Chapter 69: Devil Training

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  Qin Wushuang led his subordinates with a strong hand, emphasizing both kindness and authority. Having only authority is like being a master who only knows how to scold and punish; it's impossible to make your subordinates follow you wholeheartedly if they're always afraid of being beaten or killed.

  The guards of Qin's village, why are they so devoted and loyal? It is all thanks to the kindness and virtue passed down by their father, Qin Lianshan.

  Qin Lianshan's kindness and Qin Lianchuan's strictness, combining the two, created this team of utmost loyalty.

  Now the foundation is already there, it depends on how Qin Wushuang will transform it.

  Basic training is very monotonous, just running laps and strength training.

  Running in circles, Donglin Town is backed by Mount Dacang, which can be said to have a unique geographical advantage. When Qin Wushuang returned from the Wu Tong Institute, he relied on Mount Dacang to train himself.

  Nowadays, training this batch of guards is naturally inseparable from Mount Taihang.

  Qin Wushuang's starting point is to establish an iron-blooded elite army. The iron army, not only has iron-like discipline, but also needs steel-like combat effectiveness.

  How does combat effectiveness come from - training!

  Fierce training!

  At the third watch, Qin Wushuang stood on the martial arts arena with a cold expression.

  The team is in formation, including Qin Lianchuang. As the captain of the guard, although his injuries are not healed, he insists on not being absent. He wants to set an example by himself.

  "Alright, ninety-nine people. I hope that after today's training is over, at tomorrow's cockcrow, there will still be ninety-nine people here. Our slogan is, not a single person can fall behind! Whoever falls behind, what will happen to them?"

  "You're a loser!"

  Neat howls, neat rhythms.

  "Alright, now, follow me and let's set off! The first project, climbing Mount Tai!"

  As soon as the words fell, Qin Wushuang gave an order and led the way himself, riding his horse at the forefront, heading in the direction of Mount Taihang.

  Training this batch of guards is vastly different from when they helped Hu Ziyin and Fang Xiaozhong.

  Give Hu Zhiyan and his team a training plan, just to let them cope with the Wu Tong test, while training this batch of guards is to train a batch of iron-blooded warriors. The starting point is different, and the content and intensity are also different from each other.

  The first item is climbing Mount Taihang. It's also 160 miles of mountainous terrain, and the time given to this batch of guards is only one-third of what Hu Ziyin and his team had.

  This requires them to keep running non-stop at all times, and if they slow down even slightly, they may exceed the time limit.

  Overtime means what? Means falling behind.

  What does falling behind mean?

  Good-for-nothing!

  These hot-blooded men can lose their heads and shed their blood. But this stinky hat of a coward, no one is willing to wear!

  Breathing is extremely urgent, chest tightness is as if carrying a heavy burden of thousands of pounds.

  Such high-intensity running is the most exhausting, and after running over a hundred miles of mountain trails, my chest feels even more suffocated, as if there's a knife constantly stabbing at my heart, it's an indescribable suffering.

  One hundred and twenty miles...

  Not only is the chest heavy, but both legs and waist are also as if filled with lead.

  But on their faces, there was no sign of retreat.

  Painful, twisted, struggling, but never giving up!

  Qin Wushuang ran while observing all of this.

  One hundred and sixty miles away, finally arrived. And almost just made it on time. In other words, the timing was just right, with no extra time to spare, but not late either.

  "Not bad, at least it's a good start!" Qin Wushuang gave appropriate encouragement. "But it's just not bad. Since it's the first day, I've given you a relatively relaxed time frame. Tomorrow, the time will be shortened by one-tenth. Do you have confidence?"

  "Yes!" The thunderous response.

  "Alright! Now, take a minute to relax your muscles, recover your energy and adjust your breathing. After one minute, let's head back!"

  Orders were given, and no one dared to question them. Everyone was racing against time, making the most of this rare break.

  The return journey was mostly downhill, relatively easier. However, the previous consumption was not something that could be fully replenished with just a moment's rest, so the return time was the same as before.

  ……

  Back to Qin's villa, had breakfast, made some adjustments, and then went on to strength training.

  Strength and endurance are the two basic indicators of physical training.

  Physical training includes endurance and effects on various aspects of tolerance limits.

