SWDnovel Chapter 56 Perfected Body Refining, 3 Types of Fine Forging
Chapter 56 Perfected Body Refining, 3 Types of Fine Forging
After returning from the library, Chen Yu practiced his martial arts diligently every day.
Seven days passed in the blink of an eye.
【Technique Section (Tier 2 7.5%)】
[Technique]: Primordial Breathing and Flesh Refining Method
[Quality]: Mid-grade, Tier 5
[Status]: Equipped
[Progress]: 12th floor (1183/1200)
[Equipment Requirements]: Great Perfection of the Flesh Refining Realm
[Equipment Effect]: Cultivation will surely lead to success, once proven, forever, progress is visible, cultivation efficiency +40%.
Chen Yu glanced at the panel and saw that he was about to reach the limit of the "Primordial Embryonic Breathing and Flesh Refining Technique".
After breaking through to the second level in the cultivation technique section, the cultivation efficiency bonus is as high as 40%.
In addition, the talent "Rebirth" also has the effect of increasing the efficiency of body-refining techniques by 50%.
With the double blessing, his cultivation speed can be described as leaping forward by leaps and bounds.
A light rain was falling outside the window, and Chen Yu sat cross-legged in the center of the bedroom.
At this moment, he is undergoing the final round of "molting" in the "Primordial Embryonic Breathing and Flesh Refining Method".
The so-called fetal breathing is breathing with a special rhythm.
Through fetal breathing, one can control muscle movement, deformation, and growth, gradually breaking free from the constraints of the skeleton.
In the first eleven floors, Chen Yu had trained all his major muscle groups to move as freely as if they were alive.
However, the twelfth level, the "Primordial Chaos" realm, requires the mixing of muscles.
Like a fetus in the mother's womb, each adapts independently yet works in perfect harmony with the others.
Once he entered a state of practice, Chen Yu's breathing quickly stopped.
The chest no longer rises and falls, and air no longer enters or exits through the mouth and nose.
His muscles contracted and relaxed under his skin, writhing visibly, like countless thin snakes crawling under his skin.
He has maintained this "physical breathing" for six days and six nights.
Today is the seventh day.
After completing a set of exercises, Chen Yu's body began to collapse.
It's not a collapse like shrinkage, but rather the muscles contracting inward.
The deltoid muscles in the shoulder flowed towards the scapula like melting wax.
The pectoralis major muscle folds and folds against the ribs.
The rectus abdominis muscle quickly contracts, turning into a spherical shape.
The muscles of the limbs, like the receding tide, converge towards the center of the torso.
Chen Yu turned into a ball of flesh.
A fleshy ball without skeletal support, yet maintaining a human shape.
The skin was taut like a drumhead.
Inside was a mass of wriggling, living, breathing muscle tissue.
This is the state of the "fetus," and it is also the most difficult hurdle.
Reborn from the "womb," each muscle remembers this ultimate flexibility and cohesion, and then unfolds again into the human form.
Chen Yu's consciousness floated in the darkness.
He couldn't feel his bones, his internal organs, or even his own existence.
Only countless tiny "egos" throb beneath the skin.
Those are individual muscles, which are gradually growing into a complete "life".
I don't know how much time passed.
The first change begins in the abdomen.
The rectus abdominis muscles slowly relax.
It climbs outwards in a spiral shape, like vines winding around a pillar.
Next are the back muscles.
The erector spinae muscles are like two awakened dragons, climbing all the way from the coccyx to the occipital bone, flowing like waves.
The pectoral muscles are divided into three layers.
The shallow layer is like a thin veil, the middle layer is like an interwoven net, and the deep layer clings tightly to the bones.
The three layers are separated by a viscous fascia, which allows each layer to slide and rub against each other, while also allowing them to snap together instantly.
The body is constantly being reshaped, and time passes by second by second.
【Technique Section (Tier 2 15%)】
[Technique]: Primordial Breathing and Flesh Refining Method
[Quality]: Mid-grade, Tier 5
[Status]: Equipped
[Progress]: 12th floor (1200/1200)
After his entire body was reconstructed, Chen Yu opened his eyes.
"call--"
He exhaled a breath of stale air.
