Chapter 258: Instructor Little Chen

On the parade ground, there was a chorus of wailing and howling as all the trainees collectively did push-ups with 10 tons of weight on their backs.

Only Chen Fan stood to the side, taking out a large meat bun and munching on it by himself.

Zhan Ye scanned his surroundings with cold eyes; whenever someone's push-ups weren't up to standard, he would immediately land a kick on their backside.

Five minutes later, the trainees stood up, drenched in sweat.

This process could not involve the use of Otherworldly Ability; they had to rely purely on physical strength to endure it.

Those Ability Users who relied on long-range output were almost collapsed on the ground.

At this moment, Zhan Ye stood before everyone and said, "See that? If your close-quarters combat ability is strong, even when your Otherworldly Ability is exhausted, a Tier 4 Ability User can still defeat an Eighth-Rank Grandmaster. That is why you must practice close-quarters combat more."

The trainees dared not speak, but they were speechless in their hearts.

It's fine to say a Tier 4 Ability User can defeat an Eighth-Rank Grandmaster, but the problem is that the Tier 4 Ability User possesses Unparalleled-level Fist Technique and Master Level leg skills—are you sure that is something a Tier 4 Ability User can possess?

Zhan Ye snorted coldly, "Next, we will begin weapon sparring. Weapon sparring is also very critical. Same as before, no use of Otherworldly Ability, one-on-one. Come, come, Chen Fan, I will spar with you again. My hand-to-hand combat skills are a bit lacking, but I will definitely satisfy you in weapon combat."

Zhan Ye took a long saber from the weapon rack and held it in his hand, grinning as he said, "Come, Chen Fan, choose your weapon."

Chen Fan rubbed his nose. Again? You probably don't know that my spear technique is also Unparalleled-level.

"Alright, Instructor, but don't get angry if you lose in a moment."

"Lose? Angry? Who are you looking down on?" Zhan Ye raised an eyebrow and said, "If I lose, you won't have to participate in this kind of training anymore."

"It's a deal." Chen Fan smiled and reached out his palm into thin air.

On the weapon rack ten meters away, a silver long spear flew into his hand with a *whoosh*.

Everyone was stunned. Telekinesis? Did you use Space Ability? But no fluctuation of Otherworldly Ability was felt.

Zhan Ye, however, was shocked; could Chen Fan's spear technique be Unparalleled-level?

He gripped the long saber in his hand, feeling somewhat unconfident.

"Instructor, are we doing this?" Chen Fan smiled.

"Do it! Why wouldn't I!" Zhan Ye snorted coldly and walked toward Chen Fan with the saber.

*Clang, clang, clang! * The two began to spar.

The Unparalleled-level spear technique was indeed too terrifying; Zhan Ye couldn't break through Chen Fan's defense at all.

Two minutes later, the long saber in Zhan Ye's hand was directly knocked away by Chen Fan.

Zhan Ye didn't say a word and dropped straight to the ground.

"Add weight!"

Instructor Cheng trotted over, and a 5-meter-high weight appeared on Zhan Ye's back once again.

*Huff, puff! * After finishing one hundred push-ups, Zhan Ye's face was so dark his features were barely visible.

Chen Fan said apologetically from the side, "Um, Instructor, will I still participate in training from now on?"

"Up to you!" Zhan Ye said through gritted teeth.

Chen Fan truly didn't need to participate in this kind of sparring, because it was truly meaningless to him.

The trainees looked at Chen Fan and couldn't help but give him a thumbs-up.

Awesome! You are the first person to knock down an instructor since the Jiangcai Camp was founded.

Chen Fan smiled from the side, "I won't participate in this kind of sparring in the future, but I will still participate in physical training."

Zhan Ye nodded, then suddenly turned around to look at the trainees and said viciously, "What are you doing? Spar!"

The trainees shivered and immediately began to spar seriously.

Chen Fan did not leave; instead, he sat on a stone bench nearby, munching on a large bun while watching the trainees spar.

Zhan Ye walked over, stammered for a long time, and said, "That... Chen Fan, you should still participate in the sparring in the future. Of course, you don't have to get on the field; your task is to give them some pointers. Naturally, I won't let you work for nothing—I'll give you 500 points of Military Merit every month."

"500 Military Merit?!" Chen Fan's eyes lit up. A week's food cost 100 Military Merit, which is 400 a month; 500 Military Merit was enough for his daily meals.

"Deal!" Chen Fan beamed.

Zhan Ye fiddled with his Military Wristwatch and said, "I've transferred the 500 Military Merit to you first. Remember to teach them diligently."

"Haha, don't worry, Instructor!"

Chen Fan glanced at the Military Merit on his Military Wristwatch and couldn't help but smile happily.

He used Teleportation to appear beside a trainee and smiled, "Buddy, you need to coordinate your waist and stance when thrusting the spear. Your thigh muscles are loose and slack; one look and I can tell your thrust is wrong. Pay attention and improve."

"Ah... ah! Okay, thank you." The trainee nodded seriously.

The next moment, Chen Fan appeared beside another person...

Thus, Chen Fan gained a nickname: Instructor Little Chen!

At 9 o'clock, the sparring ended, and the next session was physical training.

Everyone wore a set of 10,000-jin Mysterious Heavy Armor and did frog jumps up and down the Soul-Severing Ladder.

This method of physical training was indeed exceptionally effective for conditioning; Chen Fan participated in the whole thing without asking for any special treatment.

After physical training, Zhan Ye led everyone to the Ability Limit Release Room.

Here, everyone was assigned a room; everything inside the room was made of high-level special metal and was extremely hard.

Trainees could release their Otherworldly Ability to their heart's content here.

Upon entering the room, everyone was issued one High-level Yang-Origin Pill; once their Otherworldly Ability was exhausted, they could consume one to recover it.

Such treatment would be hard to find anywhere else in the entire Great Xia.

Of course, each person was only issued one High-level Yang-Origin Pill per day; the Jiangcai Camp couldn't afford more.

However, if you had plenty of Military Merit, you could use it to exchange for more.

It only cost 200 Military Merit.

The morning training left the trainees exhausted, and the afternoon's academic lessons were equally brain-draining.

The trainees were divided into 6 classes based on how long they had been in the Military Camp.

The class Chen Fan joined was naturally the one most recently established, and what he studied were all the most basic military courses.

However, the difficulty was still not small, especially the Tactical Deduction class, which was extremely difficult; this was actually teaching the art of war, but it required using a computer to conduct simulated training.

Finishing a day of training, Chen Fan felt incomparably exhausted.

But everyone still needed to gather at the drill ground.

Zhan Ye looked at the crowd and said, "Next, I will call the names of the students on night watch duty today."

Eight names were called, and Chen Fan was among them.

Zhan Ye looked at Chen Fan and said, "The responsibility of a Night Watcher is heavy; one is to prevent hostile forces from sneaking into the camp at night, and two is to prevent Strange Beast invasions of the camp! Every one of our students takes turns standing watch, and there will be a reward of 10 points of Military Merit."

"There's even Military Merit, that's not bad." Chen Fan nodded in his heart.

"Alright, the 8 people on night watch stay behind, the others can go eat and rest first."

The crowd left in a scattered manner, leaving only Chen Fan and the other seven.

Zhan Ye said, "Hongyue Lake Fortress reported that a group of people with unknown identities has snuck into the Taizu Mountain Range, and this group of people has not been found yet; tonight, you 8 must keep your spirits up, remember that!"

"Yes!" The eight people nodded in unison.

Zhan Ye added, "Zhan Le, in a moment you explain the rules of night watch to Chen Fan."

After Zhan Ye finished speaking, he strode away.