  The connotation of strength training is even richer. Including arm strength, waist and abdomen strength, shoulder and back strength, leg strength and so on.

  Qin Wushuang's training method not only borrowed the training methods of the previous life's science, but also referred to the nutritional knowledge of the previous life in terms of diet, without missing a single detail.

  "Weightlifting, bench press, the training is not only for arm strength, but also for waist and abdominal strength. From a subtle perspective, it's also training for bones and muscle fibers. High-load weightlifting helps to thicken muscle fibers, increasing not only strength, but also endurance, speed and more. So, each of your sets of exercises is three-dimensional and multi-faceted."

  Qin Wushuang patiently instructed them, as for the muscle fibers, he didn't require these people to understand, just needed them to know that's all.

  "Multiple sets and high density are the fundamental principles of muscle training. Don't underestimate this monotonous repetitive training, it is precisely the most primitive way to enhance your physical strength."

  "Muscle contraction is controlled by the brain. Therefore, the most crucial thing is that during your muscle training process, you must maintain a high level of concentration. Combine your mental power with muscle movement. Achieve unity between strength and thought, and consistency between thought and action. Only in this way can you perfectly combine mental power with physical body, and your brain can command your body flawlessly. To put it bluntly, by doing so, you can react faster than the enemy on the battlefield, and as soon as a thought arises, your body will naturally obey commands. Sometimes, the difference between life and death lies in this split-second reaction!"

  The effect of the devil training was amazing, and after a week, the effect of immediate success appeared. Qin Wushuang let them go back to their original bows, and one by one they shouted: "Lighter, lighter."

  "It's really amazing. Just one week, and this bow has become useless?"

  "Yes, I used to think that being able to draw a bow of 120 jin was something impressive in Donglin Town, but now it seems like nothing at all."

  This group of hot-blooded men were overjoyed, their faces filled with excitement, as they discussed and debated among themselves, their eyes gazing at Qin Wushuang with even more reverence.

  "Gentlemen, this is just the beginning. If you're already feeling complacent now, then a week's worth of hard work will have been for nothing." Qin Wushuang poured cold water on them at the right moment.

  "Not satisfied, not satisfied." The guards all smiled and expressed their views one after another.

  At this moment, Qin Xiu was far away from the martial arts arena, beckoning to Qin Wushuang.

  "You continue to practice, and by noon, you must complete twelve sets of strength training."

  Qin Wushuang left the task and walked straight towards Qin Xiu. When he arrived in front of her, he asked in a low voice: "Sister, is there something?"

  Qin Xiao smiled brightly as she sized up Qin Wushuang, her expression full of ambiguity.

  "Sister, what's going on?" Qin Wushuang was somewhat bewildered, and then suddenly thought of something, "Could it be that there's another matchmaker or something coming to propose a marriage?"

  Back in Qinjiazhuang, the threshold of Qinjiazhuang was indeed almost trampled by matchmakers as Qian Bu predicted. Every day, there were at least three or four batches, and sometimes more than a dozen times.

  At first, Qin Lianshan was all smiles and welcoming, but in the end, even someone as well-bred as Qin Lianshan had been driven to distraction by the matchmakers, so he let Qin Xiu take over hosting duties.

  Qin Xiu dealt with the matchmaker, and naturally had her own set of methods. One by one, she used various means to get rid of them.

  "Peerless, today's visitor isn't a matchmaker, but the girl's family themselves came to our doorstep. They specifically asked for you by name."

  No wonder Qin Xiu's expression was so ambiguous.

  "Miss, who?"

  "That girl we've met before, but she's not from Lujiang County. She said she was from Akagi Bujin."

  Qin Wushuang suddenly thought of someone and nodded: "Alright, I'll go see her."

  Qin Yu listened and smiled even more. She thought to herself, this girl is indeed not simple, Wu Shuang has always ignored those matchmakers and doesn't seem interested in any family's daughter. Does this girl have something special about her?

  "Sister, don't get any wrong ideas. Are you talking about that girl who was with the Yun sisters at the entrance of Yongsheng Jewelry Store?"

  "How did you know?"

  "This girl is not simple." Qin Wushuang left a sentence, quickened his pace and walked towards the living room.