Training

Chapter 3 Training

Yang Podi carefully reviewed the original work and felt that it was particularly misleading. The Po clan had already been tricked by the Haotian Sect more than 20 years ago, almost leading to their extinction.

As a result, 20 years later, he was tricked by Tang San into joining the Tang Sect. From beginning to end, apart from obtaining a fragrant Qiluo Immortal Herb, he seemed to have gained nothing else.

On the contrary, after the clan disciples joined the Tang Sect, they became so-called disciples of the Medicine Hall, and suddenly had an extra father figure on their heads. The other three clans seem to have been tricked even more, gaining nothing but constantly working for the Tang Sect and for Tang San. What's the point?

Especially in the final battle of Jialing Pass, clan leader Yang Wudi fought against the titled Douluo Serpent Spear. Although he won, he was also seriously injured. How did all this help him or his clan? How did Tang San help his clan? Would Tang San pass on his Mysterious Heaven Skill to someone else?

It's obvious that for the four families with a single attribute, the effort and reward are disproportionate. They would be better off using that time to improve themselves.

After figuring all this out, Yang Podi returned to his own questions: How to avoid the war of annihilation? How to improve himself in the future?

The following period was relatively simple. After Yang Podi turned two, at his repeated requests, his mother began to arrange for someone to teach him to read and write.

Although I had read the original Douluo Continent novel, everything was different from the original novel once I actually arrived in the world of Douluo Continent. The differences were huge.

Even for the simplest questions of knowledge, there are hundreds of books, large and small, just on the topic of spirit beasts. The biggest feature of the Douluo world is its martial spirits and spirit beasts. The types of spirit beasts are as numerous as the stars in the sky, ranging from a blade of grass to an entire mountain.

All kinds of spirit beasts differ in size, diet, and even attack methods. Add to that the difference in age of different spirit beasts, and the differences become even greater.

On the other hand, there are martial spirits. There are all kinds of martial spirits in the world. Different martial spirits, when combined with different soul beasts and soul rings, and even different soul ring ages, will produce all kinds of different skills, and even mutations.

Seeing this reminds me of a saying Yu Xiaogang taught Tang San: "More rings mean more bones, unleash your power in one go; fewer rings mean fewer bones, run for your life."

Yang Podi was initially quite dismissive, feeling that this was a bit like bullying the weak and fearing the strong, and who said that having more spirit rings necessarily meant being stronger? But as he read more and more books, he gradually came to understand the differences between spirit masters of different levels.

Soul Masters might be able to fight opponents of higher levels, like my grandfather Yang Wudi. But this is only true for a very small number of people. Most people are ordinary Soul Masters who find it difficult to even obtain Soul Rings. Many spend their entire lives struggling to acquire Soul Rings, and countless people have to absorb Soul Rings for ten years in order to become Soul Masters.

As for Soul Masters with fifth-ring souls that have been around for a thousand years, they are extremely common. In the original story, both Serpent Spear and Qin Ming had fifth-ring souls that had been around for a thousand years. Was it because they lacked ability or connections? Neither. It's because obtaining a suitable soul ring of the right age is extremely difficult, especially since a fifth-ring soul ring must be just over ten thousand years old, but not too much older. Without a powerful backer, it's very difficult to achieve.

Looking back at various fanfictions from later generations, almost all of them criticize Yu Xiaogang. Indeed, from a certain perspective, Yu Xiaogang let down two women and seemed somewhat like a coward.

However, from an academic perspective, he did make some contributions. At least since he published the so-called Soul Ring Age Table, although it may not be completely accurate, it has spread widely among the common people and has reduced the phenomenon of Soul Masters exploding after absorbing Soul Rings that exceed their age limit to a certain extent.

What annoyed everyone even more was that, despite being just a high-level Soul Master, he liked to show off; his strength was weak, but he had a big ego.

In particular, the knowledge he published was actually possessed by many powerful families, but was simply inaccessible to ordinary people. Yu Xiaogang, however, combined the knowledge of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan with some knowledge he learned from the Spirit Hall, and published it as his own, appropriating the Spirit Hall's academic achievements. This is somewhat similar to the plagiarism that everyone in later generations despises.

Moreover, Yu Xiaogang is extremely hostile and hateful towards the Spirit Hall, yet he lives off the gold spirit coins issued by the Spirit Hall, exhibiting an attitude of "eating from the bowl and then cursing the cook."

Even more outrageous was that when he lived at Notting College, he wasn't a teacher and made no contributions to the college, yet he acted like a teacher and was somewhat like a bully using someone else's authority.

All of these actions resulted in Yu Xiaogang having a very poor reputation among fanfiction writers. When his grandfather, Yang Wudi, learned of his particular fondness for reading, he somehow acquired all sorts of books—a bizarre and varied collection, containing everything imaginable. There were even some anecdotes about Soul Master cultivation and advanced Soul Master cultivation notes.

Of course, this period of reading lasted for a whole year.

A year later, when he was three years old, his grandfather and father began to be strict with him.

In addition to reading, I now practice my marksmanship and take medicinal baths every day.

The main spear technique I practice is the Soul-Breaking Spear Technique of the Breaking Clan. Although I have a bit of a disdain for this Breaking City Spear Technique, and always feel that it is too rudimentary compared to the spear techniques mastered by my countrymen in my previous life, and even a bit unworthy of being presented, I will still start practicing it in the short term.

So every morning he would carry a heavy iron spear and train with a group of people until he was almost exhausted, at which point his mother would drag him away for a medicinal bath.

Regarding the weight of the Soul-Breaking Spear, there are various sizes of Soul-Breaking Spears on the training ground. They all have the same shape and structure, but their dimensions, weight, and materials vary. Just choose one that suits your height and strength each day.

As for the practice of taking medicinal baths, it begins as early as age three, which is a basic custom in some large families. For some core disciples, training begins as early as three or four years old.

The Po Clan is a family of alchemists, and their research on medicinal herbs and prescriptions far surpasses that of others. Even within the Haotian Sect, the Po Clan's medicinal bath formulas are used. Grandfather Yang Wudi personally prepares medicines based on his own constitution.

After the age of four, Yang Podi increased his physical training. The training included frog jumps and running, but since he was too young, he did not use any weights.

Over the past few years, Yang Podi has also come into contact with many people from the Haotian Sect. In his opinion, all the people from the Haotian Sect have one thing in common: arrogance, self-righteousness, and some even look down on everyone.

This attitude is quite common in the Haotian Sect, and even the four single-attribute families have similar characteristics. In short, they look down on everyone in the world and always think that they are the strongest.

Judging from this personality, if he were in a TV series in later times, he probably wouldn't survive more than two episodes.

No wonder the Spirit Hall is so determined to target the Clear Sky Sect. The Clear Sky Sect is currently opposing the Spirit Hall at every turn, especially with the three upper sects uniting and showing absolutely no respect for the Spirit Hall. Anyone would want to destroy the Clear Sky Sect in this situation.

As for the so-called allies of the Clear Sky Sect, they probably just want to use the Clear Sky Sect as a shield. The Spirit Hall is not as powerful as it was 20 years later in the original story. The three upper sects combined have tens of thousands of soul masters, which is enough to contend with the Spirit Hall.

Every time Yang Podi thought of this, he couldn't help but sigh: The decline of the Haotian Sect was not without reason. On the one hand, it had made too many enemies, and on the other hand, its reputation was too great.

But only the core members knew that the old sect leader had been missing for decades, and that the current strength of the Haotian Sect was completely unworthy of its reputation.

(End of this chapter)