As the Yin Extreme True Qi in his hands gradually dissipated, Meng Qingshan opened his eyes, and a breakthrough notification appeared before him:
[The path of the Martial Dao is like rowing against the current: if you do not advance, you fall behind. Through perseverance and diligent training, you have cultivated the "Ling Shu Atlas"-"Xuanming Captures Flood Dragon Diagram" to the first layer. Inner Breath -3, Chi Force -3, strength +2.]
After cultivating the Xuanming Captures Flood Dragon Diagram to the first layer, Meng Qingshan was very satisfied with this unarmed martial art.
He immediately decided to make it his primary cultivation technique for the time being.
That said, before doing so, he still needed to cultivate the Innate Breathing Technique back to the eighteenth layer.
At the original rate, reaching the eighteenth layer of the Innate Breathing Technique would require at least around 150,000 cultivation points.
Now that he had dispersed his cultivation and was starting over, he had a 20% reduction, so he only needed around 120,000.
This sweep through Black Wind Stronghold had earned him a total of 131,718 cultivation points. If he only restored the Innate Breathing Technique to its former level, he would have just over 10,000 points left to cultivate the Xuanming Captures Flood Dragon Diagram.
Having made his plans, he immediately poured cultivation points into the Innate Breathing Technique, its progress bar flashing with streaks of blue light.
Meng Qingshan felt his previously empty dantian suddenly fill up again.
As True Qi continued to form, he vaguely sensed that the two streams of True Qi he had cultivated anew seemed more condensed than before.
However, this was merely his own immediate impression and still needed to be verified through practice.
Finally, after one long, deep cycle of breathing, Meng Qingshan's Innate