His consciousness withdrew from the Battle Net space, and Xu Wuyi returned to his quiet home.
Without pausing for even a moment, Xu Wuyi stood up and cleared out an open space in his cramped bedroom.
He took a deep breath and recalled the beginner section of the Hundred Refinements Furnace.
The beginner and introductory stages contained a total of twenty-nine stance exercises.
They were not simple static standing postures, but complex dynamic poses involving numerous twists, stretches, and vibrations, meant to guide and stimulate the blood and qi throughout the body in a specific way, initially igniting the invisible "furnace" within.
Compared to the Basic Body Tempering Method, the difficulty had increased exponentially.
Just the key points of the first movement, "Furnace First Ignition," already made Xu Wuyi feel the pressure.
This movement required him to stand in an almost contorted posture, his spine slightly bent like a bow, his arms encircling as if embracing a great cauldron, while his toes dug into the ground, his calf muscles taut as iron, and he also had to coordinate it with a unique, intermittent breathing method.
"Let's begin."
Xu Wuyi's gaze sharpened, and he took the stance according to his memory.
The moment he tried it, an intense soreness and tearing sensation came from his muscles. He worked hard to adjust his breathing, trying to guide his blood and qi along the route prescribed by the technique.
But it was too difficult.
The instant his focus wavered even slightly, the movement of his blood and qi became sluggish, and his posture deformed along with it.
In just a few breaths, his entire body felt awkward. His blood and qi crashed through several unfamiliar meridian pathways, bringing faint stabs of pain. It could not be called "standard" at all.
"No wonder the