Chapter 7 Formal Training
Without any notice, one morning, when it was supposed to be the time for the instructor to lead everyone in martial arts practice, it suddenly turned into a lecturer leading everyone to give a lecture in the lobby.
This lecture has nothing to do with the Huangtian Sutra that everyone recited in the past. They talked about some very practical training techniques.
For example: breathing methods to save energy; methods to use the correct muscles to generate force; techniques to protect joints. And so on and so forth.
Most people are a little confused. They have all experienced the long escape in northern Xinjiang, and they all have their own understanding of techniques to save energy and protect themselves.
What does it mean that Xuanmingzhuang teaches these most basic skills so solemnly?
——What does it represent? It means the good times are over!
Only a small number of people, including An Jing, became vigilant, knowing that this was a signal - An Jing carefully memorized all the techniques taught by the lecturer. It didn't matter even if he had learned them before. There was always something to be done by checking for any gaps. A place where you can learn.
In the afternoon, everyone including An Jing experienced the power of 'formal training'.
The leader of the team today is the one-eyed instructor: "Our Xuanming Village has always adhered to the creed of selecting the best from the best, and the official disciples awarded to the inheritance are more valuable than more. And physical endurance is the basis of our series of martial arts, so a complete physical training, It’s important to test everyone’s limits.”
"Now, let's go up and down the mountain ten times."
After speaking, he led the team and led the way, while An Jing, as the default leader at the front of the team, could only step forward to keep up.
Now, he finally understood that the relaxation in the first half month was just to allow his group of disciples to recover physically, maintain their spirits, and cultivate the initial sense of community.
In essence, it is to lay the foundation, so as not to urinate blood when you practice, or die suddenly if you increase the intensity!
To be honest, most of the sons of disaster who had experienced frost disasters and had been specifically selected by Xuanming Village had good talents, strong endurance and willpower, and definitely not weak physical strength.
This half month of recuperation has not reduced their physical strength. On the contrary, it has been greatly strengthened.
The physical fitness of these selected boys and girls even exceeds that of ordinary adults.
But Xuanmingzhuang is located between mountains. The slope of the road up and down the mountain is about 12 to 20 degrees, and in some places it is even so high that it is almost steep.
The mountain road, which is more than five miles round trip, is extremely rugged.
It's so difficult, and I have to run ten times back and forth... This intensity is a bit exaggerated no matter how you think about it.
More importantly, they must run at the speed of the instructor and cannot slow down, otherwise they will fall behind.
Sure enough, within four rounds, someone was already slowing down and even falling behind and unable to run.
By the time six or seven people had gone back and forth, more than half of them had fallen down.
"The passing standard for the test is probably to be able to run half the distance, right?"
An Jing still has a lot of energy left at this time.
After all, he has practiced martial arts, and the fifty-mile mountain road is a bit tiring at most. The breathing techniques and techniques he has mastered are enough to make it easier for him to persevere than others, and he even has the heart to look back and observe those "potential" travelers.
When he looked around, he saw a few familiar faces.
First of all, there are two people who share the same dormitory with An Jing. One is named Zhang Ying and the other is named Ye Xiuyuan.
Zhang Ying's family used to be a hunter in the mountains. He has been running around in the mountains with his parents since he was a child. He has good physical strength. Although he looks out of breath, his pace is still quite steady. He was quite simple. He was once quite unconvinced by An Jing's status as the 'eldest brother' and the 'leader'. On the second day after arriving at the manor, he challenged An Jing to a strength test. An Jing pressed him down with one hand and almost made him kneel. After getting off the bus, he recognized his eldest brother and followed An Jing all the time.
Ye Xiuyuan's family used to be a house of poetry and calligraphy. He had a rather gloomy personality, but he was very smart.
An Jing knew that Zhang Ying had spoken to a group of people before coming to compete with him, and the leader of that group was Ye Xiuyuan.
After testing with Zhang Ying, Ye Xiuyuan immediately recognized An Jing as the boss. If he hadn't often taken the lead in saying that he would listen to An Jing, the 'big brother', in everything he said, as a stooge to set off An Jing's authority, An Jing might not have been so easy to take advantage of. Stabilize this 'elder brother' position.
Ye Xiuyuan's physical strength was not very good, and his body shape was quite weak after practicing for half a month, but he carefully memorized all the techniques taught by the lecturer. He kept trying them before and after lunch, and he actually persisted and followed An Jing.
In addition to these two people, there was another girl following An Jing.
Her name is Gu Yeqi, a fellow from Anjing, and the one who was cured of frostbite. She is one year younger than An Jing. She has seen An Jing bargaining with Du Yan and selling himself for his mother. She admires him very much and follows suit no matter what.
Gu Yeqi's family used to be a big family, and the whole family worked for a medicine shop. They also had a set of family martial arts. Although it was not strong, it had a solid foundation. Like Zhang Ying, although his breathing was unstable, he could still persevere.
Sensing An Jing's gaze, she showed a big smile.
Of these three people, Ye Xiuyuan rolled his eyes and fainted on the seventh and a half round, while Gu Yeqi persisted until almost the ninth round. If Zhang Ying hadn't tripped herself, she could have finished the run with An Jing, but a fall at this point would be basically the same as falling into a coma.
At this moment, they completely understood why Zhuang Ming's life was hanging on the line.
An hour later, only fourteen of the more than two hundred people were still standing after finishing the race.
"so much?"
Instructor One Eye was also quite surprised. His running speed was not slow, and he even accelerated later. He crossed the fifty-mile mountain road in less than an hour, half of which was uphill and half downhill. This speed and difficulty were definitely beyond the limits of ordinary people in Dachen.
Only truly ‘special’ children can complete the distance.
He couldn't help but laugh: "You guys are really talented. Most of them have finished half the race, and there are still fourteen who still have energy left - the several batches of disciples in the past ten years combined are not as many as you this time. "
But then, he became quite troubled and said: "But in this case, how to choose the leader of the team?"
As soon as he said this, An Jing remained motionless, his brows slightly raised, his expression subtle, but the other thirteen boys and girls who had completed the entire process all turned their heads and focused on him.
The one-eyed instructor also looked at An Jing, raised the corner of his mouth, and waved, "Continue! Go back to the village and lift the stone lock two hundred times!"
The three people fell down after lifting the stone lock, but then there were two hundred times of dancing with the long stick, two hundred times of punching on horseback, and two hundred times of squatting with the stone lock on the spot... Before falling, An Jing fell into deep contemplation. : "You shouldn't have to practice like this every day in the future, right?"
Even he felt a little panic when faced with this primitive exercise method that was more terrifying than modern leg training.
But soon, An Jing had no time to think about this.
Because on the third day, a total of ten people applied to challenge An Jing's position as 'elder brother'.
(End of chapter)