Five Times Strength Burst

In the courtyard.

Three large bowls of medicinal soup sat on the stone table.

Each bowl was dark brown, with a medicinal scent that assaulted the nose. One could tell just from the smell that it would be unbearably bitter.

Lin Zheyu mentally steeled himself, picked up a bowl, frowned, and gulped it down in one go.

The medicinal soup entered his stomach, and its potency swiftly spread through him.

The rich medicinal power made Lin Zheyu's body grow somewhat feverish.

Without Source Power to enhance his body and consume that medicinal power, he would soon suffer from being unable to bear such heavy supplementation, injuring his kidneys and internal organs.

Setting down the bowl, Lin Zheyu paused to recover before picking up the second bowl and draining it in one gulp, followed by the third.

The medicinal power contained in these three bowls equaled that of eight portions of Blood Enriching Bone Strengthening Soup.

Lin Zheyu intended to raise his strength to the Qi and Blood Realm in one fell swoop. That way, even if the situation turned sour, he would have the capital to venture beyond the city.

He sat cross-legged on the ground and sent out a thought.

'Use four units of Source Power to enhance the Golden Goose Skill!'

Mysterious energy surged from deep within his cells, guiding the medicinal power of the Blood Enriching Bone Strengthening Soup to nourish his body.

Lin Zheyu's mind went hazy for an instant as he entered that familiar state.

He began a long stretch of martial training, without rest or end, never stopping.

Amid the frenzied training, a flood of insights into the Golden Goose Skill emerged. Lin Zheyu's movements became ever lighter and more nimble.

Every kick he threw carried swift, terrifying force, as fast as lightning.

In the courtyard.

Lin Zheyu's chest rose and fell.

As he employed the Golden Goose Skill's breathing method, his breaths became ever deeper and longer.

Drawn by the mysterious energy, the medicinal power of the Blood Enriching Bone Strengthening Soup rapidly strengthened his body and Five Viscera and Six Bowels. His internal organs grew increasingly powerful.

With every breath, he could draw in vast amounts of air, bringing enormous quantities of oxygen into his body and unleashing even fiercer attacks.

The Golden Goose Skill's progress rapidly rose, jumping from 3% of the third layer to 20%... 50%... 80%... 100%, advancing into the fourth layer.

It continued to rise until it stopped at 13%.

Within Lin Zheyu's body, blood coursed rapidly through his veins. Threads of essence seeped out from his cells, mixed into his blood, and flowed throughout his body.

As the essence circulated through his body along with the blood, the two became ever more tightly intertwined, gradually fusing together.

The energy contained in his blood grew stronger and stronger. Threads of crimson gaseous energy escaped from the blood and rose upward.

This was qi and blood.

Lin Zheyu slowly opened his eyes. They were filled with exhaustion, and even his mind was somewhat dazed.

He shook his head and took a while to recover.

"It seems I can't use too much Source Power at once, or my mind won't be able to bear it," Lin Zheyu thought.

Using four units of Source Power in one go and remaining in that mental state for so long had been extremely taxing on his mind.

Heaven Rewards Diligence

Name: Lin Zheyu

Source Power: 2

Skills:

Wild Bull Fist (Mastery 5%)

Golden Goose Skill (Fourth Layer 13%)

Turtle Breathing Technique (Third Layer 0%)

Six Harmonies Saber (Beginner 18%)

Lin Zheyu adapted to his current state, finding it incomparably wondrous.

As the blood within his body flowed rapidly, threads of crimson energy were born within it.

This was Qi and Blood Power.

Qi and blood—when essence and blood qi were kneaded together by the spirit, they gave birth to this crimson energy. It was the foundation of martial arts, the wellspring of a martial artist's strength.

Only when one's Essence, Qi, and Spirit reached their peak, their muscles were full, their sinews and bones strong, their interior powerful and exterior robust, could Blood Energy rapidly arise within the body.

Many martial artists became stuck at the completion of Viscera Refining because their spirits were not powerful enough. They could not sense essence and blood qi, much less knead them together into Blood Energy.

Senior Brother Han Mo, for instance, had been trapped at the completion of Viscera Refining for years and still could not break through to the Qi and Blood Realm. It was because his spirit was not powerful enough, and his spiritual perception was not sharp enough.

