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

Tang Shan touched his head and fell into a brief moment of contemplation.

It wasn't that he was unwilling to teach his elder brother the method of cultivating Ming Jin, but rather that he didn't know if his elder brother was suitable for the boxing style he had created.

During this period, Su Yuntao successfully grasped the essence of martial arts, and Tangshan's gains will only be greater. However, unfortunately, there is no inheritance of traditional Chinese martial arts from his previous life in this world, and he can only rely on himself to study it.

His study of traditional Chinese martial arts was not a spur-of-the-moment decision or a blind pursuit, but rather he had a very clear purpose.

It's easy to see from the martial arts novels of the past that no matter how fancy the techniques are, in essence, they are all about developing the body's own potential.

Putting aside the underlying ideology of building a strong nation and a powerful race, its objective training goal is singular: to gain as much control over the body as possible.

Whether it's Ming Jin, An Jin, or Hua Jin, they are all byproducts of gaining further control over oneself.

Even the more profound Dan Jin, Gang Jin, and so-called breaking through the void and seeing the divine without decay, while containing the transformation of the mind, also use the transformed mind to further control oneself and further explore one's own potential.

Unleashing one's own potential is a perfect match for one's original martial soul. Tang Shan has reason to suspect that if he really studies martial arts and cultivates it to a certain level, his martial soul might be able to awaken a second time on its own.

Getting back to the main point, the reason he said he didn't know if his elder brother was suitable for the boxing style he created was because of the origin of his boxing style.

At first, after he had practiced standing meditation to a certain level, he thought about studying it further, but he soon encountered problems.

In his past life, he was just an ordinary person. Many of his creative ideas came to him by chance while browsing short videos, and whether they could actually be realized was another matter.

The fact that he was able to figure out the stance training method through some creative ideas and information is already a result of his extraordinary comprehension, combined with the great advantage of his own martial soul. If he wants to continue to progress, he needs a fist technique that, while not necessarily advanced, is at least somewhat useful.

However, in his past life, he watched videos just for fun. Even though he now has extraordinary mental strength and can recall various fragments from his past life, he still doesn't have a systematic boxing technique.

Out of desperation, he came up with a barely feasible idea.

If others can create it, so can we.

As for how to create something new, the method is simple: start by imitating.

However, he imitated people, not animals.

Some forms of martial arts imitate the habits of animals. After long-term practice, the practitioner will carry the aura of a fierce beast in their walking, sitting, and lying down.

Tangshan believes that the most suitable model for imitating human-like martial arts should not be animals, but humans.

Therefore, he often asked his elder brother to take him to the villages and towns below to see old men pushing carts, farmers tilling the fields, and butchers slaughtering animals...

As the saying goes, there are 360 ​​professions, and every profession can produce an expert.

Their actions, honed through trials and tribulations, contain endless mysteries.

After nearly a year of observation, Tangshan finally learned something and created his own unique style of boxing.

Since the art of boxing originated from humans, it is called human boxing.

This is also why Tangshan is worried about whether his older brother can learn it.

Su Yuntao's martial soul is the Lone Wolf. Each time the martial soul possesses him, it has a subtle influence on his body. It can be said that if he were in the real martial arts world, he would definitely be a genius in practicing wolf-like imitation boxing.

This can be seen from the fact that Tang Shan had Su Yuntao observe the battle between wolf-type and dog-type soul beasts, and Su Yuntao's ability to use his claws improved rapidly.

However, Tangshan pioneered the Human Fist style, which may not have much impact on weapon spirit masters, but it may not be so good for beast spirit masters who have gradually developed some behavioral characteristics of their own spirits.

……

"Hu Chi... Hu Chi..."

Su Yuntao held a hoe in his hand, leaned back, his right leg, waist and left arm forming a straight line, and then slammed it hard into the ground.

boom!

Dust billowed up, and Tang Shan, standing nearby, couldn't help but frown.

"Big brother, how are you feeling?"

He stepped forward, looking thoughtfully at Su Yuntao, who was covered in sweat.

"Little brother, I still can't grasp the trick you mentioned. It's like my body just doesn't have the aptitude for it. Am I a useless piece of trash?"

Su Yuntao developed serious self-doubt. He had gained a lot from observing wolf-type soul beasts and thought he was a genius. However, he never expected that his little brother's punch would completely expose his poor comprehension.

"It shouldn't be a matter of comprehension; it's probably related to your own martial spirit, brother."

Tang Shan thought for a moment and then shared his guess.

"Brother, your martial soul is a beast martial soul. With long-term cultivation, you will inevitably have picked up some of the living habits and power generation methods of wolf-like creatures. This change is naturally a good thing, but when you encounter a technique like human fist, which is very human in nature, the accident you just experienced will happen."

The more Tangshan talked, the clearer his thinking became.

"It's not that Beast Soul Masters can't do normal jobs in the future. Normal work has no impact on Beast Soul Masters. But Human Fist is different. To exaggerate a bit, you can think of this fist technique as the sum of human daily behaviors. For ordinary people and weapon Soul Masters, practicing this technique is harmless, but for Beast Soul Masters, it's torture. It's like having to reshape the physical instincts that you've worked so hard to develop. It's a complete torture of one's own spirit."

Su Yuntao pondered the insights into cultivation revealed in Tang Shan's words, lost in thought.

"Little brother, do you think I should force myself to cultivate and deliberately remove my wolf instincts?"

Before Tangshan could answer, Su Yuntao himself denied it.

"No, even if I am expelled, this change will still occur unless I stop using my martial spirit in the future. Is it possible that the Ming Jin technique is destined to be unavailable to me?"

