Immortality Begins With Internal Breathing

Lin Zheyu glanced at the time. It was still early. After some thought, he decided to continue cultivating indoors.

Let me see how effective the Furnace Tempering Body Technique is.

Without advancing to the Force Transformation realm, he could no longer progress in the Azure Tide Boundless True Technique or the Tortoise Breath True Technique. After thinking for a moment, he recalled the Furnace Tempering Body Technique he had purchased at a martial cultivation exchange. After joining the Wuji Sect, he had focused entirely on condensing blood qi and cultivating the Azure Tide Boundless True Technique, leaving the Furnace Tempering Body Technique aside.

The stronger the blood qi, the better the tempering effect of the Furnace Tempering Body Technique. I wonder how strong my physique can become after cultivating it.

The Furnace Tempering Body Technique used blood qi to temper the physique. With Lin Zheyu’s current blood qi intensity, the technique could achieve unprecedented results. After reviewing the method in his mind to ensure nothing was missed, he sat cross-legged and began cultivating.

The Furnace Tempering Body Technique had three stages. Unlike other techniques, its progression from the first to the third stage was gradual. Only after adapting to the first and second stages could one begin cultivating the third.

Rumble.

Surging golden blood qi circulated through his body with a rumbling sound audible to him. As it flowed through his acupoints in a specific sequence, a scorching aura radiated from him. His body seemed to transform into a blazing furnace, and his skin instantly turned bright red.

Each circulation of blood qi tempered his physique once more. Impurities within his muscles, skin, bones, and cells seemed to be smelted away like vapor from a furnace. After cultivating the first stage for an hour, he found the effect average and effortless.

He then began cultivating the second stage. The tempering effect improved considerably, yet it still left him disappointed. His physique was already too powerful for ordinary tempering techniques to have much impact. Though the second stage had some effect, it was not strong enough. After practicing it for more than ten minutes, he skipped directly to the third stage. The moment he began, he sensed something extraordinary.

A faint golden aura spilled uncontrollably from his body. As his blood qi circulated, the golden blood qi surrounding him flickered like golden flames. Lin Zheyu felt unbearably hot, as if he were inside a furnace. His muscles, skin, bones, and tendons endured intense heat. Under this scorching refinement, large amounts of impurities were tempered out, and his physique became more complete and powerful.

After more than two hours, Lin Zheyu slowly opened his eyes and exhaled a scorching breath. Most of the vast blood qi within him had been consumed during cultivation. The Furnace Tempering Body Technique drained blood qi enormously. Even though his total blood qi had reached four times its previous amount, he could only sustain practice for about four hours.

[Heaven Rewards the Diligent]

[Name: Lin Zheyu]

[Origin Force: 1]

[Skills: Furnace Tempering Body Technique (Perfection), Tortoise Breath True Technique (Sixth Stage: 0%), Azure Tide Boundless True Technique (Sixth Stage: 70%)]

Lin Zheyu looked at the data in his consciousness. He had retained only the third stage of the Furnace Tempering Body Technique. This technique was difficult to cultivate, mainly because it required precise control over essence, qi, and spirit, as well as the endurance to withstand the pain generated during its circulation. With his formidable control and unyielding will, he had easily cultivated it to the Perfection of the third stage.

”Not bad. The first two stages were average, but the third stage is quite effective.” Lin Zheyu was satisfied with the Furnace Tempering Body Technique. As a daily cultivation method, it was rather suitable.

Time passed steadily. Lin Zheyu had to guard Soaring Serpent Mountain until next month. Only when Chen Ding arrived could he and Gu Ye return. His days there were full.

In the morning, he cultivated the Furnace Tempering Body Technique for three hours. Then, under the guidance of sect disciples, he studied and identified herbs on the mountain. In the afternoon, he drank and sparred with Gu Ye.

At the foot of Soaring Serpent Mountain, within a deep pool, Lin Zheyu arrived after exhausting his blood qi through the Furnace Tempering Body Technique, preparing to break his limits. Even at the bottom of the deep pool, his powerful physique allowed the Great Strength Vajra Fist to create tremendous disturbances.

