123: Chapter 123 Why learn martial arts and then medicine!

"Old Liu, are you bullying the kids again?"

Several instructors gathered around and helped Instructor Liu pick up the shards of his glasses.

"What do you mean by bullying the kids? Do they have a single scratch on them?"

Instructor Liu stroked the glasses shards in his hand and sighed.

"Alright, this is none of your business, hurry back to your classes."

"Fine, fine, fine, so it means you got beaten up by those kids~"

The instructors left with chuckles, closing the door behind them.

"Sigh..."

Instructor Liu felt quite helpless; his glasses were custom-made tempered glass, yet they had been shattered by a single punch.

He was also to blame; he hadn't defended against that punch and had simply taken it right to the face.

These kids had high combat talent, especially Chen Mo.

He never relied on routines or experience in battle, driving his body entirely by instinct.

This was both a strength and a weakness; likewise, Su Qingyue's combat relied too heavily on her talent, and she would start to panic if something unexpected happened.

These were all issues that needed improvement, but overall, the group would integrate quickly, as the core of the whole team was Chen Mo, the main damage dealer.

A few minutes later, Instructor Liu returned to the training room wearing a new pair of gold-rimmed glasses.

Seeing that the group had mostly recovered their stamina, he continued.

"In daily battles, try not to let Wen Wan use her ability. Once her Trauma Chronological Regression overloads, it will skip consuming blood qi and mental energy and directly consume her life force."

"Also, I've realized that you aren't suited for prolonged combat."

Instructor Liu gave Chen Mos Squad a very comprehensive summary, leaving them stunned.

"Your main attacker, Chen Mo, is characterized by extremely strong single-target damage capabilities, but his stamina is somewhat lacking."

"Therefore, you are better suited to be a single-point breakthrough squad, which is the most dangerous profession in the entire Daxia military system."

"The Vanguard Assault Squad."

"I will follow up with a training regimen for you based on the Vanguard Assault Squad methods; this will greatly amplify your squad's strengths and allow you to maximize your advantages."

"But don't think stamina isn't important, especially you, Chen Mo."

Instructor Liu fixed his gaze on Chen Mo; he now understood why these kids were able to spar with an Abyss War Commander back then.

Damn it, if he hadn't been tough-skinned, that punch just now would have driven his nasal bone into his throat.

"I will report this to the principal and have some stamina training added to your basic courses."

"If your stamina can keep up with your strength, from now on, your squad will be the strongest wherever you go."

Instructor Liu's lessons could be described as simple and brutal: analysis, actual combat, and giving advice.

This quite interesting squad tactics class ended quickly, and everyone's stomachs growled at the same time.

"Let's go, time to eat."

Chen Mo rubbed his shriveled stomach, feeling a bit nostalgic for his master's medicinal wine.

That stuff was potent; even with high-intensity physical training, one gulp could keep him full for three or four hours.

"Sure, I'm hungry too."

"What have you been doing these past few days? You were never there when the instructor took attendance."

Lin Ye performed a kip-up to stand up from the ground, looking at Chen Mo with curiosity.

"Don't even ask, these past few days felt no different from suffering in the eighteen levels of hell..."

Wen Wan, who was standing to the side, twisted her shirt hem for a while before speaking up, looking a bit embarrassed.

"Um, I won't be going to dinner tonight."

"I still have two classes left at the Medical Academy. If I don't go, the Dean will come to drag me there herself."

"Isn't the Dean of the Medical Academy your aunt?"

Xia Li tilted her head and looked at Wen Wan. Would family really make things difficult for their own kin?

"That's right, so my aunt is especially strict with me."

Wen Wan sighed, her face full of exhaustion.

"I have to examine every senior who returns from the fortress, and I have to observe major surgeries as well."

"I'm so tired. Now, whenever I see a living person, I can see how their internal organs are functioning right through their skin and flesh..."

Wen Wan looked like she was about to ascend to heaven; her gait was unsteady as she walked.

"Then is your aunt from the Limit Faction or the Foundation Faction?"

Chen Mo, who had been following Ouyang Qingfeng since the day he enrolled, was still not very clear about the division of external factions.

He didn't know if this extremely important Medical Academy was considered Foundation Faction or Limit Faction.

"Neither, actually."

Wen Wan shook her head.

"My aunt said that a healer must have a benevolent heart; no matter which faction they belong to, we must do our best to treat the wounded."

"We are neutral, or maybe considered the Principal's faction?"

Wen Wan wasn't actually sure herself; in any case, the Medical Academy didn't care about the ideological conflicts between the Limit Faction and the Foundation Faction.

Anyway, both sides just felt the other's path was wrong and found each other unpleasant to look at.

They weren't mortal enemies; when it was time to work together, they would still unite.

"Alright, we'll go eat first then."

Chen Mo wasn't actually very interested in these matters.

The conflict between the Limit Faction and the Foundation Faction was essentially an ideological one; Ouyang Qingfeng had told him this personally.

"Okay, you guys go ahead."

Wen Wan nodded and walked towards the Medical Academy with unsteady steps.

As she walked, she mumbled some terms that Chen Mo and the others couldn't understand.

"Anatomy, physiology, pathology, microbiology, surgery, internal medicine..."

Not to mention anything else, just hearing these terms made Chen Mo feel particularly pained.

...

Inside the cafeteria, today's dinner was very sumptuous, just like usual.

The food at Daxia National Martial Arts University was different from martial arts academies in the outside world.

The ingredients used here were all sourced from the Abyss and rich in life energy; even the stir-fried vegetables were made from medicinal herbs that could be eaten directly.

It had to be said that the people in the culinary department were truly skilled to be able to make bitter medicinal herbs taste so delicious.

"Eat a bit more; there's night training waiting for us later..."

Lin Ye grabbed the leg of an unknown creature that was as thick as a forearm and took a fierce bite.

"By the way, have your subsidy credits arrived?"

"Let's find some time later to go collect our Rank 3 blood qi pills and body tempering fluid."

Su Qingyue ate the medicinal meal in her bowl in small, elegant bites, but that was just how it looked; in reality, her speed was not much slower than Lin Ye's.

"Sure... Wait!"

Xia Li suddenly looked up, staring at Su Qingyue with a bewildered expression.

"You're already Rank 3?"

"Why are you already preparing body tempering fluid?"

"You... aren't Rank 3 yet?"

Now it was Su Qingyue's turn to be bewildered; she looked at the others in confusion.

"I am Rank 3."

Shen Zhou nodded; he also happened to be planning to go collect the body tempering fluid for this month.

"Rank 3, no problem."

Lin Ye swallowed the meat in his mouth and turned to look at Xia Li.

"Xia Li, you aren't still 2nd-rank, are you?"

Xia Li stiffly turned her head to look at Chen Mo, her eyes full of hopeful light.

She could only pray now that Chen Mo was the same rank as her; Wen Wan was already a Rank 3 Martial Artist before she even participated in the National Joint Examination...

"I just finished my 2nd-rank Martial Artist certification, and I'm still missing one movement technique before I can go for the Rank 3 certification."

"You haven't even met the blood qi requirement yet, have you?"

For geniuses like them, the blood qi threshold wasn't high; the real threshold was actually martial arts techniques and movement techniques.

"..."

Xia Li hemmed and hawed for a long time without saying a word, and in the end, she could only nod.

"Yeah... I only have a bit over eight thousand blood qi. I thought I had been working really hard."