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Makino blinked, unsure whether Mercer was praising or mocking her.

After all, Mercer's serious and approving expression didn't seem like he was making fun of her.

"Dumb~ Gaa gaa gaa~"

At this moment, Ya Da Bao opened its beak and laughed strangely. Mercer glared at it fiercely, and Makino's face darkened, then she laughed angrily.

"I knew I wasn't wrong, you were mocking me?"

He picked up a fish bone and threw it over.

Moses flashed.

Easily dodged it.

Makino puffed out her cheeks and looked unhappy, but then she cheered up.

"I didn't say anything wrong. People are inherently different. Some are born princes, and some are born bandits."

"That's right, we can't decide how we're born, but we can decide how we are afterward."

“Strong people are not born strong; most of them are strong through training. Take, for example, the one you mentioned who can smash a wall with one punch. That can be done through training.”

Makino: "Really? Can an ordinary person really do that?"

"So you're still not very knowledgeable."

Mercer glanced around, picked up a rock the size of an egg at his feet, gripped it tightly with his right hand, and made a crisp "crack" sound.

Open your hands.

Makino saw that the rocks had been broken into pieces.

She covered her mouth in surprise with her right hand, "Wow, that's amazing, Mercer!"

Dropping the rock in his hand, Mercer laughed and said, "See? This is the result of my training. I wasn't lying to you."

For Mercer, steel is still unbreakable, but a simple, somewhat weathered reef is something he can handle.

Seeing Makino's surprised look, Mercer smiled smugly.

“Cultivation?” Makino asked slyly, “Then how did you cultivate? Can someone so young cultivate? Did Mr. Garp teach you?”

Makino remarked with some emotion, "Cultivation... it seems so lofty and sophisticated. It feels like there are two different worlds between me and ordinary people like me."

Moses glanced at her, neither agreeing nor disagreeing, but simply smiled softly:

"It's not as lofty as you think. Cultivation is actually very simple. As long as you master the right method, eat more meat, and exercise diligently, your body will give you feedback. Over time, you will naturally become stronger."

The world is rich in cultivation resources; the meat of various ferocious beasts and sea kings is highly nutritious.

What you may not know is that spiritual practice generally involves eating more, training more, and improving physical fitness, which naturally makes a person stronger.

Spiritual practice is not lofty or unattainable; it's quite ordinary and common. As long as you persevere, you will naturally reap rewards; the only difference is the amount gained.

At this point, Messer glanced at her again and tilted his head: "You seem quite eager. So, do you want to become stronger? If so, then beg me. If you beg me, I'll consider teaching you cultivation."

Makino looked at Mercer, who seemed like a little adult, and covered her mouth with a smile. "Want to consider it? Okay~ Then I beg you, Master Mercer, I want to become stronger~ Please help me, I also want to smash a wall with one punch."

As he spoke, he devoured the grilled fish in his hand in a few bites, clasped his hands together, blinked at Moses, and said in a light tone:

"Then I'll have to trouble you, little Messer, to teach me! I want to cultivate too."

After saying that, he was amused by his own words and chuckled.

Seeing her disbelieving look, Mercer wasn't angry; after all, she was just an ordinary girl.

They are unaware of the true nature of the world.

Even the existence of Devil Fruits, which can grant instant access to the heavens, was something she had only just learned from him.

At this moment, seeing that the lobsters and fish on the wire mesh in front of him had become somewhat burnt during their conversation, Mercer quickly flipped them over and momentarily forgot to pay attention to her.

Seeing Mercer's expression, Makino laughed even harder, feeling as if she had won the argument.

After flipping the seafood over and brushing it with oil, Mercer smiled and said, "I don't know about other cultivation methods, but my cultivation method is based on breathing."

"So-called breathing."

Makino listened in a daze as Mercer spoke eloquently, starting with the structure of the human body and then moving on to the internal organs, explaining from the inside out with each breath.

She wasn't young, and she could roughly understand what Mercer was saying. But it was precisely because she could understand that she knew this might actually be a special method of cultivation.

Suddenly, Makino's face became flustered and embarrassed, and she was somewhat at a loss.

While she was at a loss, Ya Da Bao, who was beside her, was not. Having followed Moses for so long, it hadn't been doing it for nothing, and it knew a lot about the internal structure of a crow's body.

Mercer also gave it and Little Raven a full-body check-up, and Kureha tailored breathing techniques for them. It understands breathing techniques.

As the bird listened to Moses's clear and concise explanation, it seemed to be deep in thought.

I just feel that I have a better understanding of how to breathe.

That's all.

Moses looked at Makino and smiled, saying, "Did you understand? Can you do it?"

Makino opened her mouth nervously, then said somewhat helplessly, "Can you really teach me this breathing technique? Will Mr. Garp allow it? If not, I can forget it."

Mercer rolled his eyes at her, got up, walked over to her, took her arm, and helped her up.

"Stop rambling on, hurry up and breathe so we can move on to the next step."

