Sword drawn from the constellations, poison as its edge.

Chapter 27 Adjustment
Jiang Mingzhe called out repeatedly, but still couldn't stop the sobbing Azi.

Jiang Mingzhe chased after her to the door and watched helplessly as A Zi returned to the 36th floor of Building A. He wanted to follow and persuade her, but after thinking about it for a while, he finally stopped.

He put himself in his shoes; if it were him, he would have to work tirelessly for years, scheming and plotting, drinking countless heavy meals, flattering countless people, and signing countless orders to finally become the account director.

Suddenly a new person joins the company. They don't drink or flatter, and signing deals is as easy as tying shoelaces for them. I'm afraid I'm not feeling too good about it.

Besides, Ah Zi is just a young girl, and she's not exactly magnanimous.

The most crucial point is that within the Xingxiu Sect, Azi and he have already formed a de facto alliance.

In particular, the fact that the two of them secretly kept a small piece of ginger from Ding Chunqiu further solidified their close friendship as classmates who had fought side by side.

Once this kind of relationship is established, the sense of propriety between each other becomes even more important.

Azi is, after all, a young girl with limited maturity. If I spoil her too much and pamper her too much, she might take it for granted that I give in to her, which wouldn't be a good thing.

Jiang Mingzhe had seen many similar cases. For example, several of his friends had found decent girls, but they were spoiled so much that they became unreasonable, and their relationships became unsustainable.

Not everyone is "accustomed" to this, and not everyone knows when to stop or to put themselves in others' shoes.

Therefore, Jiang Mingzhe has always believed that the more you value someone, the less you should indulge or spoil them without limits.

Good skills are developed through practice, good horses are trained, good subordinates are managed, and good emotional relationships are built through compromise and collaboration.

You're as soft as a persimmon, as gentle as water, offering absolutely no friction, so what's the point of trying to get along?

Jiang Mingzhe sighed softly, returned to his bedroom, and, by candlelight, began to peruse the Tribulation Crossing Sutra once more.

Yesterday, he was urged by Sanpangzi, so he didn't have time to look at the cultivation techniques after the Qi Nourishing Realm in detail.

Upon closer reading, I discovered that the techniques for the Opening Acupoint Realm provide detailed explanations of each acupoint.

Jiang Mingzhe's interest was piqued, and he quickly found the acupoints he had opened above the Qugu acupoint. From bottom to top, they were Zhongji, Guanyuan, Shimen, and Qihai.

Zhongji belongs to water, implying the interaction between water and earth. It is a key node for transmitting force between the torso and lower limbs. If this acupoint is opened, the force will flow to the lower limbs, and the lower body will be stable.

Guanyuan belongs to the water element and contains the fire of the Mingmen (Gate of Life), known as the "fire of dragon and thunder." It is a key acupoint for sealing and storing kidney essence, which is called refining essence into qi. Therefore, it is also the place where internal qi is generated. If this acupoint is opened, one's spirit will be vigorous, one's muscles and bones will be strong, and one's ability to restore vital energy will be greatly increased.

Shimen belongs to the fire element, implying the harmony of water and fire. It is a key point for unblocking the Qi of the Triple Burner. Opening this point allows the Qi of the Triple Burner to flow freely, greatly benefiting the body and mind.

Qihai belongs to the earth element and has the appearance of fire and earth in harmony. It is the core where internal energy gathers and surges. If this acupoint is opened, the breath will be long and the response will be rapid. Jiang Mingzhe practiced the claw technique during the day and was able to combine his internal energy with the moves very quickly. This was thanks to opening this acupoint. However, at that time, he was still confused and did not understand.

After reading about the Enlightenment Realm and then the Resonance Realm, Jiang Mingzhe was constantly amazed and astonished by Ding Chunqiu's talent.

The Xingxiu School's martial arts are truly quite different from ordinary internal martial arts.

Ordinary internal energy cultivation focuses on the eight extraordinary meridians. One meridian at a time, one meridian at a time, is opened up and connected until finally the Ren and Du meridians are conquered, and the microcosmic and macrocosmic orbits are opened, thus achieving supreme internal energy.

Because the Xingxiu School has the word "poison" in its name, it doesn't follow this approach at all, but instead focuses on the five elements attributes of acupoints.

For example, first open up seventy-three water-element acupoints, and use them as a vessel to infuse the poison with fire-elemental poison.

The purpose of this is twofold: first, to utilize the power of the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire, and earth) to restrain the poison and protect the body; second, because these acupoints are distributed throughout the meridians, the poison is dispersed, making it easier to manage and control, allowing the body to gradually adapt to it. Otherwise, if one were to practice traditional internal energy cultivation, once the poison is absorbed, it would concentrate in a single meridian, and since the acupoints along that meridian have different properties, the difficulty of control would immediately increase significantly, and a slight mishap could lead to adverse effects.

