Unbeatable! Invincible! Unparalleled!

When they heard this, their eyes gleamed with excitement. Especially Duan Li and Xiahou Yu.

For Duan Li, now that he was already exposed with the means of what a martial artist and cultivators could do, his previous indifference about being one have been replaced with the eagerness to be one.

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Leaving the princ.i.p.al"s office, Duan Li decided to practice under w.a.n.g Guozhi and Xiahou Yu under Ling Yu. This is because of their gender const.i.tution between Yin and Yang and thus they must practice the suitable breathing method for it.

Yin and Yang here refers to the duality that is present in all aspects of the universe. Yin is Female and Yang is Male. However, the comparisons are actually quite endless as they are used to describe how opposite or contrary forces are actually complementary, interconnected, and interdependent in the natural world, and how they mutually give rise to each other.

"Right, let us first go to the library first and borrow some books that detailed out the various meridian channels inside the body. That will be very essential for you to visualize your breathing technique!" said w.a.n.g Guozhi.

They both headed down and went back to the first main hall from when they entered the academy previously this morning.

Duan Li haven"t realized it before, but the library is situated just on the third floor and the stairs is located right at the center of this hall.

Entering the library, Duan Li could see rows of rows of books that is too many to count. Based on his rough estimation, there should be at least hundreds of thousands of books here!

As someone who loved reading, naturally he was elated to be inside this treasure trove of knowledge!

Seeing his excitement, w.a.n.g Guozhi chuckled and said "Impressive right? You can learn just about anything here!"

He then explained that the library is divided further into quite a lot of sections, ranging from martial arts skills, breathing method, spells, runic formations, pill forging, blacksmithing, medicine, and more.

However, students are only allowed to borrow one book each that is suitable for their realm. But for Duan Li now, with the special privilege he got from the princ.i.p.al, he could borrow as many books as he want.

Although there were many students here, the atmosphere is quiet and only whispering sounds could be heard when the students talk to each other.

Perhaps some sort of a spell was at place here?

Duan Li strolled to one of the bookshelf for human anatomy after getting the proper directions from the librarian at the counter.

"Take this book, this one and this!" said w.a.n.g Guozhi as he took out three books from the shelf t.i.tled, "Comprehensive Human Meridian Channel Compendium", "The Three Dantians" and "2000 Acupoints of the Human body".

Each book was thick and heavy, such that if Duan Li hadn"t experienced an upgrade on his muscles during the first trial before, he would definitely fell to the floor right now due to their sheer weight.

"Oho? You are quite strong!" complimented w.a.n.g Guozhi as he continued;

"You can have a look at these books first before you start practicing breathing method."

Then, w.a.n.g Guozhi led Duan Li to another bookshelf specifically for breathing method.

"Usually, for new students whom have yet to practice any breathing method, they would usually pick up this book, "Three steps to the Qi Condensation Realm!" to absorb spiritual Qi into their dantian through the nostrils." he pointed towards a book which had several copies on the shelf.

"But, for you boy, since you are already able to absorb spiritual Qi through your pores, then this book should be more suitable for you." he said as he picked out one book from the shelf.

"Opening pores, swallowing river!"

This book is quite thick, and through Duan Li"s memories, the future him had also practiced this similar breathing method as well. It is a thoroughly renowned book in the whole Tian continent and many martial artist and cultivators started to practice them when they have reached the core formation realm!

However, just as Duan Li took this book with him, his eyesight caught a peculiar red book sitting at the very corner of the shelf. Taking out this book, Duan Li found out that the cover was extremely old and the ink has weathered to the point that the sentences are hardly discernible at all.

"Nine Seas Forming Formation"

Formation? Isn"t this supposed to be the shelf for breathing method?

Why is there a formation book here?

"Ohh that book is still here? Don"t even bother reading it, the words inside could hardly be read at all! Rumor has it that this is a breathing method that the founder had acquired during his many years of exploration before settling down to found the empire! However, even he himself did not dare to practice it since the book was already damaged over time." explained w.a.n.g Guozhi.

Martial artists and cultivators whom practiced wrong or incomplete breathing method would risk themselves undergoing Qi deviation. Thus, eventhough this book had existed since the ancient past and seemed very mysterious, no one had tried to practice it yet.

Duan Li cupped his chin as he contemplated for awhile. He then decided to take them both. After all, he had the privilege, so why not use it?

Taking the books to the counter, the librarian frowned at first looking at the numerous books Duan Li wanted to borrow, but after w.a.n.g Guozhi pa.s.sed towards her a blue jade slip with the princ.i.p.al"s commands, her countenance immediately changed as she swiftly approved them..

"Now, let me show you the dorm and your room. For today, you only had to go through these books casually and try to understand some of the most important points in them."

"Tomorrow, I will personally guide you to absorb the spiritual Qi from the surrounding using the "Opening Pores, Swallowing River" manual and also explain some stuff that I think you should know."

Duan Li then walked with w.a.n.g Guozhi as they went back to the main hall and walked through the left wing. Along the way, he could see the cafeteria where many students of the academy hang out together.

Before long, they then arrived at an open hallway leading towards the square of the academy. This square is extremely vast. Convenience stores, fast food restaurants and a department store was located along the pathways. There are even many outdoor facilities here for sports such as the football field, badminton, tennis and basketball court.

Looking at these sports facilities, Duan Li couldn"t help but to ask;

"Does the students here also play sports? Like.. do they even have the time for that?"

When w.a.n.g Guozhi heard this, he just laughed it out and answered;

"Of course they do! Even teachers and senior teachers play sports too! Even if we have gone onto the martial arts and cultivator path, in the end, we shouldn"t forget our own origin as a human being."

"You would probably heard that people like us known as the immortals would slowly detach ourselves away from the mortal world as we advance on our path, but in fact, that was all in the past!"

w.a.n.g Guozhi further explained that because people were like that in the previous era, immortals are very indifferent towards the life of mortal human being, as it fostered a concept in their mind that, they have evolved into a more superior species somehow.

Always calling those weaker than them as ants.

How annoying!

Therefore back then, after the founder himself Jiu Zhentian formed the empire, among the first thing that he did was amending the relationship between immortals and mortals by re-introducing common grounds and establishing laws and order.

And thus, sports is one of that common grounds!

"But.. the physical attributes for immortals are far superior than mortals.." said Duan Li highlighting an important point.

w.a.n.g Guozhi laughed out loud.

"Hahahahahahaha! Boy, don"t misunderstand!"

"When I said that we had established a common ground and sports is one of them, its not like we play sports against the mortals! Even if we suppress ourselves down to their level, our physical body alone would left them injured!" replied w.a.n.g Guozhi with a big hearty laugh as he patted Duan Li"s shoulder.

It was then that after further explanation by w.a.n.g Guozhi that Duan Li understood. Sports is a physical entertainment activity for any humans, and even immortals are still considered as humans. Thus, there is no reason for immortals to not engage in any sports activity just because they are different than the mortals, because in the end, they are still humans!

If being an immortal is to forget one"s own origin, then, isn"t that a problem in the path of the dao itself?

Of course, sports compet.i.tion played by immortals are done between those of the same realm by suppressing themselves down to the first level. In addition, it is forbidden to use any spiritual Qi during a sport and one must rely only on their physical body. Without spiritual Qi reinforcing the muscles and bones, immortals would become more or less like a mortal with heightened physical attributes only.

It is also because of these that law and order are effective and mindless killings of the mortals are not tolerated and is punishable by death.

Therefore, their era could be said to be the modern era with a more civilized approach in society as a whole.

Thinking about this, Duan Li nodded in agreement to this philosophy as well.

"Aha we have arrived!"

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