Chapter 262: Mastering 108 Great Acupoints, Able To Rival Ghost Gods! The True Reason Life River Breathing Technique Ranks Among The Four Extremes!
【Because you learned part of the Sword Master’s Tokugawa Yugoro’s memories, you learned part of the knowledge of the Four Extremes Breathing Technique, Life River Breathing Technique…】
After the prompt, a quaint semi-transparent scroll slowly unfolded before Shangshan Che’s eyes.
The table of contents had only three short phrases composed of ancient characters, with the lower half empty.
【Sea of Qi】
【Palace of Flesh】
【Divine Treasure Containment】
“Four Extremes Breathing Technique, Life River Breathing Technique…”
Shangshan Che silently stared at this simple table of contents, first using his thought to quickly flip through the rest, wanting to get a complete overview.
In less than ten minutes, when the headache had eased a bit, Shangshan Che also roughly figured out the completeness of the Life River Breathing Technique before his eyes.《
Among them, the Sea of Qi and Palace of Flesh sections were almost complete.
The reason for saying “almost” was that Shangshan Che, in reality apart from this time, had not truly witnessed how to cultivate the Four Extremes Breathing Technique.
But some key parts, like “Cosmic Cycle Circulation,” “after opening the 108 Human Great Acupoints is the Sea of Qi,” and the complete four Ultimate Forms cultivation methods in the Palace of Flesh section…
These all matched Shangshan Che’s impressions and the notebook Tokugawa Hoshi left for Lili Zi, without any errors.
Moreover, Shangshan Che knew that for ordinary breathing techniques, even if complete from start to finish, they would only mark nine Human Great Acupoints in the Sea of Qi section.
Impressive ones, less common breathing techniques, would only note cultivation methods for twelve or eighteen Great Acupoints.
As for the Corona Breathing Technique, because Shangshan Che cultivated a freeloader’s remnant fragment, he wasn’t too clear on the details.
But it probably wouldn’t exceed the limit of “eighteen” or “thirty-six.”
—Because if the Corona Breathing Technique were really that powerful, it would mean a higher threshold and couldn’t be widely spread.
In contrast, the Life River Breathing Technique clearly marked a total of 108 Great Acupoints in the human body, with extremely tight connections between Great Acupoints.
Once all cultivated, they could form a human star chart like the cosmic stars!
Among them, Shangshan Che discovered that the Life River Breathing Technique additionally noted that although like the other Four Extremes Breathing Techniques it was 108 Great Acupoints, it emphasized “wholeness” more.
If other Four Extremes Breathing Techniques opened clusters of Great Acupoints—for example, seven or nine connected Great Acupoints producing different divine effects.
Then the Life River Breathing Technique treated the 108 acupoints as different parts, to open them all and connect into one, forming the “Human Divine Treasury.”
If defined by 108 acupoints to expand the Sea of Qi, then the Sea of Qi upon birth would be powerful beyond ordinary imagination.
Tokugawa Yugoro called it—”Star River.”
And in the second chapter of the Life River Breathing Technique, Palace of Flesh, even tempering the body could continue to “nourish” the Great Acupoints, achieving twice the effect with half the effort.
Truly ingenious.
Having read the entire Sea of Qi chapter word by word repeatedly and carefully, Shangshan Che fell into brief contemplation.
He felt that the purpose of this Life River Breathing Technique was no longer just about how to temper the human body to make it strong.
But to change the essence of human life, transforming the body originally built from skin, bones, flesh, blood, organs, etc…
Into a god!
That’s right, that’s how Shangshan Che felt.
The last time he had this feeling was the first time he saw Ghost God level, understanding the abyssal gap in life essence between himself and the Ghost God.
However, Ghost Gods are Four-Star, having blocked countless people, demons, ghosts, and monsters over millennia, an insurmountable chasm for countless brilliant geniuses.
But the Life River Breathing Technique set this intent in the first chapter, Sea of Qi, and gave extremely clear cultivation direction and methods.
As long as following this once-verified path, cultivating the 108 Great Acupoints, Palace of Flesh, Divine Treasure Containment—even if not becoming a Ghost God, one could obtain equivalent life essence.
Even… defeat a Ghost God!
Defeating a Ghost God below Ghost God level is almost impossible.
But the Life River Breathing Technique offered the possibility.
However, the difficulty of cultivating each Great Acupoint was astonishing, each cultivation session a life-and-death training.
Some Great Acupoints’ cultivation methods even made Shangshan Che’s brows twitch.
