Chapter 133: There Are No Rules, so I’ll Make Them

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Su Ying looked at their reactions expressionlessly. “Come back and line up after you’re done vomiting.”

Number One and the others could only force themselves to perk up.

Su Ying had brought dozens of wooden blocks that were thicker than her waist from somewhere at some point, and each one weighed dozens of kilograms.

“Everyone, come over and take a block.” These were all abandoned when the house was built and had been piled up outside the courtyard to dry. She happened to see them when she passed by today, so she carried them over.

Everyone obediently followed her instructions.

“All of you, sit on the wooden block. Leave a person’s distance between each other front and back.”

Su Ying also dragged a wooden block and sat on it. “Watch me.”

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When everyone’s attention was on her, Su Ying took a deep breath and slowly lifted her legs. She then stretched her arms in front of her body and slowly leaned back, forming a V-shape with the stump as her pivot.

“This move can train the core of your body. I want your true energy to go down and condense in the core of your abdomen.” Su Ying slowly stood up.

“Proceed one by one.”

Su Ying personally went down each row to teach them one by one. “Don’t think that it’s enough to just complete the move. What I need is for you guys to understand the main points.”

Su Ying walked to Number One and poked his abdominal muscles with the branch in her hand. “As a mercenary, you should have some martial arts basics. Now, take a deep breath and lift your legs. Let your breath be long and deep. Go all the way from your chest to your dantian. Then, use your breath to lift both your legs.”

Number One followed Su Ying’s instructions and realized that he could lift his legs more easily.

“Don’t hold your breath. Your breathing must be smooth. If you find your breathing stalling at any point, stop for a while. Continue after you’ve adjusted your breathing.”

At first, Number One didn’t get the hang of it, but after his body gradually relaxed and he followed Su Ying’s breathing method to coordinate his actions, he realized that when he breathed in, there was a flow of air that circulated around his abdomen. A wave of heat slowly spread from his abdomen to his limbs and bones. His stomach, which had felt uncomfortable from the intense running earlier, no longer felt uncomfortable.

When Su Ying saw that he was gradually getting the hang of it, she went to guide the others.

For the entire morning, Su Ying made them run laps and concentrate and develop their energy. When it was almost noon, she led them back to the courtyard.

“Mistress, what are we going to practice this afternoon?”

“Practice your lower body strength.” Su Ying went up to the second floor after replying to them.

At the deepest end of the second floor was Chu Yun’s room. The children had finished their classes, so Chu Yun was the only one in the room.

Chu Yun was somewhat surprised to see Su Ying standing outside the door. After all, she had never taken the initiative to look for him.

Chu Yun looked at her silently for a moment before saying, “What’s the matter?”

“What do you know about the laws of the Chu State?”

Chu Yun wasn’t expecting her to ask this. “I know the general gist.”

“Can you recall from memory?” Xiao Jin once said that Chu Yun was very smart and could remember all the books he had read.

Chu Yun frowned slightly. “I’m 80 to 90% sure I can recall.”

“Then take some time to write it down. I need it.”

“What do you want to do with it?”

Su Ying raised her eyebrows. “Without rules, nothing can be done. Since there are no rules here, I’ll make the rules.”

Chu Yun pursed his lips. “If you knew this would happen, you shouldn’t have done what you did. If not for you, His Highness wouldn’t have ended up in this state.”

Su Ying’s expression changed slightly, but she wasn’t angry. “You want to settle the score with me?”

Chu Yun said with a stiff face, “I won’t get even with you because His Highness has changed his opinion of you. But Su Ying, if you do anything to harm His Highness again, I won’t let you off easily!”

Su Ying was very curious to know how Chu Yun would not let her off easily, but she didn’t say it out loud. She was more tolerant of those who were loyal to Xiao Jin, but only on the premise that they didn’t cross her bottom line.

“As you wish.”

Su Ying trained with the mercenaries and bandits for the entire morning. After lunch, she went back to her room and lay down on the bed with the two little ones in her arms.

Xiao Jin waited until the breathing of the two little fellows became even before he asked, “What were you doing when you brought Number One and the others outside?”

“Training,” Su Ying answered with her eyes closed.

“You want to train them?” Su Ying turned to face Xiao Jin. “Yes. I want to try it out first. If it’s successful, I’ll increase the number of people. As you said, I’m not an impregnable fortress. We’ll need to fight as a team eventually. We can’t be leading a loose band of hangers-on, can we?”

Xiao Jin nodded approvingly. “You’ve considered it thoroughly.”

“In this dog-eat-dog place, if we don’t think of everything, we will be chewed up to the point where not even our bones are left.”

Su Ying closed her eyes and was about to go to sleep when she heard someone knocking on the gate urgently.

Wang Su, who was standing guard outside the door, walked forward and opened the courtyard gate after checking the identity.

“Mistress, something happened to Manager Cheng.” It was Li Laosan’s voice.

Su Ying immediately sprang up from the bed and walked out. “What’s wrong?”

“Today, Manager Cheng brought us to a wasteland to develop the land, but unexpectedly, we accidentally disrupted a snake’s nest. Manager Cheng couldn’t avoid it in time and was bitten. No one dared to touch him, so he’s still in the field now.”

Su Ying frowned. “I’ll go and take a look.”

“Right, sure.”

“Do you know what snake bit him?” Su Ying asked as she walked.

“It’s a cobra. That thing is very venomous. Someone in the base camp was bitten before, and in the blink of an eye, he was gone.”

Su Ying couldn’t figure out what kind of snake it was at first. “What does it look like? Describe it to me in detail.”

“Its head is sharp and there are two flat wings behind the mouth. When it stands up, it looks like it has fish fins.”

Su Ying thought for a while and had a rough idea in her mind.

The wasteland was much closer to their house. The two of them jogged all the way and arrived after nearly half an hour.

Cheng Ming had already been carried to a place under the shade of a tree, and no one dared to surround him for fear that he could not get enough air.

“The Mistress is here. The Mistress is here.” Li Laosan shouted, and everyone turned to look at Su Ying.

When Cheng Ming heard the noise, he forced his two eyes open. His consciousness was already a little clouded, and his breathing had become rapid.

“Mis… Mistress…”

One of Cheng Ming’s pant legs was rolled up, and the bite wound was on the instep of his foot. At this point, the instep of his foot was already swollen and had turned blue-black all over.

Li Laosan and the others had some experience, so they tied Cheng Ming’s leg tightly with their belts early in the morning to prevent the poison from spreading to his whole body.

“Where’s the snake? Did you catch it?”

“We killed it. It’s here.”

Su Ying walked over and saw that it was indeed a Icing cobra.

“I’ll go get some herbs and come back immediately.” After she finished speaking, she dashed into the forest.

However, she quickly came out again with the antivenom serum in her hand.

“All of you spread out. Don’t crowd around this place.”

Everyone obediently stepped back.

Cheng Ming’s consciousness had already become very hazy.

Su Ying quickly injected the serum into his body.

After the antivenom serum was administered, Su Ying asked Li Laosan and the others to carry him back.

As soon as they left, Su Ying stood up and walked toward the snake’s nest..