Chapter 39: Introduction To Internal Core Health Cultivation, Enhanced Organ Function!
A short while later.
A streak of red glow rose from the horizon, instantly illuminating all of heaven and earth.
Jiang Ning immediately began operating the Inner Elixir Health Cultivation breathing and nasal absorption method.
He was already extremely proficient in this breathing and nasal absorption method.
With each inhale and exhale, a certain energy was drawn into his abdomen; his internal organs were as if soaked in a hot spring, and his vitality and vigor grew ever more exuberant.
【Inner Elixir Health Cultivation experience points +1】
【Inner Elixir Health Cultivation experience points +1】
【Inner Elixir Health Cultivation experience points +1】
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In the blink of an eye, before the sun had fully risen, Jiang Ning was about to grind Inner Elixir Health Cultivation experience points to full.
【Skill】: Inner Elixir Health Cultivation （Beginner 99/100）
The next moment, as another prompt appeared before him.
【Inner Elixir Health Cultivation experience points +1】
With the injection of this bit of experience points, Inner Elixir Health Cultivation instantly completed a breakthrough.
【Skill】: Inner Elixir Health Cultivation （Beginner 0/1000）
Thump!
Thump!!
Thump!!!
His originally steady heart suddenly began to pound violently; transmitted through his body, Jiang Ning could clearly sense the strong and powerful beating of his own heart.
At this moment, Jiang Ning’s breathing involuntarily became rapid and heavy, and his whole body flushed red.
Huff—
Huff—
Hot air sprayed from his nostrils.
He could feel his heart now like a blood pump, an immense amount of blood surging out from there, rushing rapidly toward his internal organs and all his limbs and bones, his body temperature frighteningly high.
Jiang Ning sat cross-legged with eyes closed, simply feeling the changes in his body and sensing what kind of effect the Beginner level of Inner Elixir Health Cultivation would bring him.
After a long time.
A breeze swept past.
Jiang Ning slowly opened his eyes; by now his body had returned to calm and his temperature had fallen back to normal.
Hoo—
He suddenly opened his mouth and expelled the turbid qi from his abdomen.
In an instant, within a zhang before him, the fallen leaves seemed to be swept up by a gale, rolling across the ground and surging into the distance.
From this simple test alone, Jiang Ning knew his internal organ functions were indeed far superior to before, greatly strengthened.
Such powerful lung capacity was something he absolutely could not achieve before cultivating this Inner Elixir Health Cultivation.
From seeing a leopard through a tube, one could imagine how greatly his lungs had strengthened; naturally, the other organs were the same.
“Not bad!”
Jiang Ning nodded slightly, a satisfied look on his face.
“With powerful organ functions, even setting aside other effects, the increase in stamina alone can let me seize the advantage in martial combat.”
“After all, once they go all out, how long can ordinary Blood Qi martial artists maintain a peak state?”
“My strong stamina means endurance and an innate advantage.”
“Moreover, the strengthening of my organ functions brings me even more hidden benefits.”
“My stamina recovers faster, my digestion will also be enhanced, and my absorption of food will be stronger.”
“It may even be that, thanks to these stronger organ functions, various medicinal soups and wild great medicines will have an even greater effect on me.”
Feeling his strengthened internal organs and the ease in his breathing and nasal absorption, Jiang Ning felt even more carefree at heart.
“Internal Strengthening Methods are only carried out for the internal organs after the skin, flesh, tendons, and bones.”
“Now that I have come into contact with it ahead of time and achieved only slight minor accomplishment, yet feel such obvious effects, no wonder, according to the records in Wang Jin’s hidden books, many geniuses of great powers choose to cultivate both internally and externally.”
“Thus, before the physical body is strong enough, progress in internal refinement may be relatively slow.”
“But if some results are achieved, it will instead have a mutually reinforcing effect; especially cultivating both external refining and internal refinement together can greatly reduce the long-term damage of external refining to the body and maintain a longer golden cultivation time.”
“However, according to the books, if external refining does not reach a certain level, it is extremely difficult for internal refinement to reach the level of refining internal breath. I wonder if it will be different for me.”