After more than four hours, Lin Zheyu shot out of the deep pool and landed on the shore with a heavy thud, water streaming from his body. His stamina was weakened, but was not yet at its limit. After advancing to the Marrow Refining realm, his physique had become even more terrifying. Not only had his strength and defense improved greatly, but his endurance and recovery had also surged. After exhausting his blood qi, he trained in the pool for over four hours before nearly depleting his physical strength. Back on shore, he cultivated for another hour before finally collapsing onto the ground.

”Junior Brother, have you cultivated the Boundless Azure Sea Body?” Gu Ye walked over from a distance and asked while looking at him on the ground.

She felt that his endurance had become even more terrifying. After training for over four hours in the deep pool, he could still persist for another hour on shore. If she knew that he had entered the pool only after exhausting all his blood qi, she would be utterly stunned.

”Yes. I just succeeded not long ago.” Lin Zheyu rested briefly before struggling to sit up.

He took out three Essence and Qi Pills and swallowed them. The pills were rapidly decomposed and absorbed, transforming into a potent medicinal force that generated blood qi energy. After advancing to the Marrow Refining realm, his physique rivaled that of a terrifying beast, and his digestion was extraordinarily powerful. Without medicinal pills, he had never truly eaten his fill through normal meals alone. On Soaring Serpent Mountain, he dared not eat freely, lest he be regarded as a monster.

”You have not even been in the sect for a year, have you? To cultivate the Boundless Azure Sea Body in less than a year, such talent is truly astonishing,” Gu Ye said with emotion.

Even for someone rebuilding their cultivation, forming the Boundless Azure Sea Body in under a year was extraordinary. Merely comprehending Azure Tide true intent could take many geniuses three or four years of refinement.

”Haha, that’s too much. Perhaps I am simply more suited to this true technique,” Lin Zheyu replied with a smile.

After swallowing the Essence and Qi Pill, a small amount of golden blood qi quickly condensed. As the golden blood qi recovered, the soreness from breaking his limits soon vanished. This was the benefit of possessing a powerful physique.

”The situation has been somewhat unusual lately. It would be best not to continue this kind of limit-breaking training for the time being,” Gu Ye cautioned.

”Has something happened?” Lin Zheyu asked.

The two walked side by side out of the deep pool area and headed toward the mountainside.

”Many traces of demon puppets have appeared in the forest, all from the Black Jade Insect Beast clan. Once the Black Jade Insect Beasts are transformed into demon puppets, they become extremely terrifying. A single misstep could trigger a demon tide,” Gu Ye said gravely.

The Black Jade Insect Beast was a species of insect race with formidable reproductive ability. Each individual was powerful, with the strongest comparable to the peak of the Marrow Refining realm. If their broodmother were transformed into a demon puppet, all the offspring would be born as demon puppets, and their strength would surpass what they once were.

”This is troublesome,” Lin Zheyu murmured.

He sensed the gravity of the situation. If it were only Black Jade Insect Beast demon puppets, the forces of Soaring Serpent Mountain could manage. Yet Lin Zheyu felt it would not be so simple. Those hidden in the darkness were likely plotting something.

”Do not worry. The nearby garrison has already received the news. If they truly intend to establish a space-time node linking to the Yao Demon Nest, powerful experts will naturally intervene. We only need to guard Soaring Serpent Mountain and prevent the medicinal fields from being destroyed in the chaos,” Gu Ye said with a reassuring smile.

As they spoke, undercurrents stirred within the forest.

Deep within the mountains, miasma and smoke filled the air. Dense Baleful Yin force spread like ink across the forest. Hideous insect beasts marked with purple-black patterns roamed through the woods, hunting powerful, fierce beasts. As each captured beast was delivered to the broodmother and devoured, newly born demon puppet insect beasts were bred in succession. Two black-robed figures stood within a massive cavern, staring expressionlessly at the enormous broodmother.

”Have you found the location of the space-time node?” the man on the left asked calmly.

”We have narrowed it down to within two kilometers. The spatial weak point will soon be confirmed,” the other black-robed man replied.

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