Chapter 749

San Qi nods: 'That's right, what does this mean?' - OK.

San Qi - OK.

Qing Que explains: 'This means, if you want to practice this sword technique, you must first harm your own body. Otherwise, learning this sword technique will also harm your body... In short, it's like work: as long as you get involved, you'll inevitably harm your body either way.' - OK.

Qing Que, sword technique - OK.

Xing: 'I feel the author of this sword manual has ill intentions.' - OK.

Xing - OK.

Qing Que shakes his/her head: 'That's not necessarily true.' - OK.

Qing Que - OK.

San Qi pulls out another book: "What about this one... 'Ninety-Nine Yang True Manual'?" - OK.

San Qi, Ninety-Nine Yang True Manual - OK.

Ah... this one, I've heard of it. Just from the name you can tell this martial art is extremely yang and rigid. It makes practitioners' muscles bulge, height eight chi, waist circumference eight chi, arm circumference eight chi. No one can withstand this monstrous punch. - OK.

this martial art - OK.

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Re: Starting Life in Another World - OK.

Re: Starting Life in Another World - OK.

Height eight chi, waist circumference eight chi, arm circumference eight chi... Is this still human? - OK.

No names.

Aimi Liya slightly imagined it—wouldn't that just be a perfectly square block person? - OK.

Aimi Liya - OK.

If this martial art continues to be practiced, it's unclear whether it brings one closer to being a great hero, but it's already somewhat far from being human. - OK.

great hero - OK.

If this martial art could be passed on, I think it wouldn't hurt to let Balusi learn it," said pink-haired Ram while wiping the dishes. - OK.

Balusi, Ram - OK.

'Huh? Me? Why do I have to be the one to learn it?' Mao points at himself, displeased. - OK.

Mao - OK.

'Because around here, Balusi is clearly the most useless, and you're the only one suitable for learning this extremely yang and rigid martial art, right?' After saying that, Ram narrowed her eyes, still not forgetting to add a cutting remark: 'Although you can't match Lord Luozisier in yang rigidity, learning a bit of martial art can still be for self-defense.' - OK.

Balusi, Ram, Luozisier - OK.

'Ah... being told by Ram that I can't match that guy in yang rigidity really hurts.' Mao looks at Lord Luozisier seated in the main seat; this guy usually dresses like a court jester, and when he speaks he oddly likes to drag out his tail sounds, truly not knowing which point has anything to do with 'yang rigidity.' - OK.

Ram, Mao, Luozisier - OK.

Although he also hopes to learn some special powerful magic or martial art, if it meant sacrificing his human appearance, he would absolutely never agree. - OK.

No names.

Come to think of it, can a person really train themselves into a block? This should be something only Immortal Vessel People can do... - OK.

Immortal Vessel People - OK.

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San Qi feels a bit scared: 'Ah... after training, will one still be human?' - OK.

San Qi - OK.

'Martial arts? Just focus on defeating the enemy; never mind whether you remain human after training.' - OK.

No names.

'Is there any safe, peerless sword manual?' Xing asks. - OK.

Xing - OK.

'... But if it's safe with no cost at all, it sounds cheap.' Qing Que says, 'The fragmentary texts collected in the library are mostly failures from the Cloud Knight Army's martial arts development; not only might they require pairing with forbidden medicines similar to the Medicine King's Secret Transmission to transform the body, but they also need to be combined with various dangerous weapons.' - OK.

Qing Que, library, fragmentary texts, Cloud Knight Army, Medicine King's Secret Transmission, forbidden medicines - OK.

'Of course, the ancients' development of martial arts is also constantly progressing—take a look at these annotations——' Qing Que wipes the dust from beside the scroll, revealing a line of tiny text: "'If one wants to master the Ninety-Nine Yang Divine Skill while retaining human form, that is possible……'" - OK.

Qing Que, Ninety-Nine Yang Divine Skill - OK.

'Possible?! Let's see what this martial arts master has to say!' San Qi instantly becomes excited. - OK.

