Douluo's self has a soul beast clone

Upon discovering that the Yi Jin Duan Gu chapter in the lower volume of the Nine Yin Manual could improve her aptitude, Huo Yuqing felt a surge of hope, her spirits lifting immensely. She was overjoyed.

Without hesitation, she carefully examined the cultivation methods within the Yi Jin Duan Gu chapter, only to find that it wasn't just text but also included illustrations. These depicted simple human figures in exaggerated and strange poses, accompanied by textual annotations. These annotations detailed the precautions and taboos to observe while performing each movement.

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As Huo Yuqing studied further, she realized that these movements demanded a high degree of flexibility. Even with her physical capabilities, executing them wouldn't be easy. Furthermore, these peculiar poses needed to be coordinated with breathing techniques to guide something called 'qi and blood.' What exactly was this 'qi and blood'?

She didn't understand it, but at least she knew how to practice.

After spending another three days memorizing all one hundred and eight movements of the Yi Jin Duan Gu chapter, she finally began to cultivate properly.

Next, Huo Yuqing cleared a space in the stone chamber and started practicing on the spot. If modern people were to see these challenging movements, they would undoubtedly say it was yoga.

In fact, Li Changkong did draw inspiration from modern yoga when he created the so-called Yi Jin Duan Gu chapter, but he also incorporated his own understanding of the human body. Therefore, although the movements might appear similar, they were essentially a profound method for improving one's constitution.

After Huo Yuqing painstakingly completed the 108 high-difficulty poses according to the illustrations, she felt sore all over, as if she had been shrunk down, placed on a chopping board, and vigorously rolled over with a rolling pin. She didn't even have the strength to move a finger.

A full few hours passed.

She finally recovered some strength, propping herself up with trembling arms, her whole body shivering. She didn't immediately feel any changes in her body, only intense discomfort, as if she had died once over.

However, this was her only hope now. Even if she didn't see immediate results and the process was painful, Huo Yuqing had no reason to give up.

According to the book, beginners with poor physical condition only needed to practice once a day, and should not force themselves. Once their physical fitness improved, they could appropriately increase the number of repetitions until they reached their limit.

For the next half month.

Huo Yuqing would collapse on the ground, unable to cultivate further, after practicing the Yi Jin Duan Gu chapter's 108 postures once a day. It would take a while for her to recover some strength.

However, as she deepened her practice, she gradually felt that when she performed these movements with certain special breathing frequencies, she could indeed sense the existence of the so-called 'qi and blood.' And this qi and blood was growing stronger!

This proved that the Yi Jin Duan Gu chapter was indeed useful.

Another half month passed.

Now, after completing the Yi Jin Duan Gu 108 postures once a day, Huo Yuqing was no longer as unbearably weak as before. At least she could barely stand up.

At this point, she could feel that her body had truly changed after a month of practice. Her strength had increased, her body had become lighter, and even her skin had improved. Most importantly, even her martial soul seemed to have been strengthened, and her eyesight had become sharper.

Such miraculous effects made Huo Yuqing deeply believe in the effectiveness of the Yi Jin Duan Gu chapter, and she continued to practice every day.

Another two months passed.

Now, after three months of practice, Huo Yuqing could continuously perform the Yi Jin Duan Gu 108 postures three times a day.

Having reached this point, she felt it was time to examine the changes in her meridians.

Sitting cross-legged on the bed, she closed her eyes to regulate her breathing and looked inward…

What she saw was no longer the dry, dead-tree-root-like meridians of three months ago, but moist and vibrant meridians!

Huo Yuqing barely suppressed the ecstasy in her heart, silently recalled the circulation route of the Innate Skill, and began to absorb external soul power, circulating it along a specific meridian route… This time, it was still stuck at the very end of the first circulation route, but she easily broke through the obstacle with just a surge of soul power, and the soul power smoothly entered the second meridian route.

As the blocked meridians were cleared, Huo Yuqing suddenly felt a sense of lightness all over her body, an unprecedented sense of ease… It could be described as being reborn.

The Innate Skill is divided into nine levels, corresponding to the nine stages from Soul Master to Titled Douluo. Each level has a specific circulation route. If all nine levels can be connected at once, it means that becoming a Titled Douluo in the future will be smooth and unobstructed, with no so-called bottleneck. All that's lacking is the accumulation of soul power.

Huo Yuqing followed the Innate Skill's cultivation route from her memory. There were occasional obstacles in the meridian routes from the first to the second level, but they were easily broken through. Only when approaching the third level meridian was she stubbornly blocked again.

She knew that three months of Yi Jin Duan Gu 108 postures practice was not enough for her to open up the meridian circulation routes of all nine levels at once.

What she needed to do next was to persevere and insist on practicing the Yi Jin Duan Gu 108 postures every day, so that one day, her meridians could definitely reach the highest level, which is the so-called stage of having all meridians open!

At that time, in terms of pure soul power accumulation, there would be no bottleneck in directly entering the Titled Douluo stage.

Slowly opening her eyes, a wisp of ghostly blue light lit up. Huo Yuqing's eyes were more clear and charming than ever before, but she quickly smelled a strong stench!

"What's that smell? It's so stinky!"

She subconsciously looked at her body and immediately saw a layer of black grime on her skin. A strong stench was constantly pouring into her nose… making her want to vomit.

"How can there be so much dirt on my body?"

Without thinking too much, Huo Yuqing quickly ran to the pool and plunged into the water, taking a thorough bath and washing her clothes as well.

The entire pool was stained with a foul odor, and several fish turned their white bellies up and floated to the surface.

"Is it really that stinky?"

This sight made Huo Yuqing's face flush, and at the same time, she was glad that no one saw it, otherwise she would have no face to see anyone in the future.

"This should be the Yi Jin's Marrow Cleansing that was mentioned in the book," Huo Yuqing thought to herself as she walked ashore, putting on her wet clothes.

"I didn't expect there to be so much dirt in my body, and it seems to be poisonous too." Huo Yuqing glanced back at the fish floating on the pool with their white bellies up. She definitely wouldn't dare to eat them. If left alone, they should be washed away by the underground river's water flow after a while, restoring the clear water and fish.

It has to be said that this is really a good place to live in seclusion. There is food and drink, the only drawback is that it is a bit monotonous. Besides fish, there is nothing else to eat.