Chapter 144: Opening Two Acupoints

Chapter 144: Opening Two Apertures Consecutively

Half a year later.

He Xingfa visited again.

Zhang Yuhe stepped out of his Immortal Cave, and as soon as they sat down in the pavilion courtyard,

He Xingfa eagerly asked,

"I wonder if Zhang *Xiong* has successfully refined the Immortal Artifact?"

Zhang Yuhe didn't speak.

With a wave of his right hand,

a dark long rod appeared in his hand.

The long rod was surrounded by Immortal Qi, with circles of golden runes interspersed within.

He Xingfa reached out and took it.

The long rod was extremely heavy in his hand; he wasn't careful and couldn't help but sway.

If he hadn't cultivated an Immortal Body, he would have almost dropped the long rod to the ground just now.

Looking at the long rod Immortal Artifact in his hand, He Xingfa stroked it, his expression incredibly excited.

He carefully examined the long rod in his hand, as if looking at a work of art.

When he saw the small characters "Galaxy Sky Piercing Rod" engraved in the middle of the long rod,

He Xingfa couldn't help but laugh happily.

"What a Galaxy Sky Piercing Rod!"

After carefully inspecting it for a long time, He Xingfa reluctantly put away the long rod, then asked Zhang Yuhe,

"I don't have many Immortal Stones on me; I've basically used them all up collecting Materials. I wonder if I can pay with a chaotic beast crystal nucleus as compensation?"

Hearing this, Zhang Yuhe's eyes lit up.

A chaotic beast crystal nucleus, that's a good thing.

His main purpose in helping He Xingfa refine the Immortal Artifact was to build his reputation.

Once he had a reputation, it would be much easier to do things in the market in the future.

Regarding compensation, he hadn't really thought much about it.

If he wanted compensation, he would definitely have to collect money first before doing the work.

However, since it was a Chaos Beast crystal nucleus, there was no need to be polite.

This was exactly what he needed.

Thinking of this, he tentatively asked,

"I wonder if Xie *Xiong* has a two-star crystal nucleus?"

He Xingfa flipped his wrist, and a crystal nucleus emitting a violent aura appeared in his hand.

"This is a two-star crystal nucleus; consider it your compensation, Zhang *Xiong*."

"Alright."

Zhang Yuhe nodded, indicating his agreement.

This was a fair transaction.

An Artifact Refining Master usually charges an equivalent amount of Materials as compensation for refining an Immortal Artifact for others.

The price of an Immortal Artifact is roughly equivalent to ten one-star crystal nuclei.

And one two-star crystal nucleus can be exchanged for ten one-star crystal nuclei.

However, this was only the theoretical exchange rate.

In fact, the higher the star level of the crystal nucleus, the rarer it was.

Strictly speaking, Zhang Yuhe benefited from He Xingfa using a two-star crystal nucleus as compensation for the Artifact Refining.

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The transaction ended, and He Xingfa left happily.

Zhang Yuhe looked at the crystal nucleus in his hand, feeling extremely pleased.

He still had one one-star crystal nucleus left in his hand, plus this crystal nucleus.

That meant he could open two apertures.

Thinking of this,

Zhang Yuhe quickly walked into his Immortal Cave.

He came to the Cultivation platform, sat down cross-legged, and silently recalled the content of the Chaos Opening Aperture Secret Technique.

According to the inscription on the stone tablet, using this secret technique to open an aperture required the assistance of an Immortal Formation.

After a while, Zhang Yuhe stood up.

With a wave of his right hand, Formation Flags quickly fell around the Cultivation platform.

He had prepared these Formation Flags beforehand; now he just needed to engrave the Formation patterns.

Zhang Yuhe stretched out his hand and engraved in the air, connecting all the Formation Flags around the Cultivation platform with invisible Formation patterns.

When the last Formation pattern was engraved,

He quickly formed hand seals, and a purple light shone in the Immortal Cave.

