Training 2

Under the scorching sun there are two silhouettes entangled in battle, and curiously one of them was not fighting back.

"Your getting good!" Said Liang Wen as he launched a punch directly at Yong's face.

Yong expertly turned his body to the side in order to dodge, which caused the punch to not even touch a hair.

"Well you taught me good teacher." Yong said with a smile.

" Good! now have a taste of my fist! Viper Fist!" Liang Wen's arm looked like it turned boneless resembling a python as it struck true on Yong's body sending him to the ground.

"No fair, teacher! You used a martial arts skill." Yong complained as he tried to stand up.

"Boy, there is no fair in a real fight, only survival"

"Fiiine!" Said a whining Yong but deep inside he knew it was true.

"You've improved much, and i even heard you continue training in your own free time!" Said a thoughtful Liang Wen 'This kid will go far with this kind of perseverance!'

"Well, i don't want to disappoint you teacher" Yong said with a smile, as his very good memory gave him an advantage in memorizing the moves this didn't mean he could slack.

'in the future these skills will come in handy, so i have to put maximum effort in training!'

"Boy, it seems your skills are good enough, it is time to move to something else. So what do you prefer to learn first, martial arts or swordsmanship?"

Yong without hesitation replied "Martial arts!"

"Why? i thought you would want to follow your father and brother's footsteps in learning the way of the sword."

"Caught off-guard you won't always have a sword, but you will still have your body"

"Good enough reasoning! We will start tomorrow, go take a bath!"

Over the next three months Long Yong showed his perseverance and talent by learning martial arts such as "Viper Fist" and "Strong fist", Yong preferred to keep balance between his skills as he learn fast and nimble skills along with heavy hitting one.

His sheer willpower and perseverance to not only give his all in his training with his teacher, but also continuing to train on his free time surprised even his father and tutor, but it quite worried Zi lan his mother.

"Little Yong why won't you stop putting so much pressure on yourself? Your mother is quite worried" Zi lan said with a worried expression.

"Mother, I do not want to disappoint my father or teacher!" Yong said with a resolved expression, but he knew this was a lie, all his hard work and perseverance were for himself only 'I need to train and hone my skills, which will help my survival so i can manage to reach the apex of the cultivation world'

"So don't worry about it mom, i quite like training!" Yong tried to convince his mother some more with a cheerful expression.

"I will do my best to never fall into mediocrity, I will claw my way to the top!'

Zi lan could only sigh and watch her son from the side train his martial arts and footwork alone in the courtyard.

'I worry for this child, he never had any interest in going out and making friends outside, his life only resolved around training and studying books.'

The next morning Long Yong meet with his tutor, this time Liang Wen was smirking which puzzled Yong.

"Boy, today we will spar! Use everything that you've learned to fight."

Without any further talk Liang Wen got into a stance and sent a punch towards Long Yong who ducked under it, before doing a pirouette.

Long Yong got into a stance behind his teacher"s back and used his " Strong fist" to try and hit Liang Wen's back.

But before the punch could connect Liang Wen turned to the side and grabbed his arms.

"Azure ocean palm" Liang Wen used his palm technique to strike Yong's stomach which sent him back rolling in the ground.

During his roll Long Yong used his arms and legs to stop himself and jump to his feet. Just as he stood up he saw his teacher is already in front of him.

"Viper Fist" his teacher arms were moving very fast, the only thing he could do was defend with one arm before stopping the punch.

"Viper Fist" Just as he stopped the punch, Long Yong sent a very fast but weak viper fist, but he knew where he could strike. There was a hole in his teacher's defenses. It was a liver shot.

"Hnn!" Liang Wen grunted before he kicked Long Yong directly sending him flying toward's the pond.

Long Yong quickly got out but he was hurt " All right I've seen enough, you've gotten better, but you cannot win as you're still younger and weaker than me.

Long Yong couldn't help but feel a bit sad as he still wasn't a cultivator, or else he wouldn't have to care about size.

Seeing his student's expression Liang wen cheered him up "well don't be so sad your techniques are good, only lacking power."

"I know teacher, i will strive to be better"

Liang Wen nodded at this mentality " Now we will spend six months training more and i'll teach you how to use a sword properly!"

As long Yong didn't want to focus on the sword he asked his teacher to up his martial arts and footwork training, but as he didn't want to be complete trash in the sword he decided to dedicate a bit of these last six months before the sects test.