With a clear plan, Qin Feng’s shopping became efficient and precise.
His fingers tapped rapidly on the light screen.
[Item Exchanged: Strengthened Type I Spiritual Energy Potion]
[Description: Energy purity and absorption efficiency far exceed conventional special-grade Spiritual Energy Potions. One of the top choices for Acupoint Opening Realm Martial Artists undergoing deep seclusion.]
[Price: 20 Contribution Points / 1 vial]
[Quantity Exchanged: 150 vials]
[Total: -3000 Contribution Points]
’Based on my experience from the last seclusion, 2.5 special-grade Spiritual Energy Potions can open one Great Sun Acupoint. The effect of this Strengthened Type I Potion is a little more than twice that of the special-grade ones. In theory, 150 potions should be enough for me to open around one hundred and twenty more Great Sun Acupoints.’
Qin Feng calculated silently, his fingers never pausing as he continued to the next item.
[Item Exchanged: Strengthened Type I Deep-Repair Medicated Bath Package]
[Description: Contains high-activity life energy and various rare minerals. Greatly accelerates a Martial Artist’s physical recovery and cell regeneration after high-intensity training. Repair efficiency is increased by over 50% compared to the regular version.]
[Price: 10 Contribution Points / package]
[Quantity Exchanged: 80 packages]
[Total: -800 Contribution Points]
’The bottleneck in cultivation efficiency often isn’t a lack of energy, but the body’s tolerance limit and recovery speed. This is a must-have.’
[Item Exchanged: Strengthened Type I Mental Power Recovery Potion]
[Description: Rapidly replenishes Mental Power consumed during visualization and deduction of killing techniques. Also nourishes the soul, with longer-lasting effects and fewer side effects.]
[Price: 20 Contribution Points / 1 vial]
[Quantity Exchanged: 40 vials]
[Total: -800 Contribution Points]
After these three huge expenditures, 4,600 of Qin Feng’s Contribution Points had vanished in an instant.
Looking at the mere 539 Contribution Points left in his account, he didn’t feel the slightest regret. Instead, he felt an unprecedented sense of security.
All of this would be converted into his tangible strength.
Next, he switched to the exchange area for Secret Killing Technique Manuals and pulled up the list Master Yu Han had recommended.
’Defense... that doesn’t suit me...’
Qin Feng recalled his master’s words as his gaze swept across the list.
[Exchange First-level Killing Technique: "Mountain Shattering Fist", "Jade-Shattering Hand", "Stele-Splitting Hand", "Thunder Sound Fist"...]
[Total: -200 Contribution Points]
In one go, he exchanged for all four First-level Boxing Skills that his master had recommended as most suitable for him.
Without exception, all these boxing skills were techniques of pure, unadulterated offense, designed to be unyieldingly ferocious and to press forward relentlessly.
Finally, Qin Feng’s gaze landed on a Second-level Killing Technique on the list, one that Master Yu Han had highlighted in red.
[Exchange Second-level Killing Technique: "Cold Gleam"]
[Description: A spear-type killing technique. It uses a point to break a surface, pursuing the ultimate in piercing power and single-point explosive force. It is a supreme method for charging through battlefields and assassinating key targets.]
[Price: 300 Contribution Points]
[Total: -300 Contribution Points]
The moment the exchange for this Second-level Killing Technique went through, the Contribution Points in Qin Feng’s personal account were nearly wiped out, leaving only a lonely 9 points.
With that, all his preparations were complete.
Qin Feng stood up and walked to the front of the seclusion chamber.
He didn’t enter immediately. Instead, he first pulled up his friends list and sent a single, incredibly concise group message to Shi Potian, Xiong Yanfu, Lei Meng, Tie Mu, Qin Lan, and the others.
"I am entering long-term seclusion. My return is uncertain. Do not worry; do not disturb."
Having done all this, he took a deep breath, his eyes becoming incomparably firm and pure.
Qin Feng sat cross-legged on a meditation cushion and began his quiet cultivation.
In that instant, all contact with the outside world was completely severed.
He closed his eyes, and his consciousness sank into endless darkness.
Then, he took out the first [Strengthened Type I Spiritual Energy Potion], twisted off the cap, and drank it in one gulp.
BOOM—!!!
A torrent of energy, more violent and turbulent than ever before, erupted inside his body like a Star River bursting its banks!
...
In the world of one in deep seclusion, time lost its original meaning.
It was no longer marked by sunrises and sunsets, nor by the changing of seasons.
It became the potions consumed one by one, the excruciating pain of a body torn apart and reformed time and again, and the newly opened Acupoints that shimmered with a dark golden light, each one carved out through immense difficulty.
Qin Feng’s dormitory fell into a long, deathly silence.
「The first year.」
Qin Feng exhausted all his mental energy and, amidst endless pain, successfully opened ten new Great Sun Acupoints.
Every cell in his body, under the repeated scouring and tempering of this violent energy, grew tougher and stronger.
「The third year.」
Thirty Great Sun Acupoints now shone brilliantly within his body. He had completely adapted to the terrifying potency of the [Strengthened Type I Spiritual Energy Potion], and the speed at which he opened Acupoints began to increase steadily.
「The fifth year.」
Inside the seclusion chamber, the pile of empty Potion vials already surpassed fifty.
Qin Feng’s total number of Great Sun Acupoints had also successfully broken the one-hundred mark!
His body had become like a bottomless black hole, his craving for energy reaching an entirely new level.
「The eighth year.」
He began to practice the new Killing Techniques he had exchanged for.
With the aid of the [Celestial Dao Rewards the Diligent] panel, he multitasked, continuing to open Acupoints while using his rest periods to enter the Imperial Arena and frantically practice the Mountain Shattering Fist, the Jade-Shattering Hand, and more... His offensive skills were building a foundation at a terrifying rate.
「The tenth year.」
The number of Great Sun Acupoints he had opened had already reached one hundred and sixty.