Chapter 38: Three Months of Military Training

  The second day, I woke up early, feeling refreshed and invigorated. One night of practice was more effective than sleep, although my energy hadn't increased, but I felt that my control over the internal energy had improved, just lacking insight to break through.

  The movements were gentle, and after washing up, I saw that my roommates had not woken up yet. I quietly went out, preparing to go to the top of the mountain to absorb the purple light, then practice a few sets of kung fu warm-ups that I remembered; finally, run along the ring mountain road for a while, and every time my brother would catch up from behind, and we would move forward together. This was the compulsory course for every morning afterwards, except when the weather was bad.

  Finished morning exercise, returned to the dormitory, a body of sweat had almost dried up, sticky, went to the public bath to take a shower. When I came back, roommates started getting out of bed and moving around.

  "Brother Ming, why did you get up so early in the morning?" Li Guikan asked with a curious face. Others were busy with their own things, and some who had finished washing up looked at me and spoke.

  I smiled and said: "Hehe, morning exercise."

  "Came back and took a bath, then prepared breakfast."

  "Let's go together, I'm ready too." Yan Jun said in response.

  "Wait a moment, I'll be right back!" Li Guizhang hastily said, and before I could respond, he had already rushed out.

  They used to live in school and almost always had meals together with their roommates, so they looked at Yan Jun and said: "Just as I thought, let's wait for them."

  But saw someone still sleeping on the bed, heard that it was time for breakfast, and only then opened his sleepy eyes, raised his head and said:

  "It's still so early, why don't you sleep a bit more before going?" Then he buried his head and was about to continue sleeping.

  "It's time to get up, it's already 8 o'clock, and we still have a meeting at 9."

  Yan Jun said it was time.

  Liu Jinsong jumped up and got dressed while shouting: "What? It's already 8 o'clock, why didn't you say so earlier!"

  Dressed in a whirlwind and ran out, leaving a sentence: "Wait for me to eat together!"

  I and Yan Jun face each other in perfect harmony, what kind of person is this!

  ……

  Eight people walked into the cafeteria, occupying a table, and then each bought their own favorite breakfast. Soon everyone had bought their own breakfast, with Liu Jinsong and Zhang Hengwei eating rice noodles, Dai Hong and Dai Pu brothers eating steamed buns and soy milk, and the rest all eating fried dough sticks and soy milk. Of course, except for me, they were all big eaters. This again made them curious, and I was evasive.

  The bowls here are the largest size in the world, and the buns and steamed buns are all one size larger. The price is fair, and the taste is delicious. Maybe it's because it's at school, the folk customs are simple and honest, and there's no cheating of old and young.

  After breakfast, Tian Jiao gathered at the martial arts arena. Actually, today is the first day of school in the true sense, probably for military training.

  As expected, at 9:00 sharp, Tianba stood on the central stage to announce the upcoming military training; followed by Zhang Anbang announcing the rules and related matters of the military training, then Vice President Long Hongneng made a mobilization speech for the military training, with high morale, witty words and extremely provocative tone.

  Ladies and gentlemen, teachers, classmates, good morning!

  The military training for students in grades 1-3 is a collective decision made by the school leadership and has received attention and support from the leaders of the Youth Training Brigade. Here, I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to the leaders of the Youth Training Brigade for their care and support, welcome and high respect to all instructors, and send my best wishes to students who are about to participate in this activity.

  Tianjiao Academy is one of the top academies on the mainland, known for its excellent academic environment, strong faculty, and advanced teaching philosophy that emphasizes both literary and martial arts. Its various martial skills and divine weapons have earned it a high reputation and social influence. Today, it once again opens its warm arms to welcome new students from all over the continent who have passed the test.

  It is undeniable that due to the fact that schoolmates come from different families, empires and continents, they have different living habits, study habits and behavioral habits. They feel both curious and unfamiliar with everything in front of them; their emotions are both excited and inevitably anxious. How to eliminate nostalgia, adapt to the new environment as soon as possible, get familiar with new classmates, and wholeheartedly devote themselves to the tense and colorful learning life is a problem facing every student, and it is also a concern for school leaders.

