CH 47: Training

The next day arrived, and Ah Li had already emptied his Arachnid Scythes' reserves 10 times since yesterday. Making his Arachnid Age reach 12,207,031,000,000,000 (twelve quadrillion two hundred seven trillion thirty-one billion) and making himself even more of a badass. As if he wasn't badass enough.

But he had realized something he hadn't thought of due to shock. His death count wasn't increasing. For his Abyssal Centipede Martial Soul to evolve, he needed a certain amount of death count, and every living being would give a specific amount of points after death according to their cultivation base.

Yet even after killing 12,207,031,300 Man Faced Demon Spiders, which should have earned him an absurd amount of points, his death count points hadn't budged. But even though it didn't change, he wasn't salty about it. After all, the attributes he could gain were a lot juicier.

But just because he had his Orbs didn't mean he wouldn't train. He didn't have many hobbies, couldn't have much with how little there was to do. So training had become a hobby. Along with singing, painting, and his newly acquired knitting hobby.

Currently, he was on a clear cliff near the school. It was morning and he was supposed to attend Yu Xiaogang's training. But as always, he got into an argument with the old hypocrite, calling his training inefficient and useless, something that Yu Xiaogang didn't appreciate.

Not willing to go through that useless training of simply running with weights on, he had left them to go and train by himself. Something that had angered Yu Xiaogang, but Ah Li didn't give two shits. His anger was his pleasure.

Running with weights on was simply useless in both the short run and long run. It didn't produce any muscles, and simply fatigued the body. And to begin with, they were going to train only for three months or something. A training like that was completely useless.

So he went to the cliff, a nice spot he had found, and began to do his daily training. He had missed out on it because of being in the Star Dou Great Forest for a few days. With a boulder on his back, he was halfway through his first set of pushups when he sensed someone coming towards him. Looking up, he found it to be Zhu Zhuqing.

Zhu Zhuqing :"Hello."

Ah Li, confused :"Hey. What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be training with others?"

Zhu Zhuqing :"Yes, but I wanted to see your training instead."

Ah Li :"Why?"

Zhu Zhuqing :"If Master's training was so efficient, wouldn't Tang San be a lot stronger? Your results seem to be far better than his."

Ah Li, smirking :"Ah, so you decided to use common sense. So what? You came to see how I train?"

Zhu Zhuqing :"Hm. Between the training of Tang San's master, which doesn't seem to have gotten him far, and your training, which has made you strong enough to defeat people of higher Ranks, I would obviously choose you. I also don't like how arrogant he is."

Ah Li, smirking :"Huh, why, you don't like arrogant people."

Zhu Zhuqing :"No, I don't like arrogant people."

Ah Li :"Then you've made the right choice. That arrogant asshole thinks he's at the top of the world just because he knows a thing or two. He pisses me off. You'll get sick of him too if you spend time with him.,"

Zhu Zhuqing :"I see. Then I've made the right choice to come to you instead. That is if you don't mind of course. Is it alright?"

Ah Li :"Yeah, I don't mind."

Zhu Zhuqing :"Thank you. Then... will you train me?"

Ah Li :"Yeah, why not? I don't hate you, and it's nothing much. Just give me a minute to finish this set, then I'll teach you some beginner workouts."

Zhu Zhuqing :"Okay, I'll wait."

Nodding, she walked towards a small boulder and sat, waiting for Ah Li to finish. And with how his speed of going so fast he almost looked like a blur, she didn't think she needed to wait long.

Zhu Zhuqing :"By the way, can I ask you something?"

Ah Li :"Sure, go ahead. *Whispering* 864, 865, 866..."

Zhu Zhuqing :"Why do you dislike them so much?"

Ah Li :"Them? You mean those three?"

Zhu Zhuqing :"Hm, Tang San, Xiao Wu and Master."

Ah Li :"Don't call him that, he has no right to have that alias. He is a self proclaimed Master who has the stick of arrogance way too far up his ass. Anybody can be as knowledgeable as him if they tried to learn. But we've got more important things to do than read books. As for the reason, it's simple. They're all hypocrites. And me? I hate hypocrites the most."

Zhu Zhuqing :"They're hypocrites?"

Ah Li :"Huff, you can't imagine it. Didn't you see it already in the Star Duo Great Forest? He was talking shit about how bad it is to kill Soul Beasts, yet it was him we were trying to find a suitable one. And if you think that's where it ends, you're in one hell of an annoying ride. I try my best to hold myself back from punching that stupid jaw off whenever he opens his mouth."

Zhu Zhuqing :"Then I guess school life isn't going to be so enjoyable around here."

Ah Li :"Not with them around."

Zhu Zhuqing :"So why do you think Mas- Mister's training is inefficient?"

Ah Li :"Simple, common sense. His entire training is to put on weights and run. That literally wouldn't do anything but tire you out. In fact, it will even have some drawbacks instead. At most, it will boost your stamina. Training the body isn't just doing something and hoping for the best.

You're supposed to improve every body part individually for the best effect. This is a secret, so don't tell anyone, but training your body can also accelerate your speed of cultivation temporarily. When you do a certain workout, the Soul Power will flow through the body part you're working on, improving it and for a while, the circulation of Soul Power there."