Only in battle, when his Essence, Qi, and Spirit converged into a single strand, could he sense blood qi and essence.

Lin Zheyu, however, had repeatedly broken past his body's limits, and the resilience of both his body and spirit surpassed that of ordinary people.

With the help of Source Power, he had effortlessly broken through to the Qi and Blood Realm in that special state.

"The fourth layer of the Golden Goose Skill, the Qi and Blood Realm."

"So this is the Qi and Blood Realm!"

Lin Zheyu found it incomparably wondrous.

Unable to wait any longer, he got to his feet, walked to the center of the courtyard, assumed a stance, and began training.

He wanted to test just how far his strength had risen after breaking through to the Qi and Blood Realm.

His figure darted through the courtyard, kicking up gust after gust of wind. His speed had increased by at least double.

He leaped into the air and viciously lashed out at empty space with a whip kick. His trouser leg cracked and snapped with sharp pops.

Qi and blood was a miraculous energy. Under its effects, the muscles could unleash attacks far beyond the body's limits of strength.

Lin Zheyu poured Blood Energy into his right leg and threw a whip kick from afar at a wooden post. A howling gust of wind shot forth and struck the post.

With a sharp crack, the wooden post exploded apart.

The small amount of Blood Energy he had just accumulated was also completely depleted.

"So strong!"

Watching the shattered wooden post, Lin Zheyu was secretly astonished.

That strike had unleashed attack power five times greater than his body's strength. The gust of wind it produced had directly blasted the wooden post apart.

No wonder Master Liang had said there was an enormous gap between the Qi and Blood Realm and the Viscera Refining Realm. Someone at the completion of Viscera Refining was like a child before a Qi and Blood Realm martial artist.

The three realms of Muscle Training, Bone Forging, and Viscera Refining merely served to forge one's martial foundation.

Only after stepping into the Qi and Blood Realm had one truly set foot upon the Martial Path Road.

With the support of qi and blood, it was as though a martial artist had gained an extra wellspring of power within their body, allowing them to unleash attacks beyond their body's limits of strength.

"If one has not passed through the realms of Muscle Training, Bone Forging, and Viscera Refining, training the body until the muscles are full, the bones are refined like iron, and the interior is powerful while the exterior is robust, the body simply cannot withstand the eruption of Blood Energy."

Lin Zheyu sat cross-legged as fresh Blood Energy slowly seeped out of his blood at an extremely sluggish pace.

He carefully experienced the Blood Energy he had newly acquired, analyzing its properties.

An hour later.

Lin Zheyu opened his eyes and circulated the Turtle Breathing Technique.

In an instant, the fluctuations of qi and blood around him vanished without a trace.

After his strength had increased, the sharpness in his eyes was also concealed. His entire person once more returned to roughly the strength level of the Bone Forging Realm.

"This Turtle Breathing Technique truly is formidable. The qi and blood in my body are firmly locked within my blood, without even the slightest trace leaking out."

"Moreover, I can cultivate in this state, and the qi and blood cultivated this way are several degrees purer than those cultivated in an ordinary state."

"What an extraordinary Cultivation Method!"

Lin Zheyu sighed in admiration.

He had no idea where Master Liang had obtained this Cultivation Method, but its value was absolutely beyond comparison with the Golden Goose Skill.

He felt that Master Liang had most likely not cultivated the Turtle Breathing Technique to the third layer. Otherwise, he would not have told Lin Zheyu not to devote too much attention to this Cultivation Method.

After his strength rose to the Qi and Blood Realm, Lin Zheyu finally grasped the subtle mysteries of the Turtle Breathing Technique's third layer.

The third layer of the Turtle Breathing Technique involved qi and blood. Back when he had only been in the Bone Forging Realm, no matter how he cultivated, he had been unable to master it.

Now that his strength had risen to the Qi and Blood Realm, he could continue cultivating the third layer.

Then Lin Zheyu discovered that the Turtle Breathing Technique's method of controlling qi and blood could actually purify it!

One had to know that Qi and Blood Transformation was related to the purity of one's qi and blood.

In other words, after cultivating the Turtle Breathing Technique to the third layer, one could increase the chances of successfully achieving Qi and Blood Transformation!