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

As for the scholar who published "The Three Theories of Martial Soul," putting aside everything else, he is definitely over thirty years old; otherwise, he couldn't have achieved such accomplishments. Are we supposed to tell him that the person who developed this theory was a child about the same age as Xiaoxue? That's impossible, unscientific, and unrealistic...

"Fifty-one, fifty-two, fifty-three..."

Tangshan, sitting cross-legged on the ground with his two short legs, watched with great interest as his older brother struggled to complete another burpee. By this time, his brother's clothes were completely soaked with sweat, and there were tiny grains of salt on his exposed body, showing that the salt grains were formed by repeatedly wetting and drying the sweat.

Burpees, in Tangshan's past, were known as a fat-burning magic technique. Most people, let alone ten, could clearly feel their heart rate accelerating and their blood flow suddenly speeding up after just five.

This is also the origin of the term "fat-burning magic technique".

While sweating, blood flow accelerates, and the combination of internal and external circulation leads to a surge in the body's metabolic rate, resulting in a rapid and natural weight loss.

Su Yuntao's training in burpees is not for weight loss, but to improve overall body coordination.

It may seem like just a combination of squats, frog jumps, and push-ups, but the effect of this combination far exceeds the results of training each exercise a hundred times individually.

With Su Yuntao's current physical condition, he could do a hundred repetitions of a single exercise without stopping, and three repetitions would only make him break a sweat at most. But now he can only do about fifty burpees before he is already close to exhaustion.

boom!

The loud banging on the door interrupted Su Yuntao's actions. He didn't care who had made such a commotion or whether the floor was clean. He simply lay down on the ground and gasped for breath.

Tang Shan looked in the direction of the sound and saw Su Haichao rushing in excitedly. Tang Shan, who was strong and quick-witted, had a bright look in his eyes.

"Dad, is it done?"

Seeing the other party nod without hesitation, Tang Shan couldn't help but clench his fist. Judging from his father's expression, he was sure to reap great rewards. His future was promising, with ample resources at the start. From now on, it would all depend on his own efforts.

"The Spirit Hall gave me 10,000 gold spirit coins. I have secretly sent people to search for information about the Millennium Whale Glue. I should be able to get some results soon."

Tang Shan asked in a somewhat surprised tone, "Dad, aren't you going to get yourself some whale glue?"

Su Haichao shook his head. "Shanzi, in the end, this is your own money. It's his good fortune that you're willing to let your elder brother use it. As his father, how can I use my own son's money? The most important thing is that I'm about to break through to the Soul Master level. My ten-thousand-year soul ring will be affected by the soul vibration of a soul beast. It's obviously impossible to get a fourth ten-thousand-year soul ring. Instead of wasting the thousand-year whale glue to increase the lifespan of the soul ring by a few hundred years, it's better to keep it to buy your future cultivation resources."

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Chapter 10 solidifies his reputation as a master, three years later

"Is this whale glue? It doesn't seem to have anything special about it."

Looking at the irregular, black mass on the table, Su Yuntao seriously suspected that his father had been fooled. If whale glue could improve a soul master's physical attributes, how could it be so unattractive?

"Why don't we give it a try and see?"

Tang Shan smiled maliciously, looking at Su Haichao standing to the side.

"Dad, break off a small piece, heat it until it turns golden yellow and smells fragrant, then let eldest brother take it."

Looking at the whale collagen on the table, Hai Chao's lips twitched slightly.

To be honest, if he hadn't taken a small piece and personally tested it after buying it, and indeed felt a very slight improvement in his physical fitness, he would never have believed that this aphrodisiac whale glue could also improve the physical fitness of a Soul Master.

However, the feeling after taking it may not be so pleasant.

"Shanzi, confirm that you don't need to find one for your older brother."

Tang Shan shook his head without hesitation.

"Father, the effects of medicine are ultimately limited. If we really find someone to come, the effects of the medicine will all be released by my eldest brother, and there won't be much effect left. We have to tough it out to maximize its effects."

"Yuntao, good luck."

Su Haichao patted Su Yuntao on the shoulder, then cut off about 10% of the whale glue with a knife and went into the kitchen to start processing it.

At this moment, Su Yuntao didn't know what kind of expression he should have. Seeing that the medicine he was about to take to replenish his yang energy was not working properly, he was in a terrible state.

"Brother, relax. The effect isn't actually that strong. Just bear with it and it will pass. You don't believe me? Don't you believe in the willpower you've built up through hard work and training these past few days?"

