Immortality Begins With Internal Breathing

Bang, bang, bang!

From the arena came dull and rapid collision sounds. Zuo Feng seemed to transform into a blood-colored dragon, his terrifying fists crashing toward Lin Zheyu. Lin Zheyu, meanwhile, radiated an overwhelmingly domineering aura, imposing and majestic. His fists appeared indestructible as they collided with Zuo Feng’s fists, producing terrifying, explosive sounds.

”If this is all you have, then it ends here,” Lin Zheyu’s resounding voice rang out amid the dense collisions.

From the brief exchange just now, he had already thoroughly grasped Zuo Feng’s true strength. This genius, who had broken through to the Marrow Refining realm while being at the ninth transformation, surpassed Heng Qiming in both strength and physical power. However, real combat did not rely solely on strength and physique. The application of power and the grasp of timing were equally crucial. In these aspects, Zuo Feng lagged far behind Heng Qiming. Of course, in terms of overall strength, the two were comparable, and it was difficult to say who would win in battle.

”Hmph, such big words. I want to see just how capable you are,” Zuo Feng snorted coldly as his highly condensed blood qi roared within his body, his swollen muscles and skin expanding even further.

He stomped forward with his right foot, and his right fist blasted out at astonishing speed. The blood-colored dragon phantom swirling around him let out a roar and clung to his fist. The massive punch seemed to transform directly into a ferocious dragon.

Lin Zheyu remained expressionless. He merely shifted his body slightly, not even considering to use the Golden Goose Technique to evade. He swung his right fist and struck head-on. The collision of fists produced a violent roar. He stepped back once with his left foot and stabilized himself, the bluestone tiles beneath his feet cracking from the tremendous force. Zuo Feng, on the other hand, was blasted straight back. His feet slammed repeatedly onto the bluestone, carving deep pits into the arena. Only when he reached the edge of the arena did he finally steady himself.

”How is that possible? How can your strength be greater than mine?” Zuo Feng’s face was filled with shock.

He had broken through to the Marrow Refining realm while he was at the ninth transformation. His physique and strength were overwhelmingly powerful, and nearly invincible among his peers. He couldn’t understand how person before him could surpass him in pure strength.

”The world is vast, and there are always people with extraordinary talent. Moreover, I have cultivated several body refining techniques to perfection. Is it strange that my strength exceeds yours?” Lin Zheyu asked calmly as he looked at him.

He began to gradually reveal his true strength, showing the side of a genuine genius. When he first entered the sect, Elder Yang had told him there was no need to hide. After becoming a true disciple of the Wuji Sect, the sect itself was his greatest backing. Whatever talent he possessed, he could display it freely. He did not dare reveal his golden blood qi, but he did not mind exposing some of his other abilities.

”You win. Just wait. I will catch up to you soon.” Zuo Feng took a deep breath, left those words behind, and then turned and leapt off the arena.

Lin Zheyu did not step down from the arena and instead swept his gaze around as he said calmly, ”Is there anyone else who wishes to challenge me? I will accept.”

Having ascended the Hidden Dragon List as the bottom-ranked member, there were bound to be many challengers. Since that was the case, it was better to accept challenges openly here. Once everyone was thoroughly defeated, no one would dare come again. However, after scanning the area, no one stepped forward.

”Since no one is coming up, I will take my leave,” Lin Zheyu said calmly. He waited for about another minute before slowly walking down from the arena.

”He is handsome and exceptionally strong. Senior sister, do you want to capture his heart and lure him into our Sangharama Sect?” Rong Siying said with a light laugh. The casual charm she revealed left the men around her staring in a daze.

”Too young, and not enough flavor. I prefer those like Xiao Shi and Jii Weicheng.” Fang Yiqian shook her head and said, ”You are close in age. You can try to see if you can capture him.”

”I will pass. I am not as charming as Senior Sister. Those who cultivate Dominance true intent have extremely strong resistance to Allure true intent, and their will is usually very firm. They are not easy to enchant,” Rong Siying said with a smile. Even so, her beautiful eyes remained fixed on Lin Zheyu.

”Little Martial Uncle, look over there. Rong Siying is looking at you. She seems interested in you,” Xu Kai’en said with a laugh.

”Nah, I’m good. I’m not interested in her,” Lin Zheyu said calmly as he took a sip of wine.

