19: Breakthrough, breakthrough, advancement to Kaiyuan realm

After exchanging for what he wanted, Lu Ming left the Logistics Department with a pained expression.

Ten minutes, it only took ten minutes.

The 400 contribution points he earned by risking his life were all gone.

This stuff was easier to earn than foot massages!

Of course, the harvest was also abundant.

The breathing technique that Old Fu recommended to him was not special.

The "Mixed Origin Art" was the most common breathing technique on the market.

However, after countless improvements by past sages, it was very stable and safe, and 99% of the Great Xia's Transcendents practiced this method.

The breathing technique was not expensive, only 50 contribution points.

But the Orifice-Breaking Pill, which was used in conjunction with the "Mixed Origin Art," was astonishingly expensive, 100 contribution points per pill.

Lu Ming squeezed out all his contributions and barely managed to exchange for 3 pills.

But he didn't feel bad about it; he wasn't a hoarder.

If you have money, why not use it instead of saving it for others to get your gear?

What he lacked most now was time.

In this perilous world, an extra bit of strength meant an extra bit of security... Outer City, Lane 8, Number 3.

Lu Ming returned to his doorstep, enduring the scorching sun.

His work... was truly leisurely.

He left home after eight in the morning and was given administrative leave before three in the afternoon.

"I wonder if it will scare the sisters."

Pushing open the security door, he saw no sign of Xu Youyou or Xu Lulu in the living room.

However, their faint giggling could be heard from the room.

"Sister, sister, do you know what our husband loves to eat most?"

"Lulu, stop it, you're messing up my freshly painted nails!"

"Hehe, sister, it's cherries! You say husband looks quite abstinent, so why does he love cherries so much?"

Lu Ming's face instantly darkened when he heard this.

You, Xu Lulu, are both bad at the game and love to play.

It's bad enough that you cry and trash talk, but now you're slandering him behind his back with such nonsense?

No amount of crying will help later!

The door handle turned.

Seeing Lu Ming suddenly appear, the two sisters froze.

Xu Youyou was the first to react, her cheeks flushed crimson.

The nail polish brush in her hand almost dropped to the floor, and her eyes darted nervously to the side, not daring to look directly at Lu Ming.

Xu Lulu, on the other hand, was like a kitten whose tail had been stepped on, suddenly springing up from the bed, her hands behind her back.

Her eyes were wide, her mouth opened but no sound came out, and the teasing spirit she had just moments ago vanished without a trace.

The air in the room seemed to solidify for a few seconds, with only the cicadas outside chirping obliviously.

Lu Ming leaned against the doorframe, sweeping his gaze over the two sisters with a half-smile: "What are you two busy with?"

Xu Lulu shrank her neck, secretly hiding behind Xu Youyou, and mumbled softly:

"Hu... husband, why are you back? Just now, two Law Enforcement Team members returned our previous belongings."

Lu Ming raised an eyebrow; no wonder there were some extra cosmetics at home.

He guessed that his fierce reputation within the Law Enforcement Team had made the Law Enforcers who had previously sealed Xu's house afraid of his retaliation, so they came to curry favor with his two wives.

Then, his gaze fell on Xu Youyou's round and smooth small feet, ten jade toes painted bright red.

Lu Ming raised an eyebrow, and when he walked to the bed and sat down, the bed board let out a slight creak.

He suddenly leaned closer to Xu Lulu, his eyes glinting dangerously: "By the way, Lulu, do you think I'm abstinent?"

Xu Lulu's face instantly turned crimson, like a ripe cherry, even her earlobes were pink.

"I'm sorry... huh?"

...An hour later.

Under Xu Lulu's continuous apologies, Lu Ming finally forgave her.

After washing up, looking at the two lying on the bed, Lu Ming instructed a few words: "Youyou, Lulu, I'm going into seclusion for a bit; don't disturb me unless it's urgent."

The younger sister's mistakes were ultimately borne by the older sister.

Lu Ming's words did not receive a reply from Xu Youyou.

However, Xu Lulu stretched out a hand from under the covers, mumbling indistinctly: "Husband, good luck."

Lu Ming chuckled, ruffled her messy hair, turned and walked to the next room, and sat down cross-legged.

