“If we had come earlier, we could have watched the sunrise from here. The sun rises from that direction, it’s quite beautiful,” Li Xue’e said, sitting down next to Yuan Mengge and pointing in the direction of the sun.

Yuan Mengge nodded: "Yes. I guessed it."

Li Xue'e said, "But if you want to see the sunrise, you have to get up at five o'clock to get here before sunrise. Next time you come, we can come earlier."

Yuan Mengge replied, "Okay, let's come earlier next time."

She then searched for stones all over the mountains.

Seeing that she had started looking for stones, Li Xue'e was no longer surprised: "Are you going to find stones to lift weights again?"

Yuan Mengge nodded: "Mm."

Li Xue'e: "I'll help you find one. How big do you want?"

Yuan Mengge: "It has to weigh fifty pounds."

Li Xue'e asked, somewhat confused, "Fifty catties... How can we know if it's fifty catties without a scale?"

Yuan Mengge said, "I know. Just find one that's about this size, and I'll know once I hug it."

Hearing this, Li Xue'e nodded: "Oh, I understand."

So the two of them walked back while looking for stones everywhere.

Is this enough?

"not enough."

What about this one?

"Hmm... that's not enough either."

"This...this..."

"This is too heavy..."

I searched for many options before finally finding a suitable one.

Then she carried the stone on her head and walked while holding it up.

Li Xue'e followed behind her, looking at her: "Do you practice like this every day at school?"

Yuan Mengge replied, "Yes, but the dormitory opens too late, there's not enough time to run."

Li Xue'e said, "Then what should we do? But we should have time tonight, right?"

Yuan Mengge said, "Yes, but there are other training sessions tonight too."

Li Xue'e said, "Aren't you tired? You have to attend classes and do training at the same time. Doesn't it affect your studies?"

Yuan Mengge: "It's alright, I can manage my time. It hasn't affected my studies for the time being."

The learning capsules not only improved her comprehension skills but also enhanced her memory and concentration during her studies.

Her usual daily training naturally wouldn't affect her.

It was almost ten o'clock when the two came down from the mountain.

As for the remaining leg exercises and resistance training, there are no facilities here, so I'll have to do them when I get back.

“Come on, I’ll be your sparring partner. Let me see what you’ve learned lately.” In the mountains, she could sense that Li Xue’e’s physical fitness had improved somewhat, but it was still not enough.

Li Xue'e: "Okay. But don't think I'm too stupid..."

Yuan Mengge said, "It's okay. No one is born knowing everything. You just need to be willing to learn."

Li Xue'e: "I do."

Yuan Mengge stood in the courtyard and said to her, "Come on, attack me."

Li Xue'e stood opposite her, looking at her: "You'd better give way to me a little."

As she spoke, she suddenly threw a punch at Yuan Mengge.

Yuan Mengge raised her hand to block: "Too slow."

Li Xue'e swung her left hand at her again, the movement was somewhat correct, but the power and speed were insufficient.

Yuan Mengge blocked her left and right, pointing out her problems: "You're still too slow and not strong enough. Sister A'e, you need to train harder."

“Although offense is the best defense, you shouldn’t expose your weaknesses. Look, here…” she said, suddenly punching Li Xue’e in the exposed side.

"Ouch!" Li Xue'e immediately squatted down, clutching her waist, after being hit.

Yuan Mengge said, "See? When you're attacking, you also have to protect yourself. You can only use offense as defense for a short time. If you keep doing it, the opponent will find a weakness. So when you're attacking, you have to use the fastest and most effective method to subdue the opponent directly."

Li Xue'e stood up as she listened: "Oh."

Yuan Mengge said, "I will teach you a killer move that I created myself. If you learn this move well, although it will not kill the opponent in one blow, it will temporarily disable the opponent's fighting ability."

Li Xue'e: "You created this yourself?"

Yuan Mengge pointed to a spot on her waist and said, "If you press down hard on this spot with your finger, you'll feel a tingling or painful sensation. But if you punch it hard, your entire stomach and intestines will contract, and then it will be extremely painful."

Then she clenched her fist, pointed out the tip of her middle finger, and said, "If the opponent is in front of you, you can just hit them like this. If the opponent is behind you, find the right position and push them back with the tip of your elbow. However, this skill requires a lot of punching power, so you need to practice your punching power more."

Boxing power is the force generated by punching.

"How do we do it?" Li Xue'e asked her, puzzled.

"It's very simple. Just keep punching something, and gradually increase the number and force of your punches each day. You can fill a rice bag or burlap sack with sand, tie it to a tree, and punch the sandbag hard. Or you can tie any old clothes or blankets to a tree trunk."

It seems that Liang Hao has only been giving her physical training and emergency response training during this period.

The self-defense techniques taught are mainly defensive; she hasn't been taught any offensive skills yet.

However, this is normal, since all fighting skills require physical strength to activate.

For at least the first three months, she mainly focused on improving her basic skills.

"Oh, I see... I see."

Li Xue'e listened with a smattering of understanding and said, "Oh...I see..."

As the two were practicing, they heard the black dragon bark: "Woof woof woof~~"

Seeing the expression on Heilong's face, it seemed he had recognized someone; it must be Liang Hao.

The two stopped and turned around to look, and sure enough, Liang Hao was walking towards them from the side path in the distance.

"Practicing?" Liang Hao said to the two of them after he arrived.

"Hmm." The two finished their training and looked at what he was carrying: "What did you bring?"

Liang Hao: "I brought some rice and flour."

Li Xue'e said, "I'll go cook."

After lunch, Yuan Mengge left the mountains because she needed to catch the bus back to the county town that afternoon.

Li Xue'e felt a little reluctant to see her leave.

Yuan Mengge returned to the county town in the afternoon and then went to Zheng Shaoying's shop.

As soon as Zheng Shaoying saw her, she immediately stood up and said to her, "You've finally arrived. Didn't you say you were coming on Saturday? Why are you only coming now?"

It has been almost two weeks since she last came to see him.

After Yuan Mengge entered the room, she sat down and replied, "I was busy with other things these past few days, so I was delayed a bit."

Zheng Shaoying poured her a glass of water and said, "You just happened to run into me today while I was picking something up, otherwise you wouldn't have been able to find me."

Yuan Mengge said, "It's alright. If I couldn't find you here, I would have gone to your house. So, what's your answer?"