The first ray of sunlight poured over the earth in the early morning. Inside the underground cultivation room, Su Mu exhaled deeply. He showed a hint of helplessness, rubbed his temples, and stopped his contemplation.
"Just a little bit off."
"Where exactly is the difference between the other actions and the thirteenth action?"
This feeling of being just a step away but forcibly held back is truly unpleasant.
Throughout the whole night, Su Mu could affirm one thing: the thirteenth cultivation action had indeed begun to fuse, and the fusion degree was not low.
But how can the success of the thirteenth action be replicated in other actions?
After another round of pondering without results, Su Mu sighed softly, put it aside temporarily, washed up, and took the overview book to the academy.
This month's double insight time cannot be wasted; it must be fully utilized.
"This kid is interesting."
Su Mu sneaking into the classroom was seen by Wang Shuheng. He saw Su Mu flipping through the overview book and secretly nodded.
At night, Su Mu came to the playground, and from afar, someone was vigorously waving.
"Senior Su, Senior Su."
Upon coming closer, Zhao Meng showed a hint of dissatisfaction on her face, "Senior, why didn't you come to meditate yesterday and didn't even tell me?"
"I'm sorry, I was cultivating yesterday and didn't notice."
Over more than half a month, the two had become familiar. Su Mu felt that his progress in Qi and Blood during this time owed much to Zhao Meng's contribution; meditating after each cultivation indeed was relaxing.
Isolated yin does not grow, isolated yang does not prosper, relaxation is beneficial to cultivation.
Su Mu treated Zhao Meng, this gluttonous little girl, as a younger sister without any other thoughts; having a companion for a late-night snack also felt tastier.
"Alright, I forgive you. Let me guide you, senior."
"Okay."
Seeing Su Mu attempting to perform the thirteenth cultivation action as usual, Zhao Meng chuckled.
"Senior, do you know what the other members of the club say about you?"
"What do they say?"
"They say you must be a cultivation fanatic, haha! Someone even suggested you do every action once; it would look more interesting that way."
Doing each action once?
Awakened from a dream!
Su Mu shuddered, suddenly awakened; the confusion that troubled him all night and the whole day was resolved at this moment. He couldn't help but show joy on his face, truly not recognizing Mount Lu's true face merely because he was within the mountain.
He had fixated.
"Zhao Meng, your words just now enlightened me; you've really helped me a lot!"
"Senior, I heard a new beef hot pot place opened outside the school recently; everyone says it's delicious. How about you treat me to a beef hot pot?" Zhao Meng joked.
"Sure, let's wait for the weekend then."
This left Zhao Meng stunned, for she only said it casually!
Su Mu was overjoyed, step by step. If his guess was correct, the fusion of the thirteenth action had a significant connection with meditation!
This time, Su Mu performed the twelfth cultivation action to facilitate later comparison.
Guided by Zhao Meng's voice, Su Mu entered the meditation world.
"Huh, senior seems to be entering meditation faster this time?"
Soon, other club members arrived, surprised to see Su Mu had changed his action today.
Zhao Meng quietly explained the situation, and others laughed understandingly.
After all the members arrived, Zhao Meng also entered meditation. Tonight, she looked again towards the deep blue ocean, more precisely, under the sea surface.
This time, she seemed to discern the strange sounds beneath the sea clearly.
"This... sounds like breathing?"
Could there be a monster lurking below the sea surface?
Fearful, Zhao Meng broke out of meditation in panic and glanced around without noticing anything amiss.
Her gaze unconsciously fell on Su Mu; she vaguely recalled that this strange situation seemed to only happen after Senior Su joined the club.
"It must be overthinking; how could this be related to Senior Su."
Though Zhao Meng had mentioned it to other members, they claimed not to have heard such strange noises.
Time passed swiftly; it was now ten o'clock.
As members woke up and left one by one, Zhao Meng waited a while before taking a deep breath and awakened Su Mu. "You wait for me," he said, upon waking.
Immediately, Su Mu performed the cultivation actions, alternating between the twelfth and thirteenth actions repeatedly.
"Senior Su is truly dedicated to cultivation!"
Zhao Meng silently waited, feeling somewhat sentimental inside.
Su Mu was ecstatic at heart. As he had guessed, the fusion of the Breathing Technique and Qi Blood Cultivation Technique was highly connected to meditation.
After tonight's meditation, the twelfth action vaguely showed signs of initiating organ resonance, proving his conjecture correct.
Every person has a different method of fusion, and Su Mu finally found the method suitable for himself.
Opening his eyes, Su Mu exhaled gently, a smile involuntarily appeared on his face.
"Zhao Meng, you've helped me a lot again; come on, I'll treat you to a midnight snack."
Although Zhao Meng didn't understand what Su Mu was talking about, she felt quite happy hearing that she had helped a lot. Also, Senior Su's smile was rather nice.
For the first time, she saw Senior Su smiling; previously, he often frowned.
"The weather's quite hot recently; I'll buy you a cup of milk tea. You girls should like drinking it, right?" Su Mu, still immersed in the joy of the Breathing Technique, casually said.
"Thank you, senior."
"Zhao Meng, I'm interested in meditation and want to learn; can you teach me?"
"Sure, leave it to me." Zhao Meng agreed without hesitation, patting her ample chest.
Three days later.
Upon a deep breath, organ resonance occurred, air entered through mouth and nose, heated upon reaching the throat, transforming into a warm stream.
"Succeeded!"
Su Mu trembled with excitement, eyes suddenly opened, filled with intense joy.
The first action finally fused successfully.
The warm current entering his body manifested the success of directly absorbing Spiritual Qi from Heaven and Earth through the Breathing Technique. From now on, whenever he performed the thirteenth cultivation action and activated the Breathing Technique, he could directly absorb Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi for cultivation!
At once, he struck a posture and took deep breaths.
He carefully sensed the difference between the Breathing Technique and Qi Blood Cultivation Technique.
"Just a few breaths equal several minutes of previous cultivation!"
"Multifold cultivation speed... The Breathing Technique is indeed an advanced cultivation technique!"
"A huge mountain stands between Low Tier Martial Artist and Middle Tier Martial Artist!"