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

However, this was not the end. Su Yuntao's palms transformed into claws, attacking various parts of Tang Shan's body.

Tangshan countered each move with a swift and decisive attack, always seemingly just a hair's breadth away from victory, but that hair's breadth proved to be an insurmountable barrier.

After exchanging blows for dozens more times, Tang Shan remained calm and composed, while Su Yuntao's face was flushed and she could no longer continue.

In the end, Tang Shan took the initiative to stop, and Su Yuntao finally calmed down.

As he gasped for breath, beads of sweat poured out from every pore of his body.

If anyone had witnessed their battle, they would have been astonished to find that, despite the intensity of the fight, neither of them had broken a sweat throughout the entire encounter.

Clearly, Su Yuntao has also mastered the Tangshan standing meditation method in recent days, and has a strong control over her own pores.

The so-called "closing pores" may seem mysterious, but many people have actually experienced it: it causes chills.

After taking a hot shower in winter, as soon as you step out of the bathroom, a gust of cold wind blows through you, and you shiver. At that moment, all the pores on your body are tightly closed.

When your pores close, the energy is locked inside your body, and you will feel instantly refreshed.

This is what is meant by closing the pores to prevent energy from leaking out.

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Chapter 21 discusses the compatibility between one's own martial spirit and traditional Chinese martial arts, and the essence of early-stage martial spirit cultivation.

"Young man, is this what you call Ming Jin, which you've been researching?"

Wiping the sweat from her body, Su Yuntao recalled the powerful punch Tang Shan had just delivered and couldn't help but admire it.

Tang Shan nodded: "This power does not come from the transformation of soul power, but originates from the physical body itself. It can be regarded as one of the results of my research on the physical martial soul."

As he spoke, he made several feints in the air, producing a crisp sound.

This sound is not only the explosion of a fist breaking through the air, but also the harmonious rhythm of the muscles and bones working together.

"Based on my feeling just now, your strength is probably no less than that of an ordinary Beast Spirit Power Attack Type Great Soul Master. Can I learn this?"

As Su Yuntao spoke, her eyes lit up, clearly eager for the powerful effects that Tangshan had just demonstrated.

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 the pores, and his gains in Tangshan will only increase. 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 dedication to studying traditional Chinese martial arts was not a spur-of-the-moment decision; rather, he had a very clear purpose.

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

Leaving aside the underlying ideology of building a powerful nation and a strong race, its objective training goal is only one: to control the body as much as possible.

Whether it is obvious force, hidden force, or neutral force, 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 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 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 mastered the standing meditation to a certain level, he thought about further research, but he soon encountered a problem.

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

The fact that he was able to figure out the stance through some brainstorming 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, he must have a fist technique that is not necessarily high-level, but at least has something to it.

However, in his past life, he watched videos just for fun. Even though he now has extraordinary mental strength and can recall various fragments of 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 something, you can do it too.

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

However, he was imitating people, not animals.

Some forms of martial arts imitate the habits of animals. After long-term practice, the movements of the practitioner will carry the aura of a fierce beast.

From Tangshan's perspective, the most suitable imitative boxing style for the human body should not imitate animals, but humans.

For this reason, 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 arduous actions and behaviors contain endless mysteries.

After nearly a year of observation, Tangshan finally gained some insights and created his own unique style of boxing.

Since the style 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 fist.

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

However, Tangshan pioneered the Human Fist style, which might not have much impact on weapon spirit masters, but it could be quite problematic for beast spirit masters who are gradually developing behavioral characteristics of their own spirits.

……

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

Su Yuntao held a hoe in her hand, leaned back, her 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 to the side, 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 key you mentioned. It's as if my body has no aptitude for this. Am I a good-for-nothing?"

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

"It shouldn't be a matter of comprehension; it might also be 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. After long-term cultivation, you will inevitably have acquired some of the living habits and power exertion methods of wolf-like creatures. This change is naturally excellent, but when you encounter a technique like the Human Fist, which is very human-like, the accident just now will occur."

The more Tangshan talked, the clearer his thoughts 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 behavior. 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 mental torture."

Su Yuntao pondered the insights into spiritual practice revealed in the Tangshan dialect, 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 took the initiative to deny it.

"No, even if I try to drive it away, this change will still occur unless I stop using my martial soul in the future. Does this mean that the Ming Jin technique is destined to be unattainable for 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 studied martial spirits all day long, and under his subtle influence, his older brother, while not having a profound understanding of the theories, was still able to figure out some problems.

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

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

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

“Ming Jin is a technique, so if I continue to observe the living habits of those wolf-like soul beasts, and even live with them, and combine 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 you come back, remember to tell Dad that we can prepare 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, the amplification of cultivation by the Martial Soul simulation environment can be reasonably explained.

The early stages of a Soul Master's cultivation are ultimately a process of harmonizing with their own Martial Soul; the Martial Soul is the complete fusion of the Martial Soul and the individual.

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 is about 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 spiritual power.

Therefore, it can be inferred that the so-called simulated environment accelerated cultivation process is a method of accelerated fusion on the basis of the main body martial soul, just like the main body to the body training;

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 to proceed with the later stages of cultivation.

For the first time, Tang Shan gained such a thorough understanding of martial spirit cultivation. Although this did not cause his cultivation speed to increase dramatically, it did guide him in the direction of his cultivation 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 breath.

There has been little progress in the exploration of meridians, mainly because the level of control over the body is too low. Hopefully, obtaining the soul ring will bring a better result.

The soul power, after being imprinted with the mark of Tangshan, returned to the dantian in the Ren and Du meridians.

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 is carefully observed, it will 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 also be the day when the body's martial spirit becomes famous on the continent.

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

This is a narrow road, just wide enough for two carriages to pass side by side.

The four people talked as they walked along the road.

Leading the group were two middle-aged men, one of whom was muscular and had sharp eyes; it was none other than Su Haichao.

Beside him was a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties, dressed in a smart 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 bookish middle-aged man 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 the 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 Martial Soul, which was known for its explosive power.

The ancients Zhan Huangben shouted from afar, and instantly raised silkworms.

"What else could it be? Half-dead."

Su Yuan pushed up his glasses, his face showing complete indifference.

“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 really have to go through a lot. Tell me what you were thinking back then, why did you give up being the director of the intermediate academy and insist on becoming the dean of the junior academy?"

Su Haichao shook his head and suddenly asked curiously, "By the way, are you close with 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 you should..."

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

"That's a long story."