18 Forth with Training

The Following day

The 5 guardians (excluding Indistructro) journey to an island nearby Singapore. They embarked upon a long walk up until they reached a spot with open area, void of trees. Nonetheless the spot was encircled by a ring of trees. Upon reaching there, they dropped their essentials such as their camping bags on the floor. Kuhn Lau then said, "My, your words were of true value. This is a benolvent forest to progress with our training." He looked around the entire area and inhaled the fresh air looming around d. "The air of this place; perfectly natural and void of treacherous, modern chemicals. So ecstatic." Yung Fu replied with a smile, "I told you, I knew an island suitable to your likening." Viper rolled her eyes as she folded her arms, "speak for yourselves. This environment is uttey vile for my likeing. Where is the glamor, furniture and a luxurious bath?" Kuhn Lau then iquired out of confusion. "If I may, madam Bloom. Is this not suppose to be an environment exceptionally suitable for kinetic abilities? After all you are mother." She responded with a witty tone, "Even so Kuhn Lau, mother nature detests anything that shall spoil the broth of her beauty." Pete then sided with her, "Yeah. I agree with Viper. This place is not suitable for the both of us. Where are we supposed to find juicy, delicutable currenies in this place." Ace then stepped forward and gloated. "Well unfortunately blob, this environment is pivotal for your training. A warrior is not moulded in a luxurious mansion, no not at all. He is brewed from the scorching heat of this hostile environment. And as for cullenaries, nature has provided for us. You are going to devour flesh that has not been shackled by absurd chemicals, pure protein. Isnt that exciting?" He inquired as he landed a smack on his backbone, which inadvertedly caused him to fall to the ground. "Oops! I didn't realize the extent of strength there." Ace pulled him by the wrist until he stood on his feet. He dusted himself a drink replied with sarcasm, "yeah thanks Ace. For a wonderful pat on the back." Yung Fu then said. "I agree with Ace, this place is beneficial for our training. Though we do not have much time up our sleeves. Let's use the most of it."

A few minutes later

The 5 Guardians segregated to different sections of the forest to proceed with their own individual training. Meanwhile; Yung Fu took Pete with him, they both journey to a river bank not farth from the camping spot. As soon as they arrived there, they both shone a glare directly towards the surface of the river. Though Pete did this in accordance to Yung Fu's influence. He broke the glaze and turned to him, loaded with questions, he wondered why he was so focused on current moving past. "Tell young one, what do you notice?" Inquired Yung Fu while Pete looked around in confusion. "Me?!" "Yes you, you are the only that I speak to here. Is it not?" "Yes master Yung Fu." "Then looked at the flow of the current and tell me what you see." Pete looked at the river for 2 seconds, he then broke the stare and turned to him. "I just see a river." Yung Fu inquired once more, daring not as to break his stare. "Wrong. Look again and tell me what you see?" Pete looked once more and replied to his inquiry, "I only see a river." Yung Fu then said, "If patience and concentration were a skill that you obtained, would you have realized that the answer that I yearn for is the flow of the current." He furrowed his eyebrows, unable to comprehend the meaning behind Yung Fu's words. "What?" "Yes, if you pay attention, the flow of this river is yet so ever peaceful. This flow represents the chi of a warrior who has seethed the optimum capacity of his chi." "Ohhh!" Answered Pete who still did not understand the words that uttered in his mouth. Yung Fu realized that he still could not obtain the true message behind his words. "What I mean is that once a warrior or person has seethed his chi, something that many have failed to do. He/She has mastered themselves, their spirit would be replenished and their strength so great, that they'de be of the most powerful beings in the multiverse. And that is where your journey begins Pete. Not only should you know martial arts as a form of self defence. But for you breed your chi and reach heights that many have failed too." Yung Fu then turned his direction towards Pete and continued, "Before you can reach such levels, I'm going to teach you Kung Fu." He was beyond excited and inquired, "that is awesome. I cannot wait to start training, once I do I'll become so powerful that no one would pick over me. Including Indistructro, I will put him in his place and..." He stopped speaking after realizing that Yung Fu looked at him with a stern look. "And I'll just keep quit." Yung Fu continued, "And that is your first flaw Pete, Kung Fu is not about being strong and untouchable. Its about elegance and purity. Without wasting much time, let's proceed forth with our training

A few minutes later

Pete lowered his posture by bending his knees at an angle of 30 degrees, his feet were widened further from each other within his shoulders width, he then held his clenched fists aside him, and his back up straight. It has been 70 seconds in that stance and this lead to his quadriceps and shinns burnining in agony, sweat began oozing from the fore brown of his head, with his teeth gritted against each other. He was posture in the horse stance, unfortunately for him Yung Fu walked around him and fixed his eyes on his entire body. He had a bamboo stick at hand, once Pete's back fractured from being straight, he gently tapped his back with the stick. "Your back is no longer straight, straighten it once." Though it is excruciating he had to pull himself together and straightened his back. However he started fidgeting and heightened his leg posture just 7 more degrees higher. Once again, Yung Fu tapped quadriceps with stick and said, "you have broken your posture, go a bit lower." He hesitated, due to his reluctance Yung Fu placed his hand on top of his head and pushed him down. "How much longer do I have master Yung Fu." "You have 3 more minutes." "Oh come on!" "Silence! As long as you continue to blab, you will lose your concentration and break this posture."

