In the hot spring, Qin Yu stood with determined eyes.
Don't think that Qin Yu was just soaking in the hot spring; he was undergoing explosive training in the water with resistance. Training in water with resistance helps improve explosive power. Instead of training in other lakes, why not train in a hot spring? The water in the hot spring not only offers resistance but also continuously nourishes the body—it's like killing two birds with one stone.
Punch out! Withdraw punch!
Kick! Withdraw kick!
Qin Yu rapidly punched and kicked in the water, each time unleashing his strongest power to achieve the fastest speed. With a solid horse stance, he remained steady in the water, a skill that had come from long practice.
The stream in the spring swirled with its unique trajectory, and Qin Yu constantly aimed to increase the speed of his fists and feet even further. It was natural that the trajectory of his punches and kicks began to change. What should be the trajectory of the punch?
A straight line?
A curve?
Neither! Nothing is absolute; blending straight lines with curves aims to increase the speed and power of the punches while reducing resistance. In pursuit of ever-greater strength and speed, Qin Yu did not stop attacking.
At this moment, small iron blocks were tied around Qin Yu's arms and legs...
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On the training field, Qin Yu was dressed only in shorts and standing in a horse stance, with a guard wielding a wooden stick beside him. Qin Yu was undertaking resistance training against blows. The body can only become more robust and formidable through continuous beating and absorption of medicated wine, and with extreme training, it could even withstand knives and swords.
"Uncle Yang, hit harder," Qin Yu said, not satisfied with the force used by the burly guard Yang Shan beside him.
Yang Shan hurriedly pleaded, "Third Prince, that's enough. You can stop the beating now." Yang Shan looked at the red marks on Qin Yu's body and his indifferent facial expression, and felt distressed. Qin Yu was six years old when Yang Shan and others came to Cloud Mist Villa; they had watched this child grow up over the past three years. Who would have the heart to hit this child?
But Yang Shan was forced to hit him because this was part of the Outer Strength training routine.
"If I tell you to hit, you hit. Forget it, I'll do it myself," Qin Yu said with a shake of his head and a smile, as he was about to take the stick for himself.
Seeing this, Yang Shan quickly backed away, adamantly preventing Qin Yu from taking the stick, and said in a panic, "Alright, alright, I'll keep going. More force, right? I got it." Yang Shan dared not let Qin Yu hit himself. When Qin Yu hit himself, he would go to the extreme; Yang Shan still remembered the time Qin Yu was bruised all over.
"Smack!" "Smack!" "Smack!" "Smack!"...
The wooden stick struck Qin Yu's body repeatedly. Standing in his horse stance and pursing his lips, he endured without making a sound. Red marks appeared on Qin Yu's body, which pained Yang Shan to see. Although he was now a soldier, when he was nine years old, he used to herd cattle at home. Yet Qin Yu, as the Third Prince of Prince Zhen Dong Mansion, wasted no time in training to reach the human body's limits.
Qin Yu's eyes shone like stars, his determination evident from his gaze, unmovable like Mount Tai.
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"Little Yu, you've overdone it with today's training. Reduce the volume a bit tomorrow," said the elderly man with white hair, massaging Qin Yu while expressing his concern. This old man was Weng Xian, a medical expert and one of the top doctors in Prince Zhen Dong Mansion. When Qin De assigned Weng Xian to Cloud Mist Villa, people in the mansion were surprised at how the prince could bear to send such a medical expert to a villa.
"It's fine, Grandpa Weng. With your unique massage technique plus the medicated wine, I won't have any problems the next day." Qin Yu said with a snort, unconcerned.
Weng Xian's hands moved not quickly, but rhythmically, with various methods such as patting, kneading, pointing, and stroking, all different and accompanied by medicated wine on his hands. With his unique massage technique, the effects of the medicated wine rapidly integrated into Qin Yu's body.
Seeing Qin Yu's carefree attitude, Weng Xian smiled and shook his head, while unsurprisingly channeling his True Qi into the secret technique of massage.
"This feels amazing," Qin Yu murmured with a comfortable sigh, as he felt waves of warmth spreading through his body.
Weng Xian chuckled. He would not go to such lengths for anyone else, not sparing a trace of his Internal Strength, but for Qin Yu, Weng Xian cared deeply. After all, how could he not feel tender and sympathetic witnessing a child's daily arduous training?
