Douluo Continent: From Internal Martial Arts to the Law of Heaven and Earth

It seems I have a clear direction for the goal of my first spirit ring's spirit skill.

And this amplification of power... it seems my martial soul is also a physical martial soul with an additional attribute, and that attribute should be power.

Carefully sensing the subtle changes within his body, Tang Shan did not deactivate his Martial Soul.

Compared to weapon spirit masters and beast spirit masters, body spirit masters have another significant advantage.

That is because the martial soul itself is oneself, activating the martial soul causes very little loss of soul power, and as long as soul skills are not used, there is basically no problem in activating it for a long time.

Seeing Tang Shan activate his martial soul, then casually lift a dumbbell for a bit of exercise before putting it down again; sometimes deep in thought, sometimes frowning, Su Yuntao was already used to it.

Su Yuntao knew his younger brother was probably researching martial spirits again; he'd seen this all the time in the past six years.

After a while, seeing that his younger brother had come to his senses, Su Yuntao quickly said, "Young man, let's begin."

Tang Shan nodded in agreement, realizing that no matter how much he thought about it, nothing beats experiencing it firsthand.

"Little brother, what do you suggest we train first?"

Let's start with push-ups.

As he spoke, Tang Shan had already placed his hands on the ground, ready to go.

"Young man, have you forgotten something?"

Su Yuntao couldn't help but remind him, his face showing both the joy of catching Tangshan's mistake and his concern.

Support yourself with your hands, slightly wider than shoulder-width apart, with your back and legs straight in a straight line.

Next, contract and fold your arm muscles, slowly bend your body down until it is less than an inch from the ground, hold this position for a while, and then slowly push yourself back up.

Tang Shan replied to Su Yuntao only after completing a standard push-up.

"Big brother, don't underestimate the physical spirit. Warm-up exercises are unnecessary for me as the physical spirit. When the spirit is activated, my physical condition will naturally reach its peak."

After saying that, he completed another standard push-up.

"What! The main body martial soul has this effect?"

Su Yuntao never expected that his warm-up exercises before each workout would be nothing more than the activation of the martial soul for a soul master with a physical martial soul.

You should know that when Su Yuntao first started exercising, he hadn't developed the habit of warming up. It was only after he cramped up during an exercise session that he remembered the necessity of warming up.

Having a strong will is one thing, but deliberately making things difficult for yourself without warming up is another.

Tang Shan, who was still in the state of activating his martial soul, continued to do push-ups at a leisurely pace. His speed was not fast, but his form was very standard and precise, like a textbook example.

The strength attribute should be an inherent attribute of my original martial soul, and this kind of enhancement to physical fitness is indeed quite good.

Furthermore, with the activation of my Martial Soul, I feel that my physical fitness improves much faster than I have in the past.

This should be the combined effect of the original martial soul and the innate soul power.

"Ninety-nine, one hundred..."

Large beads of sweat slid down Tang Shan's forehead. Having long since withdrawn from the state of martial spirit enhancement, Tang Shan struggled to complete his hundredth push-up before slowly sitting cross-legged on the ground.

"Young man, is the workload a bit too heavy?"

With a solemn expression, Su Yuntao quickly handed over a bottle of saline solution.

Tangshan opened the bottle, took a small sip, and then slowly drank it several times.

call!

Tang Shan, feeling that his strength had recovered somewhat, shook his head.

"No, now that I've awakened my original martial soul, my understanding of my body is much better. In terms of mastery over the body, even you, my older brother who has been training for several years, might not be as proficient as me."

Tangshan's reasons barely convinced Su Yuntao, but he was still a little worried.

"Little brother, didn't you wait until I absorbed my first spirit ring before letting me do high-intensity training? Why are you putting me through such intense training right after my spirit awakens? Are you sure this won't affect my development?"

Upon hearing the question, Tang Shan nodded, then shook his head.

"Brother, your idea is good, but it's not practical for me. My martial soul is my physical body. In a sense, when my martial soul awakens, my body already possesses certain properties of the martial soul."

"How is a martial soul enhanced? It's through soul power and soul rings. Leaving aside the beneficial effects of absorbing soul rings on our bodies, simply relying on the characteristics my martial soul bestows upon me, as long as I don't train recklessly to the point of self-destruction, even the most intense training won't affect my growth and development in any way."

While explaining to Su Yuntao, Tang Shan suddenly had a flash of inspiration. All the descriptions of the original martial soul, the second awakening and the third awakening of the martial soul, as well as the flawless golden body in Dou Er and Dou San kept replaying in his mind.

He took a deep breath and, instead of rushing to think further, firmly memorized all these inspirations.

"Brother, don't worry, I won't do anything reckless. Help me up first, and when we get back, heat up a piece of whale gelatin for me."

Seeing his younger brother's confidence, Su Yuntao finally believed that Tang Shan's high-intensity fracture would not cause irreversible damage or impact on his body, and quickly stepped forward to lift him up.

As they walked back, Su Yuntao said irritably, "Why are you being so stubborn? I'd rather carry you back myself, it would be so much easier and more efficient."

Tang Shan, whose whole body ached, had no choice but to let his older brother do as he pleased.

Back home, thanks to the terrifying regenerative power of his martial soul, Tang Shan was able to move around without much trouble.

Only after confirming that Tangshan had regained some self-care ability did Su Yuntao take a piece of whale glue into the kitchen.

Tang Shan entered the bathroom, first wiping away the sweat with a towel, then turning on the tap and letting the cold water wash over his body.

Injuries are inevitable for anyone during exercise, especially those tiny capillaries, which are extremely fragile.