After that exercise Pete held onto a tree branch, his feet were 100cm's away from the ground. Before he could begin with the pull ups. Yung Fu gave him an instruction from the ground. "Your goal this time around is to reach 10 pull ups. Lets get started." He propelled himself above the height of the height of the branch and gently lowered himself, with his muscles keeping him positioned in the air, he used more energy to propel himself upward. While doing so Yung Fu counted, " 2." After lowering himself from the second count, he propelled himself the third time upward. "3." At this rate, his biceps started aching while propelled himself for the forth count. Fortunately for him he was able to deliver the forth count, while he propelled himself for the 5th count, his muscles staggered and failed to surpass the height of the branch. He his muscles failed him dismally as he let go and fell onto the ground. Fortunately Yung Fu understood the reasons behind his actions, he only let him go this time around because he was not used to such grind. Though he still had more ground to cover.

A few minutes later

Pete transitioned into another training exercise, this time he his hands touched the ground including his toes on the far end. His biceps stationed his upper body and head 40 cm's away from the ground. Yung sat beside him and placed his feet on his back while Pete bent his arms, in doing so he decreased the attitude that his upper body was in with just 20 cm's. He then propelled himself upward, back to his previous position with his biceps making his first count. "1; 9 more push ups to go." He gritted his teeth and lowered himself with a height of 20 cm's. He propelled himself upward and reached the second count. "2." He once again lowered himself but this time his pace decreased as he did it slowly while staggering. He propelled himself the third excruciating time. "3!" His muscles gave out and fell flat on the floor. "Come on Pete, you've got 7 more push ups to go!" He exhaled heavily, "its hard Yung Fu." "Then how do you intend on giving Slicer a run for his money when you fail to even do 5 push ups." He truck him with a stick. This caused him to continue with the push ups with immediate effect.

During the sun set

Ace carried a load of logs on his shoulders. The weight of the logs were most probably 500 kilograms or even more, while Pete trailed from behind with only one log. The 2 arrived at their camping spot and began chopping the logs into incimal pieces. However though this done, Pete was the only struggling aside him. He grabbed an axe and placed the log on top of a rock. He placed his right foot on the centre of the log and began to chop from the far end of the log. He failed to chop through middle portion of the far end and only cut the edges multiple times. Ace was infuriated by this and stood by his side. "Thats not how you chop wood! Have they not taught you chop wood before?! Here let me show you." He stood aside while Ace grabbed the handle of the are and struck the middle portion of the log on the far end. The log split in half and continued hammering it the centre up until he reached the other far end. He then grabbed the log and split in half. "There that's how you do it. Try again!" He exhaled heavily and began complaining, "good grief! How is this suppose to be training. Rather this torture to my soul!" Ace placed another log on the rock and handed the axe to him as he continued hammering through, but keep in mind he still repeated his flaws. Yung Fu and Kuhn Lau watched from afar, "Tell me Yung Fu? What is the pivotal function of the latter chopping wood? I haven't seen such training. It is quite Perculliar I must say." Yung Fu turned to Kuhn Lau with a smile and answered his inquiry. "Indeed. It may seem puzzling, but keep in regard that the latter is vulnerable, this exercise is meant to strengthen his biceps. For the next upcoming days we will focus on external exercises. To prepare him for his real training." Kuhn Lau then said, "Keep in mind that you should not forget about internal exercise, the breething of chi." "Alas my dear friend. I have not forgotten. I will entrust that exercise to you, after all you once were a monk."

The following day

Pete dug a well using his hands, though it was not deep enough, but it was the first step to accomplishing his goal for the entire day. Yung Fu meditated from afar while he continued digging and cupping soil out of the day. Though Yung Fu was considerate enough as to allow him to take breaks then and there, however his fingers were bleeding, as his skin began feeling of, he had to do this the whole day. Though the well was still not deep enough his job was not done.

Later that night

The 5 Guardians sat around the camp fire while

Viper held the under side of Pete's hands. His palms were badly injured, there were wounds and blisters all over the place, thus a drop of blood oozing out. She then traced her finger across his palm, in doing so she transfered some of her chi into his circulatory system, which then served as a healing component by healing his blisters up until his skin was a smooth as a babies bottom. Yung Fu then said, "Though I've asked Viper to aid this time around. The purpose of this is to aid you in awakening your laident chi. However do not get used to this because there will come a time where she will not do this. The purpose will serve as to allow your chi to be independent and heal you instead." Pete inquired with a low spirits, "Yung Fu why did you make me dig a well with my bare hands?" "To strengthen your biceps and the tissue around your hands. At first you will acquire a lot of wounds and blisters from this, and you skin will peel of. In due time your skin will grow back, thus enabling to growing thicker and stronger than before. These are one of the exercises that some Utopian warriors partook in as children to groom them for the final output. And that output would be to manouirve the iron fist of doom. Not to say that I'm training you for that, rather to invigorate your external tissues to withstand fatal attacks."