Chapter 21: On the Compatibility of Body Martial Souls and National Martial Arts; The Essence of Early-Stage Spirit Cultivation
"Little brother, is this what you've been researching called Ming Jin?"
Wiping the sweat from his body, Su Yuntao recalled Tang Shan's punch from earlier, which contained a fierce force, and couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration.
Tang Shan nodded: "This power doesn't come from the transformation of spirit power, but originates from the physical body itself. It can be seen as one of the results of my research into the Body Martial Soul."
As he spoke, he threw several punches into the air, producing crisp, sharp sounds.
This sound was not just the crack of the fist breaking the air, but also the harmonious rhythm of the bones and muscles exerting force together.
"Based on what I felt just now, little brother, your strength is probably not inferior to an ordinary Beast Spirit attack system Spirit Grandmaster. Can I learn this?"
As Su Yuntao spoke, his eyes lit up, clearly desiring the Ming Jin effect Tang Shan had just demonstrated.
Tang Shan rubbed his head and fell into a brief moment of contemplation.
It wasn't that he was unwilling to teach his elder brother the method of Cultivating Ming Jin, but rather he didn't know if his brother was suited for the fist technique he had created.
During this period, Su Yuntao had successfully grasped the control of his pores, and Tang Shan's gains were even greater. However, the frustration lay in the fact that there was no National Martial Arts Legacy from his previous life in this World; if he wanted to study it, he had to rely on himself.
The reason he delved into National Martial Arts wasn't due to a whim or blind research, but because he had a very clear purpose.
It wasn't hard to see from the National Martial Arts novels of his previous life that no matter how fancy the technical variations were, their essence, at the root, was the development of the body's own potential.
Setting aside the ideology of strengthening the nation and the race contained within, the objective training goal was only one: to control the body as much as possible.
Whether it was Ming Jin, An Jin, or Hua Jin, they were all byproducts of gaining further control over oneself.
Even the more mysterious Elixir Strength, Gang Jin, and the so-called Breaking the Void and Seeing God without being destroyed that came later, while involving a transformation of the Soul, were also about using that transformed Soul to further control oneself and further excavate one's own potential.
Excavating one's own potential was a perfect match for a Body Martial Soul. Tang Shan had reason to suspect that if he truly researched National Martial Arts and Cultivated to a certain level, his Spirit might even undergo a spontaneous secondary Awakening.
Returning to the topic, the reason he said he didn't know if his brother was suited for the fist technique he created was because of the origin of this technique.
Initially, after he had practiced the standing post to a certain level of proficiency, he thought about researching further, but he soon encountered problems.
In his previous life, he was ultimately just an ordinary person. Many of his creative ideas were things he had accidentally scrolled past in short videos; whether they could actually be realized was another matter entirely.
Being able to research the standing post through some ideas and information was already a result of his extraordinary Comprehension Ability and the massive advantage of having a Body Martial Soul. To continue forward, he needed a fist technique that, if not Advanced, at least had some substance.
But in his previous life, he watched videos just for fun. Even though his mental force was extraordinary now and he could recall various segments from his past life, there was simply no systematic fist technique.
Out of options, he thought of a barely feasible idea.
If others could create it, so could he.
As for how to create it, the method was simple: start with imitation.
However, he wasn't imitating animals, but humans.
Some pictographic fist techniques imitated the habits of animals. After long-term practice, one's movements in daily life would carry an aura like that of a wild beast.
In Tang Shan's view, the most suitable pictographic imitation target for the human body shouldn't be animals, but humans.
To this end, he often had his brother take him to the villages and towns below to watch an old man pushing a cart, a farmer tilling the land, a butcher slaughtering... as the saying goes, there are masters in every trade.
Within their movements and behaviors, honed through hardship, lay infinite mysteries.
After nearly a year of observation, Tang Shan finally gained something from it and created a fist technique unique to himself.
Since the fist technique originated from humans, he called it the Human Fist.
This was also why Tang Shan was worried about whether his brother could learn it.
Su Yuntao's Spirit was the Lone Wolf. Every Martial Soul Possession had a subtle influence on his body. It could be said that in a true martial arts World, he would definitely be a Genius in Cultivating wolf-style pictographic fist techniques.
This was evident from when Tang Shan had Su Yuntao observe the battles of wolf and dog-type Spirit Beasts; his use of his claws improved rapidly.
But what Tang Shan created was the Human Fist. For a Tool Spirit Master, it might not have much of an impact, but for a Beast Spirit Master who was gradually acquiring some behavioral characteristics of their Spirit, it might not be so good... "Huff... Huff..."
Su Yuntao held a hoe in his hand, his body leaning back, his right leg, waist, and left arm forming a straight line, and then he slammed it down toward the ground with all his might.
Bang!
Dust flew everywhere, and Tang Shan, standing to the side, couldn't help but frown.
"Brother, how does it feel?"
He stepped forward, looking at the sweat-drenched Su Yuntao, a look of reflection in his eyes.
"Little brother, I still can't grasp the knack you mentioned. It's as if my body has no Comprehension Ability in this area. Am I a piece of Trash?"
