A Core Ship From The Start-Chapter 2259 - 1528: Martial Arts Training? (Eating More and Sleeping More Is Best)
Now it’s up to Yang Guang to make his choice.
If he is foolish enough to trouble this Immortal Boat, then Yuwen Hua Ji will be relieved!
As for whether Yang Guang would come seeking trouble with him because of this, Yuwen Hua Ji wasn’t worried. The power of the Yuwen Faction in the court is first-rate. In a time of peace and prosperity, Yang Guang might try to undermine Yuwen Hua Ji’s power, but right now, with uprisings everywhere and political instability, Yang Guang couldn’t do anything to Yuwen Hua Ji even if he wanted to.
"Leaving already?"
Seeing the enemy retreat, Wang Yuyan was a bit surprised, but Duanmu Huai didn’t care. He didn’t even glance at the warships. Instead, he sat down on the adjacent sofa and began flipping through the secret manual at hand.
The reason Duanmu Huai decided to look at this was not only because it resembled the Forty-eight Hands, but more importantly, because... Duanmu Huai discovered that he could actually understand it!
Previously, when Duanmu Huai was in the West Martial World and North Martial Arts, he collected many secret martial arts manuals. After all, which man doesn’t have a martial arts dream? Although with Duanmu Huai’s ability, he could easily sweep through the entire martial world, but when fighting, there is a difference between throwing a straight punch and doing a Black Tiger Heart Digging, isn’t there?
After getting these manuals, Duanmu Huai looked at them and realized... he couldn’t understand a thing!
When Duanmu Huai used to read martial arts novels, he was always perplexed about what the so-called talent really was.
Someone always complains, "The disciple is slow-witted and can’t comprehend it," but in Duanmu Huai’s view, martial arts moves basically boil down to just fighting. Some people might have good reflexes and physical attributes, so they run faster. Others may have poor reflexes and respond slower, but even if you practice some fitness exercise for ten or twenty years, you’d get familiar with it, right?
Only when he personally entered the martial world and heard Wang Yuyan’s explanations did Duanmu Huai realize that it was entirely different from what he thought!
Martial arts—it was unexpectedly like mathematics!
To put it simply, moves are equivalent to various equations. Throwing a move is equivalent to posing a problem, and solving a move is equivalent to answering it.
For instance, if someone comes at you with a move, Taishan Pressing, it’s equivalent to posing a problem like "Given the vertex of a parabola is (2,1), and it passes through point (3,0), find the equation of the parabola..." and you have two seconds to answer, fail to answer, and you’re finished!
And after you solve this, you counter with a "What is the indefinite integral of f(X) = sin(x)?"
Only given two seconds, and if you can’t solve it, you’re finished!
As for Inner Strength, it’s more like external auxiliary gadgets!
For example, ordinary martial arts methods are like an abacus or calculator. When posed with simple arithmetic problems, you solve them directly by pressing keys. So, having Inner Strength is stronger than not having it, which is why. No matter how flashy your posed problems are, if the opponent can solve them directly with a calculator, then it’s useless.
Those high-level methods, like Beiming Divine Skill, belong to the supercomputing level, where competing in Inner Strength is akin to competing in computing power.
Then, Duanmu Huai understood why so many people practice martial arts all their lives and still remain mediocre, except for protagonists with extraordinary talents.
Turns out, it’s just like math; not getting it means not getting it!
No matter how you put it, they just don’t get it!
There’s nothing that can be done.
No wonder top martial experts love playing Go, turns out they’re training their computational power.
Upon figuring this out, Duanmu Huai gave up—fine, straight punch it is, uppercut it is, truly don’t get math...
But this Dao Heart Planting Demon was different; it was less like math and more like psychology—or mental magic.
Dao Heart Planting Demon has three methods.
The first is the simplest, also the most direct and brutal, which is using a maiden as a cauldron to seize her essence of the primordial spirit, yin and yang, resembling a typical demon cultivator’s trick in Immortal Hero novels.
The second one is more complex, akin to hypnosis and spiritual pollution. Essentially, it uses Dao Heart Planting Demon technique to plant a demon seed in someone’s heart, which then grows and leads the person to lose reason, similar to being polluted by Cthulhu. Once the demon seed matures, the woman becomes a complete slave, willing to offer everything, even life, to the Evil God.
Relatively, the second one takes more time, but the advantage is that it absorbs more.
After all, there’s a difference between eating directly and planting a seed to mature before eating.
What currently concerns Duanmu Huai the most is the third one.
The first two are about using the woman as a cauldron to absorb her and strengthen oneself, but the third one uses their power to ignite the woman, as men are of yang and women are of yin. The fusion of yin and yang is endless and mutually strengthens both!
This is essentially Dual Cultivation from Immortal Hero novels!
Seeing this, Duanmu Huai was instantly invigorated.
In the Dao Heart Planting Demon, the first two methods are practice, but the third is more of a hypothesis, achievable only by those who have perfected the Dao Heart Planting Demon.
But to Duanmu Huai, the former methods were meaningless; the last one was the most useful!
Within the Tribunal, Duanmu Huai had once used a similar method to strengthen some people, but it was straightforward and brutal, where the other party’s absorption depended purely on their physical attributes—like how Mianmu Zuoniao became stronger this way. But in terms of strength, she was stronger than a "soldier" among Duanmu Huai’s followers but far weaker compared to "Queen," "Castle," or "Archbishop."
If this method were used, would Mianmu Zuoniao become stronger?
Thinking of this, Duanmu Huai’s heart itched with impatience, eager to summon Mianmu Zuoniao to try it out—but unfortunately, she’s not a Soul Card and cannot be summoned directly.
Though there were others present.
Duanmu Huai glanced at Wang Yuyan and Little Dragon Girl, his mind hatching a plan.
"Interested in trying this out with me?"
As he spoke, Duanmu Huai shook the Dao Heart Planting Demon in his hand. Upon hearing his question, Wang Yuyan blushed and lowered her head. On the contrary, Little Dragon Girl, intrigued, looked at the secret manual before her.
"Are you suggesting we practice together?"
"After all, this is originally a Dual Cultivation technique; it’s not surprising for men and women to practice together."
"Indeed, that’s true."
Little Dragon Girl, without suspicion, nodded.
"The Ancient Tomb Sect has a Jade Maiden Swordsmanship requiring men and women to practice together, and its power is endless."
"This technique is the same. After practicing, your Inner Strength will progress rapidly; becoming a Grandmaster will be within reach."
"Really?"
"Of course."
As Duanmu Huai spoke, he walked up to Little Dragon Girl and opened a page.
"Look, I think this Lion Dance move suits you well."
"Well..."
Little Dragon Girl looked at the book page in her hand, puzzled.
"Why place your legs on the other’s shoulders, would that really help with energy circulation?"
"You won’t know until you try. Are you afraid of pain?"
"As martial artists, naturally not afraid of pain."
"Then let’s go, no time like the present, let’s give it a try."
As he spoke, Duanmu Huai led Little Dragon Girl intending to head back to the cabin. Witnessing this, Wang Yuyan was stunned.
"Wait, wait a minute? Sir?"
"What, want to join too?"
"No, it’s just..."
Faced with Duanmu Huai’s inquiry, Wang Yuyan couldn’t help but blush. But looking at Little Dragon Girl, she gritted her teeth. After tagging along with Duanmu Huai until now, she knew she couldn’t avoid it.
"I-I want to join too!" 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶
"Alright then, join us; going straight for the high difficulty is also good."
To Duanmu Huai, he naturally wouldn’t refuse.
