Six-fold pinnacle

Although Ye Dong was deeply moved by his grandfather's decision, his dantian was already healed, his six-fold spiritual mark had recovered, and his cultivation had even improved compared to before. How could he allow his grandfather to go to such lengths to help him repair his dantian?

Ye Yun Teng's eyes lit up with understanding, and he followed up, saying, "Father, while helping Dong'er heal his dantian is important, in a month, we have the major competition among the three major families. Originally, with Dong'er's participation, winning would be assured for our Ye family. But now, with this incident involving Dong'er, we need to procure some spirit crystals to quickly enhance the strength of our younger generation!"

Although the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is ubiquitous, it contains many impurities. After absorption by the human body, it needs to be purified internally. Generally, absorbing ten units of spiritual energy results in only about five units remaining after purification.

Spirit crystals, on the other hand, are different. They are natural crystals containing pure spiritual energy, which can be directly absorbed by cultivators. They are excellent resources for enhancing cultivation. Depending on the amount of spiritual energy contained, their grades also vary. Even the lowest-grade spirit crystal is quite expensive.

Autumn Leaf Town is just a small town under the jurisdiction of Yi Feng City. In Yi Feng City, there are as many as eight towns like Autumn Leaf, each with its own street designated for various factions to conduct business and earn lucrative profits.

Expanding their business to Yi Feng City would greatly benefit the family. Thus, Autumn Leaf Street became a coveted place for the three major families, often leading to conflict. Eventually, the city lord intervened, establishing a rule that every three years, the three major families would hold a competition. The winner would gain the right to conduct business on Autumn Leaf Street for three years.

Three years ago, Ye Yun Fei led the Ye family to victory, securing the right to conduct business on Autumn Leaf Street. Now, as the three years are about to end, preparations for the competition are underway. Originally, the Ye family relied on Ye Dong to shine in the competition, but now, things were uncertain.

Hearing Ye Yun Teng's words, Ye Yuan Jun fell into contemplation. While healing Ye Dong's dantian was necessary, the ability to remain on Autumn Leaf Street was crucial for the entire Ye family's development. With the recent setbacks, losing the qualification for Autumn Leaf Street could spell disaster for the Ye family.

Without exaggeration, the Ye family was facing its most perilous moment since its founding!

After a long silence, Ye Yuan Jun sighed heavily, patting Ye Dong's head, and reluctantly said, "Dong'er, we have no other choice for now."

Ye Dong nodded with a smile, "Grandfather, I understand."

Upon hearing Ye Yuan Jun's final decision, Ye Yun Teng and others breathed a sigh of relief, especially Ye Long, who quietly clenched his fists in excitement. With Ye Dong out of the picture, he would become the family's future star. Thus, he eagerly anticipated enjoying resources like spirit crystals for himself.

After dinner, Ye Dong returned to his room and slept soundly. The next day, he continued pretending to be a useless cultivator within the family, attracting more criticism and scorn. However, Ye Dong paid no mind to it.

As night fell, Ye Dong quietly slipped out of the house and dashed towards the back mountain. As a member of the Ye family, he couldn't ignore the major competition among the three major families scheduled for a month later. If the Ye family could win, he would stay out of it. But if they were to lose, he was prepared to use his strength to secure another three years of qualification for the family.

Ye Dong dared not attempt to condense another spiritual mark, but due to yesterday's shock, he forgot to test the strength of his six spiritual marks compared to before.

Taking a deep breath, he absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into his body like surging river water. Raising his right hand, a cluster of spiritual energy quickly appeared in his fist. The hallmark of the six-fold spiritual mark was the ability to externalize spiritual energy.

Seeing this energy cluster, twice the size of before and the size of a watermelon, Ye Dong was ecstatic. Suppressing his excitement, he aimed at a boulder about half a person's height and smashed it with his fist.

"Boom!"

With a deafening sound, the boulder exploded, scattering debris everywhere!

A boulder half a person's height was now reduced to rubble!

Ye Dong knew that although he only had a six-fold spiritual mark, his current strength far exceeded the previous realm. In other words, encountering someone else with a six-fold spiritual mark, Ye Dong was confident he could defeat them!

If he weren't a little afraid of such rapid progress in cultivation, Ye Dong would have continued to cultivate a seventh spiritual mark to see the effect of externalizing spiritual energy.

Externalizing and manifesting were two completely different concepts. Externalizing spiritual energy meant allowing it to leave the body to launch attacks, which naturally resulted in greater power.

Suppressing this thought, he focused his attention on the acupuncture point, Shangyang, on his right index finger. Acupuncture points are naturally present in the human body, but most people never pay attention to them throughout their lives, let alone think about clearing them. Thus, clearing acupuncture points involves two processes: first, probing to find the exact location of the acupuncture points.

In the "Blood Sea War Tian Dao" cultivation technique, probing is a continuous process, ultimately aiming to identify the specific locations of all 720 acupuncture points in the body.

Ye Dong spread his hands, palms facing the sky, eyes closed slightly, and head raised towards the night sky. He activated the cultivation technique of "Blood Sea War Tian Dao" in his mind, and immediately, streams of spiritual energy surged into his dantian at an extremely fast speed. Then, they were released from his dantian and began to circulate within his body. 

However, the process was extremely arduous. Every time the spiritual energy passed through a small distance, it would slightly stagnate, indicating the presence of an acupuncture point. If the point wasn't cleared, the spiritual energy couldn't flow directly and had to squeeze through the gaps around the point.

Gradually, golden lines appeared on Ye Dong's body, like a spider web, continuously extending until they covered every part and corner of his body.

After stumbling through the guidance of spiritual energy within his body for a complete circulation, Ye Dong's attention shifted to the Shangyang acupuncture point on his right index finger. Having completed the first circulation, the subsequent spiritual energy would follow this path, continuing to circulate repeatedly until all acupuncture points in his body were located.

This process didn't require Ye Dong's guidance anymore. His current task was to focus his strength on finding the first acupuncture point he needed to clear.