12: Chapter 12 Eighty Paragraphs

"As a cultivation method promoted by the state, Longevity Fist is known for being gentle and enduring. In fact, as long as I persist in my Cultivation, it will only be a matter of time before I become a First-Class Martial Artist."

"For someone like me with extremely poor Aptitude and bone structure, even Peerless Divine Techniques wouldn't be much different from ordinary ones; the Cultivation speed would still be very slow."

"I have the experience of cultivating Longevity Fist from my previous life, and there are still nine years before the Spiritual Qi recovery. With both experience and time on my side, I shouldn't be too impatient right now."

"The foundation is the most important thing. For someone with my bone structure, only by laying a solid foundation can the path ahead be smoother!"

Ji Yebai continuously practiced the Longevity Fist.

This time, however, the practice was different from before.

It was a bit more explosive.

Between every punch and kick, the vibration of the fist wind could be felt.

This was because Ji Yebai was mobilizing the breath within his body.

Actively mobilizing the internal breath can briefly enhance the power of one's strikes.

However, for the internal breath, it greatly increases the consumption rate.

In his previous life, very few people would do this.

It was consumed extremely quickly, yet replenishing it was incredibly difficult.

It might even require consuming Spirit Medicine; basically, no one would engage in such a losing trade.

Only those wealthy Young Masters from noble families, Sect Geniuses, or high-level corporate executives could afford to sustain it.

But now.

If people from his previous life saw what Ji Yebai was doing, they would likely mock him as a fool.

"Bang!"

A straight punch caused the air to shudder.

The power of these punches infused with internal breath was no less than the single strike Xu Tai had endured.

By stimulating his internal breath, Ji Yebai felt as if he had gained an all-around buff.

At this moment.

He felt as if he had returned to the years when he was a Third-rate Martial Artist.

His senses were sharp, his mind clear, and every punch and kick was accompanied by immense strength.

"Ultimately!"

"Martial arts Cultivation is actually starting the path of physical evolution."

"Physical strength will be continuously tempered as Internal Energy increases, becoming stronger and stronger. Internal Energy is equivalent to energy; the dual combination of energy and the physical body evolves continuously until reaching the Innate Realm."

"Every Xiantian Martial Artist is unique."

"Upon becoming Innate, a corresponding Treasured Body is born. Each Treasured Body is the crystallization of the body's evolutionary path."

"Once you become Innate, even the weakest Xiantian is beyond the comparison of ordinary people!"

"As for what lies above Innate..."

Ji Yebai's heart was filled with yearning.

In his previous life, Spiritual Qi had only been recovered for three years, yet Xiantian Martial Artists had already emerged.

Ji Yebai hadn't heard of the Realms above Innate, but they would surely appear.

A Xiantian Martial Artist has a Lifespan of no less than two hundred years.

How much more Lifespan would the Realms above add, and what kind of great power would they display?

Ji Yebai's heart couldn't help but fluctuate with emotion.

...

Time passed quickly.

In the blink of an eye, a year and a half had gone by.

During this year and a half, Ji Yebai persisted in his Cultivation every day, and in his spare time, he continuously collected spiritual items.

But as he continuously consumed and replenished his qi sense, Ji Yebai discovered that things were exceeding his expectations.

In the beginning.

It took three days to consume the qi sense once and then replenish it.

One such cycle counted as completing one refinement of the internal breath.

Ji Yebai had originally planned to complete the Path of a Hundred Refinements in three hundred days.

It was a good idea, but as Ji Yebai refined his internal breath more times, the time needed for each replenishment lengthened.

For the first thirty times, it took three days to replenish once;

From the thirtieth to the fiftieth time, it became five days;

As for the fiftieth to his current eightieth time, it increased by another two days, becoming seven days.

Visibly, the difficulty of this path was rising sharply.

According to Ji Yebai's current estimation, the final twenty times would take at least another year.

"Plans really can't keep up with changes!"

Ji Yebai looked at the once again lush mountains and sighed softly.

According to his original plan, he should have already made a Breakthrough to become a Third-rate Martial Artist and birthed Internal Energy by now.

But now, let alone a Breakthrough, even continuing to persist on the Path of a Hundred Refinements was somewhat difficult.

