Immortality Begins With Internal Breathing

Lin Zheyu read through the Evernight Slumber Secret Art with great interest. This technique was a secret art developed by a powerful senior martial artist through studying the slumbering abilities of various powerful exotic beasts and ferocious beasts.

”This is a very interesting technique. Once mastered, it would also grant powerful concealment abilities.” Lin Zheyu felt a surge of joy, having finally found a useful technique.

The Evernight Slumber Secret Art was discovered in the incomplete technique section. Cultivating this technique required the assistance of powerful secret medicines. They would be applied externally to temper the body and taken internally to alter bodily constitution. Supplemented by the practice of the Evernight Slumber Secret Art, this allowed a martial artist to gain beast-like slumbering abilities, enabling them to endure long years through slumber without dying.

According to the technique’s description, if cultivated to its peak, it could theoretically allow a martial artist to slumber for decades while consuming less than one-tenth of their lifespan. It was exceedingly profound. Such a peculiar and powerful secret art being placed in the incomplete technique section naturally had its reasons. Although the secret medicines required to cultivate the Evernight Slumber Secret Art could all be purchased, the side effects caused by cultivating this secret art were far too terrifying.

Using various powerful secret medicines to forcibly alter one’s constitution would damage a martial artist’s innate physique, harm their martial cultivation foundation, and bring about terrifying side effects. It would not only cause a decline in strength but also shorten a martial artist’s lifespan. Although the lifespan extension gained indirectly through slumber by using the Evernight Slumber Secret Art was powerful, when compared to the reduced lifespan and greatly diminished strength caused by cultivating the technique, it was not worth the cost. This made it an extremely impractical technique.

This truly is a fine technique. If cultivated and enhanced using Origin Force, it should be possible to preserve the constitutional traits while restoring the damage caused during cultivation.

This technique was something ordinary martial artists could not cultivate, but he was different. With Origin Force, he could ignore all bodily damage brought about by techniques. Techniques on the first floor could be borrowed, but Lin Zheyu did not want others to know that he had borrowed this technique. Techniques with severe side effects or that were incomplete were rarely borrowed. Most people simply read them inside to understand their concepts and cultivation methods. Borrowing such a technique would be far too conspicuous.

Lin Zheyu spent roughly two hours committing the Evernight Slumber Secret Art to memory. As his strength increased, his memory had grown much stronger, and memorizing martial cultivation techniques was no longer as difficult as before. When leaving Tianlu Pavilion, he also borrowed the pre-Force Transformation realm technique manual of Azure Tide Boundless True Technique. This technique was the primary cultivation technique of the Azure Tide Pavilion.

After leaving Tianlu Pavilion, the sky had already grown somewhat dim. Lin Zheyu returned to his residence to retrieve silver, left the sect, and headed straight for the apothecaries in Wuling City. The sect also had places to purchase medicinal herbs, but the herbs required to cultivate the Evernight Slumber Secret Art were all relatively rare. They were only used when cultivating certain special techniques or refining poisons.

Lin Zheyu did not want others to know that he could cultivate such a technique with massive side effects, so he could only purchase the herbs outside the sect. The herbs required for the Evernight Slumber Secret Art were extremely difficult to find. He visited all the major apothecaries in the city but still could not obtain everything, finally finding the remaining few herbs at the black market.

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At Nanming Street, Destined Encounter Inn.

Carrying a large bundle of herbs, Lin Zheyu entered the inn and booked an upper room. He planned to cultivate and improve directly outside the sect. Carrying so many herbs into the sect would be far too conspicuous. After entering the room, it was not long before the attendant, following Lin Zheyu’s instructions, brought over two basins of clean water.

”I hope everything goes smoothly and that Origin Force can repair the damage caused during cultivation while preserving the constitution formed through cultivating the Evernight Slumber Secret Art. Otherwise, all of these herbs will have been wasted,” Lin Zheyu muttered softly.

