Chapter 22

"Mo Wen."

Mo Wen nodded slightly, neither warmly nor coldly.

Wang Yuan smiled indifferently, not caring whether Mo Wen's name meant "don't ask" or if he was telling him not to ask. He began to tidy up his bed and personal items, which the military had already prepared. They only carried some close-fitting clothes and personal items.

The military base of the 19th Army Group was really quite large. From noon to afternoon, Mo Wen spent the whole afternoon wandering around the base. Apart from some areas explicitly forbidden to enter, he only got a rough idea of the ordinary areas.

The military base was built in the mountains, and the valley, which resembled a basin, was not small. The construction of the base had long extended into the mountains. It would be impossible to tour the entire base in a few days.

However, although the base was large, the trainees' activity range was small.

In the evening, after having dinner in the canteen, those who were used to staying up late also went to bed early, as they had to get up at five in the morning for training. Their training was just as strict as that of new recruits, and if they didn't rest well at night, they would suffer the next day.

The next day, Mo Wen got up at four o'clock, to be precise, he got up at three o'clock, sat in meditation and practiced for an hour, and then got up to wash up.

Walking out of the dormitory, although it was summer and the days were long, it was still dim at four o'clock. The army was quiet, with only the occasional bark of a dog.

Apart from the guards and patrols, there were few other people around.

Mo Wen walked alone to a lawn in the military training ground and began his morning exercises.

For cultivators, the body is the foundation of everything. The beginning of cultivation is the exercise of the body. The body is like a treasure, and only by gradually exploring it can one uncover its infinite potential.

Mo Wen had once read a passage in an ancient text: "The way of cultivation originates from the body and starts from the mind; it involves refining the body to produce essence, refining essence to produce qi, refining qi to produce spirit, refining spirit to return to the void, refining the void to merge with the Dao, and merging with the Dao to create laws, which then give rise to all things."

Although Mo Wen didn't fully understand it, he knew that the first realm of cultivation mentioned was refining the body to produce essence. This realm emphasizes the exercise of the body, the accumulation of essence, primary qi, and blood qi. Only then does one refine essence to produce qi, and when the essence, qi, and spirit reach their peak, they transform into internal qi.

According to ancient texts, this is the fundamental basis of all cultivation. However, in that world, internal qi cultivators often deviated from this path. They usually started by cultivating internal qi, pursuing powerful internal qi cultivation, and thus achieving the ability to release internal qi externally, forming a protective aura, and even decapitating enemies from ten or even a hundred meters away.

Many top martial artists, who were considered pillars of the martial world, did not focus on body cultivation. They often only cultivated internal qi, using it to split mountains and rocks, kill silently, and even control their bodies to float in the air, believing that internal qi was the foundation of cultivation.

Mo Wen came from a martial arts family and initially thought the same. However, after reading a large number of ancient texts, he realized that this was not the case. He discovered a strange phenomenon: many top martial artists did not live long, often having shorter lifespans than ordinary people who did not practice martial arts.

At first, he thought it was because martial artists often engaged in conflicts and accumulated hidden illnesses. However, after extensive experiments and verification, Mo Wen realized that the root cause was that martial artists neglected body cultivation and focused too much on internal qi cultivation, thereby damaging their bodies and destroying their foundations.

After realizing that martial artists had fallen into a misconception, Mo Wen began to study ancient texts and trace the lineage of ancient schools. He eventually discovered that ancient cultivators always started with body cultivation, gradually refining and accumulating essence, and only began cultivating internal qi when their energy was abundant, rather than starting with internal qi.

It is said that ancient cultivators could fly through the air, dive into the earth, control rivers and seas, and vie for longevity with heaven and earth, and for brilliance with the sun and moon.

Although these were just legends, Mo Wen gradually came to believe them.

Later, Mo Wen began to focus on body cultivation, repeating the process of refining essence to produce qi. Over time, he noticed subtle changes in his internal qi, and his cultivation made a qualitative leap.

According to ancient texts, this type of internal qi is called true qi. Although it seems similar to ordinary internal qi, it is actually vastly different.

Because of the cultivation of true qi, his cultivation greatly increased, and he was able to enter dangerous areas like the Great Wasteland and the Great Marsh, where fierce beasts roamed, and remain unharmed.

Mo Wen took a deep breath and began a set of boxing exercises on the training ground. The boxing style was powerful and fierce, with a broad and open stance, yet it contained a softness within its hardness, embodying infinite variations.

This boxing style is called Dragon Tiger Fist, a profound internal cultivation technique for the body. Mo Wen obtained it unexpectedly during his travels.

The Dragon Tiger Fist has a profound meaning, with a simple form but a difficult spirit to master. Mo Wen practiced for three years before he could barely enter the gate.

Through the Dragon Tiger Fist, Mo Wen was able to complete the process of refining essence to produce qi and cultivate pure true qi.

The Dragon Tiger Fist has two forms: Tiger Roar and Dragon Roar. When performed, there is a faint sound of tiger roars and dragon roars, with a grand and majestic momentum.

The Dragon Tiger Fist is not a martial arts technique but a method of body cultivation, emphasizing the accumulation of essence, primary qi, and blood qi, gathering the essence, qi, and spirit, and mobilizing the body's essence to transform it into the powerful force of the dragon and tiger. With a flip of the hand, the force is as heavy as a mountain. Although it is not a martial arts technique, it can be integrated with any technique, making it infinitely variable and truly terrifying.

Since Mo Wen decided to start cultivating again, he naturally did not want to take the wrong path. He focused on body cultivation and the accumulation of essence, rather than rushing for quick results.

Mo Wen had already achieved a small success with the Dragon Tiger Fist in his previous life. Now, when he performed it again, it was full of flavor, with a distinct sense of the dragon rising and the tiger leaping. Although his internal essence was insufficient and he did not have true qi, there was a faint aura.

Repeating the process of body cultivation and refining essence naturally made the cultivation process more efficient, but the process was not easy. Without any special opportunities, it might take ten or even twenty years to complete.

In his previous life, Mo Wen had only achieved the realm of refining essence to produce qi, and his understanding of this realm was not profound. As for refining qi to produce spirit, refining spirit to return to the void, and refining the void to merge with the Dao, these were all ethereal, legendary realms.

An hour passed unnoticed, and a whistle suddenly sounded on the training ground. Mo Wen knew it was the wake-up call.

Sure enough, soon a large number of soldiers came out of the dormitory buildings and gathered on the training ground. It was time for the morning drill.

In addition to the new recruits, there were also college students undergoing military training. Mo Wen's class had good discipline and quickly appeared at the designated position for the third battalion. People from other classes also gradually arrived.

However, the first morning drill was clearly inefficient, with delays and delays. It took twenty minutes from the whistle to complete the assembly.

Naturally, Mo Wen was the first to appear on the training ground. When he arrived, the instructor named Zhang Lizheng was already standing like a pillar on the ground.

"Starting from tomorrow, if the class does not complete the assembly within ten minutes after the wake-up call, all members of the class will be punished with a five-kilometer run with a load."

Instructor Zhang Lizheng scanned the hastily assembled students and said in a steady and powerful voice. He was clearly dissatisfied with the twenty-minute assembly, but since it was the first day of training, he did not impose the punishment today.

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