Martial Arts Longevity Begins with the Equipment Slot

Chapter 106 Bone Refinement Perfected, Sacred Flame Ignites Qi

The medicinal power of the Nine-Turn Fire Lotus Pill slowly rotated like a golden sun.

Chen Yu felt incredibly comfortable and began practicing the Five Spirits Health Preservation Exercise.

"Only the skull and facial bones are left!"

In the Spirit Tiger chapter of the Five Spirits Health Preservation Exercise, the tempering of the twenty-nine facial bones is the most dangerous.

Because the most vulnerable organs of the human body are located here, any slight mistake could lead to irreversible damage.

But Chen Yu had no time to consider the risks at that moment.

The medicinal power of the Nine-Turn Fire Lotus Pill cannot be wasted.

"The Spirit Tiger Crouchs in the Mountain!"

Chen Yu closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and let out a low, long tiger-like roar.

"roar!"

The tiger roared, thunderous sound that cleansed the bones and pierced the skull!

With the protection of the essence of fire, the sound waves no longer forcefully swept through as before.

"The Spirit Tiger Emerges from the Mountain!"

The sound waves penetrated the occipital bone, breaking down impurities and carrying them out of the skull.

"call!"

Chen Yu could clearly feel that the back of his head had become incredibly clear!

"roar!"

With sound waves clearing the way, the essence of flames continued to advance forward from the occipital bone.

Frontal bone, parietal bone, nasal bone, cheekbone.

【Technique Section (Tier 2 99%)】

[Exercise Method]: Five Elements Nourishing Life Exercise - Spirit Tiger Chapter

[Quality]: Superior Tier 1 [Status]: Equipped [Progress]: Level 12 (1200/1200)

【Equipment Requirements】: None 【Equipment Effects】: Cultivation will surely lead to success, once proven, forever proven, progress is visible, cultivation efficiency is 40%.

Soon, all twenty-nine head and facial bones were successfully tempered.

In addition to the previously tempered 62 lower limb bones, 51 axial bones, and 64 upper limb bones.

The body's 206 bones have reached complete perfection!

Bone refinement complete, eyeing the enemy with fierce intent, six senses fully awakened!

Chen Yu opened his eyes and looked down at the back of his hand.

Beneath the skin, the surface of the bone faintly reveals a very faint golden luster.

Further inside, deep within the bones, lies a lingering, not yet fully contained, fiery essence.

These vital energies flow slowly within the bone joints, gradually being absorbed and stored by the bones themselves.

"The Fire of Yazdan".

Nashida stood by the stone platform, watching Chen Yu walk towards her step by step.

"They look so alike! The more I look, the more alike they seem!"

The skeleton of the Son of the Sacred Flame radiates its own flames.

It is one of the most sacred images in the doctrines of the Holy Fire Cult.

Chen Yu took a dozen steps and then suddenly stopped.

The fiery essence in the dantian flows to the limbs and bones.

Much of the medicinal power was absorbed by the bones, but even more medicinal power ran rampant in the meridians, unable to find its way home.

"The medicinal power of the Nine-Leaf Fire Lotus is too immense; the Five Elements Nourishing Life Technique cannot fully digest it!"

Chen Yu felt some of the medicinal power dissipating into the air through his pores, forming a light red mist on his skin.

"Oh no! This is pure fire lotus essence; every wisp that is lost is a terrible waste!"

Chen Yu had no choice but to ask Nashida for help.

"Grandma Na, is there any way for me to fully absorb all the medicinal power?"

"The Nine-Turn Fire Lotus Pill is so potent that if an ordinary Bone Refining Martial Artist takes it, they're lucky if they can retain 30% of its medicinal properties."

Nashida thought for a moment and then answered.

"Your bone refining is complete, your bones are like a furnace, and you've managed to retain 60% of them, which is already quite impressive!"

"If you try to absorb the remaining 40%, it will burn your meridians."

