Above The Sky (Yin Tianshen Yin) Chapter 98: Seaside training

Terra calendar 767, January 28th.

Storm day.

The clouds are like a churning black sea, converging above the coast of Nanling, and the icy sea breeze brings heavy rain quickly. shape.

The rain washed the coast.

Because of the terrain, the rainwater in the forests along the coast converges into temporary streams and trickles, which merge into the sandy beach. The temperature of rainy days fluctuating around zero degrees makes the most industrious Terran people prefer to stay At home, staring at the brazier in a daze.

But there are two figures training on the deserted beach.

"You can only hit five out of ten times, and you are still one time away from passing, come again!"

In the rain, Hilliard's taupe eyes stared at the blindfolded child in front of him. The white-haired boy had a serious expression, his eyes were covered by a black cloth, and there were many marks of sand impact on his body.

"Let's start, teacher." Ian, who is blind, faced Hilliard head-on, holding a wooden stick in his hand, and said calmly, "I feel like I have mastered the trick."

Holding tightly a lump of sand in his hand, the old knight said nothing, then suddenly raised his hand and threw it out.

The sand cluster was supposed to disperse halfway, but a force made it condense, allowing it to rotate in a non-linear direction and fly towards Ian with a spiral trajectory!

Crack!

But Ian seemed to sense something. He waved the wooden stick in his hand, hit the sand ball, and smashed it into pieces.

Hilliard did not stop, he threw sand **** one after another, sometimes fast, sometimes slow, sometimes the sand **** would strike from behind in an arc, and sometimes the sand **** would continue to rotate at a spiral angle just like before .

And every sand mass is silent, without any warning, and the noisy waves brought by the downpour of rain hitting the reef and the sea surface even more so that all sounds are blocked.

But Ian kept swinging his stick one after another.

He can't see or hear, but he can really sense every throw of Hilliard and respond accordingly.

Although because of the old knight's tricky throwing technique, he couldn't block it every time with a wooden stick, but even if he missed it, it was only because the angle was slightly wrong, and it was not unnoticed.

"Good!"

After the throwing was over, Hilliard looked refreshed, and he praised: "Seven out of ten hits, your talent for source quality sensing is indeed quite sharp, keep it up!"

"Yeah."

Ian also breathed a sigh of relief.

In the past month, he has gradually reached the point where he can catch most of the time from being unable to catch it once at the beginning.

The sand-throwing training is at the seaside on a rainy day, when the world only has both water and soil. Hilliard throws sand balls, and then Ian, who covers his eyes and is affected by the sound of the rain, uses a method that only senses the existence of sand and sand. Under the circumstances, the training of intercepting the sand cluster thrown at oneself.

Through this training, you can exercise Ian's sense of the earth and his ability to control his body. If this training is successful, then even if Ian loses his vision and hearing, he can rely on simple 'source quality induction' fighting.

Of course, Ian can't use psychic power - it's too shameful to use psychic power, and it has no training effect on himself, not to mention that as long as this kind of sensory ability is trained, it will also be useful for Ian to control his own psychic sense in the future good.

It sounds difficult.

But in fact, this is just one of the simpler trainings that Ian has done in the past month or so.

"Take a three-minute break, and then we'll start the next workout!"

Hilliard looked up at the rain clouds and was sure that the rain would last for a long time, so he nodded with satisfaction: "Control the mud and sand to cover the body and not be washed away by the rain-five minutes is the passing line !”

"Yes!"

Responding forcefully, after a short rest, Ian began to manipulate the gravel in the surrounding beaches, or in other words, manipulate the 'silicon dioxide' to cover himself.

Sand armor apprentices' response to soil and gravel is essentially their response to silicon dioxide, or in other words, the 'silicon element'.

The silica content in the soil is about 60%, and other alumina, calcium oxide, iron oxide are also important components, plus water, microorganisms and various organic components, in general, it is easy to control Not nearly as easy as the more pure beach gravel.

But even so, it is difficult to control the grit clinging to the body without being washed away by the rain. This tests Ian's source quality control, endurance and mental concentration.

It should be noted that even the mud shield of the swamp crocodile can't stop the rain, and it will be taken away.

It's just that the amount it controls is too large, the mud is continuously replenished and repaired, and it's okay to be impacted for a day, so it seems to have no effect.

But coincidentally, these are Ian's strong points.

It is obviously more difficult than the previous training to hit the sand group blindfolded, but Ian can easily control the gravel from being washed away by the rain, and it is more than enough to pass in five minutes.

After Hilliard's test, Ian's extreme concentration time exceeded half an hour, which is beyond the reach of many adult sublimators.

After all, to change the concept, if Ian has enough source quality and a strong body, he can fight in full strength for more than half an hour without any rest or respite.

In addition, there is swimming.

Sounds simple - isn't swimming easy? As long as it is not difficult to master the skills, how can it be regarded as the training of sublimators?

