Chapter 16

Without further ado, let's focus on how Zhu Lingwu, following the heart method of the Ninefold Lightning Body Technique, drove the blood carrying a faint current to flow along the Conception Vessel.

The blood, transformed into a blood snake, seemed like countless nanosnakes gathered together, burrowing through Zhu Lingwu's body. Occasionally, it would disperse into even smaller snakes to pass through areas without blood vessels.

Soon, this fine blood snake had effortlessly connected the seven acupoints of the Conception Vessel, from the Chengjiang point to the Zizhong point, flowing smoothly without any resistance.

These seven acupoints, in Zhu Lingwu's soul perception, were clearly different from other acupoints. While other human acupoints slowly emitted subtle energy fluctuations, forming an active magnetic field, these seven acupoints seemed sealed and lifeless, or the energy fluctuations leaking from them were almost imperceptible.

However, as the blood driven by Zhu Lingwu passed through, these acupoints came to life. The blood seeped into these acupoints, as if connecting to some kind of tentacle-like conduits. Zhu Lingwu could feel the fine currents and the life energy contained in the blood being transported through these conduits to the body regions connected to these acupoints.

At the same time, the regions connected to these acupoints, such as the teeth, throat, and chest, would return some life energy to the blood, much like a metabolic process.

During this process, these acupoint-connected body regions gave Zhu Lingwu a special sensation, different from soul perception. Even with soul perception, it would not be as clear.

Zhu Lingwu could even feel the cells in the body regions connected to the acupoints expanding and contracting, inhaling and exhaling energy.

This feeling was very wondrous. Zhu Lingwu knew that the transformation of the body by the Ninefold Lightning Body Technique also began at this moment. It integrated the external current into the cells of the body, gradually changing the biological energy properties within the cells. After long-term adaptation, the biological energy produced by the cells could also carry electricity.

Of course, these speculations were based on the scientific understanding of Zhu Lingwu, who had come from the modern world.

Once the Ninefold Lightning Body Technique was fully cultivated, Zhu Lingwu would indeed not have to worry about being struck by lightning, as his body would have adapted to lightning energy and could even store it in his cells as a supplement.

At least before exceeding his body's tolerance, he would not have to worry about the harm of lightning.

However, Zhu Lingwu soon encountered the first unopened acupoint, the Yutang point, located in the center of the chest, level with the third intercostal space. This acupoint is associated with the chest and breast regions and is a major acupoint in the Conception Vessel due to its large connected area.

Previously, Liu Ping had introduced to Zhu Lingwu that during the internal martial arts acupoint cultivation process, there would be some cultivation bottlenecks and difficulties.

According to Zhu Lingwu's thinking, this was like encountering a small boss when passing a level, not as easy to penetrate as ordinary acupoints. The Yutang point was one of them.

Zhu Lingwu couldn't help but feel unlucky, as he didn't expect to encounter a bottleneck on his first attempt at opening an acupoint, with no other ordinary acupoints to practice on.

But upon further reflection, this was actually normal.

The previous owner of this body, an eight-year-old child, had been struck by lightning and spontaneously practiced the Ninefold Lightning Body Technique. It was already quite good that he could open the previous seven acupoints without any accidents.

He must have encountered this major acupoint bottleneck, which prevented him from breaking through further. Otherwise, Zhu Lingwu's Conception Vessel acupoints might have had more progress by now.

However, since he was here, he would face it. What if it was a bottleneck? He would just break through it.

At least so far, Zhu Lingwu felt very good during his cultivation, with no problems arising. He didn't need to consult Liu Ping, as he had already clarified all his questions beforehand.

So, Zhu Lingwu paused for a moment, allowing the blood he had driven to thoroughly fill the first seven acupoints and accumulate more subsequent currents before slowly flowing towards the Yutang point.

Soon, Zhu Lingwu felt a repelling force from the Yutang point. The blood he drove could flow around it but could not enter the acupoint.

It was as if gas was being emitted from the acupoint, like an invisible wall blocking the blood from entering, preventing the flowing blood from approaching and submerging it.

The blood Zhu Lingwu could drive, which had originally been like a fine blood snake, was still somewhat weak in energy, even though he had made some preparations and accumulations before opening the acupoint. At first, it couldn't compete with the energy surging from the Yutang point.

Lacking experience, several attempts to break through were repelled by the energy surging from the acupoint, causing Zhu Lingwu to frown slightly.

Liu Ping, who was observing Zhu Lingwu closely, couldn't help but feel tense. Unfortunately, others couldn't help with the cultivation of internal martial arts.

Liu Ping couldn't help but think, "I hope the young master follows my instructions and stops when he encounters difficulties. Cultivating internal martial arts cannot be rushed. Overdoing it might cause internal injuries! Sigh!"

But Liu Ping didn't dare to disturb Zhu Lingwu at this moment. He didn't know that Zhu Lingwu's soul perception was strong and could still focus on multiple things. He only thought that Zhu Lingwu, as a child, had done well to calm his mind so quickly.

Now, it was a critical moment in his cultivation. If he were to be disturbed, it might cause some errors and internal injuries.

Thinking of this, Liu Ping looked at Zhu Lingwu with even more concern. If he saw any problems, he must help Zhu Lingwu to unblock his blood and meridians and resolve the crisis immediately.

Although Zhu Lingwu felt some difficulty, he didn't become discouraged. After all, this was a major acupoint, and encountering trouble when opening it was normal.

So, he stopped the impact on the Yutang point again and continued to introduce the current through the blood from his hands into the heart, dissolving it into the blood in the ventricles.

With a slight numbness throughout his body, he continuously transported the blood carrying the current to the front line, gradually accumulating it. Soon, a small lump of blood formed around the Yutang point, almost visible as a small bump on the skin.

Feeling the tingling sensation within this small lump, Zhu Lingwu thought it was about time to try again...