Chapter 116: Opening the Acupoint!

At that moment, a crack sounded inside his body, as if glass were shattering, and the first Acupoint opened.

A flood of Force Light Points surged in, filling the Acupoint to the brim.

Jiang Cheng's face lit with joy; he counted and found there were two hundred Force Light Points!

He should know that he can absorb up to four hundred Force Light Points a day; even if he refines them immediately, within an hour about seventy percent will escape back into the air.

If he doesn't refine them, they will indeed vanish completely.

But stored in the Acupoint, he can refine whenever he wishes, even if left for ten days or half a month, none will be lost.

Of course, if conditions permit, it's best to refine as soon as possible, because each opened Acupoint automatically absorbs Force.

According to the notes of the Shi family ancestors, after the first Acupoint of the Broken Jade Method opens, it can absorb over two hundred Force Light Points daily; failing to refine promptly is wasteful.

Jiang Cheng thought it ended here, but the surrounding Force Light Points showed no sign of stopping, continuing to pour into his body, absorbed by his limbs and bones.

His internal qi and blood surged, and Jiang Cheng could feel his physique wildly improving!

He dared not move.

Afraid that any movement would startle the surrounding Force Light Points and scare them away.

After absorbing and refining over twenty thousand Force Light Points, the surroundings gradually calmed.

"How does it feel?"

Jiang Cheng looked at his arm, much thicker than before, clenched his fist, as if he had inexhaustible strength.

"I can't possibly have already met the First-level Force Warrior standard, can I?"

He muttered to himself.

Human Acupoints are like treasures; each one opened grants a remarkable boost.

Once the first Acupoint is opened, the body's various stats already reach the First-level Force Warrior standard.

However, one must gradually adapt to this power before it can be wielded.

That is the purpose of the accompanying Broken Jade Fist.

Jiang Cheng looked at the Panel.

【Broken Jade Fist (Part One): Entry (1568/10000】

【Broken Jade Method (Part One): Entry (0/20000)】

These past two days, he went to Shi Yan again and bought a bottle of Secret Medicine.

But he spent a lot of time midway absorbing and refining Force, so the progress was modest.

However, according to the notes on Broken Jade Fist, once entry level is reached, another two or three months of practice will fully unleash the power gained from opening the first Acupoint.

If Broken Jade Fist reaches Proficient, it can completely manifest the power of opening four Acupoints, becoming a genuine Second-level Force Warrior.

He has also accumulated over a thousand Experience Value; even if he can't punch with 200 kg of force, 150 kg should be no problem.

"What a pity, if only there were professional instruments."

Jiang Cheng let out a sigh.

Fortunately, it's not without a solution.

He got out of bed, and as soon as he grasped an Iron Staff, it felt much lighter.

Obviously, this is due to the increase in muscular strength.

Gripping the Iron Staff and swinging with maximum force, a loud whooshing sound erupted, the speed so fast it startled Jiang Cheng himself.

If he faced that guy with the twin blades now, a single staff strike would probably knock him down.

Having satisfied his craving, Jiang Cheng finally set the staff down.

Even though he's not yet a First-level Force Warrior, he's not far off.

The next goal is to open the remaining three Acupoints.

According to the notes, an entry-level Broken Jade Fist practitioner who consistently absorbs and refines Force daily to strengthen the body can sense the Acupoint's location. However, daily Force absorption is limited and inefficient; with the aid of Secret Medicine, one can sense the Acupoint within a month, but without it, relying solely on insight is uncertain.

After sensing the location, it will still take three to four months to use the daily absorbed Force to strike the Acupoint.

Generally, ten thousand Force Light Points are needed to open the first one; of course, that's for the Broken Jade Method—if using a more powerful Secret Martial Art, the consumption would be lower.

Subsequently, opening the second, third, and fourth Acupoints becomes exponentially harder.

On one hand, sensing the Acupoint grows increasingly difficult, with some metaphysical factors involved.

On the other hand, the required Force Light Points essentially double each time.

If Spiritual Power doesn't increase, the daily actively absorbed Force Light Points remain limited, relying only on painstaking effort.

Jiang Cheng need not worry about the sensing issue.

But it is still constrained by Spiritual Power.

Refining doesn't require much Spiritual Power.

However, the number of absorptions is limited—about four hundred per day; adding the first Acupoint just opened, the total reaches six hundred daily.

Before entering the Broken Jade Method, half an hour could refine thirty percent, four Force Light Points per minute, and each second added 0.1 Experience Value.

Now that he's entered, the Cultivation Method's proficiency has risen, so refining speed will certainly improve, and Experience Value gain should increase as well; unlike the previous days, those two hundred Force Light Points aren't guaranteed to be refined.

"Wait."

A flash of white light flickered in Jiang Cheng's mind.

If he first refines the Force Light Points inside the Acupoint, then actively absorbs another batch to rush into the emptied Acupoint.

Wouldn't that steadily absorb six hundred Force Light Points, extending the refining time?

Jiang Cheng thought this and went straight for it.

First, refine the Force Light Points within the Acupoint.

The speed indeed increased.

Eight can be refined per minute.

The Experience Value gained per second also became 0.2 points.

Jiang Cheng was instantly delighted.

He tried to control it a bit, refining only four; the experience points gained per second then became 0.1.

"It seems related to efficiency, not time."

Jiang Cheng felt even more motivation in his heart.

When the Acupoint wasn't opened, he could only refine 120 Force Light Points, taking half an hour.

Now that the first Acupoint is opened, all six hundred Force Light Points each day can be refined; at a rate of eight per minute, it takes a total of 75 minutes, yielding 900 Experience Value per day, which is five times the previous 180 Experience Value! At this pace, the Break Jade Method's 30,000‑point Experience Bar would require about 33 days.

"It's still a bit long."

Jiang Cheng frowned.

If only he could absorb more Force Light Points.

To reach this step, either he must increase Spiritual Power, or he can directly obtain Force Light Points.

The Cultivation Method obtained from Shi Yan doesn't mention these; Jiang Cheng plans to wait until he has refined all the Force Light Points in the Acupoint, then go ask him.

He also bought the latter half of the Cultivation Method, and the warning the Iron Fist Gang gave him still lingers in his ears.

Either join, or leave, or die.

Actually, Jiang Cheng also wants to leave here and live in the Outer City District, but he lacks money; going elsewhere, aren't they all the Iron Fist Gang? What difference does it make compared to here?

So he doesn't want to choose; if he must, he'll pick the fourth option—kill the opponent.

(End of Chapter)