The Path of the Initial Form

In the bathroom, in the bathtub, he felt the warm water washing over his skin, while also sensing the trajectory of the energy particles circulating within his body.

Without a doubt, after experiencing yesterday’s life-and-death battle, Su Xuan’s cultivation stage had already broken through to the Initial Form.

Under Su Chen’s nourishment and guidance with energy particles last night, his originally unstable foundation had stabilized somewhat.

But this did not mean that Su Xuan no longer needed to consolidate his foundation, especially the final symbol of breaking through to the Initial Form—the external release of energy particles.

Because his mastery of the external release of energy particles was comprehended in a hurry, it lacked a deep foundation.

This led to a consistently low utilization rate of energy particles in the previous battle.

He had to use double, or even triple the amount of energy particles to finally withstand Yao Chen’s attacks.

Of course, there were reasons for this, such as the energy particles nourishing his body, but the low utilization rate was an unchangeable fact.

“Initiate, Receive, Transform, Converge” was, in fact, the entire process of the body’s utilization of energy particles.

If he could deeply master each step, even if his utilization rate didn’t reach one hundred percent, there was still hope of reaching eighty percent.

One must know that the growth of strength and the growth of energy particle utilization rate do not have a simple linear relationship.

Sometimes, an increase of just five or six percent in utilization rate could double one’s strength.

After entering the Initial Form, there would also be a focus of cultivation for that stage.

After learning that his little brother had already entered the Initial Form, due to a lack of preparation, Su Chen did not leave any useful materials last night to guide Su Xuan’s subsequent cultivation.

However, at noon, Su Chen had specially sent Su Xuan materials regarding the cultivation of the Initial Form via email.

The bathroom was filled with steam, giving it a celestial air.

In the bathtub, a pair of long, slender white hands emerged from the water.

The slender fingers swiped across a glowing screen.

If an ordinary office worker were to see this, his little brother would surely get a boner that wouldn’t go down.

At this moment, Su Xuan was lying in the bathtub, reading a book of materials on the cultivation problems of the Initial Form stage.

Upon reaching the Initial Stage, the main direction of cultivation was to open the acupoints!

What was an acupoint? An acupoint was actually equivalent to a small energy chamber, formed in the human body in a peculiar way.

Acupoints mostly formed at the intersection of blood vessels or at the location of important organs, which were important physiological locations.

After an acupoint was formed, due to its ability to store energy particles, it would emit a high-intensity radiation of energy particles to the surrounding area, which could rapidly strengthen the body.

During battle, the existence of acupoints could also promote the body’s utilization of energy particles, and there were also peculiar connections between the acupoints.

And the specificity brought by these peculiar connections was one of the foundations for advancing to the Second Form.

There were a total of three hundred and sixty acupoints, of which thirty-six were major acupoints, and three hundred and twenty-four were minor acupoints.

Each major acupoint was surrounded by nine minor acupoints, presenting an overall flat, three-leaf clover shape.

In fact, everyone had already opened one acupoint the moment they entered the Initial Form, which was the Energy Chamber, or the Heart Acupoint.

Among the thirty-six major acupoints in the human body, four were not bilaterally symmetrical: the Heart Acupoint, the Upper Cinnabar Acupoint, the Spine Acupoint, and the Heaven-Connecting Acupoint.

The Upper Cinnabar Acupoint was located between the eyebrows, the Spine Acupoint was at the core of the spine, and the Heaven-Connecting Acupoint was in the perineum area.

The remaining thirty-two major acupoints basically followed the principle of bilateral symmetry.

The location of the acupoints had to be explored by oneself.

Although the written text told you the general location of the acupoints, it didn’t mean you knew where they were.

You had to discover their existence through repeated washing with energy particles and your own repeated exploration.

Right now, Su Xuan was perfecting the Heart Acupoint located in his heart.

How to determine the degree of perfection of an acupoint largely depended on the number of minor acupoints opened.

Just because there were nine minor acupoints didn’t mean you could definitely open all nine.

Generally speaking, being able to open all nine minor acupoints meant that you had extraordinary ability in a certain aspect.

For example, if you opened all nine minor acupoints in a leg acupoint, it meant your leg strength was exceptionally astonishing.

Therefore, upon reaching the Initial Form, the differentiation of specializations would become particularly obvious, largely due to the opening and use of acupoints.

He put down his phone and sat up from the bathtub.

He closed his eyes slightly and perceived the transformation of energy particles step by step.

Su Xuan continuously improved his control over his energy particles, while also perceiving the strange fluctuations in the important parts of his body.

A long time passed, and the sky slowly changed from sunset to night.

The bright lights of the city lit up around him, and Su Xuan also stepped out of the bathroom, wearing a soft, white, misty gauze yukata.

The soft, white-mist-like yukata enveloped his delicate body, his long, fair legs completely exposed to the air.

The faint concealment was more stimulating to the desires in human genes than complete exposure.

Unfortunately, there was no one to appreciate such a beautiful sight.

In the empty room, Su Xuan walked with a graceful gait and slowly lay down on the bed, gradually falling asleep under the starry sky.

The familiar gray mist slowly rose, and he once again arrived in that virtual world.

But the perception of that place was completely different from before.

Su Xuan’er’s figure was gone from the space, and in its place was an ice-blue saber.

It had mysterious and powerful patterns on it.

Through the beautiful patterns, below was a blade surface like an ice-blue, clear mirror.

The body of the blade twisted, and the flat of the blade faced Su Xuan.

At this moment, Su Xuan could clearly see his own reflection on the blade’s surface.

Half of it was himself, and the other half was Su Xuan’er.