Makino hesitated, but seeing the determination in Mercer's eyes, she felt an indescribable excitement.

I feel like I've discovered a world I've never seen before, and I feel like if I were to learn from it now, I would become different from before.

It has to be said that humans are born with a period of being a bit immature and eccentric.

Even if she is just an ordinary girl.

Makino, who was in her second year of middle school, immediately suppressed her excitement and began to slowly adjust her breathing as Mercer had just instructed.

Mercer observed the rise and fall of her breathing and began to correct it. Gradually, Makino's breathing also began to take shape.

Mercer took out several silver needles from the needle pouch at his waist and quickly and precisely inserted them into her body, distributing them at the points of her breathing.

At the same time, Makino felt a sharp pain in some parts of her body, but then her newly learned breathing technique became much smoother.

In a state of harmony between humanity and nature.

With his Observation Haki, Moses could clearly see the direction in which the gas inside her body began to flow as her breathing changed.

With her right index, thumb, and middle fingers pinching the silver needles located at her throat, she began to slowly twist them, following the flow of her breath, twisting the silver needles in the direction of her lungs, heart, and intestines in turn.

At this moment, Makino felt something novel: she suddenly found that her breathing became smoother and deeper.

As I continued breathing, I became completely dazed, my mind went blank, and then I knew nothing at all.

As Mercer watched this scene, she stimulated acupoints, gradually inducing a state of deep, selfless breathing through artificial intervention.

"It seems feasible. Indeed, acupoints on the human body have amazing effects."

This world is based on the concept of the human body with acupoints, and Professor Kureha is proving this point.

Mercer also learned some "skin" from Kureha, and could do some simple applications.

Seeing Makino breathing instinctively, Mercer laughed.

Mercer sat down again and continued eating barbecue with Ya Da Bao, glancing at Makino from time to time, or fiddling with the silver needles to deepen her physical impression.

After half an hour,

Suddenly, Mercer saw Makino's body begin to spasm slightly with each breath. He quickly put down the barbecue he had just picked up, stepped in front of Makino, and precisely and swiftly removed the silver needles.

His greasy left hand supported the back of her head, while his right hand held her chin, his thumb pressing hard on her philtrum.

The intense pain brought her to her senses, and immediately, the discomfort throughout her body caused her to cough violently.

Her body went limp and she was about to fall when Mercer used his thumb to hook her lower jaw teeth, stabilizing her body and slowly placing her on the reef.

Seeing Makino with tears streaming down her face, Mercer said, "Breathe, take slow, deep breaths using the same method you just did."

Makino suddenly gripped Mercer's right arm tightly with her right hand, as if she had grasped a lifeline.

At the same time, I started taking deep breaths.

Five minutes later, her breathing became calm, and she looked at Mercer through teary eyes, "Cough~, why do I feel so uncomfortable? My heart feels terrible, it's beating very fast right now."

Mercer chuckled softly, “Do you think cultivation is simple? Logically speaking, it would take quite a bit of time to learn my breathing cultivation method.”

I helped you get started quickly, so there has to be a price to pay. Don't worry, it's just a minor side effect; you'll get over it in a bit.

However, remember that you must persist in breathing for one hour every day for the next few days to deepen the impression, and then gradually increase the time until this breathing becomes your instinct and you use this breathing all day long.

Of course, if you're just learning it for fun, then it's up to you. Anyway, if you don't stick with it, you'll forget most of this breathing method in a couple of days.

Makino rolled her eyes at Mercer and said stubbornly, "Then I definitely have to insist, otherwise, cough cough, wouldn't all the suffering I'm going through be for nothing?"

Hearing this, Mercer smiled and said, "I hope you keep your word, otherwise I won't teach you a second time."

Makino glared at Messer and snorted, "Then just watch, I will definitely succeed in my cultivation."

After another ten minutes or so, Makino finally relaxed, exhaled deeply, and asked with some confusion:

"Why do I feel a little hungry? Didn't I just eat quite a bit of meat?"

"The first time you practice deep breathing, it will affect your whole body. After practicing, it will naturally consume energy in your body. This breathing method will affect your stomach and intestines, so it is normal to feel hungry."

Don't worry, as long as you cultivate diligently, your appetite will increase. Of course, you also need to maintain sufficient physical exercise, otherwise you'll gain weight.

At this point, Moses glanced at her with a mischievous grin and said with a smile:

"It's not too late to back out now, lest you become a fat woman later on because you're too lazy to exercise and get hungry quickly."

Makino's face darkened. She glanced at Messer, then looked at the half-lobster on the wire mesh closest to her. She grabbed it, broke off a piece of the lobster meat, looked at Messer again, and took a vicious bite.

With his lips puffed out, he mumbled:

"I won't get fat. Even if I don't learn your breathing technique, I will exercise every day. I swim, run, do squats, and sit-ups."

"I pay close attention to my figure."

"Makino said proudly."

Mercer laughed out loud, "So vain?"

"It's not about being vain; it's about a healthy lifestyle."