Hide in The Immortal Cultivation World, Strike Hard in the Martial World-Chapter 53 - 50: Improving Breathing Techniques

Chen Yi quickly gathered his things and hurriedly left the town.

First, he returned to the village and found Uncle Tan Youfu, the ship carpenter in the village.

When Fatty Li had once put Chen Yi in a difficult position, Uncle Tan had spoken up for him, and had taken good care of Chen Yi throughout the many years he grew up in the village.

Now, as the villagers were barely scraping by, Chen Yi wanted to repay Uncle Tan's kindness,

So, he planned to have Uncle Tan modify his large ship to make it look less conspicuous.

Upon hearing that he would receive five taels of silver for the task, Uncle Tan heartily pledged that not a word about this matter would leave his lips, promising to complete the modifications within ten days.

For safety's sake, Chen Yi promised to give him an additional five taels of silver if he moved away after completing this task, so as to avoid the Ma Zi Gang finding him and causing trouble.

Having accomplished this, Chen Yi then brought the two secret techniques of punching and kicking he had just learnt to the Immortal Cultivation World.

After Chen Yi stepped into the first layer of body refining and started to fully refine his skin and flesh, his cultivation progress slowed down significantly.

Firstly, the limitation of the breathing techniques resulted in him not fully being able to circulate his Vitality and Blood, especially when refining his body, which often made him feel like he was making futile attempts.

Even though he exerted effort, the effects were negligible.

Another factor was the replenishing capacity of the Red Blood Carp's Vitality and Blood.

Chen Yi didn't know if his body had developed resistance towards the Red Blood Carp after eating it continuously for several months, or if the medicinal effect of the common carp was simply insufficient for his first layer of body refining cultivation.

Either way, the recent effect of replenishing his Vitality and Blood after consuming a Red Blood Carp had significantly decreased,

Moreover, Chen Yi recently noticed a slight decrease in the probability of catching Red Blood Carps,

Could it be possible that the fishes have developed a sense of caution after being consumed for several months?

However, he would still eat the fish if he could catch them, as every little bit contributes to the overall replenishment.

At the same time, he should also consider another method to replenish his Vitality and Blood. Hmm... I heard that the Red Blood Carp King is very good, it greatly supplements body refining cultivators. I wonder if I could try that.

When I have some free time, I'll give it a try. It's just a fish after all, it can't harm me, can it?

For now, I should focus on researching this newly acquired secret techniques of punching and kicking, including the breathing techniques of Anjin and Huajin, which would help improve and elevate the Vajra Sutra.

While replenishing the body is important, the key lies in the martial method.

The principle of refining the body in the Vajra Sutra involves using the power of Vitality and Blood to refine the skin, flesh, bones, sinews, organs, and marrow.

However, the Vajra Sutra in the Immortal Cultivation World lacks a critical component - the breathing techniques, which are like the beacon guiding the way for this martial method, helping to control the circulation of Vitality and Blood, especially in controlling the rhythm and methods when refining the physical body at critical junctions.

As for the Fist Technique that came with the Vajra Sutra, it has a similar function. But without the core component of breathing, it's like a headless horseman. It was still acceptable when first gathering the Vitality and Blood,

but now when it comes to refining the physique, it falls somewhat short.

Fortunately, Chen Yi had the complementary Iron Wire Fist and Iron Whip Leg techniques, which could temporarily fulfill the refining stage of the Vajra Sutra for the limbs.

However, after reaching the first layer of body refining, only refining the skin was alright, but when starting to refine flesh as well, the earlier Mingjin breathing technique becomes slightly inadequate,

Now, having acquired the breathing technique for Anjin, he incorporated it into the cultivation of the Vajra Sutra,

Upon his first try, Chen Yi immediately felt that the power of Vitality and Blood in his body seemed to become more nimble,

When utilising it for refining skin and flesh, it certainly expedited the process by 30 percent.

However, a new problem arose. While using the Anjin breathing techniques during the practice of Vajra Fist, Chen Yi felt a slight itch in his hand and foot bones.

"This...."

"The Master of the dojo once said that Anjin refines bones and Huajin eases sinews. The Anjin breathing technique in combination with the Vajra Sutra and with the air of this world, has actually begun to refine my bones bit by bit,

But isn't this something that should happen only at the second layer of bodily refining?

