Chapter 159: Chapter 132: Awakening 2

Li Dayao warned him again.

“I understand, Teacher. I will not disappoint you.”

Chu Lingguang bowed again.

Li Dayao had been earnest and sincere in his advice. Chu Lingguang took it to heart, feeling deeply grateful.

He watched Li Dayao leave.

Chu Lingguang let out a long sigh. The feeling of false hope was deeply unpleasant, but Li Dayao was right. He shouldn’t let the glory of others throw him off his own rhythm.

’Even if I can’t awaken the Dragon Elephant Power during my training at the academy, there will be other opportunities in the future. As long as I can calm my mind and cultivate the Day and Night Breathing Technique to its peak, I’ll obtain the Dragon Elephant Power sooner or later.’

’Worst case scenario…’

’Even if I don’t have the Dragon Elephant Power in my bloodline…’

’Just by having my blood vessels fully opened, my Qi Power will grow stronger and faster than an ordinary person’s. Combined with the help from my Favor Points, I’ll definitely pass the exams, help Guo Wei become a Grandmaster, and repay the old man’s kindness. That will also help me establish a firm foothold in this world.’

Thinking of this, the feeling of false hope faded considerably.

That night, Chu Lingguang sat on his bed plank and entered a state of cultivation once more.

He tried to find the way his bloodline responded.

His Qi circulated, roaring like a hundred rivers.

Chu Lingguang used a special technique.

He silenced the sound of his circulating Qi, making it completely quiet in the dead of night.

He had mastered the Turtle Breath Technique.

Moreover, it was at the level of Perfection.

He had once achieved Heaven and Earth Resonance, even if only for a moment. Thus, retracting his aura and controlling the sound of his circulating Qi was not difficult for him.

That feeling of tension and release appeared once again.

After Li Dayao’s guidance, Chu Lingguang had grown used to it. He quickly adjusted his mindset, feeling neither joy nor sorrow.

Time was short.

The competition was fierce.

None of the candidates from the three inner and outer courtyards dared to slack off.

Circulating the Day and Night Breathing Technique could enhance one’s Qi Power and also keep one’s mind sharp. Even if they didn’t sleep for a day, their bodies wouldn’t feel depleted while cultivating. On the contrary, after absorbing power, their minds would feel even more refreshed than after a full night’s sleep.

The only agony was the repetitive process of guiding Qi through their blood vessels. It was not an easy task. Some couldn’t endure it and would fall into a deep sleep.

Even Chu Lingguang couldn’t go without sleep every single day.

In the pre-dawn hours,

he was starting to feel the strain. His Qi relaxed and his blood vessels slackened. That jubilant, cheering sound once again surfaced in his mind.

Chu Lingguang was increasingly convinced that this sound was just a form of self-release from his own tense mind, tricking him into thinking his blood vessels were responding to him.

Li Dayao had said…

…there were many ways a bloodline could respond, but every single one involved the trembling of blood.

He needed to figure out if the response he was getting was the sound of his circulating Qi, or a call from the blood within his vessels.

Chu Lingguang couldn’t recall all the abstruse jargon, but he remembered Li Dayao’s words clearly. Now that he had stopped his Breathing Technique, his Qi was released and flowed freely through his vessels. Was that cheer coming from his Qi, or from his blood?

In the dead of night, Chu Lingguang clung to a sliver of hope, determined to figure it out.

His consciousness seemed to immerse itself within his blood vessels.

The rushing sounds seemed to come from his Qi.

But it was too noisy.

With a hundred rivers roaring and thunder booming, there were all sorts of echoes. For a moment, Chu Lingguang couldn’t tell if he was hearing an echo or just imagining the sound.

Fortunately, the Turtle Breath Technique could not only retract his Qi but also allow him to relax his entire body and mind, letting his senses pick up on the most imperceptible movements.

Previously, when he used the Turtle Breath Technique, his primary goal was to scout his surroundings.

