Chapter 43 (1/2)

Wind blew slowly from the top of the eastern mountain.

Xu Yi was shirtless as he squatted in a horse stance. He spread his arms out, his hands open flat as he held a stone dumbbell weighing more than 50 pounds in each hand.

After sending Jiang Shaochuan’s audience away, he ate his lunch, took a nap, took a cold shower, and calmly thought about himself. He then channelled his attention too the two stone dumbbells in the courtyard.

His cultivation had already reached the peak of the Body Forging stage, and he was going all out. A strike from him had the force of a bull. Two 50 pound stone dumbbells were originally difficult to train with, but Xu Yi had his own ideas and managed to come up with such a position.

Everyone knew that any ordinary person could carry a hundred-pound sack, but it was difficult to hold ten pounds in one hand and balance it horizontally.

As for opening one’s palms to support the item, even a weight of 5 pounds would be hard to maintain.

Xu Yi maintained this difficult position as he raised the two 50 pound stone dumbbells. The stone dumbbell bar was thin and round, and it was extremely difficult to balance in one’s palms.

Furthermore, as the bar was long and thin, in order to raise both stone dumbbells at the same time, he had to raise one hand higher and the other hand lower.

This position was extremely difficult. Xu Yi’s physical strength was amazing, but after an hour, he felt exhausted.

His amazing willpower carried him through the hour as both his arms were numb from the pain, and sweat trickled down his skin until no more sweat could be produced.

He was hanging on until suddenly, his entire body felt light, and his soul was empty. There was a sense of happiness in the depths of his soul.

Xu Yi could feel that every time his body was beyond exhausted, there was always an unspeakable sense of satisfaction deep down inside.

He guessed that as his physique became stronger, his soul became stronger as well.

The logic was simple. A person with a stronger body tends to have more energy and vigour, and this was a reflection of their soul power.

Xu Yi was not wrong to think that way, but he only knew part of the truth.

In this situation, under the Zen Buddhism, he had developed “Fighter Determination.”

There were great monks in the Zen Buddhism who meditated and maintained a certain position. They could go for days without sleep, detached from the real world. It was a mysterious and wondrous spiritual world.

Under the high intensity training, Xu Yi could focus and forget about everything. After focusing, his spirit guarded the physical body as he continued high intensity training, lending credence to the term “Fighter Determination”.

According to Fighting King Buddha, from the beginning of his training, he could stay focused in battle, battle after battle.

Coincidentally, Xu Yi had the Fighter Determination today.

On one end, his body could reach a point of high intensity, which nurtures the soul.

On the other, the soul would nourish and train the body painlessly and fearlessly.

However, Xu Yi was in the Mysterious Realm and realised the beauty of the body and soul. “Uncle Beardo, how long are you going to train for? I want to eat!” Little Qiu hollered from a corner of the bed as she stuck her head out.

Upon hearing this, the soul shook, and the pain crumbled. Two stone dumbbells slipped away one after another as Xu Yi’s body went soft and almost collapsed to the ground.

The coincidental Fighter Determination was stopped then and there.

Xu Yi regained his consciousness and thought about the Mysterious Realm. He stretched out his arms and touched them, not noticing any difference. However, deep down, he felt that there was something different.

“Uncle Beardo, we are hungry!”

Little Qiu could not take it anymore, and she finally came out of her room and hugged Xu Yi’s long legs, shaking them hard.

“The delivery man has arrived at the door; go get the food.”

Xu Yi’s voice fell as the sound of the bell kept ringing.