Chapter 10 (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

After a deep exhale, Ou Yangming awoke from the mysterious state and realized that he was still in a martial-art squat.

“Fella, you may stand up.” A hoa.r.s.e voice was heard, which came from Chen Yifan. “Are you going to squat forever?”

Ou Yangming jumped up due to the shock, then quickly stood straight. “Yes, General.”

Chen Yifan was satisfied. “You’re Ou Yangming, right?”

“Yes, General.” Ou Yangming was puzzled because Old Craftsman had introduced them to each other the day before.

However, he was unaware that it was not at all simple for an important figure to remember his name. If he could not give a good impression through his performance, Chen Yifan would never have remembered his name.

“Mm, Little Ming, you have a good apt.i.tude and you’ll definitely succeed in the future if you’re hardworking in cultivating martial arts, but the most important thing about cultivation is perseverance. For the coming month, train according to what I taught you today,” Chen Yifan mentioned, then looked at Ou Yangming meaningfully. “Come find me again in ten days.”

Ou Yangming stuttered a little. Though he was confused, he dared not question Chen Yifan upon seeing his strict look, so he obeyed him and left.

Chen Yifan shook his head when he watched Ou Yangming leave.

It was true that Ou Yangming had a great apt.i.tude, but he was slightly too old, thus his success would really depend on his hard work.

If he could give his utmost effort, Chen Yifan would be willing to lend him a helping hand, but if the young fellow was not self-motivated, there was no point for him to trouble himself.

By the time Ou Yangming returned to the Armament Camp after leaving the West Camp, he noticed that everyone was already having lunch.

He was rather shocked as he did not think that he spent the whole morning practicing the martial-art squat. Moreover, his body was not sore at all and he was still so energized that his body was still full of strength.

When he clenched his fists, he vaguely felt that his strength increased again. Indeed, a martial arts exercise like that could easily get one addicted.

Nevertheless, he did not know that the miraculous effect from his cultivation earlier was not due to his exceptional talent, but because his body was really full of Qi and blood, and his mental power was above average. This was why Chen Yifan was moved by his performance.

The foundation of martial arts was the practice of Qi and blood.

A person who was new to martial arts would first find a way to increase one’s Qi and blood, because that was the only way to cultivate better martial art skill.

Ou Yangming’s Qi and blood were initially ordinary, but they became rich and abundant after his fight at the armory.

If his Qi and blood were not properly guided, most of it would disappear after staying in his body for some time, but coincidentally, he had an encounter with Chen Yifan and began his martial arts journey.

Therefore, the abundant Qi and blood slowly transformed into martial arts power inside his body, which would not be wasted anymore.

Needless to say, doing the martial-art squat once would not transform all his Qi and blood, so he had to work harder if he wanted to be more successful.

After having his lunch in the kitchen, Ou Yangming went to Old Craftsman’s smithing workshop.

Although Old Craftsman accepted the task of smithing an armament for Chen Yifan, he still had free time to guide Ou Yangming in controlling his Military Fire.

“You did well today, it’s a good thing to gain General Chen’s approval.” As soon as they met, he asked how Ou Yangming’s meeting with Chen Yifan was, then added, “Since it’s General Chen’s order, for the coming ten days, you’ll be doing martial-art squat in the morning, and will practice using the Military Fire in the afternoon.”

Ou Yangming nodded, then began practicing his fundamentals in the Military Fire under Old Craftsman’s guidance and supervision.

He had a new discovery this time, which was that the Military Fire’s consumption was not limited to physical power and mental power only because he realized that the mysterious aura produced from doing martial-art squats could also provide energy to the fire. What made him more surprised was that the energy efficiency from that aura seemed to be much stronger than his physical energy.

If he had more of that aura, he could possibly endure for a longer time.

When Ou Yangming figured that out, he became more driven in practicing martial arts.

Time pa.s.sed in the blink of an eye, and ten days had pa.s.sed.

For the ten days, Ou Yangming had been worried that Zhang Yinfan might have found evidence or clues and was going to take his life in revenge. Nonetheless, Zhang Yinfan did not make a move for some reason, and there was no news about Zhang Hanyu’s disappearance at all.

It was as though Zhang Hanyu never existed.

Even though Ou Yangming knew that something was off, he was glad as long as he was not involved.

After ten days, he headed to the West Camp to meet Chen Yifan.

Chen Yifan was surprised when he scanned him from head to toe and frowned “Young fella, you’ve been cultivating well these days, but… Have you not been eating?”

Ou Yangming was stunned and bewildered.