San Qi, martial arts master - OK.

Qing Que continues reading downward: "'I'm confident I've discovered a wonderful method, but unfortunately the blank space here is too small to write it down.'" - OK.

Qing Que - OK.

Xing purses her lips: 'Sounds like this method would have to be a thesis!' - OK.

Xing - OK.

San Qi lets her eyebrows droop, sighs deeply: 'Ah, it seems finding a peerless sword manual suitable for this young lady is really not easy.' - OK.

San Qi - OK.

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Princess Kaguya Wants Me to Confess - OK.

Princess Kaguya Wants Me to Confess - OK.

If the cost isn't too great…… for example, just turning hair white or eyes changing color, then I wouldn't find the cost of this peerless martial art unacceptable. - OK.

No names.

Glancing at the daydreaming Fujiwara senior, Ishigami lets out a helpless sigh. - OK.

Tengyuan Qianhua, Shishang - OK.

'Senior.' Ishigami asks, 'Are you training martial arts to become number one, or just to strengthen your body?' - OK.

Shishang, senior - OK.

'Of course I want to be number one in the world!' Tengyuan Qianhua says naturally, hands on hips, 'Having a peerless secret manual but not aiming for first place is just lacking ambition—it's as strange as entering a competition and not wanting to win the championship.' - OK.

Tengyuan Qianhua, peerless secret manual - OK.

'

"Shishang"

"Huh?"

No.

"What I mean is… it's not about 'whether you want to train,' but 'whether you can persist.' The difficulty of martial arts training is far beyond just doing some radio calisthenics or yoga every day, but senior, think carefully—how long has it been since you last practiced yoga to lose weight?"

"senior"

「……」

No.

"Tengyuan Qianhua fell silent, her face quickly turning red visible to the naked eye, and she snorted: 'Why does practicing martial arts have to be tied to weight loss?'"

"Tengyuan Qianhua"

"If even something as simple as weight loss—which only requires controlling weight and moderate exercise—can't be consistently maintained by the senior, then it's even less possible for martial arts training."

"senior"

"Ishigami said expressionlessly, 'Compared to what, severing the seven emotions?'"

"Shishang"

——

Qing Que said seriously: "I can see it, Miss San Yue wants to defeat the enemy, but she's afraid of taking on the risks of martial training. In my view, it's okay not to take those risks—after all, most people just want to win a fight; there's no need to shoulder such great risk."

"Qing Que, San Yue Xiaojie"

"'Isn't that unrealistic?'"

No.

"'Hatred, resentment, jealousy, humiliation… humans have far too many complex emotions; how could they be easily resolved by 'you defeat me, I defeat you'? If fighting could solve everything, reality wouldn't have so many worries.'"

No.

"San Qi sighs: '... Reality is really complicated.'"

"San Qi"

"'After all, I'm a diviner; from the start I didn't believe that victory in sword fights equals solving problems.'"

"Diviner"

"The three were chatting when suddenly someone arrived at the library door—turns out it's Miss Lingsha from the Dan Ding Si."

"library, Dan Ding Si, Miss Lingsha"

"'Oh? Looks like these are the two helpers that Little Sparrow found?'"

"Little Sparrow"

"San Qi: 'Why is Lady Lingsha here too?'"

"San Qi, Lingsha"

"'Before, I learned from the alchemist that during the Jianmu disaster, the Dan Ding Si lost many forbidden texts; retrieving them took considerable effort. The Dan Ding Si isn't originally an institution for storing forbidden texts, so I consulted with the Grand Diviner..."

"alchemist, Jianmu disaster, Dan Ding Si, Grand Diviner"

"Qing Que hangs his head in pain: 'Then... the forbidden texts became my work.'"

"Qing Que, forbidden texts"

"'What kinds of books are the forbidden texts of the Dan Ding Si?' Xing asks."

"Dan Ding Si, forbidden texts, Xing"

Lingsha's expression grave, each word spoken: "This wondrous book that ought not exist in the world contains both madness and fear, as well as grace and power."