The Legend of the Sacred Sword Cultivator
Ch 3: Exercise I

The next morning they were already at the edge of the Hell Valley hill, right next to the waterfall where Xiao Ming was meditating, right, since this location was dense with pure qi and also the demons here were still a hundred years old so it was not too dangerous for Yang Jian.

Before starting the practice Yang Jian was told more fully about the cultivator to add his insight. Xiao Ming began to explain again about the understanding of cultivators, cultivators are humans who train their dantian to absorb qi to strengthen their bodies and make humans have long life.

The dantian was a place to gather qi, his usual being in the navel of a human. While qi is natural energy that is absorbed by cultivators to improve their practice. Qi for each cultivator is also different in strength depending on the training that is on the run.

Xiao Ming began to explain the level of practice for a cultivator i.e., cultivator warrior, cultivator warrior star, cultivator master, cultivator grandmaster and cultivator legend. For each level there are three stages, namely, the initial stage, the intermediate stage and the final stage.

"Then the father's level of practice would have already been at the legend cultivator right? Dad's great." Praise Yang Jian while raising his two thumbs.

Xiao Ming chuckled softly "If according to Yang Jian like that then think so."

"Alright let's start the rehearsal."

Xiao Ming planned to forge Yang Jian's physical strength first before teaching him how to absorb his qi and other techniques. This is often missed by cultivators, they are often more focused on improving their practice by absorbing excessive qi and helping resources without being based on physical strength. As a result, the physical cultivator is not as strong as the cultivator who has a strong physique despite having the same level of practice even above him because of his weak foundation.

First of all, Yang Jian had to climb the hill to the end of the waterfall, the height of the hill was about 500 meters but not too steep. Yang Jian had to do his thing until sunset.although Yang Jian had physical strength above children his age, Xiao Ming still forged Yang Jian's physique to the extent that it was beyond his limits. It also served to know the limits of Yang Jian's abilities, without further ado Yang Jian obeyed the father's orders without asking.

As the sun was already overhead, Yang Jian carried a bottle of water on his waist as his training stock. He began to climb the hill without using footwear and headgear. At first Yang Jian seemed to have no trouble, but in the middle of the hill Yang Jian began to run out of steam, the scorching sun made his sweat pour out profusely. The clothes that Yang Jian was wearing were also partially wet.

But Yang Jian did not give up, he continued to step on his feet even though his breathing had been interrupted. He holds the roots of the tree as his tool so that he can stand stably.

Having no energy, Yang Jian finally decided to sit under a shady tree, drinking a little water to quench his thirst. After resting for fifteen minutes, he then continued his practice.

The atmosphere in the valley hill is very comfortable because it is full of pure natural energy, there are no animals or demons there even though when he first entered the valley he had met a cat demon. Yang Jian knew that there was interference from the father to smooth his practice.

With the determination not to disappoint the father, Yang Jian climbed the hill with all his might, his legs started to blister and spit out fresh blood. Finally, by late afternoon, he had just reached the top of the hill, sweat soaking his clothes. Her legs felt numb and her knees were shaking.

At night, Yang Jian had just arrived at the edge of the hill, and Xiao Ming was already waiting for him near the river while burning two large fish.

"Come Jian'er, you eat first to restore your strength." Xiao Ming handed over a large fish that had already been cooked.

"Thank you dad"

Yang Jian ate the fish like a fidelity because he was starving because of depleted stamina. Xiao Ming only shook his head at the behavior of his son.

" Slowly Jian'er no one will snatch it from you." Yang Jian smiled awkwardly and continued his meal, yet this time he ate politely.

After eating and at the taste of enough rest, Yang Jian continued the second exercise. Yang Jian was told to soak under the waterfall for two hours, this exercise served to forge Yang Jian's skin and bones to make them harder because the water was not just any water but water containing pure qi.

Upon entering the water Yang Jian felt a piercing coldness in the soles of his feet but he still stepped on his feet and sat cross-legged on the stone in water until the water covered his body and left Yang's head Jian to breathe.

Yang Jian's faint body let out a light to the emasan but because Yang Jian's eyes were closed he was not aware of it, only Xiao Ming saw him he smiled meaningfully staring at Yang Jian.

Thirty minutes passed, Yang Jian found it difficult to withstand the pain in his body due to the cold of the waterfall and also the water had a coldness that was able to stab to the bone. Yang Jian's entire face was soaked in cold sweat from enduring the excruciating pain.

Finally Xiao Ming finished Yang Jian's training session, he did not want to force Yang Jian too much because after all Yang Jian was still a seven-year-old child.

Xiao Ming stuck his hand on Yang Jian's shoulder and channeled his qi to alleviate the pain and coldness on Yang Jian's body. Yang Jian's facial complexion brightened again and his body stopped trembling

They returned to the hut, after cleaning themselves and changing clothes Xiao Ming gave Yang Jian a potion that he concocted himself then told him to rest in order to be able to resume his training tomorrow.

Xiao Ming went to his personal library and picked out a suitable book to teach Yang Jian when his physique was already formed. He also prepared many herbal remedies and potions to support the development of Yang Jian's practice.