The City of Terror - Chapter 24

Chapter 24: Chapter 24 - Training

Chapter 24 - Training

Name: Wei Xiao Bei

Race: Human

Gender: Male

Age: 21

Creature Rank: 1 star

Status: (The average adult male’s status value is 10)

Strength: 11 . 5 (Muscle: 13, Sturdiness: 10)

Agility: 9 . 75 (Hand-eye Coordination: 9, Flexibility: 11, Reflex: 11, Balance: 8)

Vitality: 10 (Health: 9, Endurance: 11)

Intelligence: 7 (Learning: 6, Reasoning: 8)

Awareness: 9 . 25 (Willpower: 12, Judgement: 8, Perception: 7, Intuition: 10)

Charm: 7 . 2 (Courage: 10, Persuasiveness: 7, Character: 7, Leadership: 5, Appearance: 7)

Skills: Shooting (Intermediate), Military Boxing (Intermediate), Electrical Work (Beginner), Bajiquan (Intermediate)

Special Skill: Release Electricity (Maximum strength 9 volts . Maximum current 2 . 5 milliampere . This skill formed after Wei Xiao Bei ate the Thunder Worm Electric Ball . Maintaining a constant output for a long period could allow this skill to level up . Using this while exercising would stimulate strength and slowly increase agility . )

Evolution Points: 20

Items on hand: none

Wei Xiao Bei knew that 20 evolution points would not cause any more changes to his Bajiquan skill .

But this was still enough to make him happy .

Following the upgrade from beginner to intermediate, the things Wei Xiao Bei learned from before begun to pop up in his mind . His memory became incredibly clear . The footwork, breathing, and inner force usage that he learned felt a bit more familiar, as if he had practiced them for hours and hours .

These changes gave him the urge to get up and go outside to train .

However, after looking at how his second apprentice brother was having such a pleasant sleep, he was afraid of the consequences of waking him up . Wei Xiao Bei could only suppress his impulse and imagine himself practising for a long time until he fell asleep .

At six in the morning, Wei Xiao Bei was woken up by Zhang Zhi Long . After washing their faces, they arrived at the practice field .

There were already a few people in the outer practice ground .

His master, Cheng Bi Wu, and big senior brother, Liu Jian Cheng, had chosen their own individual tree to lean on .

It was easy to see the difference in their skills based on the movement of the tree .

Everytime Cheng Bi Wu leaned on the tree, the tree and its leaves would suddenly stop moving, and then it would violently shake . His big apprentice brother, on the other hand, could only shake the leaves down from the tree with every lean . It was very clear that Liu Jian Cheng would need a lot more training before he could catch up to their master .

On the other hand, his third apprentice brother, Yao Wu, was currently practicing with the wooden pillars . His hands were like artillery shells, smashing the wooden pillar over and over . Wei Xiao Bei’s eyelids almost jumped at the scene .

On the other side, his senior apprentice sister, Cheng Si Si, was currently holding a great spear, jumping and turning around . The great spear moved like a dragon, sometimes high up, sometimes low . It was so majestic that it could shock anyone watching . Based on the force of the spear alone, it was hard to tell that this was executed by an 18 year old girl .

“Stop looking already . Let us continue last night’s lesson . Xiao Bei, show me the ones I taught you first . I will correct your mistakes . ”

Zhang Zhi Long waved his hand in front of Wei Xiao Bei a few times to bring him back to his senses .

But afterwards, Wei Xiao Bei’s performance had left him dumbstruck . He even thought that he was still asleep, and that this was all a dream .

“Bang!”

Wei Xiao Bei was currently doing the many different forms of stamping footwork such as the point stamp, forward stamp, backward stamp, etc . A loud bang echoed every time he stomped on the limestone floor .

These basic footwork forms looked easy at first glance, but learning them to a skilled degree was something that could not be done in just two days .

When he was a soldier, he had learned Qin Di Quan’s feint step, but training it to a skilled degree took him hours . In reality, Qin Di Quan’s feint step was developed from Bajiquan’s forward step .

However, in front of Zhang Zhi Long’s eyes, Wei Xiao Bei was already capable of doing these stamps to a skilled degree . This kind of degree had previously taken him an entire month to reach .

This was the reason why Zhang Zhi Long felt as if he was still asleep .

After a while, Wei Xiao Bei’s movements begun to attract Chang Bi Wu and the other’s attention .

After Wei Xiao Bei demonstrated all the basic training forms, Cheng Bi Wu walked over and looked at Wei Xiao Bei, pleasantly surprised .

This result was something Cheng Bi Wu would have never imagined .

Wei Xiao Bei had already reached this level in the foundation after only a single night .

After seeing him, Cheng Bi Wu started to question whether there were really geniuses in this world .

Cheng Bi Wu never suspected whether Wei Xiao Bei had hid any past experience in martial arts . After all, he was looking at Wei Xiao Bei from afar, while he was practicing with Zhang Zhi Long last night .

Wei Xiao Bei definitely had never learned any related martial arts . The strangeness in his footwork and other movements last night were impossible to fake .

Cheng Bi Wu had confidence in this .

“Master, junior brother apprentice, he…”

Zhang Zhi Long could not speak any words clearly and only pointed at Wei Xiao Bei .

“It’s alright . Just continue teaching at this pace . When he knows how to do one thing, teach him another . ”

Curiosity grew from Cheng Bi Wu’s mind . He wanted to see how far Wei Xiao Bei could go, to see if he was a real genius or if it was only a stroke of luck .

Following their master’s words, Zhang Zhi Long continuously taught Wei Xiao Bei aside from breaks during breakfast, lunch and dinner .

Yao Wu had temporarily substituted Zhang Zhi Long in teaching the normal students .

Naturally, whether it was breakfast or dinner, Wei Xiao Bei had once again let everyone witness his huge appetite .

Cheng Si Si, who prepared the meal, muttered, “Are you going to eat us out of house and home?” 

The quantity of rice was a problem . The truth was, any martial artist would eat a lot of rice compared to normal people .

The words ‘a person cannot fight on an empty stomach’ was not untrue .

As a result, Cheng Si Si’s utter had merited her a chop from Chang Bi Wu . From Cheng Bi Wu’s point of view, the more Wei Xiao Bei ate, the better . Food expenses were nothing to him .

Actually, there were many times when the dojo did not only rely on the tuition fees .

On that day, Wei Xiao Bei had been terribly force fed . Materials that would have normally taken others half a year to learn, were taught to him twice by Zhang Zhi Long in just one day . Based on Wei Xiao Bei’s rate of improvement, one more week would be enough to teach him tens of foundational footwork, breathing and force exertion skills . He might even be able to learn various static stances and basic fighting moves by the end of it .

Zhang Zhi Long’s fast paced teaching had even piqued the interest of his big apprentice brother, who was currently leaning against a tree .

After all, none of the three disciples had taken less than a year to learn all the basics .