Initiation into the Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill, Organ Function Improved!

A moment later.

A wisp of red glow rose from the horizon, instantly illuminating the entire world.

Jiang Ning immediately began circulating the Breathing and Exhalation Method of the Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill.

He had already become extremely proficient in this Breathing and Exhalation Method.

With each breath in and out, a certain energy was drawn into his abdomen. His Five Viscera and Six Bowels felt as though they were soaking in a hot spring, their vitality and vigor growing increasingly exuberant.

[Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill Experience Points +1]

[Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill Experience Points +1]

[Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill Experience Points +1]

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In the blink of an eye, before the sun had completely risen, Jiang Ning had nearly filled the Experience Points for the Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill.

[Skills]: Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill (Not Initiated 99/100)

The next moment, another prompt appeared before him.

[Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill Experience Points +1]

With the infusion of this Experience Point, the Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill broke through in an instant.

[Skills]: Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill (Initiation 0/1000)

Thump!

Thump!!

Thump!!!

His originally steady heart suddenly began beating violently. Through the transmission of his body, Jiang Ning could clearly hear his own heart pounding with powerful, vigorous beats.

At this moment, Jiang Ning's breathing involuntarily became rapid and heavy, and his entire body flushed red.

Huff--

Huff--

Hot air sprayed from his nostrils.

He could feel his heart acting like a blood pump. Vast amounts of blood surged out from there, racing toward his Five Viscera and Six Bowels and all four limbs and hundred bones. His body temperature became frighteningly high.

Jiang Ning sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, quietly sensing the changes in his body and the effects that Initiation into the Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill would bring him.

After a long while.

A cool breeze blew over.

Jiang Ning slowly opened his eyes. His body had already returned to calm, and his temperature had fallen back to normal.

Whoosh--

He suddenly opened his mouth and spat out the Stale Air in his abdomen.

In an instant, the fallen leaves within ten feet before him seemed to be blown up by a gale. They tumbled across the ground and surged into the distance.

With this single attempt, Jiang Ning knew that the functions of his Five Viscera and Six Bowels were indeed far superior to before, having grown much stronger.

Before cultivating this Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill, he had been completely incapable of possessing such powerful lung capacity.

To glimpse the whole leopard through a tube, one could see how greatly his lungs and organs had strengthened. Naturally, the other organs were the same.

"Not bad!"

Jiang Ning gave a slight nod, satisfaction showing on his face.

"Powerful organ functions. Without even considering the other effects, the mere increase in physical strength will give me an advantage in a Martial Artist's life-and-death battle."

"After all, once one erupts with full force, how long can an ordinary Qi and Blood Martial Artist maintain peak condition?"

"My stamina is strong, which means I can endure longer. I possess an innate advantage."

"Moreover, stronger organ functions bring even more invisible benefits for me."

"My physical strength will recover faster, my digestive functions will improve, and my ability to extract nourishment from food will grow stronger."

"Even the effects of various Medicinal Soups and wild Great Medicines on me will become stronger because my organs have grown more powerful."

Feeling the strengthened Five Viscera and Six Bowels within him and the ease that accompanied each breath, Jiang Ning felt even more exhilarated.

"The Internal Strengthening Method is the Internal Strengthening of the Five Viscera and Six Bowels, undertaken only after strengthening the skin, flesh, tendons, and bones."

"Now that I've come into contact with it ahead of time, I've only achieved a little Minor Completion, yet the effects already feel so obvious. No wonder the records in Wang Jin's Collection of Books say that the geniuses of many great powers choose to cultivate both internally and externally."

"Before the physical body is strong enough, the progress of internal cultivation will indeed be relatively slow."

"But once some achievement is attained, the two will instead complement each other. Especially cultivating both internally and externally will greatly reduce the long-term damage external cultivation inflicts on the body, allowing one to preserve a longer golden period of cultivation."

"However, according to the records in the book, unless external cultivation reaches a certain level, it is extremely difficult for internal cultivation to reach the stage of condensing Inner Breath. I wonder whether things will be different for me."

