When I woke up, I wanted to go home.

After Tongli left, Zhu Chongjiu continued his cultivation in the same posture, searching for acupoints!

Why not sit and cultivate?

When Zhu Chongjiu used his internal energy to cleanse his meridians, he felt that there were far more acupoints in his body than described in the book.

In every nook and cranny of the alley, there are seams and creases all over the body.

If you sit down, most of your body will be compressed, which will hide some of the smaller acupoints, making them undetectable.

Therefore, Zhu Chongjiu still used this posture to find acupoints.

Let's follow the book first, find the five acupoints, and cultivate our internal energy to the point where we can use the storage bag and the sound transmission stone.

That way, you won't have to carry your things in a backpack anymore, that's so outdated!

We can now communicate with Tongli without resorting to the old methods of shouting!

There are five acupoints located on the wrists of both hands, the ankles of both feet, and above the navel. These are five major acupoints, so they are relatively easy to find.

Not long after, after careful exploration and searching, Zhu Chongjiu finally succeeded in locating the acupoint.

He took a deep breath, adjusted his state, and began to mobilize the powerful internal energy within his body to flow slowly along his meridians, following the method recorded in the book.

Zhu Chongjiu's expression was solemn as he focused intently on gathering his inner strength in his right hand and carefully guiding it towards the acupoints on his wrist.

As his inner energy continued to flow in, his right hand trembled slightly, as if it were under tremendous pressure.

Just as his internal energy was about to reach the acupoint, Zhu Chongjiu suddenly exerted his strength and released his internal energy instantly! A slight "hiss" sound was heard, and upon closer inspection, a hole the size of a grain of rice had appeared on the originally flat and solid ground.

Because Zhu Chongjiu had been staring intently at his right hand the whole time, he saw everything that had just happened clearly.

The instant the internal force was released through the acupoint, a transparent and invisible stream of energy, whose strong fluctuations could be clearly felt, shot out like lightning and rushed straight towards the ground directly below the wrist.

Upon seeing this, Zhu Chongjiu quickly withdrew his right hand and strode towards the newly appeared hole.

He crouched down, stretched out his finger and gently probed into the hole to feel its depth, and was secretly surprised: this hole was actually about two meters deep!

You have to understand that this is a ground made of incredibly hard stone and soil. To be able to penetrate it so easily and create such a depth, even in the society I used to live in, the Barrett, which was known for its unparalleled power, probably couldn't have done it.

Thinking of this, Zhu Chongjiu looked down at his wrist and muttered to himself, "I didn't expect that using only half of my internal energy would produce such amazing power."

If I were to unleash all my inner strength, just how powerful would that attack be? It's truly unimaginable..."

No, I have to find a place to try it out when I get the chance. I feel like with this move, I won't need to learn martial arts techniques or qi cultivation methods anymore.

Whoever I fight, *biu* and they're instantly killed by a bullet—no, killed by internal force!

Then Zhu Chongjiu sensed the acupoints again and thought to himself, "This is not quite right. My meridians can withstand all my internal energy, but my acupoints seem not to be able to withstand all my internal energy. At most, they can only withstand 40% or 50% of my internal energy!"

I need to train my acupoints' tolerance!

Oh! Right, I've gone off-topic again! Let's quickly open the storage bag first!

Using the internal force I just used wouldn't work; the storage bag shattered instantly.

After experimenting for a long time, Zhu Chongjiu found the gentlest way to release his internal energy and then released it into his storage bag!

The moment his internal energy touched the storage bag, Zhu Chongjiu was immediately able to sense the space inside through his internal energy.

Yes! It is a space of 100 meters square. Heping Trading Company did not lie to me!

Zhu Chongjiu saw the water cup on the stone table, took the storage bag and approached it. He then used his internal force to open the storage bag, and the water cup was instantly put into the storage bag. Then Zhu Chongjiu experimented with all the tables, chairs, pots and pans in the stone house.

Zhu Chongjiu looked at the storage bag. This thing, wow! Wow! Wow, who researched this? They're a genius!

After inputting his internal energy into the sound transmission stone, and having finished these two things, he returned to the stone bed and looked at the basic martial arts exercise manual.

After reading it, Zhu Chongjiu thought to himself, "It truly lives up to the word 'basic'! It really is basic!"

Even with my strong comprehension skills, I, a complete novice who transmigrated from another world, couldn't learn a secret manual in half a day, even after reading and studying it!

Zhu Chongjiu put down his book and shouted outside: "Tongli...!!!"

After calling for a long time, Tongli finally came over.

Zhu Chongjiu asked, "Why has it taken so long?"

Tongli replied, "I was too far away to hear you. It was my teammate Xiao Zhang who heard you calling me and came to find me!"

At this moment, Zhu Chongjiu suddenly realized that Zhao Laotou must have used some technique or internal force to shout so loudly today.

I'll look into it later!

Tongli said, "Ninth Brother, what did you call me for?"

Tongli's voice interrupted Zhu Chongjiu's thoughts!

Zhu Chongjiu said, "Go and call all the martial arts masters in the team. I have finished comprehending this martial arts technique and will start teaching you from now on!"

Tongli listened and said, "Ninth Brother, I'll go call him right away, but it will take a while because the moon is about to set and some people have already gone home. I need to send someone to their homes to call them."

Zhu Chongjiu replied, "No need for that. Let's cultivate together when everyone comes at moonrise tomorrow!"

Tongli nodded in agreement and said, "Dinner is coming soon, Ninth Brother. Would you like to eat with us or should we bring it to your room?"

