28: Breathing Method

“Someone’s already here so quickly; as expected, there’s no shortage of discerning people in this world!” Tang Ping clicked on the trading area to check other people’s messages.

Mo Xuanji: “Fellow Daoist, how much are the secret manuals you have later?”

Tang Ping was stunned. For a moment, he felt like he might have transmigrated back to a cultivation world!

Tang Ping: “I need a talent upgrade stone. Do you have one?”

This question immediately silenced the other party.

Mo Xuanji: “This… this might be a bit difficult.”

Tang Ping replied directly: “Then you tell me first what you can offer. If it’s acceptable, I’ll agree to the trade. But don’t try to fool me with just anything; I’m sure you know the value of this item.”

Mo Xuanji: “Of course. I have an ancestral breathing technique here that I can trade with you. Practicing this breathing technique for a long time can significantly improve one’s four-dimensional attributes.”

Tang Ping was dumbfounded. An ancestral breathing technique? Where did he come from?

Tang Ping: “A breathing technique? Ancestral? Not something obtained after the Doomsday Game?”

Mo Xuanji: “Fellow Daoist, our world was never as simple as it appears on the surface. While it’s not as exaggerated as in myths and legends, there are still some divine aspects.”

Tang Ping understood. His heart immediately stirred. Without a doubt, this breathing technique that could enhance four-dimensional attributes was absolutely precious!

“So, in this world, there really are people who can absorb the essence of the sun and moon,” he marveled inwardly.

Tang Ping replied: “Alright, but how do we trade this breathing technique you mentioned?”

Mo Xuanji: “This is something that can only be understood, not explained. To learn it, one either needs extremely high comprehension or must rely on an elder who has cultivated the breathing technique to a profound level to perform a divine intent initiation. But rest assured, Fellow Daoist, my master has already refined a divine intent stone. You only need to place it on your forehead to comprehend it directly.”

Tang Ping immediately agreed. He hadn’t expected to get such a good item in return: “Alright, but your item is clearly a one-time use, so I’ll give you the first two parts now. The remaining three parts will be sent to you in a couple of days.”

At the martial arts hall, Mo Xuanji quickly understood the other party’s meaning and chuckled. He wasn’t that kind of petty person: “Don’t worry, I would never use a fellow Daoist’s items to profit in the trading area.”

Tang Ping didn’t care about these things. He knew that as long as he sold these items, they would eventually be sold at rock-bottom prices, so he didn’t care whether others sold them or not. Of course, even if he did care, it wouldn’t make a difference.

He just needed to ensure he harvested the first, fattest crop of leeks.

Just like now, he was actually able to trade for something as incredible as a breathing technique!

For Tang Ping, it was already a return on investment. The key was that the other party didn’t say he couldn’t pass it on to others later!

“Ding! Player Mo Xuanji has sent you a trade request!”

Tang Ping quickly snapped a few photos and completed the trade.

Tang Ping: “Add me as a friend. There are still three parts left, I’ll send them to you in a couple of days.”

Mo Xuanji: “Alright.”

Soon, Tang Ping added Mo Xuanji as a friend.

“This Mo Xuanji actually has a breathing technique like this. Perhaps in a hundred years, he’ll also be a big shot. The next time I go back, I can look him up,” Tang Ping noted this in his mind.

Then he retrieved the item the other party mentioned: the divine intent stone!

“This thing has such a powerful spiritual fluctuation!” Tang Ping’s eyes were filled with shock!

With his mental strength already at 20, he had surpassed ordinary people and entered the threshold of the extraordinary. Tang Ping could vaguely feel that if his mental strength reached a certain level, he could perceive the outside world even with his eyes closed!

And the divine intent stone before him was filled with powerful mental energy!

To be able to allow mental energy to remain externally, preserved on a jade stone, what level must that reach!

“It seems that this world originally contained things beyond the understanding of ordinary people.” Tang Ping was somewhat shocked. He had thought these things only existed in stories and tales, but he didn’t expect them to exist in reality!

“If it weren’t for the Doomsday Game, I probably wouldn’t have been able to encounter something like this in my lifetime.”

Tang Ping checked the system’s notes. Although this item wasn’t produced by the system, it still had system certification through trade.

“This is an astonishing wonder, containing the extraordinary system belonging to this world! It can absorb the energy of heaven and earth to refine essence, qi, and spirit! You can use it with confidence! Note: A very good extraordinary system. It seems your world is not as low-level as imagined. This system will steal a copy of this item. As compensation, I will give you a duplicate divine intent stone.”

Then the jade stone in Tang Ping’s hand became two.

Tang Ping was startled, looking at the system’s note. It was the first time he realized that this system had consciousness!

Also, what did “your world” mean!

Could it be that the Doomsday Game didn’t just descend upon his world!

Tang Ping suddenly thought of the dungeon he had entered: The Last Spark.

“Perhaps this dungeon is actually a real world!”

It’s just that in that dungeon, their Safe Zone was far inferior to his own world’s Safe Zone a hundred years later!

Although one had experienced the Doomsday Game for a hundred years, and the other for fifty or sixty years.

The gap should definitely not be this large!

This thought popped into Tang Ping’s mind, and his scalp tingled. If this were true, then the Doomsday Game was probably far beyond his imagination.

If one dungeon had a doomsday world behind it, then wouldn’t all those thousands of dungeons also…!

Tang Ping took a deep breath. Forget it, these were not his concerns. It was like ordinary people worrying about a world war—useless.

What he needed to do now was to diligently improve his own strength.

Clearing his mind, Tang Ping directly placed the divine intent stone on his forehead.

“Xuan Yuan Breathing Technique:

Chaos undivided, primordial qi existed first,

A single breath flows, transforming yin and yang.

Xuan Yuan opens orifices, reaching the vast heavens,

Nine cycles complete, revealing true essence.

Morning facing east, purple qi rises,

Three long, two short, absorbing pure spirit.

The Tanzhong (Danzhong) like a sea containing stars,

The Dantian like a furnace refining true form.

One inhale, celestial light sinks to the sea bottom,

Two exhales, earth veins gush forth like springs.

Three rotations, circulating back to the purple mansion,

Mysterious pearl secretly forms, all bones illuminated.

…”

Three hours later, Tang Ping slowly awoke. His slightly opened eyes held a mystical glow that quickly vanished.

“Is this a breathing technique? So, this world actually contains such incredible things.” He had underestimated the depth of his world before.

This water runs deep.

“There’s still one divine intent stone left.” Tang Ping looked at the other divine intent stone; this one was copied by the system.

This divine intent stone was useless to him now, as his consciousness was singular, so even if he returned a hundred years later, he would still know the Xuan Yuan Breathing Technique.

Tang Ping hadn’t yet decided how to handle such a precious item.

As for selling it, he had no such intention.

This item was different from secret manuals. secret manuals were at most some methods and techniques, applications of Talents and weapons. Ultimately, they were just tools. As long as the conditions were met, most people could practice them, but their personal improvement was very limited.

However, this Xuan Yuan Breathing Technique was a true cultivation method! With practice, it could continuously improve four-dimensional attributes, something those secret manuals couldn’t possibly compare to!

So selling it was out of the question. This kind of item had to be kept in his own hands.

“I’ll keep it for now.”