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After returning from Diaoyu Island, Liu Guanfeng had the idea of forming a medical team. After all, casualties on the battlefield were inevitable. While it was sufficient to bury the dead, the injured required two or even four people to care for one individual, which significantly increased the number of non-combat casualties. However, having a medical team would greatly improve the situation.
He discussed this idea with Zhuque, who strongly supported it and expressed willingness to impart all the medical knowledge she possessed to Li Xiaohan and Wang Jiao. Liu Guanfeng also shared some first aid knowledge he had learned in school and society with the two girls, which made them very happy. Initially, they thought they were just a burden, but Liu Guanfeng found them such a suitable role. The two girls were eager to learn.
With Liu Guanfeng's active efforts, a medical team was quickly established, consisting of around three hundred members. Among them, one hundred men were primarily responsible for transporting the injured, while the remaining two hundred women focused on basic medical bandaging and applying medicine.
Due to the addition of these two hundred women on Diaoyu Island, all the soldiers were exceptionally excited. Liu Guanfeng chose to ignore this excitement and simply issued a rule prohibiting any coercion of these medical personnel into doing things they disliked. If anyone used improper means to intimidate or threaten the female soldiers, they would be stripped of their martial arts and expelled from Diaoyu Island.
Upon hearing Liu Guanfeng's requirements, the soldiers trained even harder in hopes of attracting the interest of certain girls, believing that finding happiness for life was within reach.
Liu Guanfeng required Wang Jiao and Li Xiaohan to spend two weeks each month on Diaoyu Island training their soldiers, just like their respective team leaders.
One day, Qinglong summoned all the youths to his room. Looking at these dozen or so children, Qinglong was very satisfied: "You have been training on my island for some time now, and through our observations, it seems you are lacking a certain skill."
Liu Guanfeng thought for a moment and bowed to Qinglong: "Master, do you mean we lack underwater combat abilities?"
Hearing Liu Guanfeng's words, the Four Sacred Beasts were taken aback before bursting into laughter. Baihu pointed at Liu Guanfeng and said, "The boss understands Xiaofeng well; you only mentioned it briefly and Xiaofeng guessed it right away. Just as you said, boss, I have to admit defeat."
Qinglong smiled at Liu Guanfeng and nodded: "Xiaofeng, you guessed correctly. It is indeed underwater abilities. Among us, your Xuanwu has the best skills in water combat. Therefore, we have decided that Xuanwu will teach you all underwater techniques."
The next morning, the group of youths arrived at the beach outside. Since this was on the backside of the Four Sacred Mountains, there was not a single person on this beach.
The youths quietly waited for Xuanwu's arrival until around eight in the morning when Xuanwu finally appeared before them.
Seeing that all the students were standing properly, Xuanwu was quite pleased: "From today onwards, I will teach you underwater techniques. The most important aspect in water is how to breathe and exchange air. The first thing I will teach you is how to maximize oxygen storage in your body so that you can use it while breathing underwater. The more oxygen you store in your body, the longer you can stay submerged. Once you complete this first stage of training, we will move on to the second step—allowing you to absorb oxygen from the water itself so that you can swim freely underwater like fish."
“Xuanwu Master, can we really move and live underwater like fish?” The first to ask this question was Liu Guanfeng, who had always been a complete landlubber. He excelled in all activities on land but had never learned to swim, so learning to swim was his greatest aspiration. Today, Xuanwu not only aimed to teach them how to swim but also how to survive underwater, which is why Liu Guanfeng was eager for Xuanwu's affirmation.
Xuanwu nodded, “Of course it’s true. Do you think we turtles cannot breathe underwater?”
Liu Guanfeng scratched his head in embarrassment.
“If you want to engage in long-term activities underwater, you must first prepare sufficient oxygen; this is essential for your survival. How much oxygen you can store depends on the strength of the Fighting Qi within you. The first step is to form a hollow Fighting Qi sphere inside your body. As for the number and size of the Fighting Qi spheres, that will depend on your abilities. Now, one by one, come up to me, and I will teach you how to form a Fighting Qi sphere.”
Liu Guanfeng was the first to approach Xuanwu. Xuanwu placed his right hand against Liu Guanfeng's lower abdomen while Liu Guanfeng closed his eyes and focused inward. He saw a stream of white Fighting Qi similar to his own flowing out from Xuanwu’s body. After thousands of years of cultivation, Xuanwu had completely transformed his original Water Attribute Fighting Qi into non-attribute Fighting Qi.
Xuanwu’s Fighting Qi slowly moved towards the location of Liu Guanfeng’s Dantian Dragon Pearl, resembling a small hand that pulled out a small amount of Fighting Qi from the Dragon Pearl. Wrapped in Xuanwu’s Fighting Qi, the non-attribute Fighting Qi within Liu Guanfeng took on a spherical shape. At this moment, Xuanwu's voice came through: “Xiaofeng, focus on how this small sphere is formed and maintain its shape. Gradually return any excess Fighting Qi back to your abdomen, using only your will to sustain this small sphere.”
