Immortality Begins With Internal Breathing-Chapter 335: Yao And Demon (I)

Dim yellow sunlight spilled down. A gentle breeze swept past, and the river surface rippled with golden waves.

In a plain courtyard by the riverbank, bursts of explosive sounds rang out continuously like muffled thunder. Lin Zheyu practiced the Great Strength Vajra Fist. With his blood qi operating at full power, a faint golden, blood-tinged aura spread outward, coating his entire body in a layer of golden radiance. He looked like a wrathful Vajra radiating Buddhist light, imposing and awe-inspiring, his momentum qi majestic and unstoppable.

The appearance of this faint layer of golden blood-tinged aura showed that Lin Zheyu had not yet achieved perfectly harmonious control over his golden blood qi. However, it was only when he drove it with full force that the golden blood-tinged aura would spread uncontrollably. Under normal circumstances, with the dual coordination of the Evernight Slumber Secret Art and the Tortoise Breath True Technique, even a Grandmaster realm expert would be unable to see through his true state.

Boom.

Every punch he threw erupted with a thunderous roar like muffled thunder. Lin Zheyu tested it for more than ten minutes before stopping in satisfaction. Such formidable attack power had definitely reached the Force Transformation realm. Weaker Force Transformation realm experts, even relying on true strength, might not be able to raise their attack speed to the point of surpassing the speed of sound.

After testing the Great Strength Vajra Fist, Lin Zheyu tried the Golden Goose Technique as well. His figure became light and ghostlike, almost impossible to see beneath the dusk sunlight. Fierce gusts of wind howled past both sides of his ears. As his speed increased, the air resistance he felt grew increasingly terrifying. The immense air resistance made him want to drive himself with full power, continuing to increase his speed and bring his bodily movement close to the speed of sound. Yet it was simply impossible. When moving his body, the air resistance he faced was far too terrifying, completely incomparable to the resistance encountered when attacking with a fist.

Huff, huff, huff~~

After a long while, Lin Zheyu came to a stop, breathing heavily.

So strong. My blood qi has become smooth and powerful, without the obscure and strange feeling from before.

Previously, the golden blood qi had been mixed with ordinary blood qi, like gasoline diluted with water, reducing the explosive power of the golden blood qi. He tested it and found that only under full explosive output was it possible to strike with a fist at a speed surpassing the speed of sound and produce a sonic boom. Even so, he was already very satisfied. An attack speed surpassing the speed of sound was something only martial artists who had reached the Force Transformation realm might possibly possess, and even then, it was only a possibility.

Weaker Force Transformation realm martial artists might not even be able to accomplish this. Yet Lin Zheyu, with only Blood Qi realm strength, already possessed such astonishing power. Once he trained martial cultivation into his bone marrow and underwent a complete transformation, his strength would become even more terrifying and powerful.

What a pity that my lightness and movement techniques have already reached their limit. Without cultivating true strength and finding a way to break through the terrifying wind resistance, it will be very difficult to further increase my speed. No, it is still possible. If I continue to improve and double my strength once or twice more, with even more terrifying power and greater explosive force, it might be possible for my body to break the sound barrier. At that time, the disturbance caused would be extremely terrifying. But doubling my strength once or twice is no easy matter, and even that might not be enough.

Lin Zheyu pondered for a while, then controlled the golden blood qi within his body, allowing it to spread outward. From his palm, a cluster of golden blood mist slowly emerged, transforming under his control into a five-clawed golden dragon. The blood qi of ordinary martial artists couldn't leave the body and could only circulate within. Only after breaking through to the Dragon Transformation did the highly condensed blood qi power have a chance to pass through the body and spontaneously condense outside into a blood-colored long dragon.

It was as if this were a rule of heaven and earth. If not actively controlled, the qi and blood that passed through the body would automatically condense into a blood-colored long dragon, enveloping the martial artist entirely. Lin Zheyu's golden blood qi behaved the same way. The difference was that his blood qi was golden, condensing into a five-clawed golden dragon that looked even more majestic and awe-inspiring.

True strength is a kind of energy that can pass through the body. My golden blood qi is also a kind of energy and can likewise be used outside the body. Although their natures are different, they are both energy. Can I find a way to use blood qi to achieve an effect similar to true strength?

He had attempted this before, but at that time, he had not yet converted all the blood qi in his body into the more powerful golden blood qi. His blood qi had not reached a perfectly harmonious state. Now that his blood qi had achieved perfect harmony, he could not help but give rise to this thought once again.

After returning to the sect, I will ask senior sister about the characteristics and usage techniques of true strength, then look for related cultivation manuals and try to see whether it works.

Suppressing the thought, he clenched his fist and forcefully hammered his chest a few times. His fist struck his chest with dull thudding sounds, yet he did not feel the slightest pain.

I wonder whether my current physical strength has surpassed that of Puxuan's Buddhist Sect Vajra.

Since he had never seen the limits of Puxuan's body defense, he had no way to make a comparison.

"It should have. If Puxuan's defense were still stronger than mine, then the Buddhist Sect Vajra divine art would be far too monstrous," Lin Zheyu muttered softly.

His current physique had long surpassed that of Yunfeng from the War God Sect, a Marrow Refining realm martial artist who had broken through at the Dragon Transformation. Relying solely on physical strength, Lin Zheyu was confident he could easily defeat first-rate Marrow Refining realm martial artists. Even against Luo Manghan, who relied on peerless lightness technique and an extremely powerful physique, he was confident of victory. Such a level of physical strength was truly astonishing.

