Daily Cultivation

Chapter 2 Daily Cultivation

"The seventh set of national middle school broadcast gymnastics, ready..."

Stretching exercises, one two three four, five six seven eight, two two three four, five six seven eight...

Limb movements, one two three four, five six seven eight, two two three four, five six seven eight...

Chest expansion exercise, one two three four, five six seven eight, two two three four...

Leg kicking exercise, one two three four, five six seven eight, two two three four...

Lateral movements, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight...

Body rotation movement, one two three four, five six seven eight...

Waist exercises, one, two, three, four...

Abdominal and back exercises, one, two, three, four...

Jumping exercises...

Cool-down exercise..."

After finishing ten sets of eight counts, Chi Ping adjusted his breathing on the spot, preparing to practice two more sets of combat boxing that his instructor had taught him during his university military training, and the "Black Dragon Eighteen Hands," a forbidden military move that he had searched for online out of curiosity.

It's six o'clock in the morning, and the students are doing their morning exercises on the playground.

Notting City is a small place, and most students' innate soul power is no more than level 3. It is actually quite difficult for them to obtain a soul ring before graduation. The number of students who graduate and enter the intermediate soul master academy each year is extremely limited, perhaps less than ten.

The younger students don't yet feel that sense of urgency, and because they are young and need a lot of sleep, they haven't gotten up yet. The older students are already up and busy exercising.

Essence, Qi, and Spirit complement each other; it is difficult to achieve perfection by cultivating only one type.

The school teachers have mentioned in their courses that there is a limit to cultivating soul power solely through meditation and practicing techniques. Supplementing it with a certain amount of physical training can effectively improve the speed of cultivation.

Students in the third grade and above, as well as work-study students, are all on the playground now.

Nottingham College's playground is the size of three basketball courts, more than enough to accommodate all the students in the school to exercise together, but the work-study students can only huddle in a small corner in the southwest.

"Boss Wang, can you understand what Xiaopingzi is doing with those movements?"

After watching Chi Ping's entire set of movements, Wang Sheng asked Wang Wen curiously.

The academy does not and will not teach a systematic training method. Students all rely on the characteristics of their own martial souls and their own guesses to determine their training methods, so everyone's training methods are different.

Because of a lack of knowledge, these methods all seem a bit like wild, unorthodox fighting.

"You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask?!" Wang Wen rolled his eyes and said seriously, "If you're really curious, go ask Xiaopingzi yourself. But let me make this clear: if Xiaopingzi doesn't want to talk about it, you'd better come back right now, and don't you dare ask any more questions!"

Wang Sheng scratched his head. "I just have a question, boss, do you have to be so serious?"

"I know you too well, you brainless idiot!"

Wang Wen's words were quite blunt.

Wang Sheng's martial spirit is a tiger. Perhaps influenced by this spirit, he's not very inclined to use his brain. He likes to get to the bottom of things when asking questions and doesn't understand the principle of stopping short of revealing the truth.

This has been a major headache for Wang Wen, who wanted to groom Wang Sheng to be the next leader of Dormitory Seven.

Although Wang Wen couldn't understand Chi Ping's movements, he knew they were very methodical and exercised the whole body. It looked quite extraordinary, perhaps a family training method.

This training method is usually not passed on to outsiders.

It's perfectly fine to ask a couple of questions out of curiosity, or sneak a peek and learn a few moves. After all, Chi Ping is practicing in public, so it's normal for people to hear or see him.

But digging too deep into the details is just asking for trouble.

Work-study students rely on unity to establish themselves in the college, and any behavior that undermines internal unity must be nipped in the bud!

"Xiao Sheng, you're a third-year student now, with a Soul Power level of 6. You have the highest Soul Power and are the most capable fighter among us work-study students, besides Xiao Pingzi. After I graduate, we'll all be relying on you. If you continue to be as reckless as you are now, how can I entrust everyone's safety to you?" Wang Wen said with a sigh.

"Don't worry, boss, I know what I'm doing."

Wang Sheng patted his chest to assure them, then took two steps in one and quickly walked to Chi Ping's side.

……

—This is the power of science.

After finishing a set of radio calisthenics, Chi Ping felt his body become more active and couldn't help but sigh.

—Things I never practiced properly before are surprisingly effective in this other world. But thinking about it, it makes sense; we've already improved it to the seventh set, so it's only natural that we've developed some skills.

The national middle school broadcast gymnastics program is said to have been developed by gathering martial arts masters from all over the country, making it an excellent tool for physical training.

"Xiaopingzi, what were you hitting just now?"

"Radio calisthenics is used for warm-up exercises."

Wang Sheng is that Wang Sheng, a third-grader this year, the one who will get beaten up by Tang San in three years.

What is a warm-up exercise?

Wang Sheng asked, bewildered.

"It's a way to train better. Like running, if you go at your fastest speed right away, you'll start fast but won't last long. If you gradually increase your speed, you might fall behind at first, but you can keep going for longer, run farther, and get better training results," Chi Ping explained patiently.

"Can I learn from you?"

Wang Sheng asked.

Although I don't quite understand what Ikehira is saying, there are a lot of words, so it makes a lot of sense.

Although they had only spent two or three days together, Wang Sheng felt that Chi Ping was a very intelligent person who knew a lot. Chi Ping kept his things in perfect order and would take the initiative to clean up the common areas of Dormitory 7. He would take notes in class, learn meditation techniques very quickly, and speak very politely, winning people's favor with just a few words.

Therefore, Wang Sheng was willing to believe Chi Ping's words.

"Of course, but let's skip it today. We've already practiced for a while, so warming up again won't be very helpful. Let's do it together again tomorrow."

"Great!" Wang Sheng grinned, saying happily. "By the way, we're going for a run next, do you want to come?"

Running is arguably one of the most convenient and comprehensive forms of exercise. Sprinting trains explosive speed, while long-distance running trains endurance, breathing, and energy management.

In addition, running is not very dangerous. As long as you don't run to your death, the damage to your body will not be too great.

Running involves a gradual increase in energy expenditure, making it easy to control energy consumption.

"Come."

Now that he had joined Dormitory 7, Chi Ping naturally wouldn't be the one to not fit in, and morning runs were already part of his training plan.

……

It's not just work-study students who go for morning runs; you can see students running everywhere—on the track outside the playground, outside the college walls, and in the school corridors.

Children have very little, so they are very particular about everything. The concept of sharing is not something they can understand.

These students already looked down on work-study students, so why would they want Wang Wen and the others to follow the same path as them?

Wang Wen chose a small path near the teaching building, where there were few people around, and fewer people would come out to cause trouble or beat people up.

However, even so, when everyone had run the third lap and Chi Ping was exhausted, several older students surrounded him.

It's obvious they're here to cause trouble.

(End of this chapter)