Chen Yu was unwilling to give up: "Is there really no other way?"

"Unless you can immediately break through to the Inner Qi Realm and transform the Fire Lotus Essence into your own Inner Qi."

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Nashida hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"Alright, I'll teach you the 'Sacred Fire Qi-Inducing Technique,' but whether you can break through to the Inner Qi Realm depends on your own destiny."

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Chen Yu nodded quickly: "Please give me your guidance, Mother-in-law!"

"The Sacred Flame Qi-Inducing Technique is a high-level cultivation method that only the Holy Sons and Elder Protectors of the Fa are qualified to practice."

Nashida paused, and slowly lowered her silver serpent staff.

"I have summoned you today because I see the shadow of the Son of the Holy Flame in you. I hope you will not disappoint me!"

"Please rest assured, Mother-in-law! I swear by the sacred fire!"

Chen Yu nodded firmly.

He wasn't interested in the idea of ​​being the Son of the Holy Flame.

Since Nashida wasn't lying, let's learn the technique first.

"Sitting cross-legged."

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Nashida tapped the ground with the tip of her staff.

"Breathe naturally, and don't try to suppress the fire in your dantian. Let it flow on its own."

Chen Yu obediently sat down as instructed.

Close your eyes and let your consciousness sink into your dantian.

The seed of fiery essence indeed surged and flowed within his body.

Listen carefully.

Nahida's voice was exceptionally clear.

"The key to the Sacred Fire Qi-Inducing Technique is only three sentences."

"The first sentence is: Fire is born from wood and stored in blood. The dantian is just the spark; the real fuel is in the qi and blood throughout your body."

"The reason why the medicinal power of the Fire Lotus Pill is restless is because it can't find firewood. What you need to do is guide that fire and tell it where there is more firewood in its body."

With Nashita's guidance, Chen Yu's breathing gradually became regular.

The second line states, "The qi originates from the filth and travels through..."

Nashida walked slowly around Chen Yu.

The snake-headed silver staff occasionally tapped acupoints on his back.

"The liver belongs to wood, the heart to fire, the spleen to earth, the lungs to metal, and the kidneys to water."

"The Fire Lotus Pill is extremely yang and intense, and it is most likely to enter the heart. However, if you directly draw fire into your heart, your heart meridian will surely be burned."

She stopped abruptly before she could finish speaking.

Chen Yu was practicing Qi for the first time and his technique was not yet proficient, so he made a mistake.

The fiery essence that was originally concentrated in the liver area now split off a strand and meandered towards the heart!

"Stop!"

Nashida shouted, her withered hand pressing directly onto Chen Yu's left chest!

There is obvious abnormal movement in the chest and heart area!

She could feel an extremely hot aura rising from her heart and blood, about to merge with the liver's wood energy.

"Are you insane! It's a natural law that wood generates fire, but you've only cultivated your first wisp of internal energy, and you dare to use both filth simultaneously?"

"Listen to me! Let the liver's wood energy descend and the heart's fire energy rise, so that they meet at the middle abdomen, like two snakes coiled together!"

Chen Yu's body was trembling, and sweat was constantly seeping out.

He heard Nashida's command and felt the warm, guiding force emanating from her palm.

"Buzz!"

A deep, resonant sound emanated from his chest.

Nashida's palm trembled.

She looked down and saw two streams of energy, one blue and one red, coiled together like two small snakes beneath Chen Yu's chest skin.

Soon, the color of the aura gradually changed to a warm, dark gold, and then slowly sank into the dantian.

"Thump."

Chen Yu fell backward, lying face up on the stone ground, panting heavily.

Nashida sat beside him, looking down at her still slightly trembling hands.

Nearly eighty years have passed, and I have never used my inner energy to guide a junior so closely.

This is the most intimate way for masters and disciples to pass on their skills.

Skin to skin, connected by vital energy, a slight mishap can result in mutual harm.

