Chapter 22

Early in the morning, I beg for a vote! The votes are truly unbearable, and the one with the most votes is actually my own account! The first step in refining the spirit orifices is to find the location of the orifices.

After martial artists reach the third level of Body Tempering, they must begin to stimulate their orifices one by one with qi and blood. This process is called "Seeking Orifices and Pointing Stars"!

Because each orifice found appears as bright as a star when viewed internally!

However, with the guidance of Master Wang, using extremely fine and weak true qi, Xiao Ran quickly found the 26 orifices around his eyes that needed to be refined.

When refining the spirit orifices, one must first visualize the Phoenix-Breaking Eye!

The visualization of the Phoenix-Breaking Eye is abnormally complex. For ordinary people, it would take at least a year or two to reproduce such a complex pattern in their mind!

Although Master Wang said that if Xiao Ran successfully refined the eye orifices, he had a 70-80% chance of success, he did not believe that Xiao Ran could refine the eye orifices in such a short five days!

He didn't take the duel with Lan Bofu seriously at all!

Xiao Ran used to be a designer, and he was extremely proficient in software like Photoshop and 3D Max. He knew that even the most complex graphics could be broken down into simpler shapes and then gradually modified and rendered.

After his soul underwent fusion and mutation, his mind became incredibly clear, his memory was superlative, and his energy was extremely abundant.

This allowed him to imagine the functions of the software he was proficient in and use them to slowly create these graphics. Within five days, he had completed the visualization of the Phoenix-Breaking Eye through his own methods.

His memory was clear, and he would never forget it!

At this point, he had already forgotten about the duel with Lan Bofu, which he had long since thrown to the back of his mind!

Next, he had to visualize these patterns in each orifice!

During this period, he could not be distracted or interrupted. Xiao Dabao and Wang Xiaofeng tried several times to come in and see their son, but they were stopped by Master Wang outside!

Actually, spirit orifices can be refined even at the Body Tempering stage, but without the stimulation of true qi, the spirit orifices are useless, making it a waste of time. Therefore, most martial artists only begin to refine their spirit orifices at the Qi Condensation stage!

Xiao Ran was naturally a person who could sit still for long periods. As a designer, it was common for him to work for days and nights without eating or sleeping!

He did not become impatient due to the tedious visualization; instead, he gradually forgot his own existence, with only the visualization pattern in his mind!

Slowly, the visualization pattern in his orifices began to change. One by one, the patterns began to glow, and the static patterns became vivid. All the patterns connected, forming a pair of blood-red, firm eyes!

These blood-red eyes, filled with boundless ferocity, revealed no secrets in the world under their gaze!

...

Outside Xiao Ran's door, Xiao Dabao and Wang Xiaofeng sat anxiously. Xiao Ran had been locked in his room since he returned home, and they had been sitting there for twenty days!

Wang Xiaofeng finally couldn't help but ask Master Wang, who was guarding outside, "Old Wang, Xiao Ran has been inside for half a month without eating or drinking! Is something wrong?"

Master Wang took a big sip of wine and said, "You have the cultivation of the third level of Qi Condensation. Can't you hear that his breathing is steady and his heartbeat is regular, with no signs of trouble? Xiao Ran is already at the third level of Body Tempering and can control his body's energy consumption to the minimum. He can sit for a month without any problems!"

Although Master Wang said this, he was a bit worried in his heart: "Is this kid really trying to accomplish everything in one go? What a delusion!

However, to be able to visualize for twenty days straight is truly astonishing!

I don't have the abilities of those great experts to transfer the visualization pattern into his mind. For him to form the pattern in his mind, it would take at least a year or two!

Well, if he can't take it, he'll come out naturally!

A little setback will make him realize that refining the Phoenix-Breaking Eye isn't easy, which will be good for his future refinement!

Hmm...

Can't take it anymore?"

Master Wang sensed Xiao Ran getting up and walking out of the door!

Xiao Ran had successfully refined the spirit orifices of the Phoenix-Breaking Eye and walked out of the room!