At the time watching Tokugawa Yugoro light up Great Acupoints one by one, he didn’t feel much; now thinking about it, he felt this was also a ruthless person.
But doubt rose in Shangshan Che’s heart—completing 108 life-and-death trials at just over ten years old, opening the Star River Qi Sea, completing the Four Great Ultimate Forms.
At that stage, Tokugawa Yugoro was already invincible below Ghost God level, even able to challenge some weak Ghost Gods and demons who advanced via overdraft methods.
Such a heaven-defying prodigy capable of dominating an era, and from the Tokugawa Family, yet only a Sword Master?
Not even a Great Swordsman?
This was too bizarre.
What level a Sword Master was, didn’t he who often sparred and exchanged with Lili Zi know clearly?
Shangshan Che felt that this Tokugawa Yugoro might even be able to compete with Kamizumi Ken-sei in the Projection Secret Realm.
“History is truly full of mysteries…”
He sighed with some emotion and continued looking at the 【Palace of Flesh】 section.
For the Palace of Flesh, Life River was largely similar to Corona Breathing Technique.
However, the former didn’t emphasize skin, bones, flesh, and tendons, but wholeness, treating the person as one large whole.
The benefit was that the body’s “consistency” was maintained very strongly, minimizing loss in power flow to the maximum extent.
The downside was a ridiculously slow cultivation speed.
With ordinary talent, whether one could complete this chapter in a lifetime was questionable.
“This is somewhat similar to Lili Zi’s Embracing the Core.”
Shangshan Che thought, just that the former was bodily consistency, the latter consistency of spirit, energy, vitality, and inner force.
Combining the two should yield unimaginable effects.
But he hadn’t cultivated either “consistency,” so he could only imagine.
—In the Memory Orb, Shangshan Che could clearly feel that when Tokugawa Yugoro finished the Palace of Flesh stage, his body was no longer human-like.
But evolving toward some more powerful life form.
With this precious experience and memory, Shangshan Che felt it would provide considerable help in the future.
Such a Memory Orb was only purple Epic quality…
Shangshan Che smacked his lips and, after brief contemplation, understood why this Memory Orb was only such quality for others.
That’s right, for others.
Because in the memory, Tokugawa Yugoro spent 99% of the time in pure, tasteless, dull, almost ascetic monk-like numb painful cultivation.
With hardly any interaction with others or self-talk.
—Because Yugoro himself found it full of fun.
While those spirited defeats of opponents, slaying demons, saving others… and such non-cultivation matters were all glossed over.
Thus, most people couldn’t summarize from this silent cultivation.
Not to mention meticulously summarizing the Life River Breathing Technique like him; for ordinary people, remembering the positions of the 108 Great Acupoints would be impressive.
In other words, for most people, this Memory Orb was just a dull solo performance.
“Me reaching today really all relies on myself.”
Shangshan Che sighed lightly and continued flipping the semi-transparent pages with his thought.
【Divine Treasure Containment】
Divine Treasury, Divine Treasury; the previous Sea of Qi section’s 108 Great Acupoints abandoned many, precisely to form the “Human Divine Treasury.”
Probably the most essence of the Life River Breathing Technique, the part truly pulling a huge gap from other breathing techniques and worthy of ranking among the “Four Extremes,” was in these three words Divine Treasure Containment.
Pages flipped.
But what awaited Shangshan Che was not what the Divine Treasury was, how to contain it, or how to refine and use it.
But blankness.
Shangshan Che’s face was silent; he had been too engrossed before, almost forgetting—the Memory Orb cut off right when Tokugawa Yugoro was about to start Divine Treasure Containment.
Because someone called Tokugawa Yugoro out on business.
Tsk.
Cut off here of all places.
Making him want to go back centuries and beat the guy who called Tokugawa Yugoro out.
……
Aichi Prefecture, Tokugawa Family.
The old man hung up Tokugawa Haruhiko’s call, then in the silence stared at the eye-protection screen where Lili Zi, who had just looked up and sliced through the puppet with astonishing momentum, appeared.
Tokugawa, Lili Zi… hmm… she’s still using that Special Affairs Office’s Corona Breathing Technique, right.
If using Life River Breathing Technique as bait to hook her, how could she refuse, and why would she?
The great path ahead—even knowing the danger, impossible to give up.
The reasoning is that simple.
The old man smiled, wrinkles on his aged face bunching together.
“Haven’t gone out in a long time.”