Su Yuntao fell into severe self-doubt. Previously, when observing wolf-type Spirit Beasts, he had gained a lot and thought he was a Genius. He didn't expect that one of his little brother's fist techniques would completely expose his clumsy Comprehension Ability.
"It shouldn't be a problem with your Comprehension Ability. It might be related to your Spirit itself."
Tang Shan thought for a moment and voiced his suspicion.
"Brother, your Spirit is a Beast Spirit. Under long-term Cultivation, your body has inevitably taken on some of the habits and force-exertion methods of wolf-like creatures. This change is naturally excellent, but when encountering a Cultivation Technique like the Human Fist that has extreme human characteristics, accidents like the one just now occur."
The more he spoke, the clearer Tang Shan's thoughts became.
"It's not that Beast Spirit Masters can't do normal human work in the future; normal daily work has no impact on Beast Spirit Masters. But the Human Fist is different. To put it a bit exaggeratingly, brother, you can see this fist technique as the sum of human daily behaviors. For ordinary people and Tool Spirit Masters, Cultivating this technique is harmless, but for a Beast Spirit Master, it is a form of torture. It's equivalent to reshaping the physical instincts that were painstakingly developed. It is entirely a form of mental torture."
Su Yuntao carefully considered the Cultivation insights revealed in Tang Shan's words, looking thoughtful.
"Little brother, then do you think I should force the Cultivation and specifically remove the wolf instincts?"
Before Tang Shan could answer, Su Yuntao rejected it himself.
"No, even if I expel them, unless I don't use my Spirit in the future, this change will still appear. Is the skill of Ming Jin destined to be out of my reach?"
Tang Shan was a bit surprised that his brother could think of the Spirit's influence, but he quickly realized why.
He studied Spirits all day long, and under his subtle influence, his brother might not have deep theoretical knowledge, but he could still figure out some problems.
"That's not necessarily true. Ming Jin is a technique, not a specific fist technique;"
"Besides, brother, don't underestimate the survival instincts accumulated by wild beasts and even Spirit Beasts since ancient times."
Tang Shan's meaningful words made Su Yuntao realize.
"Ming Jin is a technique. If I continue to observe the habits of those wolf-type Spirit Beasts, or even live with them, and combine that with the theory of how Ming Jin is born, maybe I can also create a fist technique that produces Ming Jin."
As he spoke, he became a bit puzzled.
"Little brother, why is this method of Cultivation so similar to the bonus given by a Spirit Mimicry Environment?"
"Maybe it's a coincidence. Brother, I'm going back to my room to Cultivate. When you get back, remember to tell Dad that we can prepare to hunt Spirit Beasts in a few days."
Tang Shan returned to his room, his eyes bright.
As expected, all paths lead to the same destination; the Great Dao leads to the same end.
Thus, the amplification of Cultivation by a Spirit Mimicry Environment had a relatively reasonable explanation.
The early-stage Cultivation of a Spirit Master is, at its root, a process of becoming compatible with one's own Spirit. A Body Martial Soul is the complete Fusion of the Spirit and the self;
For a Beast Spirit Master, it is the mutual influence of human and Spirit, which can be seen as a human having the body of a beast, or a beast having the wisdom of a human;
As for the Cultivation of a Tool Spirit, it is the gradual control of one's Tool Spirit, eventually even becoming the Spirit Tool's Soul. This is evident from the consumption of Soul power by the Tool Soul True Body.
From this, it can be inferred that the process of accelerating Cultivation in a Mimicry Environment is, for a Body Martial Soul, a method of accelerating Fusion, such as the body being to body tempering;
For a Beast Spirit, it is learning the habits of beasts similar to one's own Spirit as much as possible, such as a Lone Wolf being to a wolf pack;
For a Tool Spirit, it is gradually gaining control over one's own tool, such as a hammer being to a blacksmith shop.
This is the early-stage Cultivation of a Spirit; I wonder how later Cultivation will proceed.
For the first time, Tang Shan had such a thorough understanding of Spirit Cultivation. Although this couldn't make his Cultivation speed skyrocket, it guided the direction of his Cultivation in the short term.
Before encountering a Bottleneck, increasing the compatibility between the Spirit and the human body was definitely not a problem.
Withdrawing his racing thoughts, he adjusted his mind to return to peace and began to absorb the spirit power of heaven and earth.
Strands of spirit power were drawn in by Tang Shan's body and then poured into him. After being refined, they entered the Dantian and became part of his cultivation.
It was still level ten spirit power, but the spirit power itself was more than a bit more viscous. If the spirit power became sparse again after a Breakthrough, he wondered how many levels he could raise in one go.
There was also the exploration of the Meridians, which had basically made no progress, mainly because his level of control over his body was too low. Hopefully, there would be a good result after obtaining a spirit ring.
spirit power circulated through the governing and conception vessels, and after being branded by Tang Shan, it returned to the Dantian.
Strands of soft halo emanated from various parts of Tang Shan's body, illuminating his calm face.
If high-end equipment were monitoring and carefully observing the data, it would be found that the brightness of the halo emanating from Tang Shan was increasing bit by bit.
The Spirit was gradually fusing with the body. When they truly became one, it might also be the day the Body Martial Soul became famous throughout the continent.
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