Jiang Ning sat on the ground with legs crossed, stroking his chin, deep in thought.
【Skill】: Inner Elixir Health Cultivation （Beginner 0/1000）
“From Beginner to proficient still requires ten times the normal experience points; it seems the rank of this cultivation method is indeed extraordinary, far above Five Animal Forms Boxing.”
“I also do not know whether, with the subsequent cultivation methods of Inner Elixir Health Cultivation missing, I can still grind experience points!”
Thinking of this, Jiang Ning looked up toward the morning sun that had just risen at the horizon.
According to the torn page, after reaching Beginner level in Inner Elixir Health Cultivation, one can initially perform breathing exercises to absorb the essence of heaven and earth from sunrise until the eighth moment of the mao hour. Now, with the great sun just risen, it was only about the fifth moment of the mao hour, still within the time period suitable for breathing and nasal absorption.
Let’s give it a try for now!
As the thought arose, Jiang Ning gently inhaled and exhaled, slowly adjusting his state.
At this moment he did not dare to be careless in the slightest.
He already had a guess about what was being drawn in by the breathing and nasal absorption of Inner Elixir Health Cultivation; it was probably the Great Sun Essence within the sun and moon essence mentioned in ancient books.
The reason one could only perform breathing exercises on the refined energy of the not-yet-risen first light of the great sun before reaching Beginner level in Inner Elixir Health Cultivation is that at that time, the Great Sun Essence is at its mildest.
Once the great sun rises, the Great Sun Essence becomes increasingly violent; before the internal organs are strengthened, if one devours Great Sun Essence they cannot endure, their organs will be burned to ashes.
After completing the adjustments, Jiang Ning fixed his gaze on the rising great sun and operated the Inner Elixir Health Cultivation breathing and nasal absorption method.
With each inhale and exhale, strands of scorching heat poured into his nasal cavity, as if drawing some sort of essence.
As his breathing and nasal absorption continued, the scorching heat pouring into his nasal cavity grew stronger.
Almost there!
Jiang Ning said to himself inwardly.
Suddenly.
A terrifying surge of heat rushed into his nasal cavity, moving forward like a fire serpent, swiftly flooding down his nasal passage toward his abdomen.
In that instant, Jiang Ning’s face twisted in pain; the burning in his nasal cavity even forced some tears from his eyes.
Boom—
The fire serpent of the five elements entered his abdomen and instantly erupted within his body.
At this time, what Jiang Ning felt was not the previous comfort of soaking in a hot spring, but the searing sensation of being in a sea of fire.
He felt as if his internal organs were all wrapped in flames, a terrifying heat wave sweeping through them.
“This is bad! The next step should be a guiding method. Now that I lack the guiding method, this blazing essence is rampaging through my internal organs.”
Sensing the changes within his organs, Jiang Ning immediately thought to himself that this was not good.
Just then, the blazing essence, which had been as violent as a fierce beast, suddenly seemed soothed by an invisible force, turning from manic to gentle.
With this change, Jiang Ning instantly felt much of the burning within his organs dissipate, no longer so unbearable.
Time passed breath by breath as the now gentle blazing essence slowly flowed between his organs.
After another short while.
【Inner Elixir Health Cultivation experience points +1】
Only when this prompt appeared did Jiang Ning slowly open his eyes.
【Skill】: Inner Elixir Health Cultivation （Beginner 1/1000）
“That was close!”
He quietly let out a breath of relief.
“Fortunately, the panel is indeed powerful; even missing the key subsequent mystical method, it still lets me grind experience points. In this way, internal strengthening is within reach!”
“According to the torn page, if the organs are further strengthened and Inner Elixir Health Cultivation breaks through another level, then combined with strong spiritual power, I can control part of my organ functions and unleash the body’s hidden strength at critical moments.”
“Such requirements truly befit a Taoist mystical method. Taoism excels at internal strengthening and meditation to strengthen the spirit. If I meet its conditions, this technique can definitely serve as a trump card!”
