CHAPTER 672: CHAPTER 416: NINE YANG TRUE SEED_2

Yan Chuan awakens.

Just the first initial-stage Wine Worm Fruit made him realize the great dangers of this object. Consuming it in small amounts can advance one’s cultivation, just like many medicines; used adequately, it serves as medicine, but if one becomes too indulged and reliant, it becomes poison.

The Wine Worm Fruit is the same.

"Cannot get addicted!"

Yan Chuan reminded himself, then swallowed a second Wine Worm Fruit, this time a ’ten-year-old’, and this time he was cultivating the—

"Nine Yang Divine Skill"!

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"Breathe evenly, energy relaxed but firm, exhale without letting it be audible; relax the energy first before firming it, practice slowly for long-term success. Breathing starts from the heart; the heart calm, the breath controlled."

"When exhaling, the body relaxes like a falling wild goose; when inhaling, the intention tightens as the energy moves. This is the internal three harmonies of relaxed form and firm intention, further blending hearts and blood, creating a serene demeanor, solidifying essence, strengthening kidneys, expelling illness, and extending life."

"Inhale first, then exhale; one going out, one coming in. Raise first, then lower; one rise, one fall; internally condensing the dantian, qi returning to its root. Inhale and exhale soundlessly; breath in exchange, qi intersecting. Breath control smooth and fine; this is true qi."

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"Divine Light Scripture" primarily cultivates primordial qi, focusing on the dantian.

Meanwhile, "Nine Yang True Scripture" focuses on cultivating the qi acupoints—

"Raising is imagining during inhalation, true qi rising to the top; lowering is gathering true qi into the dantian. Rising is qi following intention upwards; descending is feeling qi throughout the body slowly settling into the dantian, like a dragon hibernating, a tiger lying hidden. Lowering the valley path, raising the jade tower, whether standing or sitting, inhaling at the throat, directing it with intent downward, gradually reaching the bottom. Lowering is gently lifting the valley road to prevent qi leakage. Raising is the high bone jade tower acupoint behind the ears."

"Raising the head, straightening the neck, allowing qi to flow unimpeded. Regardless of sitting or standing, when qi reaches the throat, it is guided by the lungs through the heart and across the front chest. Though qi gathers in the dantian, imagining it settling to the bottom reveals the profound method. The bottom is the Yongquan Acupoint. Rising has a path, ribs lifting in unison; descending has a target, qi swallowed at Yu Mouth. Qi rises at both ribs, pushing open bone seams with effort, lifting upwards naturally reaching the acupoint. When descending, it must start from Yu Mouth, passing into the front heart to reveal the true path."

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"Nine Yang True Scripture!"

"Qi Acupoints!"

"This is the key to endless use and increasing strength with usage."

"The ’True Seed’ of Divine Light is the ’True Essence Seed’, accumulating vast true essence."

"Then," the ’True Seed’ of Nine Yang True Scripture is the ’True Qi Seed’, accumulating vast true qi."

Yan Chuan, with five hearts facing the sky, silently practicing "Nine Yang Divine Skill", consumed pounds of ’Jade Honey’ continuously into his stomach. Being immune to all poisons, regular toxins simply can’t affect Yan Chuan.

Exhale!

Inhale!

As Yan Chuan practiced his skills and transported qi, in his qi acupoint, a brand-new ’True Seed’ gradually formed from nothing, finally being the size of a thumb—

"Divine Light Scripture", the true seed is blue, can explode to save a life."

"Nine Yang Divine Skill", the true seed is gold, can explode to replenish qi."

The former’s explosive seed causes a surge in primordial qi, temporarily boosting cultivation.

The latter’s explosive seed makes true qi burst, which raises the upper limit of true qi, providing instantaneous destructive force.

The two seem similar, yet are fundamentally different, incomparable and cannot be generalized.

But whether it’s the ’Divine Light True Seed’ or ’Nine Yang True Seed’, the enhancement to Yan Chuan’s strength is unquestionable—

"With two true seeds at hand, even without the ’Jiazi Tai Sui’, I can battle with the Innate Fifth Layer!"

Yan Chuan was thrilled.

He stood up and walked out of the cave, looking at the sky again—

"One Origin Restarts!"

"All Things Are Renewed!"

This small closed-door cultivation surprisingly passed in the blink of an eye over three days.

Now.

Today.

It’s already a new year.

The cold winter has passed, and spring has arrived!

Yan Chuan—

Has aged another year!

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"Du Meridian’s Yang rises to penetrate the brain, the power of the whole body reaches the fingertips, the entire tail plows the ground, the single claw showcases skill, body plummeting to the ground, and the hips stabilize."

"This is ’Eagle Form’!"

"Eagle Form Boxing within the human body can activate the yang qi from the kidneys, restoring true essence to the brain, and sharpens the eyes."

"Externally displaying firmness yet internally agile, raising qi through the Du Meridian to nourish the brain; muscle strength traverses through extremities, forward extends and backward falls like eagle claws."

"You were originally an eagle, practicing ’Eagle Form’ suits you perfectly!"

In the Nanyue Lake Mountain Area, Yan Chuan stepped on ’Ladder Cloud Jump’, leaping as if to soar directly into the clouds, striking with eagle claws to close acupoints, and actually chased after a male eagle with powerful punches.

