Chen Jue had long wanted to try practicing grain abstention, but the information online was incomplete. Some of it consisted of mere fragments, supplemented by the conjectures of later generations.
The martial arts classics had mentioned that after embracing the elixir and sitting on the hips, combining inner and outer force could transform hidden strength into force projected through the air-the ability to "strike an inch beyond the body."
With his powerful attributes, Chen Jue had actually been capable of this transformation ever since he developed hidden strength in his hands. Moreover, his hidden strength did not merely strike an inch through the air. As soon as he perfected the Eight Immortals Stance, he could project it three inches underwater. All of this was related to his attributes exceeding the human limit of 1.
For an ordinary person to "strike an inch beyond the body," they first had to embrace the elixir, then break through the void to perceive the spirit and uncover the hidden problems in their body. Only by uniting nourishment and practice through grain abstention and qi ingestion, keeping their body continually at its peak, could they sustain the physical strength needed to "strike an inch beyond the body."
In Chen Jue's view, the key to making the flesh "imperishable" was [Inner Vision] combined with the union of nourishment and practice through grain abstention.
When he visited Wudang earlier, Chen Jue had discussed similar practices with Daoist Huang Shizhen, who ran an orthopedic clinic.
Daoism had originally possessed a widely transmitted [Daoist Canon Bigu Skill], but several decades earlier, it had been burned to ashes during violent factional fighting. Presumably, people like Lin Yuanchao had done it.
It was just like the authentic Marrow-Cleansing Classic, which had been destroyed by fire during a war over a century