Chapter 5

Dong Sheng stood at the entrance of the cave, took a deep breath, and tightly held the letter containing secrets that his mother had given him.

"The rainy season will probably last for about a week. During this time, it's not safe to go out. The forest is even more dangerous during heavy rain, as many powerful creatures that hibernate during the dry season and come out to forage during the rainy season will wake up. These creatures have been hungry for nearly three years, so it's best not to go out during this period."

"Recently, my ancient martial arts training has reached a bottleneck. It's a good time to use these few weeks to solidify my foundation and try to find a way to break through."

As his thoughts spread, they drifted away.

"In the future, when I become stronger, I must go out and see the world. Staying in one place for over a decade is almost unbearable. I also want to see the various strange and bizarre abyssal races mentioned in the inherited memories."

"Sigh, although this world seems very suitable for someone like me who loves ancient martial arts, when will I be able to see the Sunlight Plane again!"

Mentioning sunlight, a deep instinct stirred in his soul. It was an instinct rooted deep within, a yearning and a desire to conquer.

"Sunlight, green grass, the earth... and beautiful women. Speaking of beautiful women, there are many famous beautiful races in the abyss, like abyssal fairies and succubi. Each one of them seems to be a top beauty!"

"Sigh, my strength is still not enough. Those abyssal races are very powerful and live in groups. There are probably abyssal demons guarding them!"

Dong Sheng's thoughts were not wrong. In such group-living abyssal races, there are usually a few abyssal demons. Even if there aren't, the entire group will ally with a powerful abyssal demon for protection.

"Swish, swish"

The rain outside grew heavier, and even inside the cave, it was clearly audible.

"I spent almost a year preparing for this rainy season, especially for storing rainwater. Just thinking about it makes my paws hurt."

"I have enough food stored, so I can start training in peace and try to reach Level 1 as soon as possible!"

"Swish" He stood up from the water basin and began to plan his training schedule.

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Dong Sheng now missed his master from Earth very much, and he was very nostalgic...

How to explain it? The reason is simple: he doesn't know how to continue practicing ancient martial arts!

As a lover of ancient martial arts, even though he has some basic knowledge of abyssal race advancement in his mind, he hasn't given up his passion for martial arts. Moreover, the training methods of abyssal races are too crude, and Dong Sheng is not willing to use them.

In the abyss, to advance, creatures need to constantly fight and kill, instinctively absorbing abyssal energy and essence, evolving themselves. During evolution, various innate abilities extend based on the uniqueness of each soul.

This method is too coincidental, relying entirely on luck. In the end, they might not even know why they advanced.

Perhaps other abyssal races have special training methods. Those great demons or demon lords definitely possess deeper training techniques, but this has nothing to do with Dong Sheng, as he is just a humble solitary abyssal race, not even a demon. Now, he can only think of ways to become a demon as quickly as possible.

As a martial artist's instinct, from the first day Dong Sheng came to this world, he studied his body.

To be honest, except for being a bit short, this body is quite satisfactory in many aspects, especially in flexibility and bone structure, which have their own merits.

Western training systems focus on muscle weight training, stimulating muscle growth by increasing weight and repetitions. Eastern training methods also exist, but in some advanced Eastern techniques, such as the training methods of internal martial arts, weight training is not used. Instead, they emphasize internal strength and bone training, using桩功 (zhuang gong) and other techniques to cultivate, accumulate, and circulate internal energy, while stimulating the internal bones to grow a second time, making the bones as hard as iron, thus achieving the "tiger and leopard strength" or "internal strength" mentioned in martial arts manuals.

For example, external martial arts and hard qi gong in the East, these methods involve using external forces to train the body's bones and muscles, combined with appropriate nourishing ingredients, which can effectively train the body. Although this world is very different from Earth, with completely different plants, the abyssal creatures here are filled with various strange energies. In his memory, Dong Sheng found a type of insect with extremely strong healing abilities for external injuries. With the help of this insect, his hands have been trained to be no less formidable than ordinary demon weapons. For everyday tasks like digging, he doesn't need tools; he relies entirely on his hands.

His tail is also an important part of his training, possibly even more so than his hands. The scales on his tail are all dark and shiny, completely different from the grayish parts of his body, which gives you an idea.

Dong Sheng followed his master to practice a combination of martial arts and alchemy, advancing both martial arts and alchemy simultaneously. External martial arts and hard qi gong are types of external training, which have no significant bottlenecks and are generally applicable in any world. As long as you have the correct methods, good herbs, and can endure the hardships, you can make progress. However, to achieve great success, it's best to combine them with advanced internal martial arts, cultivating qi, nourishing the body, accumulating essence, and breaking through the limits of human potential.

Internal martial arts focus on training the internal bones and tendons, transforming tendons, bones, and marrow, almost infinitely enhancing human potential. Unlike muscle training, which can regress if not practiced for a few days, internal martial arts allow elderly masters to remain strong and powerful, and when combined with external martial arts, they are truly invincible.

In the previous Earth, if one could calmly practice internal martial arts for three to five years, or even decades, there would be significant gains. However, external martial arts were more challenging. Due to industrial pollution, the spiritual energy on Earth gradually dissipated, making even ordinary spiritual herbs and a small piece of tiger bone extremely difficult to obtain.

However, this world is different. Even without mentioning spiritual herbs, there are countless varieties of strange beast bones, and various nourishing items are abundant. The abyssal energy, which is similar to spiritual energy, has allowed Dong Sheng to advance both his external and internal training. In just three years, he has not only made some achievements in external training but has also completed the process of transforming essence into qi, achieving in three years what took him decades in his previous life.

However, while external training is not mentioned, the next step in internal training is transforming qi into spirit. Yet, a bottleneck that is not really a bottleneck has held Dong Sheng back for a whole year.

"Ah, what am I supposed to do!"

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