NOVEL WEB Chapter 118: The Basics of Breathing Techniques
"Not bad, these younger brothers and sisters sent here from the clan aren't the stubborn type. Although not everyone is exceptionally smart, they all possess normal logical thinking skills and relatively good memory."
"After all, they are all under twelve years old, a time when their brains are most active. It's the perfect time to learn anything."
"At this age, even if they can't walk the path of a Soul Master due to lacking innate soul power, they can still contribute greatly to Ling Yi's territory in the future with proper training."
"Of course, capability is one thing; shaping their worldview is just as important."
"Ling Yi certainly doesn't want to raise a bunch of kids who, besides being belligerent, amount to nothing more than brutes."
"Every time he recalls in the original Douluo novel, when sixteen-year-old Oscar confessed 'I love you' to the fourteen-year-old Ning Rongrong after the Soul Master Tournament, Ling Yi feels like his brain's blood vessels might burst."
"Especially considering that two years earlier, at fourteen, Oscar began to have feelings for Ning Rongrong, who wasn't even twelve at their first meeting..."
"Crazy!"
After a silent grumble, Ling Yi clapped his hands again and said to everyone, including the four substitute teachers Zhang Lei and Zhang Mufeng, "Very well, you all have studied the theory I've taught you. Now, let me see how you perform in actual practice."
Under Ling Yi's attentive gaze, forty-one figures of varying sizes quickly sat cross-legged.
His gaze, carrying an intense, captivating force, swept over the forty-one people present. Ling Yi's voice turned deep and magnetic: "Calm your mind, press your tongue against the roof of your mouth, think and visualize—!"
As Ling Yi's voice echoed in the plaza, everyone instinctively held their breath and concentrated.
"Inhale—!"
Ling Yi's voice carried a kind of magic, intensely infectious, making everyone instinctively listen and follow, adhering to their usual practice habits. Their abdomens bulged as they inhaled lightly, slowly, and steadily.
"Exhale—!"
The magnetic voice reverberated, and a uniform sound of exhalation arose across the plaza.
"Let your intent sink to the dantian, visualize the subtle warm sensation, don’t try to control it, you are it, it is you..."
Ling Yi's voice continued as he spread his spiritual energy, transforming it into something akin to radar waves, sensing the life magnetic field fluctuations of each individual.
"The body feels like a cloudy crystal, with a warm breath starting from the dantian, descending to the perineum, passing through the coccyx, ascending along the back to the 'gate of life' at the waist, rising to the spine, the back of the head, and the crown. It then follows both temples, past the earlobes, along the cheeks, down to the throat and chest, descending back to the navel, and finally returning to the dantian."
Having just completed a round of the 'Basic Body Refinement Exercise,' everyone's energy and blood were incredibly active. Some of the kids, especially those with relatively strong mental strength or innate soul power, could indeed sense the warm breath that Ling Yi described. They controlled it to follow the route diagram they memorized over the days, guiding it step by step.
As the breath flowed along the path, a continuous stream of warmth merged into it, ensuring that the initially weak breath never depleted but rather gradually strengthened while being consumed and replenished simultaneously.
When one complete cycle was finished, which Ling Yi referred to as the 'minor cycle,' the warm breath returned to the dantian located three inches below the navel. Those who completed this process successfully immediately felt as if a lamp was lit within their abdomen.
Even though the flame was faint, a continuous warmth, starting from the dantian, warmed their entire body.
Observing this, Ling Yi's lips curved into an expression of genuine joy.
For this reason, much effort was spent repairing that body.
Thinking of this, Ling Yi shook his head, sighing internally, "Still, I couldn't complete the six yang points and the root chakra, otherwise, I wouldn’t have to test so many times—"
With the 'Fundamental Breath Control Technique,' Ling Yi's team finally had the prospect of establishing themselves in this Douluo Continent, where martial spirits reign supreme.
Otherwise, ordinary people can never make a significant impact.
When looking at the numerous advantages possessed by the future protagonist of fate, Tang San, neither his twin martial spirits nor the intricate hidden weapons and techniques he relies on, such as the "Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track," "Mysterious Jade Hand," or "Purple Extreme Magic Pupils," appear remarkable to Ling Yi.
Only the Taoist internal cultivation method, "Mysterious Heaven Technique," stands out as the essence within the entire "Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record."
As for hidden weapon attacks, the Douluo Continent already hosts various assault-type soul skills.
The speed and agility of the "Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track" can be countered by a high-year speed-type soul skill.
The hand reinforcement from the "Mysterious Jade Hand" might not compare to the enhancements brought by Dai Mubai’s soul skill, ‘White Tiger Vajra Transformation.’
As for the "Purple Extreme Magic Pupils," aside from spirit power amplification from skull-type spirit bones, certain eye-related martial spirits are equally effective!
Only the "Mysterious Heaven Technique" can enable an ordinary person with zero innate soul power to cultivate to the point of possessing soul power, achieving a substantial leap in status!
Tang San, after being reborn, began cultivating at the age of one or two, and once said that his internal energy cultivation was stuck at a bottleneck, without any growth before his martial spirit awakened.
At that time, Tang San, who hadn't undergone the martial soul awakening ceremony, theoretically shouldn't possess any soul power.
Jixiang, Tang San, and the main group were on their way to 'Sea God Island' when they encountered an ordinary person with zero soul power. Tang San taught him the 'Mysterious Heaven Technique', using his own soul power to assist Jixiang in refining the medicinal properties of the 'Millennium Wise Ginseng'. This enabled him to open all his meridians and instantaneously reach level ten soul power, effectively achieving innate full soul power in a sense.
One could say that Tang San, from another world, came to this martial soul system world equipped with a cheat powerful enough to overthrow the old era and start a brand new world.
Regrettably, whether due to some mysterious force from outside the world or his own cognitive issues, he remained engrossed in the flashy hidden weapons, ignoring the most valuable aspect—the internal cultivation methods system worth exploring.
It's crucial to know that as an outer disciple of the 'Tang Sect' in his original martial arts world, this so-called 'Third Young Master' shouldn't have been able to train in the supreme 'Mysterious Heaven Technique' from the beginning.
Not to mention common techniques like 'Basic Internal Cultivation', he should at least have been practicing second-rate techniques like 'Tang Sect Techniques'.
If the martial souls in the Douluo Continent are comparable to spiritual roots in a cultivation world, then internal techniques like 'Mysterious Heaven Technique' provide an alternative path for ordinary people to embark on the path of cultivation, circumventing spiritual roots—a real game-changer!
The difference is that the Taoist internal cultivation methods, like 'Mysterious Heaven Technique', may involve absorbing the spiritual energy of the heavens and earth, while methods like the 'Basic Breathing Techniques' developed by Ling Yi merely allow people to ‘refine essence into energy’.
Martial soul cultivation uses the martial soul as a medium to draw energy from the outside world, strengthening oneself step by step.
"The Basics of Breathing Techniques" involves turning inward, refining one's own vital energy and blood, transforming it into internal power similar to soul force.
As for the cultivation of the "Mysterious Heaven Technique," without any references, Ling Yi finds it difficult to make any premature judgments.
(End of Chapter)
