Jun Yu Body

Since he already had some experience, Meng Qingshan ignored his surroundings and closed his eyes to focus. Memories of cultivating the Jun Yu Body Refining Diagram quietly surfaced in his mind.

It was an utterly familiar feeling, as though he had cultivated this martial art countless times before.

As the feeling spread, Meng Qingshan suddenly sensed the two streams of True Qi, one cold and one hot, flowing subtly through his Ren and Du Meridians. They cycled leisurely through the Foot Yangming Stomach Meridian.

Almost instinctively, Meng Qingshan followed the path of the True Qi in his body and assumed the strange posture depicted in the Jun Yu Body Refining Diagram. At that moment, the two streams of True Qi felt nothing like they had during cultivation, when their cold and heat were sharply opposed, creating the extreme sensation of ice and fire. Instead, he felt a warmth and harmony unlike anything he had experienced before.

When the two streams of True Qi completed a full cycle through the Foot Yangming Stomach Meridian and finally returned to his dantian, Meng Qingshan clearly sensed that, though the True Qi was no longer as robust as before, it had become purer, as if it had undergone a complete transformation.

He opened his eyes, and a breakthrough notification appeared before him:

[The path of the Martial Dao is like sailing against the current; if you do not advance, you fall behind. Through perseverance and diligent cultivation, you have raised the Ling Shu Atlas—"Jun Yu Body Refining Diagram" to the first layer. Inner Breath -6, Chi Force -6, Physique +3, Strength +3.]

Looking at the attribute changes in the breakthrough notification, he saw that although his Inner Breath and Chi Force had decreased, the other attributes gained from cultivating the Innate Breathing Technique would not drop. So, if he converted everything into values and compared them, his overall strength had still increased.

Then, Meng Qingshan cultivated the Jun Yu Body Refining Diagram straight through to the fourth layer.

[Breaking through the Ling Shu Atlas—"Jun Yu Body Refining Diagram" to the second layer requires 617 cultivation points, 8 Inner Breath, and 8 Chi Force. Would you like to proceed?]

[Breaking through the Ling Shu Atlas—"Jun Yu Body Refining Diagram" to the third layer requires 896 cultivation points, 10 Inner Breath, and 10 Chi Force...]

[Breaking through the Ling Shu Atlas—"Jun Yu Body Refining Diagram" to the fourth layer requires 1237 cultivation points, 12 Inner Breath, and 12 Chi Force...]

Yes!

With this breakthrough, Meng Qingshan felt that more than half of the True Qi in his body had dispersed. As the last faint trace of True Qi returned to his dantian, he opened his eyes and saw two notifications appear before him:

With this major breakthrough, Meng Qingshan could clearly feel that most of the True Qi in his body had dissipated.

Perhaps it was his imagination, but as the last faint wisp of True Qi slowly returned to his dantian, the rest of it vanished from his limbs and body. Meng Qingshan clearly sensed that his muscles seemed to have grown.

He slowly raised his hands, then abruptly clenched them into fists. His knuckles crackled sharply, like a war drum beating.

An unprecedented sense of ease surged from deep within his chest, leaving him refreshed and invigorated.

He slowly opened his eyes and saw two clear notifications appear before him:

[The path of the Martial Dao is like sailing against the current; if you do not advance, you fall behind. Through perseverance and diligent cultivation, you have raised the Ling Shu Atlas—"Jun Yu Body Refining Diagram" to the fourth layer. Inner Breath -12, Chi Force -12, Physique +6, Strength +6.]

[Warning: While cultivating the Ling Shu Atlas—"Jun Yu Body Refining Diagram," you consumed a large amount of Inner Breath True Qi, causing the Innate Breathing Technique to lose its power and damaging the foundation of the Long Wind Heart Method.]

Meng Qingshan skipped the first breakthrough notification.

The loss of power in the Innate Breathing Technique did not affect him much when he read the second notification.

But when he learned that the Long Wind Heart Method's foundation had been damaged, he immediately opened its panel to inspect it.

After looking it over carefully, he realized that while cultivating the Jun Yu Body Refining Diagram, he had run short of Inner Breath True Qi, so the system had automatically consumed his Long Wind True Qi. This had cost the Long Wind Heart Method 6 points of Inner Breath.

The Long Wind Heart Method had only reached level 12, and even then it provided a total increase of just 18 Inner Breath. Losing 6 points meant losing nearly a third of its Inner Breath.

Moreover, this damage to its foundation was irreversible. Even if he cultivated the Long Wind Heart Method to its highest level in the future, its attribute bonuses would still fall short of those provided by other techniques at the same level.

This discovery made Meng Qingshan sigh. He had truly made a miscalculation.

Fortunately, now that he had the Innate Breathing Technique, Meng Qingshan did not plan to keep the Long Wind Heart Method as his main cultivation technique. Though he regretted the loss, he did not dwell on it or let it trouble him too much.

He opened the Martial Arts Illustrated Book, and the information panel for the Jun Yu Body Refining Diagram appeared before him:

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Martial Art: Ling Shu Atlas—"Jun Yu Body Refining Diagram"

Affiliation: Jianghu martial arts

Grade: Peerless (Orange)

Level: 4 (can be cultivated up to level 20)

Progress: 0 points (1640 accumulated cultivation points, 14 Inner Breath, and 14 Chi Force required to break through to the next level)

Bonuses: Physique +18, Strength +18;

Special Effect: [Jun Yu Body] When an enemy attacks the player barehanded, if the enemy's Strength is lower than the player's Physique, the enemy cannot deal damage to the player; if the enemy's Strength is higher than the player's Physique, damage dealt to the player is reduced by 30%;