Nascent Soul Rebirth: Starting as a Wizard

The young men who had placed bets exchanged bewildered glances. The freckled youth's face paled. "Three laps... running three laps with the stone weight on my back..."

"My hundredth barbell..." another young man murmured.

The ladies were in an uproar:

"Did you see that?! That movement! Such a big person, and he just moved so lightly..."

"The instructor is amazing! He just flicked it with his toe..."

Instructor Patton first glanced at Nelter, whose face was flushed red with shame and fear, frowned, and then gave a low reprimand:

"You have plenty of strength, but no strategy whatsoever! If you can't control your power, you're just a raging bull! Go away and sober up!"

Then he turned his head, his hawk-like eyes fixed on Solo, who was slightly out of breath and had regained his calm standing posture.

His gaze held undisguised scrutiny, surprise, and a hint of indescribable admiration.

He walked up to Solo, patted him on the shoulder, and spoke in a loud voice that could be heard by everyone:

"Good lad! Beautiful technique! Using the opponent's force against them, disrupting their center of gravity, controlling the ground, and finishing with a clean and decisive blow!"

This isn't the wrestling we teach, but... it's a smarter, more suitable way of fighting for you!

His praise stunned many people.

But then, Patton's tone shifted, becoming serious:

"However, Solo, listen carefully, this kind of full-force throw technique is too dangerous in sparring, especially on hard sand like this!"

Although Ned deserves a lesson, if you had really thrown him like that, breaking a few bones would have been the least of his worries!

In future sparring sessions, you are prohibited from using throwing techniques that could cause serious injury, understand?

What we need is training, not a duel!

Solo bowed slightly, his attitude respectful, yet his tone clear and steady:

"Yes, instructor, I understand. It's precisely because this is sandy ground that it provides a good buffer."

I judged that the risks were manageable, but since Brother Nielt was physically strong, I attempted the final blow.

In hard terrain or formal combat, I would choose a more conservative control method to end the fight.

His words explained the reason, demonstrated his sense of proportion, and implied that Nielt's physical condition was sufficient to withstand the strain.

This only made Nielt, who had just been thrown, look even uglier, but he couldn't refute it.

Patton stared at him for two seconds, then suddenly grinned, revealing a scarred, almost ferocious, yet satisfied smile:

"Good judgment! A clear head is much better than just brute force! Keep training!"

This incident has now come to an end.

But the name Solo, and his extraordinary, "skillful" fighting style, left a deep impression on many people present.

With his companions helping him up, Nelter slunk away, his back to Solo filled with resentment and a hint of fear.

The ladies who were watching looked at Solo with more curiosity and inquiry.

Instructor Patton stroked his chin, watching Solo's retreating figure, a thoughtful glint in his eyes.

This unassuming illegitimate child seemed far more interesting than he had imagined.

For Solo, the seven-day training was not just about adapting to the knight training system of this world.

It is also a process of carefully "grafting" and "verifying" the martial arts experience and concepts from the previous life under the rules and physical limitations of this world.

He was like a sponge that absorbed everything silently, outwardly following every harsh instruction from the drill instructor, but inwardly embodying the spirit of the Xuanhuang Martial Arts World.

Examine, adjust, and attempt to optimize how this body uses its power.

In Solo's eyes, this entire training system was so primitive that it was almost stupid, and even had a self-destructive obsession.

Running with added weight only involves increasing the weight and distance.

It completely disregards the deep coordination and optimization of breathing rhythm, stride frequency, center of gravity shift, and endurance distribution.

The methods used to improve cardiopulmonary function and exercise efficiency are extremely crude, which can easily lead to the accumulation of hidden injuries in joints such as the knees and ankles.

Sword slashing is merely a pursuit of instantaneous, isolated bursts of power, completely lacking understanding of how to coordinate waist and stance, generate power from the ground, and achieve a continuous flow of energy.

The exquisite transmission of the body's strength into a single rope requires no tactical consideration of technique connections, feints, or offensive/defensive transitions.

The shield block simplifies "defense" to an extreme, monotonous philosophy of head-on collisions.

It seems to assume that the enemy's attack will never be stronger than the limits that a body trained in this way can withstand.

Or they believe that "immovable as a mountain" is the highest level of defense.

This training philosophy was viewed by Solo, who came from the Xuanhuang martial arts world and had witnessed a true martial arts system.

Not only is it absurd and inefficient, but it even goes against the basic logic of human force exertion and the cruel nature of actual combat.

In his previous life, any beginner who aspired to martial arts, even if it was just for physical fitness or self-defense, was a potential martial artist.

From the very beginning, the primary principle instilled in us is "preserve yourself in order to defeat the enemy."

If you can save one unit of effort, you should never use two.

Avoid attacks whenever possible, never take them head-on; deflect force, use the opponent's force against them, break through their strength with skill, and use minimal force to overcome great force...

These concepts are deeply ingrained in the very essence of martial arts and are an important component of its techniques.

The martial arts of Xuanhuang Wulin naturally place great emphasis on strengthening muscles and bones and forging willpower, and there is even a saying that "before learning to fight, learn to take a beating."

However, the kind of "beating" usually involves using tools such as bamboo sticks and wooden canes to rhythmically and restrainedly strike non-fatal parts of the body and specific meridian points.

The main purpose is to improve pain tolerance, increase muscle and bone density, and assist in the circulation of internal energy.

Its core still revolves around techniques, the circulation of internal energy, and the subtle control of the body in cultivation.

However, the training of knights in reserve here seems to be doing the opposite.

Its ultimate goal does not seem to be to cultivate highly skilled warriors who know how to use strength and technique.

Instead, we must use the most basic and simple methods to bring living, sentient beings to life.

Repeatedly hammered and forged into an "anvil" or "reef" that knows no retreat, no dodging, and only knows how to withstand to the end.

"Compared to the systematic and introspective martial arts system of the Xuanhuang Martial World, the training methods here are more like those of an impatient blacksmith's apprentice."

Blindly, repeatedly, and with brute force, hammering a piece of iron that has not yet found a suitable shape.

Solo once secretly remarked that he possessed the insight of a martial arts master from a previous life.

To be fair, these young reservists have undergone a period of rigorous training.

Their bodies are indeed much stronger than those of ordinary farmers and woodcutters. Their muscles and bones become thicker and stronger under the daily brutal external force, and their ability to withstand blows is significantly improved.

However, by the standards of the Xuanhuang Martial World, they probably wouldn't even qualify as the lowest-ranking third-rate martial artists.

He possessed strength that was strained and uncoordinated due to overwork, but his combat skills were utterly clumsy.

The way of exerting force is crude and wasteful, with no technique or method to speak of.

More importantly, they have absolutely no concept of "internal energy" within them.

There is no method to nourish the meridians, accumulate internal energy, generate true qi, and ultimately strengthen oneself from the inside out.

This fundamentally severs them from the true "martial arts" of the Xuanhuang martial arts world.