Pirate's opening to capture the fluttering fruit

Chapter 37 Memories of the Past ([-]) Practice
The next morning.

The sun was slowly rising, and when the light was dim, Old Hall directly opened the door and walked towards Ulysses' bed.

"Get up, Elvis, you won't forget what you said yesterday, right?!" Old Hall didn't give him any politeness, he directly lifted his quilt and woke him up loudly.

"Huh?! Does it need to be so early?!" Elvis woke up in his sleep, opened his hazy eyes, and said to the old man in front of him.

"That's right, since you've made such a bold statement, you should fulfill it. As a man, you won't want to give up so soon!" Old Hall said with a slight nod of his head.

"... I see, get up now!!" Hearing his words, Elvis didn't want to be underestimated, and immediately got up, followed by him after he washed outside and was dragged by him to do basic exercises before eating.

"If you don't have a strong body, you can't be qualified for the job of the old man's helper. You must meet the standards for these basic training items..." Afterwards, Old Hall directly took out a note from his arms and handed it to him, saying Confession: "This is your task today!!"

"What..." Elvis took a closer look, and all of the above were some basic exercises that he could do without any effort, such as running ten laps around the village, five hundred push-ups, and pull-ups Two hundred times and so on...

Although each of the items listed above seems very simple, it is very difficult to actually do it, and it is even possible that he cannot complete it all.

"Why are you still standing still?! Why don't you hurry up and do it, if you can't finish it by noon, then your breakfast will be gone..." Old Hall told him that even if he speeded up the time, he would not stop for a moment and try his best to do it If he is a beginner, he may not be able to complete it in two hours. If some necessary rest and adjustment time are added, for a beginner like him, he may not be able to complete it in three or four hours.

But now it's just dawn, it's about six o'clock, maybe it will be like what the old Hall said, and it may not be finished by noon.

"I know..." Thinking of this, Elvis did not hesitate, opened his legs, and began to run along the periphery of the village.

"Remember to breathe gently, take three steps and one breath..."

"Breathe in like I do..."

At the beginning, every time Elvis performed an exercise, Old Hall would follow him, instruct him, correct some wrong methods, and let him exercise on his own when he mastered the essentials.

Until the scorching sun was shining, and it was nearly ten o’clock, Elvis finally finished all the projects, grabbed the meat buns that had been cooled on the table, and swallowed them. During his rest time, let him go out and "walk" ten laps along the village, and start the next step after eating.

"In addition to having a strong body, Blacksmith also needs to have a strong arm and enough physical strength to support him to complete the daily journey of Blacksmith. The practice you did in the morning is to give your body and physical strength. Now it's time to come. Arm strength is exercised, these are the auxiliary tools you will use next!!"

After the explanation, the old Hall took Elvis to the open space where a pile of training equipment was piled up not far from the house, pointed to them and explained one by one:
"This is what you will use for the next month. A thirty-pound iron rod can be waved [-] times in the air at this time every day. It can be done!!"

Old Hall said as if nothing happened, handed him an iron rod weighing more than 30 kilograms, explained the method, completely ignored Elvis whose face was about to collapse, and walked in front of the second piece of equipment.

"This is what you'll use for the second month, double the weight...

And that, third month, double again

the fourth month of...

fifth month of...

The sixth month..." Every time Old Hall introduced one, Elvis's face loosened a bit, and he wailed in his heart, and when Old Hall finished the introduction, he was asked to start training directly.

By the time Elvis had swung his club [-] times, his arms were as numb and uncontrollable as yesterday, but at this moment, Old Hall mysteriously led him into a small, dark room , brought it to a wooden basin filled with a dark and unknown liquid, and asked him to reach in.

"Put your hand in, it will be very useful to you..." Old Hall didn't explain what it was, and let Elvis put his hand in.

"This..." Elvis thought for a while, thinking that the other party didn't need to plot against him at all, so he believed his words and reached in.

wow...

"Well!!"

As soon as he was soaked in water, Elvis felt a numbness in his arm like a mosquito bite, followed by an indescribable pain, which made him almost want to move away from the basin and stretch it out. At this moment, Old Hall stopped him with a sound.

"If you don't want your arms to get better, just stretch them out... I can't guarantee that your hands will be the same as before..."

"..." Hearing Old Hall's words, Elvis had no choice but to hold back, and continued to soak his hands in the black viscous liquid.

After an hour, when he felt god-level numbness and the pain in his hands gradually disappeared, Old Hall let him stretch out his hands.

"Okay, let's stick it out..."

wow...

Hearing his reminder, Elvis stretched out his hand from the basin, only to see that the black liquid drained away, and the redness and swelling on his arm had long since disappeared, returning to his original fair complexion.

"Well, let's go over to have dinner with the old man, we will proceed to the next item after eating..."

Old Hall nodded in satisfaction, and led Elvis out, preparing to have lunch. After the two finished eating, Old Hall kindly asked him to go on a ten-round "walk" to digest food, and then took him Come to the blacksmith workshop.

"Today's task is to temper twenty knives. If you don't finish it, you can do it all night..." Old Hall handed over the hammer and explained.

"..." Although it was very tiring, Elvis didn't complain, nor did he regret it at all, he took the hammer and began to strike.

The sound of ping-pong iron strikes rang from evening to midnight.

The day passed like this.

The next day was the same as yesterday. I didn't stop until my hands and body were numb, and my senses were numb.

third day. . .

fourth day. . .

In this way, day after day, month after month, Elvis almost spent most of his time practicing.

Half a year passed in a blink of an eye. On this day, the first stage of the process was over, and Old Hall began to assess his progress at this stage. In addition to completing the exercise indicators within the time limit, there is also his half-year sun and moon, which are inseparable from sword casting. Associated blacksmithing quests.

……

"..." Elvis completed all the indicators during the assessment period. He was not as tired as a dog at the beginning, lying on the ground panting. At this time, he was only breathing a little shortly. A small layer of sweat broke out.

After doing all this, his complexion didn't change at all, and his eyes were still firmly fixed on Old Hall, listening to his next assessment.

"Well, it's not bad, it's not too bad, you have perfectly completed the various test contents that the old man gave you, this old man's evaluation of you is excellent, but you have to be more serious about the next one, Elvis! !" Elvis easily completed the first test he gave him, and felt that the training for the past six months was not in vain. Old Hall was very satisfied and couldn't help but praise him.

But then he straightened his face immediately and spoke seriously to him.

"Don't worry, I will definitely complete the test you gave me..." Elvis felt full of confidence in this regard, and his previous excellence had greatly increased his confidence. What made things difficult.

(End of this chapter)