chapitre 6

The next day, before the sun had even risen, Jaune rubbed his eyes and sat up on his bed. He had woken up from having a sufficient and extremely satisfying rest. His head was no longer throbbing, and he felt brimming with energy and vitality.

'I've been sleeping for such a long time…?' Jaune stretched lazily as he looked at the time displayed on his mobile phone. It was already 4 a.m. This surprised him a bit.

He had actually slept from noon the day before until now!

"Fortunately, the sun is not up yet!" Jaune felt a surge of clarity the moment he thought of this. Scrambling out of the bed, he hurriedly washed his face in a basin filled with cool water and rushed out of the room he was in. Before climbing to the tallest place of the mansion, he couldn't go to the Mountain close as he didn't clean it from the grimm the night before to here so this will do for the day, he 'll make sure to hunt the grimms on top of the mountain next to him to extension before the next day for better results from the technique.

With regards to breathing, the way normal people breathed was simply one breath in, and one breath out. It was purely based on instinct.

However, the Minor Illumination Breathing Technique required one to adopt a different breathing pattern. According to the manual, there are some principles like Opening, Closing, Raising, Dropping, Bending, Extending, Ascending, Descending, Revolving, Retracting and so on which should be applied to the various different breathing patterns. For example, the exercise will start with an Opening inhalation followed by a Closing exhalation followed by a Rising inhalation followed by a Dropping exhalation and so on… Some transitional moves even required the practitioner to suspend their breath.

" To think that there are people who can create techniques such as this ..Truly a miracle".

These breathing patterns were supposed to be done whilst executing some strange movements. This was rather challenging and Jaune was left simulating the movements sets repeatedly in his mind. Once he had them firmly memorized and was sure that there was no mistake in them, he began to calm his breath and focused his mind.

Placing both feet together and standing upright, Jaune shifted his weight to his right leg and raised his left leg to the side. Slowly putting his left leg down again, he shifted to a wide horse stance. After that, he rotated both arms inwardly. His two palms slanted toward the side with the back of his palms facing each other. Bending his knees slightly, he swiveled both arms outwards and joined them together, clasped before his abdomen.

His entire body relaxed and breathing calm, he raised his neck and straightened his shoulders and back, all while concentrating on his dantian.

When Jaune breathed in, his abdomen would sink inward while his chest would rise, causing the air to flow past the dantian and into his lungs. When he exhaled, his chest would sink and his abdomen would rise, causing the air to flow from his lungs and sink into his dantain.

Switching the order of airflow like this resulted in rousing the body's inner Qi and had the effect of massaging the lungs. Holding breath at different points would allow the accumulated energy within the dantian to become denser. Just a different breathing pattern would allow the entire body to become more balanced, and the energy flow to be smoother.

At the same time, all of the muscles on Jaune's body started to vibrate and purr like a cat.

This kind of vibration would result in the expulsion of dead cells within the body, invisibly improving the body's constitution as well.

"Hooooooo!"

Jaune roughly let out a long breath. Immediately, a sense of fatigue flooded his body.

'I can do it!' Jaune clenched his teeth and persevered. Body drenched with perspiration, he started the third movement set.

Stretching the body to resemble an eagle-hunting bow!

First, shift the body's weight onto the right leg. Next, pull the left leg as far apart as possible whilst maintaining the position. At the same time, crisscross both hands before the chest, palms facing upwards. Bend both knees into a horse stance and… release the bow!

After that, return both feet to their original position and shift the center of gravity to the right side again. Raise the left leg and lean it against the right leg. At the same time, with palms facing upward, stretch the right hand toward the upper part, the rightmost section and the lower part of the left leg. After that, bring both palms before the chest.

"Cough, cough!" Jaune's breathing abruptly turned disorderly in the middle of the exercise, causing him to break out of his practice immediately.

'These movements did not seem difficult, but when paired with the unique breathing pattern, it turns out to be really complex!' Jaune laid on the ground in an extremely unsightly manner, his forehead soaked with perspiration.

Breathing was an innate ability of every living being. Forcefully changing the regular breathing pattern was not something that could be easily accomplished within a day or two!

