Cultivating Immortality: I Have a High-Martial World

Chapter 54 The Eighth Generation Breathing Technique: Spiritual Energy is Born!

The cultivation technique has been improved?

Lin Chen was overjoyed upon hearing this.

Since he brought back the Giant Stone Body Refining Method more than half a month ago, the Martial Arts Palace has specially set up a team to study it day and night.

It's finally done, no small feat.

"Uncle Wang, what are the specific effects of the new breathing technique?"

Lin Chen couldn't wait to ask, as the improvements to the new breathing technique would greatly benefit his personal cultivation.

Wang Lishan's smile widened, and he said:

"Xiao Chen, you deserve the most credit for this improvement to the breathing technique! Although it cannot be made public due to special circumstances, don't worry... you will receive the rewards you deserve."

"As for the effects of this eighth-generation breathing technique... why don't you see for yourself?"

After saying that, Wang Lishan sent the improved breathing method to Lin Chen.

After reading about the effects of the new breathing technique, Lin Chen couldn't help but be amazed.

The eighth generation of breathing techniques is about 40-50% more effective than the seventh generation.

An ordinary martial artist can increase their Qi and Blood value by at least five points in a year of training.

In addition, perhaps by incorporating the secrets of ancient body-refining methods, this new version of the breathing technique has a particularly significant effect on enhancing the strength of martial artists.

"Uncle Wang, will I be able to practice this breathing technique when I get back?" Lin Chen asked.

Wang Lishan readily agreed with a smile.

"Although this method has not yet been widely implemented, it has undergone dozens of trials and has no side effects... You can practice it with complete peace of mind!"

"Sigh, this improvement to the new breathing technique is so significant! The last time a breathing technique underwent such a transformation was a hundred years ago, wasn't it?"

Wang Lishan's eyes were filled with emotion.

Lin Chen also recalled the old version of the breathing technique he saw when he visited the martial arts museum as a child.

Since the beginning of the new era, the breathing technique has been optimized hundreds of times.

Almost every few years there are some minor optimizations, such as changing the breathing rate or making the breathing method more efficient.

But those were just minor optimizations within the version, far from being a major iteration.

Strictly speaking, the breathing technique has only been updated seven times over thousands of years.

The seventh generation breathing technique allows for martial arts training speeds several times faster than the first generation.

The ancient body-refining method brought by Lin Chen officially propelled the emergence of the eighth generation.

This is undoubtedly a groundbreaking advancement!

Perhaps within a month or two, the eighth generation of breathing techniques will appear in every martial artist.

In another ten years or even a few years, the number of high-level martial artists and warriors in the Great Xia Kingdom will increase by several times.

"And all of this change started because of me..."

Lin Chen thought to himself, a sense of accomplishment welling up inside him.

The course of history rolls ever forward, and someone must eventually push it forward. He is honored to be able to make a great contribution to the progress of the entire human race.

Taking a deep breath, Lin Chen calmed his slightly agitated emotions; he could learn the breathing techniques later.

He has important matters to report right now.

Lin Chen took out a palm-sized array plate and four array flags.

Upon seeing this set of magical artifacts, Wang Lishan was first taken aback, then realized something, and his voice trembled slightly.

"Xiao Chen, is this... the one I was thinking of?"

Lin Chen nodded and smiled:

"Excellent, a spirit-gathering array that generates spiritual energy... I brought it back!"

Wang Lishan nodded emphatically upon hearing this.

"Okay, okay!"

"The eighth-generation breathing technique has been improved, and spiritual energy is about to be born... Today is truly a day of double joy!"

The smile on his face was hard to hide.

Wang Xinyu, Li Nian, and a few other core researchers around them also showed joy on their faces.

"Xiao Chen, what should we do next?" Wang Lishan asked.

Lin Chen pondered for a moment and said:

"I need a spacious location to set up the formation... and the location should ideally be well-hidden."

"Once a formation is set up, it cannot be easily moved..."

After hearing this, Wang Lishan raised his hand and said:

"Don't worry, this place was already chosen for you!"

