Shin Yu's
Learning Basic Martial Arts

The next day, Shin Yu and all her roommates gathered in a grass field not far from the center of the building. There were not only male disciples, but female disciples as well even though they were smaller in number than male disciples.

Shin Yu's gaze shifted towards one of the female disciples she saw yesterday, she was the child who previously cried sobbing in a curled up sitting position.

The girl was unaware of Shin Yu's gaze, she only noticed senior Gu who was standing before all the disciples.

Shin Yu did not look at the girl for very long, she looked back at Master Gu who was informing them of their training schedule today.

Teacher Gu announced that they would focus on doing physical exercise for three months, of course the news was quite shocking to most of the students who were there because for the past two months they had been doing non-stop physical training.

Some disciples began to ask some questions such as when they were learning martial techniques and also cultivating. Master Gu who heard all those questions immediately answered the reason to them.

After all the disciples finished hearing the explanation from teacher Gu, the situation immediately calmed down as the look on the old geezer's face turned stern. With a loud voice, he began to give orders to all the disciples to do physical training.

In this exercise, there is no such thing as a difference. Whether it is men or women, their training portion is still equalized without any reduction.

They do physical exercise from 7 am to 1 pm, then rest for half an hour and then return to training until 6 pm.

For three whole months, Shin Yu and dozens of other disciples had always been doing the exercise routine regularly. During that time, Shin Yu not only focused on physical training, but also took advantage of every opportunity available to open her small meridians and travel to the library to increase her insight and knowledge of the World.

In just three months, Shin Yu's body had already undergone significant changes, although her muscles were still not clearly visible. His body now contained, and looked different from before he started doing physical exercise.

Right now, Shin Yu was in the library and reading some of the books that were there. It was night time, so the atmosphere was quite quiet and there were only a few people including him.

While still focusing on reading the book in his hand, a boy came to him. She has striking red hair and fair yellow skin. His name was Tao Liu, and he had been a friend of Shin Yu for the past three months along with one other friend.

"I thought you were here, Shin Yu." Tao Liu patted the shoulder of his peers, "Let's go back, it's time for bedtime. Senior Quan will punish you if it's too late..."

Shin Yu was silent for a moment before closing her book, she put it back on the shelf and went to her dorm room with Tao Liu.

"Aren't you tired of reading like that every night?" Tao Liu asked, his voice soft because it wanted to make noise.

"Not really, I'm just physically tired. My brain is still fresh." replied Shin Yu soberly.

"Haiss... Your answer is exactly like Li Huifang." Tao Liu shook his head slowly.

Li Huifang was the first girl Shin Yu found in a crying state, she was the most talented female disciple among the other female disciples. He was so desperate to have been exiled by his family, his low talent put his family to shame that it made him entrusted to others who worked as merchants in this city.

"By the way, how many small meridians have you managed to open?" dao Liu asked curiously, he already knew that Shin Yu was very talented at opening small meridians.

"I've opened 17 dots." replied Shin Yu quickly.

"Woah, that's crazy... You're really amazing!" Tao Liu instantly felt astonished, despite looking excited but he did not forget to control his voice, "If your dantian is not orange, I believe you have a bright future."

***

It had been exactly three months that Shin Yu had been living in this city, and today had also become the day where all the disciples would learn martial arts. Because of that, all the disciples became excited and they were already on the field earlier than usual.

Shin Yu along with Tao Liu and his big friend, Ju Shan, now lined up neatly on the front left. There, Master Gu, Nam Quan and several other new young men's faces were standing before the line of disciples.

They did not say a word for fifteen minutes, until Master Gu finally let out a loud voice.

"Today is the day where all of you will learn martial arts! Are you all ready?!" Teacher Gu asked, his voice was heard all over the side of the field.

"We're ready!"

All the disciples immediately replied in unison, Shin Yu was no exception.

"Then pick your weapons." Teacher Gu immediately stepped aside to the side, as did Nam Quan and a few other youths.

Behind them was a long wooden table on which were various types of weapons. All of these weapons are replica weapons that are not dangerous, even though they have much better resistance than wooden weapons.

Dozens of students who lined up directly swarmed the wooden table like a crowd of bees looking at honey, they enthusiastically chose their respective weapons.

Meanwhile, Shin Yu chose a long sword that was most commonly used by Cultivators. He chose the sword because it was the easiest and most flexible weapon to use, besides it was the most suitable weapon for beginners like learning martial arts.

After all the disciples had chosen their weapons, Master Gu immediately introduced the five young men accompanying him. Nam Quan was one of them, while the other four were senior warriors who were experts in certain weapons.

After the disciples chose the weapons, Master Gu explained that the five youths accompanying him would be their instructors. Each instructor will teach martial techniques to the weapons chosen by the student. For example, Shin Yu who chose the sword would be taught by Nam Quan, a senior warrior who was very experienced in using the sword.

Master Gu's job here is to watch from a distance, he is still involved in their training even though it is not as active as when the physical training takes place.

Dozens of students who were there directly lined up neatly in front of their respective instructors, they looked very enthusiastic even though there were a few who were ordinary.

Shin Yu marched in the second row, there was one person in front of her and she was Li Huifang, the daughter that Tao Liu alluded to last night.

On the other hand, senior Nam Quan looked at the dozens of disciples lined up before him. He turned around and told them to follow him from behind.

Senior Nam Quan then stopped his steps when it was quite far away from the instructor and the other students, "From now on I am an Instructor, and no longer your senior! So, no one else calls me senior, okay?"

"We understand, Instructor!" all the disciples including Shin Yu answered in unison.

"Good, then I'll teach you the basics first." Instructor Nam Quan took out a sword sheathed at his waist, "Take note of this well."

Instructor Nam Quan started demonstrating his basic sword techniques, while all the disciples under his guidance immediately watched him closely.