The light enveloped the Cultivation platform, forming a purple light curtain.

Zhang Yuhe took out the one-star crystal nucleus and placed it not far in front of him.

He gently exhaled, then slowly absorbed the Qi from the crystal nucleus according to the method in the Chaos Opening Aperture Secret Technique.

The Nascent Soul figure in his Dantian suddenly opened its eyes.

A bright light spot lit up on the golden Nascent Soul.

The light spot illuminated the entire Dantian, and the Dantian's vast sea began to expand again.

Time slowly passed.

Who knew how long had passed.

Zhang Yuhe slowly stood up from the Cultivation platform.

Feeling the surging power in his Dantian, a smile couldn't help but appear on his face.

"Very good, after the Nascent Soul opened one aperture, my strength has indeed increased significantly."

He silently felt the changes in his Dantian.

After opening the first aperture, his Dantian's vast sea had expanded by another thirty percent.

Moreover, the Immortal Qi in his Dantian also became purer.

This was the benefit of the Nascent Soul opening apertures.

It could not only directly increase the strength of a True Immortal but also improve their endurance.

In addition, after the Nascent Soul opened an aperture, the Cultivation speed would also greatly increase.

"Keep up the good work, strive to directly open the second aperture."

After successfully opening the first aperture in his Nascent Soul, Zhang Yuhe was not satisfied.

He planned to strike while the iron was hot and directly open the second aperture as well.

Although there was a certain chance of failure when the Nascent Soul opened an aperture, he didn't care at all at this moment.

Opening an aperture in the Nascent Soul could directly increase strength and also accelerate Cultivation speed.

Facing such temptation, who could resist?

Zhang Yuhe waved his right hand, putting away the Formation Flags around the Cultivation platform.

He replaced them with new Formation Flags, then began to engrave Formation patterns again.

According to the records in the Chaos Opening Aperture Secret Technique, the Formation used for each aperture opening would be slightly different.

To open the second aperture, he needed to set up a new Formation.

However, opening the first three apertures only required the assistance of a first-tier Immortal Formation.

This was no challenge for him at all.

Soon, the new Formation was set up.

Zhang Yuhe took out the two-star crystal nucleus he had just acquired and placed it in front of him, then slowly closed his eyes.

Under the purple light, the Qi from the crystal nucleus slowly flowed into his Dantian.

After a long while again.

Zhang Yuhe opened his eyes, a look of ecstasy on his face.

"Haha, two consecutive successes!"

Successfully opening two apertures in a row made him extremely happy.

He silently felt the changes in his own strength.

After continuously opening two apertures,

his current strength had increased by as much as sixty percent, which was a qualitative leap.

Among True Immortal Cultivators, he could now be considered a master.

If he unleashed his full power, he would even dare to fight a Late Stage True Immortal.

With such strength, he could basically ensure his own safety in the Jian Sea Area.

As long as he didn't provoke those Golden Immortal Ancestors, there shouldn't be too many existences here that could threaten his safety.

Despite this, Zhang Yuhe was not complacent.

He also had no intention of going out and showing off.

If his strength was insufficient, he had to Cultivate diligently; if his strength improved, he still had to continue Cultivating.

This was just the beginning.

A mere True Immortal could only jump around in the fish pond that was the Jian Sea Area.

Once he stepped out of the Jian Sea Area, his meager strength would be utterly insufficient.

"Since I have already opened two apertures, the next step is to focus on comprehending the Law."

Zhang Yuhe put away the joy of successfully opening the apertures and began to plan his next steps.

Cultivation could be set aside for now; that was not something that could be achieved in one go.

Without a few thousand years, he shouldn't even think about improving his Cultivation again.

For him, comprehending the Law was the fastest and most direct way to increase his strength.

Although many True Immortal Cultivators pondered for tens of thousands of years and still couldn't even get started with a Law,

he was different.

With his Heaven-Defying Comprehension Ability, comprehending a Law shouldn't be too difficult, right?

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