Six Harmonies Breathing Method

"Six Harmonies Method?" Jiang Yue chewed on those three words, his gaze shifting slightly.

"That's right. Last night on the ring, you saw through Scar's flaw and brilliantly executed that 'Inch Power.' But you must understand, in the true system of Ancient Martial Arts, that's only one part of it."

Shen Qing corrected Jiang Yue's skewed perception of Ancient Martial Arts, speaking with extreme seriousness. "True Ancient Martial Arts encompasses a complete system, emphasizing the trinity of nurturing, application, and refinement!"

"Nurture internal organs and blood with breathing methods, defeat enemies with practical combat techniques, and temper bones, tendons, and Skin Membrane with Stake Stance!"

"None of the three can be missing."

"If you only pursue lethality by training 'application' without the solid foundation laid by 'nurturing' and 'refinement,' the more Inch Power you unleash, the greater the backlash on yourself. Eventually, you'll shatter your own internal organs!"

Hearing this, Jiang Yue nodded slightly.

It also confirmed his earlier speculation—why a hulking brute like Scar, who only had raw strength, couldn't master such exquisite force techniques.

Shen Qing sighed, his tone laced with deep helplessness. "The reason Ancient Martial Arts never spread widely in the military and was phased out by the Gene Ascension evolution system is that its entry threshold is simply too high and too harsh."

"To cultivate the Six Harmonies Method, you absolutely cannot start with combat techniques."

"You must begin with the most tedious [Breathing Method] and [Stake Stance]."

"For an ordinary person to sense the elusive 'qi sensation' within their body through breathing, they often need to sit in meditation for three to five months! Where does the military have the time to wait for a new recruit to slowly find their qi sensation?"

Breathing Method?

The moment he heard those three words, Jiang Yue's eyes, which had been as calm as a still well, suddenly burst with a blazing light!

Others feared the Breathing Method's obscurity and the years of grinding effort required, but he wasn't afraid!

In Jiang Yue's mind, the term on his retinal panel instantly surfaced—[Smooth Breath (White)]!

Wasn't the core mechanism of this term precisely granting him perfect control over his core qi and the breathing rhythm of his internal load?!

Jiang Yue's heart pounded uncontrollably.

He clearly remembered how, when he swallowed that gene agent earlier, the massive energy had forcibly stimulated the [Food Digestion] term, causing it to mutate and advance into the green term [Gluttony].

So if... he now cultivated this Ancient Martial Arts Breathing Method, which emphasized blood resonance, could it stimulate the [Smooth Breath] term and trigger its own qualitative advancement?!

Suppressing the ecstasy in his heart, Jiang Yue asked calmly, "How exactly is the Six Harmonies Method divided?"

"Three levels."

Shen Qing explained in a deep voice. "The three levels of Six Harmonies refer to three progressive states of intent—Form Harmony, Power Harmony, and Spirit Harmony!"

"The first level, [Form Harmony], focuses on the initial control of skin, flesh, tendons, and bones, with breathing and movements perfectly synchronized."

"The second level, [Power Harmony], involves force penetrating the body, internal and external connected, where even plucking a flower or leaf can injure someone."

"As for the third level, [Spirit Harmony]... that's the realm of a martial grandmaster where intent and blood achieve absolute resonance. I've only seen it in fragmentary records from my family."

At this point, Shen Qing gave a bitter smile and self-analyzed, "Don't laugh at me. Although I've inherited the teachings since childhood, I've only trained the 'Breathing Method' and 'Stake Stance' to a proficient level, barely standing at the threshold of the first level, Form Harmony."

"But even so..."

Shen Qing's tone shifted, a hint of pride shining in his eyes. "Even just this superficial boost from the first level has allowed my physical blood refinement speed to far exceed ordinary people!"

"This is the true foundation that allowed me, a civilian recruit, to break into the top fifty out of thirty thousand!"

The value of Ancient Martial Arts was laid bare in that moment.

Even just the surface-level entry could create a same-tier killing machine like Shen Qing!

"Alright, time is tight. There's less than twenty days until the monthly exam. Let's start now."

Shen Qing cast aside all distractions, his expression turning as stern as an instructor's, laying down an ironclad rule of progression. "Remember, Ancient Martial Arts cannot be rushed."

"You must first fully master the Breathing Method before you can practice the Stake Stance. Once the Stake Stance is solid and your blood is stable, only then will I teach you combat techniques! If you skip steps out of impatience, you'll surely suffer qi deviation and die from blood surging through your meridians!"

"Now, sit cross-legged. Listen carefully to the breathing mantra I'm about to teach you!"

Jiang Yue followed suit, sitting cross-legged on the alloy floor and closing his eyes.

"Three short, one long, sink the qi into the pylorus. Use the diaphragm as a guide to feel the faint vibrations of your internal organs..."

Shen Qing recited the extremely complex breathing rhythm of the [Six Harmonies Breathing Method]—alternating long and short breaths, even requiring synchronization with internal organ vibrations—line by line without reservation.

In his view, even if Jiang Yue's comprehension was heaven-defying, fully mastering this breathing frequency, which defied normal human physiological habits, would take at least three to five days of grueling effort. That was already the pace of a peerless genius.

Three to five days to enter the door, three months to minor mastery, and three years before one could claim true mastery.

That had been Shen Qing's own training progress.

Yet, those so-called obscure breathing rhythms that required long, painstaking effort to sense, under the forced intervention of the term, didn't even experience a single second of trial and error. They were instantly adjusted to an absolutely precise, zero-error state!

Inhale—exhale—

Jiang Yue's chest began to rise and fall at a frequency that was bizarre yet seemed to contain some universal truth.

With each breath, his internal organs actually produced a faint, resonant tremor, and a warm "qi sensation" seemed to materialize out of thin air, instantly rising from his lower abdomen!

"How... how is this possible?!"

Shen Qing, standing guard nearby, nearly had his eyes pop out of their sockets.

He stared intently at Jiang Yue's rising and falling chest, feeling the terrifying rhythm within the other's body that had instantly stabilized and perfectly matched the [Six Harmonies Breathing Method]. It was as if he'd been struck by lightning, his mind going blank.

"One minute... less than a minute? He didn't even try and error—he found the qi sensation in one go?! And achieved breathing?!"

Shen Qing's understanding was utterly shattered.

But at this moment, Jiang Yue, with his eyes closed, paid no attention whatsoever to Shen Qing's shock from the outside world.

All of his focus was locked tightly onto the panel before his retinas.

[Entry: Smooth Breath]

[Status: +++]

Feeling the perfect fusion between the qi and blood within his body—driven by the breathing method—and the vast energy he had previously stockpiled, the corner of Jiang Yue's mouth slowly curled into an extremely fervent arc.

"This should count as having entered the gate. And it also verified one thing—this breathing method can indeed accelerate the advancement of the Smooth Breath entry..."

"With this, if I practice day and night from now on, the improvement will surely be substantial!"