Zhu Chongjiu said, "No need, I'm not hungry. I'm tired after practicing for so long! I'm going to sleep!" After saying that, he lay down on the stone bed and closed his eyes to rest.

Tongli agreed and then turned and walked out.

The moon sets and rises again, another day has passed.

Tongli led his team, all of whom had reached the level of mage, to knock on Zhu Chongjiu's door.

Just as Tongli raised his hand, he heard Zhu Chongjiu's voice from inside the stone house: "No need to knock, come in!"

After Tongli and the others entered the stone house, Zhu Chongjiu taught Tongli martial arts techniques and said, "You guys read this book once. You don't need to understand it, just memorize it!"

Generally speaking, once you reach the level of a mage, whether you are a beginner martial mage or a beginner magic mage, your basic human functions, such as memory, senses, and reaction speed, will be improved due to the development of your body.

I wouldn't dare say much, but with a small booklet like this with not many words, once you read it, you'll basically never forget it!

Twenty minutes later, after Tongli and his team members had looked through the book one by one, Tongli returned the basic martial arts exercise manual to Zhu Chongjiu.

Zhu Chongjiu said, "No need to give it to me, I don't need it. You keep it, it will be the foundation of the team in the future."

After I teach a few of you, your task is to teach every member of the team, even if they haven't reached the mage level yet, they still need to understand the principles so that they can release their internal energy at any time after advancing!

However, there is one rule: only team members are allowed to learn this skill. If anyone leaks it, they will be expelled from the team at best, and at worst, their meridians and acupoints will be abolished (meaning their limbs will be crippled)!

Upon hearing Zhu Chongjiu's words, Tongli and the others immediately pledged that anyone who violated the rules would be severely punished!

Zhu Chongjiu added, "I've already told Tongli that this is just a beginner's guide for mages. Later, I will use various methods to get some advanced martial arts techniques for you to learn, so that you can become stronger and stronger!"

After Zhu Chongjiu finished speaking, the other team members immediately knelt down to express their gratitude. While thanking Zhu Chongjiu, they said, "Brother Jiu, you are the greatest benefactor of my life. Not only did you save our lives in the vast snow-covered mountains, but you also led us to establish ourselves in the town. Now you even give us hope of learning martial arts techniques, something we never dared to dream of before."

We all rely on our lives to make a living. We never know when we'll go hunting and never come back. But we met you, Brother Jiu, who gave each of us and every family more hope for survival. Thank you, Brother Jiu!

After they finished speaking, they all had to kowtow and kneel in worship!

Zhu Chongjiu released his internal energy, preventing them from kowtowing.

Alright, alright, you're all grown men, this is so cheesy, it gives me goosebumps. Get up now, kneel to heaven, kneel to earth, kneel to your parents.

Why are you kowtowing?

If you want to repay me properly, then cultivate diligently. I've already told Tongli that the stronger you are, the more help you can give me! Do you understand?

One by one, the team members stood up and said from the bottom of their hearts, "Don't worry, Ninth Brother, we will train like crazy from now on, so that Ninth Brother can use us sometime in the future."

Alright, stop dawdling and hurry up. I'll teach you how to project your internal energy.

After Zhu Chongjiu finished speaking with some disdain, the team members stood at attention one by one.

Zhu Chongjiu stood opposite them, demonstrated the stance he had just practiced, and then told them the path and method of using internal energy to cleanse their meridians.

But unlike Zhu Chongjiu, they didn't feel anything at the time.

The first flush of the meridians was quite intense; everyone was silently sweating profusely, gritting their teeth and persevering.

After all, they are men who have lived on the edge of a knife. Without this kind of endurance, they would never be able to go hunting in the vast ice and snowfields!

After more than ten minutes, Tongli was the first to finish rinsing one by one, and then one after another, until the last one was finished half an hour later!

Zhu Chongjiu sensed that the last team member had also finished cleansing his meridians and said, "Everyone is doing well and is very strong. This is the kind of perseverance we need. A true man must be strong!"

Looking at the team members who could barely stand, Zhu Chongjiu said, "Everyone, rest for twenty minutes. Use these twenty minutes to carefully sense your experience of cleansing your meridians and prepare for the next training session!"

Cultivation cannot be done blindly; one must be quick-witted, summarize the lessons learned from failures, and find the right methods from them!

Under Zhu Chongjiu's careful instruction, twenty minutes passed in the blink of an eye.

Everyone, please stand up. Now I'm going to teach you the practice route and method for finding acupoints to release internal energy.

Still standing in the same position as before...!

Twenty minutes later, the team members had found the five acupoints for releasing internal energy!

Zhu Chongjiu looked at the rest of the team members, who were panting heavily except for Tongli, and said, "That's all for today. I'll talk to you about the theory of cultivation!"

Why practice in this standing posture?

Zhu Chongjiu shared his insights from his cultivation, including the existence and number of acupoints, methods and limits for purifying the meridians, the benefits of practicing both internal and external cultivation, and another way to use internal energy externally!

Of course, they are unlikely to be able to use the other method of projecting internal energy externally in actual combat.

Because the resilience of their meridians and acupoints is far inferior to that of ours, even if our internal strength is sufficient, our meridians and acupoints will not be able to withstand the explosive impact of that internal strength!

However, once they reach a higher level and their meridians and acupoints become stronger, they can inflict some obstacles and minor injuries on flying beasts during battles, minimizing their own losses. After all, it's always good to have more skills!

After finishing his explanation, Zhu Chongjiu told the other team members to go back and cultivate on their own, leaving Tongli behind with something to say!

After Tongli stayed behind, he asked, "Ninth Brother, are you leaving?"