CHAPTER 49: CHAPTER 48: GUANYUAN ACUPOINT

As Jiang Ye continuously pushed his power.

The surrounding silver starlight entered his body one after the other.

This starlight, carrying incredibly violent energy, coursed through Jiang Ye’s body in a very rough manner.

Under the operation of the "Star Martial Advancement Technique."

These starry sky energies flowed through his entire body’s meridians.

It was as if they were cleansing his essence, using countless invisible blades to scrape open the sealed meridians within his body.

"Are my cells undergoing metamorphosis?" Jiang Ye’s heart stirred.

The starlights carried extraordinary characteristics.

Transforming his cells, rapidly strengthening him.

But this process was extremely painful.

After just a few minutes.

Jiang Ye began to feel unbearable pain.

But in the next moment.

"Buzz!"

Suddenly, his mind became incomparably peaceful, his consciousness as clear as a mirror, as if casting aside all distractions.

"Entering a state of pain." Jiang Ye secretly noted.

[Finding Joy in Adversity: During a state of pain, all attributes receive a considerable increase (temporary), the deeper the pain, the higher the enhancement.]

[Determined in Adversity: In a state of pain, one can maintain absolute clarity, steadfast in one’s heart, unaffected by all hardships.]

As Jiang Ye entered the pain state, these two effects started to take place.

Comprehensive enhancement of all attributes immediately alleviated his pain considerably.

Seeing this.

Jiang Ye immediately proceeded to the next step.

Guiding those starry sky energies to flow into the space he had opened in his lower abdomen.

"Guanyuan Acupoint." Jiang Ye sensed.

The Guanyuan Acupoint is located in the lower abdomen, much like the legendary ’Dantian.’

After Entry into the Advancement Technique, a small space is opened at this location.

And this space is used to accommodate starry sky energy.

Although Jiang Ye cannot see within himself, he can sense it.

A space has already been opened at the Guanyuan Acupoint.

As the first ray of starlight entered the Guanyuan Acupoint, a feeling of comfort immediately surged through his entire body.

"Succeeded." Jiang Ye’s lips curved into a smile.

After the starry sky energy enters the Guanyuan Acupoint, it will temporarily be stored here.

It won’t dissipate in the short term.

As long as he refines it in time, he can completely make it his own.

"This is just the first ray, this time the Star Sky Refinement must fill the Guanyuan Acupoint to be worthwhile." Jiang Ye secretly thought.

Soon Jiang Ye found out.

To achieve this step, the difficulty is not small.

"I just absorbed at least a hundred rays of starlight from the outside."

Jiang Ye calculated, suddenly incredibly shocked: "In the end, only one ray of starlight entered the Guanyuan Acupoint, the rest all dissipated?"

"Is this the reason why the Original Talent is called Lower Talent?"

His absorption efficiency is less than one percent.

At this rate, he may have to stay here for an entire day to fill the Guanyuan Acupoint.

"Stay a day?"

"Shouldn’t be a problem."

Jiang Ye nodded silently.

This pain is not as bad as what he experienced on the Second Layer of the Martial Arts Celestial Ladder.

"Continue!" Jiang Ye was filled with energy and began absorbing again.

...

Meanwhile.

Above the Refining Pool, on a large floating platform.

A few middle-aged men and women were standing on the platform, overlooking below.

They were all teachers from the three high schools, such as Zhang Jianwu and Cao Feng, standing among them.

"Zhao Qingli, this girl, does not disappoint indeed."

Zhang Jianwu looked below and said with a smile: "In just a few minutes, she should have absorbed 1000 rays of star energy."

At his level of expertise.

He could naturally easily see how much star energy these students absorbed.

Cao Feng said: "This girl’s Foundation Establishment Technique is close to Great Success, her absorption speed far surpasses others."

"Among these people, probably only Lin Yushu from An City No.1 High School can surpass her."

Zhang Jianwu nodded: "Lin Yushu, his last monthly exam score reached 849, destined to be a student of the top ten famous schools in the future. But Zhao Qingli... might be hard."

He shook his head slightly.

Zhao Qingli’s last monthly exam score was 810.

Reaching 900 points within half a year? Very difficult.

Beside him, a middle-aged man wearing black practice clothes smiled and said: "Money can make the impossible possible, if Zhao Qingli works a bit harder, there is still a chance."

This was Cang Haisheng, the key class teacher from An City No.1 High School.

Zhang Jianwu did not refute either.

Money, can indeed make the impossible possible.

If ten thousand doesn’t work, then one hundred thousand.

If one hundred thousand doesn’t work, then one million!

But the problem is, if such a high price is paid to get into one of the top ten famous schools.

If the pace of the famous school cannot be kept up with, there’s still a risk of getting eliminated.

You can’t just rely on money at that time, can you?

At this time, Cang Haisheng suddenly asked: "I heard there’s someone with Original Talent from your school participating in this Refinement?"

Zhang Jianwu nodded.

"Is it this student?"

Cang Haisheng pointed in the direction where Jiang Ye was.

He noticed Jiang Ye’s speed in absorbing star energy was noticeably slower than others.

Zhang Jianwu was noncommittal, turning his head to ask Cao Feng: "Cao Feng, did Jiang Ye choose Body Refining Technique or Foundation Establishment Technique?"

He hadn’t been paying attention these days.

But when Cao Feng heard this, he shook his head, helplessly saying: "He chose the Advancement Technique."

"What? Advancement Technique?"

Zhang Jianwu suddenly frowned.

Why choose the Advancement Technique?

Even Zhao Qingli didn’t choose this technique which is quite difficult!

Cao Feng sighed: "I tried to persuade him, but this kid insisted on choosing the Advancement Technique, I couldn’t do anything about it."

Cang Haisheng was also surprised: "Star Martial Advancement Technique? Shouldn’t Original Talent not be able to enter this quickly?"

Whether it’s Body Refining Technique, Foundation Establishment Technique, or Advancement Technique.

All require Entry before participating in the Star Sky Refinement.

Otherwise, it’s tantamount to wasting it.

"Not having Entry just means the efficiency of absorbing star energy will be even lower." Zhang Jianwu shook his head: "It doesn’t mean he can’t participate in the Refinement."

Cao Feng said solemnly: "Original Talent has an absorption efficiency of less than 1%, without Entry, it’s even lower."

This point is common consensus.

An ordinary person absorbs a hundred paths of star energy, only one path enters the Guanyuan Acupoint.

And for Newborn talent geniuses? Maybe ten paths.

The difference between the two is tenfold.

This is just the absorption stage.

The subsequent refinement also shows similar differences.

Original Talent is classified as Lower Talent for a reason.

How could Zhang Jianwu not understand these principles? But at this moment, he felt somewhat speechless.

"Miss Chen just left for a few days, and this kid is already causing trouble."

Zhang Jianwu was very headaches: "And this old chap Cao Feng too, didn’t mention this to me initially."

Originally, he thought Jiang Ye wouldn’t choose the Advancement Technique at all.

His insight told him this kid wasn’t someone who lacks self-awareness.

But now? Zhang Jianwu felt it was too absurd.

Of course, this is not really a big deal.

Just that if Chen Zilu asks about this in the future, he wouldn’t know how to explain.

"Let’s see."

Zhang Jianwu sighed softly, saying: "This kid’s Martial Arts Will is quite astonishing, maybe he can stay in the pool a bit longer."