Chapter 217: The Power of the Regulate Breath Trait

After sensing the subtle changes in the True Qi within his body, Lu Yu felt a tightness in his chest and hurriedly looked at the panel, unable to wait.

He saw the True Qi column clearly displayed as: True Qi: 15.9/158. That's right, the amount of True Qi currently in his body had indeed quietly climbed from 15.8 to 15.9.

"Calculating it this way, if I don't use the Regulate Breath skill, the recovery speed of the True Qi in my body is about one point every two minutes?"

Lu Yu was startled; he glanced at his total True Qi, which was around 170 points.

According to the current recovery speed of one point of True Qi every two minutes, it would take a full 340 minutes—converted into hours, that is six or seven hours—to fully restore the True Qi to its maximum.

He couldn't help but imagine in his mind that if his total True Qi were to increase further, reaching the level of seven or eight hundred points, it would probably take an entire day to fully restore it.

Lu Yu looked at the Regulate Breath trait again and suddenly realized in his heart that this trait was truly too powerful!

Calculating based on his current amount of True Qi, a Level 1 Regulate Breath skill would only need a little over three hours to restore his True Qi to full.

If he raised Regulate Breath to Level 2, it would only take an hour and a half. If he raised it to Level 3, it would only take 45 minutes.

Of course, everything has two sides.

Corresponding to such a powerful True Qi recovery speed is the consumption of Mental Power, which will also increase sharply at triple the rate.

Fortunately, however, what Chen Fan lacks the least right now is precisely Mental Power.

Relying on his own profound Mental Power foundation, while other Martial Artists might be wary of excessive Mental Power consumption and—even if their Cultivation Method Realm has reached the corresponding level—can only cautiously restore their True Qi at double speed.

He, however, can maximize his True Qi recovery speed without any worries, fully enjoying the ultimate advantage brought by the Regulate Breath trait.

"Having strong Mental Power really has many benefits." A smug smile appeared on Lu Yu's face.

Nowadays, the Potential Points required for a single body strengthening are extremely vast, and if it is not a breakthrough in a minor Realm, one cannot obtain the effect of a full status, which undoubtedly means losing an important trump card.

Fortunately, his Mental Power is strong; relying on this point alone, he can make his True Qi recovery speed far exceed that of ordinary Martial Artists, thereby saving a large amount of cultivation time.

"Nourish Blood, Nourish Qi, Regulate Breath—I wonder what the fourth trait will be?" Lu Yu felt increasingly expectant in his heart.

This time, he spent 640 Experience Value points to successfully raise his Realm.

With the improvement of his Realm, another strand of True Qi appeared in his body, and at the same time, a faint warm current flowed through his body once again.

Unfortunately, no new trait was unlocked.

【Qianyuan Technique: Entering the Hall, Traits: Nourish Blood Level 3, Nourish Qi Level 2, Regulate Breath Level 2】

Lu Yu glanced at the remaining Experience Value and found that 3080 points were left. He understood in his heart that wanting to raise his Cultivation Method to the Consummation Realm with this amount of Experience Value was clearly unrealistic.

But he was not discouraged and continued to invest 1280 Experience Value points. In an instant, a strange feeling surged into his heart.

【Qianyuan Technique: Great Success, Traits: Nourish Blood Level 4, Nourish Qi Level 3, Regulate Breath Level 3, Body Protection Level 1】

【Body Protection: Active skill. After activation, consumes True Qi to act on the body's surface, additionally increasing physical defense by onefold. The more True Qi consumed, the larger the area of defense. For every level the skill is raised, physical defense is additionally increased by onefold.】

Seeing this new trait, Lu Yu couldn't help but feel a bit surprised.

This trait is somewhat similar to body-refining Cultivation Methods, but there are obvious differences, or rather, each has its own strengths and weaknesses.

First, the range of Body Protection is relatively small. Take the Invulnerable to Blades and Spears trait, for example; it can cover the whole body, including vital parts.

But this Body Protection trait can only protect a small area at a time; the coverage area of the two differs greatly.

The effect of the Body Protection trait is quite astonishing; the area covered by True Qi can have its physical defense additionally increased by onefold. Such a high increase effect is difficult for a Level 3 Invulnerable to Blades and Spears trait to match.

Furthermore, for every level the skill is raised, the physical defense will additionally increase by onefold; this effect is equivalent to a sevenfold Invulnerable to Blades and Spears trait.

The most critical thing is that the description does not mention that the True Qi consumption will double; this is truly too exaggerated.

In other words, with the same amount of True Qi, using the Body Protection trait can exert double the effect.

"Is this the power of True Qi?" Lu Yu couldn't help but mutter to himself.

At first glance, the range of Body Protection seems limited, but in reality, theoretically speaking, as long as there is enough True Qi in the body, it is entirely possible to wrap the whole body.

Out of curiosity, he tested the effect himself and found that one point of True Qi value could only protect an area of 1 square centimeter.

In other words, one hundred points of True Qi, which is ten strands of True Qi, could only protect a palm-sized area. Calculating based on an average person's body surface area of 1.6 square meters, if one wanted to protect the whole body, it would take at least 16,000 points of True Qi value.

"Over ten thousand points of True Qi value—even for me right now, wanting to achieve that is by no means an easy task."

Lu Yu pondered to himself, wondering if those Martial Artists at the Vein Refining Late Stage could have that much total True Qi in their bodies.

Of course, in actual combat, covering the whole body with True Qi might be a relatively wasteful approach; being able to protect vital parts is the key.

Moreover, this is just a Cultivation Method after all; being able to possess such defensive power is already quite good.

Lu Yu was somewhat unwilling and tentatively added another point of Experience Value. After seeing the increased proficiency, he couldn't help but show a wry smile on his face.

Sure enough, wanting to raise the Qianyuan Technique to the Consummation Realm still requires 2560 Experience Value points.

And at this moment, he only had 1799 Experience Value points left.

"The Experience Value consumed by this Cultivation Method is really high." He sighed helplessly; calculating carefully, it was nearly 5000 Experience Value points.

It is estimated that among various martial arts, the cultivation difficulty of this Qianyuan Technique is also among the best.

However, he naturally did not want to leave the remaining thousand-plus Experience Value points idle like this.

Since he cannot raise the Cultivation Method to Consummation, then he will add it to other martial arts.

He couldn't wait to see what kind of astonishing effects martial arts with True Qi bonuses would display.