High-level martial arts: Invincibility starts with basic archery.

Chapter 505 Special Characteristics, All Rivers Flow into the Sea

[Longevity Secret (Water): Completely Ignorant (0%)]

Chen Fan's eyes sparkled as he looked at the industry description in the skills panel.

After obtaining this scroll, he went online to search for information about the Longevity Manual and found it quite helpful.

As its name suggests, the Longevity Manual is a supreme and miraculous skill for preserving youth and health. After practicing it, one can not only live as long as a tortoise, but also maintain eternal youth and a youthful appearance.

The entire manual is divided into seven volumes, namely the volumes on metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, as well as the two volumes on yin and yang. Each volume looks like a completely different manual, and the text on them is obscure and difficult to understand. If one tries to practice it, it is easy to go into qi deviation, which is extremely dangerous.

Even so, for tens of thousands of years, countless powerful figures have been searching for the whereabouts of this martial art. Even a mere rumor can cause a bloodbath.

According to a popular belief, the Longevity Manual contains profound principles of nature, suggesting that the human body is a microcosm, and the world outside is another microcosm. If one can grasp the connection between these two microcosms, the two worlds can be united, achieving the state of harmony between heaven and man.

What is the state of being one with nature? That's right, it's the state of being one with nature.

In other words, even someone who cannot cultivate internal energy can absorb primordial energy directly from heaven and earth for their own cultivation if they can understand the secrets of the Longevity Manual. This is what the Longevity Manual refers to as innate true energy.

For the martial artists of Yan Kingdom to achieve this, they must first temper their muscles and bones, refine their qi and blood, and first allow a trace of qi to appear in their bodies. Then, they must strengthen their internal true qi, transform it into true essence, and condense it into a martial arts elixir before they can communicate with heaven and earth and absorb the primordial energy of heaven and earth.

It's easy to imagine how alluring this martial art is to martial artists.

Unfortunately, since the creation of the Longevity Manual, very few people have been able to decipher its mysteries. Instead, a vast number of commentaries have been left behind, further confusing those who come after.

Even those with great wisdom who can fathom its mysteries cannot explain it clearly to those who come after them.

Now, several volumes have disappeared without a trace. Even the surviving volumes are kept by various families and are rarely seen by ordinary people. The families that kept them are basically kept at a distance and may not be able to take them out to look at them even once every ten years or so.

Chen Fan sighed softly.

These fragments of divine and demonic martial arts manuals would be a waste to leave them in the hands of powerful families. Lending them to me might actually bring the complete versions back to light.

It's obvious without even thinking that this won't be easy.

Even the Awakened Association couldn't gain much advantage from them, let alone him.

"If one day I become strong enough to overwhelm everyone, then this idea of ​​borrowing books might actually come true."

Thinking of this, Chen Fan chuckled and turned his gaze back to the skill bar.

The Longevity Manual is divided into seven volumes: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Yin and Yang. Because very few people have successfully cultivated it, there are many different opinions about what effects each volume will have after completion.

Chen Fan glanced at his experience points, which had accumulated to over 50 million, the most he had ever accumulated in history.

However, he dared not be too happy too soon, because the previous Indestructible Golden Body, when cultivated to its highest level, consumed as much as 20 million experience points.

This scroll of the Longevity Manual should also belong to the supreme-level martial arts, but whether 50 million experience points are enough is unknown.

"Hopefully that'll be enough. If not, we'll just have to wait until tomorrow."

Chen Fan muttered to himself, then added a million experience points to test the waters.

The progress of cultivating the Longevity Technique suddenly increased to two-thirds.

150.

Chen Fan did some mental calculations. Without considering the experience point reduction effect of the Sun-Viewing Technique, it would actually take 250 million experience points to get to the beginner level.

"It's half again as good as the Indestructible Golden Body."

He breathed a slight sigh of relief. It seemed that 30 million experience points might be enough to upgrade this martial art to perfection.

He didn't dare to relax completely and added the remaining 50 experience points.

In an instant, he felt a warm current surge through his body, his five senses became more acute, and he could hear the sounds from deep underground very clearly.

"His physique has improved? And by more than just a little bit?"

He looked at the skill bar with a puzzled expression.

