Chapter 48: Can’t break through?

“Ahem… let’s go in first.” After coughing, Bu Gong walked towards his bed.
“Hey, what happened to you? Who hurt you like this? I remember you said you were going to practice when you went out in the morning. How come you look like this now?” Yun Xingjin followed closely behind Bu Gong, his tone a little anxious.
Some other kids in the dormitory also looked at Bu Gong with different eyes, “Hehe… this guy gets hurt sometimes too.” Some of them laughed secretly in their hearts with a gloating look on their faces.
Because Bu Gong usually keeps to himself, although some people dislike this style, they dare not say it out loud; Bu Gong is a cultivator in the third level of body shaping, and they dare not easily be the first to speak out.
Seeing Bu Gong like this, they felt a little relieved in their hearts, but they did not show it on their faces.
At this moment, Bu Gong was sitting cross-legged on the bed, and then an exquisite jade bottle appeared in his hand; then he opened the jade bottle and poured out a brown-black pill from it, followed by half a broken pill.
“Well, that’s why.” In Bu Gong’s palm lay a complete pill and half a broken pill, which looked a bit weird. Yun Xingjin on the side stared at the pill in Bu Gong’s palm in amazement, with the corners of his mouth twitching slightly.
After a long while, he retracted his gaze and said, “You, you prodigal son, how could you break such a good Breaking Acupoint Pill? It’s almost useless now.” Yun Xingjin jumped up in frustration like a cat whose tail was stepped on, his tone full of regret.
But his pair of cunning eyes were fixed on the half pill in Bu Gong’s hand, and he couldn’t wait to swallow it immediately.
To be honest, for outer disciples who have just entered the sect, or even cultivators in the body-shaping stage, something like the Acupoint Breaking Pill is a rare treasure; the speed of their cultivation is directly determined by the amount of cultivation resources, and outer disciples only have three Acupoint Breaking Pills per month, so some people are reluctant to use them.
Bu Gong had damaged one of his weapons. Even some other kids in the dormitory looked at Bu Gong with a hint of hostility.
At this time, Jian Mo, who was usually silent in the dormitory, slowly walked over. He didn’t look at the pill in Bu Gong’s hand, but looked at Bu Gong slightly, his brows gradually furrowed. “Did you fight with someone?”
Listening to Jian Mo’s slightly stiff words, Bu Gong nodded, and then briefly recounted what happened in the pharmacy.
Jian Mo didn’t show much emotion when he heard that. “If you need any help, feel free to call me.” After saying that, Jian Mo turned around and left the dormitory.
“Huh, he looks like a living dead but still tries to act cool,” Yun Xingjin muttered with a curled lip; at this time, Bu Gong had already closed his eyes and started to regulate his breathing, and Yun Xingjin also returned to his bed.
After about three hours, Bu Gong’s face gradually regained some of its rosiness, and his overall complexion was much better than before.
He slowly opened his eyes, then slightly opened his mouth and exhaled a gas with a slightly bloody smell; and at this moment, the rest of his face also glowed with a clear look, and a jade-like luster flashed across it.
Obviously, after several hours of recuperation, his injuries were almost half healed. Although he had not fully recovered, he was doing okay.
But at this time he did not intend to continue healing his wounds, but immediately rushed out of the dormitory door.
Because just now he felt that the dozens of acupoints in his body that had not yet been opened were actually beating slightly; the barriers of the acupoints also showed a tendency to loosen slightly; this was a sign of a breakthrough, so he stopped regulating his breathing.
This breakthrough was not the result of Bu Gong deliberately opening up the acupoints to achieve a breakthrough; rather, it was the result of a long period of sedimentation, and it felt like a natural outcome. This way of breakthrough is undoubtedly the best.
Moreover, Bu Gong was accumulating energy during this period. In his mind, it was not as simple as opening up the acupoints slowly, but he wanted to break through the Yuan-penetration realm in one go. Therefore, since he left Shitou Town, he basically did not deliberately break through the acupoint barriers, but let nature take its course and slowly settle down.
After a moment, Bu Gong appeared in the small valley he often visited; then he sat down on a big rock by the stream and began to activate his internal skills.
As the technique was activated, a faint purple color appeared on Bu Gong’s face, and the purple air was lingering, which was very mysterious; and as he activated the technique, the space around him also began to fluctuate slightly, and the immortal energy was obviously denser than other places.
At the same time, the sealed evil spirit in Bu Gong’s mind began to twist slowly, and a faint scream could be heard from it.
But Bu Gong didn’t notice anything about this. All his attention was focused on the acupoints in his body.