The bedroom operates automatically even when there is no wind.
No further flexion or extension of any joints is required.
Chen Yu slowly stood up.
The muscles flowed directly from a curled-up state to a standing posture.
It's as if a pool of mercury spontaneously rises into a human shape on the ground.
The luster beneath the skin has become more subtle.
Only during movement can you see the subtle sheen of muscle fibers gliding like silk.
Chen Yu raised his right hand, palm facing up.
There was no exertion of force, no accumulation of power, just a light grip.
"Click!"
A faint popping sound came from the air in his palm.
He loosened his hand, then slowly clenched his fist again, and then loosened it again.
Each time, the condition of the muscles is completely different.
Sometimes it's as hard as rock, sometimes as soft as noodles.
"The body is perfectly refined, combining strength and gentleness."
"Its strength is enough to shatter mountains and split rocks."
"Soft, it can be used to thread a needle."
"Between strength and gentleness lies infinite change."
Chen Yu muttered to himself.
The sound emanated from the chest, carrying a strange resonance.
His intercostal muscles are already able to control the shape of his chest cavity, thereby enabling him to adjust and control his tone.
"Try touching it and see what it feels like."
Chen Yu walked towards the stone wall and raised his hand to press it against the wall made of granite.
There was no force applied, just a close fit.
The muscles in the palm are like countless tiny tentacles, spreading, penetrating, and biting along the texture of the stone surface.
Three breaths later, Chen Yu withdrew his palm.
A clear handprint was left on the stone wall.
Chen Yu turned around, walked to the center of the room, and lightly leaped.
The muscles in both legs spring directly from a contracted state to an extended state, just like springs.
"Whoosh!"
His body rose instantly, his head almost touching the roof beam.
A breath later, it began to fall.
During the descent, the muscles throughout the body unfold like a parachute, dissipating the impact force into nothingness.
It landed on the ground without a sound.
Chen Yu raised his hand again, looking at the lines on his palm.
The lines were slightly deformed as the muscles moved.
It was as if this body was still growing, still adapting, still evolving towards a realm that even the "Primordial Embryonic Breathing and Flesh Refining Method" had not recorded.
"Spirit and flesh..."
"Let me see just how effective you really are!"
A faint rumble of thunder came from outside the bedroom; a downpour was imminent.
Chen Yu pushed open the door, and a gust of wind and rain immediately rushed in.
He didn't circulate his qi and blood to resist; he simply let the raindrops hit his body.
The moment a raindrop touches your chest, the muscles there automatically concave like a bowl, catching, guiding, and sliding the rainwater down.
When it touches the arm, the muscle fibers separate the raindrops like comb teeth, allowing them to flow along the skin's texture, while the skin itself remains dry.
"Amazing, truly amazing!"
"Muscles truly have a spirit!"
Chen Yu repeatedly exclaimed in admiration, never expecting the "Primordial Embryonic Breathing and Flesh Refining Method" to be so powerful.
"If it weren't for the extremely high difficulty of cultivation, probably everyone would choose to practice it."
"However, no difficulty matters to me."
"As long as you can equip yourself, you can cultivate; as long as you can cultivate, you will surely reach the pinnacle."
After closing the doors and windows, Chen Yu took out the "Comprehensive Mirror of the Three Turbidities".
I'm a bit tired from practicing, so I'll read this miscellaneous book to relax.
"The three types of turbidity have different powers and different ranks, and each can be divided into twelve grades from weakest to strongest."
"The 'ghosts' are listed from bottom to top as follows: 'Wandering Soul,' 'Regretful Spirit,' 'Spirit of the Dead,' 'Wild Ghost,' 'Vengeful Ghost'..."
"The monsters, from bottom to top, are 'Spirits,' 'Monsters,' 'Demon Spirits,' 'Transformed Beings,' and 'Great Demons'..."
"The demonic entities, from bottom to top, are 'Demonic Thoughts,' 'Demonic Seeds,' 'Demonic Shadows,' 'Demonic Spirits,' and 'Demonic Soldiers'..."
Upon seeing this, Chen Yu realized that even demons and monsters are divided into different classes.
Continue reading for more unusual cases.