Tangshan patted his older brother's thigh reassuringly, signaling him to calm down.

Hearing his younger brother's words of comfort, Tao, who had been somewhat nervous, relaxed.

After these days of training, he felt that his greatest gain was not the gradual improvement in his physical fitness, but the unwavering and steadfast will that remained steadfast despite all kinds of pain and discomfort.

"Yeah, it's just whale glue, what's so scary about it?"

Seeing his older brother regain his confidence, Tang Shan couldn't help but smile.

While strong willpower is certainly a problem, this is whale glue.

To use a somewhat inappropriate analogy, as the pinnacle of martial prowess in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Lü Bu's pain tolerance was undoubtedly second to none, and his will was also quite firm. However, no matter how strong his pain tolerance was, it couldn't change the fact that he was influenced by Diao Chan and fell out with his adoptive father.

After heating for about half an hour, Su Haichao came out carrying a plate. The plate was white and contained a golden-yellow, gelatinous substance that emitted a rich aroma.

Tang Shan leaned closer to examine him closely while also quickly greeting him.

"Brother, come and eat quickly, don't let it get cold and waste the medicine's effects."

After adjusting his mindset, Su Yuntao showed no fear. He decisively picked up the whale glue with his fork and swallowed it.

"What does it taste like, brother?"

Tang Shan was very curious. If he hadn't been thinking of waiting until his own martial soul awakened before using the whale glue to maximize its effect, he would have already asked Su Haichao to heat up a piece for him to try.

"It doesn't have much of a smell except for fragrance."

Su Yuntao smacked his lips, seemingly still wanting more.

I must say, it really smells delicious.

"Alright, brother, let's go outside. The effects of the medicine should be kicking in soon, so exercising now should be very effective."

Tang Shan saw Su Yuntao sitting there still savoring the moment, and slapped his thigh in annoyance.

"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you. I feel like I'm the younger brother."

While complaining, Su Yuntao didn't hesitate at all and quickly walked outside.

Watching the two brothers playfully run outside, Su Haichao smiled without saying a word.

In his view, Su Yuntao was indeed more like a younger brother, while Tang Shan, who was only three years old, was more like an older brother, guiding the other's growth and planning the other's future.

Three years ago, the abandoned baby in the alley changed his and his son's future lives. Even though they didn't know what the future held, the past three years had been unprecedentedly joyful, fulfilling, and wonderful.

"Little brother, this is what you meant by 'just bear with it, and it will pass...' *huff*"

At this moment, Su Yuntao, whose entire body had turned bright red, sat with his legs together, and Tang Shan was sitting on the soles of his feet. Su Yuntao had his hands behind his head, with a brick between his hands, and was doing sit-ups.

Tangshan had no awareness of his own deception; one could say he was thoroughly enjoying the spectacle.

"Brother, don't worry, the effect will wear off quickly. You only used one-tenth of the dosage this time, so it won't last long."

While shaking his legs, he carefully observed the changes in Su Yuntao after he swallowed the whale glue.

The medicinal herbs in Douluo Continent are truly miraculous; even whale jelly, which is ingested, takes effect so quickly.

There's also this kind of rapid improvement in physical fitness. Before, my older brother could only do about 190 sit-ups in one go without stopping or slowing down, but now he can do 300. It's simply unbelievable.

As for why Su Yuntao didn't do push-ups or squats, Tang Shan said that he wanted his elder brother to improve his physical fitness rather than cause the Su family line to end or for his elder brother to burst from exhaustion.

Given his brother's condition after taking whale gelatin, he really didn't know if his brother's "legs" could handle doing push-ups.

As for squats, Tangshan is also aware that squats have the same aphrodisiac effect. Doing squats now is no different from adding fuel to the fire.

……

And so, the days passed by, and life in Tangshan was very fulfilling every day.

Simple daily exercise has made me stronger than other children my age. When I have free time, I stroll to the Spirit Hall in Notting City to read books, and then I pay attention to Su Yuntao's cultivation and training.

In order to provide an excellent cover for the second ring of the millennium, Su Yuntao's physical training in recent years has been mostly within Notting City. As a result, people have gradually come to know that the son of the Spirit Hall Master of Notting City is training his body like crazy in order to verify the master's theoretical research.

It is worth mentioning that after taking whale glue for the first time, Su Yuntao's soul power broke through to level fourteen. You should know that he had just returned from hunting souls and his soul power had already reached level thirteen. Even if he had accumulated more than half of his soul power, he should not have made such a huge progress.

