A Hundred Thousand Volumes
One month later, in the small courtyard in the east of Heaven Dou City.
Ling Yi pushed open the gate and entered the courtyard, where he saw his four friends, Dugu Xin, Long Yin, Qingqiu Xin, and Zhang Mufeng, each occupying a corner of the courtyard, silently practicing the newly learned "Two Aspects Fist".
"Brother Yi!" "Brother Yi!"...
Upon seeing Ling Yi, the four men immediately lowered their stances and headed towards the door. Before they even got close, Long Yin's complaining voice rang out. "Brother Yi, this ' Two Aspects Fist ' is just too difficult to master!"
"Yeah!" Dugu Xin nodded subconsciously in agreement, "Brother Yi, it's been a month, and I still can't even complete a full run of the ' Two Aspects Fist '..."
Upon hearing this, Qingqiu Xin and Zhang Mufeng, who had always maintained a composed demeanor, couldn't help but show expressions of melancholy.
Because they are the same.
Of course, it's not that "Two Aspects Fist" is too difficult, nor is it that the four friends have poor comprehension.
Although Ling Yi's "Two Aspects Fist" does indeed have certain requirements for comprehension and physical constitution, even ordinary people, with the foundation of "Farmer's Three Forms" and "Basic Body Tempering Technique," can enter the field in three to five years if they are willing to spend time honing their skills and practicing diligently.
The main reason why Dugu Xin and the others complained was because the four of them were all young Soul Master with remarkable talent.
They were all around twenty years old, with the oldest, Long Yin, being twenty-one and the youngest, Dugu Xin, being only seventeen. They were all at the peak of their Soul Power cultivation, making rapid progress.
Especially for Dugu Xin, who has a level seven Innate Soul Power, and Qingqiu Xin, who has a level five Innate Soul Power, their Soul Power is about to break through to level thirty-eight, so the time they can spare each day to practice the "Two Aspects Fist" will be correspondingly reduced.
Soul Power cultivation, Soul Skill refinement, practical combat in the Great Soul Fighting Arena, training in advanced versions of "Beast Martial Soul: Xingyi Fist Style" to hone physical strength, summarizing one's own fighting style and various skill combinations...
To be honest, my friends are all so busy that they're spinning like tops every day. The only reason they can squeeze out time to practice "Two Aspects Fist" is because they have unconditional faith in Ling Yi and genuinely believe that learning "Two Aspects Fist" will bring them great benefits.
Otherwise, since both are about physical training, the advanced version of "Beast Martial Soul: Xingyi Fist Style" is actually more suitable for those who possess Soul Power.
Ling Yi had anticipated this and had already come up with a solution.
"Alright, starting today, you can stop practicing the Two Aspects Fist for now."
Ling Yi's words stunned Long Yin and the others.
"Brother Yi," Dugu Xin cautiously raised his hand and said softly, "Actually, the ' Two Aspects Fist ' isn't that difficult. I feel I should be able to master it quickly..."
"Yes, yes..." Long Yin hurriedly replied, preparing to say something.
Ling Yi waved his hand to stop Long Yin speaking further, and said gently, "What are you thinking? I just want you to put the ' Two Aspects Fist ' aside for now. After you have mastered the Furious Horse Assaults the Pass Through the Pass,' you can then turn to practicing the ' Two Aspects Fist.'"
Over the past month, Ling Yi has been busier than his four friends.
Besides serving as a healer in the Heaven Dou Great Soul Fighting Arena, he also needs to gather the top blacksmiths from the blacksmith shops in Heaven Dou City. He will use these blacksmiths as a framework to build the Heaven Dou City branch of the Blacksmith Association, and teach some of the skilled blacksmiths how to forge various parts for crossbows.
These two items alone took up Ling Yi's entire daytime.
In the evenings, Ling Yi would travel between the Heaven Dou Royal Academy and the Heaven Dou Martial Soul Temple to borrow books from their libraries and collections.
