The Immortal Seeker: Legend of Bronze Mirror
Chapter 213 - 116 Refining Internal Organs and Continuing to Breakthrough (Requesting Monthly Votes)

Chapter 213: Chapter 116 Refining Internal Organs and Continuing to Breakthrough (Requesting Monthly Votes)

After a long while, the Thunder Sound within Xu Qing’s body gradually subsided, and outside in the courtyard, the rain began to pour down in torrents.

He stood up and slowly walked into the courtyard.

At this moment, Xu Qing took a deep breath, like a bellows, his powerful breath passing through his internal organs, penetrating his muscles, seeping out through his pores.

It was as if every pore in his body had been liberated, freely breathing the outside air.

Between inhalation and exhalation, a mysterious connection formed between the internal organs and the skin and hair.

"Is this what Refining Internal is?"

Strength Force reached the surface of his skin and hair, allowing even the pores to breathe freely.

At this instant, Xu Qing understood even better why King Lin persisted in heading out to sea after his Refining Internal; with this ability, in the vast ocean, even if he encountered a large group of Official Army, he could just dive into the water. Relying on the profound physical strength and the breathing capacity of the pores from a Grandmaster of Refining Internal, however many people there were, they wouldn’t be able to catch him.

Truly, like a dragon entering the sea.

Xu Qing came next to the water basin and stone mill in the yard, which were tools used by Elder Dan Xi to grind medicine powder, weighing several hundred pounds.

With a kick and a flick, the stone mill bounced into his arms like a ball.

Only by the deep imprints his feet made in the muddy courtyard could one gauge the actual weight of the stone mill.

Actually, Xu Qing had possessed this strength even before.

But initiating the force required a buildup process.

Theoretically, the peak strength before and after Refining Internal shouldn’t differ, but in reality, there was an essential Transformation.

Because in the blink of an eye, he could breathe through his internal organs and all the pores of his body, stimulating the entire body’s Qi-Blood, elevating his strength to a near-limit state.

In the past, to reach such a state would inevitably require a warm-up and energy storage process.

This is a bit like acceleration to a hundred kilometers per hour in a car from the past world; originally, Xu Qing was at the level where he could achieve this acceleration in seven or eight seconds, but now he had reached four or five seconds.

The several hundred-pound stone mill was easily manipulated by Xu Qing as if it were a toy.

With every second, he strove to exert the maximum of his power, exploring where his limits lay.

He performed the Eight Diagrams Body Technique, carrying the weight of the stone mill on his body and executing the Eight Diagram Wandering Palm; the weight of the stone mill merged perfectly with his own weight, borrowing and shedding forces, flowing more and more smoothly.

After practicing for half an hour, Xu Qing finally felt that his Qi-Blood had reached a limit. He put down the stone mill and once again took a deep breath.

Like a giant whale sucking in water, a brief vacuum formed around the raindrops.

Then, he exhaled a water dragon.

He paid close attention to the movement and expansion of his lung lobes.

After Concentration, even without Divine Soul Inner Vision, Xu Qing could "see" the actual form of his lung lobes.

After Refining Internal, it brought with it an "Inner Vision" capability.

Unlike the Divine Soul’s observation, this kind of "Inner Vision" was from the inside out, based on a profound recognition of the internal organs’ current state, creating a "form."

This allowed Xu Qing to clearly understand the current state of his organs, where there were hidden injuries, where there was fragility, and where the Qi-Blood was insufficient; he knew it all in his heart.

This was an induction of data, not like Divine Soul’s kind of perspective imaging effect.

"If Spirit and Body Integration is achieved, this ’Inner Vision’ capability will become even more detailed, leading to an obsessive level of control over one’s own flesh, sinews, bones, and skin, thus carrying out Marrow Cleansing and a complete Transformation," Xu Qing now had a clearer understanding of the difference between Martial Arts and Daoist Skill.

Spirit and Body Integration is focused on Body Sanctification, aiming for Body Life Extension and even Longevity.

The Path of Divine Soul regards the physical body as a temporary residence, ultimately pursuing Corpse Disintegration Immortal to achieve the undying soul, aiming for continual reincarnation.

One seeks to stay in the world and live forever, the other to never sleep in Reincarnation.

If one could comprehend the Daoist Law of Nature, the state of non-attachment to any method or thought, both paths aren’t necessarily exclusive to one another. Xu Qing, in combination with the Yin Yang Coordination of the Old Wutong Tree, although not ideal, was still sufficient to support him in simultaneously Cultivation in Martial Arts directly to the Realm after Refining Internal and Divine Soul Manifestation.

Without the ability to coordinate Yin Yang, even a master of the Dao practicing Martial Arts can only reach the preliminary phase of Refining Internal, unless they achieve a complete unification of Divine Soul and body, entering the absolute state of Spirit and Body Integration.

Xu Qing analyzed in detail and understood why Daoist Law of Nature or Yin Yang Coordination could allow continued progress in the case of Dual Cultivation of Divine Soul and Martial Arts.

Because this state or Realm essentially uses the profound principles of Yin Yang Coordination or the natural operations of the Dao to replace the role of the Divine Soul, precipitating a more subtle Transformation in the body.

Without this state or realm, one can only rely on Divine Soul for Spirit and Body Integration to achieve this effect.

Once Spirit and Body Integration is achieved, unifying body and Divine Soul, trying to separate Divine Soul later would cause irreversible harm to both body and Divine Soul, hence signifying an irrevocable commitment to the Dao.

"Everyone knows that Dual Cultivation of Life and Spirit is the best path, but how many can actually achieve it?" Xu Qing thought to himself.

If he hadn’t inadvertently entered the state of Yin Yang Coordination through the Old Wutong Tree, even if he cultivated both the Xuantian Visualization Method and the Golden Light Spell, he would have to make a choice after this step to advance further.

The world isn’t short of geniuses, hence there are those from the past who achieved Dual Cultivation of Life and Spirit, leaving their experiences or legends for future generations.

Perhaps even after Spirit and Body Integration, there might be terrifying beings who manage to reverse Yin Yang and become Ghost Immortals, achieving rebirth before their bodies decay.

"Cultivation is essentially an act against the heavens; there are no absolutes."

"Cultivators are those who come into this world to create miracles."

"They seek to break the cycle of birth, aging, sickness, and death, to soar through the skies and travel across clouds and stars..."