Chapter 999: Chapter 655: True Form of the Black Tortoise, Elephant Form Meridians!

The white dragon lightly brushed over the "Iron Pine" in the courtyard, the rustling sound of metal and stone like copper bells.

As he inhaled, the leaves of the Iron Pine nearly uprooted, pointing at a ninety-degree angle towards Meng Chuan.

Exhale...

The strong wind dissipated, and the curled leaves, like iron sheets, were flattened. They immediately turned 180 degrees, dodging to the furthest point away from Meng Chuan, with the leaves straight like swords.

In the cycle of breathing, the sky in the small courtyard alternated between light and dark, like night rain under a lantern.

Pacing and breathing, deeply experiencing.

Meng Chuan bent down, his arms raised and rested on the ground, with limbs on the ground and back to the sky.

Stretching his neck high, resembling... no need to say more.

During this process, he suddenly felt ripples emanating from his neck down through the muscles and tendons of his body, as if a fascia gun was hitting his thigh, causing flesh, skin, and bones to tremble.

His qi and blood vibrated through the meridians, flowing like boiling soup through his whole body.

Meng Chuan’s face turned red as if all his qi and blood had gathered at his neck.

This is the circulation of the [Black Tortoise Style], though it might not look pleasant, it indeed holds secrets.

His limbs like stakes, a thick earth energy surged upwards, constantly gathering in his spine, flowing through the spine to the whole body, including the crown of the head.

Indeed, the Black Tortoise Body Refining is also a rare "full coverage" hard skill.

The premier true skill level defensive horizontal training of the Daoist sects is no joke.

From head to toes, one can be trained to the steel-like firmness!

The sun gradually rose, gently spreading warmth over the earth.

After several circulations, Meng Chuan’s back, where the qi flow gathered, started to sweat like rain.

A feeling of itch, like being pricked by thorns, gradually emerged, as if a thorn in the back.

This was not an issue with the horizontal training method but a normal reaction to practicing this method.

The essentials specifically mention that if a slight prickling is felt within seven days, he is a top talent in this path with the hope of great success. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

But seven days is long; for him, an hour is enough.

Time slowly passed.

After another half hour, under introspection, a corresponding sense of fatigue in the acupoints appeared.

Meng Chuan withdrew his arms embedded in the ground, stood up, and loosened his neck, which was always being stretched.

A crisp "crackling" sound was heard.

With eyes narrowed and eyebrows raised, his whole body emitted a faint glow of bluish-black under the vitality of qi and blood.

Meng Chuan secretly nodded.

The strong control of his muscles allowed him to notice that after the energy exercise, his physical surface thickened slightly.

It was as if a very thin film was put on his skin; this film would become harder and thicker with the proficiency of the technique, not affecting movement in the slightest.

The Black Tortoise Body Refining is a method that combines internal and external training. More profound internal training requires advanced proficiency before switching to a circulation training posture opposite to the earlier [Black Tortoise Style], assuming a "four-legged up, turtle shell down" stance for practice...

Meng Chuan didn’t feel embarrassed.

In this vast world, there is no lack of wonders. With myriad martial arts styles, any strange hard skill posture is not surprising. As long as it can make one stronger, practice it, just remember to avoid people...

He looked at the panel:

[Black Tortoise Body Refining: Beginner (1%) Awaiting Limit Breaking]

[Limit Breaking Trait: Black Tortoise Power (Advanced)]

Easily getting into the entry-level, as he thought.

With his horizontal training, good skin, supplemented by various hard skill comprehension and the divine creation skills before him, it was only natural to master it smoothly.

But for subsequent practice, Meng Chuan would not slack off.

The further one progresses in horizontal training, the more the body approaches the cultivation limit, becoming increasingly harder to practice.

Wanting to achieve Limit Breaking, the time spent will surely not be much less than [Brahma Heaven Suppressing Prison].

He roughly estimated the time; if he aimed to be proficient, initially condense the turtle-snake phenomenon, and try to let the Black Tortoise possess him, he would have to wait until around the end of the year at least.

But there’s no rush, just follow a systematic approach, it’s only a matter of time.

Lastly, the Limit Breaking trait of this technique was also within his expectation.

As the flagship technique of the Black Tortoise series, the Limit Breaking trait was definitely related to its own body.

Before entry, he guessed it was the [Black Tortoise Dao Body], and that’s pretty much the same meaning...

The night sky hung high.

Meng Chuan stepped out from the banner, already exhausted.

After a few days of fierce battle with Yang Huan, there were still some "aftereffects".

Though only the fist technique class was left untrained today, he decided to get a good night’s sleep.

After all, with good spirits, cultivation could be more smooth and satisfactory. At worst, he can train more tomorrow!

...

Time flowed slowly, another month passed.

Since obtaining the Red Refining Banner, the time Meng Chuan spent among humans became less, and he also felt time flew faster.

In this month, the changes in Meng Chuan were nothing short of earth-shattering.

With introspection, sensing within the star veins, one by one, the crystal-clear blood-red substantial star veins intertwined like a forest, with a total count now at 38.

A rough calculation, Meng Chuan was a bit surprised:

"My qi and blood have now approached fifty thousand points..."

A usual Martial Arts Master in the mid-level realm would have no more than this, and Meng Chuan’s path on the road of master cultivation had just begun.

This has been the biggest harvest this month.

The strength of qi and blood is the source of martial strength, everything else must be displayed and developed based on the foundation of qi and blood.

Moreover, the integration work of the world’s first-to-third-class Xingyi boxing also entered the final stage.

It’s impossible to achieve 100% inclusion, there are always those hidden in corners little known and ancient martial fists lost over time that cannot be collected.

But with the strong support of the Four-sided Alliance University and the six schools of Shaolin and Wudang, most of it has been completed.

As for remaining unique fist techniques of special Martial Arts Universities that are not closely related, opportunities will be sought to collect them slowly later. The current quantity is enough to work on.

In the quiet room, Meng Chuan brushed off the dust, sitting cross-legged on the ground.

Facing the window, he took a deep breath of the morning mist and purple qi.