The moment he opened his eyes, a black light flashed in them, and the old men felt as though a sword was pointed in their direction.
But it wasn't enough to shake them; clearly, they had made even more progress compared to him.
Boom!
From his eyes to the rest of his body, Hong Jun felt a sense of relaxation.
"I can feel as though some kind of shackle has been broken. Energy is flowing from my eyes as the source and spreading towards the body. It is just that I feel this energy is more like a leak." He murmured, unaware of how he was able to know this.
The breathing method continued to operate, and the energy in the blood cores was completely consumed until nothing was left.
He didn't stop, though, until he felt his body was starting to lose strength.
Standing up, he felt his legs sink into the soil.
Gu Tian appeared beside him and said, "You are right! The energy is just a small leak. The two of us went into the ruins and managed to get some information. Previously, we didn't inform you because your realm was just too low to understand. Now that you have broken through, we will tell you more."
He sat opposite him, and Old Master Ye also appeared.
"Actually, the ruins do not contain any martial arts heritage, but it is an ancient Qi refinement path. It's just that compared to the current path, it requires one to refine vitality rather than spiritual energy!" Old Gu Tian explained.
"What is the difference?" He asked with a serious expression.
"According to the inheritances still preserved to this day, qi is more like vitality and exists in all living things. The correct method is to use the ancient Qi refinement technique to guide vitality inside the body in a strange way and attract more from the outside. Once it is done, not only is the body strengthened, but the transformation of life level is improved." Old Master Ye didn't forget to educate him.
"Wait! You just said that Qi is more like vitality and very vital, difficult to cultivate?" He suddenly asked.
"Yes! What about it?" Old master Ye replied while wondering what Hong Jun was getting at.
"Nothing," Hong Jun replied, but his mind seemed to remember someone.
He had almost erased the memory of this person from his mind.
Even though he likes to think he was talented in martial arts, his current achievements couldn't be separated from that figure in the wheelchair.
It was just that this figure vanished as though he never existed when Hong Jun turned 11 years old.
'Ancient Qi refiners should not have completely disappeared. But the breakthrough to the grandmaster level clearly didn't seem like it had anything to do with Qi of vitality.' He thought about it and concluded this.
"Huh! But that doesn't make sense! When I entered the grandmaster, I didn't feel as though I had absorbed any Qi of vitality." He was indeed confused about all this.
"Well! Can't you just relax and let me finish first? What is the rush? Qi of vitality indeed is something that can't be left behind when one wants to cultivate the ancient Qi path. It is just that, regardless of what methods we used, it was impossible to succeed in the practice of the technique." Old Gu Tian confessed.
Listening to these words, Hong Jun was already able to understand what they were saying.
The path of ancient Qi refiners couldn't open for them, but at their age, they weren't completely helpless.
Just by reading through the path of ancient Qi refiners, inspiration suddenly came to them, and they accidentally came up with the method of using intent to strengthen organs.
It was no different from using Qi of vitality, and as a result, it succeeded.
When both Old Gu Tian and Master Ye tried it, they felt their strength transform. What was even more shocking was the energy that flowed out of the organ they refined with intent.
So in short! This path was an accident, but such an accident was able to allow the path they were on to come into being.
How could Hong Jun not help but feel the old men were far more creative than him?
They used intent in place of Qi of Vitality. Even he might not have been able to think of this.
'Was it a coincidence that in the past the old cripple taught me martial arts, or are there some machinations hidden in this?" He indeed couldn't help but think of this.
Whether it was martial arts or the ruins discovered under the Han River, it should all be to the credit of the old man.
Since the old man had vanished just like that, he didn't continue thinking about this issue.
His mind has different thoughts.
"I just refined one organ alone and gained so much transformation. My body is almost five times stronger than before and can easily defeat my former self." He thought about this and kept wondering how to accomplish this.
"Let's just recover our spirit and see if intent can be used again on other organs or if it has to be raised to a higher level of intent before it can be used again." He decided to test it.
Clearly, after feeling the benefits, he wanted more. It was only human nature.
"By the way! You just mentioned visiting the Ruins again? Are you sure there are any good things still left in the ruins after all this time?" He indeed was doubtful.
The origin trees from the ruins were an important resource that helped set up a zone of no more than thousands in a mile radius with spiritual energy cut off.
Clearly, the territory under his command was not small and required more experts; he had to work harder and produce more experts, but at the moment, he could only do with the two old men. Exploring the ruins was an important thing, and he was looking forward to it, but he had no plans of rushing over yet.
His wife, Su Qingqin, was pregnant. He was going to wait until she gave birth first to go and visit the ruins.
He turned to look at the bloody scene around him. "It seems that our Hong clan has made another enemy. Well! We are no longer what we used to be back then!"
He said as he looked at the two old men who had ruddy complexions.
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
Hearing movements approaching, not just Hong but also the two old men became alert.