Lin Zheyu bought all the herbs required to cultivate this secret art, spending a full 230,000 taels of silver. The price was terrifying. Even during the purchase, his heart ached. Taking out the herbs from the bundle, he ground them into powder according to their two different uses, internal consumption and external application, and poured them into two separate basins of water. With only one-third of the herbs added, the clear water in the basins turned into a thick, sticky paste. A rich medicinal fragrance filled the entire room.

”This will do for now. I will first try the effects with 1 unit of Origin Force,” Lin Zheyu said quietly to himself.

The Evernight Slumber Secret Art was extremely difficult to cultivate and required very strong control over one’s body. To cultivate this secret art to Advanced Mastery would take nearly ten years. The reason it took so long was mainly that cultivating this technique inflicted tremendous damage on the body, requiring ample time for recovery.

If Lin Zheyu used Origin Force to enhance it, he could rely on the powerful recovery ability within the consciousness space to directly skip the recovery time. The cultivation time would be drastically reduced.

If I use Origin Force to enhance it and cultivate nonstop within the consciousness space, it should only take 2 units of Origin Force to bring the Evernight Slumber Secret Art to Perfection. In that case, one-third of the herbs will not be enough.

Lin Zheyu pondered briefly, then called over the attendant to change to two larger basins.

If not for the limited range within which Origin Force could act around his body, he would have wanted to use bathing tubs. At his instruction, the attendant brought over two large wooden barrels used for leftover food, three to four times larger than the original basins.

After some thought, Lin Zheyu simply poured all the remaining herbs into them. He then took out ten sets of Blazing Flame Blood Burning Powder, five sets for each wooden barrel. The Blazing Flame Blood Burning Powder was going to be used to provide the energy needed to remodel the body.

”Let’s begin!”

After preparing everything, Lin Zheyu inserted both hands into the viscous mixture in the wooden barrels, closed his eyes, and sent out his thought.

Use 2 units of Origin Force to cultivate the Evernight Slumber Secret Art.

In an instant, Lin Zheyu’s mind wavered, and he appeared within the mysterious consciousness space. This time, just as he had envisioned, the consciousness space manifested the medicinal bath, wooden barrels, and the internal secret medicines required to cultivate the Evernight Slumber Secret Art.

Lin Zheyu began his endless cultivation. He swallowed the secret medicine, soaked himself in the medicinal bath wooden barrel, circulated his blood qi, and let it flow through his body according to the cultivation method of the Evernight Slumber Secret Art. Each time he completed a cycle and emerged from the medicinal bath, the enormous side effects produced during cultivation were instantly restored under the special rules of the consciousness space. He then immediately began the next round, repeating the cycle endlessly.

Within the room, vast mysterious energy surged forth, drawing the medicinal power from the wooden barrels into his body. The medicinal force generated by the herbs required for cultivating the Evernight Slumber Secret Art continuously stimulated Lin Zheyu’s physique. Under this stimulation, his body underwent tremendous changes.

At the same time, the vast mysterious energy also drew in the medicinal power of the Blazing Flame Blood Burning Powder, rapidly repairing the damage caused by medicinal stimulation while remodeling and strengthening Lin Zheyu’s physique. Everything progressed exactly as Lin Zheyu had envisioned.

After a few breaths, Lin Zheyu slowly opened his eyes, which were filled with bloodshot veins. During the cultivation of the Evernight Slumber Secret Art, the secret medicines and the medicinal bath acting on the body produced pain and itching that were extremely intense. Fortunately, the results were very ideal.

Ignoring the lingering pain enveloping his mental will, Lin Zheyu immediately looked at the data within his consciousness. After countless refinements, his mental will had long become incomparably resilient, making this level of pain negligible.

[Heaven Rewards the Diligent]

[Name: Lin Zheyu]

[Origin Force: 5]

[Skills: Ninefold Origin Lock Art (Perfection), Evernight Slumber Secret Art (Perfection), Tortoise Breath True Technique (Sixth Stage: 0%), Golden Goose Technique (Eleventh Stage: 100%), Violet Thunder Blood Condensing Technique (Third Stage: 18%), Great Strength Vajra Fist (First Stage: 83%)]

”Success!”

