Immortality Begins with Breathing Exercises-Chapter 396 - 162: Blood-colored Dragon

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"A pretty decent Body Refining Technique."

"Using acupoints all over the body as a furnace, nutrients as the fuel, Qi Blood as the fire, and the body as iron, it forges a physique as strong as cold weapons."

"What a fantastic idea, the Martial Dao is indeed profound and vast, filled with all kinds of wondrous cultivation techniques."

"But, it’s still overpriced."

Lin Zheyu was flipping through the cultivation technique, thinking about how readily the stall owner agreed earlier, he felt a bit unsatisfied.

His money didn’t fall from the sky, losing a few thousand pieces of silver like this made Lin Zheyu feel a bit of a sting.

This cultivation technique is indeed powerful.

But its side effects are also very obvious.

That is, during cultivation, it’s extremely violent, ordinary people simply cannot bear it.

The Qi Blood circulates within the acupoints all over the body, providing a temporary boost, allowing the Qi Blood to exhibit the powerful effects usually seen in the Qi Blood Six Transformations, or even the Seventh and Eighth Transformations.

Its principle is not like the Blood Boiling Secret Skill or the Reversed Chaos Forbidden Skill, making the Qi Blood progressively purer and stronger.

Instead, it leans more towards the Qi and Blood Burst Skill, exploding with more powerful energy in an instant.

Having confirmed there’s nothing wrong with the cultivation technique, Lin Zheyu tucked the manual into his robe and continued browsing the market.

He still needed to find the True Skill manual of Breath Concealment.

Otherwise, one day, when his Qi Blood Transformation exceeds nine times and he’s discovered by other powerful Martial Artists, it would be troublesome.

"Huh, isn’t that Xu Shixin?"

"He’s here too."

Lin Zheyu was a bit surprised in his heart.

Not far from him stood a scholarly and elegant-looking man with a few traces of a studious aura, Xu Shixin, whom he met on the way to the Central Plains after leaving Bafang City.

Lin Zheyu hadn’t expected to run into him here.

Back then, on the way to the Central Plains, he had felt that Xu Shixin was rather unusual.

Although Xu Shixin declared himself to be at the Refining Internal Organ Realm level, Lin Zheyu sensed a mysterious aura from him.

Now, after not having seen him for more than half a year, Lin Zheyu was amazed to sense Xu Shixin’s abundant Qi Blood power.

This Qi Blood power was extremely concealed. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

If Lin Zheyu hadn’t retrained in the Turtle Breath Skill and enhanced his perception, he really wouldn’t have noticed it.

"At least at the level of the Qi Blood Four Transformations."

"According to him, Xu Shixin switched from literature to martial arts for less than five years."

"In five years, to cultivate to such a level, it’s just too incredible."

"What’s the background of this guy, hiding so deeply?"

"Not only that, he has a strange aura that I cannot see through." Lin Zheyu thought to himself.

As he was scrutinizing Xu Shixin, the latter seemed to sense Lin Zheyu’s gaze as well.

He turned his head, glanced at Lin Zheyu, and showed a refined smile.

He looked at Lin Zheyu for a moment, seeing he was not someone he knew, turned back, and continued to stroll casually.

Lin Zheyu had now altered his appearance, no longer resembling Zhao Hao’s, so Xu Shixin didn’t recognize him.

"What a keen perception!"

Lin Zheyu was slightly surprised in his heart.

He was merely observing Xu Shixin from afar for a few moments, without showing any malicious intent or emitting any aura.

Xu Shixin could still sense it.

"This world has too many things I don’t understand yet."

Lin Zheyu shook his head.

He cast a distant glance at Xu Shixin, with no intention of greeting him for now.

Once he resumed his Zhao Hao identity, if there was a chance to meet again, he might secretly investigate Xu Shixin’s true nature.

Time slowly passed by.

Lin Zheyu had wandered through most of the market, still unable to find the cultivation technique he wanted.

"There are too few True Skills in Breath Concealment, and those that aren’t true skills are too weak with little effect."

"If I could find a flawed True Skill in Breath Concealment, that would be perfect — cheap and effective..."

Lin Zheyu mumbled to himself.

He continued his search in the market.

"Friend, looking to buy cultivation techniques? I have some rare and precious ones here."

Passing by a stall, the man selling the cultivation techniques enthusiastically greeted Lin Zheyu upon seeing him approach.

"Do you have any Breath Concealment Skills?"

"Preferably strong enough to deceive Grandmaster-level martial artists." Lin Zheyu stopped and inquired.

He had almost scoured the entire market, still unable to find a suitable one.

If it’s still not working, he would have to try his luck at the Lee Family’s secret auction after returning.

The items auctioned at the secret auction hold higher value, often yielding many good treasures.

"A Breath Concealment skill capable of deceiving Grandmaster-level Martial Artists is quite a tall order!"

"Hmm, let me think..."

"Aha!"

"There is a Secret Technique here, although not specifically for Breath Concealment, it possesses a strong concealing effect."

"Found it, it’s this one."

The stall owner, hearing Lin Zheyu’s request, looked through the cultivation manuals and picked up a cultivation technique.

He gave Lin Zheyu a meaningful glance, harboring some speculations about the man intending to purchase Breath Concealment techniques.

In his view, a Martial Artist willing to spend considerable effort on mastering a technique to elude Grandmaster-level Martial Artists likely aims for some undisclosed scheme.

But such schemes were none of his business; he merely needed to sell the technique that could help accomplish it.

And fortunately, he indeed had one.

"This is the Nine Revolutions Locking Essence Skill, used to lock a martial artist’s vital energy and essence, preserving their peak state."

"With each revolution added, it can lock more vital energy and essence, until at nine revolutions, it can seal the body’s powerful vital essence."

"Once sealed by the Nine Revolutions, the locked vital energy and essence can no longer be utilized."