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  Xiao Yu exclaimed, "Breathing skills? What kind of skill is this? Can a cow do it too?"

  The old man of the great cow smiled slightly, "This breathing skill is difficult to learn, but if you master it, it will bring tremendous benefits. You can run faster than others! Jump higher than others! Have more strength than others! However, it's much harder to get started with this skill compared to other skills, requiring extremely precise control ability. The great cow's talent isn't suitable for practicing this skill, he tried learning it when he was young but didn't succeed even after a year, so he had to give up."

  "To be honest, I've practiced for most of my life and I'm just barely getting started. Also, once you learn this breathing technique, you have to use it all the time when walking, eating, sleeping, which is definitely more difficult than usual, can you do that?"

  Xiao Yu opened his mouth wide, Grandpa of the Great Cow had practiced for so many years and was only just beginning to learn, could he do it himself? However, if it came to control ability, he was quite capable, as for enduring hardship, he wasn't afraid.

  Recalling the old cow's grandfather carrying two or three hundred catties of wild boar, running continuously for two hours on mountain roads, it was probably due to this breathing skill. Little Yu took a deep breath and said, "Grandfather, let me try!"

  The breathing technique taught by Grandfather Da Niu is not complicated, but it's difficult to practice. It mainly involves controlling the frequency of breaths: one exhalation and one inhalation, two exhalations and one inhalation, three exhalations and one inhalation, all the way up to nine exhalations and one inhalation, then reversing the order: one inhalation and one exhalation, two inhalations and one exhalation, three inhalations and one exhalation, all the way up to nine inhalations and one exhalation. This is considered a complete cycle of seven days.

  Ninety-nine eighty-one weeks, just to achieve small success. Even if you are a very patient person, you will still make mistakes inadvertently. Once you make a mistake, you have to start all over again.

  Moreover, after mastering this skill, if you go back to your usual breathing method, all previous efforts will be in vain. This is indeed a difficult skill to learn, no wonder the big cow can't learn it.

  For Xiao Yu, controlling his breathing frequency wasn't a difficult task, it could be said that it was slightly harder than eating.

  Ninety-nine eighty-one weeks have passed very quickly.

  "Hint: Learned Unnamed Inner Strength, Level 1, Proficiency 1%."

  At the same time, a short green horizontal bar appeared in the upper left corner of Xiaoyu's field of vision. Xiaoyu was stunned and found that the breathing technique taught by Master Bull was actually internal power!

  "Grandpa, how should I use this internal power?" Little Yu tried to throw a punch, but the green horizontal stripes didn't move, clearly this punch hadn't brought out the internal power.

  "What? You've succeeded?" The old master's eyes were filled with incredulous gaze, it had been less than a cup of tea's time, how could he have succeeded so quickly? He thought back to when he himself had practiced for a full five months, failing countless times, before barely getting familiar with the breathing frequency and stepping into the threshold of cultivating internal energy. How did this little Yu succeed on his first try? Was he a martial arts prodigy?

  "It can be considered as having practiced enough, I'm not sure either." Little Yu replied, he had already quietly set his breathing frequency to the same one that Grandpa Da Niu taught him, so even if he was careless and absent-minded, he wouldn't mess up the frequency.

  "I'll teach you a trick to test your luck, try punching this stone and see!" Big Bull Grandpa also passed on the secret of testing one's luck to Little Yu.

  Xiao Yu tried to follow the method taught by Master Bull, aiming at a stone on the ground and punching out a fist. He only felt a surge of powerful and unmatched force gushing out from his body, and a faint misty white light appeared on his fist.

  With a loud "crack", the huge bluestone in the mountain was punched out with a big crack.

  "Xiao Yu, what's wrong? What happened?" Da Niu put down the stone lock and ran over here, seeing that the big bluestone on the ground had already split into two halves, he couldn't help but be shocked. Was this done by Xiao Yu?

  The old cow's grandfather looked at Little Yu with satisfaction and nodded, "Not bad, I didn't expect it to be successful in one go. Hehe, he's really a genius! His talent is much stronger than mine."

  Xiao Yu looked at the green status bar, which had been emptied by that one punch. He couldn't help but secretly sigh, it seemed that with his current inner strength, he could only throw one punch.

  Suddenly, Xiaoyu felt a heat in her lower abdomen, and her whole body seemed to be on fire. She immediately lost all her strength and her body went limp, falling down softly.

  "Xiao Yu! Xiao Yu! Grandpa, what's wrong with him?" Da Niu caught Xiao Yu's limp body and asked anxiously.

  The old master of the Big Bull was also shocked, and he immediately thought of something. His own master had once told him that this set of breathing exercises was harmless to practice, but if a child practiced it, because their body had not yet developed fully, they must not use up all their internal energy at once when starting out, otherwise, it would inevitably cause the meridians in their body to become disordered. In minor cases, they would be seriously injured and unable to recover, while in severe cases, they would lose their lives.

  "How could I have overlooked this? Looking at Xiao Yu like this, he must have used up all the internal energy he had just cultivated in one go. I was kind enough to let him practice this inner skill, but it seems I've harmed him instead?"

  In a state of great shock, I involuntarily broke out in a cold sweat, what to do? What to do?

  At this time, Er Ya and Da Niu's mother also ran out of the house, saw Xiao Yu in such a state, panicked and at a loss.

  Suddenly, Grandpa Niu thought of something he had obtained this time when he went out. His heart moved and he immediately said to Niu, "Niu, take Xiao Yu back to the room with Er Ya's mother. Er Ya, come with me!"

