115 The Start of Spartan Training (2/2)
”Protect your non-vitals as if they are vital parts! Lax your vital protection and use them as baits!”
”But I'll die if one of the strikes hit!”
”Because you protect all your vitals, your opponents will aim at your non-vitals! In fights against master swordsmen or martial artists, you must be flexible. If you fight like a text-book swordsman, your foes will chew you alive!”
”Ugh.”
Xu Miao understood the lecture since he also applied this principle in MMA matches. However, using it in real fencing combat was a different story. Most importantly, he couldn't self-revive like when he was in the isolation space, so Xu Miao's movements became clunky and robotic.
Two minutes into the sparring match, Xu Miao got over a hundred small wounds. He even cheated by using pseudo-aura barriers to survive. His twigs broke many times as Jia Shan kept breaking them.
After 5 minutes, Xu Miao should have died 138 times, but Jia Shan only tabbed his vital parts, indicating that Xu Miao had just died again.
The sparring match ended after 10 minutes. Xu Miao collapsed on the ground from the mental exhaustion, ”I don't think I've learned anything from that.”
”Yes, you do, but you haven't realized it yet. That's why I have to drill it into your head,” Jia Shan chuckled and turned to the slave girls, ”Girls, we've rested enough. Can someone feed him a healing pill? We need to continue moving.”
Wei Yuan fed Xu Miao a healing pill as requested.
When Xu Miao got on his feet, Jia Shan had another task for him, ”Next lesson, you have to increase your stamina regardless of how strong you are! You will carry me on your back, and you will run westward at your maximum speed until the sun goes down. You girls, too! All of you have to keep up with us!”
”What!?”
”Don't [What] me! Get the fuck up. We have to move, or the pursuers will catch up!”
”O-Okay.”
”Shut it and piggyback me! Do you want this delicate old man to run in a dangerous forest!?”
Everyone raised their eyebrows and thought, ”If he's delicate, won't we be as weak as cotton?”
Xu Miao sulked and piggybacked the old man once more. Then, he ran into the forest.
”FASTER!” Jia Shan slapped Xu Miao's hips as if he was a horse.
”Yes, sir!”
Xu Miao activated his body strengthening technique to get faster.
*PA*
Jia Shan slapped him again, ”Don't use Qi! Use your physical body, legs, and your will-power.”
”B-But you're heavy!”
”Training is meant to be torturous and difficult! If you're training like a pussy, you won't gain anything! Run faster!”
The torturous training course of Jia Shan went on.
In the end, Xu Miao maintained his breathing pace without using his turtle breathing technique. He kept the pace at 14km/h despite running in the forest obstacle course. Thank to his rigorous and inhumane training and cultivation technique during the Muscle Tampering Realm, his physical body was a lot stronger than Olympic athletes.
At first, the girls could match Xu Miao's speed. But after an hour, they had to use body strengthening techniques to keep up with the pace.
Xu Miao collapsed after he ran 50 kilometers in the forest obstacle course with an additional 70kg on his back.
Jia Shan nodded in approval. He was happy that Xu Miao's physique foundation was firmer than average cultivators. He hummed and planned for tomorrow's curriculum.
The day ended with everyone panting, except Jia Shan. Xu Miao and all girls fell asleep from exhaustion while Jia Shan stayed awake to protect them.
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Isolation Training Space
Xu Miao sat in the white space and stared at the system menu. He was reading the quest that Kunwu had given him since he didn't have a chance to read it during the day.
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[Request of Kunwu, the Sword God: Restore Jia Shan's Dantian]
Jia Shan, a dao apostle of the Sword God, Kunwu, has been crippled. His dantian has been destroyed by the hands of Jian Meng, an agent from the Poison Pavilion.
Kunwu is concerned about his servant's welfare. Kunwu wants to give Jia Shan a pill to restore his dantian, but the System Sponsor forbids him from directly interfering with your fate. Still, the System Sponsor allows Kunwu to use the system as a mediator to help Jia Shan via system quests.
As such, Kunwu wants to commission you with a task. As he can't directly help Jia Shan, he hopes you can concoct a divine pill, Yin Yang Divine Veins, to restore Jia Shan's dantian.
Although the task of concocting the divine pill seems impossible for someone without alchemy knowledge, Kunwu has prepared five sets of ingredients and unlocked the alchemy system feature for you. He wishes that you can master the art of alchemy and make at least one pill out of the five sets of ingredients.
(Rewards)
- An immortal-grade item.
- Kunwu and his apostles will treat you as a friend.
- You can accept more quests from Kunwu.
(Failure Condition)
- Jia Shan dies.
(Failure Penalties)
- Kunwu and his apostles will ignore your existence.
- Your System Sponsor will be very disappointed. He may cease supporting you.