Turtle Breathing Technique

After the battle ended, Lin Zheyu chatted with Senior Brother Han for a while before leaving.

Senior Brother Han held the post of Centurion in Songyi City's City Guard, with a hundred elite soldiers under his command.

The entire city's City Guard numbered only a little over a thousand men. For Han Mo to become a Centurion among them was already an exceptional achievement.

From Han Mo, Lin Zheyu gained a deeper understanding of the military.

Martial artists held little advantage when facing an army.

Leading a hundred elite soldiers and coordinating them with a Military Formation, Han Mo could easily slaughter even Qi and Blood Realm martial artists, and he even dared to contend with Marrow Refining Martial Artists.

Of course, that was only if the martial artist fought them head-on.

If a Qi and Blood Realm martial artist fled at full speed, Han Mo would have no way to catch up.

After joining the Flying Rainbow Gang, Lin Zheyu's life returned to its former calm.

Every morning, he went to Master Liang's place to practice the Golden Goose Skill. When he had time, he hurried to write out two stories. At night, he sparred with Senior Brother Han.

Senior Brother Han had just returned from suppressing bandits and could remain in the city for half a month, leaving him with plenty of time.

They rotated every half month, heading out to garrison key routes while clearing out bandits.

In the blink of an eye, four days passed.

"Mister Lin, have you finished the stories?"

Lu Zhenfang looked at Lin Zheyu expectantly. They would be leaving early tomorrow morning.

"They're finished."

Lin Zheyu nodded and took out two thick, bound volumes.

He had written them over the past four days, burying his head in frantic work. His handwriting was somewhat sloppy.

"May I have a look first?" Lu Qihui asked.

"Of course."

Lin Zheyu handed over the volumes, and the two quickly began flipping through them.

They gave them a cursory read. Though the handwriting was a little messy, it did not affect readability.

Before long, delight appeared on both their faces.

"Mister Lin's stories truly are wonderful!"

"This is fifteen taels of gold, worth exactly one hundred and fifty taels of silver at the current market price." Lu Qihui handed over a small parcel.

Lin Zheyu accepted the parcel and opened it for a look. Inside were fifteen gold ingots, each weighing one tael.

It was his first time receiving gold. In everyday market circulation, silver and officially minted currency were the main forms of payment.

Still, compared to silver, gold was much more convenient to store.

"If Young Master Lu wants any other wonderful stories in the future, you may come find me." Lin Zheyu put away the money and said with a smile.

"Certainly."

"If Mister Lin ever comes to Eight Directions City and has nowhere to go, you may come to our Lu Family."

"Our Lu Family also runs wine houses and tea houses. Mister Lin can tell stories at one of our tea houses, and the pay will certainly be higher than it is now."

Lu Qihui said with a smile.

Early morning.

No. 33 Jin Dong Street.

Lin Zheyu was grunting as he trained.

After several days of grueling training, Lin Zheyu's strength had risen rapidly. Sounds of Muscle and Bone Resonance occasionally rang out from his body, while the bones throughout his body grew increasingly hard.

But he was still far from the level of Bone Refinement Like Iron.

He had not used precious medicine from childhood to temper his muscles and bones and build a foundation. Trying to train his muscles and bones to the level of Bone Refinement Like Iron was immensely difficult.

Fortunately, Lin Zheyu possessed the Golden Finger. As long as he reached the level of Bone Refinement Like Iron in that special mental state, it could be fed back into his body.

Liang Song leisurely watered the plants with a kettle.

After watering them, he took a pair of small shears and carefully trimmed the flowers and grass, his mind wholly focused on them.

Lin Zheyu practiced the Golden Goose Skill for two hours before stopping, panting heavily.

Heaven Rewards Diligence

Name: Lin Zheyu

Source Power: 7

Skills:

Wild Bull Fist (Mastery 4%)

Golden Goose Skill (First Layer 39%)

Looking at the data in his consciousness, the Golden Goose Skill's progress had reached 39%. He estimated that in another half month, he would complete the first layer and break through to the second.