If I start now, my skin and flesh are not fully refined yet, and require a high level of Vitality and Blood. If I also start refining my bones, the deficiency in Vitality and Blood would be even more severe.

Perhaps, I could try to manually control the direction of the circulation of Vitality and Blood during my cultivation,

Hmm, being able to use a higher-level breathing technique should mean that I should have more flexible and convenient control over my Vitality and Blood. It doesn't make sense for it to be so rigid."

Having thought of this, Chen Yi once again slowly took on the stance of the Vajra Fist,

This time, he performed the moves extremely slowly, as if he had returned to the time when he initially learnt the Vajra Fist,

Each move he made was three times slower than tai chi.

As Chen Yi practiced, he focused all his attention on his breathing rhythm along with controlling his Vitality and Blood.

For the Vitality and Blood that was getting absorbed into his muscles, he would prolong his breathing rhythm to maintain the circulation.

When there were signs of Vitality and Blood rushing into his bones, Chen Yi would mildly control this, remembering the rhythm of his breathing during this state, but wrapping up this state earlier.

So, unknowingly, two hours passed by,

Chen Yi had slowly completed a full set of the Vajra Fist technique, and his face had turned somewhat pale.

This was due to him exhausting too much mental power, making him weary.

But the results were pleasantly surprising!

He had actually come up with an adjusted breathing rhythm and method of controlling Vitality and Blood that was suitable for his current level of body refining and specifically for refining flesh, based on the two kinds of breathing techniques of Mingjin and Anjin, and combined with the characteristics of refining the physical body with the Vajra Sutra!

In some respects, Chen Yi had already begun creating his own martial method,

Strictly speaking, he was still within the framework of the Vajra Sutra, only slightly adjusting the emphasis according to his own specific needs,

But such a thing, if taken to the 21st century, would at least be equivalent to the standard of a master's thesis. After all, this is how everyone graduates, right?

Although Chen Yi was mentally exhausted, his eyes sparkled brightly,

Because he discovered his experiment was feasible!

At least, for his current arms and legs, the method was enough!

As for the upper body, especially for the chest abdominal muscles and back muscles, it might require the Iron Shirt Technique breathing method to complement it.

"It seems like, at most, after I complete the flesh refining of my arms and legs, I would have to make a trip to Ma Zi Gang."

Having found the method, and resolved the first big issue,

Chen Yi's pace of reaching the first layer of body refining increased by quite a bit.

But, with an increase in efficiency, his energy needs also increased,

This time, after a session of cultivation, Chen Yi began to prepare a regular Red Blood Carp,

After eating, a warm sensation as always rose from his stomach,

A faint energy started to circulate throughout his body from his organs,

However, considering Chen Yi's overall strength of almost 700 Vitality and Blood Power, this one fish's energy could only restore one-third of what his entire body had consumed from the exercise.

"I need to eat three fish to fully replenish my body... wouldn't it be difficult for me to train fully once a day in the future?

At this rate, wouldn't even half a year be insufficient to fully refine the flesh of my limbs?"

"This speed, it will not do!"

This pace might be extremely fast for other Body Refining Cultivators,

But Chen Yi lived in two worlds, both filled with a profound sense of crisis,

Ever since he knew that Martial World had Demon Beasts and humans that could fly, he realized that he had been underestimating the power system of Martial World, which held secrets unknown to him.

At this point, he felt an increased urgency. If he didn't intensify his cultivation, a single sneeze from a big shot could end him.

Moreover, he wasn't immortal. Time was still of essence to Chen Yi.

After giving it some thought, he decided to try for the more fierce Fish King in this world,

Right, this was a common living area,

Other fishing teams that had a Body Refining Cultivator of the first layer could get the Fish King without any hesitation,

I have strength equivalent to first layer Body Refining Cultivator. There shouldn't be a problem if I just try to catch one.

If worst comes to worst, if I encounter danger, I can retreat to the Martial World.

After preparing his contingency plan, Chen Yi took out his newly bought fishing rod, which was equipped with an Iron Fish Line, specifically used for catching big fish.

Then, he opened the snake skin bag, unfolded the packaging, and took out Li Baitiao's inherited Demon Beast fish bait,

After some thought, he cut off a piece of fish meat roughly the size of his fingernail and hooked it onto the fishing hook,

Whoosh!

The fishing rod flung into the water.

On the other side, Chen Yi placed all his important belongings at his side, ready to flee at any moment.