Chapter 200: Chapter 100 Unparalleled in the World Turtle Breath Technique! Gather Qi into Armor! (10,000-Word Mega Chapter)_6
Just like stacking boxes, the higher you stack, the more difficult it becomes; it’s not as simple as adding a year’s strength for each year of cultivation!
Therefore, during this period, Su Changkong had been considering whether he could change the cultivation environment to promote the progress of the Turtle Breath Technique.
Just as martial artists who cultivate Fire Attribute Techniques progress faster in hot climates, and those who use Cultivating Cold Attribute Techniques see double the efficiency when training in cool, icy environments, the importance of one’s surroundings is evident.
Having reached a plateau with his Turtle Breath Technique, Su Changkong wondered, could he perhaps train underwater? By harnessing the change in environment to apply new pressures on his body, he hoped to make his cultivation twice as efficient.
It was the same principle as when he previously trained in the Five Animal Frolics; if the body had adapted to the usual training methods and struggled to improve, then changing the training environment could force it to become unaccustomed again!
Upon hearing about these underwater vortices, Su Changkong, already tempted by the idea, had asked the members of the Giant Whale Gang to bring him here.
“I can’t directly enter the vortex to cultivate… I’ll first adapt to the surroundings,” he said.
Observing the extremely chaotic sea vortex from a distance, Su Changkong did not rashly enter it but instead prepared to warm up!
With that thought, Su Changkong swam back toward the surface.
“Master Su!”
Seeing Su Changkong emerge from the sea, two martial artists from the Giant Whale Gang sighed in relief.
Subsequently, Su Changkong instructed the two martial artists sitting in the ironwood boat, “You two head back first. I have things to do here. Come back at dusk and bring more food, especially meat!”
“This…” The two Giant Whale Gang martial artists exchanged glances, not understanding what Su Changkong was planning. But remembering Sikong Huang’s instruction to accommodate any request from him without question, they respectfully nodded and replied, “Yes!”
The two martial artists from the Giant Whale Gang rowed back to their base, while Su Changkong took a deep breath, filling his lungs with oxygen before plunging back into the sea to close his eyes and hold his breath, beginning his cultivation of the Turtle Breath Technique.
To ordinary martial artists, the idea of cultivating underwater is unimaginable!
The sea is not land, and even the strongest of warriors, with their resilient organs, cannot hold their breath for long under the immense pressure of the sea. If they tried to cultivate underwater, they wouldn’t last a complete circulation of their energy before gasping for air, forced to abandon progress and return to the surface.
But Su Changkong was practicing the Turtle Breath Technique!
A major feature of the Turtle Breath Technique is the prolonged containment of breath; a turtle’s great ability is to hold its breath, able to remain stationary underwater for one or two hours!
Cultivating the Turtle Breath Technique in the sea, Su Changkong only needed to resurface for air every few incense sticks or half an hour—it was a feasible method of cultivation!
At a depth of a kilometer, Su Changkong floated supinely, eyes tightly shut, immersing himself into the cultivation of the Turtle Breath Technique.
To enter a serene state of meditation in such a watery environment was exponentially more difficult than on land, but with persistent attempts and adaptation to the aquatic surroundings, Su Changkong finally succeeded in reaching a true meditative state after a little over an hour.
Huff!
Su Changkong floated motionless in the water, quiet to the extreme, like a turtle in a deep slumber.
Upon closer look, bubbles sporadically emerged from around his ears and nostrils, the waste air expelled from his lungs.
Within Su Changkong’s body, the Turtle Breathing True Qi began to circulate through his veins.
“It’s several times harder to circulate energy in a single cycle than on land… but the efficiency of this cultivation is ten times better than before!”
Su Changkong felt a surge of joy.
The circulation of Turtle Breathing True Qi was extremely difficult, as if suppressed, moving at a snail’s pace. However, corresponding to this, each circulation that did occur brought with it more than a tenfold improvement!
Su Changkong’s speculation was correct; the environment indeed could enhance cultivation!
Practicing the Turtle Breath Technique in the deep sea exposed Su Changkong’s Turtle Breathing True Qi to the constant pressure and tempering from the external water pressure. The True Qi naturally resisted against the environment, analogous to a chunk of iron full of impurities being constantly refined to become purer.
Su Changkong’s Turtle Breath Technique, once at a standstill, began to progress once again, a speed that could only be described as miraculous.
“Su… Where is Master Su?”
By evening, two ironwood boats appeared outside of the area, one loaded with a variety of cooked meats. The two disciples from the Giant Whale Gang looked around nervously. After arriving and waiting for a period equivalent to one or two incense sticks, they couldn’t find Su Changkong, leaving them uneasy.
“Splaaaash!”
Soon, the water churned as if a giant turtle was surfacing, raising waves a yard high and rocking the two ironwood boats unsteadily. A man appeared on the surface—it was Su Changkong, who had been training on the ocean floor!
“Such an impressive disturbance… It’s been rumored that Master Su killed Li Lie, but the depth of his martial arts might be even greater than the rumors suggest!”
The two martial artists from the Giant Whale Gang, witnessing this sight, felt secretly apprehensive.
However, being loyal disciples of the Sikong Family and devoted to Sikong Huang, they were unlikely to spread news of this event far and wide.
“Gulp!”
Su Changkong climbed aboard the boat, stripping off his drenched clothing and taking out a sealed vial containing Qi Increasing Pills. He threw back three of them, then, eyeing the abundant meat onboard, felt his mouth water. Driven by hunger from his belly, he grabbed a chicken leg and began to eat with relish!