Chapter 21

Hearing Xiao Ran's words, Wang Gongfeng combed his hair, which was as tangled as a mess of threads, glanced at the books in Xiao Ran's room, and said, "It's rare that you want to know. Many people are content to follow the established methods without delving into the principles behind them!

Since I've taken your father's money, I'll explain it to you properly!

Our meridians are the pathways for true qi, and acupoints are not only the intersections for the flow of true qi but also have other wonderful functions!

Stimulating acupoints with true qi can enhance many abilities of the human body. For example, stimulating the Yongquan, Dadun, and Xingjian points can greatly increase the strength of the feet.

Acupoints also have effects on true qi. For example, when true qi passes through the Jianjing point, it can increase the speed of true qi's circulation. Staying at the Jiuwei point for three breaths can enhance the resilience of true qi, and bouncing at the Jüquè point for ten breaths can make true qi become scorching hot...

However, the effects of our acupoints on true qi are actually quite minimal compared to other races!

Those powerful deities, spirits, and other intelligent races have acupoints that are thousands of times more effective than ours!

I believe you know from reading books that at the beginning, we tried to strengthen our acupoints by transplanting the acupoints or bloodlines of spirit beasts!

However, such methods had significant side effects and were not very effective!

Finally, we gradually discovered the method of refining spirit acupoints, which can make our acupoints as strong as those of spirit beasts or other intelligent races, or even stronger!

The term 'spirit' in spirit acupoints refers to the power of the soul.

The connection between the human body and the soul is quite mysterious!

If your soul believes you are dead, you will die even if your body is still alive!

If your soul believes you are injured, you will be injured!

There was a famous experiment in human history where a person was locked in a dark room, and a knife handle was used to strike his hand, and he was told that his hand was injured.

As a result, a knife wound really appeared on his hand because his soul believed he had been cut!

This is the power of the soul at work!

So if your soul believes that your acupoints have the functions of spirit beast acupoints, they will have those functions!"

This was easy to understand. Xiao Ran had seen a famous experiment on Earth where a death row inmate was locked in a small dark room, and a knife handle was used to strike his hand, and he was told that he was bleeding, but he was not actually injured!

Not long after, the person exhibited symptoms of excessive bleeding and died!

There is also the famous placebo effect, which is a similar case!

Xiao Ran nodded in understanding but asked, "If it's just a matter of imagination, why can't we imagine that one of our acupoints can increase the attack power of true qi a million times or increase the physical strength a million times?"

Wang Gongfeng chuckled and said, "There are two reasons for this!

First, your soul's power is too weak to imagine such a situation, just like your strength with a knife is too weak to cut your own flesh!

Second, you cannot imagine something that does not exist!

You can imagine an acupoint that increases the attack power of true qi a thousand times, but do you know what such an acupoint would look like?

Like the example at the beginning, if the person did not know what being cut by a knife would do, how would he know what would happen if he were cut?"

Xiao Ran nodded, a look of understanding appearing in his eyes, and said, "So it's like that!

If you tell a child that I cut you with a knife, but the child doesn't even know what a knife is, how could he be afraid, because he doesn't know how painful it is to be cut by a knife!

So we imitate the spirit acupoints of spirit beasts or other intelligent races because they exist!"

Wang Chongyang could quickly refine a spirit acupoint in his dantian to absorb and expel true qi because they knew how to purify true qi and accelerate its cultivation!

Wang Gongfeng's eyes showed a hint of approval. He took out a flask of wine from his chest, took a few sips, and said, "The principle is like that, but martial arts are evolving!

The Tianji Pavilion of the ten major sects is the best at creating artificial spirit acupoints, creating some special spirit acupoints out of thin air.

However, the method of visualizing these spirit acupoints is never revealed to outsiders, and only inner disciples can obtain it, requiring an extremely high number of merit points!"

Xiao Ran sneered at this isolationist mentality but then thought, no country would reveal its most secret core technology to everyone!

If you asked the Americans to publicly disclose the manufacturing technology of the F-22 Raptor, do you think they would kill you or not!

Wang Gongfeng finished another flask of wine, threw it away, and said, "Let's stop here. Now let's talk about the main issue!

Your father originally wanted me to give you some guidance so that you wouldn't lose so badly!

But with your sword technique, I think you still have a chance to win. Your sword technique can counterattack after the opponent's move, attacking their weaknesses. If you can see through the flaws in the circulation of true qi, you have at least a fifty percent chance of winning!"

Xiao Ran said proudly, "There is a technique to break the momentum of true qi, but unfortunately, Old Wang didn't use any true qi just now, otherwise, we could have tried it out!"

Xiao Ran's way of addressing him became more intimate!

Wang Gongfeng laughed heartily, "So there really is a sword technique to break the momentum of true qi, what a wild idea!

I think it's easier for you to reach the second level of qi cultivation and overpower that Lan family boy with your cultivation than to master such a sword technique!

Spending so much effort on this is a bit like putting the cart before the horse, but it's not the right way!"

"Old Wang, your insight is sharp. Breaking the momentum of true qi is indeed the hardest technique!"

Wang Gongfeng said seriously, "Eighty percent of the power of your sword technique lies in your eyesight!

If you refine the eye acupoint and greatly enhance your eyesight, you have at least a sixty to seventy percent chance of winning!"

Xiao Ran heard the underlying meaning and said in surprise, "But I am only at the Body Refinement stage. Are you saying that I can refine the eye acupoint at this stage?"

Then Xiao Ran added with some concern, "Old Wang, you just said that our human soul power is weak. I am only at the Body Refinement stage. Will it be difficult to refine an acupoint?"

Wang Gongfeng's eyes showed appreciation, "You think very thoroughly, but what you don't know is that we humans can refine spirit acupoints precisely because we are weak!

The method of refining spirit acupoints is almost unique to our human race. Other races either don't want to learn it or can't learn it!

The human race is like a lump of clay, while other races are like stones. Which do you think is easier to change?"

Originally, Wang Gongfeng had only taken Xiao Daobao's money and was just going through the motions to guide Xiao Ran, but he didn't expect Xiao Ran to change so much. Before, he was like a block of wood, but now he has opened up, breaking through two stages in four months, which is quite frightening!

He might not be incapable of achieving something!

That thing I have is useless to me, so I might as well give it to him. If he achieves something in cultivation, I might have a chance for revenge!

Thinking of this, Wang Gongfeng said to Xiao Ran, "I have a cultivation method to refine the eye acupoint. I exchanged my entire life's prospects for it. To be honest, the 200,000 gold your father gave me is not even a fraction of its value!

I can pass it on to you, but you must not tell anyone!

If your cultivation fails, there's nothing to say!

But if you achieve something in cultivation, help me with something!"

The conflict between Wang Gongfeng and Hua Wufeng of the Zuxian Sword Sect was precisely over this. When he said he exchanged his entire life's prospects for it, he was not exaggerating at all!

Xiao Ran nodded as a matter of course, "I always believe in the principle of equivalent exchange. If I benefit from you, I will definitely repay you if I have the opportunity!"

"I hope you remember this. When your cultivation is high, whether you follow this agreement is up to you!" Wang Gongfeng said somewhat gloomily, "This cultivation method to refine the eye acupoint is called the Phoenix-Breaking Gaze!

Birds are the creatures with the best eyesight in this world, and the phoenix is the king of birds.

The Phoenix-Breaker is a rebel among phoenixes. It is said that the phoenix clan avoids the world because of the heavy casualties caused by the Phoenix-Breaker!

You can imagine how powerful it is!"