Although Rong Siying was beautiful, she was rather troublesome. Women who cultivated Allure true intent easily attracted endless complications.

”Young Master Lin truly does not understand romance, to be uninterested even in a great beauty like Miss Rong,” Deng An said with a laugh.

Before long, the banquet ended. Many people accepted Jii Weicheng’s invitation. Deng An wanted to invite Lin Zheyu along as well, but he refused. His most important task now was to transform all his blood qi into golden blood qi and then advance to the Marrow Refining realm.

***

Early the next morning, Lin Zheyu went as usual to the Waterfall Deep Pool and began a new day of cultivation. He trained beneath the waterfall for about six hours in the morning, rested for a while, and then began diving to the bottom of the pool. However, unlike before, after reaching the bottom, he did not cultivate the Azure Tide Boundless True Technique, but instead practiced the Great Strength Vajra Fist. Powerful water pressure pressed in from all directions, making Lin Zheyu’s cultivation extremely arduous.

What he wanted was precisely this difficulty. Compared to cultivating while wearing heavy armor, training underwater consumed stamina much faster. Moreover, soaking at the bottom of the deep pool allowed him to absorb material energy from the pool, promoting changes and improvements in his physique.

Splashing sounds rang out. After cultivating for more than ten minutes, Lin Zheyu burst out of the water, took a deep breath, and plunged back into the pool again.

Time slowly passed. Lin Zheyu’s stamina consumption was enormous. After a while, he could no longer even dive to the bottom of the pool and could only climb out onto the shore to continue practicing his fist technique. The Wuji Sect disciples around had long grown accustomed to this. About every four days, their martial uncle would cultivate frantically and drain every ounce of his strength.

According to him, this was about breaking the limits of the body, tempering the spiritual form, and making the mind increasingly resilient. Quite a few Wuji Sect disciples were influenced by Lin Zheyu’s words and began cultivating in the same way. As a result, this area in the back mountains often saw Wuji Sect disciples lying on the ground, completely exhausted and unable to move.

Lin Zheyu lay on the ground, completely drained, gasping for breath as his chest rose and fell violently. He had once again broken through his bodily limits.

[Heaven Rewards the Diligent]

[Name: Lin Zheyu]

[Origin Force: 3]

[Skills: Ninefold Origin Lock Art (Perfection), Evernight Slumber Secret Art (Perfection), Tortoise Breath True Technique (Sixth Stage: 0%), Golden Goose Technique (Eleventh Stage: 100%), Azure Tide Blood Condensing Technique (Sixth Stage: 88%), Great Strength Vajra Fist (Third Stage: 24%), Azure Tide Boundless True Technique (Fourth Stage: 100%)]

”To trigger another qualitative change in blood qi, 3 units of Origin Force are not enough. I will use it after accumulating more,” Lin Zheyu muttered silently as he looked at the data in his consciousness.

His blood qi had already undergone fifteen qualitative changes. At this stage, making it undergo further qualitative change was extremely difficult. Even when using the Ninefold Origin Lock Art to seal most of his life energy and blood qi energy, a single unit of Origin Force could only increase his progress by about 4%.

Judging by the condensation progress of golden blood qi, to transform all my blood qi into golden blood qi, I will probably need to reach the eighteenth transformation of blood qi. By then, a single unit of Origin Force will likely only increase progress by about 1%, Lin Zheyu pondered.

Reaching the sixteenth change was already hard, let alone the seventeenth or eighteenth.

Fortunately, as his strength increased, his efficiency in obtaining Origin Force also improved. After his blood qi broke through to the fifteenth transformation and golden blood qi occupied nearly half of his total blood qi, the Origin Force gained from each breakthrough increased again. Now, each breakthrough granted him 3 units of Origin Force.

My current physique strength is already no weaker than that of someone like Zuo Feng, who broke through to the Marrow Refining realm at the ninth transformation of blood qi, and I have not even undergone tendon and marrow cleansing yet. Once I do, I wonder how unbelievably strong I will become.

After yesterday’s clash with Zuo Feng, he had gained a general understanding of his own physical strength. It was roughly comparable to that of a Marrow Refining realm martial artist who had broken through at the ninth transformation of blood qi, and was even considerably stronger than Zuo Feng’s.