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

Chapter 3 Meditation

Meditation and training are both essential daily practices for Li Fei. Both his parents are Soul Masters, and the Li family is the richest family in the entire Ze'an City. Their meditation techniques are of an advanced level, which is extremely rare even on the continent.

"It still doesn't work! I can clearly sense the existence of soul power, but I can't mobilize even a fraction of it. What's the difference between meditation and the Mysterious Heaven Technique? Why can't I cultivate soul power before awakening my martial soul?!"

After meditating for two hours, Li Fei opened his eyes, stretched his legs which were sluggish from sitting for so long, and found it amusing to think about what he had done for cultivation over the years.

As early as the age of three, Li Fei secretly sneaked into Li Ming's study and found the meditation method for Soul Masters. He wanted to start cultivating before awakening his Martial Soul and strive to reach the innate full Soul Power before the Martial Soul awakens.

Three years have passed, but his soul power has not increased at all, nor has it become more refined. Apart from being able to perceive the existence of soul power more clearly and his mental power has increased somewhat, he has not gained anything.

It was precisely for this reason that Li Fei frantically trained his body, hoping to nourish his soul power and spirit through his physical body, and also wanting to allow his first soul ring to absorb beyond its limits.

Of course, Li Fei also valued the fact that meditation could increase mental strength, so he persisted in it and was even more serious and focused on it than when he exercised his body.

He knew perfectly well that mental strength was extremely important in the later stages of cultivation and was also the key to condensing the soul core.

Soul Cores are a soul power cultivation system that developed in the Great Luo Continent ten thousand years later. Soul Cores cannot directly increase a Soul Master's cultivation level, but they can increase the Soul Master's soul power recovery speed and cultivation speed, and are the key to becoming a Title Douluo.

In his pursuit of cultivation, Li Fei tried many methods, but they were all just wild ideas and had no effect whatsoever. Even his most anticipated visualization method ultimately failed.

He believed that visualization was feasible, but he hadn't found the method because he had only done simple imagining, which might not conform to the visualization method.

Perhaps I can find a way when I become stronger in the future.

"It's a pity I didn't see a meridian chart in my past life, nor did I understand qigong or martial arts. If I had known some of those, perhaps I could have cultivated my martial spirit like the Xuan Tian Gong!"

"But it doesn't matter anymore. There's only one week left until my Martial Soul awakens, then I can start cultivating!"

Emerging from his reverie, Li Fei sighed, lay down on his bed, and began to look forward to his martial soul awakening a week later, imagining himself dominating the Douluo Continent in the future as he slowly drifted off to sleep.

"Giggle giggle!"

A loud rooster crowed outside the window, and Li Fei, who had already had a good sleep, opened his eyes, put on a short-sleeved shirt and shorts, and headed towards the cafeteria.

Inside the cafeteria, Li Ming and Jiang Xin had not yet arrived, but the table was already full of food. A pretty girl who looked about seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing a white chef's uniform, stood respectfully to the side with her hands clasped in front of her.

The girl's name is Shen Chenyan. She is eighteen years old this year. Her martial soul is Five Qi Ginseng. She is an eighteenth-level food-type soul master. She is a nutritionist hired by Li Fei's father to regulate the bodies of Li Fei and his brothers.

"Sister Shen, sit down and eat with us!"

"Yes, young master!"

Upon hearing Li Fei's words, Shen Chenyan didn't stand on ceremony. She plopped down opposite Li Fei, picked up the food on the table, and started eating.

Li Fei rolled his eyes in annoyance, feeling helpless.

Shen Chenyan would stand there respectfully every morning, only sitting down to eat when Li Fei called her.

Li Fei gulped down his food, each dish containing Five Qi Ginseng, which nourishes the body and strengthens bones and muscles. It can be said that Li Fei's current physique owes much to the Five Qi Ginseng.

"Brother, I'm sorry I'm late!"

Just then, a little boy about the same age as Li Fei ran in. He was dressed in black, and his small face was full of determination. He was very polite to Li Fei.

The boy's name is Li Fan. He is an adopted child of Li Ming. He was an orphan that Li Fei found in Ze'an City when he was five years old. At that time, Li Fei wanted to test some of his ideas and find a test subject, so he begged Li Ming to adopt him.

Li Fan is now physically strong, just like Li Fei, and can sense soul power through meditation. However, like Li Fei, he can only sense it but cannot cultivate it, although his strength is much lower than Li Fei's.

"Sit down! Why are you being so polite?! You're my brother now!"

"Okay, bro!"

Li Fan nodded expressionlessly and sat down next to Li Fei to start eating.

Li Fei felt somewhat helpless. He truly treated Li Fan as a younger brother, but Li Fan might have been an orphan in Ze'an City at some point. He was sensitive and meticulous, and since being adopted by Li Ming, he had been very serious and meticulous in everything he did.

His parents, Li Ming and Jiang Xin, treated him very well, loving him as if he were their own child. However, Li Fan remained the same, which gave Li Ming and Jiang Xin a lot of headaches. In the end, they had no choice but to hope that time could change the child.

Half an hour later!

"Sister Shen, please take care of these things. I'll take Xiao Fan to train!"

"Xiao Fan, let's go!"

After greeting Shen Chenyan, Li Fei led Li Fan to the training ground, where the two began jogging to warm up in preparation for the high-intensity training that followed.

"Xiao Fan, how have you been adjusting your condition these past few days?! Your Martial Soul Awakening is coming up soon, don't let your poor condition affect it!"

"Yes, the adjustment is very good!"

Li Fan remained expressionless. After speaking, he covered his head and ran next to Li Fei.

Li Fei suddenly felt like he was going crazy. How could he have chosen to adopt such a younger brother? He was so quiet and reserved, hardly ever speaking, and whatever Li Fei said went.

After the warm-up run, Li Fei started training Li Fan. Because Li Fan had been an orphan for a year and made a living by scavenging garbage in Ze'an City, his body was quite depleted. Even though he received the same training as Li Fei, his physical fitness was still much worse than Li Fei's.

However, compared to his peers, he far surpasses them in both mental will and physical strength, and is even comparable to the disciples of the three upper sects.

These are all the results of Li Fan's hard work. Sensitive to the point of not being abandoned again, he strives for perfection in every training session Li Fei sets. He grits his teeth and completes the first few sessions, even though his body has reached its limit.

It was this perseverance that allowed Li Fei to elevate Li Fan from a mere tool to a brother-tool. Of course, Li Fei had no intention of harming Li Fan. Over the past year, the two had developed a strong bond, especially Li Fan's feelings for him. Li Fei could sense that Li Fan truly considered him family, though he was simply not good at expressing it.

(End of this chapter)