Jiang Ning sat on the ground, stroking his chin in thought.

[Skills]: Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill (Initiation 0/1000)

"From Initiation to Proficiency, it still requires ten times the normal Experience Points. It seems this cultivation method's grade is truly extraordinary, far above the Five Animal Frolics Fist."

"I wonder, with the subsequent cultivation method of the Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill missing, whether I can still grind Experience Points!"

At this thought, Jiang Ning raised his head and looked toward the morning sun that had just risen over the horizon.

According to the fragmentary page, after reaching Initiation in the Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill, one could initially inhale the Essence Qi of Heaven and Earth from sunrise until eight quarters past the Mao Hour. The Great Sun had just risen, and it was only around five quarters past the Mao Hour, so it was still within the period when he could breathe and circulate the method.

Might as well give it a try!

Once the thought arose, Jiang Ning gently inhaled and exhaled, slowly adjusting his condition.

He did not dare to be careless in the slightest at this moment.

As for what the Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill's Breathing and Exhalation Method inhaled, he already had a guess. It was probably the Great Sun Essence Qi from the essence of the sun and moon mentioned in ancient texts.

Why could the Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill, before Initiation, only inhale the essence energy of the Great Sun when it had just risen but had not yet fully risen? Because that was when the Great Sun Essence Qi was at its gentlest.

Once the Great Sun rose, the Great Sun Essence Qi would gradually grow violent. Before the Five Viscera and Six Bowels had strengthened, swallowing Great Sun Essence Qi beyond what they could bear would cause all the organs to burn.

After adjusting himself, Jiang Ning looked at the rising Great Sun and circulated the Breathing and Exhalation Method of the Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill.

With each breath in and out, wisps of scorching energy surged into his nasal passages, as though drawing out some stream of Essence Qi.

As he continued breathing and circulating the method, the scorching energy pouring into his nasal passages grew stronger.

Almost there!

Jiang Ning thought inwardly.

Suddenly.

A terrifying wave of heat surged into his nasal passages, advancing like a Fire Serpent and rapidly flowing through his nose toward his abdomen.

At this moment, pain appeared on Jiang Ning's face. The stimulation in his nasal passages even caused tears to seep from his eyes.

Boom--

The Five-Element Fire Serpent entered his abdomen and erupted throughout his body in an instant.

What Jiang Ning felt now was not the comfort of soaking in a hot spring as before, but a scorching sensation as though he himself were in a Sea of Fire.

He felt as though his Five Viscera and Six Bowels were surrounded by flames, terrifying waves of heat sweeping through his organs.

"Not good! The next step should be the Guiding Method. I lack the Guiding Method now, causing this scorching Essence Qi to run wild through my Five Viscera and Six Bowels."

Sensing the changes in his organs, Jiang Ning immediately realized that something was wrong.

At that moment, the scorching Essence Qi, originally violent as a wild beast, suddenly seemed to be soothed by an invisible force, changing from agitation to calm.

With this change, Jiang Ning immediately felt the heat within his organs diminish greatly, no longer as unbearable as before.

Breath by breath, time passed. The calm, scorching Essence Qi slowly flowed between his organs.

Another moment passed.

[Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill Experience Points +1]

Only when this prompt appeared did Jiang Ning slowly open his eyes.

[Skills]: Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill (Initiation 1/1000)

"That was close!"

He silently exhaled in relief.

"Thank goodness, thank goodness the Panel really came through. Even without the crucial subsequent Dharma Gate, it still lets me grind Experience Points. In that case, Internal Strengthening is within reach!"

"According to the fragmentary page, if the organs grow stronger still and the Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill breaks through another level, then, combined with powerful Spiritual Power, I can control some organ functions and unleash the body's hidden strength at critical moments."

"Such requirements truly befit a Dharma Gate of the Daoist School. The Daoist School excels at the Internal Strengthening Method, as well as meditation and seated practice to strengthen the spirit. If I reach the required level, such an ability can completely serve as a trump card!"