"I previously applied for a piece of land behind the military region's hills...it covers several thousand acres, why don't we go take a look now?"

Lin Chen's heart stirred slightly upon hearing this. The military region's back mountain was located on the edge of Kyoto.

With the protection of the military region and a sparsely populated area, it is indeed a good place.

"Uncle Wang, shall we go take a look?"

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A moment later, the group arrived at the back mountain of the military region.

Lin Chen looked around and saw that the back mountain was indeed extremely vast, with beautiful scenery and many ancient trees.

At the foot of the mountain, there are also dedicated martial arts soldiers guarding the area, prohibiting strangers from entering.

"Indeed, this land is suitable for setting up an array!"

Lin Chen gave a thumbs-up and arrived at a slightly flat hilltop.

Afterwards, he took out four array flags and inserted them in sequence according to the eight trigrams of "Qian, Kan, Kun, Li".

The four flags are equidistant from each other, and the area in the middle is about the size of four football fields.

Lin Chen then took out a hundred spirit stones and buried them under the four array flags.

After doing all this, Lin Chen activated his magic power and turned on the array plate in his hand.

The air behind the mountain was quiet, and no one dared to disturb him as he performed a series of complex operations.

After Lin Chen finished setting up the formation, Wang Xinyu curiously tiptoed and looked around...

But on the mountain, nothing seems to have changed.

There was a hint of nervousness in her voice.

"Lin Chen, why is there no movement at all... Did we fail?"

Lin Chen couldn't help but roll his eyes after hearing this and said:

"Sister Xinyu, this is a spirit-gathering array, not an offensive array... What kind of commotion do you expect? A stone monkey jumping out after an earthquake?"

After saying that, Lin Chen closed his eyes slightly, sensing the changes in the world.

In the world of cultivation, even in the most sparse places, there will still be some spiritual energy.

But there is absolutely no spiritual energy on Earth!

This is extremely rare in the cultivation world and is known as... the Land of Spiritual Desolation.

But now, the first wisp of spiritual energy has been born on Earth!

In Lin Chen's perception, spiritual energy truly appeared within the area bounded by the four array flags!

At first, it was extremely faint, and Lin Chen could hardly sense it.

However, with the blessing of the spirit-gathering array, the spiritual energy in this space is rapidly erupting.

Several hours later, the spiritual energy within a hundred-meter radius of the array of flags had become quite presentable.

"Hmm, the spiritual energy within this hundred-meter radius... is roughly equivalent to that at the foot of Changchun Mountain?"

Lin Chen was slightly pleased, and then went to the array flag to check the consumption of spirit stones.

Then, his expression changed slightly.

Activating the array and maintaining this hundred-meter radius alone consumed a full fifty spirit stones.

"This spirit-gathering array is really expensive!"

Lin Chen had a toothache. Buying a spirit-gathering array wasn't difficult; the challenge was maintaining it with spirit stones.

"Fortunately, it only requires more spirit stones the first time it's activated... After that, it should be directly related to the number of cultivators in the array," he thought to himself.

This is not hard to imagine.

After all, the rate at which spiritual energy is consumed is very different when supplying it to ten people versus a hundred people who are cultivating at the same time.

At the same time, if there are geniuses cultivating within the area, the spiritual energy will be consumed even faster!

Until the spirit stones and spiritual energy within the formation are exhausted...

Lin Chen then recalled what his senior brother, who sold array formations, had said.

"The spiritual energy generated by one spirit stone can sustain ten early-stage Qi Refining cultivators for three days. That's not a huge consumption..."

After thinking for a moment, he placed over a hundred spirit stones under the array flag, which should be enough for over a hundred martial artists to cultivate for a period of time.

"However, this method of consuming spirit stones and generating spiritual energy... is still like duckweed floating on water, lacking a foundation."

Lin Chen pondered for a moment, gazing at the flowers, plants, and trees in the mountains and forests.

"Compared to the emergence of cultivators, the more important task at present is to cultivate a batch of companion spirit herbs..."

(End of this chapter)