Starting to Gain Experience from Push-Ups-Chapter 176 - 152: The Skill Effect of Breathing Technique

Chapter 176: Chapter 152: The Skill Effect of Breathing Technique

Beneath the Abyss, darkness knows no bounds.

Each inch of space teems with a suffocating tranquility.

Time also seems nearly halted, like the ghostly void of the universe before the birth of stars.

Fang Cheng floats within this expanse, his body motionless and utterly silent.

His entire being has entered a deep state of ’self-forgetfulness.’

His consciousness seems to slip from the bonds of the flesh, becoming strands of light adrift in the cosmos.

Occasionally sparking a glint, then vanishing in an instant.

As if awaiting the serendipitous moment for life to emerge amidst darkness and silence.

At the same time, the panel displays a series of prompt messages within the void.

[Meditation Experience +1]

[Meditation Experience +1]

.........

When consciousness becomes extremely active.

The body, however, seems devoid of vitality, blood circulation gradually slows, the heart approaches stillness.

Until there are no signs of breathing.

Not even the slightest bubble emerges from mouth or nose for an extended time.

Seemingly due to the extreme pressure of this sealed environment, the body appears thoroughly asphyxiated.

But this is only an external facade.

Approximately every two minutes, Fang Cheng’s heart still trembles faintly.

Then pumps blood throughout the vessels, delivering oxygen to other organs.

He retains that most fundamental thread of breath within him, maintaining the most basic signs of life.

The hint of warmth in his abdomen, like something hidden in the deep ocean of his body, is exceptionally tranquil.

With a thought emerging in consciousness, it quivers slightly.

In the form of pulsing waves, it births traces of energy, spreading around.

Instantly, every pore on his body opens in unison, drawing oxygen from the seawater, then expelling stale air.

Even the grey-white vapors rising from the depths of the Abyss are absorbed through the pores, providing some kind of nourishment.

Accompanying the exchange cycle of internal and external breaths, a series of prompt messages appear one after another on the panel.

[Breathing Technique Experience +1]

[Breathing Technique Experience +1]

.........

An extremely suppressive environment liberates inherent bodily instincts.

The respiratory functions of skin and cells are significantly enhanced, pushed to their limits.

Even subtly surpassing a certain threshold, stepping into a higher state.

The aura emitted by the body becomes one with the environment.

Fang Cheng seems to return to the fetal period, surrounded by amniotic fluid, in an incredibly comfortable and warm, wondrous state.

This state is known as "Fetal Breathing."

Breaths continuous, like the babe within the womb, not breathing through mouth and nose, thus it is called Fetal Breathing.

Many Taoist health manuals describe "Fetal Breathing" as a path to longevity, the gateway to the Way of the Immortal, the marvelous realm where the human body eliminates ailments, returns to youth, and merges with the cosmic qi.

Ancient Cultivators also deemed Fetal Breathing as life’s primal state, nurturing the foundational mystery of the essence of universal life, regarding it as a high-level goal in cultivation.

In the eyes of martial arts masters like Ma Jianguo, it’s not as mysterious as some texts claim.

Because humans inherently possess this special ability.

Sadly, it’s only present in the mother’s womb, and once born, this innate function begins to lie dormant within, requiring strenuous postnatal cultivation to be recovered.

Fetal Breathing in Qigong practice is, in fact, a profound Qigong state attainable after achieving unity of essence, energy, and spirit.

It’s a natural instinct expressed by the body in a highly meditative state, a physiological state achieved through Qigong training where internal and external respirations are harmonized, fully enhancing their functionalities.

This method of cultivation not only invigorates and extends life but also promotes the unlocking of human potential.

At this moment, Fang Cheng maintains the Fetal Breathing State, floating in this absolutely dark sea for as long as six hours.

The external currents surge turbulently, fog permeating, at times intense, at times calming.

As time passes, a tidal rhythm of rise and fall emerges.

As if the ocean itself were breathing, peaceful and prolonged.

The blood coursing through Fang Cheng’s veins, the breaths swallowed and expelled by countless pores, also ebbs and flows like the tide.

The two resonate with each other, subtly creating a harmonious and unified rhythm.

In this process, more and more sparks of insight burst forth in Fang Cheng’s mind.

Initially, a faint haze of light, flickering and indistinct.

Gradually, from the haze, sparks leap and dance, like fireflies on a summer’s night.

Then these ephemeral fireflies begin to coalesce, stabilize.