Without using the ’Jiazi Tai Sui’, without exploding the ’Divine Light True Seed’ or ’Nine Yang True Seed’, without employing the ’Star Stone’, nor seeking Chen Ze’s assistance.

Facing the Innate Grey Golden Kite, Yan Chuan alone was more than enough.

The superior foundation of the "Nine Yang Divine Skill" made Yan Chuan, even at just the Innate First Layer, able to hold a significant advantage over most newly advanced innate Divine Generals or Beast Kings alike.

Even without utilizing techniques like "Wave Riding Micro Steps" and other absolute skills, Yan Chuan could sweep through the same rank solely based on his solid foundation.

As for deploying all his absolute skills, that would be outright bullying!

Just like at this moment—

"Chirp~"

"Chirp~"

The size of the two innate-level Grey Golden Kites is smaller than the Golden Vulture, and their strength is significantly inferior. Although they too are innates and beast kings, their strength at most equals the Innate Second and Third Level.

Yan Chuan, fighting two at once, could even beat up these two Grey Golden Kites while explaining ’Eagle Form’ to them.

Resembling an old eagle, with an unforked tail, entirely grey body, slightly lighter tail, each wing bears a golden crossbar underneath.

These are the Grey Golden Kites.

They dislike social living, mostly acting alone, yet occasionally, 2–4 could be seen circling in the sky. The ones Yan Chuan faced now were a pair, both achieving innate status together.

Generally speaking.

Grey Golden Kites are keen in temperament, with sharp vision. When encountering an unbeatable adversary like Yan Chuan, they ordinarily withdraw to avoid sharp edges, exploiting their flying advantage to leave first and seek retribution later.

Yet, these two clearly couldn’t defeat Yan Chuan but stubbornly refused to retreat, which was quite abnormal.

But just a glance at the peculiar bush resembling sea snails beside the eagle’s nest and one would understand why they wouldn’t retreat—

"Cloud Shell Bamboo!"

"Bamboo in Flower!"

’Cloud Snail Bamboo Flower’ can enhance qi-blood and is highly effective in bloodline purification, invaluable to martial artists practicing bloodline systems in the Mountain and Sea Realm.

Purifying bloodline!

This is ’Pure Blood’!

At this stage, known as ’War General’ at the Limit-breaking Level, ’Divine General’ at the Innate Level, spanning postnatal and innate major layers, it is exceedingly difficult.

Alien Beasts also cultivate bloodlines.

They lack methods, relying entirely on the vague inheritance within their bloodlines, progressing chaotically, entirely depending on the pain of years or the aid of heavenly materials and earthly treasures to grow and achieve something.

These two Grey Golden Kites evidently received a creation, guarding a bush of ’Cloud Snail Bamboo’ for an unknown duration. Even their joint breakthrough to become innate Beast Kings likely has ties to the ’Cloud Snail Bamboo Flower’.

"I have no bloodline."

"But once I have them, exchanging won’t be a problem."

Yan Chuan brutally beat down the Grey Golden Kites.

Meanwhile, Chen Ze focused wholeheartedly on picking each ’Cloud Snail Bamboo Flower’ as the two innately Grey Golden Kites only howled furiously, helplessly enraged, yet unable to breach Yan Chuan’s blockade.

Fierce battle!

Bitter struggle!

’Cloud Snail Bamboo Flower’ is different from the ’Wine Worm Fruit’. The latter’s value and medicinal efficacy increase depending on growth years, so Yan Chuan did not pick them all at once, leaving at least half for them to continue growing.

But ’Cloud Snail Bamboo Flower’ has no differences in years, thus, harvested entirely in one go.

Bam!

Bam!

Seeing Chen Ze pick away all their treasured ’Cloud Snail Bamboo Flowers’, the two Grey Golden Kites could practically collapse.

"Haven’t fought desperately yet."

"Seems like they have some brains left."

Yan Chuan noticed that although the Grey Golden Kites were furious, crumbling as they might, like the Golden Vultures, they didn’t fight desperately and didn’t risk their lives to guard them.

As Alien Beasts.

As Beast Kings.

They aren’t purely naive nor foolish; ’life is more important than anything’ is an understanding they perceive quite clearly.

Sometimes, humans are obsessed with greed to the point of losing respect for life, making them more prone to desperate measures.

Like Shen Gongtu.

To pursue a mere fifth-rank exotic treasure, moreover, not necessarily obtainable, gambling his life, burning true essence, wagering his future—

Gambling nature too intense!

Ultimately perished violently!

Truly one reap what one sows, dying deservedly.

Instead, it’s the Golden Vultures.

Instead, it’s the Grey Golden Kites.

Though they’ve lost precious treasures and were beaten harshly, suffering from property to physical to psychological harm, their lives are long. As long as they don’t act desperately and survive this ordeal, they remain carefree Beast Kings.

Moreover—

"The Golden Vulture has gained ’Drunken Boxing’ and ’Eagle Form’."

"The Grey Golden Kites gained ’Eagle Form’."

"As long as they can settle down and ponder over it in the future, cultivating it, although only Xin-level Martial Arts, for Alien Beasts it’s no less than any Great Medicine, akin to a key unlocking their inner treasures."

Golden Vulture!

Grey Golden Kite!

Having encountered Yan Chuan, their future is boundless!

The premise is—

"Survival!"

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