Training II

Training II

- Next Day -

Bai Chen felt his muscles were sore. This was a result of the push-ups he did yesterday. He didn't feel bad, he felt good instead. No pain, no gain. He wouldn't do push-ups today so he could give his muscles time to grow. He would do a different exercise today and that was running. He decided to do this to build his leg strength, cardiovascular strength and endurance.

He jumped up from bed then left his room. After receiving a kiss on the forehead from his mom, he left the house and went out into the street. There, he began to run. He ran at moderate speed as he jogged and exhaled in and out with every step. His aim of doing this was to increase his lungs capacity.

This caught people's attention which made some of them greatly surprised. What was this boy doing and at such an age? He was too young for this. While others looked at him with the idea that he was trying to get attention. They smiled over it and continued with what they were doing.

Not very long, some people came to join him. These people were young kids just like him. Five to six years in age. "Bai Chen, wait for us. Let us join you in your fun". But he ignored them and continued with what he was doing.

The kids that ran up to him, although they met him, couldn't continue. They were totally out of breath. They returned to their parents' homes while Bai Chen continued. He was tired but he still continued to push himself. He had reached his limit but he didn't plan on stopping anytime soon.

Few minutes later, he couldn't take it again. Then he returned home. When he got home, his mother and sisters were taken aback by his appearance. He was all soaked in sweat.

"Feeling strong now?" Bai Meixue asked with a mocking voice. Bai Chen smiled and only looked on without responding. "Bai Meixue go bath your brother" His mother said. "Hey conscious fellow. Come with me now" Bai Meixue said in a commanding tone. Bai Chen could only obey or she would seriously spank him. Especially now that she had been given authority. He followed behind her like a docile cub to the bathroom for her to bath him.

After dressing up, he went to eat. Then he went back into his room to relax. He thought back to the jogging exercise he did which he only lasted for twenty minutes. That was pretty good for a five-year old child.

Right now, his legs felt heavy like they were filled with lead. But he didn't care. Then he began to move about in his room doing martial art footworks. He had begun to practice martial art.

Back in his world, he was an expert martial art fighter and a good boxer. He knew about twelve martial arts which he learnt from his maternal and paternal family.

He was born into a family of martial art experts who all knew individually two martial arts or three. He learnt the martial art moves from them pretty fast and mastered them. He was a martial art genius which made him an highly skilled soldier. He was unequalled amongst his peers.

After practicing for hours, he hydrated himself and laid on his bed. He was really tired from practice.

......

Bai Chen continued to practice for months. He did squats, bicep curls, push-ups, pull-ups, presses as his father had gotten him a few weights and ate a lot of meats and vegetables. By now, his body had been conditioned to the maximum.

People in the neighborhood were surprised by Bai Chen. The boy they thought that with time would stop all that he was doing when he became fatigued or gives up continued on for weeks to months to years.

- Five years later -

One day while he was running back home from a pretty far place he had jogged to. The cloud darkened and rain began to fall. It was a very heavy downpour that could cause strong floods to appear.

Many minutes after the rain started to fall, Bai Chen looked for a place to shelter himself from the rain but he he couldn't find a place. He had no option than to run home but he was extremely far away. He wished he hadn't jogged today. But if time was reversed and he was told rain would fall, he would still jog. This was because it was his personality. He's not the procrastinating type and he is very disciplined."

Then he saw a small building far in the distance to his left. This building looked abandoned and was dilapidated.

He didn't think much about it, he simply ran there to hide his body from the torrential rainfall. He had even begun to shake. The cold brought about by the rain had gotten deep into his body.

When he got in. He saw an old man resting against a wall. He looked really old and he had long white hairs. He wore a hat and a tattered grey robe. And when the old man raised his face to look at the person that had barged in. He was surprised when he saw a boy that looked twelve. Then his eyes turned white.

Bai Chen's heart suddenly immersed in fear when the man looked at him.

When Bai Chen looked at the the old man's face and then at his completely white eyes, he suddenly felt that the gaze was powerful as he felt a strong sharp itch in his eyes and on his entire body.

It was like he was suddenly pierced by millions of thin needles in an instant.

Then a realization suddenly hit him giving him a hint of who this old man would be.

He is a cultivator!

This was his first time experiencing the power of cultivators. He quickly clasped his hands and greeted in a bow. "Senior, this junior pays his greeting". The man nodded with indifference.

Bai Chen became curious. He had always wanted to know about cultivation and the powers cultivators could gain by practicing it.

The idea of having supernatural powers greatly unsettled his mind. When he was young, he had always imagined himself flying, talking underwater, shooting beams off his eyes, swim to the heart of a lava pool etc.

He now wants to know how the old man did that. He was very careful of bad guys but this old man although looked terrifying seemed harmless or perhaps he was too powerful to bully a child.

He moved closer to the man and said with his hands still clasped. "Senior, when I saw your eyes, I suddenly felt I was pelted by thousands of nails in an instant. Can senior please me how you did that?"

Then the man's indifferent eyes shone with interest. He smiled and said "You want to learn how I did that?". Bai Chen nodded. "Hmm. Very good. Then you must pass a simple test"