Wenren Sheng quickly came up with a solution to the problems of learning martial arts and getting married.
Kill two birds with one stone. As long as he learned a martial art leaning toward Boy's Practice, it would do.
He would cultivate the persona of a martial arts fanatic.
In fact, during feudal times, countless men remained bachelors and never married.
But most of them could not get married. For example, if a family had seven or eight sons, they would only arrange a marriage for the eldest, while the rest stayed bachelors.
That was a common occurrence.
Wenren Sheng only needed to claim that martial arts practice had made him unwilling to indulge in women. He could adopt a few children from relatives in the village and take in several godsons, thus smoothly resolving the matter of marriage.
There were indeed quite a few martial arts that required one to preserve one's virginity.
In fact, most martial arts required practitioners to stay away from women before reaching mastery.
This was not some mystical claim. There was a real reason behind it.
The notion of yang energy was illusory. In truth, indulging in women and frequently doing such things would weaken the body and muscles.
The process involved strenuous exertion followed by an abrupt plunge into complete relaxation.
Extreme tension followed by extreme relaxation placed an enormous burden on the heart, muscles, and blood circulation.
That was why emperors who indulged in their harems often fell into physical decline.
Unless they were willing to exercise and take care of themselves.
Like Qianlong. He was the most successful example: countless women in his harem, yet he still lived to eighty-five.
In fact, it had much to do with his understanding of moderation. Once he grew older, he basically stopped taking women