Chapter 42: Fivefold Power Explosion

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In the courtyard.

Three large bowls of medicinal soup sat on the stone table.

Each bowl was dark brown, emitting a pungent medicinal aroma that suggested an extremely bitter taste.

Lin Zheyu prepared himself mentally, picked up a bowl, and with a frown, downed it in one gulp.

As the soup entered his stomach, the medicinal power rapidly dispersed.

The intense medicinal potency caused Lin Zheyu's body to become somewhat feverish.

Had it not been for the Source Power enhancing his physical consumption to burn off this medicinal energy, he would have soon suffered from symptoms of "excessive nourishment causing weakness," damaging his kidneys and internal organs.

Setting the bowl down, Lin Zheyu paused for a moment before picking up the second bowl and swallowing it in one go, followed by the third.

These three bowls combined the medicinal power of eight doses of Blood-Nourishing and Bone-Strengthening Soup.

Lin Zheyu intended to raise his strength to the Blood-Qi Realm in one fell swoop. This way, even if the situation turned sour, he would have the capital to wander outside the city.

Sitting cross-legged on the ground, he sent out a thought.

'Use four units of Source Power to enhance Golden Goose Technique!'

A mysterious energy surged from the depths of his cells, guiding the medicinal power of the soup to nourish his body.

Lin Zheyu's mind drifted into a trance for a moment as he entered a familiar state.

He initiated a long, ceaseless, and unending martial arts training session.

Amidst the frantic training, a massive amount of insights regarding the Golden Goose Technique surged forth, making Lin Zheyu's movements increasingly light and agile.

Every kick he unleashed was fierce and terrifying, as fast as lightning.

In the courtyard.

Lin Zheyu's chest heaved up and down.

As he employed the breathing technique of the Golden Goose Technique, his breaths became increasingly deep and long.

Under the guidance of the mysterious energy, the medicinal power of the soup rapidly strengthened his body and internal organs, making his viscera increasingly powerful.

With every breath, he inhaled vast amounts of air, bringing in massive amounts of oxygen to fuel even more violent attacks.

The cultivation progress of the Golden Goose Technique rose rapidly, jumping from 3% of the third layer to 20%... 50%... 80%... 100%, promoting him to the fourth layer.

It continued to rise until it stopped at 13% of the fourth layer.

Within Lin Zheyu's body, his blood flowed rapidly, and wisps of essence drifted out from his cells, mixing into his blood and flowing throughout his entire body.

The essence circulated through his body along with the blood; the two became more tightly bound, gradually merging together.

The energy contained within his blood grew increasingly powerful, and wisps of blood-colored gaseous energy escaped from the blood, rising upward.

This was Blood-Qi.

Lin Zheyu slowly opened his eyes, his gaze filled with exhaustion, and even his spirit felt somewhat dazed.

He shook his head and took a moment to recover.

"It seems I cannot use too much Source Power at once, otherwise my spirit won't be able to withstand it," Lin Zheyu thought to himself.

Using four units of Source Power all at once while remaining in that mental state for an extended period was extremely taxing on his mind.

【Heaven Rewards the Diligent】

Name: Lin Zheyu

Source Power: 2

Skills

Bull Fist (Proficient 5%)

Golden Goose Technique (Fourth Layer 13%)

Turtle Breath Method (Third Layer 0%)

Six-Harmony Saber (Entry 18%)

Lin Zheyu adapted to his current state, finding it incredibly miraculous.

As the blood flowed rapidly through his body, wisps of blood-colored energy were generated.

This was the power of Blood-Qi.

Blood-Qi—it was the blood-colored energy born from the fusion of essence and blood-qi under the influence of the spirit. This was the foundation of martial arts, the source of a martial artist's power.

Only when one's essence, qi, and spirit reached their peak—with full muscles, strong bones, and internal strength matched by external robustness—could blood-qi energy be rapidly generated within the body.

Many martial artists were stuck at the perfection of the Organ Refining stage because their spirits were not strong enough to sense the essence and blood-qi and fuse them into blood-qi energy.

