Chapter 229: Chapter 170: Superior Cultivation Technique, the Vermilion Palace Thunder Technique Training Manual!
"After nearly three years of cultivation, I’ve finally reached this step."
Jiang Shu stood up. Five currents of True Strength connected his five internal organs, circulating endlessly within his body.
The Essence Blood condensed in the past was once again refined. It flowed like a subterranean current beneath vast mountains, gushing ceaselessly.
The toxic residues accumulated over years were gradually expelled.
The harmony between his body and the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi had reached an apex.
It seemed as if just one step forward would allow him to fully merge, drawing Yuan Qi into his body.
Jiang Shu spread his palm, clenched it slightly, and unleashed a punch. Afterimages and sonic booms erupted in the air.
One hundred thousand catties of sheer power!
The Sonic Boom Fist!
If he were on Xuanxing, the power of this punch would probably be comparable to the devastating impact of a high-speed truck.
In the future, could any Martial Artist who withstood his punch be considered to have struck it incredibly lucky?
Every move he made was at his whim; each major tendon, bone, and muscle in his body moved freely. Amidst the roars of the Tiger and Leopard Thunder Sound, Jiang Shu’s essence qi gathered like beacon smoke outside his body. In his mind, the top-grade Cultivation Technique he had memorized from the Danxia Chamber of Commerce reappeared.
In the Da Jing Dynasty, this top-grade Cultivation Technique was ranked seventh:
"Vermilion Palace Thunder Technique: Acupoint Refining Chapter."
From birth, innate qi is stored within the body. The cultivation of Martial Arts—skin polishing, bone tempering, internal organ refining, and blood exchanging—is essentially the process of returning from a postnatal to a prenatal state.
Innate qi is divided into the Five Elements.
The Heart Qi governs Fire, pure yang.
The Lung Qi governs Metal, yang with lesser yin.
The Kidney Qi governs Water, pure yin.
The Liver Qi governs Wood, yin with lesser yang.
The Spleen Qi governs Earth, harmonizing yin and yang.
When the five qi gather as one, they can interact with the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, which is used for refining acupoints.
The Heart Fire leads, and the Qi of the Metal Lungs is the first to activate.
That is the Vermilion Thunder!
Diagrams of meridians and vital organs flashed clearly in his mind.
Jiang Shu still remembered the scene when he entered the main treasury of the Danxia Chamber of Commerce. Compared to the branch treasury, the main treasury was openly displayed—a six-story, resplendent pavilion built of unknown materials, glittering with gold and jade.
Even items from the first floor, if casually taken out, could cause the masters of county martial halls to break their heads vying for them.
"Vermilion Palace Thunder Technique: Acupoint Refining Chapter," hidden on the fifth floor, was the highest-ranking top-grade Cultivation Technique in the Danxia Chamber of Commerce!
Clear and vibrant, dignified and radiant; its execution grand and sweeping, its power peerlessly fierce!
"The ’Vermilion Palace Thunder Technique: Acupoint Refining Chapter,’ though highly ranked, is rarely learned. Firstly, its prerequisite is the cultivation of a Middle Grade Cultivation Technique that refines all five internal organs. Otherwise, uneven refinement of the internal organs during the convergence of the five qi can easily lead to chaos."
"Secondly, the requirements from entry-level to Perfection of this technique demand that the Martial Artist maintain a body of pure yang..."
Jiang Shu murmured, a wry smile tugging at his lips as he recalled taking out the "Vermilion Palace Thunder Technique: Acupoint Refining Chapter."
Both the Chairman and the Grand Elder had given him a peculiar look.
Even the geniuses of the state city typically reached the age of twenty before they could cultivate to the Acupoint Passage Realm.
With Martial Arts cultivation, qi and blood grow increasingly vigorous. Especially after reaching the Refining Internal Realm, when kidney qi becomes exceptionally abundant, some geniuses often lost their virginity at this stage.
It is said that once all 365 acupoints in the body are refined, one can naturally lose their virginity.
But how long would that take?
How many geniuses could abstain from carnal pleasures for thirty years, just to cultivate a decently ranked top-grade Cultivation Technique?
Moreover, the Vermilion Thunder is not the only Thunder Skill for acupoint refining.
When the five qi gather as one, Heart Fire can lead the Qi of the Metal Lungs to activate first. Alternatively, Kidney Water Leading Liver Wood Qi can take precedence, with yin qi activating first.
This is the "Water Filth Thunder Technique: Acupoint Refining Chapter"! Ranked twelfth among the Da Jing Dynasty’s top-grade Cultivation Techniques.
"Water Filth Thunder," in fact, takes an alternative path—dense and turbid, strange and versatile, unrestrained and carefree. On the Da Jing Little Dragon Tiger List, a genius ranked ninth, Zhuang Qisheng, cultivated this technique. In the Acupoint Passage Realm, he indulged with several women daily, and his Cultivation Technique progressed by leaps and bounds. However, every woman he used for ’replenishment’ had her martial path essentially severed, rendering further advancement impossible.
This technique is most suitable for profligates or sons of noble families. Ordinary Martial Artists, even if they encountered this technique, could hardly afford such excessive indulgence, resulting in extremely slow progress.
Moreover, both the Vermilion Palace Thunder Technique and the Water Filth Thunder originate from the same source. Some geniuses practice Water Filth Thunder not only because it allows rapid advancement with the help of women, but more importantly, because this Thunder Skill for acupoint refining is the first threshold to cultivating a Divine Skill!
The Five Thunders Great Handprint!
Above Supreme Martial Arts lie Divine Skills!
Only those who have transcended the Detachment Realm can practice them.
After coming to the state city, Jiang Shu had been exposed to a much wider world.
After ranking twenty-second on the Little Dragon Tiger List, many Martial Artists in the state city speculated about whom he would challenge and whether he possessed the strength to enter the top ten.
But only he knew that his gaze had long since moved beyond the rankings of the Little Dragon Tiger List or the Dragon Tiger List.
Advance to the Acupoint Passage Realm, reach the Detachment Realm, emerge victorious from the Battle of a Hundred Dynasties, enter the True Martial Sect, and officially begin cultivation beyond Martial Arts—this was his current goal!
Jiang Shu’s vigor erupted. The impurities on his skin were instantly expelled, falling to the ground, leaving his skin smooth and tender, like that of a newborn.
The Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi moisturized and nourished him, flowing in and out with the opening and closing of his pores.
Internally, his Five Internal Organs True Strength merged, circulating endlessly. Jiang Shu contemplated the "Vermilion Palace Thunder Technique: Acupoint Refining Chapter," his mind utterly tranquil, awaiting the eruption of qi.
A gentle breeze blew, and the setting sun dipped towards the west.