The Immortal Legacy: Black Mists Demon ( Book 1)

Refining The Body

Jia Lin returned to the Mystic forest and found a large tree near the stream. He then went on to cut down a few branches from some of the nearby trees and made a small tree house to live in, the treehouse wasn't anything fancy, it was just a set of tree branches being hold together by a few ropes.

After using three hours to cut the branches and make his treehouse, Jia went down to the stream to fill his water bottle up. The air was fresh, cool, and relaxing, thus made Jia Lin comfortable, after filling his container, he took off his clothes and jumped into the stream to take a wash. After doing so he went back up the tree, ate a few buns and a piece of meat, drank some water, and went back down the tree, he was now topless.

"It's time to get practicing, I am too weak and I need to get stronger fast," 

He said while drawing in a long but slow breath of cool air. A person in the Saint realm could not use Qi martial arts nor could they activate it either, this was due to the fact that the Saint realm was a realm of body refining. Refine the blood, the muscles, bones, and organs, doing this will enable a cultivator to have a strong foundation, without having a strong foundation, the body won't be able to properly activate and use Qi.

Qi is the essence, the lifeblood of all living things between heaven and earth, it is the power which enables a martial cultivator to carry out powerful martial skills and techniques and without it, cultivation would be pointless. Jia Lin due to the three legacy pearls that were within his body enabled him to break through to the third level of the Saint realm, due to this, his foundation was still somewhat weak and unstable, 

"The art of body refining, in my time there was once a great king who practice a body refining art which enabled him to reach the top of the world. His skin and muscles were tough, his bone like steel haha the what was it, ah art of Tai Chi"

Jia Lin was reborn a knew, he was once a martial cultivator who gained enlightenment regarding time and became a vessel of time. But now he was just a weak person at the third level of the Saint realm, knowing this didn't make him feel sad or depressed but quite the opposite. Now he could practice all the strong martial arts that he found and saw when he was walking through time, now he got an opportunity that he never had before.

"I will save her no matter what it takes, I will rise once more" 

He shouted in his heart. The great art of Tai Chi was a breathing exercise that Jia Lin picked up from a king during his travels in time, Jia Lin knew many breathing exercises but this one was the most powerful he had ever seen. Inside of Jia Lin's mind were many, one could even say hundreds of martial skills And techniques, to him his mind was the greatest treasure he had ever possessed

Tai Chi was a type of exercise which contains many hidden secrets, it was composed of a breathing technique, soft and light movements skills, soft push and pulls, kicks and punches as well as hard. It wasn't a form of attacking ability but if mastered right, can be used to subdue one's opponent. Jia Lin raised his hand up and down slowly while rocking forwards and backward, his breathing was light and calm, his mind empty and relax

"Tai Chi can be used to strengthen the breath, the muscle and blood flow," 

He said while rocking, turning and swinging his hand and feet about. In his mind he could see the Tai Chi king practicing the formidable art, his breath was calm and his body relaxes while flexing. Jia Lin followed each and every step of the Tai Chi king, cold sweat covered his face and back, he was practicing none stop for hours, his muscle felt as if they were under intense pressure, though the movements were slow, his muscle worked endlessly.

Jia Lin practiced the art of Tai Chi for hours and was now feeling tired. His body felt as if it wanted to fall apart, his muscles ached all over but this was a good sign so Jia Lin didn't complain that much. The only complain that the young boy still did was that of the money spent on the ropes and dagger, Jia Lin walked slowly towards the stream and jumped in after he finished practicing, his body was sweaty and he was tired. 

"I can already feel my body strengthening" he murmured to himself. Thick back mud-like substances could be seen coming off of Jia Lin's skin, these were all the impurities that were inside his body.

One could see that the benefits of practicing the art of tai chi were starting to show it's phenomenal results. Early the next morning Jia Lin woke up and ate something, then went down the tree, there weren't any beasts around so he went straight into practicing, this time around Jia Lin used some ropes to tie some large tree branches to his body, legs, arms, and back. As of this moment, his body was so heavy that he could hardly move an inch, his forehead was already covered with sweat due to the heavyweight of the branches.

"I got to get my strength up, from now on, I'm going to practice with these branches" Jia Lin continued to practice the art of tai chi, his movements were now much much slower than they were before, if one looked at him from a distance, they would think he wasn't moving at all.

Four days passed by since Jia Lin was practicing in the art of tai chi, his movements were now much faster and fluent. His body was now used to the weight of tree branches and was now lightweight to him, his aura was strong and gushed out with the strength of the fourth level of the Saint realm, during his five days of intense practicing in the art of tai chi, he had a breakthrough. His muscles and bones were much stronger and tougher, his blood flowed freely and his flesh felt tough.

During these five days, Jia Lin came across many furious beasts but before they got within thirty meters of him, he would always flee up the large tree to avoid them. Though his strength was now in the fourth level of the Saint realm, he didn't want to chance it, well not yet at least, Jia Lin was once again topless and standing in front of a tall and sturdy tree 

"Ha ha ha ha ha" he kept shouting while hit and kicking the tree

"Soft and hard punches, push and kicks, palms out, swing and pull," 

He thought, on Jia Lin's body could also be seen even larger tree branches than before, doubling the weight of the previous tree branches, he kept slowly kicking and hitting the tree before him. His body rocked and turned, swayed and rotated, the art of tai chi wasn't about moving fast, no it was about going slow and being patient, his breath was calm and his breathing in was slow but long, his internal organs were also going through intensive training.

During the day and during the nights, the yin and Yan energy in the atmosphere continued to rise and fall. Jia Lin couldn't absorb any of the pure Qi, his body wasn't strong enough, on a particular night when the yin Qi in the atmosphere raised to an alarming degree, the eternity of the Mystic forest was freezing cold. Jia Lin's body was shaking and trembling none stop when he talked, he could see his own breath.

"The yin Qi is so strong," he said while shaking, his body though not that weak, still wasn't strong enough to handle and defend against the yin Qi in the atmosphere. The Mystic forest was deadly silent, no furious beast could be seen or heard, it was as if Jia Lin was the only person present inside the forest "so this was why those guys were saying I'm crazy" 

Jia Lin dashed out of his treehouse as he headed outside of the Mystic forest, but while running he found that his body was getting weaker and weaker and the yin Qi in the atmosphere got even stronger

He greeted his teeth and continued to dash out of the forest when suddenly he fell flat on his chest and face, his body was trembling, on the verge of freezing over. 

"What the hell is happening" he shouted in his heart, fear was now evident inside of him, this was the first time after being an immortal of time and the domain did he felt fearful of something, but this was no time to think about his past life.