  Grandfather Da Niu caught a chicken in the yard, took it to the kitchen to kill it, and asked Er Ya to scald it with boiling water. He then reached into his pocket and pulled out a cloth package, which he opened to reveal a long, oval-shaped object inside.

  The thing has a blunt and rounded end at both ends, with a residual stem at the top and a concave circular root scar at the bottom. The surface is yellowish-white, with faintly visible bloodstains, and there are longitudinal grooves on the body, with oil-point-like root scars forming transverse annular rings.

  "Huh, Grandpa, this corn is growing strangely, why are there blood threads on it?" Er Ya finished collecting the chickens and couldn't help but ask when she saw what was in Grandpa's hand.

  Her family grew gastrodia, and the thing in her grandfather's hand was clearly a fresh gastrodia. Although it looked smaller than the ones they grew at home, its shape suggested that it was indeed gastrodia. However, the blood threads on it left Er Ya confused.

  "Ah, this is what I got this morning when I was catching wild boars by the stream," said Old Master Niu with a nod. "This tianma is quite strange, it only grows under that big tree, and the mist on top of it is especially thick. That wild boar had clearly been knocked unconscious, but after smelling the mist of this tianma, it suddenly sprang back to life and almost got away from me."

  "I thought this thing might be a treasure, so I dug it up."

  "This is really amazing, Grandpa, are you going to stew chicken with it for Little Yu's brother to drink?" Er Ya looked curiously at the wild Tianma.

  "Hmm, this Tian Ma originally has the effect of dispelling wind and dampness, strengthening tendons and bones. Now we're in a hurry to treat the illness, anyway, this highly nourishing thing, giving it to Little Yu will definitely be right!"

  The old master picked up the knife and cut the wild Tianma, only to see that the juice flowing out was also bright red like blood. As soon as he smelled it, he felt refreshed and exhilarated, knowing in his heart that this thing must be a treasure.

  The two servants were quick with their hands and feet, and before long, a pot of stewed chicken with gastrodia was ready. Old Master Niu ladled out a bowl and took it to Xiao Yu's room.

  The big cow and his mother were taking care of Little Yu, who was frowning, burning all over, unconscious, soft and weak, with no strength at all, as if he had a fever.

  Dà niú tā niáng zài chuáng biān fàng le yī pén lěng shuǐ, bù zhù de gēn huàn xiǎo yǔ é tou shàng de shī máo jīn, bāng xiǎo yǔ jiàng wēn.

  Translation:

  The big cow's mother put a basin of cold water beside the bed and kept changing the wet towel on Little Yu's forehead to help him cool down.

  "Big Cow, pick up Little Yu and let him drink this bowl of soup!" Big Cow Grandpa said in a deep voice.

  The big cow responded, sat down on the edge of the bed, gently lifted up Little Yu, and Big Cow's mother took the small bowl from Grandpa's hand, using a spoon to slowly feed the soup into Little Yu's mouth.

  It's strange to say that after drinking this soup, Xiaoyu's face suddenly looked much better, not as red as before, and his tightly furrowed eyebrows also relaxed.

  "Grandpa, what kind of soup did you give Xiaoyu to eat? How come it's so effective?"

  Old Master Da Niu let out a sigh of relief as he saw Xiao Yu's condition improve, "Thank goodness, this Tian Ma didn't disappoint me after all."

  "What? Is it Tianma?" Big Cow and his mother exclaimed in unison, this family had a lot of Tianma, didn't expect it to have such an effect, this is simply a lifesaving soup!

  "Ah, this isn't just any ordinary gastrodia," said Old Master Niu with a smile. "This is a wild gastrodia that I obtained early this morning. In short, it's a precious gastrodia!"

  After a week of recuperation under the careful care of Dà Niú's family, Xiǎo Yǔ finally recovered, and that pot of Tianma stewed chicken also entered Xiǎo Yǔ's stomach.

  What surprised the Big Cow family was that Little Yu seemed to have changed into a different person. He lay in bed for a week and grew taller, originally only about 1.6 meters tall, now almost as tall as Big Cow, just slightly shorter.

  The facial features have also become sharp and clear, the beard has grown a lot, completely shedding the original little positive image, becoming a majestic man.

  Especially his eyes, clear as water, bright as morning stars, as if they can see into the depths of a person's heart.

  "Hint, consuming the ultimate treasure - top-grade Blood Ginseng, Constitution +80, reaching the 100 limit, meeting the requirement for Rebirth and Bone Refining. Successful Rebirth and Bone Refining, all attribute growth increased by 10%, unnamed inner skill cultivation speed doubled!"

  Xiao Yu was shocked, all his attributes increased by 10%, equivalent to leveling up two levels! What does this transformation mean? At the same time, Xiao Yu saw that the internal skill bar had also lengthened a lot, it seemed that his internal skill progress over the past few days was not bad either, and he should be able to use his inner strength to throw two powerful punches.

  "Little Yu brother, how is it like you've become a different person?" Er Ya covered her mouth in surprise beside him, she had witnessed Little Yu's transformation over the past few days and couldn't believe it.

  "I don't know either!" Little Yu rubbed his head, looking at the clothes on his body that were obviously a size too small, and couldn't help but smile wryly.

  The old man of the great cow somewhat understood that Xiaoyu's change was definitely caused by the effect of the wild Tianma, but how Xiaoyu suddenly grew taller, he couldn't figure it out no matter what.

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