Immortality starts from the liver proficiency

Chapter 281 Dragon and Tiger Hibernation Technique

Xu Yunfan asked eagerly, "Master, I wonder which direction I should cultivate first, and what I should cultivate first? The Twelve Golden Gate Jade Lock Techniques?"

Bi Yuan slowly said, "You shouldn't cultivate these first. I have a Dragon Tiger Hibernation Technique here, which can conceal one's own energy, hide one's blood energy fluctuations, disrupt one's own martial arts characteristics, and even enhance one's vitality, allowing one to prolong life. Cultivate it first, so that you can conceal your energy and hide everything you cultivate."

Xu Yunfan was overjoyed upon hearing this. Dao Sect was indeed a good place. He had been looking for a technique to conceal his own aura and was worried about how to hide his various bright and obvious martial arts characteristics after leaving the secret realm.

Watching Xu Yunfan carefully peruse the cultivation manual he handed over, Bi Yuan rubbed his temples and waved his sleeve.

"Go, master this skill first and then come find me... Don't neglect the Yi Jing Marrow Cleansing Skill either, this skill is indeed the best in the Marrow Cleansing Realm."

Xu Yunfan readily agreed.

Back in the courtyard halfway up the mountain prepared for him, Xu Yunfan had no interest in exploring the mansion. Instead, he focused on carefully studying the Dragon Tiger Hibernation Technique.

Xu Yunfan sat cross-legged on the bluestone platform in the courtyard, his fingertips tracing the raised ink lines on the ancient book.

"Pro."

With a soft shout, Xu Yunfan quickly entered the "Lin" state. The turbulent thoughts in his eyes were also quickly calmed down at this moment. His spirit emerged from the thick fog, settled in his sea of ​​consciousness, swept away all distracting thoughts, and his mind became more sensitive than ever before.

The key to mastering the art of "Lin" lies in maintaining a righteous mind and clear thoughts.

It is most suitable for practicing martial arts and comprehending techniques.

Strictly speaking, the greatest use of the "Lin" technique lies here, not in combat.

As he focused his mind and continued his study, a piece of information suddenly appeared in his field of vision.

'You are constantly studying the Dragon and Tiger Hibernation Technique, and it seems you are beginning to understand it.'

'...'

As time passed, until late at night, with the appearance of the last piece of information from the enlightenment, the words "Dragon Tiger Hibernation Skill (Unskilled)" appeared on the skill section of the attribute panel.

As he felt the memories of the cultivation techniques flowing spontaneously from his mind, a look of understanding flashed in Xu Yunfan's eyes, and then he quickly withdrew from his impatient state.

The Azure Dragon governs concealment, and the White Tiger governs destruction; this is the true meaning of the "Dragon and Tiger Hibernation Technique."

His pores suddenly closed, and the blood and qi that had been boiling like mercury syrup, displaying the most vigorous vitality, suddenly slowed down, as if forming a thick jade liquid that slowly flowed between his blood vessels and flesh.

The metallic clanging between the spines was replaced by an ancient rhythm, as if the roars of dragons and tigers echoed deep within the marrow.

Sensing the change in its owner, the dragon scale armor it wore automatically retracted, making it almost like a bodysuit.

"I see!"

Xu Yunfan's eyes lit up with joy.

This technique uses the image of a dragon and tiger fighting as a starting point to forcibly compress the martial artist's blood and energy into a "dragon pearl and tiger soul".

He tried to circulate the key points of the technique, and the original aura of the Thousand-Pound Mountain-Shaking Hammer Technique at its perfect state was immediately broken down into three hundred and sixty fine strands of energy, which rushed into the "Hibernating Dragon Abyss" deep in his flesh and blood along the existing meridians.

According to the Dragon and Tiger Hibernation Exercise, this place is where a person's essence, energy, and spirit gather, and when gathered, it can conceal a dragon and a tiger.

Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his chest.

The sword energy of the Sanjiao Nourishing Sword Technique clashes with the Hibernation Breathing Technique, forming a vortex in the Tanzhong acupoint.

Xu Yunfan was not surprised but delighted. He forcibly activated the Dragon Tiger Hibernation Technique, and the restless sword energy was forged into countless transparent sword scales, layer upon layer covering the Triple Burner Meridian. Once activated, they would instantly unlock and unleash astonishing sword energy.

"Huh?" Bi Yuan, who was meditating cross-legged in the main hall of Qingwei Mountain, suddenly opened his eyes, and the teacup on the table in front of him rippled.

