Chapter 11: Post-Enhancement Testing

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“When I was striking the Tiantu acupoint, the sensation of energy was sometimes there and sometimes not.” Knowing that Feng Ting had opened five acupoints throughout the night, Zhen Yi looked clearly discouraged and said weakly, “It seems that with my talent, I won’t be able to succeed anytime soon.”

“How could that be?” Feng Ting couldn’t help but comfort him. “The first Tiantu acupoint is very simple. Keep trying, you’ll definitely succeed. I opened mine with just one strike after another, and then I opened five consecutively.”

“...” Wait, sister, have you ever comforted anyone before?

“But the sixth acupoint is really difficult,” Feng Ting frowned, looking troubled. “Every time I strike it, my whole body aches, and I have to stop.”

Qiu Ci furrowed her brows and asked, “Which acupoints are you striking?”

“Tiantu, Xuanji, Huagai, Zigong, Yutang,” Feng Ting answered honestly. “The next one is Tanzhong.”

She instinctively circulated her internal energy to those spots, recalling the system’s highlighted training content, then said, “How about... you try striking Shenfeng first, then go through Youmen, Shiguan, Shangqu, and other acupoints before reaching the Dantian?”

Feng Ting always had a strange sense of trust in her words. Without hesitation, she nodded, sat cross-legged, and began rising her energy to strike as instructed.

“This can’t possibly work,” Zhen Yi thought they were messing around and immediately wanted to stop them. “Throughout history, there’s never been such a method…”

Buzz…

Before he finished, he felt a wave of energy surge from Feng Ting’s body. Her aura suddenly shifted, and the surrounding spiritual energy began to stir restlessly.

“Success?!” Zhen Yi’s eyes widened in disbelief.

But it wasn’t over yet.

The buzzing sound continued repeatedly.

Energy waves on Feng Ting’s body burst one after another, her momentum climbing steadily. The surrounding restless spiritual energy seemed to have finally found an entrance and began rushing wildly toward her body.

“Is she... drawing energy into her body?!” Zhen Yi was speechless with shock. She actually succeeded in absorbing energy into her body — so quickly?

“I did it, Sister Ci!” Feng Ting opened her eyes joyfully, wearing an expression that said, “I knew you were the best, Sister Ci, whatever you say is right.”

“Mm.” Qiu Ci nodded and straightforwardly shared all the beginner knowledge she knew. “Next, you circulate spiritual energy through the Jingqi acupoint to Guanyuan, then strike upward through Shimen, Shenque, Shuifen… finally returning to Tanzhong and Tiantu to form the Great Circulation and give it a try.”

“Alright.” Feng Ting closed her eyes again and resumed striking.

Sure enough, after a while, a buzzing sound emerged again in the room…

Though slower than before, at this rate, entering the Qi Refining stage within a day was entirely possible.

Zhen Yi was stunned, glancing at Feng Ting meditating and then at Qiu Ci, feeling as if he were in a dream. After a moment, he cautiously took a step closer and tentatively said, “Sister Ci, how about... you guide me a bit too?”

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“Sure!” She agreed immediately.

“Re-really?!” Zhen Yi’s eyes widened; he couldn’t believe she agreed so easily.

“Aren’t we always together?” Since arriving at Huiyang City, whenever Zhen Yi benefited, he thought of the two of them. He even had them with him throughout the testing and lectures. Though she didn’t need it much, she accepted his goodwill. Now that there was an easier way to cultivate, she naturally wanted to share it with him.

“But I can’t even feel the energy, and I can’t open the first acupoint…” He sounded discouraged.

Qiu Ci recalled how she only felt changes after immersing herself in the enhanced pool the mainframe mentioned, which helped her sense the acupoints and meridians. So she reminded him, “Have you tried using spirit stones to assist? The sect-issued spirit stones should be helpful.”

“Oh right, how did I forget?” Zhen Yi happily took out a spirit stone and sat down to sense its energy.

Sure enough, in less than half a moment, a familiar buzzing sound rang out…

Zhen Yi successfully struck the first acupoint. He didn’t stop there but pressed on to strike others. Though he wasn’t as fast as Feng Ting, his progress was steady.

Seeing both of them engrossed in their training, Qiu Ci didn’t interrupt and quietly returned to her own room.

“Master, master, let’s start cultivating too!” As soon as she entered, the dog system eagerly jumped out, keen to prove its value. It circled her excitedly, saying, “Master is a great Blue Star citizen, so your speed will definitely be much faster than those two natives. With me, reaching Foundation Establishment in ten days and Gold Core in a month is no problem.”

“Really that fast?” Qiu Ci doubted, recalling the cultivation manual from Yanlin City. “It said three years to Gold Core, five years simulated! Gold Core should take at least three years, right?”

“That’s outdated, obsolete teaching material for the incompetent. That was before I was born. With me, you don’t need to work so hard to cultivate.” The little light orb inflated proudly. “I already have the data. Once I activate the human synchronization program, I can directly boost Master’s cultivation to Gold Core level.”

“Instant Gold Core?”

“Guaranteed!” The system was full of confidence—it was an official system after all.

“Alright then!” In this dangerous cultivation world, strength was the only truth. At least next time she encountered the Blue Star research institute, she wouldn’t have to sneak in so cautiously.

“Okay!” The system immediately flew over and hovered above her head. The entire orb began flashing red and green like a traffic light.

[Activating cultivation mode, starting synchronization of cultivation data, level: Gold Core!]

Then, a crackling sound rang out as tiny bolts of lightning burst from the orb, descending toward her body, seemingly trying to penetrate and transfer the energy.

But the next moment came a sharp “pop” sound. Before the lightning could get close, a surge of energy rose within her body, reflexively repelling all the bolts back.

[Huh?!]

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The system froze, seemingly unable to believe it.

[Why did it fail? Reopening synchronization of cultivation data, level: Gold Core!]

Pop…

It was blocked again.

[Reopening synchronization…]

Pop!

[Synchronizing…]

Pop!

[Waaah~~~] The system was heartbroken, crashing and emitting electronic sobs. [Why can’t I synchronize? Have I expired? Wahhh…]

Chu Qiu Ci: “…”

She twitched her mouth and couldn’t help but suggest, “Could it be because the mainframe already enhanced my body earlier, so you can’t synchronize?”

[Genetic enhancement?] The system was stunned but then reacted, starting to beep rapidly.

[Ding, commencing body strength test.]

[Ding, testing: …20%…50%…70%…100%! Test complete.]

A small screen popped up, and the little light orb immediately floated over to examine it closely.

[Let me see… Master’s body enhancement level test results are…]

[Whoa!]

The dog system suddenly exclaimed, even throwing the screen aside in shock. The screen displayed two words:

— Transcendence!