But not to mention that the place where Hilliard took Ian to train was on the coast of Harrison Port, where the storms were frequent and the waves were rough.

If you don't use source quality, the fate of most sublimators falling into the water will not be much better than that of stones, at most there will be more bubbles.

As a sublimator majoring in earth, Ian's bone density increased greatly after he advanced to the sand armor apprentice, and his spine gradually began to convert into 'crystal bone'-how much did this increase in terms of swimming and floating The difficulty is self-evident.

It would be better to say that Ian can actually float in the water without sinking because of his extremely superb balance of origin quality.

After floating in the water for more than an hour, Ian felt that he was indeed completely exhausted. After drinking enough sea water and no more strength in his body, Hilliard would pick him up.

The master and apprentice went to a small camp in the woods to eat some grilled fish and drink some fruit milk.

The fruit pulp is naturally several kinds of sweet and sour berries that are common in Nanling. They are red, yellow, blue, green, sweet, astringent, sour, and bitter. For sublimators, it is equivalent to adding food, and poison is also a substance, which can be digested as well.

In particular, all the source matter organs in Ian's body have the ability to resist, absorb, and ignore toxins to a certain extent.

As for the milk, I have to thank the Empire for its aid. Eight of the twelve Bison giant cattle they sent were females, and three of them were pregnant. Firm without any moisture.

If it hadn't been for Feiyan to open up the mountain road and confront the western part of the empire, which would shift the strategic focus of the empire, Harrison Port would have continued to receive assistance at this level, and I am afraid it would have become a large seaport city in seven or eight years.

Of course, on paper there are thirty-five giant oxen in the aid caravan, but in reality there are twelve. Everyone knows it.

After all, with such a long distance from the imperial capital to Harrison Port, there are still twelve left, which is considered very clean.

There is no need to talk about the nutritional value of giant cow milk. It can supplement a lot of protein and vitamins and restore physical strength when paired with fruit pulp. It was Elder Pude who got it for Ian through his own relationship, and Ian shared a part of it with him. Elan, the others are used as nutritional supplements to assist exercise.

"For more than a month, the exercise has been quite effective."

In front of the fire in the camp, Hilliard slowly added firewood, and sparks flew around the campfire.

The old knight looked sideways at Ian who was silently eating fish, and seriously commented: "But don't be complacent, training is different from actual combat, not to mention your training is not perfect-even if I can't accompany you in the future You, keep exercising every day, and make sure you don't fall behind."

——This sentence is false.

In fact, Hilliard was secretly shocked by the progress of Ian's training, and even felt, 'This is actually eight years old? ! ’ It’s unbelievable—but it’s true. The old knight was also surprised, but he could only accept it.

"Well, I will."

Swallowing the food in his mouth, Ian also answered seriously: "But teacher, didn't you say that the next time 'mutation' and 'big storm' appear, it will take at least five or six years, and normally it will take seven or eight years. Years later?"

"The big storm is just the result. The real cause of the change is actually the ruins of the pre-epoch deep in the bottom of the sea. I have been looking for a way to enter it recently, but I have no way."

Raising his head, Hilliard stared at the distant sea. After Ian became a sublimator, he no longer concealed some news from Ian.

Looking at the depths of the distant blue sea, the old knight sighed: "Don't talk about this, Ian, Elder Pude called you over some time ago, in addition to teaching you some knowledge about sublimators and psychics, he also said What?"

Based on Ian's current knowledge, the knowledge taught by Elder Purdue is naturally somewhat backward and one-sided.

But for Ian, this is also a process of repeated review, not to mention that Elder Pude is proficient in inscriptions and is also very competent as a teacher.

In recent days, in order to let Ian learn about ether armament, he equipped Ian with a small carving tool kit, which is quite expensive.

In Ian's mind, the elder is also a very good teacher.

"Teaching normally, but Elder Purdue took me to the Elder Hall to meet some elders."

Drinking the fruit pulp and milk in one gulp, Ian stared at the bonfire and said calmly: "Red, the vice-captain of the guard, Mining, the alchemist of the Viscount's mansion, and Badanli, the captain of the white room fleet—Pud The elder introduced me to these senior Bai Zhimin and announced that I was his formally accepted apprentice."

Obviously, these are the important leaders of the Bai Zhimin in Port Harrison. They are involved in military and business technology, and they are very smart and no one will become an official.

Different from other parts of the empire, on the frontier of the empire, when Viscount Grant's cronies alone control the military, political and financial power of Port Harrison, it doesn't matter whether someone is an official, as long as he sticks to the interests of the imperial nobleman .

"Oh?"

Hilliard didn't care how many teachers Ian had. He wished Ian could learn as much as possible, and the deeper his network, the better.

The old knight is mainly interested in interpersonal relationships: "These older white people, won't they be dissatisfied when they see you, an 'official disciple' who suddenly stepped in?"