Later, Tang Shan studied it for a long time and found the reason: when Su Yuntao took whale glue, his blood and qi were boiling, which seemed to promote the circulation of his soul power.

However, once the effects of the whale gelatin wear off, this rapid progress disappears.

The biggest influencing factor is the boiling of Qi and blood, or rather, the rapid circulation of Qi and blood.

Qi and blood drive the soul power to circulate faster, and the soul power promotes the strengthening of the body, thereby generating a more powerful qi and blood.

This is similar to the ancient Chinese theory that essence and qi share the same origin, but it is not easy to study qi and blood. Now we are in Douyi, not Douer, and there is no Body Sect, so how can we study qi and blood?

Out of desperation, Tang Shan simply wrote another article and sent it to the Spirit Hall.

Not long after the Spirit Hall's gold spirit coins arrived, the Spirit Hall's newspaper published his "Three Theories on Spirits." This article caused a great sensation in the spirit master world. Because the theories were published anonymously, the spirit masters in the world simply referred to the author of "Three Theories on Spirits" as a master. As a result, the Spirit Hall deliberately gave Su Haichao a "Master Medal," claiming that it was for talents who had made outstanding contributions to the field of spirit research. Since he was unwilling to reveal his true identity, Su Haichao would be the one to receive it.

Initially, the title of "master" was not widely recognized in the Soul Master community. It wasn't that Tang Shan's theories were problematic, but rather that they believed that simply proposing the "Three Theories of Martial Souls" was not enough to earn him the title of master.

Some Soul Masters disagreed, arguing that while the "Three Theories of Martial Soul" might not change the landscape of Soul Master cultivation, it did point out another path for some Soul Masters with low innate Soul Power. They believed that while the future might not be bright, it was definitely a new possibility and deserved the title of Grandmaster.

As a result, many lower-level Soul Masters fought each other.

However, all the debates largely disappeared after Tang Shan published "The Fourth Treatise on Martial Souls" when he was four years old. As for why they didn't all disappear, Tang Shan said, "After all, I'm not a gold soul coin, so I can't please everyone."

In "The Fourth Treatise on Martial Souls", Tang Shan mainly talks about the matching between the absorbed soul rings and the soul master himself.

The main point is: apart from weapon spirits, whether it is a plant spirit or a beast spirit, try to find spirit beasts that match the essence of your own spirit to hunt and absorb spirit rings to break through. Unless you can get a 100,000-year spirit beast to sacrifice itself, try not to absorb spirit rings that do not match the essence of your own spirit.

In this theory, he provided all Soul Masters with a completely new perspective. If we distinguish Martial Souls according to the trend of absorbing Soul Rings, then Plant Martial Souls and Beast Martial Souls can be classified together. After all, it is not difficult to find Soul Beasts in reality that are essentially similar to these two types of Martial Souls. On the contrary, Tool Martial Souls should be classified separately, since there are currently no tools in the Douluo Continent that have become sentient and then become Soul Beasts.

After that, the title of Grandmaster was fully established, and the Spirit Hall later sent another 10,000 gold spirit coins.

When Tang Shan was five years old, he published "The Fifth Treatise on Martial Souls," which discussed the relationship between Qi and Blood and Soul Power. The simple discussion had little impact on Douluo Continent, but he still managed to acquire 10,000 Gold Soul Coins.

Theories that may seem useless are actually of extraordinary significance.

Tang Shan didn't consider himself a genius. He had some wild ideas and had read enough novels, but if he really wanted to make a difference in martial spirit research, his own strength alone was definitely not enough. All he could do was help the people of Douluo Continent overcome their intellectual barriers and guide them in which direction to strive.

In the blink of an eye, three years have passed, and Tangshan is now six years old and about to awaken his martial spirit.

That year, Tiandou City changed its crown prince;

In this year, the twin stars of Haotian shone brightly across the continent;

That year, an unremarkable, dejected middle-aged man entered Notting College.

Chapter 11's unique random soul skill allowed Su Yuntao to awaken my martial soul.

On the small hilltop, two figures, one tall and one short, sat back to back.

The setting sun casts a golden-red glow, making the distant sky exceptionally enchanting.

"Shanzi, your martial spirit will awaken in a few days. How about it? Are you nervous?"

Upon hearing Su Yuntao's question, Tang Shan took a deep breath and told the truth.

"It would be a lie to say I wasn't nervous, but I've done everything I could: I have an incredibly healthy body and never lack nutrition. The rest is up to fate."