According to the approach of the Tribulation Crossing Scripture, one can break it down into smaller parts and proceed step by step. The power may not be apparent at first, but once the state of resonance and synergy is reached, the power of the poison technique will be truly revealed, and its destructive strength will far surpass that of ordinary internal energy.

Once you reach the Circulation Realm, your body's endurance will be extremely strong, allowing you to transfer the poison again. For example, you can transfer fire poison to a wood cave and wood poison to a water cave, taking advantage of the mutual generation principle to unleash even more terrifying power.

With such skill in mind, Ding Chunqiu truly deserves the title of grandmaster.

Having fully grasped the mysteries of the Heavenly Constellations Tribulation Scripture, Jiang Mingzhe couldn't help but click his tongue.

Last night, by chance, he opened five acupoints along the Ren meridian, all of which are among the most important and powerful acupoints in the human body. The actual help he received at that moment was far greater than opening five ordinary acupoints of the same attribute, but it did go against the original intention of the Crossing Tribulation Scripture.

Therefore, the subsequent cultivation should proceed step by step, selecting acupoints of the same attribute and activating them one by one.

He has opened five acupoints so far, three of which are water, one of which is fire, and one of which is earth. Logically speaking, opening water acupoints would be the most efficient, but considering the detoxification process later, the one that best matches the Three Yin Centipede Claw is the wood-type centipede.

Although centipedes also have other attributes, such as the fire centipede that is fed ginger, it is much harder to find different species. Wouldn't that just be creating trouble for yourself?

Of course, there is another way, which is to switch to other martial arts styles, such as the Crimson Flame Silent Palm. Most poisonous snakes are fire-type venoms, which can be countered by water-type acupoints...

Jiang Mingzhe closed the book and pondered deeply, then suddenly slapped his thigh—

Why think so much? Adults want it all! I have internal energy as thick as a wine glass, and I opened up my acupoints so hard that even Azi cried. Do I still have to make a difficult choice like an ordinary person?
It's a centipede. According to the method of the Tribulation Crossing Sutra, it incorporates wood poison and uses the principle that metal can control wood. That's a metal-attribute acupoint. I'll open it!

He carefully studied the location of each metal element acupoint, drank a cup of Five Treasures Wine, sat down on the futon, and began to practice.

The method still begins with cultivating internal energy to circulate throughout the body, absorbing all the newly generated, fragmented life force. Then, the method begins to attack and open acupoints. In two hours, three acupoints are opened: Feishu, Pohu, and Taibai.

These acupoints all have the effect of tonifying lung qi, relaxing muscles and tendons, strengthening the waist and spleen. After activating them, one can feel that breathing becomes smoother.

It was already late at night, but Jiang Mingzhe was not sleepy. He took out a pen, ink, and paper, and took out "The Secret Record of the Starry Sky Immortal's Poison Refining" to read and copy at the same time.

He had initially thought the booklet would be filled with various poison prescriptions, but upon opening it, he found it to be quite different from what he had imagined. It was more like "Ding Chunqiu's Record of Showing Off," filled with stories of how he, Ding, went to such and such a place in such and such a year, got into a conflict with so-and-so, displayed his divine power and dealt with the other party, using such and such kung fu or poison techniques, and how the other party suffered terribly...

Or perhaps Ding heard about some poisonous insects or flowers in a certain place, went there to seize them, encountered someone trying to take them from him, displayed his great power and defeated the opponent using some kind of kung fu or poison technique, and described how the opponent suffered terribly...

And by the way, what do poisonous insects or poisonous flowers look like, and what are their uses?

Ding Chunqiu was well-read and had a very delicate writing style. He spared no effort in describing the details of humiliating his opponent, and he was also well-versed in the writing technique of praising by first criticizing.

For example, what sect or identity the opponent belonged to, what martial arts they practiced, what their battle record was, and how awe-inspiring they were. In the end, the old immortal casually made a move, killing the opponent until they were completely defeated and their armor was knocked off their head, leaving the onlookers stunned...

Jiang Mingzhe became more and more engrossed in reading it, thinking that Ding Chunqiu was truly a genius. A man from the Song Dynasty had actually mastered the writing style of the online novel "Dragon Overlord". In addition, the writing was beautiful and the elements were rich. If this book were to be published and sold, it might really become a hit.

Before he knew it, Jiang Mingzhe had not only learned about many strange poisons, but also gained some understanding of the current state of the martial arts world.

It wasn't until dawn that Jiang Mingzhe, remembering that he still had to practice martial arts the next day, reluctantly put down his "Pretentious Record," took a cold shower, and went to bed.

(End of this chapter)