Tang Shan was somewhat surprised that his elder brother could think of the influence of martial souls, but he quickly realized what was going on.

He spent his days studying martial spirits, and under his subtle influence, his elder brother, while not necessarily possessing profound theoretical knowledge, was still able to understand some of the issues.

"That's not necessarily true. Ming Jin is a technique, not a unique style of boxing."

Besides, brother, don't underestimate the survival instincts that wild beasts, even spirit beasts, have accumulated over the ages.

Tang Shan's meaningful words made Su Yuntao suddenly realize the truth.

“Ming Jin is a skill. So I will continue to observe the living habits of those wolf-like spirit beasts, and even live with them. By combining this with the theory of the birth of Ming Jin, I might be able to create a boxing style that cultivates Ming Jin.”

As he spoke, he became somewhat puzzled.

"Young man, how come this cultivation method is so similar to the enhancement that the martial soul's simulated environment provides to cultivation?"

"Perhaps it's just a coincidence, brother. I'm going back to my room to cultivate. When I get back, remember to tell Dad that we can start preparing to hunt soul beasts these next few days."

Tang Shan returned to his room, his eyes bright.

Indeed, different paths lead to the same destination; the great way leads to the same goal.

Thus, there is a relatively reasonable explanation for the amplification of cultivation by the martial spirit's simulated environment.

The early stages of a Soul Master's cultivation are ultimately a process of getting in sync with their own Martial Soul; the original Martial Soul is the complete fusion of the Martial Soul and the self.

Beast Martial Soul Masters are those whose martial souls influence each other; they can be seen as humans with beastly bodies, or beasts with human wisdom.

As for the cultivation of weapon spirits, it involves gradually gaining control over one's own weapon spirit, and eventually even becoming the weapon spirit of one's own weapon spirit. This can be seen from the fact that the true form of the weapon spirit consumes soul power.

Therefore, it can be inferred that the so-called process of accelerating cultivation in a simulated environment is a method of accelerating fusion with the original martial soul, just like the original body in body tempering.

Beyond beast martial souls, one should try to learn the living habits of beasts similar to one's own martial soul, such as a lone wolf's relationship with a wolf pack.

Beyond weapon spirits lies the gradual mastery of one's own tools, like a hammer in a blacksmith's shop.

This is the early stage of martial spirit cultivation; I wonder how the later stages of cultivation will proceed.

For the first time, Tang Shan had such a thorough understanding of the cultivation of martial spirits. Although this could not make his cultivation speed increase dramatically, it did guide his cultivation direction in the short term.

Before encountering a bottleneck, improving the compatibility between the martial spirit and the human body should not be a big problem.

He pulled his racing thoughts back, calmed his mind, and began to absorb the soul power between heaven and earth.

Strands of soul power were drawn into Tang Shan's body, then flowed into his body, were refined, entered his dantian, and became part of his cultivation.

It's still level 10 soul power, but the soul power itself is much thicker. If the soul power becomes sparse again after the breakthrough, I wonder how many levels it can increase in one go.

There has been little progress in exploring the meridians, mainly because the level of control over the body is too low. Hopefully, obtaining a spirit ring will lead to a better outcome.

The soul power circulated through the Ren and Du meridians, and after being imprinted with the Tangshan mark, it returned to the dantian.

Soft rays of light emanated from Tang Shan's entire body, illuminating his serene face.

If monitored by ultra-high-end instruments and the data carefully observed, it would be found that the brightness of the halo emanating from Tangshan is gradually increasing.

The martial spirit is gradually merging with the body. When they truly become one, it may be the day when the body's martial spirit becomes famous throughout the continent.

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Chapter 22: A Glimpse into the Plan, Soul Hunting Forest

This is a narrow path, just wide enough for two carriages to walk side by side.

The four people talked as they walked along the road.

The two men in the lead were middle-aged. One of them was strong and had sharp eyes. He was none other than Su Haichao.

Beside him was a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties, dressed in a close-fitting outfit and wearing glasses. A scholarly air naturally emanated from him.

Following behind them were Tang Shan and his good older brother Su Yuntao.

The four's destination was the Soul Hunting Forest, but this time Su Yuntao and Tang Shan both needed a thousand-year soul ring. Even though Su Haichao was already a Soul Master, he still invited an outside help just in case.

"Old Su, how's school going lately?"

Su Haichao turned his head and looked at the middle-aged man with books beside him.

This middle-aged man is no ordinary person; he is Su Yuan, the dean of Notting Academy in Notting City, and also a Soul Master.

His martial soul is a flamingo, and he is a level 41 power attack type soul master.

To be honest, Tang Shan was quite surprised when he learned that the dean, who had a scholarly air about him, actually possessed the flamingo spirit, which was known for its explosive power.

The ancients were right: one cannot judge a book by its cover.

"What else could it be? Half-dead, that's all."

Su Yuan pushed up his glasses, his face completely unconcerned.

“Every year, a few are sent to intermediate colleges, and the rest go back to their own homes. It may take five or six years to find a good prospect to send to an advanced college.”

"Tsk tsk, you must have had a tough time. What were you thinking back then? Why did you give up being the director of the intermediate academy and insist on becoming the dean of the lower academy?"

Su Haichao shook his head and suddenly asked curiously, "By the way, are you close to Yu Xiaogang, who lives in your college? It seems like he just freeloads at Notting College."

Upon hearing this, Su Yuan's lips twitched slightly, and he sighed helplessly.

"I wouldn't say we're close, I'd say we know each other."

"Then why..."

Hearing the unspoken meaning in Su Haichao's words, Su Yuan revealed a bitter smile.

"That's a long story."