NOVEL WEB Chapter 3
3rd Chapter: The Great Master Kegel
A few months after my return.
Ding ding!
Finally arrived.
I could finally reach Gansu Province Gongdong Mountain.
At a physical age of 12, and during the journey, I aged to 13, making it incredibly tough to move all the way to the border of the Central Plains, Gansu Province.
In the Central Plains, a provincial administrative region holds an area and population comparable to a whole country.
In this era, an ordinary human would likely never step out of their province from birth to death.
Traveling from Shanxi Province, where I had fallen, to Gansu meant crossing Shaanxi Province, quite the distance indeed.
It was like passing through an entire nation.
Normally, a 13-year-old kid wouldn’t be able to make such a long trek alone.
Furthermore, it was winter, so moving alone during this season was basically a suicide mission.
But here I was, having walked all the way to Gansu.
For the pleasures of cloud and rain and the future of the Samcheosacheop, I could even trek all the way to Far Away Hainan Island.
Additionally, over the last two months, I had mostly succeeded in ridding myself of that damned eunuch mannerism and laugh, all thanks to my noble purpose of connecting with unparalleled beauties and my superhuman willpower.
Huff huff.
I thought to myself while taking a deep breath, performing the Breath Regulation Method.
Breath Regulation Method.
It was almost embarrassing to call it a method of breathing.
Practicing it doesn’t build internal power.
The natural energy absorbed through breathing merely pushes the impurities out bit by bit, resulting in marginally improved health.
Often referred to as a method for health preservation, the Breath Regulation Method was the most basic of internal techniques, not even qualifying as martial arts.
Because of its reputation for promoting health and longevity, civilians practicing Breath Regulation Method can be found without difficulty.
Just like people in modern China gather every morning in parks to listen to the radio and practice Tai Chi, here the villagers would gather in small groups in the town square during breaks to train in Breath Regulation Method.
In simple terms, Breath Regulation Method was an ancient primordial method.
No one knows who developed it, but the first practitioner of Qi-gong was likely in the form of this method.
The Breath Regulation Method helps to keep the body healthy and purifies the meridians, laying the groundwork for gathering energy and the foundation for the dantians.
Moreover, it has the advantage of blending well with Orthodox Martial Arts of the Orthodox Faction, Unorthodox Martial Arts, and even Demon Sect Martial Arts without any backlash, making it the best foundation for entering inner strength.
That’s why many sects would teach the Breath Regulation Method as the foundation before imparting true internal techniques.
On top of that, I knew a hidden benefit of this method.
Ding ding!
“Continuous practice of Breath Regulation Method can increase vitality.”
Increased vitality!
Of course, practicing the Breath Regulation Method wouldn’t turn you into a vitality king overnight.
Becoming a vitality king overnight is only something you’d see in the colorful techniques of the Unorthodox Faction.
There was no reason for me, who wanted to become part of the Orthodox Faction, to practice the Unorthodox faction’s methods.
Moreover, the colorful techniques are quite inefficient, and without cyclical practice, all energy could scatter, plus there’s a risk of being dominated by amplified lust and becoming a lecherous creature.
That’s why I hadn’t intended to train in flashy techniques from the beginning.
What I wanted was to enjoy cloud and rain and live a life of joy without becoming a slave to desires.
That would contradict my pursuit of the Color Spectrum.
Ding!
So, it was all about the Breath Regulation Method.
While it doesn’t produce dramatic effects like flashy techniques, it also has no side effects.
After all, as long as you practice it continuously, your vitality will gradually improve little by little each day, and I didn’t mind that.
If it could even slightly enhance vitality, there was no reason not to do it.
Furthermore, as an ancient primordial method, Breath Regulation Method is straightforward, unlike most inner methods that require sitting in a meditative posture; you could practice it during daily activities just by breathing.
Of course, there were limitations.
Breath Regulation Method merely prepares for gathering energy; true internal techniques require other methods for energy accumulation.
