"Breath-holding... I think I saw this term mentioned in the Marrow Cleansing Scripture." Wang Longhu suddenly thought of something, hurriedly got out of bed, and went to a cabinet in the room.
After leaving Dong County, he always carried a backpack with him, which contained the child-like exercises and the Marrow Cleansing Scripture extracted from the Buddha statue.
On the day he battled the assassin from Japan Island and fainted, luckily Daoist Tianfu brought the bag back with Wang Longhu; otherwise, losing it would have been a big loss for Wang Longhu.
As an accompanying martial arts inner power to the Marrow Cleansing Scripture, Wang Longhu had comprehended the child-like exercises very early on.
But for some unknown reason, no matter how Wang Longhu leafed through the Marrow Cleansing Scripture, he couldn’t understand a bit of it, thus unable to master it or manifest it in his skill panel.
Now that Wang Longhu had become a Huajin grandmaster, he wondered if revisiting this Shaolin inner power would yield different results.
Taking out the Marrow Cleansing Scripture from the bag, Wang Longhu quickly flipped through the pages. He didn’t know how many times he’d read this book.
He could almost recite the text on the pages by heart, yet it had no effect.
But today, after a while, Wang Longhu noticed something a bit different.
That is, the Marrow Cleansing Scripture always mentioned the function of marrow cleansing and repeatedly emphasized it, not just a few times.
In the past, before reaching Huajin, Wang Longhu didn’t pay much attention to this.
Because he couldn’t even do the Dark Force acupuncture points on the head and groin area, how could he possibly achieve marrow cleansing?
The marrow is stored within the human bones; it’s extremely precious and rare. One cannot access their marrow without external help, like surgical incision.
But now things were different, as Wang Longhu reread the Marrow Cleansing Scripture, he couldn’t help but have a completely new understanding.
Which is about the blood.
Blood is the source of life for the human body. Without blood, a person wouldn’t survive even a second, and many think it’s the heart that creates blood, then pumps it throughout the body.
But actually, this is incorrect. The heart is not a blood-producing organ; it merely functions to pump blood, sending it from the heart through vessels to various organs, tissues, and cells of the body.
The human body’s actual blood-producing organs are the bone marrow, lymph nodes, spleen, thymus, and monocyte macrophages.
And the bone marrow is the only place in the body that produces red blood cells, granulocytes, and platelets. It also produces lymphocytes and monocytes.
In other words, bone marrow is the origin of blood. Whatever the source produces, the body uses.
The function of the Marrow Cleansing Scripture is to help the human body eliminate internal impurities, reaching deep into the marrow. If one could perfectly cleanse the entire bone marrow from head to toe, completing a comprehensive replacement.
The person could become a celestial being, with bones as jade, marrow like mercury, and qi and blood as the tide, breaking the cycle of life and death.
"If I could really cleanse my whole body’s marrow, achieving a state without impurities, causing a qualitative change in the bones, maybe... I could truly become immortal!" Wang Longhu murmured in amazement.
At this moment, he felt he understood what it meant to be shocked by a celestial being.
The efficacy of the Marrow Cleansing Scripture left him astounded at its extraordinary nature.
How could this be considered martial arts inner power? It was clearly a miraculous method of cultivation.
"Wang Longhu, it’s time to eat."
Just as Wang Longhu was immersed in the truth of marrow cleansing, someone suddenly pushed open the door from outside. Daoist Changfeng, holding a bowl, walked in uprightly.
Upon seeing Wang Longhu standing in the corner, his expression turned slightly surprised: "How are you up? Master said you need to rest more for a few days; otherwise, it’s easy to leave hidden problems."
"Where is Daoist Tianwu now? I have something to discuss with him." Wang Longhu quietly put the Marrow Cleansing Scripture back into his backpack.
Having achieved Huajin, Wang Longhu found many things now more understandable.
With his current strength, as long as he didn’t encounter modern firearms and artillery or didn’t take a plane, he could travel the world at will.
Even with a bounty placed on him by the Heaven and Earth Alliance, Wang Longhu didn’t feel so panicked. If he wasn’t pleased, it wouldn’t be impossible for him to go to Japan Island and cause trouble for the Heaven and Earth Alliance.
In the city, the destructive power a Huajin grandmaster could unleash was tremendous. Unless someone with a gun was over twenty meters away, they posed no threat to Wang Longhu.
"In the main hall eating." Daoist Changfeng’s voice hadn’t even fallen before Wang Longhu swept past him, disappearing from the room in the blink of an eye.
Leaving a stunned Daoist Changfeng, who couldn’t believe a human could burst out at such speed if he hadn’t witnessed it himself.
"At this speed, he could win the world championship in a 100-meter dash, right?"
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In the main hall, Daoist Tianwu was having a meal with a Daoist who looked particularly dejected.
The table had a dish of small greens, a dish of spicy radish pieces, and a dish of clam soup, the two silently eating their white rice very properly.
As soon as Wang Longhu walked into the main hall, he recognized the dejected Daoist as the one who saved his life that day, Daoist Tianfu.
"Greetings to both Daoists." Wang Longhu floated to the table’s side, clasped his fists, and said.
Daoist Tianwu raised his head in surprise; Wang Longhu had appeared silently, without the slightest sound, and only noticed him when he appeared in his line of sight.
Everyone knew Daoist Tianwu was a Dark Force martial artist, but achieving this right under his nose required exceptional skill.
"You, you." Daoist Tianwu opened his mouth, somewhat in disbelief.
Tianfu glanced at Wang Longhu and slowly picked up a piece of spicy radish with his chopsticks: "As expected, Tianwu and Uncle Xuanzhen both said you have great talent. Now it seems to be true. Amid the life-and-death experience, you’ve ascended to another level, congratulations."