What was told to Liu Guanfeng applied to all the youths present, while Xuanwu began working on the next person's small Fighting Qi sphere. Meanwhile, Liu Guanfeng diligently maintained the spherical shape of his internal Fighting Qi. Once he felt that the Fighting Qi inside him had stabilized, he slowly began reducing the protective layer of outer Fighting Qi. When all the protective Fighting Qi had been returned to the Dragon Pearl, Liu Guanfeng was fully prepared for any changes in the spherical Fighting Qi. To his amazement, he found that the small sphere created by Xuanwu remained stable and motionless beside the Dragon Pearl without any changes. Between the Dragon Pearl and the small sphere, there appeared a line of non-attribute Fighting Qi connecting them.
Seeing that his small sphere showed no signs of change, Liu Guanfeng shifted his attention to several others around him. He noticed that many were frowning at their lower abdomens; he knew they must have failed to maintain their spheres for the first time. Bao Rui, Li Xiaohan, Wang Jiao, and Du Zhenyang, among others, were still struggling to maintain theirs.
Noticing that Liu Guanfeng had regained focus, Iron Bull approached him quietly and asked, “Third Brother, did you also fail to maintain that small sphere?”
Looking at Iron Bull, but wanting not to influence others, Liu Guanfeng made a shushing gesture and whispered, “If you failed, go back and reflect on how Xuanwu Master helped you create that small sphere. Try making one yourself and continue practicing. If you can’t learn this, I won’t take you along when we have water battles in the future.”
Upon hearing this, Iron Bull immediately sat back down quietly to contemplate the mystery of the small sphere. Meanwhile, Liu Guanfeng stood up and slowly moved aside to stand next to Xuanwu.
“Xuanwu Master, I have successfully formed my Fighting Qi sphere.”
"Is it true?" Xuanwu said in disbelief, placing his right hand on Liu Guanfeng's abdomen again, looking astonished at Liu Guanfeng's face.
"You really are a monster. Look at them; although they can't be called geniuses, their talents are still above average. Yet they are still struggling to maintain their progress, while you not only don't need to maintain it but have already formed it and established a connection with your Fighting Core. This means that having such a small sphere inside you is enough, and it can store oxygen for a long time. In other words, if you store oxygen in that small sphere, you could keep it there for ten days or even half a month without any issues. Moreover, since you only have one small sphere inside you, the amount of oxygen stored will far exceed that of the others. Your small sphere can grow and shrink. Rather than saying I taught you a technique, it's more accurate to say I taught you a divine ability; even I haven't achieved what your small sphere can do."
After hearing this, Liu Guanfeng bowed to Xuanwu and said, "I still have to thank Master Xuanwu for your help. Without you, I wouldn't have this Fighting Qi sphere."
In fact, Xuanwu didn't realize that the formation of this small sphere had little to do with Liu Guanfeng himself; it was mainly the result of the Dragon Pearl within him. When Liu Guanfeng was still in modern society, the Dragon Pearl had already developed its own consciousness. Once it became part of Liu Guanfeng, it retained some awareness. Just like when Liu Guanfeng was severely injured, the protective instinct of the Dragon Pearl activated the Fighting Qi within him to decompose and digest the invading Fighting Qi and even resisted Liu Yong'an's Fighting Qi.
The Dragon Pearl could also understand some of Liu Guanfeng's thoughts; this small Fighting Qi sphere was a result of that understanding. The Dragon Pearl took the initiative to connect this small sphere with itself using Fighting Qi threads for constant control.
After listening to Xuanwu's words, Liu Guanfeng nodded. He knew this was a good thing; it was like carrying a weightless oxygen tank on one's back. If nothing happened, it would feel like nothing at all, but if danger arose, that oxygen tank could be life-saving.
The only difference from an oxygen tank was that Liu Guanfeng's current internal oxygen tank didn't contain any oxygen yet. "Master Xuanwu, how can I inject oxygen into the small sphere?"
"I will teach you a Mind Method shortly; once you learn this Mind Method, you'll be able to do it."
"Mind Method? What kind of Mind Method is it, Master?"
"This Mind Method is called 'Devour.' In other words, it's about swallowing everything like a whale does—sucking in all food and seawater into its body and directly swallowing digestible fish and shrimp while expelling useless seawater outside. My purpose with this Devour is similar. I will now give you the incantation for the Mind Method; remember it well." Each phrase of the incantation was firmly etched in Liu Guanfeng's mind.
Once Xuanwu finished speaking the last line, he directly told Liu Guanfeng: "The rest depends on you. Once you've injected enough oxygen into your small sphere and maintained it for two days without any issues, come find me again. At that point, we can proceed to the second stage of training."
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