While practicing the Breath Regulation Method, a faint amount of energy would gather in the dantian.
However, the efficiency of energy gathering from Breath Regulation Method was atrociously low, and even practicing a lifetime might not yield a year’s worth of internal energy, making it practically useless to call it internal strength.
Even the third-rate inner techniques like the Three Calamities Martial Arts found in the marketplace could gather more energy with consistent practice over a year than Breath Regulation Method.
That’s why most sects would stop teaching the Breath Regulation Method once a disciple starts serious internal training.
But I had no intention of stopping.
For the sake of vitality, I was confident I could practice the Breath Regulation Method for a lifetime.
In terms of vitality, Breath Regulation Method could rival the Heavenly Demon Technique of the Demon Sect, Yang’s Heart Technique of Wudang, and Self-Manifestation Technique of Mount Hua.
Of course, the path I prepared for becoming the king of vitality wasn’t solely based on Breath Regulation Method.
Ding!
“I have other secret weapons up my sleeve.”
Shudder.
At the same time as practicing the Breath Regulation Method, I consciously moved the muscles around my anal area to contract and relax repeatedly.
That’s right.
This was Kegel Exercise.
A modern medical miracle created by the great master Arnold Kegel, it enhances male sexual function if practiced consistently.
Imagine if the ancient martial arts Breath Regulation Method and modern Kegel Exercise combined!
Boom!
“When I become an adult, I’ll be a vitality king.”
When the strongest meet the strongest, they become invincible.
With both the Breath Regulation Method and Kegel Exercise, I would become the one and only master of Color Path.
A smile crept across my face.
Right now, I was still in a 13-year-old body.
With my physical prime still ahead, this inexperienced boy couldn’t truly enjoy cloud and rain.
That just isn’t right.
That would be imperfect pleasure; I wouldn’t satisfy them either.
Furthermore, I wouldn’t want that.
Not only one, but I had the obligation to satisfy a total of 7 unparalleled beauties of the Samcheosacheop on the bed.
Seven!
No, I had to have the vitality to handle ten beauties in bed for a week while ensuring they were all satisfied—an ironclad must!
It would be the ultimate humiliation to begin enjoying cloud and rain only to fall short or fail to satisfy.
Ding!
“My pursuit of the Color Spectrum is based on mutual satisfaction. I can’t just be satisfied on my own.”
After 50 long years of waiting, I wanted to enjoy the best pleasuring with the best partner in perfect form.
And I wanted to enjoy cloud and rain every single day for a long time.
Thus, after honing my vitality through Kegel Exercise and Breath Regulation Method, I would respectably cross into adulthood, equipped with the perfect vigor and physique of a vitality king before enjoying cloud and rain with the Samcheosacheop.
Ding!
“The groundwork for martial arts training has been laid.”
Having mastered the Breath Regulation Method, my entry into internal training should be smoother.
Of course, compared to vitality, the effects of Breath Regulation Method on internal training weren’t major concerns.
In my previous life, I was the top expert of the Imperial Palace, so I was already well-versed in various martial arts techniques from Golden Restricted Position Technique, military martial arts, and Imperial Palace Methods.
If I wanted, I could quickly learn the basics of Imperial Palace martial arts and swiftly enter the world of martial arts.
Imperial Palace martial arts were made for military use, thus practical and defensive, designed to protect the emperor.
So the focus of their development was different from that of methods in the Orthodox Faction, centered on mental enlightenment and cultivation.
But that didn’t mean the Imperial Palace martial arts lacked depth.
The Imperial Palace martial arts had advanced levels like Rising Martial Arts, and those with talent could reach stages beyond Transcendence.
In my previous life, I reached Purification, while the leader of the Golden Restricted Position reached the level of Transcendence.
Ding!
“My challenge is entering the Gongdong Sect.”
But I didn’t just want any martial arts; I wanted to ride the wave of rising fame with high-caliber sects.