  Military training has become the preferred medium and approach. From strengthening collective life exercises, from enhancing contact and communication, cultivating collective consciousness, casting team spirit, deepening understanding and friendship among classmates is our pursuit. Classmates will be under the leadership of instructors and assistants, living together, eating together, training together, and will also deepen their understanding, cultivate emotions, expand common understanding, and enhance friendship in activities.

  Through military training, we hope to achieve the following goals:

  I. Cultivate students' affection for their classmates, respect for their teachers, and love for their school.

  Thank fate for bringing you together, meeting in a school, a class, a dormitory, and a military training squad. Experience and enjoy the intimate relationship that is not like siblings but better than siblings. What reason do you have to not care about each other and cherish each other?

  Today's instructors and assistant instructors are the first batch of teachers you met when you started your school life at Tianjiao Academy. I hope you will receive, experience, and appreciate their broad-minded love and hardworking guidance, including their kind criticisms.

  Loving the school is a student's duty, and as students of Tianjiao Academy, you should take pride in the academy's honor.

  Two, cultivate a collective sense of belonging and team spirit. On the path to growth, there is no solitary success. Everyone cannot do without the help of others. Look far ahead, broaden your horizons. Your enthusiastic assistance will bring comfort and warmth to your classmates, bring confidence and progress, making your growth more powerful, valuable and meaningful. This world is so vast, please put down your selfish constraints, get rid of the "arrogant" and "proud" attitude, integrate into the collective embrace formed by others, you will gain more.

  Three, cultivate the spirit of hard work and perseverance. The term "hard work and perseverance" is closest to our lives, although it's old-fashioned and no longer fashionable, but it's still a rare metal in life. Refining steel without adding rare metals won't produce special steel. Similarly, life without the basic element of hard work and perseverance can't create something brilliant.

  Finally, and most importantly, cultivate a deep affection for the human homeland. The vast continent where humans live, has been invaded by evil spirits for years, the situation on the continent is not optimistic, humans are facing great threats at all times, and their territory is shrinking day by day. How can the evil spirits be eliminated? How can the continent be peaceful? How can we live a stable and happy life? Struggle on, young man!!!

  Through military training, we hope that our new classmates can gain a new life experience: broadening their horizons, expanding their vision, tempering their will, purifying their souls, enriching their thoughts, cultivating their emotions, elevating their realm, shaping their character; being filial to parents, loving their families, cherishing their school, respecting their teachers, caring for their classmates, striving together, not fearing difficulties, treasuring every inch of land, making a vow to succeed, eliminating evil spirits to protect humanity, and walking into student life with vigorous energy and healthy psychology!

  Wish you a successful military training!

  As soon as the words fell, the audience erupted into applause, wave after wave of clapping.

  "Quiet down, classmates! Why don't I get such enthusiastic applause when I speak?" The audience remembered the sparse applause and Tian Zhenrong continued with a big smile: "Thank you, classmates, for your sparse applause. Now let's begin assigning instructors. These instructors are all graduates of our college, veterans who have participated in the defense of the homeland, some of whom are now even high-ranking generals! They are the pride of our college and we should take them as role models, or even surpass them!"

  He paused for a moment, and the audience erupted in thunderous applause, it was unclear whether it was because he spoke well or to applaud the instructor's achievement. He continued to speak with passion and eloquence:

  "This round of applause is so enthusiastic, are you very excited! The great general Huang Yaowen who came back this time will be the team leader of all instructors. Under the team leader, there are three team captains, respectively, one to three years of team captains, all with the rank of lieutenant general; Each team captain has six group leaders under him, each group leader is in charge of ten instructors, and one instructor is in charge of 100 students, which is roughly equivalent to three classes. Next, each class will stand in their designated position, your instructor will come to find you, applause welcome!"

  Another round of thunderous applause, and then each stood in line according to the instructions. Coincidentally, the three classes of 01 from the three grades were all assigned together. That is, the Wenban 01 class, Wuban 01 class, and Wenwu 01 class of the first grade stood together, as did those of the second and third grades.