Zhu Zhuqing, shocked :"Really?"

Ah Li :"Of course. It's just like blood circulation. If you train your body, blood can circulate easier through your body. Don't tell anyone about this, alright?"

Zhu Zhuqing, serious :"Alright, I promise."

Ah Li :"Thanks. If you go through these workouts daily, your Soul Power circulation will constantly have a great speed as long as you don't stop training. For example, this training improves my chest, abdomen, shoulder and bicep muscles.

Not only does this training simply make my body stronger, it also allows the Soul Power to circulate a lot easier in these areas for some time, and is also a lot less time consuming. I finish all my workouts and training in at most two or three hours.

Yet those idiots who listened to Yu Xiaogang will have to spend the entire day until the evening or even the night to finish that inefficient and useless excuse of a training. And they're supposed to do it without using Soul Power, which is the best time to use it as I've told you. Simply making the damage even bigger.

Even in the long run of months, that training will barely have any effects. But these workouts? They will already have amazing results in the short run, and basically transform the body in the long run."

Zhu Zhuqing :"I see. If what you said is true, your training method really is a lot better."

Ah Li :"Of course it is. At most, you'll get tired and sore from these training sessions. Yu Xiaogang's training is going to need herbal baths for the body to not get damaged. And 1,000. Alright, that's one set."

Pushing the boulder off of him, which actually had his webs to make it as heavy as he needed it to be, he got up. There was a fine layer of sweat on his face as he got up. Wiping it off with his forearm, he revealed himself to be shirtless.

Looking at the distinct muscles covered in sweat, jumping around with every flex of his muscles, both women were entranced. It wasn't just his face that was out of this world, his body seemed to be carved by the gods as well. They looked hypnotized by those juicy muscles that would give any gym bro wet dreams.

No matter how many times she had seen it, Bibi Dong still couldn't help but stare in wonder. She could understand why guys were obsessed with breasts and would get excited for them. She was obsessed with his beautiful body. Even if she wasn't willing to admit it.

And the damage was even worse for Zhu Zhuqing, who had seen it for the first time. But hearing an amused scoff, she looked up to see Ah Li smirking at her. Causing her to get out of her charmed state and quickly look away. A charming blush gracing her entire face.

Ah Li :"If you're done ogling me, let's start."

Zhu Zhuqing, embarrassed :"I-I wasn't ogling you."

Ah Li :"Said every woman ever. Come on, let's start."

Getting up with flushed cheeks, (A/N: Which cheeks? ಠಿ⁠_⁠ಠ) she suddenly realized something :"I won't need to undress, right?" Causing him to smirk :"Do you want to?" Making her glare. Chuckling, he shook his head in amusement :"Don't worry, you won't need to strip. But your clothes really aren't suitable for working out though, so we'll have to prepare some."

"Okay." She nodded before they started training. Ah Li guided her and taught the basics, but nothing too intense yet. She was a Soul Master and he gave her the appropriate training and weights of webs, which he didn't tell her about, just called them special materials.

But she was still a beginner in these workouts, so her body had to get used to them first. He did very much enjoy the view of her sexy body moving and working out though.

And so, that's how their days went by. While the other Shrek students obeyed Yu Xiaogang's training plans, simply running from morning to night with weights on, the two of them trained efficiently in the mornings, afternoons and evenings for a few hours. Not only saving a lot of time, but reaping benefits many times better than the others.

Zhu Zhuqing had already broken through Lv 28, and her physical prowess had gotten a lot better than her peers. In fact, the best benefit of the training was her body getting a lot stronger because of being rejuvenated and strengthened constantly with Soul Power.

It was like empowering her body with Soul Power instead of protein. But of course, they consumed protein shakes that Ah Li made as well. He had begun doing so from a few years ago, and would of course teach her as well.

Her growth was tremendous. Her Soul Power had risen along with her cultivation speed, and her body had grown fitter as well. Ah Li had given her the training methods to not make her muscular, but give her more fit muscles. There were already distinct fit abs that looked pretty instead of ones belonging to a bodybuilder like Ah Li.

And she liked it that way as well. He had also given her the training methods that made her body fitter in the best places as well. As if that ass and them thighs weren't already awesome, they had become even better.

Ah Li had to give himself a pat on the back.

The yoga pants and clothes he had made for her with his webs showed her... progress, rather well as well. Of course, she wasn't enthusiastic about wearing such tight clothes at first. But after feeling how comfortable they were thanks to Ah Li's high quality silk, and how suitable they were for training, she got used to wearing them. Something that Ah Li loved.

After all, damn, that ass.

The others were of course rather jealous of her, since she had grown so much with so little effort and time compared to them. She could spend hours relaxing, playing around or spending time with Ah Li every day between training while they had to drive themselves insane with training from morning to night.

Something Ah Li enjoyed seeing. Especially when Zhu Zhuqing would say that they made their decision of who to learn from, and she made her own decision of who to learn from. Their looks were priceless, especially Dai Mubai's.