As for the books that the Menethil Clan promised to lend to Ling Yi, they were brought from the family to the Heaven Dou Great Soul Fighting Arena by Director Laikenasi, where Ling Yi could view them while serving as a healer.
After a month, Ling Yi had read through almost all the books that the three families had made available to him.
Now, within Ling Yi's Sea of Consciousness of the Memory Palace, after removing duplicate content and excluding memories from his previous life, there are already more than 3,700 volumes of various books from the Douluo Continent!
Among these are over three hundred volumes of various histories, unofficial histories, rumors, biographies, and more, including General History of the Continent; over two hundred volumes covering various miscellaneous arts such as forging, painting, music, sculpture, and chess scores; the remaining three thousand two hundred volumes, of which one thousand eight hundred volumes record all kinds of Soul Beast, their habitats, habits, power attributes, age determination, etc., some in detail and some just briefly mentioned; the last one thousand four hundred volumes are introductions to various Martial Soul, including weapon-type Martial Soul, bird, beast, fish, and insect-type martial Martial Soul, plant-type Martial Soul, human organ-type Martial Soul... Power Attack System routes, Control System routes... Extreme School, Balanced School... and many other aspects, with in-depth analysis and speculative theories.
Currently, in terms of theoretical knowledge and reserves, Ling Yi believes he can be considered one of the top ten in the Douluo Continent.
For more than a decade, Ling Yi had been collecting over 1,500 volumes of content, starting from the Water Wood Duchy, then moving to the Heaven Dou Border Army, and finally to Gengxin City, through his connections and the Blacksmith Association. But in Heaven Dou City, just three organizations had more than doubled that number!
This is only a portion of the classic texts that these three families are willing to open to Ling Yi. The classic texts and materials that are truly important to them are kept secret as their own private treasures.
Of course, Ling Yi coveted those secret texts, but he wouldn't be too insistent on obtaining them.
To put it simply, if Ling Yi were to transmigrate into a martial arts world right now, and presented with a divine martial arts manual and 100,000 scriptures, Ling Yi would choose the 100,000 scriptures a hundred or ten thousand times over.
Because with Ling Yi's current abilities, he was already able to comprehend a series of divine skills of his own after reading through 100,000 scriptures.
By thoroughly studying medical classics, one can create the "Cold Damage and Miscellaneous Diseases Technique"; by thoroughly studying the Daoist canon, one can create the "Nine Yin Manual"; by thoroughly studying Buddhist scriptures, one can create the "Muscle Changing and Marrow Cleansing Classic"; and one may also be able to comprehend the corresponding path of cultivation from other military books, chess manuals, and musical scores.
This is the confidence Ling Yi has in himself after comprehending the "Two Aspects Fist"!
Humans follow the laws of the earth, the earth follows the laws of heaven, heaven follows the laws of the Tao, and the Tao follows the laws of nature!
When Ling Yi used the two forces of hardness and softness, and the two energies of ice and fire as an opportunity to incorporate the Lingyun of the "Yin-Yang Stone Platform" created by Mountain Sea Estate and the semi-natural "Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well" in the belly of "Fog Mountain" into his heart, Ling Yi's spiritual realm naturally entered the state of Meditative Trance meditation from the third stage of Deep Sleep.
After Meditative Trance, Ling Yi was able to use his powerful mental will and spiritual strength to dispel inner demons, leaving him with clear skies and no distracting thoughts.
Once in a Meditative Trance state, Ling Yi could clearly feel his various potentials being developed step by step, and the speed at which his strength grew was not slowed down at all by spending a lot of time on other miscellaneous matters.
On the contrary, even without using various self-made cheat codes to speed up the process, Ling Yi's cultivation speed in his current Meditative Trance state has already caught up with that of someone like Ah Yin who Innate Full Soul Power.
If you add in various dietary supplements, the support of your personal simulated environment, and so on, Ling Yi's cultivation speed is already among the top few in the Douluo Continent!
To be continued tomorrow, goodnight everyone~