Spartan training

Early at dawn Yusheng opened her eyes. From today she will be starting her training and cultivation.

Excitement coursed through her veins. Zhu mama having sharp ears was already preparing warm water, pearl powder and mint paste for Yusheng to freshen up.

After washing up zhu mama brought rose and lavender paste mixed with honey balm to moisture her face, hands and feet and finally dressing her up in her training clothes.

Warm porridge and tea was served for breakfast which Yusheng gobbled up. Then bidding mama goodbye and assuring her that she will be careful she went towards the training area.

Her first destination was the weapon room where laid hundreds of weapons and stuffs for training.

She went and after some time found the weight wraps, she wrapped on her all four limbs each carrying the weight of 2 kg. Then started to walk towards the direction of forest.

Yusheng eagerly accepted the fresh air of wilderness and walked further inside but not too deep and soon was at the foot of a hill.

Her first training was strengthening her stamina and speed. To master flash steps which is a high speed walk almost as flying was her first target.

Thus Yusheng started basic warm up by stretching her muscles, then she started to run upwards the hill. Yusheng ran up and down the same hill till she felt her bones felt soft.

She then sat in lotus position and started to cultivate the Qi, soon she could feel the energy around her entering her body, channeling through all parts easing her pain and tiredness. Her fire domain was brimmed to full with energy rotating violently inside her body.

After half an hour she was ready for training again. She then started her next training, climbing trees with weights.

This training was to strengthen her bones and muscles and her agility so in future like flash steps she can master her qinnqong also known as feather step, light and graceful.

She wrapped her hands and feet's with Qi then started to climb up slowly, after what seemed like forever and sweats dripping that could fill a bucket, finally she reached the top.

After a moment she wrapped her Qi from foot till her knee and jumped straight down. Even though she knew the technique of applying it in, her current body was a different story so because of improper distribution of Qi she made a huge hole where she had jumped.

Though she was unharmed but it took some time for her to crawl out from the pit. Again she stood infont of the same tree but on other side and followed the same process for next hour.

Not much of a big progress was made but there was some. Now she had general idea on how much of energy she need to distribute as not to get hurt and at the same time not to make holes.

After this, she started running around the trees in zig zag form, kicking high and sometimes punching on trees without stopping, because it was a wild forest there were lots of fallen trees and big stones which proved to be an excellent course track.

With weight wrapped in her wrists and ankles she was running, jumping, kicking and punching.

After an hour she again sat back to lotus position calmed her mind, circulated Qi then prepared herself for last part of training ying yang art also known as tai chi.

She stood and maintaned horse stance and started slowly with her palms out she gathered the energy inwards and gently pushed outwards.

She changed her positions from time to time as gentle as possible and each time she tried to collect more energy and tried to release it very slowly.

After another hour she finally decided to end her morning training and returned to have bath.

Seeing Yusheng back zhu mama prepared medicinal bath as per her reciepe and ushered her to bath.

Zhu mama wanted to enter together to help her but Yusheng denied as the medicinal bath was for cultivating but she promised to call her for the regular bath.

Even though unwilling to leave Yusheng alone zhu mama held it in and stand to guard the door like a doorkeeper. To bolt inside as soon as possible when called, she also called xiu and instructed her to pass on the list of breakfast for today.

Yesterday before going to bed Yusheng and mama had a discussion on how zhu mama will instruct and prepare the personal maid servants and relieving some of her current duty to Ning Xue to make free time. So mama instructed Ning Xue to come back with zhu geng.

While inside Yusheng was cultivating in the medicinal tub, though not painful but she still felt small pinches now and then. Her meridians were being cleansed, impurities were being pushed out of her pores, Qi was circulating smoothly wrapping itself around veins and her organs at the same time.

There was another layer of wrapped Qi today safeguarding her organs, bones and veins.

While outside before zhu mama both Xue and zhu geng were standing upright but eyes pointing to nose and nose pointing on ground, waiting for her order.

Zhu mama felt a little relief seeing their correct posture so she started- zhu geng from today you will be the main steward of the valley, you were raised here from birth your parents have also been serving from past generations so you are most suited person for this position.

Master personally made this decision. I hope you will prove yourself worthy of masters acknowledgement. You will start your duty as a steward from today, I will announce after lunch to everybody.

Here take this key bunch, the key to common fund, common store and account record store are all here. After lunch give a thorough check and gain knowledge of what and how much is inside.

The account records bring it once a month to master. If anything you can ask me or get advise from first elder.

Ning Xue you are also promoted to vice steward, while zhu geng watches and handle's important things you have to help him with other things.

Preparing menu for breakfast, lunch, dinner, for master and everyone falls on your duty.

Basic necessities of master and other people you have to list it then pass to zhu geng. While zhu geng will work on accounting, keeping other workers under control and to make sure everything is under control.

Now you can go to attend your duties. Ning Xue I have prepared a booklet, I have left it on my table which consists of masters basic necessities and other stuffs ..go and read until every word is engraved inside your mind.

With happy and elated faces they knowtowed mama also thanking Yusheng then hurried to learn and attend their duties.