Although it was easier for him to break through the acupoints now, he still did not dare to be careless; because there could be no mistakes in cultivation, and sometimes a small mistake might cause you to be disabled for life. This was what Blind Zhang had sternly warned him about.
At this time, a very fine stream of light purple air continued to overflow from the spiritual consciousness that was sealed by the black line in Bu Gong’s mind, and then flowed through Bu Gong’s meridians along with the immortal energy, and finally merged into it to circulate throughout his body.
As it circulated like this, a faint purple color appeared on the immortal energy that had been suddenly refined in the Bugong meridians; and judging from the energy fluctuations, it was a bit heavier, sharper, and had a faint sense of agility compared to pure immortal energy.
This went on for about half a minute, before Bu Gong’s body trembled slightly and a faint sound as if coming from the depths of his soul could be heard. Obviously, one of the acupoints in Bu Gong’s body had been opened by him, but he did not get up. He continued to practice his skills and rushed towards the next acupoint.
Time passed slowly, and in the blink of an eye it was already afternoon; Bu Gong was still sitting cross-legged in the small valley, with the breeze blowing his hair slightly messy, but at this time there were layers of mist all around him; when he got closer, he found that the swirling mist was composed of the immortal energy between heaven and earth.
Looking at Bu Gong at this time, one found that his handsome but slightly immature face was slightly red, and fine beads of sweat kept overflowing from his forehead; making his whole face appear slightly distorted.
But at this moment, Bu Gong was in a state of confusion, because now he had already opened up all the remaining dozens of acupoints in his body. In this way, all 720 acupoints in his body were unobstructed; but the expected promotion did not occur. He thought that after opening up all 720 acupoints in his body, he could be promoted to the Yuan-seeking Realm.
However, the situation inside his body at this moment made him feel helpless, even at a loss; because he had just opened up all the acupoints in his body, but the phenomenon of “the initial glimpse of the immortal essence and the connection of the whole body” described in the exercises did not appear.
Not to mention completing the circulation of Qi, he hasn’t even achieved a glimpse of the immortal essence.
According to the records in the exercises, when one is promoted to the Peeping Yuan Realm, one’s spiritual consciousness can see the immortal energy flowing in the body, and then penetrate the 720 acupoints. The immortal energy in the body can flow endlessly, and initially achieve endless life.
The situation inside Bu Gong’s body at this moment made him feel a little confused, but he didn’t know whether it was good or bad; he just saw his brows gradually frowned, “Can’t break through? What is going on?” Bu Gong murmured in a low voice, with a hint of confusion in his tone.
“Ah, lowly… creature, let, let me out…” Just as Bu Gong was concentrating on thinking, an extremely subtle, weak and hoarse voice suddenly sounded in Bu Gong’s mind.
When he heard this voice, Bu Gong was suddenly startled, then he raised his head and looked around with uncertainty; because the voice just now appeared too abruptly, as if it came from his heart, making it impossible to figure out the true source of the voice.
At this time, Bu Gong’s eyes flashed with brilliance, and he searched around carefully, but the result disappointed him; he found nothing, and finally he could only give up helplessly.
But in his heart, the subtle voice seemed to have a kind of magic that could not be shaken off; and Bu Gong could faintly feel a familiar smell. It seemed that he had heard this voice somewhere before, but he just couldn’t remember where it was.
Shaking his head and calming his mind, Bu Gong focused his energy on his body again; “This is a bit troublesome if I can’t break through.” As the thought turned, Bu Gong’s eyes lit up slightly: “Go ask Brother Wu, maybe he can find the reason.”
Because in the Xianyang Sect, if you were to ask who is most familiar with Bu Gong, it would probably be Wu Likun; this is not to say that Bu Gong himself is more familiar with Wu Likun, if that were the case, then Lin Xin is the same.
It’s just that between the two of them, Bu Gong felt that Wu Likun was more pleasing to the eye than Lin Xin; this might be an instinctive feeling, but he couldn’t tell the specific reason.
Thinking of this, Bu Gong jumped down from the stone, patted his robe, and planned to go back; but when he just took a step, the slightly familiar hoarse voice sounded in his mind again: “Boy, boy, let… me out, I, I have a way to help you…break through.”
When Bu Gong heard the sound again, his pupils suddenly shrank, and he felt a chill on his back. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead. “This, this damn thing, is it actually this thing?” At this time, Bu Gong’s face became extremely ugly, and a huge wave of horror was rising in his heart.
This was the first time Bu Gong lost his composure like this; his dark pupils flickered, and a hint of deep fear emerged.