Chapter 150: Chapter 129: In the Spotlight

Chu Lingguang’s eyes were tightly shut.

He paid no mind to his surroundings.

He wasn’t trying to cause a stir, nor did he expect to. His only focus was on using the Day and Night Breathing Technique, pouring all his strength into Breathing and Exhaling, and successfully securing a spot in the Inner Courtyard to receive Li Dayao’s guidance.

Thanks to his two Breathing Techniques at the Perfection realm—the Basic Breathing Technique and the Tidal Breathing Technique—all the meridians in his body had long been cleared. This was unlike others, such as Emperor Yue Xuan, Chen Jin, and Qi Shiwei, who had only opened a few of their main or branch meridians.

With Chu Lingguang’s every inhalation and exhalation, a Bai Chuan vibration began. The apertures all over his body could be used for both inhaling and exhaling. This state of complete mastery, the formation of a Circulation, was particularly eye-catching in the hall.

The sensation was intoxicating. Airflow coursed through his meridians, purified by his bloodstream, and his Qi Power gradually strengthened. Chu Lingguang found it impossible to stop.

The Advanced Breathing Method was truly incredible.

A single Great Cycle felt like drinking a small bowl of medicinal tea. If he cultivated day and night, the growth in his Qi Power would be simply unimaginable.

In the past, whenever he’d heard rumors that Yan Zhen’s Qi Power exceeded seventeen hundred pounds, Chu Lingguang and Hei Hu had been astonished, but also skeptical.

But now that he was practicing an Advanced Breathing Method and feeling the speed at which his Qi Power was growing, he had a new perspective. He recalled that Yan Zhen, the previous top ranker of Jin City, must have cultivated here as well. ’If he was like me, with all his meridians open, then it’s not impossible for his Qi Power to multiply several times in three years to reach over seventeen hundred pounds.’

WHOOSH!

The sound of the airflow rushing through his bloodstream was like wild horses stampeding through a narrow alley. Not only did Chu Lingguang effortlessly circulate the inhaled air through a full Great Cycle, but he also felt a pleasant warmth spreading through his entire body.

Within his bloodstream, an almost undetectable stream of Qi seemed to materialize. Fed by the power he continuously absorbed, this stream was growing at a rate too slow for the naked eye to see.

One day, with but a thought, his aura would surge like Bai Chuan. With a single breath, he would be able to wield the power of Bai Chuan. A casual punch from him could then possess the force of thousands, or even tens of thousands, of pounds.

Chu Lingguang didn’t yet understand.

He didn’t yet understand the full extent of the advantage that having all his meridians open and perfect control over his apertures would grant him in his Martial Arts Cultivation.

Considered to have a dull aptitude, he simply focused on performing the task at hand to the peak of his ability.

BOOM!

With this mindset, the sound of the aura traveling through his meridians changed. It grew from the stampede of wild horses into the rush of a great river. The roar of countless rivers then converged, becoming the deafening crash of a monstrous, surging tsunami.

CRASH!

It was like the sound of hundred-meter-high waves crashing into a canyon, the water resonating in unison. The internal buzzing within the other examinees’ bodies was reduced to a faint sigh, instantly drowned out by the roar.

Liu Wan and Li Dayao watched as the airflow in the hall irresistibly gathered toward Chu Lingguang. Every aperture on his body was wide open, and every pore seemed to be greedily absorbing this power.

All the airflow that entered Chu Lingguang’s body was successfully circulated through a Great Cycle, guided by his Day and Night Breathing Technique.

As air was continuously inhaled and then exhaled through his apertures, a faint wisp of vapor, like smoke from a mosquito coil, began to curl up from his forehead.

The old masters on the path of cultivation used to say that those with profound Qi Power and astonishing Inner Strength could, with a single breath, manifest the “Three Flowers Gathering Atop the Head,” with a wave of Qi erupting from the crown of their skull.

Of course, Chu Lingguang had not yet reached that realm.

The faint wisp of vapor above his head was merely a false image of the “Three Flowers Gathering Atop the Head.” It appeared only because, with his apertures fully open, the power he inhaled at once was several times greater than any other examinee’s, and the turbid air he subsequently exhaled was similarly several times greater.

But this also showed that with the Day and Night Breathing Technique, Chu Lingguang’s Qi Power would grow at an astonishing rate. In just a few months, it would likely surpass that of every other examinee present.

This was the advantage of having all one’s meridians open and having effortless control over one’s apertures.

Outsiders all considered his aptitude dull, but they didn’t realize that sometimes the simplest minds find it easiest to focus on one thing to the point of perfection, creating a qualitative leap from a quantitative accumulation.

Gradually, the sound of the Bai Chuan rush, a roar that seemed to shake heaven and earth, became the dominant sound in the hall.

Not only was Lin Longde’s Breathing and Exhaling interrupted, but even Chen Jin, Qi Shiwei, and the others were stunned by the phenomenon surrounding Chu Lingguang.

Those closest to Chu Lingguang could feel a gentle breeze brush against their cheeks. This wasn’t because his open apertures were so powerful they were sucking all the air out of the hall. Rather, as he continued his Breathing and Exhaling, the very air in the hall seemed to resonate with his rhythm, irresistibly converging upon him.

It was as if the air was being swept along by a current!

“All of his meridians are open… It’s like the ocean accepting a hundred rivers. This kid…” Liu Wan was dumbfounded.

“We’ve finally found a promising one,” Li Dayao said, a gratified expression on his face.

Seeing everyone staring at Chu Lingguang, captivated by the sound of the Bai Chuan roar from within him, Liu Wan didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “What are you all gawking at?” he shouted, his tone a mix of urgent and annoyed. “Do you want to get stuck in the Outer Courtyard, cultivating on your own? Get back to your Breathing and Exhaling! Push the Day and Night Breathing Technique to its absolute limit, just like Chu Lingguang!”

“The roar of Bai Chuan… all his meridians open… How is this possible?”

Emperor Yue Xuan felt as if he were suffocating.

As a chosen son of heaven, he felt his world tilting. Before he had even entered the academy to cultivate, his sect and his elders had told him about this very realm: all meridians open, the roar of Bai Chuan.

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