Chapter 100: Internal Refining, External Refining

"Heaven-born strange species, Dragon Tendons and Tiger Bones?"

Liang Qu's eyes moved.

Wuzhiqi, the first divine ape between heaven and earth.

Apart from the identity of the Water God of the Huai River, its most distinct characteristic was its infinite Qi, which no one could bind, and even the Heavenly Gods were helpless against it.

The source of the Water Monkey was Wuzhiqi, and Ze Rong was a step further; it was reasonable for it to appear with the same characteristics.

Tendons as big as a dragon, bones as strong as a tiger, unstoppable.

Such a special constitution must be a huge benefit!

*Boom! *

The Ze Tripod hung high above the sea of consciousness, shining brightly, and endless light poured into the spirit monkey phantom in front of the tripod.

The spirit monkey absorbed the endless light, hugging its knees into a pill, becoming one.

The water waves moved without wind, gently swaying, spreading toward the wide river surface.

At first, it was just small ripples, but soon they extended, forming undulating waves.

The waves collided with each other, creating new ripples, constantly intertwining and overlapping.

Sunlight shone down from the clouds, reflecting on the river, forming patches of flickering light; as the water waves undulated, the light patches constantly changed.

A moment.

Within a radius of a thousand meters, dots of essence light seemed to fly out from the shimmering light patches, merging into the phantom.

The pill-shaped spirit monkey phantom absorbed the light and began to beat like a heart; with every beat, it grew stronger.

At the same time, Liang Qu felt an inexplicable palpitation. He pressed his chest, and his heart began to beat violently, the rhythm completely identical to the spirit monkey's beating frequency!

Encountering this phenomenon, he couldn't help but think of the last time Refined Ze Ling favored him.

No way, again?

As his emotions surged, Dragon Tendons and Tiger Bones were bestowed upon his body!

A pain as if tendons were being pulled and bones extracted struck instantly, every inch of flesh and blood suddenly rioting, undulating like waves.

Bones grew, colliding and emitting fine sounds.

Head, chest, spine, limbs, waist, and hips.

From head to toe, every inch, every section was moving, constantly adjusting itself.

The inside of the bones felt as if they were filled with ants, constantly gnawing, hollowing out, and then rapidly growing brand-new structures inside.

Sour!

Numb!

Painful!

Damn!

The excruciating pain and intense itching and numbness almost made Liang Qu bite off his own tongue.

His sweat glands were no different from an opened reservoir gate; beads of sweat gathered together, dripping continuously, wetting the deck.

The large tendons under his skin were jumping uncontrollably, straining to bulge!

They twisted together like a group of snakes.

Stretching!

Entwining!

Twisting!

Finally, they turned into a large, coiled dragon roaming within his body, entwining around the bone dragon pillar, stretching its body, and roaring fiercely.

The pill-hugging spirit monkey stretched its posture; the one that appeared again was completely different from its previous state.

Fierce!

The spirit monkey was only half a person tall, but the Ze Rong before his eyes was as strong as a great ape, over a zhang tall, with sharp teeth and fangs, majestic and powerful.

The cold white fur merged with the shimmering white light on the river, and its eyes were as fierce as torches!

That was the wildness and dominance derived from the source of life, making people feel both fear and inability to resist in its presence.

Standing behind Liang Qu, it was as if a god was protecting his body!

Endless momentum spread out.

At the bottom of the water, the four beasts feasting suddenly shrank their heads.

The Fatty Catfish used its tail to hold the meat in front of it, hiding behind Bu Neng Dong.

Ah Wei curled into a small ball, rolling into the mire along the undulating armored beast corpse.

Quan Tou retracted its eye stalks into its shell, protecting itself with its pincers.

Bu Neng Dong, while digging a hole in the ground with its claws, looked around nervously.

"Hoo, hoo, hoo."

Liang Qu panted, slowly standing up from the deck. He stood at the bow, opened his arms, and slowly exhaled a mouthful of white mist.

An unprecedented sense of power surged into his heart, and the blood in his body sprayed like a mercury column.

The intensity of Qi and blood actually surged three times over!

He bent down to pick up a piece of back armor, clenched his fist, his large tendons squirmed, and the back armor was crushed into fragments. He continued to knead, and the fragments ground against each other, turning into powder.

"Is this Dragon Tendons and Tiger Bones?"

Liang Qu opened his palm, and the powder drifted into the river with the river breeze, shallowly covering the water surface.

Looking at his palm, it was intact.

Strength is born from bones and strengthened by tendons.

