Chapter 213: Vein Refining Initial Stage

A moment later, no new prompts appeared in his mind, which meant no new traits had been unlocked. Lu Yu checked carefully, and it was indeed so.

【Soul Extinguishing Finger: Consummation, Traits: Gather Spirit Level 5, Soul Extinguishing Finger Level 4】

Of course, although no new traits were unlocked, the benefits were obvious.

His Mental Attribute had increased by another thirty percent, and the power of the active skill Soul Extinguishing Finger had also been significantly enhanced.

"It seems Mental Secret Manuals are still too scarce; even possessing one, the improvement effect is relatively limited," Lu Yu consoled himself.

He knew clearly in his heart that it was highly probable the old man did not have a second Mental Secret Manual.

Fortunately, he had already joined the Association, and he could only pin his hopes on the possibility that many precious Mental Secret Manuals would appear in the Association Mall after his permissions were unlocked in the future.

With this, he had basically learned all the martial arts he could. Lu Yu took a deep breath and slowly looked at the attribute panel.

Realm: Transformation Jin

Level: 25

Constitution: 3358.41

Strength: 3534.19

Agility: 2712.52

Spirit:. 3

Potential Point: 4.46 million

Experience Value: 4200

After some comparison, he found that his Constitution, Strength, and Agility attributes had generally increased by between 300 and 500 compared to before.

And his Mental Power had increased by thirty percent, rising by nearly ten thousand points. The Potential Points had not changed since the last time he checked.

Lu Yu adjusted his breathing slightly, his gaze like a torch, fixed firmly on the plus sign behind the level. It was time to break through this shackle.

【Potential Point -350,000】

【Potential Point -600,000】

【Potential Point -1,000,000】

After the commotion caused by the third strengthening gradually faded, Lu Yu clicked the breakthrough button without hesitation.

"Crack!"

A sound of shattering, louder than any previous breakthrough, suddenly rang out, as if some invisible shackle had been broken.

Immediately following, a surging hot current, like a rushing river or sea, erupted from his heart like a volcanic eruption, and in the blink of an eye, it covered every inch of his skin like mercury pouring onto the ground.

That feeling was as if his entire body were soaking in a warm and pleasant hot spring; the sense of comfort and wonder spread throughout his whole body like an electric current.

Besides this, Lu Yu also faintly sensed that inside his body, there seemed to be some tiny and peculiar things, like mischievous elves, wandering aimlessly, bringing a faint, elusive itching sensation.

"Could this be the legendary True Qi?" Lu Yu could not help but exclaim aloud.

Gradually, he clearly felt that the breaths wandering within his body were increasing, from the initial wisp, gradually gathering into one, two... finally, five substantial-feeling breaths were slowly circulating within his body.

Just at this moment, the warm hot current in his body gradually receded, but Lu Yu's perception of the breaths within his body became increasingly clear.

He discovered with joy that he could actually drive these breaths to gather toward various parts of his body, such as his arms, palms, legs, soles of his feet, and so on.

Although the process of driving them was relatively slow, he could indeed do it.

"It should be correct; this is True Qi," Lu Yu was rarely excited.

He suddenly thought of something and hurriedly looked at the attribute panel again.

At this look, he was immediately stunned, because the panel had undergone significant changes.

Realm: Vein Refining Initial Stage

True Qi: 52

Level: 28

Constitution: 6128.51

Strength: 6466

Agility: 4949.53

Spirit:

Potential Point: 2.51 million

Experience Value: 4200

Generally, it was similar to the previous panel layout, only with an extra line displayed for "True Qi".

Lu Yu's gaze was instantly drawn to the True Qi column, where the value was clearly marked behind it: 52 points.

"In other words, my total True Qi is 52?" Lu Yu pondered while sensing the five strands of True Qi in his body.

Suddenly, he seemed to realize a key point.

Five strands of True Qi—could it mean that each strand corresponds to ten points of True Qi value?

As for the extra two points, he could indeed feel that there were two relatively weaker strands of True Qi present, which appeared much smaller compared to a complete strand of True Qi.

"I wonder what level having five strands of True Qi is among martial artists who have just broken through to the Vein Refining Realm?" Lu Yu speculated to himself.

He could not help but recall what the Association President had said before; it was said that as long as a wisp of Qi sensation appeared in the body, one was considered to have stepped into the ranks of the Pulse Refining Realm Martial Artist, and this wisp of Qi sensation should correspond to 1 point of True Qi value, right?

The more Lu Yu thought about it, the more he felt this possibility was extremely high.

Looking at the 52 points of True Qi on the panel, a sense of confidence surged in his heart; he felt that among martial artists who had just broken through to the Vein Refining Realm, he should count as an outstanding one.

However, he also knew that compared to those who had broken through for some time or had already reached the middle stage of Vein Refining, he should still have a significant gap.

His gaze moved slowly upward, and he saw that a plus sign had appeared behind the Realm, with "0/100,000" marked next to it.

Lu Yu narrowed his eyes slightly and pondered to himself: did this mean that for his current realm breakthrough, he did not need to reach a specific threshold, and as long as his Potential Points were sufficiently abundant, he could keep clicking this plus sign to continuously improve his realm?

At the same time, he also noticed that the Potential Points required to increase his Body Strengthening Level had seen a staggering surge!

That is to say, if he wanted to raise his level to 29, it would actually require 10 million Potential Points, while increasing his realm once only consumed 100,000 Potential Points.

Lu Yu took a deep breath, his heart filled with myriad emotions.

This was likely the difference between body refining and Qi refining, wasn't it?

The President was indeed not wrong, or to be more precise, the theory passed down by the headquarters was correct.

After reaching the Vein Refining Realm, depending on an individual's Constitution, the difficulty of body refining is often ten or even a hundred times greater than that of Qi refining.

The stronger a person's Constitution, the greater the difficulty in advancing further.

As for Qi refining, everyone basically starts at the same line; it is only due to differences in individual comprehension and the resources one can obtain that the gap gradually widens during the subsequent cultivation process.

And he was clearly the type with a difficulty coefficient a hundred times higher.