Jaune was only able to comprehend so much so quickly because he had the memories and the experience of previous practitioners within his mind!

However, it was still impossible to avoid mistakes in some areas. After all, he had never practiced the movements and breathing patterns himself. As he lay there, the sky was beginning to get brighter. That means that the the first rays were about to arrive! Crawling up with some effort, Jaune began the exercises again.

As he practiced, he seemed to have entered a state of thoughtless tranquility. All of his efforts were concentrated on the Minor Illumination Breathing Technique.

Daybreak! The dawn has arrived!

The sun's rays broke through the clouds in an instant and illuminated the Earth!

Jaune, who had sunken into a state of thoughtlessness, turned around to face the rising sun and… inhaled deeply!

As if responding to him, a single wisp of gold-glazed sunray the thickness of a strand of hair flew straight toward Jaune!

"AH!"

A scorching heat appeared within Jaune's body as soon as the sunray entered his body. The heat immediately began spreading rapidly, causing him to scream in pain and surprise.

The sunray, which was only as thick as a strand of hair, quickly dispersed into grain-sized balls of light which sunk into Jaune's blood and veins!

"Hua hua!"

A tenth of his blood was immediately vaporized, while the rest suddenly became invigorated and flowed like a flood within his body!

With every powerful contraction of jaune's robust heart, his blood, reinvigorated and filled with vitality, was being pumped into every corner of his body, including his four limbs and bones. All the countless cells within his body were rejoicing at this moment, greedily gobbling down the incoming energy as though they had been starved for a long time. After circulating through the body once, the slightly less energized blood returned to the heart where it was pumped forth again. Repeating the motion like this, the Yang essence which had been injected into his blood was finally used up; but only after it had completed nine revolutions!

'What a mystical breathing technique!'

Jaune slowly opened his eyes. Heat waves were emanating gently off his body and a thin layer of greyish sweat appeared, sticking to his skin.

After the brief session of absorption, Jaune felt extremely comfortable! It was like he had just finished soaking in a sauna. His entire body felt as light as that of a sparrow.

'This time round, I'd only managed to absorb a wisp of energy the thickness of a strand of hair. I can only be considered to have barely started cultivating this technique. It's not even certain how long it'll take for me to reach the grand completion stage at this rate, but for me it doesn't really matter that much since I have my semblance I can skip through stages easily, I didn't use it today to feel because it's dangerous , after all even with the experience of the previous masters nobody had aura or a semblance like mine , I have to take this step by step ,' Jaune thought seriously. Although he had large amounts of information and the cultivation experiences of the previous practitioners inside his head, they could only be used as a reference at most! They could not be regarded as his own experience!

And even if he were to comprehend any insights through the experiences of the predecessors, his body would still be unable to adapt to them and execute them perfectly.

'If I can persist for a long period of time, I'm sure I can completely surpass what my ancestors were capable of I'll definitely make my parents proud and make the Arc household prominent just like in the past when my ancestors used to go to war, but this time our name will be the beacon of hope to all people not just those of this kingdom'

The Minor Illumination Breathing Technique was truly an extremely difficult art to practice. However, it gave Jaune hope! With this hope, even if the movements were to become more complicated and the practice more strenuous, it would still be worth every single ounce of effort!

This wisp of sunray, which was only as thick as a strand of hair, had already produced such shocking results. And, apparently, when one reached the grand completion stage of the Minor Illumination Breathing Technique, every breath would attract an ocean of sun rays! Just what kind of amazing feats would Jaune be capable of after reaching this stage?

Any hints of lethargy had long since been swept clean. Jaune was in high spirits, and he felt like could knock out an ancient Deathstalker with a single punch!

Luckily, jaune still knew his limits. He 'll need at least 10 or more and that's with his semblance active.'Meh i'm coming close'.

Reigning in his excitement, Jaune went down from the top of the mansion in a marvelous mood.

The first thing Jaune did upon returning to get a thorough bath and wash the sticky muck off of his body. After that, he decided to start preparing for lunch. His stomach was already growling in hunger after all the excitement in the morning.