Chapter 509: Chapter 335: The First Thing We Say Every Day: What’s Your Heavenly Ladder Score? [Vote for Monthly Pass!]_2
Subsequently ignoring them, he gathered the other Heavenly Prides and loudly said, "Tan Valley Royal City is mine, yet also yours. Regarding how to rebuild, I want to hear your opinions."
Rebuilding the royal city.
A myriad of tasks.
It was impossible for Yan Chuan, Wang Zhengyi and the other five to plan it out, and the planning was inadequate. At this moment, the gathering of Heavenly Prides was just right to hear their opinions.
However.
Soon.
Yan Chuan discovered that although these people were indeed Heavenly Prides, gifted and highly skilled in martial arts, in management and strategic tactics, they were no better than him, nor Wang Zhengyi and others; they were just as clueless!
A sight full of peerless Heavenly Prides!
All are coarse warriors!
Useless!
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"The basic boxing techniques of ’Xingyi Boxing’ focus on ’Three Body Formation’, ’Five Elements Boxing’, and ’Twelve Forms.’
"There are ’Ten Major Stances’ in the ’Three Body Formation.’
"’Five Elements Boxing’ consists of ’Chop, Collapse, Drill, Cannon, Horizontal.’
"’Twelve Forms’ are divided into ’Dragon, Tiger, Monkey, Horse, Chicken, Harrier, Swallow, Snake, Tortoise, Thunder, Eagle, Bear.’
"The essentials for practicing are simple. At the start, you only need to focus on seven points—"
Several training grounds were cleared in the ruins of Tan Valley Royal City to accommodate Situ Fei’s seven battalions and Yan Chuan’s own troops, a total of thirty thousand soldiers.
Main training ground.
Eight thousand eight hundred soldiers gradually lined up, forming an unbroken vista, truly overwhelming.
This was the troop rewarded to Yan Chuan’s team in the Cang Mountain Sword Discussion for two second-tier achievements—
One second-tier first level, eight thousand men!
One second-tier ninth level, eight hundred men!
Totaling eight thousand eight hundred.
The quantity was considerable, with numerous soldiers and generals.
But they were all new recruits, Yan Chuan’s section including the seven sections of Situ Fei and others had commanders aside, the troops were just newly recruited soldiers before the Cang Mountain Sword Discussion, coming from all corners, some trained for three to five months, others even less than two months.
Utterly raw.
Therefore, after receiving the troops, Yan Chuan and others’ primary task was not to attack and conquer, but to train the soldiers. Behind each soldier was a family; they were someone’s son, husband, father. Though they were soldiers, they were living human beings, not NPCs, not cold machines. As both Military Leader and City Lord, Yan Chuan naturally had to be responsible for their lives and did not want to send them to their deaths as cannon fodder.
So, before fighting, train the troops first, practice boxing first.
Yan Chuan stood at the forefront Commander’s Platform with the ’White Horn Trumpet’ in hand, his voice echoing far and wide, so that all eight thousand eight hundred soldiers could hear clearly.
Moreover, disciples from the Hundred Flower Palace who had long trained in ’Xingyi Boxing’ performed demonstrations in front of various formations, ensuring every soldier could clearly see ’Xingyi Boxing.’
Yan Chuan widely taught ’Xingyi Boxing’—
"Practicing my ’Xingyi Boxing’, there are seven essentials—"
"First, drop the waist; second, retract the shoulders; third, contract the chest; fourth, top; fifth, lift; sixth, transverse smoothly; seventh, distinguish the rise, fall, drill, and flip clearly."
"Drop the waist, means lifting up the tail gate."
"Retract the shoulders, means both shoulders drawing strength back."
"Contract the chest, means opening the chest and smoothing the breath."
"Top, means head top, tongue top, hand top."
"Lift, means lifting internally from the neck path."
"Transverse, means rise; smooth, means fall."
"Rise, means drill; fall, means flip. Rise is also horizontal, fall is also smooth."
"Practice boxing!"
"Stance is crucial!"
"Heels together, toes outward, the external angle between the feet at 90 degrees, standing upright facing forward. Hands naturally hang down, eyes look straight ahead, this is ’Heels Together Standing.’
"While keeping the lower limbs still, perform smooth breathing, naturally raise the palms in front of the navel, fingertips facing each other, palms upward, inhale through the nose, slowly raise the hands through the chest to the mouth, the breath is pressed to the lower abdomen by the lung diaphragm, the lower abdomen slightly protrudes, then the palms turn over, slowly move down, breath follows the palms downward; the wrists slightly sit, fingertips facing each other flatly placed in front of the navel, eyes look ahead, this is ’Two Palms Lift and Press.’
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The morning is the prime time of the day.
