Chapter Forty-Five: Beginning Cultivation

  For the next few days, Li Yunfei did not go out again, and he even dared not to attend school, for fear of meeting Li Shuqin. In his opinion, having had that thought was already a kind of spiritual betrayal, and he could not afford to make another mistake. So Li Yunfei stayed at home with Xiaolian or went to find Li Tongling to practice martial arts.

  Of course, Li Tong started his training method, which is some ordinary training method in the army. For Li Tong, Li Yunfei was just a temporary interest and didn't think it would be serious, so he treated Li Yunfei like that. But unexpectedly, Li Yunfei persisted for half a month, and after this half-month of hard work, Li Yunfei's body also underwent amazing changes. However, when Li Tong saw Li Yunfei like this, instead of changing his method, he made him do even more basic training.

  Li Tongling thought Li Yunfei was an unpolished jade, and if he were to carve it himself, it would be a waste of such good material. So he only taught Li Yunfei some basics. As a person from the future, Li Yunfei also knew the importance of basics, so every day he practiced diligently, sweating profusely, but he still gritted his teeth and persisted.

  Every time Xiaolian saw Li Yunfei in this state, she couldn't help but feel heartbroken. She thought that the majestic King of Qin was actually practicing with these ordinary imperial guards, which not only boosted their morale but also made Xiaolian worried. In just half a month, Li Yunfei was no longer his former bookish self; his originally pale skin had turned into a dark bronze color, and he looked like a handsome young man in the prime of life.

  "Xiao Lian! It's a bit hot here, you should go back first! Xiao Hong will take Xiao Lian back!" Li Yunfei put down the stone lock and looked at Xiao Lian under the flower paper umbrella, suddenly feeling heartache as he said, it was still very hot in today's sunlight.

  "No! Yunfei, I don't want to go back, I want to keep watching you, you've done too much for me, I want to stay with you forever!" Xiaolian's face was covered in sweat, but she still insisted on staying with Li Yunfei. She felt useless, thinking that she couldn't do anything to help Li Yunfei, wondering if she really was that useless?

  "Alright! I've said it before, but these days I didn't want to trouble you, so I didn't bring it up. Xiaolian, you also know that I let Li Guanjia do business, and in the future, the accounts will be handled by him. This way, I can also feel more at ease!" After sending off Xiaolian, who was a bit delighted but also somewhat disappointed, Li Yunfei once again began his great martial arts endeavor!

  Now Li Yunfei's body has started to develop muscle mass, of course not the kind of muscle that a bodybuilder would have, but rather very tough and resilient muscles. Through the training program set by Li Tonglai for Li Yunfei, most of it was focused on training his physical strength and endurance. There is a saying "one force can subdue ten skills", being unable to survive on the battlefield is what every soldier strives to avoid, many people have not learned martial arts, some just rely on brute force. Li Tonglai's goal was to bring out Li Yunfei's potential, as for future achievements, that would depend on whether he had a good teacher or not.

  Every time Li Yunfei wanted to give up, he thought about the hardships he had endured in his past life and now, but thinking about the feeling of powerlessness when facing Chai Lingwu made him grit his teeth and persevere. However, the next day he would be energetic again, and Li Yunfei also found that his strength and physical fitness had improved a bit. What made Li Yunfei most delighted was that the little bit of internal energy he could mobilize had increased a bit, he didn't know if it was an illusion, but Li Yunfei felt that the total amount of his true energy had decreased a bit, as if it had merged into his cells.

  In short, every time Li Yunfei woke up from sleep, he would feel a sense of lightness throughout his body. This feeling was so refreshing that it made Li Yunfei feel addicted. This made Li Yunfei even more suspicious of whether he had a tendency to be masochistic, but this thought was immediately denied by himself, and he was absolutely convinced that he was a normal person.

  "Drink!" Li Yunfei strained to lift two stone locks of thirty or forty kilograms, then began his slow run. This was to train the coordination of his whole body muscles. He didn't know how long he had been running when Li Yunfei felt his lips dry and his eyes dry. At this moment, the inner force in his dantian finally swept uncontrollably throughout his entire body. The refreshing feeling made Li Yunfei involuntarily hum a soft tune.

  "Ah! So comfortable! As expected, my idea was correct. Every time I reach the limit, this true energy will come to nourish my parched body, and a part of it will merge into the cells of my entire body to transform and strengthen my flesh. In this way, won't I be invincible in terms of physical strength? Even this stone lock has become lighter, it seems like I need to change it again." Li Yunfei felt that he had obtained enhanced power once more, his mood suddenly improved a lot. To think that at the beginning, when Li Yunfei was holding something weighing over ten kilograms and jogging slowly, it was very strenuous. But in just half a month's time, it has already changed to around forty kilograms now, and with this breakthrough, he should be able to handle sixty kilograms without issue. Thinking about the historical figure of Xiang Yu, Li Yunfei still had a long way to go!

  Li Yunfei has clearly underestimated his own abilities, and his growth is completely beyond Li Tong's expectations. Almost every day, Li Yunfei breaks through his own limits, especially in the past few days, it's even more apparent. It seems that his explosion is not far away. If Li Yunfei can get through this time, his abilities will be improved several times or even dozens of times.

  Li Tongling was watching Li Yunfei from the other side, he was also afraid that Li Yunfei would get into trouble, if that happened, his own guilt would be even greater. However, every time Li Yunfei performed, it really moved him, and even made him feel a sense of jealousy. Thinking about it, a high-ranking prince like him, his quality was actually much better than his own, how could this old soldier who had been mixed up for many years bear it? He could see that Li Yunfei would surpass him in just these few days, of course, referring to physical strength and power.

  "Come on, everyone! Look at Prince Qin's mansion, do you still dare to slack off?" Commander Li pointed at Li Yunfei, who was struggling to lift two 60-jin stone locks, and said to the group. Now Li Yunfei had become Commander Li's ultimate tool for motivating and striking his subordinates. If a noble prince could do it, why couldn't they? So Commander Li trained them even harder.

  "Qin Wang is also, a high and above king, why bother learning martial arts! Isn't it good to indulge in beauties, recite poetry and make couplets every day?" It seems that today is another day without rest, as people can only speechlessly watch this vigorous Qin Wang.

  "Try running a bit faster this time!" Li Yunfei was not satisfied with the current progress, and if others knew his thoughts, what would they think? Those guards might even curse their mothers. If he's still not satisfied, then how can they do better? Should they go find a block of tofu to knock themselves dead? It's clearly not good luck to have run into such an eccentric master!

  "Hiss! Hiss!..." Li Yunfei involuntarily used the breathing method from the "Huangdi Neijing", which he had just thought of. Previously, because he couldn't mobilize his internal qi, he hadn't thought to use it, and now it was just a sudden flash of inspiration. However, the effect was unexpectedly good.

  At first, Li Yunfei just had a try-it-out attitude, but unexpectedly, the true energy that he could control really started to flow. Because Li Yunfei's Upper Dantian was also opened up, this Big Zhou Tian was unusually long, and every time the true energy passed through the Upper Dantian, Li Yunfei felt an ethereal and otherworldly sensation. As the true energy flowed, those stagnant true energies that had been still like water actually started to stir and move, which was something Li Yunfei couldn't have anticipated.

  The current Li Yunfei has been immersed in that kind of pleasure, completely unaware of the outside world. The wind sound started to whizz past his ears, and everyone stared at Li Yunfei with their eyes wide open, "No way! Has he burst out at this moment!" Commander Li said weakly over there, he also knew that Li Yunfei had made a sudden and rapid improvement, it was inevitable, but he didn't expect it to be so fast.