Seeing that Zhao Li had settled into the clan and would be going up the mountain in the future, the village chief thought for a moment and had Zhao Li join the village's training team.
Zhao Li became excited upon hearing the village chief's words and quickly pressed for details.
"Can I? Can I be as strong as these older brothers?"
Seeing Zhao Li's thin and small appearance, the village chief ultimately couldn't bring himself to nod against his conscience. He just chuckled and said in a booming voice:
"What are you thinking, kid? They're the strongest hunters in the village. You skinny monkey, you still want to compare yourself to them? You just follow along and train hard. Make yourself stronger first."
Zhao Li nodded sheepishly, said "Oh," and stopped talking, quietly following the crowd, waiting for the meat distribution.
In the past two months or so, Zhao Li had settled into the village, and everyone had come to regard him as one of their own. Whenever there was something going on, they would include him.
This peaceful village life was something Zhao Li had only experienced again after nearly thirty years, and his mindset was completely different from before.
Soon, Zhao Li received his share of the Magical Beast meat and carried it back to the wooden house he had built. He began to look forward to tomorrow.
The night passed without incident. The next day, as soon as the sky began to lighten, Zhao Li got up early. After a simple cleanup, he went to the square in front of the ancestral hall.
Zhao Li had observed for two months, so he naturally knew that the training took place here.
Standing there alone, looking at the ancestral hall, he knew there were sacrifices made here, but there was only a single clay statue inside. Zhao Li didn't know its identity. If he encountered a sacrifice in the future, he figured he would understand.
Immediately, Zhao Li stopped paying attention to the ancestral hall, collected his thoughts, and prepared for the upcoming training.
Perhaps, after today, a corner of this mysterious Pocket World's veil would be lifted.
Soon, people began arriving at the training ground one after another, greeting each other.
Zhao Li had naturally calculated the time and wouldn't come here early to just wait.
After about fifteen minutes, seeing that most of the people had arrived, Zhao Li scanned the crowd and saw that most of the villagers between the ages of eight and thirty were present, regardless of gender. He felt a surge of emotion:
"Everyone a soldier, truly."
Zhao Li followed the crowd, imitating them and lining up.
Soon, Zhao Li saw the young adults who had returned from hunting yesterday appear here.
They were already the strongest few people in the village.
"Today is the same as usual, we'll train for an hour first."
Saying this, the few of them led everyone in training.
Zhao Li had "seen" this scene many times before. In the past two months, the villagers had been organized for training almost every two days.
However, in Zhao Li's observation, he hadn't found anything special about this training. He had even imitated their movements and practiced, but there was still no special effect.
Now, Zhao Li was mixed in with the team, following the crowd in practice. Although he performed the movements properly, he was quickly pulled aside by a young adult who was supervising.
Ling Poshan led Zhao Li to the side, looked at him, and furrowed his brow:
"Hmm, are you the one who fled from another village? Your practice has form but no spirit, just an empty shell. Didn't you learn in your original village?"
Zhao Li's heart stirred. He feared there was more than one village as strong as Little Spirit Village.
He didn't panic, his emotions a little low:
"I don't know. We haven't had a strong hunter like you for a long time. That's why we couldn't withstand the Magical Beast attack."
Seeing Zhao Li's appearance, Ling Poshan felt a bit embarrassed and then said in a booming voice:
"My mouth was too quick, don't mind it. If you haven't learned, I'll teach you. You'll become a strong hunter too."
Zhao Li nodded firmly:
"I want to protect everyone."
Ling Poshan fell silent and began teaching Zhao Li little by little.
"When we practice the stances, one is to cooperate with the Visualization of the Emperor Lord, and the other is to cooperate with breathing. This way, we can mobilize Spiritual Energy to strengthen our bodies. Your physique is small and thin, you need to learn well."
Zhao Li nodded, indicating understanding, but his heart grew even more confused. Visualization? Emperor Lord? Who is he?