Tokugawa Motoyasu struggled to stand from the genuine leather seat, rubbing his creaking waist: “Last time going to Tokyo, the whole society’s atmosphere was still upbeat and upward…”
The old man’s name was Tokugawa Motoyasu.
This actually wasn’t his original name, but one he specifically took at fifteen when becoming the Head of the Clan of the entire Tokugawa Family.
—Identical to Matsudaira Motoyasu’s, Motoyasu.
Just as the Tokugawa Family’s ancestor unified the entire continent, Tokugawa Motoyasu also harbored the same ambition.
However, decades passed like a dream illusion, and Tokugawa Motoyasu ultimately only nearly achieved the same accomplishments on the commercial map long ago.
Reaching to grasp the dragon-head wooden cane leaning against the wall, Tokugawa Motoyasu tapped the doorframe with it.
Immediately, a servant walked from the aisle to the doorway, respectfully and silently bowing his head.
The old man amiably said to the servant: “Please go call Ryuji over.”
“Yes.”
The servant quickly and lightly left, while Tokugawa Motoyasu, after a long time, raised his head, squinting at the not-too-dazzling sun in the sky.
In a few seconds, Tokugawa Motoyasu closed his eyes and lowered his gaze.
“People, refusing to admit old age just won’t do…”
Tokugawa Motoyasu still remembered as a child betting with Eldest Brother who could stare at the sun longer; back then he stared for several minutes, though still not matching Eldest Brother, but better than ten of his current selves.
At the entrance of the large courtyard, in a suit, Tokugawa Ryuji who was called by the servant responded okay and followed behind her.
—This old thing calling me over now, what does he want?
Tokugawa Ryuji recalled the previous call, rubbing his fingers.
Probably related to Little Sister, right?
Tokugawa Ryuji’s face remained calm, unchanged.
He was only thinking in his heart:
—When down and out, left to fend for herself, not even willing to allocate manpower to search; now seeing her cultivation succeed and about to rise high, wants to bring her back as family chip.
—In this world, where’s such a good deal.
Coming to the side of the old man with straight back yet leaning on a cane, Tokugawa Ryuji heard him say,
“Ryuji, accompany this old man to Tokyo.”
Seemingly afraid Tokugawa Ryuji wouldn’t understand, Tokugawa Motoyasu smiled and explained,
“This old man is quite interested in this Seed Battle, wants to see the style of today’s young talents.”
Pausing, Tokugawa Motoyasu softly sighed,
“This old man hasn’t seen Lili Zi in a long time, don’t know where she lives now, or if she’s doing well…”
As expected, related to Little Sister.
When Little Sister secretly ran to Tokyo possibly starving in an alley, and he and Hoshi were kept in the dark, no concern; now suddenly “concerned.”
For a moment, Tokugawa Ryuji wanted to draw his blade and chop off this old immortal thing from the last century’s head.
He knew drawing blade and slaying for himself had no difficulty.
But Tokugawa Ryuji ultimately, as usual, lowered his head and replied: “As Great-Grandfather commands.”
—This old thing bringing me along is nothing more than wanting me in his sight, restricting me from secretly helping Little Sister.
He sighed in his heart.
Thus, could only rely on Hoshi.
“Then Great-Grandfather.” Tokugawa Ryuji glanced at his watch, hesitating: “Tomorrow evening I have a seminar, I wonder…”
Tokugawa Motoyasu’s tone mild: “No time like the present, let’s depart now.”
“Yes.”
Tokugawa Ryuji had no choice.
People living in this world have too many entanglements and ties.
Perhaps only someone as pure as Little Sister could turn those things one wants to do but never would in a lifetime into reality.
……
Divine Treasure Containment.
The third part of Life River Breathing Technique had only the name.
Over an hour later, Shangshan Che fully eliminated the pain in his head and looked toward today’s remaining one exploration opportunity.
No matter, that factory… or rather 【Hanafuda Market】 had so many customers, could piece it together bit by bit.
As long as finding a few more Memory Orbs of Tokugawa Family members among them.
From the moment Life River Breathing Technique was verified real, Shangshan Che felt it more important than the so-called Super Epic Items mentioned on the map.
Four Extremes Breathing Technique, compared even to Super Epic Items buyable with Soul Ash from Katsumi.
Which more important, seemed didn’t need Shangshan Che to distinguish.
“As long as the factory isn’t scrapped from the previous explosion, attracting a bunch of Factory Owners.”
Shangshan Che without a word closed his eyes, again crossing the Sea of Depth, appearing atop the Shrine deliberately buried at the bottom.
He abruptly opened his eyes and looked ahead.