He took out the jade slip of the "Mixed Origin Art" from his storage bag and placed it on his glabella.

A pale blue stream of information instantly flooded his mind, and the annotations about the rhythm of breathing were as clear as if carved into his bones.

He concentrated and controlled his qi according to the secret diagram of the "Mixed Origin Art"; the boiling blood qi in his meridians, like surging magma, flowed upwards along the Yangwei Meridians on both sides of his spine.

The Gate of Heaven was located above the glabella, like a blood qi valve embedded in the skull; whenever blood qi rushed against it, a splitting headache would ensue, as if the skull was about to crack.

"The Gate of Heaven is the hardest to pass!"

Lu Ming clenched his teeth, flicked a finger, and the Orifice-Breaking Pill from the jade bottle accurately fell into his mouth.

The moment the Orifice-Breaking Pill burst on his tongue, Lu Ming felt a scorching medicinal power rush up his throat directly to his crown.

He suddenly tensed his back, his spine making faint cracking sounds, and the steaming blood qi around him actually solidified at this moment.

"Break for me!"

When the blood qi struck the Gate of Heaven for the twentieth time, a crimson burst suddenly exploded before Lu Ming's eyes.

That stubborn blood qi valve finally broke open a corner.

Lu Ming felt a coolness in his glabella, and countless tiny specks of light rushed in through the crack, as if millions of stars were lighting up in his cranial cavity.

"Concentrate, stabilize qi, store it in the Mud Pill."

Lu Ming silently recited the qi storage incantation from the "Mixed Origin Art"; the surrounding spiritual energy seemed to find its home, gathering towards the spiritual energy threads and converging into his glabella.

He could clearly "see" it.

The originally chaotic space within the Gate of Heaven acupoint was gradually expanding, supported by these spiritual energies and light specks, forming a walnut-sized qi mass, glowing with a soft luster.

Gate of Heaven broken, Kaiyuan Realm achieved!

But Lu Ming was not immersed in the joy of breakthrough; the violent medicinal power of the Orifice-Breaking Pill still remained in his body, and he immediately began to impact the second acupoint without rest.

Half an hour later.

The Divine Spring acupoint broke!

An hour later.

After hundreds of impacts, the Yongquan acupoint broke!

...Ten hours later.

The fortieth acupoint collapsed, and a Minor Heavenly Cycle suddenly formed.

Kaiyuan Realm First Layer, already achieved!

At this point, the medicinal power of the Orifice-Breaking Pill gradually faded.

Lu Ming took the second pill without hesitation.

With his physical strength, he didn't need to worry about the violent spiritual energy damaging his meridians like other Transcendents.

The next day.

It took a full day, but the second Minor Heavenly Cycle finally formed, and Lu Ming's strength reached the Kaiyuan Realm Second Layer.

The third day.

Lu Ming fought with increasing vigor, breaking through forty more gates, successfully lighting up the 120th acupoint.

When the 120th acupoint broke open, the three Minor Heavenly Cycles suddenly resonated, forming an energy vortex that enveloped his entire body.

He could clearly "see" that the 120 acupoints were like 120 stars, rotating within the vortex in a specific trajectory.

With each rotation, a small amount of surrounding spiritual energy was absorbed and merged into the energy torrent.

"Just one step away from entering the middle stage of Kaiyuan Realm!"

Lu Ming slowly opened his eyes, two faint golden streams of light flashed in his pupils, naturally exuding a terrifying pressure.

Three days, three Orifice-Breaking Pills consumed, and he finally rushed to the Kaiyuan Realm Third Layer in one go.

This cultivation was as simple as drinking plain water.

Lu Ming suddenly threw a punch, and a sharp sonic boom echoed in the air.

With the enhanced Thousand Jun Strength, this strike conservatively had five thousand jun of power!

Lu Ming's lips curled slightly, "Which means, even a Kaiyuan Realm Fifth Layer Transcendent can be easily handled!"

Suppressing the joy in his heart, when he pushed open the door,

He saw a tall figure in the living room.

His vice-captain, Zhao Li, was sitting gracefully in the living room, chatting and laughing with Xu Youyou and Xu Lulu...

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