Hide in The Immortal Cultivation World, Strike Hard in the Martial World-Chapter 63 - 60 Master Lin 2

"Turtle Breath Calming Technique", a Qi cultivation skill, with gentle and balanced mana, mild in nature, does not pursue fierce and rapid progression, seeks to be steady and stable, assist longevity, does not require high spiritual roots talent.

Chen Yi roughly flipped through this Turtle Breath Calming Technique, (well, he decided to abbreviate it as Turtle Breath Technique), and came to the above realization.

Slow progression, balanced mana, low-key with minimal fluctuations, the only advantage is extended lifespan,

Rather in tune with a tortoise's demeanor indeed.

The hell with it, practice first, solve the problem of having or not having it first, then find an opportunity to solve the problem of being powerful or not powerful.

Also, these two characteristics of longevity and hiding one's presence, Chen Yi quite favours.

As for the slow progression, there will always be a way, worst comes to worst, pop a pill.

Chen Yi, following the Qi drawing method in the Turtle Breath Technique, tried with a unique breathing rhythm, to connect with the spiritual energy between heaven and earth,

With a decent martial arts foundation, Chen Yi was already very sensitive to energy perception,

Upon closing his eyes, he gradually entered into a state of tranquillity, following the method of the Turtle Breath Technique, Chen Yi felt there were several types of multicoloured energy molecules in the world,

This should be spiritual energy.

Chen Yi slowly took a deep and lengthy breath, noticing that those energy molecules across the heavens and earth seemed to have moved a little, as if the wind had softly blown them, a very few were drawn into his lungs by Chen Yi.

Long inhalation, long exhalation. The breathing rhythm of the Turtle Breath Technique was about half as slow as regular breathing, even slower than when Chen Yi was practicing Vajra Sutra, by a significant margin.

After a while, Chen Yi practiced the Turtle Breath Technique several times, and he could feel each time a tiny bit of energy entering his lungs,

As the attempt ended, Chen Yi carefully noticed, seemingly... there was no change...

"Indeed, the spiritual energy in this mortal realm is too sparse for Qi cultivation."

Chen Yi gave up hope.

"Seems like, if one wants to become a cultivator, embark on the path of using fancy magical arts, either one must go to the Cultivation World across the Spiritual mist, or find a way to get hold of those incredibly expensive pills."

"Well, I'm now only at the first layer of body refining, it's not stable to go over there, while here in the mortal realm, I can continue to increase my cultivation level, might as well practice.

The Turtle Breath Technique is terribly slow anyway, it won't make much difference in a year or so."

Chen Yi temporarily put aside the Turtle Breath Technique, planning to go all out to earn money during this period, finish refining all the limbs at the first layer of body refinement first.

In the evening, at Elder Liu's courtyard, Chen Yi was pondering on how to formulate a pill to maximize the increase of vitality and blood within his limited budget, under the guidance of Elder Liu.

At this time, Liu Zhu and Er Gou knocked on the courtyard door and entered.

One with a bruised face, and the other limping, but their faces were radiant with unstoppable joy,

They first paid respects to Elder Liu, greeted him, then turned to see Chen Yi and paused,

They were about to call out 'Boss', but Liu Zhu held them back,

The boss had said, they have to act like they don't know him outside.

"Elder Liu, we've saved up another 100 silver coins, should be enough to pick up the scraps again, right?"

"Hm, at the old place, you guys pick yourselves."

Elder Liu waved his hand casually, then continued drinking his wine, taking small sips, cherishing each drop.

Thirty-year-old Daughter's Red Brew is indeed unique, it's a pity there's only this one jar left.

Wondering if this guy has any more, sigh.

Elder Liu glanced at Chen Yi, and sighed quietly in his heart. If he wants more drink, who knows what this crafty lad will try to pry away from him.

But he saw at this time, Chen Yi also dropped what he was doing, curiously following Liu Zhu and Er Gou to the vicinity of the doghouse.

Seeing these two men, the big black dog in the pot stuck its head out and barked a few times in discontent.

Only later did Chen Yi find out, the so-called scraps of medicinal materials and beast bones were dog food for this big black dog.

These two would often pay silver to barter for this dog's food, and even pick through it, taking some of the tastier bits.

The dog was not amused.

But its master had taken the money, so it could only whine a few times in complaint.

Liu Zhu and Er Gou, ignoring the mess and stench, excitedly searched through the pile of dog food, exclaiming from time to time, as if they had found something useful.

After a while, the two, carrying a cloth bag, showed it to Elder Liu before departing.

Elder Liu casually waved his hand, didn't even bother to open his eyes.

Chen Yi was curious what they were up to, so he also took his leave.

