"Integrate the Inner Core Technique into mortal martial cultivation and create an entirely new path of cultivation—[Inner Core Martial Way]?"
Lin Chen pondered it and found it increasingly feasible.
Using the human body as a furnace cauldron, with ordinary substances such as Essence of Water and Grain as the foundational ingredients, supplemented by the right time, place, and people, one could refine a higher-grade form of energy—the Great Human Medicine.
Though this energy might still fall short of spiritual qi in quality, compared to the qi and blood, internal strength, and other things within ordinary mortal martial artists, it stood on an entirely different level. It was more than enough to evolve martial arts into countless further transformations.
Cultivators could directly condense the Great Human Medicine into a Martial Golden Core, or use it to nourish their own Essence, Qi, and Spirit, allowing them to travel farther down that path.
For instance, nourishing the flesh could transform one's blood, achieving blood qi like smoke and vigor that was nearly infinite. Or one could gather qi and blood into a core, gaining immense strength beyond anything an ordinary person could match with every gesture.
Or it could merge with internal strength and transform it into gang qi, achieving "a three-inch gleam along the sword's body, a four-inch gang upon the blade." Its attacks would cut through iron like mud, its defenses would be invulnerable to blades and spears; within ten steps, one person could stand against an entire nation.
Or it could nourish the soul, following the path of meditative absorption, fetal breathing, and sitting in oblivion. One could use Mind Control over the flesh, reduce bodily depletion, and prolong life; or strengthen the soul, create mental illusions, enslave others, and control the world from behind the curtain.
The individual nourishment