10 Chapter 10 : Preparation Part 3

After making an agreement with Tang San for a month, Lan Ying started training as he planned for a while. One month passed quickly. This morning, in the secret base, Lan Ying who was dressed in rattan clothes was dancing (practicing) with a wooden axe, he was practicing basic chopping. He don't know how many times he waved it but he practiced till his arms started paining.

Swords, spears, knives, axes etc. he had mastered the basics and all the moves he learned from his past life. Now the next weapon to practice is the bow and arrow. Knowing how to practice so many weapons from his past life, Lan Ying didn't mean to learn all of them. The most important thing was that he needed to learn the common ones for self defence. As for the others, it was his wish if he wanted to learn more or just practice the common weapons or just choose one and hone his skills of using the said weapon. But right now he would learn all the common weapons as he does not have a nice weapon he could use. After more than ten days, Lan Ying has mastered more than five basic skills, which is not bad.

Putting down the wooden axe, Lan Ying then went to meditate for some minutes and take some rest. He then grabbed the wooden bow which was kept on the side, and then shot the arrow towards the target made of rattan not far away.

Chang!

The wooden arrow plunged near the middle of the target in less than 10 seconds but still it was enough to show the strength of the arrow. Lan Ying's accuracy was not too bad. He had just forgotten some bits and pieces because of lack of practice. He was very dissatisfied because of his skills. The target is two meters wide, and Lan Ying was only ten meters away from the target. Aside from the problem of the bow and arrow itself, his archery skills had really gone bad. According to his previous experience, if you want to practice basic archery skills, you must at least reach the level of arrows hitting the already shot arrows which were right at the cente from a distance of at least 20 meters. Although this is a bit difficult for others, but for Lan aying who was hell bent on becoming strong, it was just a small challenge to himself which he had to finish. It is estimated that if he keeps practicing daily this level can be achieved within a week if he tried his hardest (which he will).

After a month of physical training, Lan Ying's physical fitness is almost the same as adult (20-25) people. Though he looked lean and not alot of muscle can be seen on his body, his muscle hid an explosive strength which could easily hurt the kids of his age or an adult person who was not a spirit master. It is also because of his spirits which are very strong. These two spirits are much stronger than normal spirits, they are probably on par with the strongest spirits of the same categories. But now, Lan Ying's physical fitness has reached a small limit. Through ordinary exercise, he will basically not increase his experience value. Even with weight-bearing training, I now have nearly 30 pounds of weight on my body which has now also started feeling light as days goes by.

In this case, even if you continue to increase the load it will do more harm than good to his body as he was still a kid. If he wanted to break this deadlock, he must either obtain a spirit ring or engage in actual combat. Let's not to mention a spirit ring for the time being as he is still and can't kill any strong beasts but when it comes to actual combat, there should be a chance when Tang San would join him. Just while he was thinking about it, he heard slight footstep suddenly coming from behind him, which made him subconsciously turn around and draw the bow, with the arrow pointing straight in that direction.

" Xiao Ying, it's me" Tang San walked out from behind the tree, without the slightest panic on his face even when an arrow was pointed was towards him." "Xiao San, come on, I will tell you about the training" Lan Ying immediately put down the bow and arrow in his hand when he saw Tang San and greeted him with a smile on his face. He was surprised that Tang San finished his task in a month, he thought that it would at least 2-3 more weeks till he finished. With that said, Lan Ying took Tang San to visit the small base. Under his introduction, Tang San soon had a clear understanding of this place. During this month, Tang San had talked with Lan Ying many times, and from the conversations, he also learned a lot about this place when Xiao Ying sometimes mentioned about his training. But the so-called seeing is better than hearing. Even if there were enough guesses made by him after listening to Lan Ying but after seeing it with his own eyes, Tang San was still very surprised at this base of Lan Ying.