Chen Yu sat up cross-legged again, placing his hands in a mudra on his knees.

Nashita held her breath, her silver serpent staff held horizontally in front of her chest, ready to rescue people at any moment.

"It must start with the liver, because wood generates fire; this is the way of nature."

"Imagine the medicinal power of the Fire Lotus Pill as a spark. Don't let it burn too brightly; let it burn slowly and thoroughly, gradually bringing out the subtle essence of the liver blood."

"I see."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yu's brows suddenly furrowed.

In his inner vision, the essence of fire was slowly rising along the liver meridian.

This feeling is extremely strange.

It felt as if my liver was truly burning, yet the burning was incredibly gentle.

Keep breathing.

Nashida lightly tapped his Dazhui acupoint with the tip of her staff.

"Don't hold your breath. Fire needs wind to fuel it, and wind is like breathing."

"When you inhale, imagine pressing the wisp of smoke rising from your liver down to your lower abdomen."

"When you exhale, let the fire in your dantian swallow this wisp of green smoke, burn it once, and then exhale it."

"This inhalation and exhalation is what's called 'qi cultivation'!"

Chen Yu's breathing grew louder and louder in the stone hall.

"The third key point is: Qi is formed in the furnace and returns to the sea!"

Nahida continued her story.

"Your bone refining is now complete; your 206 bones are like 206 small furnaces."

"Now, send that breath of internal energy that you've generated in your dantian into your bones."

"Those channels of internal energy from the flames you left behind during your bone refining were the initial prototypes of your Qi Sea!"

Chen Yu's mind raced.

Within his dantian, the previously restless seed of fiery essence suddenly quieted down.

A wisp of internal energy rose from the dantian and slowly ascended along the spine.

Wherever it passed, the internal energy became increasingly strong and hot.

After a long while, Chen Yu suddenly opened his eyes.

Two tiny flame lotuses flashed by in his pupils.

"So this is the Inner Qi Realm—"

【Technique Section (Tier 2 99%)】

[Technique]: The Sacred Fire Qi-Inducing Technique

[Quality]: Superior Tier 3 [Status]: Equipped [Progress]: Level 1 (100/100)

[Equipment Requirements]: Perfected Bone Refining Realm [Equipment Effects]: Cultivation will surely achieve results, once proven, forever proven, progress is visible, cultivation efficiency is 40%.

Chen Yu stood up and slapped the stone wall beside him.

"Bang."

A muffled thud.

A palm print, about an inch deep, appeared on the stone wall.

The rock at the edge of the palm print has a molten, glassy luster.

"I felt the power of the internal energy!"

"sit down."

Nashida ignored Chen Yu's smugness.

"I need to explain the cultivation principles of the Inner Qi Realm to you. Otherwise, if you keep practicing blindly, you won't live more than three days."

Chen Yu glanced at her and sat obediently on a higher stone platform.

Nashida climbed up as well and sat opposite him, their knees pressed tightly together.

"Internal energy and body refinement are two completely different mountains on the path of martial arts."

"Body tempering is about tempering your own flesh, blood, muscles and bones; it's all about reshaping the structure of your body itself."

"Refining blood, skin, flesh, tendons, and bones—they are essentially the same; they all make your vessel" stronger and larger."

Nashida withdrew her silver staff and tapped the tip of it on the stone ground.

"Why make the container more robust? Because the contents that will be placed inside are too heavy."

"What needs to be filled in the container is what's known as 'internal energy'."

"Those who have perfected their body refinement have bones as strong as steel and muscles as hard as iron, all so that they will not be burst by the internal energy they have cultivated."

Nahida said patiently and persuasively.

"Think about it, what would happen if an ordinary person, who has never practiced body cultivation, directly guided qi into their body using the method you just described?"

Chen Yu thought for a moment: "The bones are shattered, and the internal organs are burned."

"That's not all."

Nahida shook her head.

"It's like burning a person, inside and out, into an empty shell."

