Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique Initiated, Organ Functions Improved!

Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique Initiated, Organ Functions Improved!

A moment later.

A streak of rosy dawn rose from the horizon, instantly illuminating heaven and earth.

Jiang Ning immediately began circulating the breathing and exhalation method of the Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique.

He had already become extremely proficient in this breathing and exhalation method.

With every inhalation and exhalation, some sort of energy was drawn into his abdomen. His five viscera and six bowels felt as though they were soaking in a hot spring, their vitality and vigor growing ever more abundant.

[Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique experience +1]

[Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique experience +1]

[Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique experience +1]

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In the blink of an eye, before the sun had fully risen, Jiang Ning had nearly ground the Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique's experience to full.

[Skill]: Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique (Not Initiated 99/100)

The next moment, another prompt appeared before him.

[Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique experience +1]

As that point of experience flowed in, the Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique broke through in an instant.

[Skill]: Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique (Initiated 0/1000)

Thump!

Thump!!

Thump!!!

His formerly steady heart suddenly began pounding violently. Through the tremors passing through his body, Jiang Ning could clearly hear the powerful, vigorous beat of his heart.

His breathing also involuntarily became rapid and heavy, and his entire body flushed red.

Huff—

Huff—

Hot vapor billowed from his nostrils.

He could feel his heart acting like a blood pump, vast quantities of blood surging forth and racing toward his five viscera and six bowels, his limbs and every bone in his body. His temperature was frighteningly high.

Jiang Ning sat cross-legged with his eyes shut, simply sensing the changes in his body, sensing exactly what effects the initiation of the Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique would bring him.

After a long while.

A breeze drifted past.

Jiang Ning slowly opened his eyes. His body had already returned to calm, and his temperature had fallen back to normal.

Hoo—

He suddenly opened his mouth and expelled the turbid air from his abdomen.

In an instant, the fallen leaves within a zhang before him seemed to have been swept up by a gale, rolling across the ground and surging into the distance.

From this single attempt, Jiang Ning knew that the functions of his five viscera and six bowels had indeed far surpassed what they had been before, growing vastly stronger.

Such powerful lung capacity had been completely impossible for him before cultivating the Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique.

Seeing the leopard through a tube, one could glimpse how much his lungs and bowels had strengthened; his other organs would naturally be the same.

"Not bad!"

Jiang Ning nodded faintly, satisfaction showing on his face.

"With stronger organ functions, setting aside all other effects, the increase in stamina alone will let me gain the upper hand in a martial artist's life-and-death struggle."

"Once one unleashes their full strength, how long can an ordinary qi-blood martial artist maintain their peak state?"

"My stamina is strong, which means I can endure. I hold an innate advantage."

"And with stronger organ functions, the hidden benefits for me are even greater."

"My stamina will recover faster, my digestive functions will improve, and I'll draw more nourishment from food."

"Because my organs have become stronger, even all kinds of medicinal soups and wild medicinal treasures will have greater effects on me."

Feeling the strengthened five viscera and six bowels within him, and the waves of ease accompanying every breath, Jiang Ning felt even more delighted.

"The method of inner strengthening is meant to strengthen the five viscera and six bowels only after the skin, flesh, tendons, bones, and frame have been trained."

"Now that I've come into contact with it ahead of time, I've only achieved a little success, yet the effects are already this obvious. No wonder Wang Jin's hidden records said that many geniuses from great powers choose to cultivate both inner and outer methods together."

"Before the physical body reaches sufficient strength, inner cultivation may progress relatively slowly."

"But once one achieves something, the two can complement each other. Especially when cultivated together, inner and outer training can greatly reduce the long-term damage outer refinement inflicts on the body, preserving one's golden period of cultivation for longer."

"However, according to the records, unless outer refinement reaches a certain level, it is exceedingly difficult for inner cultivation to reach the stage of condensing inner breath. I wonder whether things will be different for me."

Jiang Ning sat cross-legged on the ground, stroking his chin in thought.

[Skill]: Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique (Initiated 0/1000)

"From initiation to mastery, it still requires ten times the normal experience. The grade of this technique truly is extraordinary, far above the Five Animals Fist."

"I wonder whether, with the later cultivation methods of the Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique missing, I can still grind experience for it!"

At that thought, Jiang Ning lifted his head and looked toward the morning sun that had just risen above the horizon.

According to the fragmentary page, after the Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique was initiated, one could initially breathe in and refine the essence of heaven and earth from sunrise until the eighth quarter of the Hour of the Rabbit. The sun had only just risen, and it was around the fifth quarter of the Hour of the Rabbit, still within the period when breathing and exhalation could be performed.

I'll give it a try!

As the thought arose, Jiang Ning gently inhaled and exhaled, slowly adjusting his state.

He did not dare be careless in the slightest.

He already had a guess as to what the Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique's breathing and exhalation drew in. It was likely the essence of the great sun, mentioned in ancient texts as part of the essence of the sun and moon.

Why could one only breathe in and refine the refined essence while the great sun had yet to rise when the Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique had not been initiated? Because that was when the great sun's essence was at its mildest.

Once the great sun rose, its essence would gradually grow violent. Before the five viscera and six bowels had been strengthened, if one swallowed more of the great sun's essence than one could bear, one's organs would be burned to ashes.

After making his adjustments, Jiang Ning gazed at the newly risen sun and circulated the breathing and exhalation method of the Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique.

With each exhalation and inhalation, wisps of scorching air poured into his nasal cavity, as though drawing forth a strand of essence.

As he continued breathing and exhaling, the scorching air flowing into his nostrils grew stronger.

Almost there! Jiang Ning silently thought.

Suddenly.

A terrifying wave of heat surged into his nasal cavity, advancing like a fire serpent as it swiftly rushed through his nostrils toward his abdomen.

At that moment, Jiang Ning's face twisted in pain. The irritation in his nasal cavity even made his eyes well up with tears.

Boom—

The fire serpent entered his abdomen and instantly erupted within his body.

What Jiang Ning felt this time was not the comfort of soaking in a hot spring, but a scorching sensation as though he had been cast into a sea of flames.

He felt as though his five viscera and six bowels were surrounded by fire, terrifying heat waves sweeping through his organs.

"Not good! There should be a method of guidance for the next step. I'm missing that guidance method now, so this scorching essence is running wild through my five viscera and six bowels."

Feeling the changes in his organs, Jiang Ning immediately sensed that something was wrong.

Just then, the scorching essence that had been as violent as a savage beast suddenly seemed to be soothed by an invisible force, changing from turbulent to calm.

As this change occurred, Jiang Ning immediately felt the burning sensation in his organs lessen considerably. It was no longer so unbearable.

Breath by breath, time passed, and the calm scorching essence slowly flowed through his organs.

After a little while longer.

[Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique experience +1]

Only when this prompt appeared did Jiang Ning slowly open his eyes.

[Skill]: Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique (Initiated 1/1000)

"That was close!"

He let out a quiet sigh of relief inwardly.

"Good, good—the panel really is reliable. Even with the crucial later method missing, it can still let me grind experience. Now inner strengthening is within reach!"

"According to the fragmentary page, once the organs are strengthened further and the Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique breaks through another level, one can use powerful spiritual strength to control certain organ functions, unleashing the body's hidden power at critical moments."

"With such requirements, it truly deserves to be called a Daoist method. Daoists excel at inner-strengthening methods, as well as meditation and seated cultivation methods that strengthen the spirit. If I meet its requirements, this method can absolutely serve as a trump card!"