These equipment really opened his eyes, and there were also all kinds of wooden weapons that make him both surprised and excited. Xiao Ying really was very knowledgeable, he knows about the weapons but the training equipment was something he had never seen. "Xiao San, try all these things and warm up" After the introduction, Lan Ying continued to practice bow and arrow.

Lan Ying's willpower was already excellent, and after more than a month of practice, he became more determined. Even the boring training at this time did not make him complain. Compared to Lan Ying's dullness, Tang San on the side was very happy. These equipments looked weird to Tang San but they were also very effective. Tang San, when he realised this, he spend alot of time training and practicing weapons with Lan Ying. He would also give Lan Ying some pointers while practicing the weapons.

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In a blink of an eye, one more month passed..

After eating the food made of herbs and spirit beast meat, Lan Ying talked to Tang San. "Xiao San, as a soul master, when facing a soul beast in the future, the soul beast will not stand there stupidly and let us simply kill it without a fight, so it is necessary to increase the actual combat experience. Come on, we have been training for more than a month. Let's learn from each other, so that we can increase our actual combat experience."

Lin Feng squeezed his fists and looked at Tang San expectantly. "Xiao Ying, are you sure you want to do this." Tang San hesitated slightly. He wasn't afraid that he couldn't be beaten, but he was afraid of hurting Lan Ying which he never wanted to do. After more than a month of iron-strike practice, trading with the equipments and eating food made using herbs and beast meat, Tang San's strength has improved tremendously, he is now much stronger than ordinary adults. Tang San's wheaty complexion has become fairer, his deep blue eyes show wisdom and generate pressure around him and most of the impurities were removed from his body because of the nutrious food. He also grew some centimetres and his body also has some well defined muscles. He looks quite handsome, has a well proportioned body and has an calm and elegant aura around him. Coupled with the internal strength he has cultivated, if he punches Lan Ying with all his strength, it might cause a serious injury.

But it is not that he thinks Lan Ying is weak. He actually didn't dare to think that. Even though Lan Ying had been shooting arrows this morning, Tang San could still see that Lan Ying's strength was too great but he did not know just how strong the latter was. Even though he just pulled bow, and the shot the arrow he still estimated it to be able to shoot people through. Under this power, if you fight with just brute strength, you will be injured. So Tang San hesitated for these two reasons.

"Relax, don't be afraid, I can heal my wounds and nothing will happen." After saying that, Lan Ying flipped his hand, and his spirit appeared. "My martial soul radiates strong vitality and can help me heal my injuries a little quicker compared to others." Lan Ying lowered his body slightly, the flower of vitality in his hand emitted a faint golden white light. In the next second, a few blue silver grass in the ground seemed to have taken a big tonic, they started growing rapidly. After a few seconds, these grasses grew several centimeters higher, which was very amazing. Tang San's was full of shock, and his mouth opened slightly. Tang San himself tried to use Wuhun. He didn't use the Clear Sky Hammer as it consumed a lot of soul power when manifested and he currently did not have the strength to use it. As for Lan Yincao, even if Tang San used the spirit power in his body to use his spirit, he could only make it grow longer and tougher.

"Normally, my martial spirit should be an auxiliary one which has very low no none combat effectiveness. So you see it is very weak and can be beaten by anyone." Lan Ying said. Hearing this, Tang San instantly remembered the scene from the morning when Lan Ying drew his bow for practice. 'With so much strength, but is also weak in combat? Can't beat anyone?' Were the thoughts going on in Tang San's mind.

"Come on, let's start!" Lan Ying couldn't wait. "Okay" Tang San nodded slightly.

In fact, he also wanted to learn from Lan Ying, but he always had concerns before. Now that there are no worries about the future, he can let go of his hands and feet. The moment Tang San agreed, the two quickly prepared themselves for battle and stared at each other closely. Obviously they were just two little kids about 1.2 meters tall yet when they confronted each other, they both felt intimidated by each other.