"The Sewn-Mouth Ghost, a 'Regrettable' level ghost, is a woman who was tortured and murdered in life, and whose mouth was sewn shut so she could not cry out for justice."
"In the thirty-sixth year of Yongchang of the Great Liang Dynasty, at the Yunsong River Wharf, a porter was unloading cargo at noon when he accidentally bumped into a mooring post. His brains splattered, and the post shattered, revealing a hole containing a female corpse. Her clothing was the same style as thirty years ago."
"Thirty years ago, this woman was the wife of a boatman. She caught her husband having an affair with a rice merchant and was tied up and sunk to a mooring post on the riverbank. Before she died, she sewed her own mouth shut with a needle, vowing to silence all the gossipy people in the world. Her resentment was attached to the mooring post. Anyone who passed by this post and spoke ill of others behind their backs would be lured to crash into it."
"The Empty-faced Cat is a 'monster' level monster. It is an ancient monster species, born in a remote mountain cave, but prefers to roam in human cities and feeds on people's hearts and lungs."
"In the eighth year of Yongchang in the Great Liang Dynasty, at the night market on the Imperial Street, a black cat was squatting on the Drum Tower. Suddenly, it stood upright, wearing an official robe and walking like a human. The patrolling censor gave an order, and the black cat suddenly turned around. Its face was empty, with only a mouth split open from its throat."
The next day, the censor died suddenly in his sedan chair. The inside of the sedan chair curtain was covered with bloodstains from cat claws, spelling out the Chinese character for "death."
"The Bookworm, a 'Demon Thought' level evil spirit, is born in a pile of ancient papers, using human eyes as ink and human blood as vermilion."
"In the fifty-second year of the Jiaxi reign of the Great Liang Dynasty, in the dormitory of the Imperial Academy, a doctor returned from his night class and saw a student kneeling under a candle, copying 'Tales of the Great Liang' with a vermilion pen. The paper was piled up to his knees. When asked, he did not answer."
"The doctor approached and examined the student closely. He found that the student's eyes were empty, with only the pen still standing upright in his eye sockets, continuing to write until the candle burned out. Only then did the student die. The words he had copied were all written backwards, reflecting light onto the wall, making the whole room look like a blood-written incantation."
As Chen Yu read through the records of one bizarre and strange case after another, he felt a chill run down his spine.
It is truly remarkable that people in such a perilous world have not suffered mental breakdowns or gone mad, but have been able to find joy amidst hardship and live peacefully.
"These demons and monsters are so terrifying, are martial artists truly powerless against them?"
Chen Yu asked himself this question.
"No, there must be a way to deal with it, otherwise humanity would have been wiped out long ago."
But even after searching through the entire book, he still couldn't find a complete method to deal with the three turbidities.
There were only a few scattered prompts.
"Demons have physical forms; even low-grade demons can be injured by martial artists at the Body Refinement Realm."
"Ghosts are formed from qi, and even ordinary yin ghosts are not feared by martial artists at the inner qi realm."
"Only demons are unpredictable and cannot be resisted by anyone but a martial artist at the Divine Realm."
"However, even a martial artist at the Divine Intent Realm can only slow down the rate at which the evil spirits erode the mind, but cannot harm them in the slightest. If they remain locked in a stalemate for too long, they will eventually be helpless and unable to escape death."
"If one can break through the 'mysterious barrier' realm, perhaps one can escape death."
Upon seeing this, Chen Yu became even more puzzled.
"Body refinement, internal energy, and divine will are all martial arts realms, but what is this so-called 'mysterious gate'? I've never even heard of it before."
"Although I don't know how to break through the 'mysterious barrier' yet, I've finally found a direction, a direction to break free from the control of evil."
He pondered for a long time at the table; it was already late, and the sky was as dark as ink.
Chen Yu slowly stood up and put all the books on the table back in their original places.
Blow out the candles and sleep peacefully through the night.
……
The next day, Duan Yufeng sent someone to deliver the government's reward money.
Fifty silver notes with a face value of one hundred taels each, totaling five thousand taels.
In addition to the silver notes, there were also ten bottles of body-strengthening pills.
It was a personal gift from Duan Yufeng to express his gratitude.