Ji Yebai hadn't expected the Path of a Hundred Refinements to be so difficult.

And most awkwardly.

He didn't just have to worry about replenishing his internal breath.

He also had to worry about consuming it.

As his refinements reached eighty times.

His internal breath had transformed once again.

Right now.

Strands of internal breath were constantly lingering within his body.

They continuously circulated through his body, tempering his physical strength.

For an internal breath refinement to be effective, he needed to consume seventy percent of his internal breath so that the newly generated breath would be even more condensed.

Now, the internal breath was so condensed it felt almost tangible.

He basically needed a full day of continuous high-intensity practice to consume that much internal breath.

This stuff wasn't like Internal Energy.

If it were Internal Energy, activating some sharp Moves could consume it all in an instant.

But with internal breath, he couldn't do that.

Otherwise, it would definitely harm both himself and others.

Ji Yebai was doing this for Cultivation, not to accumulate internal injuries.

Therefore, he was in a dilemma.

Should he give up on the Path of a Hundred Refinements and directly seek a Breakthrough!?

If he hadn't personally experienced the benefits of condensed internal breath, Ji Yebai might have been tempted.

But now...

Even if someone gave Ji Yebai another spirit gathering grass, he would continue with the hundred refinements without hesitation.

His body had already become more than one level stronger during the process of condensing his internal breath.

He even felt a faint embryonic form of Divine Valor Strength.

How could Ji Yebai give that up?

The physical body is the capital for everything.

Even with Internal Energy, it's the same.

A stronger body can explode with greater power and withstand stronger Internal Energy.

When Internal Energy erupts, as long as the body is hard and strong enough, the power of the explosion will be displayed to its fullest.

Correspondingly, one would have stronger martial prowess.

Even among Third-rate Martial Artists, the power they can exert differs.

This power varies based on Cultivation Techniques, bone structure Aptitude, Moves, and also foundation.

The Path of a Hundred Refinements was getting harder and harder.

Fortunately, the Spiritual Plants Ji Yebai collected while patrolling the mountains were also increasing.

For instance, a spirit lingzhi he found on the back mountain was small but grew very quickly.

Like the Spiritual Qi purple bamboo found at the foot of the mountain; every time the rain cleared, he could harvest a bunch of bamboo shoots, which is why Ji Yebai didn't touch the mother bamboo.

There were even more smaller and more numerous Spiritual Plants, like spirit mushrooms and the like.

These spirit mushrooms were actually just a type of mushroom.

It was just that by chance, they combined with Spiritual Qi and developed organs to store spiritual power, promoting them to Spiritual Plants.

Although they had become Spiritual Plants, the amount of spiritual power they contained was very small; they were just the most common type.

Ji Yebai usually just ate them as wild vegetables.

What remained were a few yanyang fruits, a large pile of bamboo joint flowers, and dozens of spirit ginseng.

And the most numerous of all were the bone-forging flowers.

Over the past two years, under Ji Yebai's diligent care and protection, the bone-forging flowers had grown vigorously.

One blooming could yield nearly a thousand flowers.

It was the Spiritual Plant Ji Yebai ate the most of.

Besides these, the most noteworthy was a new fruit tree Ji Yebai had discovered.

The small bright red fruits were each about the size of an apricot.

The flesh was slightly sweet, and upon eating it, a burst of scorching breath would erupt, tempering the body and increasing strength.

After more than a year, Ji Yebai had essentially explored every inch within a ten-mile radius of this great mountain.

Precious and sustainable Spiritual Plants had fences built around them by him, and he even thoughtfully hung warning signs.

As for the Spiritual Plants that could be transplanted, he had planted them all near the cave.

The rest were those that could be picked directly, most of which had been turned into nutrients for his Path of a Hundred Refinements.

"It's time to restock on living supplies this month. I'll head down the mountain today!"

Ji Yebai looked at the nearly empty rice vat and decided to go down the mountain today.

His current strength had undergone an earth-shattering change compared to when he first entered the mountains.

Naturally, the journey down the mountain had also shortened.

"Then, down the mountain I go!"

Ji Yebai nodded slightly, changed his clothes, grabbed his backpack, and headed straight down the mountain.