Lin Zheyu had attained such a powerful physique only by relying on golden blood qi that was ten times stronger than the nine transformations of blood qi, tempered through the refinement of golden blood qi. If Puxuan were still stronger than him, then the Western Region's Buddhist sect would truly be terrifying.

After testing other cultivation techniques, he also tried a blood qi burst technique, but unfortunately, it failed. The energy contained within golden blood qi was far too powerful and condensed, rendering the original blood qi burst technique completely unusable. The vortex energy structure used by the burst technique simply could not withstand such powerful energy as golden blood qi.

He had already tried this before. He merely wanted to see whether, after all the blood qi in his body transformed into golden blood qi and reached a more perfect state, he could forcibly use it through sheer control. Unfortunately, it still did not work. Gains always come with losses. Being able to use the blood qi burst technique contained within the Mountain Shattering Palm, which he had obtained by chance back then, all the way until now, was already more than satisfying to Lin Zheyu.

[Heaven Rewards the Diligent Heaven Rewards the Diligent]

[Name: Lin Zheyu]

[Origin Force Origin Force: 0]

[Skills: Sacred Evolution Spirit Nurturing Art (Perfection), 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 (Eighth Stage: 100%), Great Strength Vajra Fist (Fourth Stage: 100%), Azure Tide Boundless True Technique (Fourth Stage: 100%)]

Lin Zheyu looked at the data within his consciousness.

The Azure Tide Blood Condensing Technique had already reached the eighth stage of Perfection. Before, a single unit of Origin Force could only increase progress by roughly 1%. After entering the eighteenth transformation, the difficulty became even more terrifying, as a single unit of Origin Force could not even achieve a 1% increase.

Lin Zheyu swallowed five Essence and Qi Pills, closed his eyes, and tried to circulate the blood condensing technique. Half an hour later, he opened his eyes, a trace of helplessness appearing in his gaze.

"Almost no effect."

Lin Zheyu abandoned the idea of continuing to improve within the Blood Qi realm. Unless he could find a better and more powerful blood qi condensing technique, one with ten times or even a hundred times the effect of the Azure Tide Blood Condensing Technique, further cultivation would yield only negligible results.

So many techniques have either already been cultivated to Perfection or have lost any further value in cultivation. They are starting to look a bit of an eyesore, Lin Zheyu thought to himself as he looked at the data in his consciousness. As his thoughts shifted, the data blurred for a brief moment before becoming clear once more.

[Heaven Rewards the Diligent]

[Name: Lin Zheyu]

[Origin Force: 0]

[Skills: Tortoise Breath True Technique (Sixth Stage: 0%), Azure Tide Boundless True Technique (Fourth Stage: 100%)]

Lin Zheyu looked again at the data in his consciousness. He had kept only two techniques. The Golden Goose Technique no longer had any value for further improvement. Now that he had the Wuji Sect backing him, he could directly seek out several stronger lightness and movement techniques from the Heavenly Blessing Pavilion and retrain them. This was unlike before, when he lacked support and could not obtain powerful techniques, forcing him to fuse different lightness and movement techniques to achieve improvement indirectly.

As for the Great Strength Vajra Fist, the fourth stage of Perfection was already the limit. Cultivating the fifth stage required becoming a true monk, believing in the Buddha, and comprehending Buddhist doctrine. Lin Zheyu had no intention of becoming a monk.

It is time to find a few suitable techniques to cultivate from the Heavenly Blessing Pavilion, Lin Zheyu thought to himself.

First would be lightness and movement techniques. Having tasted their benefits, he planned to continue improving in this area. He could not find true lightness and movement techniques in the Li Family, but the Heavenly Blessing Pavilion contained more than one that could allow him to keep advancing. After that would come blood qi burst-type martial techniques.

Before condensing golden blood qi, Lin Zheyu had been able to fight across realms thanks to the blood qi burst technique he learned from the Mountain Shattering Palm. Now that burst techniques could no longer affect golden blood qi, he could only seek stronger martial techniques. The Heavenly Blessing Pavilion contained many powerful burst-type martial techniques. The question was whether those techniques could drive something as overwhelmingly powerful as golden blood qi. Most burst techniques relied on special circulation methods to unleash greater blood qi energy in an instant. Such methods had limits to the energy they could withstand, and they might not work for him at all.

"Uh, why am I thinking so much when I do not even have contribution points..." Lin Zheyu suddenly realized that since joining the Wuji Sect, he had been cultivating entirely with resources provided by Huang Baizhong.

Huang Baizhong only provided the resources needed to cultivate the Azure Tide Boundless True Technique. Everything else had to be obtained by Lin Zheyu himself. Even the technique for the Sacred Evolution Spirit Nurturing Art had been acquired through a trade of five hundred contribution points, offered by Huang Youwei to invite him to act. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

"Ugh. Looks like this will have to wait a while. Now that my Blood Qi realm has reached its limit, it is time to break through to the Marrow Refining realm," Lin Zheyu said with a light laugh.

After strengthening himself, Lin Zheyu left the courtyard and strolled through Wuling City. It had been several days since he last wandered about, and experiencing the bustling atmosphere of mortal life felt rather pleasant. He noticed that temples had been built in some of the more remote areas of the city, and monks would occasionally preach Buddhist teachings in busy districts. Curious, he stopped to listen for a while and found that what they preached was not much different from what he knew in his previous life. After listening briefly, he left.