"This Body Strengthening Pill is a good thing. It can greatly improve cultivation efficiency, and its effects are quite long-lasting. One bottle can last for five days."
"The last time I broke through to the Great Perfection of Body Refinement, it was thanks to the Body Strengthening Pill."
Chen Yu casually opened a bottle and took a light sniff.
"The aroma of the herbs is even richer than the last batch! It must be a specially made premium product, not an ordinary one. Duan Yufeng has really gone all out this time."
"Ten bottles of Body Strengthening Pills are enough for fifty days, saving us a lot of money on medicine!"
The sky was clear and the weather was perfect.
Chen Yu was in a good mood, so he immediately took a pill, drew his deer-slaying knife, and began practicing martial arts.
He had noticed that with the Mountain-Suppressing Copper Talisman suppressing it, the negative effects of the Deer-Slaying Knife would not take effect for the time being.
So you can play with it as you please without worrying about suddenly losing control.
"While practicing the 'Dislocating Tendons and Bones Knife,' I can also improve my equipment requirements for the Deer Slayer Knife and reach the mastery level of the knife technique as soon as possible."
Without further ado, let's start practicing with our swords.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
With the help of the body-strengthening pills, Chen Yu successfully mastered this sword technique to its fullest potential.
【Technique Section (Tier 2 19%)】
[Technique]: "Dislocating Tendons and Bones with a Knife"
[Quality]: Mid-grade Tier 3
[Status]: Equipped
[Progress]: 10th floor (1000/1000)
[Equipment Requirements]: Great Perfection of the Flesh Refining Realm
[Equipment Effect]: Cultivation will surely lead to success, once proven, forever, progress is visible, cultivation efficiency +40%.
At the same time, the deer-slaying knife also meets the equipment requirements.
[Weapon Slot (Tier 1 9%)]
[Weapon]: Deer-slaying knife
[Quality]: Mid-grade, Level 10
[Enhancement]: Fine Forging (0/1)
[Status]: Equipped
[Equipment Requirements]: 1. Strength not less than 80 jin; 2. Proficient in swordsmanship.
【装备效果】：1.鹿死谁手；2.吹毛断髮；3.逐鹿天下；4.割鹿领域；5.天下共逐。
The moment the Deer-Slaying Blade was fully equipped, lines of small text appeared before Chen Yu's eyes.
[Tip]: The current equipment can be refined. Based on the material properties, there are three refinement directions: Molten Fire, Dark Nether, and Bloodthirst.
[Molten Deer-Slaying Knife]
[New "Molten Deer" effect: 1. Each attack has a 35% chance to trigger "Burning," dealing an additional 10% of attack power as fire damage per second for 3 seconds, stacking up to 3 times; 2. When fully stacked, the target is "Melted," reducing their armor value by 20%.]
【Core Materials】: 1. Earth Core Molten Core × 3g, taken from the depths of an active volcano, containing the power of millennia-old earth fire; 2. Crimson Flame Soul Crystal × 2g, a special mineral crystal produced from the Crimson Flame Mountains; 3. Sulfur Essence × 10g, volcanic sulfur that requires high purification; 4. Fire Pattern Mithril × 500g, a special silver alloy that absorbs the power of flames.
[Auxiliary Materials]: Appropriate amount of flame pattern cinnabar, used for rune drawing.
Xuanming Deer-Slaying Knife
【新增「霜冻寒鹿」效果：1.蓄力4秒，以自身为中心爆发寒冰冲击，对10米内敌人造成180%的寒冰伤害并减速60%，持续4秒，每1个小时最多使用3次；2.若目标已处于减速状态，则直接「冻结」1.5秒。】
【核心材料】：1.深海玄冰×2克，是万米海沟压力凝结的极寒之冰；2.寒铁原矿×800克，是一种只在北陆极寒之地出产的冷冽铁矿；3.冰心莲子×3，是冰湖深处生长的神秘植物种子。
【Auxiliary Materials】: 1. Tendons of the Icefield Giant Bear, used to enhance toughness; 2. Appropriate amount of Aurora Powder, used to conduct the power of ice; 3. Ice Silkworm Silk, used to wrap the handle.