Analyzing the Essence of Breathing Techniques!

After browsing the latest news, he saw people online saying that another Abyssal Beast tide had erupted outside the city.

Jiang Yuan could not help worrying and sent his father, Jiang Damu, a message.

Jiang Damu replied before long.

"I'm fine."

"I'm cleaning up the battlefield with my comrades right now. Don't worry..."

In the Border Defense Army.

Jiang Damu's bloodstained hand lowered the communicator, hanging limply at his side. Beside him, a bald, scar-faced man wrapped up like a mummy and lying next to him laughed. "Old Jiang, which old flame is messaging you this time?"

"Cut the fucking crap. It's my son."

"Having a son is good. At least someone cares about you."

"That's right. You should have one too."

"Forget it. People like us have our heads hanging from our belts. Who knows what day we'll die? I don't want him to become an orphan the moment he's born. Your son's taking the college entrance exam soon too, right? Think he can get into Martial Arts University?"

"My son will definitely make it. He's much better than his old man."

Jiang Damu said proudly.

Struggling to light a cigarette, Jiang Damu raised his head to the sky, exhaled smoke, and forced a smile.

"Fuck, lived another day."

In Nanjiang City,

Jiang Yuan felt relieved, but he could not smile.

Though his father made it sound easy, Jiang Yuan knew that in a beast tide of such scale, many second- and third-rank martial artists in the military were either injured or dead. How could his father, a first-rank martial artist, possibly have escaped unscathed?

He had definitely been injured, but he was hiding it because he was afraid his family would worry.

Jiang Yuan went to the bathroom, took off his clothes, and began practicing the Immortal Body Tempering Technique.

What he needed to do now was become a first-rank martial artist as soon as possible and enter the Abyss!

Without exposing his talent, killing monsters and leveling up was the only way for him to rise quickly and change his family's circumstances!

Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!

The bathroom was shrouded in thick steam as though a kettle had boiled over. From within the hazy vapor, the youth occasionally let out muffled groans of pain.

Half an hour later.

The deliveryman brought over the Abyssal Beast meat. The moment he opened the door and saw Jiang Yuan, he was startled.

Jiang Yuan was as skinny as a bamboo pole, his cheeks sunken, his thin muscles clinging to his bones. He looked haggard and frail, yet his eyes were exceptionally bright.

"Are you okay?" the deliveryman could not help asking.

"Do you need me to take you to the hospital?"

"No, thank you."

Jiang Yuan shook his head, took the box beside him, and closed the door.

"Did he go crazy from practicing martial arts?"

The deliveryman shook his head. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly felt that something was off.

Besides, that boy had looked so weak that a gust of wind could have knocked him over. How had he lifted two hundred pounds of Abyssal Beast meat so easily?

The moment Jiang Yuan got the Abyssal Beast meat, he immediately began wolfing it down.

As he consumed a large amount of nutrients, the vitality and potential he had expended were replenished. His cheeks filled out again, his muscles reappeared, smooth and lustrous, combining strength with sleek lines. Even his hair gained a glossy sheen.

He ate a full twenty pounds of Abyssal Beast meat before he finally felt full.

He stretched, and his bones crackled like rolling thunder.

"The first form of the Immortal Body Tempering Technique is gradually becoming familiar to me, and I can hold it for half a minute now."

It was painful at first, but once he slowly adapted, he could feel an electric tingling spread through his body, bringing an extreme sense of exhilaration.

"After a few more rounds of tempering, I should be able to try the second form. My essence, energy, and spirit are all at their peak now. It's time to try deriving a breathing technique."

The human body was a whole.

If a body tempering technique refined the physique from the inside out, then a breathing technique tempered one's blood and qi, absorbing the energy of the universe to achieve unity between man and heaven. The two complemented each other and could further elevate one's spirit.

For the current Jiang Yuan, the Basic Flowing Water Breathing Technique taught at school no longer met his needs. It had little effect.

Only a breathing technique on the same level as the Immortal Body Tempering Technique, or even higher, could improve his cultivation efficiency.

"Begin."

After muting his wristwatch, Jiang Yuan entered a focused state.

[Ding! You used Supreme Analysis to analyze the essence of breathing techniques. Basic Breathing Method proficiency +100.]

[Basic Breathing Method proficiency +100.]

[Ding, the Basic Breathing Method has reached the minor mastery level!]

[Ding, the Basic Breathing Method has reached major mastery!]

[Ding, the Basic Breathing Method has reached the perfect level!]

[Ding, you have comprehended the essence of breathing and begun creating the breathing technique best suited to yourself. Current progress: 1%.]

[Ding, you have comprehended the essence of breathing and begun creating the breathing technique best suited to yourself. Current progress: 2%.]

[Ding, based on the essence of breathing techniques, you have created a breathing technique exclusive to yourself—the Kindling Breathing Technique.]

Inside Chongming Martial Arts Hall at night.

Xu Yihan soaked in a bath, a virtual screen before her. On the other side of the screen was an exquisitely beautiful red-haired woman with an icy demeanor.

"...That's what happened."

"A high school student who isn't a first-rank martial artist but can deal over ten thousand damage... If it's true, then he is indeed worth recruiting." The cold and regal woman stroked her chin.

Ji Feiyue, president of Blood Rose, fifth rank, support-type profession.

"Do we know his talent and profession?"

"Not yet."

"Alright, I understand. Keep in touch with him for now. If necessary, sign him early. Don't let another guild poach him," Ji Feiyue said.

"Alright."