【Longevity Technique (Water): Beginner Level (0%), Characteristics: Longevity of a Pine Tree Level 1, Youthful Appearance Level 1】

[Longevity of the Pine Tree: For each skill level increase, the Constitution attribute increases by 3 points]

[The Art of Preserving Youth: For every level the skill is upgraded, the aging process is slowed down by 10%]

"It actually has two characteristics."

Chen Fan was surprised, but also delighted.

One can't help but marvel at how this martial art, being a part of the divine and demonic arts, is far more powerful than any supreme martial art, despite being of the same grade.

Just like the first trait, Longevity of the Pine Tree, each level up increases the Constitution attribute by 3 points!

However, the Undying Golden Body only increases the constitution attribute by 1 points with each level, which is three times less than the original value!

If he reaches the perfect state, his physical attributes will increase by 15 points! That's almost double his current physical attributes.

"No wonder so many people throughout history have wanted to unravel its mysteries. The benefits gained from just getting started are more than half of what I've accomplished so far," Chen Fan sighed.

He has over 200,000 physical attributes, which he achieved by collecting and supplementing countless martial arts techniques and gathering a large number of rare and precious materials.

The Longevity Manual, even just the introductory level, has already shown 60-70% effectiveness—how astonishing!

But such immense benefits are not so easily obtained; the fact that few people throughout history have been able to unravel their secrets is proof of this.

The second characteristic is its ability to maintain a youthful appearance. At first glance, it may not seem that amazing, but that's not the case.

The first-level effect is to reduce the aging rate by 10%.

However, the physique of a martial artist is different from that of an ordinary person.

If an ordinary person doesn't exercise and take care of themselves, they might go from a vibrant young person to a greasy middle-aged person in ten years.

For someone who exercises regularly and takes good care of themselves, this process could take more than ten or twenty years.

For a martial artist, this process might last for thirty or forty years. If it slows down by 10%, it would probably take more than forty years.

This is only the effect of level one. If one reaches the perfect level, the effect of level five can reduce the speed by nearly 40%!

While other martial artists at the same level have already turned white-haired, those who cultivate the Longevity Technique still have a full head of black hair, or have only just developed a wrinkle on their face.

Flowers may bloom again, but youth never returns; such an effect is something that probably no one can resist.

If we want to continue to slow down this aging process, we probably have no choice but to abandon the search for the next few volumes of the Longevity Manual.

Of course, this characteristic also means that it can only slow down aging, not prevent aging altogether; it just means that the aging process is extremely slow.

A look of anticipation appeared on Chen Fan's face.

This is just the beginning; the later the features are unlocked, the more powerful they become.

He had just spent 1.5 million experience points, and this time, he directly invested 3 million experience points.

Instantly, the progress of the Longevity Technique cultivation reached 100% like a rocket, directly entering the minor completion stage.

This time, in addition to the physical changes, Chen Fan also felt that his internal energy had increased significantly.

"Is it due to its ability to enhance one's fundamental true energy?"

Chen Fan was overjoyed.

He has mastered many secret techniques, but unfortunately, he lacks sufficient internal energy to use them.

For example, the Sky-Piercing Arrow and the Giant Spirit Hand both require ten million points of true energy, while the most powerful attack, the Heaven-Burning Arrow, requires an astonishing fifteen million points of true energy!

This Longevity Manual, as one of the top-tier supreme martial arts, must have a strong effect on amplifying true qi. It might even boost his true qi to over ten million points in one go.

Chen Fan looked over with excitement.

【Longevity Technique (Water): Beginner Level (0%), Characteristics: Longevity of a Pine Tree Level 2, Youthful Appearance Level 2, Strengthening the Foundation and Nourishing the Vital Energy Level 1】

[Strengthening the Foundation and Nourishing the Vitality: For each level the skill is upgraded, the original true energy is increased by three times.]

"That's true."

Chen Fan smiled.

The unique characteristic of the indestructible golden body is that it doubles the original true energy.

The Longevity Technique directly triples the effect!

The Perfect Realm grants an additional 12 times the bonus!

Chen Fan looked at the attribute panel.

At this moment, the total true essence value is over 99,400, just a few dozen points away from 100,000. If the Longevity Technique is upgraded again, then the total true essence value in the body will definitely exceed 10 million points.

If the Longevity Technique is perfected...

An idea popped into Chen Fan's mind.

That means the Qi Sea in your dantian may already be full of true essence, and you can choose to break through to the Celestial Realm?

