Wan Haihao's words made everyone present smile knowingly.
Although progress is slow now, with a feeling of hitting a bottleneck, everyone is confident that one day they will truly reach the level of the Ninth Rank of Inner Qi.
"If one day, we deplete all our Inner Qi, what would happen?"
"Drop back to Zero Rank of Inner Qi and start from scratch, accumulating bit by bit?"
At this point, the members present already had answers in their hearts.
Such a hypothesis, of course, is impossible.
If the Inner Qi is completely exhausted, the acupoints would shrivel up, and the rank would fall, requiring a large amount of time and energy to refill, making it quite pointless.
"Or is it about multitasking with a hundred minds, manipulating multiple lines while extracting biological energy from cells for cultivation?"
This speculation is also impossible.
This is no longer the medieval period of closed-mindedness.
The members present are young people with extraordinary brainpower from the new era's education system.
They cannot be satisfied with just "knowing the what, but not the why."
While deducing the acupoints, everyone instinctively contemplates the principles within.
When cultivating Inner Qi, they delve into the mysteries involved.
The issues Wan Haihao mentioned have actually been pondered to varying degrees by the members in private.
Inner Qi adheres to the law of conservation of energy.
Those cultivating the Black Rock Stele Martial Arts can't just be misers who only take in without giving out.
Using Inner Qi results in consumption.
Statements like "cultivating Inner Qi is like expanding the MP limit, consuming a portion of Inner Qi doesn't deplete the limit, so it can slowly recover automatically" only seem plausible on the surface.
At first glance, it sounds somewhat reasonable.
But a deeper look reveals it doesn't make sense at all!
"If I'm not mistaken..."
"The solution to this problem..."
"Should be to let the acupoints develop into complete micro-organs, right?"
Wan Haihao's voice grew smaller, completely losing the vibrant demeanor he had when he first came to Grass Hut Academy: "As long as the process of acupoints absorbing biological energy and refining it into Inner Qi is semi-automated, or even fully automated, this problem can be solved."
"The accumulation of Inner Qi is a process where quantitative change leads to qualitative change."
"Allow the acupoints to truly become fully developed micro-organs, forming an Inner Qi circulatory system, so that after consuming Inner Qi, as long as nutrition keeps up, the acupoints that were once filled will naturally regenerate Inner Qi continuously."
Wan Haihao scratched his head, feeling a bit embarrassed: "I'm not specialized in bioengineering, and I'm a bit of an outsider in this aspect, so please correct me if I'm wrong."
When Ma Ran spoke just now, he felt his thinking was unusually clear and generated many ideas, but now he couldn't express them clearly and accurately.
Being stared at by Ma Ran, Wan Haihao felt his palms were sweaty, his mind blank, and some words stuck in his throat only to be forgotten.
Just two words.
Nervous!
Back then, during the college entrance exams, Wan Haihao hadn't felt this uncomfortable.
Ma Ran, though silent, had a gaze that made Wan Haihao's heart race and his back sweat profusely.
Parch-mouthed and tongue-tied, Wan Haihao suddenly felt like he was being watched by a superior.
Ma Ran thought what he said was a mess and completely off-topic.
On the surface, however, Ma Ran still led the applause, offering high recognition to the other party: "Senior Brother Wan's ideas are excellent!"
"Accumulation alone is useless."
"The cultivation of Inner Qi must emphasize the process of 'organization'."
"The questions you intend to ask me should be related to refining the first strand of Inner Qi, right?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the members, who were somewhat drowsy before, immediately became alert, widened their eyes, and listened intently.
The refining of Inner Qi in this stage...
Those who can do it find it easy, those who can't find it difficult.
In Su Qiangwei's words—"Isn't it just using the brain?"
Yet, none of the thirty-one members present, including Wan Haihao, could do it!
Even when consuming high-energy nutritional products to the point of fullness, the biological energy that the acupoints could harvest was so minuscule that it was quickly absorbed by other cells before it could be converted into Inner Qi.
They simply couldn't ensure that the acupoint's energy supply channels dominated the digestive system to vie for biological energy from their cells.
Innate instincts...
Aren't so easy to overcome!
"A few days ago, I noticed the problems everyone was encountering."
Ma Ran spoke calmly: "Since then, I've planned to leverage the process of acupoint organization to create a guiding method to help newcomers cultivating the Black Rock Martial Arts System smoothly refine their first strand of Inner Qi."
"Once refined through this method, your bodies will naturally remember the 'Life Sublimation' process of transcending instincts."
"Learn it once, and you'll never need to worry about it again."
"One realization is eternal proof!"
"I temporarily named this technique..."
"The 'Black Rock Guiding Technique'."
Ma Ran hadn't truly created this capability and was entirely clueless about it.
He had mostly been holed up researching the Enclosure Text in recent days, lacking the time to delve into this.
The 'Black Rock Guiding Technique' didn't exist.
Originally, Ma Ran planned to add a sentence like "It won't take long for me to perfect it and promote it across the academic societies," but just as the words were about to leave his mouth, profound knowledge about the 'Black Rock Guiding Technique' emerged vividly in his mind.
Clearly...
The members present, the young men and women in military uniforms, and even the canteen uncles and aunts were willing to believe in Ma Ran!
Since this portrayal was not created from nothing, it did not require much recognition from others.
The small skill known as the 'Black Rock Guiding Technique' naturally emerged and was truly mastered by Ma Ran!
Unfortunately...
There was no Reproduction Medal.
The [play] ability seemingly looked down upon such a small skill, which didn't greatly enhance Ma Ran's comprehensive strength, as something "insignificant."
"Regarding the 'Black Rock Guiding Technique'..."
Ma Ran raised his eyebrows, his gaze focused on Wan Haihao: "Is anyone willing to come over and cooperate for a bit?"
Wan Haihao felt a bit parched and had a somewhat confused look on his face.
He came back to his senses only to realize that he had unknowingly raised his hand.
"I'll... I'll do it!"
Among the four people who came to Grass Hut Academy in the same car, Ma Ran wasn't one to be compared with. That would be overestimating oneself, courting humiliation.
But Su Qiangwei and Dong Huaiming had both successfully refined their Inner Qi!
While he, the more mature senior, hadn't made any progress!
He couldn't continue to languish!
When an opportunity presents itself, you must seize it immediately!
With Wan Haihao's active cooperation, Ma Ran quickly pinpointed the location of the acupoint to be developed within him—1.5 millimeters off the center of the sternum, 3 centimeters under the dermis.
Stretching out his left hand, the index finger hovered over the opponent's sternum handle, slightly tilting to adjust the direction.
As Inner Qi flowed, a warm current penetrated through thick clothing, pouring into Wan Haihao's acupoint.
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