Hum~
A vast, intricate breathing technique burst into his mind, quietly merging with his body before he even realized it.
It became instinct!
Shi Wen clutched his head and crouched on the ground.
His breathing had begun to change without him noticing.
Before, his breathing had simply been unconscious and automatic. His mind had never focused on guiding it, so his breath and thoughts had never followed the same rhythm or moved in sync.
Nor had his body breathed in the same rhythm.
But now—
His breathing began to take on a "natural" rhythm.
Every breath synced with his thoughts. An invisible will coursed through his skin, flesh, blood, organs, tendons, and bones.
As he naturally breathed in and out—
It was as if a current of air drilled into his body from every direction, through the pores covering his skin. Like scorching, murky winds stoking his flesh, blood, sinews, bones, and organs—or an invisible gale scouring his entire body.
The first thing to change was his blood!
As he breathed, his blood rushed through his veins like a raging river. Each time it passed through his heart and circulated around his body, it grew thicker and hotter.
Every drop of blood radiated scorching heat, like molten iron forging every inch of muscle in a furnace inside him.
Thump, thump, thump!
As his blood transformed, his heart became like a bellows.
With every beat, it drove blood to every part of his body.
His heart muscle gradually grew tougher.
His heartbeat boomed like the muffled toll of an ancient bell.
First his entire chest resonated, then his limbs and head began to tremble with it, the vibrations never ceasing.
Every tendon throughout his body underwent an invisible transformation.
Tempered by his heartbeat and blood, they became as elastic and powerful