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Chapter 16 Big Project

These days, in addition to carefully studying and pondering the practice tips of "Tidal Breathing", Geng Xuan also uses tiger bone, deer ginseng wine to regulate his body every day to make up for the deficit.

Now that my body has almost recovered, this information comes at the right time.

"Yes." Geng Xuan made his choice immediately.

He stood casually on the ground, and the skin from his feet to his arms and other parts of his body began to rise and fall slightly in a regular pattern under his rhythmic breathing, looking like ripples gently rising on the water after the wind blows across it.

This slight "ripple" was like a raging storm to the flesh and blood beneath the skin, which they had nowhere to escape and could only endure.

At the same time, as Geng Xuan breathed regularly, his lungs caused the entire chest cavity to begin to expand and contract rhythmically.

Under this change, the activities of all internal organs are inevitably affected.

The skin on the surface of the body surges regularly like the tide, transmitting power through layers of fat, flesh and blood and into the interior of the body.

The internal organs in the body also respond under the influence of breathing, either "attacking" or "cooperating", just like two millstones.

All the flesh and blood in his body was sandwiched between the two millstones, being tempered.

On the one hand, Geng Xuan could feel that his body was under tremendous pressure during this tempering. Anyone with poorer skin refining achievements or lower physical fitness would be likely to be crushed by this pressure.

On the other hand, every time the skin all over the body ripples, every time the lungs vibrate and beat like drumsticks from the inside out, a current of heat is generated out of thin air, flowing through the flesh and blood and spreading to every part of the body.

It not only strengthens the five internal organs and consolidates the foundation, but also strengthens the body and strengthens the fascia.

All aspects have been taken into consideration.

Perhaps, for other practitioners, this method of flesh-refining that takes all aspects into consideration means that its advantages are not outstanding and its characteristics are not obvious, and it can only be regarded as a mediocre method of flesh-refining.

But after actually experiencing it, Geng Xuan really felt that he had found a treasure. This was really a method of flesh-refining that was very suitable for him.

After successfully mastering the tidal breathing method, my luck points decreased by three. From then on, I had seventy-three luck points left.

【Lucky: 73
Tidal Breathing (Beginner's Guide)+
Iron Sheet Kung Fu (Great)+
Earthwalking (beginner)+
Iron Sand Palm (Great)+
Circumcision (minor success) +】

After completing the introduction to tidal breathing, Geng Xuan did not continue to improve his skills.

Through actual experience, Geng Xuan already knew that the introduction to tidal breathing only allowed him to officially step into the second stage of body tempering - the threshold of flesh refining.

The overall physical quality has indeed improved significantly, but it is far from a leap forward.

It also requires persistent practice to truly achieve a level of physical fitness comparable to other levels of physical refinement.

After practicing tidal breathing for a while, Geng Xuan could feel his physical condition improving, but at the same time, the familiar feeling of emptiness came over him again.

It was not until Geng Xuan drank three taels of tiger bone, deer ginseng wine that his body calmed down.

Geng Xuan glanced into the jar of wine. The jar, which was originally full, was now 30% empty.

According to Chen Rongshan's instructions, this is enough for me to use for two or three months.

Even if you practice more frequently and consume more energy, one month is more than enough.

But the actual consumption is much faster than this.

In addition to making up for the shortfall as instructed, each skill upgrade will also increase the consumption of medicinal wine to some extent.

Now, as his cultivation entered the second stage of body tempering, Geng Xuan discovered that if he wanted to improve his physical fitness quickly without causing physical deficiency, the best way was to take more tiger bone and deer ginseng wine and treat it as a regular cultivation resource.

Geng Xuan recalled what Chen Rongshan had said before: one tael of silver for one tael of wine is often unsalable.

"Isn't this just buying power with silver?"

"I don't have so much silver or so much wine, what should I do?"

Geng Xuan was troubled by this new problem.

At noon that day, Geng Xuan went out empty-handed to get a free meal. When he came back, he was holding a wine jar filled with tiger bone, deer ginseng wine.

Since Uncle Chen said that half of the jar of wine belonged to him, Geng Xuan would not be polite. He took advantage of the fact that Uncle Chen was not at home during lunch and directly mentioned the matter to Chen Zheng.

Chen Zheng handled the matter neatly without saying a word.

Geng Xuan looked at the two jars of wine placed side by side and thought, "This should be enough for a month at least... I'll use it first and think of a solution later."

……

in the afternoon.

Geng Xuan walked through the backyard path and entered a small grove of overgrown weeds.

After walking forward a few dozen steps, I saw a river about thirty or forty meters wide.

According to my predecessor's memory, this is the scale of the river only in summer and autumn every year. During the dry season of winter and spring, the width of the river would not even exceed ten meters, and the water was so shallow that one could cross it by rolling up their trouser legs.

The abundant summer rains created such a large amount of water, which was not only fast-flowing but also extremely turbid.

Geng Xuan came to the water's edge and scooped up a handful of water. Soon, a thick layer of mud and sand accumulated in his palm.

