Sure enough, it was the Zang Fu Realm.
Chen Mu nodded slightly to himself. He still had quite a few other questions, so he took the opportunity to ask them all in one breath. "I heard that besides Body Tempering Methods, Inner Training Methods also include Inner Breath Methods?"
Xu Hongyu glanced at Chen Mu, then said, "Yes. Those are methods for cultivating inner breath and true qi. But before the Zang Fu Realm, practicing an Inner Breath Method can at most regulate the body and has little real effect. Only after reaching the Zang Fu Realm, when one has a foundation to rely upon, can inner breath circulate endlessly, transforming into invisible force qi that can strike objects from afar. Every gesture and movement will carry tremendous power."
"I see."
Chen Mu nodded slightly, a look of realization appearing on his face.
From Xu Hongyu's explanation, before one reached the Zang Fu Realm, an Inner Breath Method was probably no more than a health-preserving practice. Its improvement to one's strength was far less direct than Skin Tempering and Flesh Tempering.
Only after reaching the Zang Fu Realm, strengthening the inner organs and fortifying the five viscera, allowing inner breath to circulate without end, could one undergo a qualitative transformation. Inner breath would become the so-called force qi, wielding immense power in an instant.
It seemed that on the martial path, Skin Tempering and Flesh Tempering formed one stage, Tendon Transformation and Bone Tempering another, while the five viscera and six bowels belonged to an entirely different level. The gaps in both strength and status were enormous.
Those at Skin Tempering and Flesh Tempering were merely the masses struggling at the bottom of Jade City. Tendon Transformation and Bone Tempering practitioners were the backbone and elite of each household. Once