Cave Treasure

Looking at the message prompt, Meng Qingshan couldn't help but praise inwardly: This Innate Breathing Technique truly lives up to its orange-grade martial art status. Judging solely by its numerical gains, it's in no way comparable to the Long Wind Heart Method.

With a thought, he opened the martial arts compendium and clicked into the attribute panel of Innate Breathing Technique.

Martial Art: Innate Breathing Technique

Attribution: Jianghu Martial Art

Grade: Peerless (Orange)

Proficiency: Level 12 (Can be cultivated to Level 60)

Progress: 0 points (Accumulating 11245 points of Cultivation is required to break through to the next level)

Meridians: Ren and Du Meridians

Buffs: Inner Breath +30, Chi Force +30, Insight +6, Physique +6, Strength +6, Agility +6

Special Effects:

[Yin Extreme] Upon hitting an enemy unit, True Qi carries the 'Stagnation' effect. Injecting True Qi into the enemy's body can hinder the opponent's True Qi condensation, and Internal Damage from moves increases by an additional 20%.

[Yang Extreme] Upon hitting an enemy unit, True Qi carries the 'Burning' effect. When True Qi comes into contact with the enemy, an additional 30% Internal Damage bonus is gained.

Notes: After dispersing your cultivation from the Ling Shu Atlas, your Dantian foundation will not be damaged. Furthermore, the Cultivation required to re-cultivate Innate Breathing Technique to the dispersed level will be reduced by 20%.

When Meng Qingshan saw the special effect attributes of this internal martial art, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

The special effects of this internal cultivation technique actually possessed two completely different internal martial arts effects: Yin and Yang.

Typically, most ordinary internal cultivation techniques have relatively singular attributes, at most possessing both offensive and defensive effects simultaneously.

However, Innate Breathing Technique was different.

Under the 'Yin Extreme True Qi' state, this martial art had a slight control attribute, capable of infusing True Qi into the opponent's body to interfere with their True Qi circulation. This effect was particularly significant when facing elite internal martial arts experts.

Under the 'Yang Extreme True Qi' state, this martial art pursued extreme output, and its application was simpler and more brute force.

Previously, although Meng Qingshan knew this martial art was extraordinary in the game, he had been unable to find its attribute panel to investigate.

Now that he had seen it, although Innate Breathing Technique was merely an introductory technique for Ling Shu Atlas and only an orange-grade martial art, the overbearing effects it displayed were truly astonishing.

It was no wonder that after Li Yufeng learned this martial art, he soared to the heavens and instantly became the main focus of the "Central Plains Aristocrats" in version 3.0.

Furthermore, from the notes section, it could be roughly inferred that when cultivating Ling Shu Atlas, the practitioner needed to temper their meridians and physique using Inner Breath and Chi Force.

However, the Inner Breath and Chi Force consumed in this process were irreversible, directly leading to the dispersal of Innate Breathing Technique. The practitioner would have to start cultivating from scratch.

As for how many times dispersal would be needed for Ling Shu Atlas to reach mastery, it remained an unknown.

Although the required Cultivation would decrease when re-cultivating after dispersal, with the cultivation for each level doubling consecutively, this reduction was clearly insufficient to offset the cost.

From this, it could be seen that the path to cultivating any Divine Skill in this world was rarely smooth, and most were filled with numerous challenges.

At this moment, Meng Qingshan's Innate Breathing Technique had reached minor completion. He immediately stopped delaying and headed straight for the depths of the cave.

More than ten days had passed. The flatbread his cousin had prepared was all eaten, and only fingerlings remained of the Red Scale Tail from the cold pond.

If he didn't cultivate this internal martial art to the twelfth level soon, he would face a situation of running out of supplies and having to drink the northwest wind.

Entering the cave, Meng Qingshan's gaze swept over the divine and demonic bas-reliefs on the stone walls, recording them one by one into the martial arts compendium.

After finishing these tasks, Meng Qingshan took out the silk scroll containing Innate Breathing Technique from his embrace.

After gazing at it for a moment, Meng Qingshan finally put it back into the original treasure box.

In his opinion, the conditions for cultivating this martial art were extremely stringent, requiring one to have unblocked Ren and Du Meridians.

Even if Li Yufeng could come here later, without Xiao Tianfang's Cultivation to help him unblock his Ren and Du Meridians, he might not be able to cultivate this Divine Skill.

Afterward, Meng Qingshan went to the place where the Jade Coffin had been placed.

Facing the Jade Coffin, which had already sunk into the abyss and was buried by sand and stones.

Meng Qingshan sighed inwardly, lamenting that Xiao Tianfang, a hero of his generation, had ultimately met such a tragic end.

After a moment of reflection, he respectfully kowtowed nine times.

He considered it a debt of gratitude for the transmission of power, which gave him a foundation and the ability to survive here.

"Dong dong dong..."

As he performed these kowtows, the ground echoed with a metallic sound.

Meng Qingshan's forehead struck the ground, but he felt no pain.

Since receiving the transmission of power from the "Great Hero of Shenzhou," Xiao Tianfang, unblocking his Ren and Du Meridians, and cultivating Innate Breathing Technique to the minor completion stage, his strength had silently reached a new level, no longer comparable to his past self.

After kowtowing, Meng Qingshan looked up and got to his feet.

Suddenly, a harsh "creaking" sound came from beneath his feet.

Immediately afterward, cracks gradually appeared on the surface of the floor, eventually forming a small hole.

He bent down and peered in, astonished to find that a hidden compartment was concealed beneath the stone slab.

Without hesitation, he smashed the stone slab and lifted it, finally revealing the items in the secret compartment.

In the center of the hidden compartment lay two items: a black jade pendant and a delicate small crossbow.