He had also heard some news about the breakthrough to the Celestial Realm. The amount of martial arts true pills a martial artist condenses is related to the amount of power they absorb and borrow from heaven and earth. The better the quality of the condensed martial arts true pills, the higher their upper limit.

For example, the Grand Master Shi Tao has condensed a first-grade martial arts true pill, making him a top-tier martial artist in the Celestial Realm. Most Celestial Realm martial artists condense second-grade martial arts true pills, and quite a few even condense third-grade ones.

Rumor has it that above the first rank, there is the Heavenly rank.

However, those who can embody this quality are extremely rare, and in fact, I've never heard of anyone succeeding in this day and age.

Chen Fan's goal is naturally to reach the highest level.

After all, it's one thing to not have a panel, but if you do have one, wouldn't it be a waste not to go for the best one?

"continue."

He snapped out of his thoughts and this time added six million experience points.

As expected, his mastery of the Longevity Technique broke through again, reaching the advanced level. At the same time, a flash of inspiration struck him.

"As expected of a divine and demonic martial art, it has unlocked a new feature."

Chen Fan smiled, his heart filled with anticipation.

【Longevity Technique (Water): Beginner Level (0%), Characteristics: Longevity of a Pine Tree Level 3, Youthful Appearance Level 3, Strengthening the Foundation and Nourishing the Origin Level 2, All Rivers Flow into the Sea Level 1】

[All Rivers Flow into the Sea: For each level the skill is upgraded, the natural recovery speed of injuries and true energy is doubled, and the lower the true energy, the faster the natural recovery speed of injuries and true energy increases, up to a maximum of three times.]

Chen Fan's eyes widened immediately.

No wonder he didn't feel anything, because his internal energy was full at the moment and there was no consumption, so he naturally didn't feel anything. As for injuries, they didn't exist either.

However, this characteristic shines brightest in the wild, especially during beast tides.

Why are beast tides so terrifying? It's because the ferocious beasts are endless, and no matter how many you kill, you can't kill them all. The natural recovery speed of a martial artist's internal energy is too slow to keep up with the consumption. As for injuries, they also need to use internal energy to heal, which only increases the consumption.

Mid- to high-level ferocious beasts may be stupid, but they aren't stupid enough to just stand by and watch you meditate and recover your true energy without attacking. Besides, there are commander-level or even beast king-level ferocious beasts directing the beast tide from behind.

Even the strongest martial artist, once their internal energy is exhausted, can only rely on physical strength. If their physical strength is also exhausted, they can only wait to die.

This characteristic allows the cultivator's internal energy to recover at twice the speed it used to. The less internal energy a cultivator has, the faster the recovery speed becomes, eventually reaching four times the speed it used to be!

If you cultivate to perfection, under normal circumstances, your true qi will recover at four times the speed it used to, and in extreme cases, it will be ten times faster!

What does this mean?

Chen Fan calculated that it would only take him three hours to fully recover his internal energy while meditating.

If you don't meditate or guide your Qi, and just wait for it to recover naturally, it will take about twelve hours.

The first level of the "All Rivers Flow into the Sea" skill can halve this time, allowing the system to fully recover in six hours.

If it is successful, the third level of the "Hundred Rivers Return to the Sea" technique can restore the true energy to full in just three hours.

It has the same restorative effect as meditation!

Moreover, he doesn't have to suffer the negative effects of meditation, such as being completely focused and unable to move.

The key point is that this is just the beginning.

The more true energy is consumed, the faster it naturally recovers!

If it reaches an astonishing tenfold, then the internal energy will probably be fully restored in about an hour. It is very likely that the internal energy used will not be as much as the energy restored.

"What a terrifying characteristic."

Chen Fan gasped.

This characteristic is probably the core function of this longevity manual.

Metal, wood, water, fire, and earth each have their own functions.

One of the important functions of water is to moisturize and repair.

Everything needs water!

"Indeed, we must strive with all our might to obtain every divine or demonic martial art; we cannot afford to miss it."

Chen Fan breathed a sigh of relief.

This characteristic alone will make him invincible in the upcoming beast tide, unless a beast king-level ferocious beast or many beast king-level beasts appear.

Without this martial art, the difficulty of stopping the surging tide of ferocious beasts would increase several times over!

"There are only two more stages to reach perfection."

Chen Fan's gaze fell on the experience points section.

(End of this chapter)