He couldn't sense Xu Yunfan's presence at all.

At this moment, Xu Yunfan was carefully sensing the changes in the blood, qi, and strength within his body. Blood was the dragon, and strength was the tiger. The two were in conflict, yet they were also like a dragon hiding in the ground, or even dragons and tigers accompanying each other, which was extremely mysterious.

Suddenly, Xu Yunfan had a flash of inspiration and activated the "Mercury Blood to Replace Marrow" method of the Yi Jing Marrow Cleansing Exercise, while simultaneously initiating the Hibernation Exercise. Instantly, his bones emitted a muffled thunderous sound.

This time, even the unique "jade bone resonating" sound of the Yi Jing Marrow Cleansing Exercise was perfectly masked, leaving only the steady breathing of an ordinary person.

'You've mastered the Dragon-Tiger Hibernation Technique.'

As the first rays of dawn pierced through the sea of ​​clouds, Xu Yunfan was already able to complete the transformation from "Dragon Hidden, Tiger Crouching" within ten breaths, thus concealing his true nature without revealing himself in the slightest.

He tried to practice the Thousand-Pound Mountain-Shaking Hammer Technique. The moves were still capable of splitting mountains and rocks, but the dragon's blood energy was no longer present. Instead, it looked like an ordinary blacksmith forging iron.

Even the most perceptive Lin Qingxuan did not notice that a Grandmaster of the Marrow Cleansing Realm was hiding there when she passed by the courtyard.

"Something interesting..."

Xu Yunfan looked down at his bulging muscles. He had a premonition that if he could advance further in this Dragon Tiger Hidden Breath Technique and reach the true state of a crouching tiger hiding a dragon, even the bulging muscles on his body would be quickly smoothed out and hidden, making him truly like an ordinary person.

This martial art, which conceals secrets and gathers vital energy, is of no less quality than the Twelve Golden Gate Jade Lock Techniques!

Concealing dragons and tigers within, its movements are earth-shattering.

As usual, Xu Yunfan took a breath of ginseng energy from the ginseng child. After finishing his Pure Yang Qi Gong practice, he was about to head to the main hall on the top of Qingwei Mountain to find Bi Yuan and then go to see Zhan Yan when, before he could take a step, there was a knock on the door outside the courtyard.

The young Taoist priest Qingsong was already calling from outside the door: "Senior Brother Xu, today's medicine has been delivered."

Xu Yunfan pushed open the door and saw the young Taoist boy Qingsong holding a sandalwood medicine box in his hands. The box was carved with yin-yang fish patterns and even had the effect of storing qi.

Behind him followed two strongmen carrying a jade medicine barrel about half a person's height, from which the medicinal liquid emitted a strong, pungent aroma of Chinese medicine.

Xu Yunfan raised an eyebrow slightly, somewhat surprised.

"Senior Brother Xu, this was specially ordered by the Sect Master to be delivered, and it will be the same every day from now on."

Qingsong respectfully presented the medicine box, saying, "The twelve ingredients inside are the medicines for today..."

He lightly tapped the lid of the box with his fingertip, and immediately a medicinal fragrance wafted out, causing Xu Yunfan's blood and qi to quicken, and his crimson dragon energy to surge continuously.

Qingsong explained, "Inside is the Nine-Turn Jade Elixir Soup for cleansing, made from the core of Kunlun snow lotus and the spiritual milk of the earth's veins, which is only available after the revival of the primordial spirit of heaven and earth. There's also the Crimson Essence Blood-Activating Pill for strengthening qi and blood, made from the bone powder of the exotic beast tiger and a hundred-year-old blood ginseng. And this bottle of Golden Marrow Opening Powder is the most effective way to cleanse the marrow, as it's mixed with the golden essence refined from meteorite iron from outer space..."

Qingsong pointed them out as if they were his own treasures, and with each one he mentioned, Xu Yunfan's eyes widened, until they were almost like two lanterns hanging on his face.

Xu Yunfan noticed that there were three blue-gold pills the size of longan in the bottommost brocade box, with fine thunder patterns on their surface.

"This is……"

He was about to ask a question when Qingsong lowered his voice.

"The Thunder Tribulation Bone Forging Pill was refined by Senior Uncle Yun Zhongzi of Danfeng using the residual tribulation energy collected from the bottom of the Burial Sword Abyss."

One of them was auctioned off in Daocheng last month and sold for an astronomical price.

(End of this chapter)