Geng Xuan walked along the water for a distance, and the roar became clearer and clearer. As he got closer, he saw that the river had a drop of more than ten meters, and the width of the riverbed also shrunk from thirty or forty meters to less than twenty meters.

The abundant and turbid river water slammed into the riverbed below, and the surrounding river water churned endlessly like a boiling pot, constantly stirring up dirty white foam.

Because the riverbed narrows here and there is a ten-meter drop in height, the flow rate of the river downstream is much faster than that of the upstream.

Geng Xuan turned his head and looked towards his own courtyard. He could not see the courtyard, but only the distinctive tree crown growing in the backyard. Based on his experience, he estimated that the straight-line distance between here and his own courtyard was nearly 500 meters.

Geng Xuan reviewed the crazy idea in his mind and thought to himself, "This project volume is really terrifying."

However, no matter how daunting the workload was, after nearly ten days of delay, Geng Xuan decided to take action immediately.

Not to mention anything else, according to my previous memory, in two months at most, this seasonal river will see a significant drop in both flow rate and river width.

At the same time, the river water will become very clear.

By then, the river would no longer be able to provide cover.

Geng Xuan looked around and saw that there was no one around, so he felt relieved.

This is also normal. Except for wild children like Geng Xuan who are not supervised by adults, and children like Chen Xiaoyu, everyone has to work hard for themselves and their families. It is impossible for them to wander around like him at this time.

Geng Xuan aimed at the direction, lowered his body, and stuck tightly to the rock that was almost ninety degrees vertical and extremely smooth.

With his hands tightly clasped together, Geng Xuan not only did not fall into the surging and boiling river below, but his body, which was sticking to the rock wall, moved like a gecko. Soon, he withstood the erosion of the dirty waterfall and arrived directly below the ten-meter drop.

The rapidly rushing turbid river water fell in a parabola and slammed into the river channel ahead, forming a curtain of turbid water that isolated the inside and outside.

Although the rumbling sound was deafening, Geng Xuan felt a sense of tranquility in this small world of his own.

He first looked around the space he was in. Although the dirty water curtain made the space seem quite dark even in the afternoon when the sunlight was the brightest, it was still enough for him to see everything around him clearly.

The ten-meter drop is not vertically downward, but has a very obvious concave shape.

Although there is water flowing down the rock walls, amazingly, there are still some very dry areas.

Rocks, soil and pebbles are mixed together irregularly.

After taking a careful look around, Geng Xuan already knew where the best place to start was.

On the one hand, this requires that the surrounding rock and soil be strong, stable and not prone to leakage; on the other hand, the target area must also be easier to excavate.

After selecting the target, Geng Xuan stepped forward, stretched out his hand, and with a few pulls and a few scraps, he was able to dig out a piece of stone that weighed at least two or three hundred kilograms and was half rock and half soil.

Then, Geng Xuan used his ten fingers to grab continuously, and large pieces of soil and rocks were peeled off by him, and rolled into the surging river behind him.

In the blink of an eye, it was stirred into even smaller pieces by the boiling and surging river water, and then rushed away into the distance along with the rapidly rushing river.

Geng Xuan could clearly feel that this was more convenient than digging a hole in the house before, and the pressure on his ten fingers was much less. This was mainly due to the change brought about by the Iron Sand Palm's advancement from minor to major.

Not long after, an outline two meters high and one and a half meters wide took shape in front of Geng Xuan.

As the excavation continued, Geng Xuan sensed another difference.

My endurance has also improved significantly compared to that night.

That night, he dug for a quarter of an hour and had to stop to rest.

But this time, after working for a full half hour, Geng Xuan felt tired and had to stop to rest for a while.

After careful comparison, Geng Xuan discovered that such a significant improvement in endurance was mainly due to two factors.

First, he had entered the second stage of body tempering, and his physical condition had improved, which directly increased his endurance.

Another reason is that after mastering the "Tidal Breathing Method", I know better how to better maintain my own condition through breathing during exercise and avoid unnecessary waste of physical energy.

One is to increase revenue, the other is to reduce expenditure.

When Geng Xuan stopped to rest for the first time, he had pushed the two-meter-high and one-and-a-half-meter-wide outline forward one and a half meters.

Judging from the excavation speed alone, it does not seem to be faster than that night.

But in terms of the amount of earth excavated per unit time, the efficiency has been improved many times.

The hole they dug that night was less than a few dozen centimeters long and wide, just enough for him to crawl through.

But what he was digging now was a real passage. Not only could he walk freely in it, he could even run in it.

When Geng Xuan quietly crawled out from the slippery rock wall and reappeared on the river bank, it was already completely dark.

The outline, which is two meters high and one and a half meters wide, has extended forward twelve meters, becoming a veritable passage.

Including rest time, the average excavation speed is two meters per hour.

Geng Xuan was still not satisfied. After returning home, he took a sufficient amount of tiger bone, deer ginseng wine to adjust his body to the best condition. He also consumed six points of red luck to improve his "Earth Walking Technique" from entry level to minor success.

【Lucky: 67
Earth Walking (Minor Success) +】

(End of this chapter)