Seeing Xiao Dabao and Wang Xiaofeng, he knew they had been guarding outside all along. Seeing how haggard Xiao Dabao looked, Xiao Ran was somewhat moved!

He was not their biological son, but he was enjoying the treatment of their son. Well, since he had taken over this body, he would serve their parents!

Xiao Ran said to the two, "Father, Mother, I'm fine. You can go rest and don't worry about me!"

Since Xiao Ran's rebirth, this was the first time he had called them "Father" and "Mother"!

Xiao Dabao and Wang Xiaofeng had always felt the distance between their son and themselves, thinking he had become like this due to a great blow.

Just because of these two words, they felt their son had returned, and they were overjoyed!

Master Wang looked at Xiao Ran, sighed inwardly, and said, "It's not a big deal if you fail once!

Not a world-class genius can refine spirit orifices successfully on their first try. Just consider it as gaining experience!"

Xiao Ran said somewhat blankly, "Old Wang... but, but I succeeded!"

Master Wang didn't react at first, then suddenly shouted, "You mean you refined the... Phoenix-Breaking Eye in twenty days?"

This is the Phoenix-Breaking Eye, not some common thing. Even if it were a common thing, successfully refining spirit orifices in twenty days at the Body Tempering stage is too exaggerated.

Xiao Ran was speechless, thinking, "I've only heard of people refining spirit orifices in seven or eight days...

Those are the real geniuses!"

Master Wang said, "I... I've found a treasure this time! Without talking about revenge, when this kid grows up, he might be able to remove the two sword qi, Zujue and Zuming, from my body!"

Master Wang raised his hand and pressed it against Xiao Ran's forehead, transferring a strand of true qi into his eye orifices.

He said, "This true qi will naturally disappear in half a day. You can stimulate the spirit orifices and see what effects it has!"

No wonder he wanted me to refine the eye orifices. It can be done this way. No wonder Master Wang said that if the eye orifices were refined successfully, my chances of winning would be much higher!

If it were a duel, this would be considered cheating.

But Xiao Ran was not a pedantic person and didn't take it seriously. Moreover, the time for the duel had already passed, so it didn't matter whether it was cheating or not.

Forget it, let him die!

Anyway, my reputation is already stinky. It doesn't matter if it gets stinkier.

After sitting for twenty days, he ate something and went out for a walk.

Xiao Ran liked martial arts but didn't want to be a martial artist who only practiced martial arts.

Martial arts was his main hobby, but he had many other interests. He also enjoyed the scenery and human emotions of this world.

...

Lan Bofu was walking down the street with two attendants, feeling extremely frustrated!

On the day of the duel, he waited for Xiao Ran on the left and on the right, but Xiao Ran never showed up. It wasn't until nightfall that he realized he had been stood up by Xiao Ran.

He finally understood why his family ignored Xiao Ran. Xiao Ran's reputation was like a pile of dog shit; if you stepped on it, you would stink yourself!

Lan Bofu was three years younger than Xiao Ran, a fifteen-year-old boy. Only now did he understand this: "This wimp...

Actually ran away during the duel. This kind of person, this kind of person...

How could my sister's reputation be damaged because of this person!"

It turned out that after the Lan family broke off the engagement, the news of Xiao Ran's suicide attempt spread.

Public opinion in the city was in Xiao Ran's favor. After all, people sympathize with the weak!

Although people thought Xiao Ran was a bit weak and not very capable, they all said that Lan Bofu's sister, Lan Yan'er, was a snob.

Fortunately, Xiao Ran didn't marry her. If they had really gotten married, who knows what might have happened, like Lan Yan'er kicking Xiao Ran out for a rich and handsome man! The Lan family didn't care much about this. They knew about such matters, and if no one intervened, people would eventually stop talking about it!

At this time, the more they tried to dispel rumors and clarify the situation, the more they would fuel the fire!

But Lan Bofu couldn't stand to hear these words. His sister was a god-like figure in his heart. How could she be defamed because of Xiao Ran!

So he used such a clumsy method to cause trouble for Xiao Ran!

He didn't let Xiao Ran know about his thoughts, or Xiao Ran wouldn't have bothered with this obviously sister-complexed little brat!