Elder Liu, seeing Chen Yi was about to leave, suddenly sat up straight, wanted to say something, but held it back.

Chen Yi smiled inwardly, knowing the old man was eyeing his wine, after a few days, he would go to the county to hunt for some good wine, the silver coins here were plentiful anyway.

Chen Yi didn't know why, but from bit of clues, he found that things from the Martial World sometimes worked much better than those in the Immortal Cultivation World,

Whether it's the meticulousness level of martial arts techniques, the depth of skills research, or the quality of material items like wine, they all seemed to be more advanced.

Chen Yi has a feeling that this Immortal Cultivation World, apart from having some spiritual energy, isn't all that impressive in other aspects.

Perhaps there was a chance that the original status of the Martial World was higher than the Immortal Cultivation World, but due to some unknown transformation, it fell?

Well, no point in speculating, let's just wait and see.

After leaving Elder Liu's courtyard, Chen Yi called over the two men.

"Boss!"

"Boss's boss!"

The two stopped to salute.

Chen Yi casually waved his hand, signaling there was no need for formalities: "Did you save up your money for these medicinal materials?"

"Yeah, boss! We finally saved up enough for one Body Refining Technique, hehehe, we're going to go back, start cooking, making medicine, and practicing body refining!" Liu Zhu said excitedly.

"Oh, which Body Refining Technique have you chosen?"

"The Hundred Spirits Body Refining Method. We blend specific spirit medicines together and put the person and medicine in a barrel at the same time. The amount of medicinal strength absorbed determines the extent of one's body refining progress."

Chen Yi nodded, he had heard of this technique before. It was one of the particularly painful techniques,

During refining, one needs to pose specially and perform unique methods to open the pores of their skin, allowing the medicinal strength to enter the body for skin refining,

As for the feeling, it's not much different from being bitten by a poisonous insect or struck by lightning. Extremely painful, but the results are not bad. However, this type of refining technique tends to damage the fundamentals and one cannot go too far with it,

Chen Yi didn't choose this one initially.

Unexpectedly, these two had such courage.

Chen Yi did not interfere too much with their business, the money was earned by their own efforts, how they spent it was their own business.

"Right, boss! I mentioned to you a few days ago that the little gang of Zhang Heng who was against us has disappeared.

Hehehe, I guess they must have provoked someone they shouldn't have.

A few days ago, there was a middle-aged uncle in the fish market who was clearly fishing. Those stupid guys fell for it just for some silver, I guess they've all been fed to the fish by now."

Chen Yi snorted coldly in his heart. My acting is so poor that you can tell I was fishing?

"Boss, life is getting better and better now. Rest assured, if we brothers succeed in refining our bodies, we can help you sell more fish."

Chen Yi nodded, calmly speaking: "You two keep it up. In a few days, I'm going to catch some pricier fish. At that time, we'll increase our sales."

Liu Zhu's eyes lit up, he pounded his chest confidently: "Don't worry boss, I will definitely not let down your kindness!"

"Me too!" Er Gou limped, grinning foolishly.

...

Half a moment later, in the slum, Liu Zhu spoke to the grinning tall young man inside the battered shack:

"Er Gou, the water is ready, this time it's only enough for one person to refine their body, you go first, I'll guard the door."

But Er Gou shook his head: "I won't go. Big brother, you go first. You were the one who was poisoned for me before, so this opportunity to refine the body must also be given to you.

Big brother, I'll guard the door for you. Once you become successful, after we've saved enough money next time, then it'll be my turn, hehehe."

"You lad, alright then. Since I'm the elder brother, I'll go first. When I've succeeded I'll protect you."

Liu Zhu hesitated for a moment, then stripped naked and jumped into the large medicine barrel,

"Damn! Hiss--!"

Outside, Er Gou hugged his shoulders and stood guard by the door with a foolish grin on his face, full of anticipation for the future.

Just as Liu Zhu was grinning and baring his teeth in the medicine barrel, enjoying the excruciating pain caused by the medicinal strength entering his body,

Suddenly!

Er Gou's angry voice came from outside the door:

"What are you doing!! You can't break in!"

Bang!

With the sound of a body being flung away, Liu Zhu was shocked to see his own door shatter in an instant,

Er Gou flew into the room backward through the door and fell to the ground, spurting a mouthful of fresh blood.

Liu Zhu's eyes were filled with hatred and he was just about to stand up and fight with his knife,

Upon closely looking, a young man in purple robes slowly stepped over the door threshold,

Liu Zhu's pupils immediately shrunk to the size of a needlepoint,

In this instant, he swallowed his pain and hid his raging anger deep in his heart, half-bow for a salute:

"Young Master Lin Er, at your service!"