After attending Mr. Liu’s banquet, Chu Lingguang returned to Liu Family Gully and checked his panel information.
Favor Points: 1256
Chang Chun Pile Skill (0-2000)
Day and Night Breathing Technique (1959-3000)
Circulation Operation Skill (191-1000)
Great River Operation thod (0-4000)
(Remaining Lifespan: 118 years)
Chu Lingguang was in a dilemma.
Guo Wei had said many tis that combining a Pile Skill with the Day and Night Breathing Technique could awaken the Dragon Elephant Power faster. The panel had yet to register the Zhenyuan Pile Skill from the academy, but Chu Lingguang estimated the Chang Chun Pile Skill was no weaker than it.
Now that his Favor Points had reached 1,256, Chu Lingguang considered whether he should spend so of them on the Chang Chun Pile Skill.
The appearance of the Great River Operation thod also gave him pause.
He had obtained the Great River Operation thod by helping Mr. Liu fulfill his wish, earning the gratitude of both the old man and Landlord Zhang. He already knew that the Circulation Operation Skill, when combined with a Breathing Technique, could unleash greater Dragon Elephant Power. Perhaps this new Great River Operation thod could provide other additional effects as well.
’My master and Mr. Li both said that Pile Skills and Breathing Techniques are the Basic Techniques of Martial Arts. The Dragon Elephant Power in my body was mainly awakened with the help of the Day and Night Breathing Technique. The recent increase in my Breathing Technique’s value awakened two more Bloodline Dragon Elephants in —that’s a perfect example.’
’Even if an Operation Technique can enhance the Dragon Elephant Power...’
’A Pile Skill can help a Breathing Technique awaken the Bloodline Dragon Elephants...’
’But both of them depend on the Breathing Technique.’
’I should use these 1,200-plus Favor Points to upgrade my Day and Night Breathing Technique first.’
Chu Lingguang mulled it over.
He soon ca to a decision.
So, he first upgraded the Day and Night Breathing Technique to Perfection.
Favor Points: 217
Chang Chun Pile Skill (0-2000)
Day and Night Breathing Technique (3000-3000)
Circulation Operation Skill (191-1000)
Great River Operation thod (0-4000)
(Remaining Lifespan: 120 years)
Chu Lingguang carefully assessed the changes that ca with perfecting the Day and Night Breathing Technique.
The bloodlines throughout his body were completely unblocked.
When his Qi circulated, it was like the roaring of a hundred rivers.
Before, with each breath, his apertures would automatically open and close. Air would enter through his mouth and nose, circulate through his bloodlines for one Great Cycle, and only then would the remaining turbid Qi be expelled through his pores and other major apertures.
With every cycle of Breathing and Exhaling, his Qi Power would grow imperceptibly stronger.
But now that the Day and Night Breathing Technique had reached Perfection, Chu Lingguang felt the stream of Qi naturally resonating with his bloodlines as it circulated with each breath.
Previously, even after unblocking his bloodlines, his body couldn’t handle circulating Qi day and night. As the Qi flowed through, it would create an unbearable burning sensation.
Li Dayao had said the Day and Night Breathing Technique could unblock the bloodlines, awaken the Dragon Elephant Power within them, and even strengthen them.
Although Chu Lingguang had rembered this well, he hadn’t been able to make his Qi Power continuously strengthen his bloodlines during circulation.
Now that the Day and Night Breathing Technique had reached Perfection, he could do all this instinctively. The burning sensation in his bloodlines and the interruption of his Qi flow were things of the past.
On the contrary, with the technique at Perfection, his bloodlines would unconsciously grow tougher and stronger with every cycle of Breathing and Exhaling. This would be a crucial aid in awakening the Dragon Elephant Power throughout his body in the future.
Beyond that, Chu Lingguang astutely noticed that as his Breathing Technique reached Perfection, his senses seed to have evolved once more.
Before, when his Turtle Breath Technique achieved Heaven and Earth Resonance, his senses had sharpened. It allowed him to see Lin Longde’s Spear Technique as slow and sluggish, as if the world around him was decelerating.
Now that the Day and Night Breathing Technique was at Perfection, Chu Lingguang discovered this new evolution of his senses ca from a clear awareness of his own inner workings.
The path of Martial Arts.
Every stage a barrier, every barrier a trial.
Each advancent brought a change—in power, in body, or in skill.
This ti, upon cultivating the Day and Night Breathing Technique to Perfection, Chu Lingguang felt that as Qi circulated through his bloodlines, it was as if a pair of eyes had opened within him, granting him the ability of Introspection.
Introspection was a hallmark of mastering internal Basic Techniques.
It helped a Practitioner find the Dragon Elephant Power within their bloodlines. After all, back at the academy, Chu Lingguang and the other students could only try to awaken their Dragon Elephant Power by focusing on finding a point of resonance.
Back then, they had to rely on faint senses and intuition, imrsing themselves completely in their training and using the Breathing Technique to try and achieve that bloodline resonance.
But now that he had mastered the skill of Introspection, he could find that resonance node much more easily, even though awakening the Bloodline Dragon Elephant still depended on it.
He was no longer fumbling in the dark.
Such was the importance of Introspection.
Chu Lingguang finally understood why the Court so strictly controlled the Day and Night Breathing Technique. It could unblock bloodlines, awaken Dragon Elephant Power, and even grant a Practitioner the ability of Introspection.
He had used Favor Points to master this Breathing Technique in just two short months. In that ti, he had unblocked all his bloodlines, awakened the Blood Dragon Elephant and two Bloodline Dragon Elephants, gained the ability of Introspection, and enabled his bloodlines to be continuously strengthened through Breathing and Exhaling. ’If word of this gets out,’ he thought, ’even Yan Zhen’s jaw would hit the floor.’
After all, it had taken Yan Zhen three months just to unblock his bloodlines after leaving the academy. Even with his exceptional talent, there was no way he could have perfected the Day and Night Breathing Technique in a re two months!
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