Take Senior Brother Han Mo, for example; he had been stuck at the perfection of Organ Refining for several years and still could not break through to the Blood-Qi Realm because his spirit was not strong enough and his spiritual perception was not keen enough.

He could only sense the blood-qi and essence when his essence, qi, and spirit were concentrated into a single beam during combat.

But because Lin Zheyu had repeatedly pushed his physical limits, his physical and mental resilience surpassed that of ordinary people.

Under the influence of Source Power, he had easily broken through to the Blood-Qi Realm while in that special state.

"Fourth layer of Golden Goose Technique, Blood-Qi Realm."

"So this is the Blood-Qi Realm!"

Lin Zheyu felt it was utterly miraculous.

Unable to wait, he stood up, went to the center of the courtyard, took a stance, and began to train.

He wanted to test exactly what level his strength had reached after breaking through to the Blood-Qi Realm.

His figure moved rapidly through the courtyard, kicking up gusts of wind; his speed had increased at least twofold compared to before.

He leaped into the air and unleashed a sudden whip kick toward the void, his trouser leg snapping loudly with a series of cracks.

Blood-Qi was a miraculous energy; under its influence, muscles could explode with attacks far exceeding the limits of physical strength.

Lin Zheyu infused the blood-qi energy into his right leg and sent a whip kick toward a wooden stake from a distance. A howling wind erupted, striking the stake.

With a loud *crack*, the wooden stake shattered instantly.

The small amount of blood-qi energy he had just accumulated was also exhausted.

"So strong!"

Looking at the shattered wooden stake, Lin Zheyu was secretly astonished.

That single strike had unleashed an attack force five times greater than his physical strength, the resulting wind blast directly blowing the stake apart.

No wonder Master Liang said there was a massive gap between the Blood-Qi Realm and the Organ Refining Realm, and that perfection of Organ Refining was like a child before the Blood-Qi Realm.

The three stages of Flesh Tempering, Bone Forging, and Organ Refining were merely used to build the foundation of martial arts.

Only after stepping into the Blood-Qi Realm did one truly embark on the path of martial arts.

With the empowerment of Blood-Qi, it was as if a martial artist had gained a new power source, allowing them to unleash attacks that surpassed the limits of physical strength.

"If one hasn't gone through the stages of Flesh Tempering, Bone Forging, and Organ Refining to train the body to have full muscles, iron-like bones, and internal and external strength, the body simply cannot withstand the explosion of blood-qi energy."

Lin Zheyu sat cross-legged as new blood-qi energy slowly drifted out within his blood, though at an extremely slow pace.

He carefully contemplated the newly acquired blood-qi energy, analyzing its characteristics.

An hour later.

Lin Zheyu opened his eyes and circulated the Turtle Breath Method.

In an instant, the fluctuations of blood-qi on his body vanished without a trace.

After his strength increased, the sharpness in his eyes was also concealed, and his entire being returned to a strength level around the Bone Forging Realm.

"This Turtle Breath Method is indeed powerful; the blood-qi on my body is firmly locked within my blood, without leaking a single wisp."

"Moreover, one can still cultivate in this state, and the blood-qi cultivated is even purer than that cultivated in a normal state."

"What an extraordinary technique!"

Lin Zheyu marveled.

He wondered where Master Liang had obtained this technique; its value was certainly not comparable to the Golden Goose Technique.

He felt that Master Liang likely had not mastered the third layer of the Turtle Breath Method; otherwise, he wouldn't have told Lin Zheyu not to focus too much on it.

After his strength reached the Blood-Qi Realm, Lin Zheyu finally understood the profound mystery of the third layer of the Turtle Breath Method.

The third layer involved blood-qi. Back when he was only in the Bone Forging Realm, no matter how he practiced, he could not master it.

Now that his strength had reached the Blood-Qi Realm, he could continue to cultivate the third layer.

Then, Lin Zheyu discovered that this method of controlling blood-qi could actually purify it!

One must know that the qualitative change of blood-qi was related to its purity.

In other words, by mastering the third layer of the Turtle Breath Method, one could increase the success rate of the qualitative transformation of blood-qi!

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(End of Chapter)