Douluo Continent: The True Body and Blood Soul, Starting from Blacksmithing

"Dear students, this morning you only need to run five laps to warm up, after which you can have free time."

After each class had tallied the number of students, several teachers stood together and announced the morning's tasks to the students.

Upon learning that they would have to run five laps today, some students in each class let out cries of pain.

The teachers didn't give the students time to wail. After announcing today's tasks, a Soul Master with a wolf-type martial soul let out a long wolf howl.

"Don't rush ahead, wait until the teacher stops talking before you run."

Before the wolf howl started, a classmate who looked about eight or nine years old next to Lin Yu reminded Lin Yu.

Receiving this kind reminder, Lin Yu nodded gratefully to the other party.

However, the classmate only reminded Lin Yu that she could only run after the sound ended, without telling Lin Yu that the teacher's wolf howling would suddenly stop.

The other students were used to it and rushed out the moment the wolf howls stopped.

Because she wasn't prepared, Lin Yu started a step slower than the other students.

However, Lin Yu started a bit slower than others. He began running with sandbags tied to his feet when he was four years old. Once he got moving, he quickly found the feeling of running like the wind.

Although I exercise regularly, my short stature and short legs are a major disadvantage!

Although Lin Yu quickly got the hang of it, it was still quite difficult for her to surpass her classmates.

More importantly, a significant number of students suddenly activated their Martial Souls while running, and those students became even faster with the boost from their Martial Souls!

At the beginning, Lin Yu was able to maintain her speed, running at her own pace without being arrogant or impatient.

But as more and more figures passed by, even though they weren't her classmates, Lin Yu couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

Back in the Radiant Star Martial Soul Branch Hall, Lin Yu recovered his body in less than a week, and he didn't slack off for the rest of the time.

He had tried meditation, but simple meditation, immersing his consciousness in his forehead and letting his martial soul operate on its own, did not help him much.

Just as Ye Lan said, the correct cultivation method is to merge part of consciousness with blood and then circulate it within the body.

Based on this, and drawing on his high school knowledge from his previous life, Lin Yu developed two breathing techniques that suited him.

Furthermore, these two breathing methods are related to the pulmonary circulation and internal circulation of blood, respectively, and Lin Yu named them "Dynamic Breathing Method" and "Static Breathing Method".

The dynamic breathing method is based on pulmonary circulation. The whole process is as follows: blood is pumped from the right ventricle to the lungs, and then the blood goes through a series of reactions through the capillaries in the lungs to replace the blood with high carbon dioxide content with high oxygen content, and then flows into the left atrium.

Thanks to his ability to integrate his mental energy into his blood, Lin Yu was able to discover the thicker blood vessels between the right ventricle and the lungs, and between the lungs and the left atrium.

All he had to do was control the two weak streams of soul power to dissolve into his blood through his veins in the instant he breathed and coordinated with the pumping of blood by his heart.

Experiments have shown that this technique can accelerate the absorption and transport of oxygen.

The reason Lin Yu was able to come up with this breathing method is because she is used to silently counting "one, two, three, four" in her mind while running.

Then he inadvertently discovered that the intervals between the times he silently recited the commands in his mind were precisely the moments when his heart beat.

Because this breathing method is most effective during strenuous exercise, Lin Yu named it the "Dynamic Breathing Method".

As for the other "static breathing method," it involves the internal circulation of blood. Because it involves too many blood vessels, and Lin Yu's current consciousness can only be attached to two blood vessels, it is not yet possible to implement it.

However, dynamic breathing techniques are extremely helpful for Lin Yu during strenuous activity.

As the dynamic breathing technique was activated, Lin Yu felt that each breath she took was exceptionally refreshing, and the feeling of being out of breath gradually lessened.

However, the use of breathing techniques did not allow Lin Yu's confidence to last long.

He did not get closer to his classmates by using breathing techniques.

Some students can suddenly leap forward five or six meters while running; some can manipulate wind elements, accelerating themselves while also interfering with others; and some have even mastered a triple jump on a bamboo pole...

Lin Yu finally realized a reality: only through a second awakening can the original martial soul transform into a high-level martial soul.

Before this, his physical martial soul was weaker than any beast martial soul or weapon martial soul.

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After running five laps, Lin Yu wasn't completely exhausted, but her whole body was still sore.

Compared to the physical pain, what really bothered him was that he finished last in the race.

Wei Min, who was waiting for Lin Yu at the finish line, handed her a bottle of warm water. Lin Yu took the water and drank it down without hesitation.

The water was not only warm, but also had a slightly sweet taste.

"And now? How do you feel?"

Wei Min put her hands on her hips and carefully examined the student who wasn't even out of breath.

Lin Yu did not answer immediately. First, she looked around at the reactions of her classmates: they all had indifferent smiles on their faces, seemingly not caring about the conversation.

After thinking for a while, Lin Yu shook her head: "I feel it's unfair that I'm in the same class as them. Although we have the same soul power, they are older and stronger than me; they have been here for a long time and know the situation better; they are more united and don't like me, an outsider."

Lin Yu looked at the guy who had deliberately given him the wrong information at the beginning as he spoke the last sentence.

Lin Yu didn't think the other party was being unintentional, nor did she think that the others around her were unaware that the person was setting her up.

Lin Yu's answer impressed Wei Min: "Very good, you are very perceptive."

"This is the first lesson I'll teach you in life: the situation of a genius."

"You are indeed a genius. You have an eighth-level soul power at just six years old. You are truly outstanding among your peers. But you cannot guarantee that your opponents will always be of similar age and level to you."

"More often than not, you'll be facing Soul Masters of similar level to you, but far older, more experienced, and more knowledgeable than you. So, from the very beginning of your cultivation, you should approach it with a sense of awe, so you don't run into obstacles in the future."

Not hearing Lin Yu's rebuttal, Wei Min nodded in satisfaction, then called to the other students, "Alright, spend more time interacting with the new student and explaining our class schedule to him."

The trainees breathed a sigh of relief upon receiving the order, and then enthusiastically gathered around Lin Yu.

"Young Master Lin, I didn't mean to trick you earlier. It's just that this is a tradition of our academy, and all newcomers have to go through this once."

"Why did you come to Wuhun City at the end of the semester? If you had come a few months earlier, our Class One wouldn't have been bullied by those guys from Class Two."

"Dude, don't take what the homeroom teacher said to heart. If you, with an innate soul power level of eight, think you're a giant baby, then what about us little giant babies with innate soul power levels of four or five? How are ordinary people without even soul power supposed to cope?"

Seemingly noticing Lin Yu's low spirits and worried that her mood had been affected by a remark from her homeroom teacher, an older boy offered to comfort her.

The other classmates noticed that Lin Yu wasn't very interested, and they all quickly chimed in to agree.

Lin Yu simply smiled and waved her hand at the concern shown by her classmates: "I'm just a little surprised because it's the first time I've met such enthusiastic classmates."