediately thought of it—

According to Azi, if one cultivates internal energy to the thickness of a finger, one can attempt to open acupoints. So, with my thick internal energy, wouldn't I be much stronger than that Mingzhuzi? If I had known this, wouldn't it have been better to just confront him head-on and crush his sharp edge? That would have been much more satisfying and impressive!
At that moment, he finally understood his own strength.

Speaking solely of internal strength cultivation, among the disciples who have entered the sect, he is probably no weakling.

A smile spread across his face: "Senior sister, I haven't finished yet. I thought something went wrong and was in a hurry to gather my qi, right? After I broke through the Qu Gu acupoint, I felt some of my internal energy stay in the acupoint and gradually merge with the water-like energy inside. The rest of my internal energy was gathered up and then I broke through here, here, here, and here before my internal energy was finally exhausted."

He ran his fingers up along the upper edge of his pubic bone and tapped four times.

Azi's expression was as if she had seen a ghost; her eyes were wide open, her mouth agape, and she stared blankly at Jiang Mingzhe.

After a long pause, she let out a weak groan: "You damned ginger, stinky ginger, rotten ginger, you activated five acupoints at once? You, you might as well kill me with anger, you, you, I, I..."

As she was talking, Azi suddenly burst into tears without warning.

"I've worked myself to the bone and only managed to open eleven acupoints. You, a complete beginner, opened five already. Does that mean you'll be better than me in just a few days? How am I supposed to bully you now? I'm leaving. I'm not talking to you anymore. There's no Xiaoqing more powerful than Bai Suzhen!"

She spoke through tears, turned around in tears, and went downstairs in tears. No matter how much Jiang Mingzhe called out to her, she ignored him and walked back to her own home in tears.

(End of this chapter)