A look of delight surfaced on Lin Zheyu’s face. The effects of Origin Force were indeed powerful, and he felt not the slightest discomfort in his body. Under the influence of Origin Force, the cultivation results were flawless, allowing him to achieve the theoretical effects envisioned in the Evernight Slumber Secret Art.

”How miraculous. Even without using Tortoise Breath True Technique, my body possesses a natural concealment effect.” Lin Zheyu carefully sensed his own condition and could not help but marvel.

Lin Zheyu had seen this kind of natural concealment effect on Little Black, who was born with powerful concealment abilities. Now, he had it as well. He let out a long breath and activated the Evernight Slumber Secret Art. Gradually, the beating of his heart in his chest slowed more and more, until it beat fewer than three times in an entire minute. As the heart rate slowed, the flow of blood also dropped to an extremely sluggish level.

As the technique circulated, the essence, qi, blood, and life energy throughout his body retreated deep into his cells, as if frozen and congealed, firmly locked within them. A powerful drowsiness swept over him. After his life activity dropped to the lowest level and the supply of energy became insufficient, Lin Zheyu felt extremely sleepy, as if he were about to fall into slumber. He abruptly shook his head to clear his mental will somewhat, then hurriedly reversed the Evernight Slumber Secret Art to activate life energy and restore bodily life activity.

”I almost fell into slumber. If I were to enter slumber and no one woke me, I would only passively awaken after exhausting my body’s energy reserves,” muttered Lin Zheyu, letting out a long breath.

This was also one of the side effects of the Evernight Slumber Secret Art. Although it had many side effects, it was still an extraordinary secret art. Lin Zheyu did not need the slumber effect of the Evernight Slumber Secret Art. What he wanted was the ability to reduce life activity to the extreme upon entering slumber, freezing and congealing bodily energy, and locking it deep within the cells.

Compared to other concealment techniques, it surpassed them by a wide margin. In terms of concealment alone, the Evernight Slumber Secret Art was far more powerful than the Tortoise Breath True Technique. Both were life-extending techniques, but Evernight Slumber went further by directly entering a slumber state to minimize the loss of life. Moreover, the methods the two techniques used to lock life energy had very little overlap, making them perfectly complementary and able to be stacked together.

Let me test the concealment effect.

He poured out the remaining herbs in the wooden barrels, refilled them with clean water, and added two sets of Blazing Flame Blood-Burning Powder. After everything was prepared, Lin Zheyu reversed the Ninefold Origin Lock Art, releasing the sealed life energy and blood qi power. In an instant, surging energy poured forth without end, and he felt stronger than ever before.

Use 1 unit of Origin Force to cultivate Violet Thunder Blood Condensing Technique.

The moment the Ninefold Origin Lock Art was released, Lin Zheyu did not hesitate and directly used Origin Force to recover from the side effects caused by the Ninefold Origin Lock Art.

After a few breaths, he slowly opened his eyes. Threads of golden blood qi were interwoven with ordinary blood qi, circulating with his blood and producing rumbling sounds. At full power, the immense blood qi energy within his body was difficult to perfectly conceal even with the Tortoise Breath True Technique. However, things were different this time. After cultivating the Evernight Slumber Secret Art, his constitution had changed slightly, and even without activating the Tortoise Breath True Technique, he possessed a decent concealment effect.

Lin Zheyu let out a long breath and fully activated the Tortoise Breath True Technique. The surging blood qi energy was locked into the blood, yet strands of blood qi still occasionally leaked out. With a shift of thought, he continued circulating the Evernight Slumber Secret Art. In an instant, the aura around his body dropped further, the immensely powerful life energy began to fall silent, and the surging blood qi became congealed and still.

”It worked, and with such a powerful effect. Even if all my blood qi were to transform into golden blood qi, I might still be able to perfectly conceal my strength,” Lin Zheyu said with delight.