Until they form a slightly larger dot of light, faintly taking the shape of an illusory flame, illuminating the immediate vicinity.

This light point is very weak, like a candle in the wind, as if it could be extinguished at any moment.

Under its guidance, the geothermal current hidden deep under the sea naturally generated an upward force.

Like the finest stream flowing along river channels, advancing methodically.

Even when encountering silt blockages, it still managed to permeate through without exception.

After a full-body circulation, the current eventually returned to the deep hollow within the abdomen.

Perhaps due to the fusion with the fog inhaled into the body, the geothermal current vaguely showed signs of swelling.

It was after the consciousness and inner qi blended, successfully completing a guidance cycle.

In the Dark Abyss, the panel suddenly flickered with extraordinarily brilliant light.

[Congratulations, after efforts and perseverance beyond ordinary imagination, your skill has reached the Expert Level]

[Breathing Technique lv1 (0/250)]

[Receive an enhancement reward, a chance to synthesize an exclusive skill]

Immersed in Deep Meditation, Fang Cheng paid no attention to these prompt messages, but suddenly had a moment of enlightenment.

Life originates from the embryo, inherently arising from Fetal Breathing.

Entering the Fetal Breathing State is a way of returning to the innate.

And that space in the abdomen where the geothermal current is stored, is the origin of life.

Cultivating Fetal Breathing is the process of life’s self-regeneration, as well as solving problems from the root of life.

In this favorable environment for cultivation.

The speed of skill practice experience gained thus accelerated.

Soon, like the Breathing Technique before it, Meditation was also approaching the level cap for a breakthrough.

Not just that.

Fang Cheng’s body and consciousness were also undergoing some kind of transformation.

Panel lights flickered, a stream of prompt messages flowed by rapidly.

[You are communicating with the Heaven and Earth Natural Laws, comprehending the Life Mystery, Spirit increased by 0.001]

[You are communicating with the Heaven and Earth Natural Laws, comprehending the Life Mystery, Constitution increased by 0.001]

.........

At this moment, Fang Cheng finally completely stepped into the legendary realm of "Unity of Heaven and Man."

Riding the momentum, the efficiency of cultivation reached an unimaginable level.

However, the geothermal current still seemed somewhat weak, unable to produce sufficiently astounding effects.

At this time, thousands of kilometers below the seam at the seabed.

A vast and deep oppressive feeling emerged faintly, as if numerous dark and profound things were surging.

If someone’s gaze could penetrate the Abyss, all the way to its darkest depths, they would see an odd and spectacular scene.

There, all the seawater was swirling around a submarine volcanic vent, thus forming a giant vortex.

The vortex was mixed with many sea grasses, fish and shrimp carcasses, and even fragments of ship hulls.

Spinning like a top, the stirring force transferred to the top of the crack, creating a siphoning effect that continually sucked in seawater.

Fang Cheng floated in the Dark Abyss, focusing on practicing Meditation and the Breathing Technique.

His natural awareness of danger was always retained, even more acute by several times than when his own consciousness controlled the body.

When his body was pulled by this suction force and began to spin downwards.

His pores suddenly dilated, and his muscles trembled slightly, offsetting the pulling force.

During the resistance process, the panel also exhibited new prompt messages.

[Pile Skill Experience +1]

[Pile Skill Experience +1]

.........

The turbulent undercurrents that could tear an ordinary person’s body apart and drag it into the Abyss, instead became a force for Fang Cheng to temper himself, to breakthrough.

As the experience of the three skills simultaneously increased, his body gradually floated to a position right above the center of the vortex.

Then he maintained his balance and steadied.

The whole person also shifted from a supine lying position to a floating standing posture.

However.

The strength of the vortex continued to grow, as if calling out for something or preventing something.

The dark Abyss was like a boiling cauldron, endlessly gurgling up copious milky-white foam, evaporating into billowing mist.

It seemed that this was the legendary "Milk Sea" where gods and all living beings were born.

Afterwards, in the deepest dark, vague blue glows began to appear.

Billows of oddly-shaped shadows gradually rose from the Abyss, slowly approaching the sea surface.

Splash—Splash—

From the top end of the seabed fissure, suddenly came the sound of water being cleaved.

A group of creatures, neither human nor fish, began to converge from all directions.

They swam to the side of Fang Cheng, who was in deep meditation, and kept circling around him.

Some emitted a low hissing sound, gesturing at Fang Cheng with their long webbed hands.

Some, with eyes flickering dark green light, observed him curiously, filled with wonder.