Immortality Begins with Breathing Exercises

If Lin Zheyu’s Qi Blood intensity were only at the level of the Nine Transformations of Qi and Blood, just now three units of Source Power could enhance his physical strength by five percent, and that would be quite impressive.

"Not yet at the limit."

Lin Zheyu pondered over the cultivation process in his conscious space. He felt that the Melting Furnace Body Tempering Skill could continue to be cultivated and still had a good effect on enhancing his physique.

The extremely powerful golden Qi Blood allowed this ordinary Body Refining Technique to produce astonishing effects.

"I wonder if before the potential of the Melting Furnace Body Tempering Skill is exhausted, I can enhance my physique to the level where just relying on pure physical strength, I can break the sound barrier."

Lin Zheyu mused silently.

He felt that he was not far from this goal.

Upon advancing to the Bone Marrow Refining Realm, without needing much assistance from Qi Blood, Lin Zheyu could easily break the sound barrier with his fists.

If his physical strength could double again, perhaps he could produce sonic booms with pure physical power.

"By then, relying solely on my physique, I would possess power comparable to the Huajin Level, and with the powerful golden Qi Blood, how formidable would my strength be?"

Lin Zheyu couldn’t help but sigh from the bottom of his heart.

This is the essence of accumulating strength silently and releasing it explosively.

Earlier, he lingered in the Qi Blood Realm for a long time, using several hundred units of Source Power to build himself an incredibly solid foundation.

Now, his strength was starting to explode.

Without the extremely powerful golden Qi Blood, such a drastic transformation would not have been possible upon advancing to the Bone Marrow Refining Realm.

And the effect of cultivating the Melting Furnace Body Tempering Skill wouldn’t have been so good.

"However, now that the Spiritual Liquid is used up, if I want to continue enhancing, I will have to wait until I return to Wuling City." Lin Zheyu shook his head.

As his strength increased, using Source Power to enhance resulted in greater energy consumption.

Using one unit of Source Power to enhance the Melting Furnace Body Tempering Skill, Lin Zheyu estimated, would require about ten portions of Fiery Flame Blood-Burning Powder.

[Heaven Rewards Diligence]

Name: Lin Zheyu

Source Power: 1

Skills:

Melting Furnace Body Tempering Skill (Perfection)

Turtle Breath True Skill (Sixth Layer 0%)

Infinite Jade Waves True Skill (Sixth Layer 70%)

Lin Zheyu glanced at the data in his consciousness and saw that only one unit of Source Power remained.

As his strength increased, the speed at which he accumulated Source Power also became faster. By the time he left Soaring Snake Mountain and returned to Wuling City, he could accumulate twenty to thirty units of Source Power.

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The next day.

Bang bang bang——

At the halfway point of the mountain, there came a series of dull collision sounds.

Lin Zheyu and Gu Ye, both fiercely powerful, exchanged blows, their punches landing on each other with resounding thuds.

After this period of sparring, Lin Zheyu’s combat skills improved rapidly, gradually catching up with Senior Sister Gu Ye’s movements.

However, compared to the improvements in combat skills and awareness, the enhancements in spirit and soul were the greatest.

Yesterday, after using a unit of Source Power to enhance the Sacred Inference Spirit Skill, Lin Zheyu’s spirit and soul became significantly stronger.

Although it was impossible to accurately calculate by how much his spirit and soul had improved, he could clearly feel that his reaction speed and perception had significantly improved.

The most noticeable improvement was during the fight with Senior Sister Gu Ye, as his perception and reaction speed became faster and he could keep up with her attacks.

Even the subtle movements of Senior Sister Gu Ye, Lin Zheyu could easily notice and quickly respond to.

The enhancement of his spirit and soul had also improved his reaction abilities.

Bang!

Lin Zheyu was struck in the chest by a punch from Senior Sister Gu Ye, retreating several steps to stabilize himself.

Both exchanged a smile, refraining from continuing the fight.

"Junior Brother, you’re pretty good, progressing so fast!"

"I’m at the Huajin Level, a level above you, yet I still couldn’t defeat you in a crushing manner."

"If you used your lightweight body technique, I think I would have lost."

Gu Ye said with a smile.

She was somewhat amazed.

Over the past month or so, Junior Brother Lin’s progress had been evident to her.

From the beginning, needing to use the lightweight body technique to fight her to a draw.

To now, even without using the lightweight body technique, in close combat, Junior Brother Lin could hold his own against her.

It was truly astounding.

The difference in realm meant that even if Gu Ye controlled her strength to match Lin Zheyu’s, her perception, reaction, and combat experience were still far superior to his.

In such a circumstance, for Junior Brother Lin to fight her to a standstill was nothing short of incredible.

"Sister must have taken it easy on me. If Sister got serious, I definitely wouldn’t be your match." Lin Zheyu smiled, humbly saying.

After just exchanging blows, he keenly experienced the benefits of a stronger spirit and soul.

With his spirit and soul stronger, not only did his perception improve, but his reaction time also became faster, compensating for his lack of combat experience.

"Why be humble, Junior Brother? That’s somewhat incongruous with your dominant style."

"I didn’t hold back just now."

Gu Ye smiled.

With her temperament, it was impossible for her to take it easy during any battle.

She took every fight very seriously and still narrowly lost without using the lightweight body technique against Junior Brother.

Inside, she felt a slight sense of frustration.

Lin Zheyu, hearing this, smiled slightly, not directly responding.

He raised his glass, toasting Gu Ye: "Sister, I toast to you, thank you for the guidance over the past month."

"Haha, I didn’t offer much guidance, but I enjoyed fighting alongside you." Gu Ye laughed heartily.

"Have you used the Spiritual Liquid I gave you? Did you feel any discomfort?" Gu Ye asked.

"I used some, there was a bit of discomfort, but it was bearable."

Lin Zheyu replied.

He had crushed the herbs Gu Ye had sent to aid in absorbing the Spiritual Liquid into powder and discreetly disposed of them.

"That’s good."

"Spiritual Liquid is a treasure. After reaching the Huajin Level, without its assistance, one’s strength cannot continue to improve."

"It’s good to adapt in advance, so that in the future you can directly use Spiritual Liquid to complete the process of condensing True Force, which will be much faster."

Gu Ye said with a smile.

She breathed a slight sigh of relief.

If Junior Brother had encountered any problems with the Spiritual Liquid usage, she would have faced some trouble.

The sun set in the west.

The dusky sunlight bathed the earth in a golden hue.

"Hey!"

"Sister, look quickly, something seems off with that cloud."

Suddenly, Lin Zheyu pointed towards the distant dark cloud.

The cloud was far from Soaring Snake Mountain, possibly over a hundred kilometers away, yet its shape could be vaguely discerned.

The sky, clear and blue, suddenly bore a dark cloud, which was peculiar.

Even more peculiar, the cloud differed from ordinary ones, resembling a donut in shape with faint purple hues at its center.

"Yes, it is odd."

Gu Ye curiously looked in the direction Lin Zheyu pointed.

Seeing the peculiar cloud filled her with a sense of strangeness.

However, due to the distance, she couldn’t sense any other aura and could only deem it unusual.

"It has begun!"

A deep voice sounded abruptly.

Men Liuyuan had somehow appeared behind the two.

"Uncle Master, what has begun?"

Before Lin Zheyu could ask, Gu Ye inquired about her curiosity.

"A space-time node!"

"The oddly-shaped cloud is where a weak point in space-time was manually torn open, leaking out magic power that condensed into it."

Men Liuyuan spoke with a grave expression.

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