Jun Yu Body

With his experience, Meng Qingshan directly ignored his surroundings, closed his eyes, and concentrated. A memory about cultivating the "Jun Yu Body Refining Diagram" quietly surfaced in his mind.

It was an extremely familiar feeling, as if he had practiced this martial art countless times.

As this feeling spread, Meng Qingshan suddenly sensed that within his Ren and Du Meridians, two streams of True Qi, one cold and one hot, were subtly fluctuating, leisurely circulating through his Foot Yangming Stomach Meridian.

Unconsciously, Meng Qingshan adopted the peculiar posture from the "Jun Yu Body Refining Diagram" according to the circulation path of the True Qi in his body. At this moment, he felt that the two streams of True Qi within him were not as distinctly cold and hot as during cultivation, nor did they possess the extreme experience of ice and fire. Instead, they were filled with an unprecedented warmth and harmony.

When these two streams of True Qi completed a full cycle along the Foot Yangming Stomach Meridian and finally returned to his Dantian, Meng Qingshan clearly perceived that although the form of this True Qi was no longer as robust as before, its quality had become more refined, as if it had undergone a complete transformation.

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

[The path of martial arts is like sailing against the current; one either advances or retreats. You persevered and trained diligently, cultivating the Ling Shu Atlas - 'Jun Yu Body Refining Diagram' to the first level. Inner Breath -6, Chi Force -6, Physique +3, Strength +3.]

Looking at the attribute changes in the breakthrough notification, although Inner Breath and Chi Force had decreased, other attributes gained from cultivating the Innate Breathing Technique would not drop. Therefore, if these were truly converted into numerical comparisons, his overall strength had still improved.

Immediately, Meng Qingshan cultivated the "Jun Yu Body Refining Diagram" to the fourth level in one go.

[Breaking through to the second level of the Ling Shu Atlas - 'Jun Yu Body Refining Diagram' requires consuming 617 points of Cultivation, 8 points of Inner Breath, and 8 points of Chi Force. Do you wish to proceed?]

[Breaking through to the third level of the Ling Shu Atlas - 'Jun Yu Body Refining Diagram' requires consuming 896 points of Cultivation, 10 points of Inner Breath, and 10 points of Chi Force...]

[Breaking through to the fourth level of the Ling Shu Atlas - 'Jun Yu Body Refining Diagram' requires consuming 1237 points of Cultivation, 12 points of Inner Breath, and 12 points of Chi Force...]

Yes!

With this breakthrough, Meng Qingshan felt that more than half of the True Qi in his body had dissipated. As the last trace of True Qi, faint and almost imperceptible, returned to his Dantian, Meng Qingshan opened his eyes and saw two messages appear before him:

With this significant breakthrough, Meng Qingshan clearly felt that more than half of the True Qi in his body had dissipated.

Whether it was an illusion or not, as the last wisp of True Qi, faint and indistinct, slowly returned to his Dantian, and the remaining True Qi dispersed throughout his limbs and bones, Meng Qingshan clearly sensed that his muscles seemed to have grown.

He slowly raised his hands and clenched them into fists. The joints of his fingers produced crisp "crackling" sounds, like the beating of war drums.

An unprecedented sense of comfort surged from the depths of his chest, refreshing his mind and spirit.

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

[The path of martial arts is like sailing against the current; one either advances or retreats. You persevered and trained diligently, cultivating the Ling Shu Atlas - 'Jun Yu Body Refining Diagram' to the fourth level. Inner Breath -12, Chi Force -12, Physique +6, Strength +6.]

[Notice: 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 dissipate and the foundation of the Long Wind Heart Method to be damaged.]

Meng Qingshan directly skipped the first breakthrough notification.

Upon seeing the second message notification, the dissipation of the Innate Breathing Technique did not cause Meng Qingshan to have too many emotional fluctuations.

However, when he learned that the foundation of the Long Wind Heart Method was damaged, he immediately opened its status panel to check.

After careful examination, he discovered that while cultivating the 'Jun Yu Body Refining Diagram', due to insufficient personal Inner Breath True Qi, it had automatically consumed the 'Long Wind True Qi', thus causing the Long Wind Heart Method to lose 6 points of Inner Breath.

It should be noted that the Long Wind Heart Method, currently cultivated to the 12th level, only provided a total of 18 points of Inner Breath gain. 6 points already accounted for three-tenths of this Internal Martial Art's Inner Breath.

Furthermore, this damage to the foundation was irreversible. Even if the Long Wind Heart Method were to be cultivated to its highest realm in the future, its numerical gains would still be inferior compared to martial arts of the same level.

This discovery made Meng Qingshan sigh, thinking to himself that it was truly a miscalculation.

Fortunately, with the Innate Breathing Technique, Meng Qingshan no longer intended to make the Long Wind Heart Method his primary cultivation method. Therefore, although he regretted this loss, he did not dwell on it excessively or feel heartbroken.

He opened the Martial Arts Compendium, and instantly, the information panel for 'Jun Yu Body Refining Diagram' appeared before him:

Martial Art: Ling Shu Atlas - 'Jun Yu Body Refining Diagram'

Origin: Jianghu Martial Art

Grade: Peerless (Orange)

Power: Level 4 (Can be cultivated to Level 20)

Progress: 0 points (Accumulated 1640 points of Cultivation, 14 points of Inner Breath, and 14 points of Chi Force to break through to the next level)

Buffs: Physique +18, Strength +18;

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