"The body is the furnace, and the fire is the spirit! If the furnace is not sturdy, the more fiercely the fire burns, the more harmful it is to oneself!"

"What the Inner Qi Realm does is to extract the essence of Qi from the blood and blood, starting from the five internal organs and six bowels."

"If body refinement is like casting a furnace, then internal energy is like starting a fire."

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"The furnace is inanimate, but the fire is alive. No matter how strong your body is, there is always a limit."

"But internal energy is different. Internal energy is alive. It can continuously grow stronger, be purified, and transform."

"A martial artist at the peak of body refinement can deliver a punch with the force of three thousand catties; that is the limit of his physical body."

"After all, no matter how dense your bones are, there is a limit to their density, and no matter how big your muscles are, there is a limit to their growth."

Chen Yu suddenly spoke up: "But the Inner Qi Realm is different?"

"Yes, the internal energy realm is different."

A hint of approval flashed in Nashida's eyes as she tapped his knee with the tip of her cane, as if rewarding a bright student.

"A martial artist who has just achieved the initial stage of internal energy may still only unleash a punch weighing three thousand jin, but the force of the punch, imbued with internal energy, can not only shatter rocks but also injure the lungs and internal organs through iron armor!"

"In the internal energy stage, the nourishment from precious medicines is more important than anything else!"

Nashida became more and more excited as she spoke, leaning forward until her face was almost touching Chen Yu's.

"When taking medicine during the Body Refinement Realm, the medicinal power is used to temper the muscles and bones; it's an external substance that 'acts on the body,' and ultimately there's a limit to its absorption."

"When an expert in the Inner Qi Realm takes medicine, the medicinal effects are directly absorbed and assimilated by their inner Qi!"

"The better the medicine you take, the faster your internal energy will grow. The stronger your internal energy, the more medicinal power you can absorb."

"If you only use the Nine-Turn Fire Lotus Pill in your body to refine your body, you can only absorb up to 60% of it."

As Nashida spoke, she poked Chen Yu's lower abdomen with the tip of her cane.

"You just used the 'Sacred Fire Qi-Inducing Technique' to transform it into a source of internal energy. The medicinal power of that entire pill will be continuously absorbed by your internal energy over the next few months or even years, becoming entirely your own cultivation!"

Chen Yu looked down at his lower abdomen.

The dark golden internal energy in his dantian was still slowly rotating.

"I see."

Chen Yu said slowly.

"Body refinement is like building a furnace, while Qi refinement is like starting a fire. The furnace has its limits, but the fire has no end."

Nashida laughed, her wrinkles crinkling together like a withered chrysanthemum.

"Yes, this is the power of the Inner Qi Realm. It seems I didn't talk for nothing."

As she spoke, she suddenly tapped the stone platform heavily with the tip of her cane.

"You must always remember, if the furnace is not sturdy, fire is a disaster."

"Without the aid of precious elixirs, do not rush your internal energy cultivation. Otherwise, the furnace will explode, and the evil fire will rage, burning you into a glass skeleton!"

"Thank you for reminding me, Grandma. I will definitely keep it in mind."

Chen Yu stood up and stretched his shoulders and back.

"So, what level is my current internal energy at?"

Nahida got up with the help of her cane.

"According to the Holy Fire Cult's ranking system, this is considered the initial formation of a Qi vortex."

"According to the martial arts ranking system commonly used in the Great Liang Dynasty, it is called the first level of internal energy, the realm of nascent energy."

As she spoke, Nashida walked deeper into the stone palace.

"Alright, let's put aside the matter of internal energy for now. Let's see what other good things are hidden in the ruins of the Flame God."

Chen Yu quickly followed.

After walking about ten steps and turning a corner, the space suddenly opened up.

Before me stood a hollowed-out underground stone palace.

The dome is over ten feet high, with stalactites made of glass hanging upside down.

In the very center of the stone hall, there is a huge, dark red round stone.