Ling Poshan taught very thoroughly, but he had a preconceived notion that every village had an Emperor Lord statue and would visualize the Emperor Lord, so he didn't say much about Visualization, only teaching Zhao Li the breathing method.
The breathing rhythm wasn't difficult, but the control of the breath was extremely precise. Ling Poshan only described it verbally; the internal aspects were hard to explain clearly. In this situation, Zhao Li also took a long time to master it.
"Very good, you still have some foundation. Combine it with the stances from just now and practice more. Your body will get better. You're really too thin. I'll give you more meat next time. You keep practicing, I'll go check on them."
Zhao Li's speed of mastery wasn't slow. Ling Poshan just assumed Zhao Li had some foundation before. Seeing that Zhao Li had pretty much mastered it, he urged him on and went to see the others.
Zhao Li thanked him and slowly began practicing on his own.
Suddenly, Zhao Li felt the Dou Qi in his body begin to circulate faster. It quickly completed a Circulation Cycle. The amount didn't increase, but the quality became more condensed.
Zhao Li was startled. At the beginning of his cultivation, Zhao Li had paid great attention to his foundation. After creating his Cultivation Technique, he became even more consciously focused on condensing his Dou Qi. Even if it wasn't as effective as something like the Fallen Heart Flame, which was known as a cultivation cheat, it was still much more condensed than that of ordinary people. This was one of the reasons for his astonishing combat power.
He had thought his Dou Qi was already extremely condensed, but he hadn't expected that under this unknown training, the quality of his Dou Qi would reach a higher level.
Although this was a good thing, Zhao Li was still extremely cautious, fearing it might be an evil method.
After circulating it a few times, besides the Dou Qi becoming more condensed, Zhao Li didn't find any other abnormalities. He relaxed and continued to practice.
An hour later, Ling Poshan had everyone stop.
"Today's training ends here. Next, everyone can spar and exchange pointers on their own."
After he finished speaking, everyone gathered in twos and threes.
The two little kids who had invited him to the academy earlier came up to Zhao Li, looking at him with some anticipation:
"Big brother, can you keep telling us the story from before? The one about the little guy."
Zhao Li smiled. When he first saw this village, he couldn't help but think of Great Desolate Stone Village, so he told the two little kids the story of Number Ten. He didn't expect them to get hooked on it.
"Okay, I'll tell it. Come on, let's sit over there."
Zhao Li pointed to the big tree at the edge of the square and took the two kids under the tree. Ling Poshan was also there.
Zhao Li started telling the story to the two little kids on his own. After finishing the part about Number Ten leaving the Great Desolate, he stopped. Zhao Li sighed:
"I really hope he succeeds and becomes someone like the Emperor Lord."
Ling Poshan listened from over there. He also felt sympathy for the little guy Zhao Li was talking about. He even suspected it might be one of the little guys who left Zhao Li's village.
But when he heard Zhao Li's hope, he smiled inwardly. People like the Emperor Lord were rare, even in legends.
Zhao Li had cast his bait, but no fish came to bite. He still felt a bit regretful.
He was extremely curious about the Emperor Lord now and would bring him up intentionally or unintentionally, hoping someone would tell him about him.
The sky was completely bright. Ling Poshan told everyone to disperse.
From then on, Zhao Li trained every day. He found that the hour at dawn was the most effective.
After that, Zhao Li didn't waste time and trained with everyone. The rest of the time was spent between the academy and home, a two-point line.
Zhao Li understood that the Emperor Lord was likely the one inside the ancestral hall. However, Zhao Li still didn't know much about him, only roughly that the villages in this world all worshipped him. Besides that, Zhao Li also gained nothing from this Visualization method.
Time flowed by, and two months passed in a flash.
After studying for another two months, Zhao Li could finally match most of the characters with their sounds and meanings.
Zhao Li recalled the stone pillars standing outside the main hall of the Ruins and translated the characters carved on them. It was:
"Drawing Spiritual Energy for thousands of miles, condensing Qi into a primordial form."
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