This is the foundation of survival and development.

It is also an effective way to acquire resources.

"Second: the Imperial Forum."

Master Gu Yue continued, "This forum is similar to the private Qi Yi High School forum you use now, but its scope covers the entire human Empire. Depending on your permissions, you can select boards for specific galaxies or Star Realms to view information. A massive amount of real-time data is constantly being updated on it. It covers everything from newly decreed Imperial laws to beast tides erupting in a certain Star Realm, and even the coordinates of newly discovered mystic realms and dangerous territories. You must make it a habit to check it frequently. Especially after a long period of secluded cultivation, the very first thing you should do is check the forum for news to understand the changes in the outside world. This will help you avoid making poor judgments due to an information gap."

"You’ll need to proactively purchase this permission through the Subspace Network. The price is one hundred thousand Imperial Coins."

"Third: an Intelligent Assistant."

"This point is of the utmost importance."

Master Gu Yue’s tone became exceptionally grave.

"A person’s energy is finite. You can’t waste your precious time sifting through a sea of missions to find the one that suits you, nor can you read through the countless posts that refresh on the forum every second. This is where you need a sufficiently powerful Subspace Network Intelligent Assistant."

"A top-tier Intelligent Assistant complements the previous two points perfectly. It can analyze your strength and needs to quickly filter through hundreds of millions of missions and create a list of the most suitable and cost-effective ones for you. While you’re in seclusion, it can automatically collect and organize all important information and generate a summary report. It can even assist you in creating detailed cultivation plans, organizing the necessary cultivation resources, and automatically purchasing them. You could say it frees you from countless tedious chores, allowing you to devote one hundred percent of your energy to cultivation itself."

"However, there is one thing you must remember."

Master Gu Yue’s gaze sharpened. "When you encounter life forms of the Mechanical Race, you must never, ever summon your Intelligent Assistant. If you accept a mission related to the Mechanical Race, then you must absolutely not bring any intelligent creations with you. This is an iron-clad rule. Remember it!"

Qin Feng’s heart clenched. Although he didn’t know the specific reason, he knew there must be a profound logic behind Master Gu Yue’s solemn warning.

He nodded heavily.

"As for the Intelligent Assistant, I suggest you buy the best one available. It’s a one-time investment for a lifetime of benefits. The price is five million Imperial Coins."

After explaining these three points, Master Gu Yue paused. He picked up his teacup, took a gentle sip, and gave Qin Feng enough time to digest the information.

Qin Feng quickly organized the three points in his mind.

’The mission access is my livelihood, the forum is my eyes and ears, and the Intelligent Assistant is the brain that makes it all run efficiently.’

The three formed an integrated system, the basic framework for a Martial Artist to integrate into the wider world after graduation.

He nodded slightly, indicating that he had completely understood.

"Good."

Seeing the clarity in Qin Feng’s eyes, Master Gu Yue nodded in satisfaction and set down his teacup.

"Next, we will tell you the cultivation method for a Level 4 Martial Artist, and... about the more distant future."

The expressions on Wu Shangfeng and Teacher Lin Yue’s faces also became incredibly solemn.

Because what came next was the true foundation of a Martial Artist’s survival and success.

"Yes!"

Qin Feng straightened his back, focusing all his attention as he listened intently.

"You already know that a Martial Artist’s cultivation follows the ’principle of extreme recovery.’ That is, using external means to inflict deep-seated damage to the physical body, then using resources to repair it, thereby achieving the goal of increasing one’s life force."

Gu Yue’s voice became deep and magnetic.

"But after your life force index reaches 30.0, the strength and resilience of your physical body will have already reached an extremely high level. Ordinary Body Refining Techniques, even the advanced Imperial Body Refining Technique, will struggle to inflict ’extreme’ levels of damage on your body anymore. At the same time, with a life force index above 30.0, every tiny improvement becomes several times more difficult than before. If you continue to train arduously with the old methods, your progress will only get slower and slower."

"To solve this problem and maintain an efficient method of improvement, the ancestors of the Empire, after countless years of exploration and experimentation, finally devised a solution."

Master Gu Yue looked at Qin Feng and said, enunciating each word clearly:

"Acupoint Opening."

"Acupoint Opening?"

A trace of confusion flickered in Qin Feng’s eyes. He had heard Teacher Lin Yue mention it once before, but she had only touched upon it briefly without going into detail.

"That’s right, Acupoint Opening."

Master Gu Yue explained, "So-called ’Acupoint Opening’ is a process where you use a special Cultivation Method known as an ’Acupoint Opening Method,’ supplemented by your own powerful Mental Power for precise control, to open up ’Acupoint Shells’ inside your body that can hold energy."

"Once an Acupoint Shell is successfully opened, it can actively absorb Spiritual Energy to scour and baptize your physical body. This process is excruciatingly painful, but the damage it inflicts on your body is controllable and extremely deep. This perfectly solves the problem of ’insufficient damage.’ At the same time, this absorbed Spiritual Energy will also be stored within the Acupoint Shells, constantly nourishing your entire body and becoming a part of your strength." 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

"The location of the Acupoint Shells is not fixed. Different Acupoint Opening Methods open shells in completely different locations, numbers, and of varying quality. The higher the grade of the method, the more acupoints you can open, and the higher the quality of the Acupoint Shells. This means the limit of the strength you can achieve during the Level 4 Martial Artist stage will be greater. However, correspondingly, the higher the grade of the method, the greater the difficulty of cultivation and the more terrifying the pain endured during the opening process. Furthermore, this will also directly affect the difficulty of ’Acupoint Merging’ at Level 5."