Now, he only wanted to listen to the sounds within his own body.

Slowly, Chu Lingguang retracted his Qi to the absolute limit, even concealing the sound of his own heartbeat.

Lin Longde and Yan Chengdu were sitting right beside Chu Lingguang, circulating their own Breathing Techniques.

If even Chu Lingguang couldn’t endure the tedious agony of circulating the Breathing Technique day and night, it went without saying for the pampered Lin Longde and Yan Chengdu. The two of them had long wanted to stop cultivating and lie down for a good rest.

But Chu Lingguang didn’t stop. Since they were allied with him and the three of them were sitting together, neither wanted to lose to Chu Lingguang when it came to endurance and diligence.

That’s why they were barely holding on.

They would only rest when Chu Lingguang did.

Now, sensing the activity from Chu Lingguang diminishing, the two of them slowly opened their eyes.

They both sighed in relief. Just as they were about to lie down and rest, they suddenly noticed that Chu Lingguang’s aura had completely retracted. Although he was sitting right beside them, less than half a meter away, it felt as if a cocoon had formed around him, creating a strange sense of isolation.

The two exchanged a glance. Without alerting anyone else, they began watching Chu Lingguang closely.

A moment later,

Emperor Yue Xuan and Chen Jin also turned to look at Chu Lingguang.

Everyone was sharing the same room.

Although Chu Lingguang had yet to obtain the Dragon Elephant Power, his blood vessels were fully open, and he was hardworking and diligent, cultivating the latest every day. This invisibly inspired everyone while also putting a great deal of pressure on them.

Even prodigies like Emperor Yue Xuan and Chen Jin, who had already awakened a bloodline and obtained a strand of Dragon Elephant Power, didn’t dare to slack off in front of Chu Lingguang.

They might look down on him strategically, but tactically, they took him extremely seriously.

Sensing Chu Lingguang’s aura retract until it seemed to vanish completely, the others looked at each other, unable to figure out what he was doing.

They even mistakenly thought that Chu Lingguang had found another secret to the Day and Night Breathing Technique, one that allowed him to retract his Qi.

But in the end, it was just retracting Qi.

Most people would feel disdain for such a secretive skill. After their initial surprise, they didn’t give it much more thought, assuming Chu Lingguang’s retraction method was probably a way to reduce Qi Blood consumption to maintain his peak condition for the next few days.

After all, there were only three days left in the second round of assessments.

Chu Lingguang had taken first place in the first round. If he lost too badly in the second, he would surely have trouble answering to his sect. The pressure on him was imaginable, so it was only natural that he would work harder than everyone else.

The sounds from the outside world grew fainter and fainter.

But the sounds within his body grew clearer and clearer.

With the help of the Turtle Breath Technique,

Chu Lingguang heard the sound of his released Qi, like a gentle breeze brushing past.

He also heard the “whoosh” of his blood vessels deflating as they went from tense to slack.

All of these were natural sounds, not any special response.

Chu Lingguang ignored them for the time being.

He wanted to hear if there was a voice in his blood responding to him.

With the help of the Turtle Breath Technique,

everything within his blood vessels seemed to become vivid and exceptionally clear.

Chu Lingguang couldn’t hear his own heartbeat.

But in that moment, he felt the trembling of every single drop of his blood.

This tremor was rhythmic, like wave after wave of cheers from a massive crowd. Chu Lingguang was absolutely certain that this was his bloodline’s response.

The jubilant cheering from last night was no illusion, nor was it an echo of the roaring hundred rivers or an auditory hallucination.

It was a cheer coming from the blood throughout his body.

His consciousness sank along with this sound.

The rhythm of his trembling blood finally became increasingly clear to his senses. Slowly, Chu Lingguang felt every cell in his body begin to pulse, and a torrent of heat erupted from within him.

It was as if countless draconic phantoms were surging through his blood vessels. At that moment, he finally obtained his own Dragon Elephant Power.

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