Chapter 385 385: Breathing Method 8.0

Thinking about the accumulation of energy, Qingyi naturally thought of the Breathing Method he had created himself.

This god-tier method had accompanied him through many worlds and had already undergone many iterations. Before coming to the Great Desolation, the method had already been updated to version 7.0.

However, facing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the Great Desolation, he still needed to perform one specific refinement.

After all, in most of the other worlds he had visited, the process of becoming strong in the early stages was a process of energy accumulation.

The factors controlling the speed of this process were... bloodlines, emotions, mental states, and so on.

For example, in the Dragon Ball world, the Saiyan bloodline would help him quickly obtain Ki and strengthen himself.

In the One Piece world, one's own emotions and will could help reach an unrivaled Haki.

Other worlds like Naruto, Bleach, Demon Slayer, even One Punch Man and Marvel—the process was more or less like that.

They lacked a systematic and precise way of cultivation. Compared to the Great Desolation, those processes of gaining extraordinary power actually looked a bit crude.

In the Great Desolation, starting even from the low Heaven Immortal level, various cultivation methods all guided the practitioner to gradually merge with the Dao.

And for the Breathing Method to truly function within the Great Desolation, it had to undergo a similar transformation.

This was the task Qingyi would tackle next: merging the Breathing Method with the Chaos Blue Underworld Sword Scripture he was studying to perform a "Great Desolation Indigenization."

Though this task would take some time.

But Qingyi believed that sharpening the axe would not delay the woodcutting. This Great Desolation version of the Breathing Method might just give him another unexpected surprise, right?

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And so, as time flowed slowly, Master Tongtian had still not returned from Beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens.

Meanwhile, the Jiejiao disciples living on Penglai Fairy Island gradually began to learn of the existence of "Taoist Qingyi," this newly joined official disciple.

Every once in a while, fellow disciples, both brothers and sisters, would come to visit during gaps in their cultivation.

However, seeing how simple Senior Brother Qingyi's (or Junior Brother Qingyi's) grotto-dwelling was, the visiting Jiejiao peers felt a bit awkward looking at it.

Using stones found everywhere on the island to build a dwelling was understandable, but inside his grotto, never mind natural treasures—even an Energy Gathering Array or a Defense Array hadn't been set up by Qingyi.

For a Jiejiao disciple, this was a bit hard to accept, wasn't it?

In truth, Qingyi had a difficulty he couldn't easily voice!

Formations... he didn't know how!

Tongtian Jiaozu had never taught him...

Actually, usually after Tongtian Jiaozu accepted a disciple, he wouldn't just teach the cultivation method; he would also bestow several Dharma Treasures to the disciple for self-protection.

As for Qingyi, as one of the five main official disciples, he was brought in and immediately given specialized instruction for over a thousand years. How could he not have enjoyed the treatment of an ordinary disciple?

Even the Array Dao that Master Tongtian was most proficient in hadn't been taught to him at all...

One must know that in terms of power in the field of Array Dao, Jiejiao was the peak existence in the entire Great Desolation.

Why was Jiejiao's Array Dao so strong?

Wasn't it because they were influenced by Tongtian Jiaozu, whose own understanding of the Array Dao was so deep he could be called the number one person in the Great Desolation?

And within the Shangqing Xuanyuan True Scripture studied by second-generation Jiejiao disciples, there were detailed descriptions of the basics of Array Dao, as well as hundreds of types of formations with different functions.

Coupled with occasional guidance from Tongtian Jiaozu, it would be strange if the disciples' level of Array Dao didn't increase.

Just like the Investiture period in the original work, the grand formations set up by Jiejiao disciples caused the Chanjiao sect to suffer heavy losses.

The Handan Formation, the Shijue Formation, the Wenhuang Formation, the Jiuqu Huanghe Formation...

Facing these strange and profound formations, if not for the Chanjiao disciples calling for help quickly and bringing out one shocking, specialized Dharma Treasure after another.

The second-generation Chanjiao disciples would likely have all been killed by the Jiejiao disciples with the help of those formations.

As an aside, Chanjiao's path of refining (Refining Dao) was extraordinary; Yuanshi Tianzun might be the number one person in weapon refining in the Great Desolation.

Meanwhile, Daode Tianzun Laozi was the undisputed number one in the path of alchemy (Pill Dao) in the Great Desolation.

The three Sanqing brothers could be said to lead the Great Desolation in the three paths of Alchemy, Refining, and Formations.

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Qingyi's situation also left his fellow Jiejiao disciples baffled.

Until one junior brother finally asked Qingyi about it.

Only then did Qingyi realize...

Regarding Master Tongtian, of course, the old man wasn't stingy with him. It was most likely that the insights in the field of "Sword Dao" had caused him to temporarily overlook these trivial matters.

As for the Array Dao...

He truly had never studied it. After all, the method he studied wasn't the Shangqing Xuanyuan True Scripture created by Tongtian Jiaozu, and he had never even seen the basics of Array Dao recorded within it. How could he possibly set up a formation?

Facing everyone's confusion, Qingyi could only explain: "Master had a sudden insight that day and has left Biyou Palace. He is likely still in meditation right now..."

As for the other Jiejiao disciples, once they learned the reason, they actually came to comfort Qingyi.

Though they didn't dare teach the Shangqing Xuanyuan True Scripture to Qingyi without permission.

There were still three kind-hearted junior sisters—the Three Sanxiao Fairies—who reached into their own pockets and brought out natural treasures produced from their birthplace, "Sanxian Island."

For Qingyi's sake, they set up an energy-gathering and mind-centering formation around his grotto to assist his cultivation.

They also set up a defensive-type formation to isolate the inside from the outside, preventing Qingyi from being disturbed by others during his meditation.

Toward Yunxiao's actions, Qingyi was very grateful. After all, these two formations were indeed very useful to him.

Currently, although his cultivation wasn't as high as the Sanxiao sisters and he couldn't repay the favor, in the future, if there was an opportunity, he would definitely give the Sanxiao sisters a hand to prevent them from developing as they did in the original work.

As for the Three Sanxiao Fairies, the reason they were so generous to Qingyi was partly to repay the favor of his help during the Dao recitation in Biyou Palace earlier, and partly because of Qingyi's status.

After all, Qingyi was a main official disciple and highly valued by Master Tongtian. By building a good relationship with Qingyi, how could they possibly lose out?

...

Time in the Great Desolation seemed to be of little value.

In the blink of an eye, several thousand more years had passed.

Since his last departure, Tongtian Jiaozu had still not returned.

By this time, Qingyi had fully adapted to life on Penglai Fairy Island.

On ordinary days, Taoist Qingyi's main energy was still poured into the "Breathing Method."

As a result, even though several thousand years had passed, Qingyi's cultivation remained stuck at the middle stage of the Xuan Immortal realm, with no breakthrough yet.

However, Qingyi had an intuition that the birth of Breathing Method 8.0 was near.

And this set of "Great Desolation Indigenized" Breathing Method would surely give him another massive surprise, wouldn't it?

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