Chapter 234: The First-Rank Master
Chapter 234: The First-Rank Master
【Shadowless Heart Sutra: Uninitiated (0/10,000,000)】
Yes.
The initiation experience bar for the Shadowless Blade Technique was a staggering 10 million points.
When Jiang Cheng heard Bullhead Uncle finish speaking and saw this line of information appear on the panel, he was stunned for a while.
But when he recalled the words Bullhead Uncle had said earlier, he understood.
The Shadowless Blade Technique had a total of seventy acupoints, most of them located on the arms and a small number distributed on the torso.
As long as he opened the first 20 acupoints, he could initiate and directly become a First-Rank Primordial Energy Warrior!
Once he opens another 18 acupoints, for a total of 38, he will reach the Proficient level and can break through to become a Second-Rank Master.
Opening another 15 acupoints, for a total of 53, will reach the Mastery level and can become a Third-Rank Primordial Energy Warrior.
Opening the final 5 acupoints, for a total of 65, will reach Great Success and can become a Fourth-Rank Master.
If all 70 acupoints are opened, reaching Perfection, he will become a Fifth-Rank Master.»
At first glance, why does it seem that the number of acupoints needed to open decreases as we progress, while other Human Martial Arts are just the opposite, requiring more acupoints as we advance?
The reason is simple; the initial acupoints are located in the arms, while the latter ones involve the torso.
The torso, compared to the limbs, is more important.
Numerous organs are located within the torso.
For example, there's the heart, known as the fountain of life, the lungs that breathe and absorb external energy, and the kidneys where the body's essence resides, among others.
These organs contain many acupoints, and opening each one significantly enhances the body. This is far beyond what limb acupoints can offer.
So, the potential for improvement is immense.
However, everything has its pros and cons. This also means that the difficulty increases significantly as you progress. Even initiating and opening 20 acupoints is challenging, and the difficulty is comparable to cultivating an Earth Martial Technique to Perfection.
This is true for the Shadowless Blade Technique, and even more so for the Heaven Martial Technique, which has more acupoints to open, making it more difficult and dangerous.
Naturally, the required experience points are also extremely high.
But if we consider it further, this experience bar isn't as daunting.
Taking Crystal Shattering Technique as an example, from initiation to Perfection, the total experience points required are 1.5 million.
The best Earth Martial Technique has a cap at the First-Rank Master.
The experience points needed for the five levels are likely to exceed 10 million points.
For the Shadowless Heart Sutra, only 10 million points are required, which isn't much in comparison.
As for the future...
Jiang Cheng heaved a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, he had the panel.
He didn't need to take such significant risk or encounter bottlenecks, struggling to locate the acupoints. He only needed to continuously refine Primordial Energy and accumulate the experience points.
"Let's see how the Force Conversion Rate of this Secret Art is."
Jiang Cheng closed his eyes and silently circulated the Shadowless Heart Sutra.
In an instant, a Primordial Energy point was refined.
【Experience Points +2.5】
Jiang Cheng was overjoyed.
At this rate, it wasn't much slower than cultivating Crystal Shattering Technique to Perfection, was it?
Moreover, he hadn't even initiated yet.
A minute passed, and Jiang Cheng opened his eyes.
Within that minute, he had refined a hundred Primordial Energy points, indeed not much slower than Crystal Shattering Technique at Perfection.
At this pace, with less than 40,000 Primordial Energy points remaining, it would only take 400 minutes, or six to seven hours, to refine them all.
Even if he consumed Psychic Energy, he could still manage to refine 10,000 points in an hour or two.
This eased Jiang Cheng's worries.
At least now he didn't have to worry about wasting his Primordial Energy.
After all, he had spent hundreds of thousands of yuan on potions to quickly enhance his strength to Tier 5, and if it were wasted, it would be too painful.
His gaze fell on the panel.
The experience points for the Shadowless Heart Sutra had increased by 150.
The experience gained from the Crystal Shattering Technique was the same, but with higher efficiency, resulting in more Force Light Points refined within the same time frame.
Jiang Cheng did some calculations.
With ten million experience points, at a rate of 150 experience points per minute, it would take 66,667 minutes, or 1,112 hours, which is 47 days.
It seemed like a short time, less than two months, to become a First Rank Master.
However, in reality, it wasn't so simple. These 47 days required non-stop refining of Primordial Energy, without eating or drinking, and assuming he had the stamina to do so, the daily absorption of Force Light Points wasn't even close to that amount.
Currently, with his active absorption of Force Light Points, he only gained around 64,000 per day. Even at a rate of 150 per minute, he could only maintain this for seven hours.
With this in mind, the 47 days would need to be tripled, requiring five to six months.
"It's become insufficient Force Light Points again."
Jiang Cheng sighed.
However, becoming a Master within half a year was indeed a fast pace.
Take the Hall Master of the Eagle Fist Martial Arts Academy, for example; he was already in his fifties and still a Fifth Rank Force Warrior. Breaking through to the Master realm in his lifetime seemed unlikely.
The Hall Master of the Gale Martial Arts Academy was slightly better; they were of similar age but had significantly stronger strength, already an Eighth Rank Force Warrior. On one hand, it was likely due to his superior talent, and on the other, he had plenty of money to purchase cultivation resources. After all, that loan company had caused many families to lose everything.
Whether he could break through to the Master realm was uncertain.
"If my Psychic Energy could advance another level, this time could be significantly reduced."
Jiang Cheng thought to himself.
If the Visualization Technique reached Mastery, his Psychic Energy would triple.
The 20,000 Force Light Points he actively absorbed daily could become 60,000, doubling the total Force Light Points he had.
The time needed for the Shadowless Heart Sutra would also be halved, allowing him to complete it in three months.
If the Visualization Technique reached Great Success, the actively absorbed 60,000 Force Light Points would become 120,000, enabling him to gain 180,000 daily. This would further reduce the time to two months.
And if it reached Perfection?
One month!
In just one month, he could become a First Rank Master!
If this speed were to be revealed, it might scare the outside Force Masters to death.
However, there's always a 'but'. Ideals are beautiful, but reality is cruel.
Even obtaining the two conditions for the Visualization Technique to reach Mastery—nine million potions and a Visualization Chart to accelerate cultivation time—wouldn't be easy to acquire.
Jiang Cheng shook his head.
He decided to first convert the Force Light Points he currently had into battle power.
There were still ten hours until this day ended.
First, he would consume a large amount of Force Light Points on the Shadowless Heart Sutra.
When there were around two thousand points left, he would go to cultivate the Flower Fist.
Following this progress, if he cultivated the Flower Fist again tomorrow, it would reach Perfection, and he could see how much improvement he would gain.
(End of Chapter)
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