Lan Ying couldn't help but make a move first. We could see Lan Ying leaning forward, his arms fiercely trying to lock Tang San. In Lan Ying's mind, he thought that he could crush Tang San. After all, his current physical fitness should be comparable to those great spirit masters who don't use spirit abilities and he had also practiced the martial arts from his past life. However, the actual situation was beyond Lan Ying's expectations. Facing the arms fiercely coming near him, Tang San stepped slightly to one side and easily dodged. When Lan Ying saw this he was about to kick Tang San but the latter saw the move and at the same time he quickly slashed out and hit Lan Ying's waist.

Lan Ying's center of gravity became unstable and he took two steps back after being beaten. Without thinking about anything, Lan Ying quickly stabilized his figure, and then proceeded to attack with a punch but the result was still the same, when his fist was about to hit Tang San, he moved slightly to dodge the attack. Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track is a movement and balance technique that allows Tang San to move with extreme speed and traverse difficult terrains as well as dodge attacks fast enough to leave behind after images. At close range, unless Lan Ying's speed is much faster than Tang San, or the timing is accurate, it will be difficult to hit him. Tang San fought back again, hitting Lan Ying's arm with a punch. Now after exchanging a few moves with Tang San, Lan Ying was prepared this time and did not lower his guard, he immediately lowered his left leg and was about to attack but Tang San reacted quickly. The moment Lan Ying got his leg out, he grabbed the back of Lin Feng's calf.

Controlling Crane Catching Dragon of the Tang Sect. It is a method of improving his coordination and strength. It is also an extraordinarily potent grappling technique that has diabolical muscle splitting bone displacing techniques.

Before Lan Ying could react, Tang San deceived him by making him think he was going to use his leg and slam him on the ground but instead took Lan Ying's left hand with his right hand and threw Lan Ying into the air who landed square on the ground. Lan Ying who fell to the ground was slightly dazed. He was still comprehending what had happened. "Xiao Ying, are you okay" Tang San came over immediately and helped Lan Ying up. "I'm okay" After Lan Ying stood up, he still couldn't believe it. Just to be sure Lan Ying had removed all of the weight and just now he had went all out. However, after only two moves, he was defeated. He was a little overconfident, he had forgotten that although he knew and practiced martial arts from his previous life he did not have a lot of experience (though he could defeat the normal kids without spirit power) when compared to Tang San who had practiced more efficient techniques which were very suitable for this world and would not hesitate to kill traitors ruthlessly.

Lan Ying had nothing to say about this, which made him deeply realize his shortcomings and at the same time understand a little bit. The strength of physical fitness does not mean define the strength of his combat power or effectiveness. Lan Ying was certain that his current physical fitness was much stronger than Tang San and the reason why he lost so easily is his inexperience and skill.

Whether Controlling Crane Catching Dragon or Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track,

these all are techniques used for the body. These systematic martial arts can allow people to quickly master unique and powerful skills, and exert their strength more efficiently. His skills were in fact zero and the only other way to gain experience (even if it was only little) was to constantly find Tang San to fight, every day, several times a day. After a few days of regular fighting, Lan Ying's skills would rapidly improve, and coupled with the gradual enrichment of combat experience, his combat power was getting better.

At this moment, Lan Ying said that he wanted to learn martial arts from Tang San as he was very good in combat. He was sureTang San might not directly pass on his Profound Heavenly Art or something, but he would still be able to give him some pointers which would help him after all he still wanted to learn and comprehend the skills by himself. Tang San agreed as it was not only good for Lan Ying but also good for Tang San as he had someone to train with. The plus point was that both of them would talk and get to spend time together when they were taking breaks.

Lan Ying then told Tang San to go and practice to improve his physical fitness and he went to practice the bow and arrow again. On the spot, Tang San was slightly speechless. He was surprised to see Lan Ying's physical training schedule. However, he knew that his physical fitness was not great so he had no qualms in following the schedule. By the way, Xiao Ying had said before that in addition to equipment training, there is also a super effective excersise method.

It seems to be, doing one hundred push-ups, one hundred squats, one hundred sit-ups and running for ten kilometers every day!

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