Immortality Begins with Breathing Exercises

Great Wei.

On the east coast of the Central Plains.

Pinghao City.

In the deep winter season, the annual festival is approaching, and the city is bustling with activity.

Crackle~~~

During the festival season, a variety of sacrificial activities and worship ceremonies are held in quick succession, with firecrackers going off from early dawn until late at night.

The hustle and bustle belonged to others, but for someone like Lin Zheyu, a solitary person, celebrating the festival made no difference.

In a courtyard on the outskirts.

The courtyard was surrounded by array flags, setting up an isolating array.

With enough spirit stones, Lin Zheyu had purchased many highly practical auxiliary magical artifacts and arrays.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh—

The sound of firecrackers continuously emanated from the outside, drowning out the sharp sound of the saber cutting through the air in the courtyard.

Droplets of sweat as big as beans slid down Lin Zheyu’s forehead, his chest heaving rapidly, gasping for breath like a bull.

His muscles trembled slightly, yet the movements of his hands did not deviate at all.

Even though his Qi blood was nearly depleted, every slash still contained an incomparably sharp and terrifying saber intent.

His entire essence, Qi, and spirit had been honed for over an hour, almost twisting into one.

Another stick of incense time passed.

Lin Zheyu’s spirit and body shuddered slightly, his figure wavering as he quickly supported himself with a long saber.

He panted heavily, and after catching his breath, he lightly tapped his storage bag with his right hand, extracting six low-grade demon spirit stones.

’Use one unit of source power to cultivate the Spirit Martial Heaven and Earth Secret Skill·Basic.’

With a thought, Lin Zheyu began the recovery of his physique after obtaining source power.

Familiar sensations swept through him, and for a moment, Lin Zheyu’s spirit felt bewildered as he entered the consciousness space, beginning endless cultivation.

Under the sweep of mysterious energy, massive energy flooded into his physique, swiftly converting into Qi blood and essence, restoring his physique to its peak.

With the effect of mysterious energy, his spirit and soul were being enhanced at a visibly rapid pace, nourished and fed back by his physique.

Compared to cultivators, martial artists were at a disadvantage in the strength of their souls.

The same applied to Lin Zheyu.

As a martial artist comparable to a Foundation Establishment Peak genius, Lin Zheyu’s combat power was strong, but his soul strength was only about the same as a cultivator at the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

Fortunately, his physique was strong enough, and his consciousness space contained a massive sea of golden energy.

A powerful physique could block and weaken most soul attacks.

Even when a cultivator’s soul attack secret techniques are weakened, they may reach the consciousness space to attack the soul.

But they cannot penetrate the massive sea of golden energy to inflict significant harm on his soul.

Regarding the spirit and soul, Lin Zheyu had not been particularly focused.

After all, enhancing the spirit and soul did not markedly improve his combat power.

Besides opponents far stronger than himself, enemies could hardly pose a mortal threat through his physique and the dual defensive barriers of golden energy to his soul.

If it weren’t for the fact that a strong spirit and soul could promote the enhancement of perception areas, Lin Zheyu might have let his spirit and soul only passively and slowly improve with his strength.

After a few breaths~~~

Lin Zheyu slowly opened his eyes and exhaled a long breath of stale air.

[Heaven rewards diligence]

Name: Lin Zheyu

Source Power: 300

Skills:

Stride Across (Perfection)

Mixed Element Concealing Breath Skill (Perfection)

Seven Extremes Blade (Second Layer: 48%)

Primordial Golden Body (Second Layer: 100%)

Spirit Martial Heaven and Earth Secret Skill·Basic (Perfection)

Traveling outside, with no guarantees of safety.

Every time he exceeded his limits and gained source power, Lin Zheyu would use one unit of source power for recovery.

This was already the third time.

Including the source power spent on the Spirit Martial Heaven and Earth Secret Skill·Basic when leaving the Martial Realm, it already amounted to 4 units.

”Just four units of source power, and the effect of the Spirit Martial Heaven and Earth Secret Skill is this weak...”

”The basic secret technique cost me so many spirit stones, it feels like a bit of a loss!”

Feeling the effects of this enhancement, Lin Zheyu internally grumbled.

However, it was just a minor complaint.

The effect of the Spirit Martial Heaven and Earth Secret Skill was still quite remarkable.

With just four units of source power, Lin Zheyu’s lagging soul caught up and was enhanced to be comparable to the Foundation Establishment Peak.

Reaching a level close to his strength is already quite satisfactory.

Moreover, it can continue to be improved in the future, although the initial leap phase has passed, and now it requires slow refinement.

It is estimated that it would take dozens or even hundreds of units of source power to further transform the spirit and soul to reach the Foundation Establishment Limit.

And even comparable to the weakest Golden Core level.

But that would be somewhat uneconomical.

With over a hundred units of source power, Lin Zheyu could bring about an earth-shattering transformation in his strength.

”The cultivation of the Spirit Martial Heaven and Earth Secret Skill can be paused for a while.”

”Next, I’ll use the source power on the Seven Extremes Blade. This saber skill needs an upgrade.”

Lin Zheyu pondered for a moment and said to himself.

This cultivation technique, which he created by integrating his own insights into Blade Tao, various cultivation techniques, and borrowing the sword intent of Lingxiao Sword Sect’s top genius Mu Jianli, infused with the Power of Rules, is Lin Zheyu’s most powerful attack method at present.

As a martial artist, attack methods are relatively simple.

Previously, Lin Zheyu primarily relied on his vast speed and perception in battles, with attack power often being the weakest link.

Now that speed and perception could not be significantly enhanced in the short term, Lin Zheyu turned his focus to attack power.

Woosh woosh~~

A gentle breeze blew.

As Lin Zheyu pondered the changes after his strength improvement, his expression subtly shifted, revealing a touch of surprise on his face.