So, my goal was to gain a reputation as a noteworthy practitioner associated with the Gongdong Sect Coin and Geomseong Yujinhwi, connecting with him as a fellow brother and rising to become a hero of the martial world.
Ultimately, I aimed to enjoy cloud and rain in the Wine Pond and Meat Forest.
Ding!
“But there’s no need to learn Imperial Palace martial arts.”
No sect would accept a disciple who had learned martial arts from another sect.
Learning martial arts from another sect would mean you belong to that sect.
If I learned Imperial Palace martial arts, the leader of the Gongdong Sect would certainly see me as an Imperial disciple.
Thus, to be accepted into the Gongdong Sect, I should refrain from learning any martial arts beyond Breath Regulation Method.
That would make it easier for the sect leader to accept me as a disciple, wouldn’t it?
I pondered these thoughts as I stood tall at the entrance of Gongdong Mountain.
Gongdong Mountain.
One of the sacred sites of Taoism, once the foremost sect within the faction of the past, now the fallen and forgotten Gongdong Sect.
At the top of the mountain was surely the Gongdong Sect.
After all, the Gongdong Sect had already fallen to its ruins.
According to the records, during this period, the members of the Gongdong Sect consisted solely of the sect leader, the Demon Subduing Swordsman Jeonyeong, and his disciple, the future swordsman Yujinhwi.
In the desolate place like the Gongdong Sect, there’d probably be no luxury of rejecting a new disciple.
I thought that as I began my ascent up the mountain path toward the Gongdong Sect.
Ding!
The chill wind howled through the snowy wintery Gongdong Mountain, climbing it with a 13-year-old body was tough.
No matter how much I enhanced my base fitness with Breath Regulation Method, a mountain was still a mountain.
As I climbed the rough mountain, even the cold winter winds made my body heat up, causing sweat to pour down like rain.
Huff, huff.
My mouth tasted sweet.
I took heavy breaths as I continued up the mountain.
Combining Kegel exercise with Breath Regulation Method was extra.
I couldn’t just sit down here!
“Samcheosacheop, cloud and rain, Wine Pond and Meat Forest…”
Every time I wanted to give up, I would picture the beautiful faces of the future wives I’d win over.
The days of merely viewing them desperately were over.
I can do this.
Just thinking about the fact that I could experience it firsthand, not vicariously, empowered me.
Thanks to the Breath Regulation Method, while it was tough, I wouldn’t collapse.
The north wind and heavy snow from Gongdong Mountain were somewhat painful, but I could endure it.
How long had I been climbing?
Finally, I reached the entrance of the Gongdong Sect situated on Mount Chwibyung, where snow was piled on the roof.
Ding!
“So this is it.”
The Gongdong Sect.
Once an esteemed faction, it had suffered an invasion by the Demon Sect 50 years ago, leaving most disciples dead and its martial arts lost, resulting in its downfall.
Ideally, a faction tasked with confronting the Demon Sect should have been Wudang Sect, following the cliche of martial arts novels.
However, 50 years ago, the Demon Sect turned that fact against them.
They leaked misinformation about attacking via Concealed Kunlun Mountain route through the Wulin Alliance’s informants, while stealthily diverting their main invasion force toward the empty Gongdong Mountain, initiating the great conflict between righteous and demonic martial arts.
Unlike Wudang Sect, which had prepared thoroughly for the invasion, learning of it due to the misinformation, the Gongdong Sect was devastated almost to extinction.
The wounds from that assault had not healed even after fifty long years.
I caught sight of the Gongdong Sect’s mountain gates.
Thump.
My heart raced.
“Beyond these gates…”
I would become a disciple of the Gongdong Sect, embarking on a life entirely different from my past.
Samcheosacheop, and cloud and rain.
The true start of my life lay right before me.
Excited by that thought, I opened the door and walked in, with Kegel exercise rooted in my mind.