Chapter 48: 3 Seconds, Armored Girl

The instructor made a rather difficult arrangement.

One bundle of large wooden stakes was in the middle of the circle, and five bundles were at the edges of the circle, like the five corners of a pentagram.

The diameter of the circle is five meters and the radius is two and a half meters.

The distance between them makes it a very difficult placement, requiring more running and more turns.

"Timing begins!"

Jiang Yi rushed out from the starting point one meter away, swinging his sword.

Running in a straight line, he can run thirty meters in one second, just like a cheetah.

Go around the circumference of a five-meter diameter circle about twice.

But running in a straight line, running in a curve, and running with turns are all different after all.

Not to mention, using this white sword without an edge, which is just like its name, not very sharp, to chop four large wooden stakes tied into a triangle shape.

The gaps between the large wooden stakes will make you feel a loosening in front of you after you encounter an obstacle, and then suddenly a bigger obstacle will appear.

If the force is not controlled well, this step may cause the blade to deflect, break, and get stuck in the next piece of wood as thick as a thigh.

You can only pull it out and cut it again.

If you knock down the big wooden stake but fail to cut it, you will be considered to have failed the assessment.

Jiang Yi was very fast, almost jumping between several large wooden stakes.

The sword in his hand chopped, swept, and cut...with extreme sharpness.

Use all your strength and cut the wood in an instant.

Six bundles of large wooden stakes, all chopped off.

The instructor looked at the pocket watch with an expressionless face.

"Three seconds and twenty-five."

"You have reached the highest standards for an apprentice knight."

"But your limit shouldn't be this!"

"How much strength did you use to swing the edgeless sword?"

The instructor suddenly became stern.

"Ninety percent?" Jiang Yi asked uncertainly.

“Ninety percent of your strength?” The instructor was indifferent. He spread out the six large wooden stakes again and picked up Jiang Yi’s edgeless sword.

"Watch out!" He moved and rushed out suddenly, cutting off all the big wooden stakes in one to two seconds.

"Do you see? The difference between you and me?"

"I didn't use more strength than you did. In fact, I only used half as much as you did!"

"But I cut faster and more fluently than you."

"Your sword is perfect in a normal swing, but in the slash just now, there were several slight pauses and even a bend in the blade."

"If the stakes were the thighs, spines, or even the waists of the hillock thugs."

"When you cut into his body and pause, he can smash your head with his weapon and die with you."

Jiang Yi was scolded without saying a word.

The instructor returned the sword to him.

"The Secret of the Sword!"

"The force penetrates the tip of the sword, the blade is a line, straight and unbending!"

"A skilled person can kill a weakling with an unsharpened decorative soft sword from a foreign country."

"If a person has great strength but no skills, he is nothing more than a reckless man swinging a stick even if he holds a magic weapon."

"If such a person changes his sword, he can no longer be called a swordsman."

"The weapons of Teyvat can resonate with the will, sublimate autonomously, and grow with adventurers and warriors."

"Don't take it lightly just because you use a sword temporarily!"

"If you just want to use your great strength, you might as well just hold a stick and hit people."

"If you want to use a sword, you must be prepared to use it."

"The people of Liyue put it as if they were waving their arms. The unity of man and sword is the most basic requirement for a swordsman."

"A sword that can't be used in actual combat is only suitable for performance!"

"A warrior who doesn't know how to save his energy deserves to be buried in a foreign land!"

The instructor's next words were a bit harsh.

Jiang Yi bowed solemnly.

"I understand!"

"I will remember your teachings today!"

The instructor's expression softened.

"But you only took three seconds for the first time, which is already very impressive!"

"You didn't cut many stakes in these eleven days!"

"First take the sword and cut a hundred of them!"

"Let's slash together with the trainers over there and get to know each other."

"Small wooden stakes, large wooden stakes, you can add one more at a time to keep the swords in pieces. If they are made thin and translucent, smooth and flat, they have the same thickness."

"Cut wood like tofu!"

"Then your sword is almost done!"

This is another strict requirement that exceeds others.

Jiang Yi nodded and agreed.

A strict teacher produces a good disciple.

He likes this high standard.

"How did he get here?" The young people on the training ground obviously didn't learn their lesson.

When they saw Jiang Yi coming out of the small open space with a sword in his hand, they immediately whispered in front of the instructor.

Unexpectedly, the instructor did not scold them this time, so the discussions became even louder.

"do not know?"

"Maybe the special training is over! Keep up with our progress, we will train together in the future."

"So fast?"

"I just heard the instructor's roar. Did he give up on him?"

"There was no movement for ten days before that. I didn't hear the Knight Instructor scolding him, which was also very abnormal."

"What's even weirder is that some people who were close to that side heard the instructor talking and laughing with him."

"Could it be that he used the backdoor through the scout knight?"

"Now, the mud can't be helped?"

"Is friendship over?"

"If you ask me, a traveler from another world who is a good cook would come here to be a Knight of Favonius. It's dangerous and unprofitable, and he is not even guarding his hometown."

"It would be better for you to find someone to marry in Mondstadt and live a good life. I'm so envious!"

"This guy is not as handsome as me, why is he so popular and cared for by girls?"

"I heard that the daughter of a certain adventurer often plays with him. She is also the owner of the Eye of God!"

The day after seeing Jiang Yi, these young people, who were bored with their training, inquired about Jiang Yi's interpersonal relationships and living environment.

After the exchange!

There is only one expression: envy, jealousy and hatred!

I want to live in the Scout Knight's house too!

I also want to have a good friend with God's eyes.

Although Jiang Yi's ears could not hear the buzzing of all mosquitoes within a hundred meters, he could still hear people's whispered conversations.

What is this mess?

In order to avoid losing face and making another embarrassing scene of being knocked away by Jiang Yi, the instructor used boxes to build a partition for them to block their sight.

Now, all kinds of outrageous speculations have come out.

Do I need to use the Amber backdoor as a genius? Will I be scolded all the time? Will I be abandoned?

And, you ugly bastard, how dare you say you are more handsome than me? Do you have any self-awareness?

"Hello, instructors!" Jiang Yi came out and went to meet the other three one-handed sword instructors first.

The instructors smiled and nodded at him.

"Stand in the first row!"

Jiang Yi stood on the far left of the first row.

Start whittling wood!

The trainers took one look and were a little surprised.

The wood chips whittled by this kid are surprisingly similar to those of the best among them.

Obviously, very powerful.

"Don't be lazy!" The instructor's voice, which made them feel majestic, sounded at the right time.

He curled his lips helplessly and rubbed his sore wrist.

A sword hit the wood.

I'm so tired! When can I take a break?

I'm so hungry! The sun is overhead, why isn't dinner ready yet?

The trainees were eagerly waiting, but their swords were cutting the wood more and more slowly, and several times they failed to cut through the wood.

Only Jiang Yi was serious.

Another hour later,

The rumbling sound of the cart wheels came from far away.

The closed wooden barrels bring the aroma of food.

From the two-handed sword training ground, cheers of liberation were heard, and a group of people rushed forward to fight for the nutritious meals provided by the Knights of Favonius.

The one-handed sword man tilted his neck, looking forward to something.

Finally, a petite girl in armor with short silver-gray hair and a petite figure came over, pushing a cart with only half a wooden barrel left.

"No-a-er!"

Surprised to see the savior-like call.

"Instructor, let's have dinner!"