"We martial artists must possess the imposing momentum of a pine tree standing firm or a bell sitting heavy, keeping our bodies in an instinctive state of attack at all times. Even when sleeping, we cannot relax!"
"The Martial Dao Will must be unyielding and tempered like steel through a thousand trials. No matter how great the difficulties we encounter, we must not slacken. Even if we die, we must do so without regrets."
"Snap!"
Er Dongsheng used a small bamboo switch to tap the Little Succubus on the head as a warning!
"Don't lose focus. Form a circle with your arms, bend your legs slightly, and relax your body!"
Over the past few days, Er Dongsheng had begun teaching the Little Succubus Chinese Martial Arts. In his mind, he could not let the Little Succubus remain under his wings forever; perhaps there would come a time when he could no longer protect her. The Abyss was too dangerous, and he could not pin all his hopes on others. Therefore, starting to strengthen the little one's survival capabilities now was extremely necessary.
The Little Succubus had decent aptitude, or rather, the aptitudes of Abyssal Species were all quite acceptable. Now, through preliminary standing post, the Little Succubus could already sense the presence of essence and Qi. He believed that it would not be long before she could begin Refining Essence into Qi!
A creature's yearning for strength in the Abyss was unlike anything creatures of other planes could understand; it was an impulse carved deep into their bone marrow. In the Abyss, lacking strength meant death, so even a young succubus as small as the little one possessed the desire for strength.
Youths know nothing of sorrow, yet they force themselves to write new verses about it.
Such words made no sense whatsoever in the Abyss. In the Abyss, there was no such thing as youth, nor was there room for sorrow or its absence—only survival, and more survival! Even if you were a newly born, infantile Abyssal Species, you still had to face cruel trials of survival.
Every single Abyssal creature learned combat, survival, and death from the moment it was born!
It was either you die or I perish.
The Little Succubus was not afraid of death, only of being separated from her older brother. Therefore, she wanted to grow stronger, to become so strong that no one could ever separate her from her beloved older brother! Thus, she trained with bitter hardship and doubled her efforts!
"Drip, drop, drip, drop."
Standing post was boring. If one let their guard down for even a second, their thoughts would wander, and standing for long periods was excruciatingly tiring. Her entire body began to tremble, but the Little Succubus still gritted her teeth and persisted, a stubborn glint shining in her eyes!
Keep it up, Lulu, keep it up! Older brother said that as long as you persevere, you'll get stronger! I must keep going, nan! The little one constantly cheered herself on inwardly, and in this manner, she stubbornly held out for another quarter of an hour!
"Not bad, not bad." Watching the stubbornly persevering Little Succubus, whose physical strength had reached its limit yet still refused to give up, Er Dongsheng was extremely satisfied!
Although martial artists emphasized aptitude, what often limited the progress of martial arts was not a matter of aptitude, but rather an unyielding, never-giving-up, persevering, and steel-hard Martial Dao Will. This was why Er Dongsheng had heavily emphasized the will earlier.
In truth, regardless of the plane, willpower was often far more important than aptitude. Have you not seen countless young geniuses make rapid progress in the early stages, advancing with incredible speed in both learning and martial arts, yet when you look back years later, who are the ones who succeed?
If out of ten successful people you could pick even one who might be considered a genius, that would already be quite good. Take, for instance, those thirteen Ancient Demons who were renowned across ten thousand planes and shook the entire Abyss; which one of them was born with exceptionally unique aptitude? None, not a single one. All thirteen Ancient Demon Lords had slaughtered their way onto the divine altar step by step from the most humble Abyssal Species, enduring tens of thousands of years and countless brushes with life and death before finally reaching the peak.
Therefore, do not harbor delusions of practicing martial arts without a formidable Martial Dao Will.
"All right, little girl, that's enough. Let's stop here for today. When you first start practicing martial arts, you mustn't be overly eager for success!" Watching the already swaying little girl, Er Dongsheng waited a moment longer before speaking.
Martial arts training could not be done with blind brute force; that would only cause continuous harm to the body! Stopping in moderation and giving your entire body's muscles, cells, bones, and tendons time to recover before reaching the limit—that was the most perfection-oriented approach.
Do not ever think about trying to break through the so-called human limits through brute-force cultivation; that merely pushed the load-bearing capacity of your cells, bones, and tendons to the limit. It came at the premise of damaging the body and overdrawing one's vitality. Breaking through limits didn't work like that—it happened when essence, Qi, and spirit were all at their peak, the body was in its optimal state, the soul was translucent, and one went with the flow!
Take Er Dongsheng's previous battle, for instance: his essence, Qi, and spirit instantly fused into one, his will reached its absolute peak, his soul became translucent, and the breakthrough followed naturally!
"Nan, nan! It's finally over!" The little girl sat flat on the ground with zero regard for her image, casually picking up her older brother's large wooden mug and gulping down its contents.
"Nan! This tastes so good!" She licked the fruit juice from her lips with a face full of satisfaction. A large, full mug of fruit juice had already been entirely poured into the Little Succubus's tiny belly.
This little one absolutely adored the fruit juices Er Dongsheng made.
Once, when Er Dongsheng had some idle time, he squeezed some fruit juice using leftover fruits. After tasting it once, the Little Succubus fell deeply in love with the juice squeezed from various mixed fruits, demanding that Er Dongsheng make some every day.
Anyway, there was plenty of fruit in the Abyss right now, and there was no fear of waste, so he might as well make it. Who told him to have such a cute younger sister?
"Eat something and rest well afterward. There are still plenty of things to do tomorrow. The fruits outside are already showing a trend of decreasing; we need to store up a reserve before the dry season arrives." Er Dongsheng handed a piece of boiled beast meat to the Little Succubus, watching her eat as he instructed her.
"Nan, nan, reserve?" Looking slightly puzzled, weren't these Abyssal fruits prone to spoiling easily in the little one's impression? Even the ones that lasted the longest couldn't be stored for long; how were they supposed to be stored?
"Mn, we need an ice cellar. We can just dig one out in the deepest part of the cave. It needs to be big enough, and incidentally, we also need a large quantity of freezing leaves. Without those, our ice cellar won't be finished!"
"An ice cellar? Is it like that cold, cold cave where we store meat?" The little girl's eyes lit up, seeming to understand instantly.
"Hehe, you ah, you only ever think about eating. That's right, this time we need to make a larger one. Inside, we can store the fruits you love to eat, so that even during the dry season, you'll still be able to eat fruit!" Er Dongsheng smiled helplessly. In this little girl's concept, eating was forever the most important thing, ranking just behind Er Dongsheng's existence!
Perhaps all creatures in the Abyss were like this.
"Mn, mn, then we'll make a huge one so I can eat fruits and fruit juice every day in the future!" Hearing this, the little girl's eyes grew brighter and brighter. If she hadn't felt exhausted right then, she probably would have already grabbed Er Dongsheng and started moving.
...lol...
"Am I asking for future suffering?"
Perhaps as time flows away, in the distant future, there will be a legend circulating about how the fourteenth Ancient Demon of the Abyss was called—what was his name again?
The dedicated fruit juice squeezer!!!!
Oh, come on, what kind of cruel trap is this for a Demon!
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