The first layer of the Golden Goose Skill was equivalent to a martial artist's Muscle Training level. Lin Zheyu had already reached Bone Forging, so his progress in training it was much faster.

If not for the Wild Bull Fist focusing on the fists and the Golden Goose Skill focusing on the legs, training different parts of the body, this speed would have been even faster.

After training for more than two hours, Lin Zheyu sat at the stone table with his Master and chatted.

"By the way, Master, do you have any Cultivation Methods that can conceal one's aura and hide one's strength?"

Lin Zheyu asked curiously.

After his transaction with the Lu siblings, he had suddenly become extremely wealthy.

With so much silver in his pocket and seven units of Source Power accumulated, it made his hands itch not to use them.

Yet he did not dare to improve himself casually.

Liang Song's strength had reached the Qi and Blood Three Transformations. After an improvement, there was no way he could hide it from him.

But if he had a Cultivation Method to conceal his strength, he could improve himself without restraint. He would not have to worry about others seeing through his strength and coveting whatever treasure they imagined he possessed.

"A Cultivation Method for concealing one's aura?"

"What do you want to learn that thing for?"

"Such Cultivation Methods are exceedingly difficult to learn and require a great deal of time and hard practice. No matter how high your comprehension, you cannot master one without seven or eight years of arduous training."

"If your aptitude and comprehension are lacking, you might spend ten or twenty years practicing and still get nowhere."

Liang Song admonished him, "You are currently in a period of rapid growth in strength. Your primary task is to quickly improve your main Cultivation Method, not waste your time on other things."

"Master is right to reprimand me."

"It is only that the world is chaotic now. I was thinking that if I could learn to conceal my aura and strength, my enemies would lower their guard."

"If something truly happened, it would be like having another Trump Card."

Lin Zheyu explained, "Master, rest assured. I will not devote too much energy to it. Outside of martial training each day, I will use my spare time to ponder and comprehend it."

Hearing this, Liang Song pondered for a moment and felt that Lin Zheyu's words made sense.

"Very well, but remember this: do not waste too much time on it."

"The best way to face danger and protect yourself is to become stronger, not disguise yourself as someone weak."

Liang Song cautioned him, telling Lin Zheyu not to put the cart before the horse.

Lin Zheyu nodded in agreement.

His main purpose was to conceal the explosive rise in strength brought about by using Source Power.

"I have a Turtle Breathing Technique that can be used to conceal one's aura and hide one's strength."

"This Cultivation Method was created by a Grandmaster-level expert. At the time, that expert was already in his twilight years, no longer in his peak condition."

"So he devoted himself to research, hoping to create a Cultivation Method that could lock in his qi and blood and delay aging. Thus, he created the Turtle Breathing Technique."

"This Cultivation Method's primary purpose is to lock in one's vitality and qi and blood, preventing strength from declining too quickly with age."

"Its ability to conceal one's aura and hide one's strength is merely incidental."

Liang Song said as he began explaining the Cultivation Method to Lin Zheyu.

The Cultivation Method was extraordinarily miraculous, involving knowledge of qi and blood, Acupoints, Meridians, and many other areas.

"Copy this Cultivation Method down and take it back to study slowly."

"The Turtle Breathing Technique involves qi and blood. It is extremely difficult to master below the Qi and Blood Realm. You can wait until you reach the Qi and Blood Realm before beginning cultivation; there is no need to rush."

After saying this, Liang Song explained some knowledge related to Viscera Refining and the Qi and Blood Realm to Lin Zheyu, then continued sipping tea in silence.

This Cultivation Method is far more difficult to cultivate than I imagined.

Lin Zheyu thought to himself.

The knowledge involved in the Cultivation Method alone—qi and blood, Viscera Refining, internal organs, Meridians, and more—was vast. To fully understand and memorize it all would require a long period of contemplation, cultivation, and study.