Yan Chuan conducted rigorous training for two full hours with his unit, sometimes intensely, sometimes taking breaks, explaining in detail ’Xingyi Boxing’ basic Pile Skill to these eight thousand eight hundred soldiers.
’Xingyi Boxing’ from shallow to deep, Yan Chuan went from shallow to deep.
There was also "Mutual Teaching and Learning" (Level 3) to enhance listeners’ understanding efficiency by 100%, like a nourishing spring breeze and gentle rain, many could easily understand and practice.
The leaders of Hundred Flower Palace’s Xingyi Sect, Su Ye of Eight Diagram Sect, Zhou Yan of Beiyue Sword Pavilion, Zhong Hui of South Mountain Sword Pavilion patrolled each formation for inspection and supervision.
Everything was orderly.
Two hours later.
Morning training concluded.
Martial arts lecture concluded.
Yan Chuan stepped down and entered to rest inside the tent, where Jian Province Governor Ni Mengtong was sorting documents. Upon seeing Yan Chuan, knowing today’s martial arts lecture was over, she shook her head and said, "City Lord, it’s not worth wasting energy on these new recruits."
Nearby.
Wang Zhengyi angrily said, "The court’s too disgusting! They recruited a hundred thousand new recruits, the best trained ones were long ago picked by the Forbidden Army and the Five Armies Commander’s Mansion, the thirty thousand recruits left to us were those nobody wanted, ugly and undesirable, a mere burden. Dismissing them is troublesome, yet they threw them to us, calling them ’private soldiers’, ’house soldiers’, when in reality they want us to feed, clothe, and house them!"
After a few days.
Everyone knew well the quality of troops each Heavenly Pride received.
Ni Mengtong, Jiang Bianliu, and others further found out that the thirty thousand new soldiers assigned to them were what was left after picking and choosing from a hundred thousand. These thirty thousand were either of average constitution and strength, inexperienced in military formation, dull and ignorant, or unruly tough skins resistant to discipline, all of them poor, hard to train.
Others were training too, but progress was limited, and the results unsatisfactory.
The seven military leaders of Absolute level were all Heavenly Prides, proud and lofty in martial arts, yet when it came to military formations and soldier training, they were all at a loss, losing their tempers with little progress.
These seven were only practicing formations, military formations, discipline, commands, and other basics.
But Yan Chuan?
From the start, he wanted to teach boxing, to teach eight thousand eight hundred soldiers to cultivate ’Xingyi Boxing’!
This was not just trying to become a big fatty in one gulp, but aiming for a one-step-to-heaven pace.
Ni Mengtong was not optimistic.
Wang Zhengyi was not optimistic.
No one was optimistic.
Only the disciples responsible for truly teaching Xingyi Boxing within the Hundred Flower Palace, only Luo Yi and others patrolling and supervising high levels, only they knew—
"Even though it’s only been a few days, these people have made significant progress. Nearly ten percent of the soldiers have mastered the ’Basic Stance’ in the ’Three Body Formation.’"
Luo Yi reported, smiling broadly.
Ten percent seems not much.
But scaled to a base of eight thousand eight hundred, it was eight to nine hundred people.
These people mastering the ’Basic Stance’ of ’Three Body Formation’ could barely be counted as having entered ’Xingyi Boxing,’ with consistent perseverance, sooner or later, more or less, they would have some ’Xingyi Boxing’ attainment.
Luo Yi, as the master of ’Xingyi Sect’ among the Five Gates and Five Pavilions of the Hundred Flower Palace, was naturally delighted to see the explosive growth of Xingyi Boxing disciples.
"You all!"
"Won’t listen to advice!"
Seeing Yan Chuan, Luo Yi, and others optimistic, Ni Mengtong shook her head, no longer advised, she handed a stack of papers to Yan Chuan, "This is the training plan I developed for the eight divisions of new recruits, already shortened as much as possible according to your requirements, but even at the shortest, three months! Minimum three months!"
Yan Chuan took it, casually flipped through.
Hmm.
Very professional.
He wasn’t in a rush to look, turning to smile at Wang Zhengyi: "We surely invited the right high figure in General Ni."
Wang Zhengyi responded courteously: "General Ni, once noble enough to be a governor of a province, now condescends to take on the role of Great General in Tan Valley Royal City, is a great blessing for all of Tan Valley Royal City."
The two raised Ni Mengtong high.
They were indeed delighted with Ni Mengtong’s arrival.
Tan Valley Royal City, in ruins, everything in disarray, waiting to be revitalized.
With Yan Chuan at the head, alongside Wang Zhengyi, Chen Ze, Wang Ge, Fu Yunzhan, and later Situ Fei and other military leaders, Heavenly Prides, all were postnatal, limit-breaking level experts, with Chen Ze even a firsthand Grandmaster.
But these people—
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