Douluo Continent: Awakening the Original Martial Soul at the Start.

Chapter 20 All Meridians Open, Thousand Blades of Snow

"Damn it! Are all these teachers idiots?!" Li Fei rubbed his forehead, meeting Qian Renxue's bewildered gaze, and explained helplessly, "Sealing your soul power to train your body is indeed effective, but it mainly trains your muscles and bones. What we need to train are your internal organs and meridians, which are the foundation for dealing with the impact of soul power when you absorb soul rings!"

"I know what internal organs are, but what are meridians?!" Qian Renxue asked疑惑地.

As people from the Douluo Continent, they were preconceived notions that soul power cultivation could only be achieved through meditation, never considering any other methods. This was also what puzzled Li Fei. The Douluo Continent had existed for countless millennia, yet no one had discovered that soul power circulated through the meridians within the body when it was used. This was also the reason why he had previously complained that the average Douluo person had a negative IQ.

It's truly baffling that the Xuan Tian Gong, a skill from a second- or even third-rate sect in a martial arts world, is consistently considered the top-tier martial art throughout the Douluo Continent series.

"The meridians are the channels through which your soul power circulates throughout your body. The stronger and wider these channels are, the more efficient you are at mobilizing your soul power, and the more soul power you can withstand. You can close your eyes and feel the soul power in your body to see if it flows along a fixed trajectory!" Li Fei explained his understanding of the meridians.

This was something he discovered after awakening his martial soul. It was thanks to his original martial soul's control and perception of his body that Li Fei was able to discover some of the secrets of his meridians.

Upon hearing this, Qian Renxue and Yingjie, who were hiding in the shadows, closed their eyes and began to meditate to feel the flow of soul power within their bodies. They found that, as Li Fei had said, the soul power was indeed flowing along a specific trajectory.

"I see! How come I didn't notice that?!" Qian Renxue exclaimed with sudden realization, then said with admiration, "Li Fei, you're amazing!"

"Wait, what kind of plot twist is this?!"

Li Fei was completely bewildered. Looking at Qian Renxue's expression, he sensed something was wrong. Could it be that Qian Renxue had feelings for him?

"No! No! This isn't the development I want. I'm not worthy of her love right now!" Shaking his head, Li Fei looked at Qian Renxue and said in a deep voice, "Your Highness, we should start training!"

After saying that, Li Fei took the lead and started running.

Qian Renxue was puzzled, but she still followed Li Fei and began to train her body.

The temperature inside the space had reached fifty degrees Celsius. An ordinary person would become dehydrated in such an environment after only half an hour. Even though Li Fei and Qian Renxue had the support of soul power, they were already drenched in sweat after training for half an hour.

Qian Renxue, in particular, felt her vision blurring and her muscles aching all over—a feeling she had never experienced before!

"Here, sip it! It will replenish the water and salt lost from your body and restore your strength!"

Li Fei took out a bottle of salt water from his storage ring and handed it to Qian Renxue, telling her to recover her strength first, as he dared not let her become dehydrated.

Qian Renxue quickly took a few small sips, and after her vision returned to normal and her strength recovered slightly, she drank the rest of the water in one gulp.

"He's alive!"

Qian Renxue tossed the water bottle to the ground beside her, panting heavily, and continued running behind Li Fei.

"This training is mainly to allow me to observe your limits. During the lunch break, I will teach you some methods for circulating soul power, which will make your training more effective."

"I will persevere!"

Seeing that Qian Renxue had agreed, Li Fei turned around and continued running. Although this training was to find out Qian Renxue's limit, it was also to find out his own limit.

As for the method of circulating soul power, I've already accidentally let it slip before, so it doesn't matter if I pass it on to Qian Renxue.

It was noon in noon. Li Fei was standing at the control panel of the simulated environment, panting heavily. He was soaked to the bone, his water and food in his storage ring had long been consumed, and his soul power was completely depleted.

Qian Renxue had reached her limit an hour earlier and was already resting on the open ground nearby, observing how Li Fei trained.

In just half a day, she was already very impressed with Li Fei. She couldn't possibly complete any of the high-intensity training exercises he did, but Li Fei was able to persevere until he reached his limit. She had never seen such perseverance before.

"Gurgle!"

A loud rumble came from Li Fei's stomach. Even with his thick skin, he felt a little embarrassed and awkwardly touched his belly. Ever since he acquired the passive soul skill "Gluttony," his appetite had increased day by day, and he got hungry much faster.

"Haha!" Qian Renxue covered her mouth and laughed. No one had ever done anything so rude in front of her before. She turned to look at the sky. "Sister Ying, prepare more food. Let's eat!"

"Yes, Your Highness!"

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In the Spirit Hall's dining hall, a table was laden with food made from various spirit beast meats, and Qian Renxue sat there elegantly, taking small bites of her food.

Li Fei didn't care about anything else. His hands were moving so fast that they were blurry as he devoured the food on the table. He then quickly digested it and converted it into soul power to replenish the energy he had used for training.

"The simulated environment truly lives up to its name. After just half a day of cultivation in this extreme environment, I can feel my soul power becoming slightly purer, and my physical progress is incomparable to what it was before!"

After finishing off the food on the table, Li Fei sensed the state of his soul power and a hint of joy appeared in his eyes. At this rate, his progress would be three times that of cultivating outside.

"You can eat so much!"

Qian Renxue stared in disbelief at the mountain of plates piled up in front of Li Fei, then looked at the few in front of her own, finding it hard to believe that one person could eat so much.

"Physical training can't be satisfied by soul power alone; it needs various nutrients that can only be obtained from food!" Li Fei explained with a smile, slowly walking behind Qian Renxue: "Remember the route of my soul power's circulation in your body. It will strengthen your meridians and internal organs during training, which is the key to your future goal of reaching the first ring of the millennium."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Fei placed his hand on Qian Renxue's back, injected his soul power into her body, and began to circulate a simple cycle of energy.

Qian Renxue sat down and began to meditate, feeling the soul power flowing through her body. Little did she know that Li Fei was experiencing a turbulent storm within him.

"He was born with all his meridians open! No wonder he has innate soul power at level twenty. Isn't it normal for someone with all his meridians open to have such talent?"

"I really don't know how much time she wasted and how much it wasted of her time as an undercover agent in the original story. If she had focused on cultivation and hadn't been an undercover agent, Tang San would have been out of the picture!"

(End of this chapter)