Long tendons mean great strength; heavy bones mean agile tendons.

Dragon Tendons and Tiger Bones are truly extraordinary!

Ape arms, wasp waist, and mantis legs are just the peak of talent within the scope of ordinary people, the limit of mortal bones.

But Liang Qu had heard that above mortal bones, there were martial bones!

Those who possess martial bones are natural seeds of the martial path!

Just like that Overlord from thousands of years ago, with board ribs and coiled tendons, and double pupils in his eyes, he was a natural, peerless martial bone.

Before practicing martial arts, he could lift a cauldron, suppressing his peers with his strength.

Before the age of thirty, he broke through to become a Martial Saint, suppressing all heroes, severing the destiny of a nation, and was hailed as the first Martial God in history.

It is rumored that in the end, he reached the Rainbow Realm, his Qi and blood stimulated like a ten-thousand-mile rainbow!

Even later generations concocted stories that his mother was a divine goddess from heaven, and to help her son conquer the world, she stole divine objects of unparalleled courage for him, which was why he had such talent.

The Overlord failed at the last step, and it was also seen as him returning to the heavenly court after becoming a rainbow, reuniting with his mother.

Dragon Tendons and Tiger Bones—how much does it differ from those board ribs, coiled tendons, and natural double pupils?

【Fully fused with Refined Ze Ling Water Monkey (White), comprehended talent skill—Water Breathing】

【Fused with Refined Ze Ling Ze Rong (Cyan), comprehended talent skill—Ride Water and Drive Waves】

【Comprehended talent skill—Water Prison】

【Obtained Water Ze favor, water contains vitality, slowly absorbing Water Ze Essence in water, supplementing the insufficiency of water beast evolution.】

The large characters of the Ze Tripod constantly emerged. Liang Qu's emotions fluctuated, but he couldn't care about experiencing it; he had more important things to do.

One go, then second, then exhausted.

Take this opportunity.

Break through the barrier!

Vigorous blood Qi roamed within Liang Qu's body, his whole body turning red, as if burned by fire.

Calm his mind and spirit, guide the Qi and blood.

This time, Liang Qu did not set up a stance but sat cross-legged, five hearts facing the sky.

"Blood Qi is the foundation of the martial path. The more vigorous the blood Qi, the stronger the martial path, nourishing the five internal organs, internal cultivation and external refining, endless cycle!"

Therefore, the four barriers of the martial path have three cultivation stages.

Refining Qi with the body, refining both body and Qi, refining the body with Qi.

Skin Barrier, Flesh Barrier: Qi and blood in the body are weak, refining the body to stimulate Qi and blood, driving Qi and blood to nourish, forming a cycle of strong body and generated Qi, the fastest cultivation.

Bone Barrier: Qi and blood are slightly stronger, can hold the Qi-Holding Technique, practice internal skills, feed back to strengthen the body, occasionally mixed with body-refining methods, advancing together, the fastest cultivation.

Reaching the Blood Barrier: Qi and blood are full, holding only internal skills, the cultivation speed already exceeds external refining!

At this juncture, relying solely on breathing can achieve the best cultivation effect, and internal refining, compared to external refining, can nourish more unreachable places, such as internal organs and blood.

Liang Qu obtained Dragon Tendons and Tiger Bones, his talent was super-excellent, his blood Qi surged three times over, and he could already practice internal cultivation methods and breathe Qi before reaching the Bone Barrier!

An internal cultivation method, if placed outside, could be fought over by ordinary martial artists.

For no other reason than that while it is good to have guidance for external refining methods, if there is none, one has to explore on their own, comparing trial and error bit by bit with the pictures in the manual.

Slowly, one can always research something. At that time, one only needs to keep up with food supplementation, not harming one's own Qi, and in ten or twenty years, one can always succeed with perseverance.

But internal refining, if there is no one to point the way, is prone to major mistakes, causing five labors and seven injuries, and the cultivation progress will retreat instead of advancing.

Therefore, learning internal refining requires guidance to avoid the slightest mistake.

Imperial relatives and nobles naturally don't need to worry; the martial arts in their homes are as vast as smoke, and the choice is very wide.

Although the Great Shun has wars from time to time, the country is peaceful and has suppressed the world for decades.

Without a backer, without a master, ordinary mud-legged people have no chance to come into contact with internal refining breathing methods.

Fortunately, Liang Qu does not belong to this category!

After the New Year, Hu Qi learned that Liang Qu was about to break through the Flesh Barrier.

He had taught him an internal cultivation method early on! ===== CHAPTER 101 =====