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"Alright, Little Yu, don't overexert yourself during training next time. That Zhao Yunxing as well, what extreme training methods! If it weren't for the hot springs of Cloud Mist Villa and my daily help with flushing your meridians, infusing the medicinal wine's effects into your body, how could a child like you bear it!" Weng Xian sighed, clearly dissatisfied with Zhao Yunxing.
Qin Yu flashed Weng Xian a brilliant smile and said, "Got it, Grandpa Weng, you're the best. Grandpa Weng, get some rest early. Goodbye!" With that, Weng Xian nodded with a smile and gave Qin Yu a few more pieces of advice before Qin Yu left Weng Xian's residence.
Tonight, the sky was full of stars, shining brightly to the extreme.
"The teacher has left. As the daily training progresses, my body will get stronger and stronger. I must increase the training volume and... add some other training methods as well." Qin Yu looked up at the stars in the night sky and thought to himself.
Immediately after, Qin Yu walked straight into the Underground Secret Chamber Group of the North Garden, familiar with the various methods of activating the mechanisms.
He entered the secret chamber that stored the secret books. On the long table were placed numerous secret books. Qin Yu hadn't taken them because only he and Lian Yan knew how to open this chamber. Qin Yu immediately turned to the twenty-eight Outer Strength Secret Manuals.
There were various training methods in these Outer Strength Secret Manuals, and Qin Yu wanted to find some that were suitable for him.
Suddenly, Qin Yu's eyes were involuntarily drawn to the only touch of gold among the secret books. Out of ninety-six secret books, only one was made of Golden Paper, which was flashing with dazzling gold light, making it incredibly eye-catching—it was the 'Ancestor Dragon Technique'.
A thought abruptly appeared in Qin Yu's mind.
"I failed to cultivate Inner Strength before, but now I have been training my body for over a year, and I'm much stronger than before. Maybe the problem with my Dantian has gone away by itself." Qin Yu thought this to himself, as a person's sickness generally disappears after practicing martial arts.
But Qin Yu had forgotten that his Dantian was different from ordinary people; it wasn't a disease, but a natural condition.
However, Qin Yu was still a child, and he always wished for his strength to increase quickly, so it was normal for him to have such thoughts.
"Regardless, let's just give it a try. It won't waste much time anyway." Qin Yu sat cross-legged on the bed, picked up the 'Ancestor Dragon Technique,' and began to practice according to the content of the first chapter. His spirit was serene, entering into the ethereal void...
In just a moment, Qin Yu felt the spiritual energy of heaven and earth being absorbed into his body, turning into a warm current, much stronger than the one more than a year ago.
"Sure enough, with a strong body, absorbing heaven and earth's spiritual energy is much faster. Now to start the Small Cycle." Qin Yu immediately used his thoughts to control the warm current to circulate in his body, following the trajectory of the Small Cycle from the 'Ancestor Dragon Technique.' The warm current kept changing and then was integrated into the Dantian.
Qin Yu was excited and carefully felt whether this small amount of Inner Strength would disperse.
"It must not disperse, it must not." Qin Yu hoped in his heart, focusing more intensely, feeling that small amount of Inner Strength with all his spirit. Extreme training greatly improves mental strength. After such a long time of training, Qin Yu's spiritual power was much stronger than ordinary people and countless times stronger than when he first tried to cultivate.
He clearly felt the Inner Strength slowly dispersing in the Dantian and then spreading out along the limbs and bones in all directions.
"Alas, failed again," Qin Yu sighed inwardly.
Suddenly—
"No way!" Qin Yu felt as if he had discovered a shocking secret. All his spirit focused intensely on those dispersing Inner Strength. Although most of it dispersed through the limbs and bones into space, some of it fused into the muscles and bones.
To be precise, Qin Yu's muscles and bones were like sand, and the Inner Strength was like a flow of water. As the water flowed over the sand, some of it was still absorbed. The same principle applied here – despite the Inner Strength flowing out into the external world, a part of the Inner Strength's energy was still absorbed.
Qin Yu's eyes lit up.
"This is great, so great," Qin Yu trembled with excitement. "The medicinal wine's effects supplement the body's muscles, but how can it compare to Inner Strength? I can't accumulate Inner Strength, but my muscles can absorb the energy of Inner Strength, making them stronger, allowing for faster and more rapid Outer Strength Cultivation!"
At that moment, Qin Yu was extremely excited; he could even hear his heart beating intensely.
"Father, I will succeed," Qin Yu's eyes blazed with a burning light, never before had he felt so confident.
On the dark and treacherous path of cultivating Outer Strength, a dawn was beginning to shine...
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