Or, to put it another way, exercise itself is a process of supercompensation after damage.

Rinsing with cold water in Tangshan can quickly coagulate the tiny blood clots caused by ruptured capillaries, allowing them to be reabsorbed by the body and thus not affecting exercise the next day.

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Chapter 14 Speculations on the Second Awakening of Martial Souls and the Future Direction of Cultivation

Tangshan was immediately drawn to the strong fishy smell in the room as soon as he stepped out of the bathroom.

On the pristine white plate, the softened whale gelatin, heated to perfection, emitted an enticing aroma.

Tang Shan sat down at the table, picked up a fork, and decisively put the whale gelatin into his mouth.

The rich aroma explodes on the taste buds, filling the entire mouth.

Thick and bouncy, it lives up to its name as whale glue.

As it was swallowed, a warm current flowed from the stomach to the limbs and bones.

The muscles that were sore from intense exercise seemed to have been nourished, feeling warm and soothing, and the pain was significantly reduced.

"Young man, what about the effects of the medicine later?"

Previously, he was only thinking about whether high-intensity exercise would harm Tang Shan's body. It wasn't until he saw Tang Shan swallow whale collagen that Yun Tao remembered the side effects of this medicine and couldn't help but frown.

"It's alright, I'll try to suppress it through my cultivation."

Tang Shan had already made preparations, and instead of returning to his room, he simply sat cross-legged on the spot, focusing his mind on his martial spirit and beginning to draw upon the omnipresent soul power in the world to cultivate.

However, after only a short time of cultivation, a surge of scalding energy erupted from his abdomen, raging wildly throughout his body.

Any injuries left from training vanished quickly under the onslaught of this energy.

Tangshan's flesh and bones greedily absorbed the energy from the whale gelatin, strengthening themselves.

Physical fitness began to increase at an extremely rapid pace.

Power surged within his body, and the speed at which his soul power circulated throughout his body also increased significantly.

As for the so-called evil fire, sorry, you don't even have enough energy to heal minor injuries, let alone extra energy to turn into evil fire.

The soul power was quickly drawn in and gathered in the body, where it was refined and transformed into the soul power that Tang Shan himself possessed through the meridians.

Tang Shan, who was born with full soul power, had already reached a bottleneck and could no longer increase his soul power level. However, the quality of his soul power was still slowly improving and gradually turning into mist.

Time passed second by second. As time went by, the aura that had been boiling over in Tang Shan's body due to swallowing whale gelatin gradually calmed down. Su Yuntao, who was carefully protecting him from the side, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Watching Tangshan cultivate today, his emotions went through a lot of ups and downs. Fortunately, what seemed dangerous turned out to be just his overthinking.

Another hour passed, and Tangshan, having fully exerted the effects of the whale gelatin, stood up again.

"Little brother, have you grown taller again?"

Su Yuntao's eyesight was so sharp that he was the first to notice the changes in Tang Shan's body when Tang Shan had just stood up.

Tang Shan clenched his fist and carefully felt the abundant vitality inside his body, then nodded.

"My martial soul is my physical body, and it is extremely closely connected to my body. When I awakened my martial soul before, I grew taller. Now I have also eaten whale glue, a rare and precious material that enhances physical fitness, so growing taller is normal."

Su Yuntao looked at Tang Shan, whose height had reached his chest, with a somewhat strange expression.

“Little brother, you are only six years old now, and you are already almost 1.5 meters tall. How tall will you be when you grow up and even when you become an adult?”

Upon hearing this, Tang Shan himself, who had never considered this possibility, couldn't help but freeze.

Being tall is a good thing, but being too tall isn't very attractive, and it might be hard to find a girlfriend.

Let nature take its course.

With no immediate solution in sight, Tangshan could only console itself with this thought.

I hope you have a good understanding of my own body and don't overdo it.

"By the way, little brother, when are you going to hunt down your first spirit ring?"

Upon hearing his elder brother's question, Tang Shan put aside the inconvenience caused by his height and thought for a moment before replying.

"I need to train for a while longer. My martial soul is a body-based martial soul, so my training speed and growth efficiency should be much faster than yours back then, older brother. With the several pieces of whale glue that Dad has already bought, I want to try to break through to the first ring of the millennium."

Upon hearing this, Su Yuntao, despite having experienced it many times before, was still surprised by Tang Shan's words.

Su Yuntao believed that with his younger brother's long-term training and the assistance of whale glue, completing the first ring of the millennium should not be a problem. However, judging from his younger brother's tone, the fact that he did it in a short time was somewhat frightening.

"Big brother, when you reach level 20, we can hunt souls together. You should hurry up and cultivate. I'm only giving you one year. If you don't reach level 20, I'll have Father take me with you."

Hearing the previous words, Su Yuntao, who had been thinking of slowing down his cultivation and giving Tangshan more time to train, nodded helplessly.

It seems that my younger brother anticipated what I might do and filled in the loopholes in his words.

Back in his room, Tang Shan took out paper and pen and began to organize his thoughts once again.

Step by step, recalling the flashes of inspiration he had during his conversation with Su Yuntao that morning, and combining this with information from the first three parts of Douluo Continent, he pieced together his guesses on paper:

When it comes to cultivating one's own martial soul, aside from the so-called meditation method, what leaves the deepest impression is the multiple awakenings and combat skills.

Regardless of combat skills, what appears to be a self-created soul skill of the Body Sect is actually unique to them.

It's just that basically only Soul Masters can cultivate it, which is why it has the alternative name of combat skills.