harleyscars Chapter 23
Chapter 23
Chapter 23
Finally...it's here! I thought...my time travel had caused me to lose Huo Gua's luck...
Feeling the warm current silently nourishing his body, Huo Yuhao felt his heavy steps become lighter.
He's working himself to the bone for this, and if he didn't come, I'd be at a huge loss...
However, it seems that this warm current can only focus on nourishing the meridians if you guide it with your own attention, while if you let it flow freely, it seems to flow into the limbs and bones... Is there any difference between these two?
Unable to figure it out, Huo Yuhao simply stopped thinking about it. Since he was running so fast, he didn't have the energy to distract himself from guiding the warm current in his body. He decided to just let it flow naturally and try to guide it again in the afternoon.
"Tian... Sister Tianmeng...!"
"Yuhao!" Upon hearing Huo Yuhao's call, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm suddenly awoke from its slumber.
"Why are you calling me 'sister'?" Tianmeng Ice Silkworm asked, sending out a wisp of her spiritual energy to observe the outside world.
Seeing that Huo Yuhao was just running, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm breathed a sigh of relief, relieved that it wasn't that god causing trouble again.
"Sister Tianmeng, could you please help me record my current soul power circulation route?" Huo Yuhao took another sip of salt water, which gave him some energy to continue talking to Tianmeng Ice Silkworm.
"I know... Ha~" Seeing that it was just a small matter, Tianmeng returned to her lazy state.
Having received a reply from Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, Huo Yuhao once again focused all his energy on his current run.
More than half of the allotted time had already passed at Shrek Square.
Wang Dong passed by Huo Yuhao again, this time also somewhat exhausted. She was surprised to find that Huo Yuhao's eyes were slightly closed, with only a slit showing, through which a faint golden light flowed.
That was Huo Yuhao using his mental power to stimulate his body's vitality, allowing his body to ignore fatigue and continue high-intensity exercise.
He was fast, and although it was strenuous, he kept up firmly with the main force. His level eleven soul power was quite conspicuous in this main force, which was mainly composed of people with level twenty soul power.
With each step, a watermark formed by sweat would even be left on the ground.
This guy, if you're going to run, why are you pushing yourself to the limit?
Seeing Huo Yuhao's desperate stance, Wang Dong curled his lip in disdain. With such low soul power, he was still trying to be tough by following a team whose soul power was seven or eight levels higher than his. He was just asking for trouble.
Despite her disdain, Wang Dong gave up on the idea of slowing down. Huo Yuhao had maintained his speed the entire time, so if she slowed down first, wouldn't she lose face?
Zhou Yi had already arrived at Shrek Square and was standing there quietly watching the students running. Her gaze was quickly drawn to Wang Dong, and her expression changed slightly before returning to normal.
When Wang Dong brushed past Huo Yuhao, Zhou Yi also noticed this "out-of-place" person. It was clear that his body had reached its limit, but he just didn't collapse and was hanging on by his last breath.
Zhou Yi naturally noticed that Huo Yuhao would occasionally take a sip of salt water, but she didn't care. What was wrong with drinking some water after sweating so much? After all, she hadn't disabled her soul power, so why would she care about water that didn't emit any soul power fluctuations?
There were more than a dozen people running at the front, all at a fast pace. Among them, Wang Dong was the leader. Although he started later, he caught up with the leaders in terms of lap count in just half an hour. He even overtook them. Judging from his appearance, he didn't seem to have expended much energy, and his speed never slowed down.
Following the leading group was the main force. There were at least seventy trainees in this area, running at a steady pace without much difficulty. At their speed, completing the hundred laps within an hour shouldn't be a problem. Only by giving it his all could Huo Yuhao barely keep up at the back of the group.
More than half the time had passed when Zhou Yi's voice suddenly rang in the ears of every trainee, "Speed up, use my position as the finish line."
Just as she was speaking, Wang Dong had already darted past her and was the first to complete one hundred laps.
After running 100 laps at an extremely fast pace, Wang Dong's handsome face was flushed. He slowed down, panting a little, and walked around the track one more time before stopping.
After Wang Dong, other students gradually began to complete 100 laps. At this time, there were still 45 minutes left in the hour.
Less than fifteen minutes later, Huo Yuhao actually finished the 100 laps ahead of the main group by three laps.
After all, Huo Yuhao had already started a few laps ahead of the pack several minutes earlier, and then ran at the pace of the main group. At this time, Huo Yuhao, who only had eleventh-level soul power, actually finished the race faster than the group with soul power of twentieth level and above.
"Finally...finally finished running..." After catching his breath while supporting his knees, Huo Yuhao forced himself to continue walking slowly around the square, despite the soreness in his muscles.
Rather than walking, Huo Yuhao's movements were more like he was slowly shuffling along, as if he had twisted his ankle.
With each step he took, Huo Yuhao clearly felt the soreness in his muscles gradually turn into a tingling numbness, causing him to groan involuntarily with every step.
This feeling... is like walking even when your legs are numb from squatting, it's an amazing sensation.
However, compared to the tingling sensation, Huo Yuhao was more concerned about the cause of it—the warm current within his body was slowly drawing out some impurities from his meridians, which were being secreted through his pores along with sweat…
As he completed the lap, the warm current within Huo Yuhao's body finished a cycle and disappeared.
"Tsk... Your human cultivation techniques are truly amazing. My confidence in your ability to become a god has grown even stronger." Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, having finally finished recording the circulation of soul power, spoke again.
Before this, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm had never imagined that it could directly improve a person's aptitude with a single cultivation technique, something that soul beasts could never do.
Suddenly, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm felt very fortunate that she had chosen a sufficiently excellent target, which might allow her to attain true immortality in the future.
"Are you out of your mind? Running like that!"
As soon as Huo Yuhao sat down, Wang Dong came over. She had never seen such a stubborn person before. When asked to run, he actually ran as hard as he could.
Wang Dong barely broke a sweat after his run, as it evaporated with his soul power. In contrast, Huo Yuhao was still sweating profusely, like rain.
Huo Yuhao didn't reply. He was too tired to say anything more and just kept taking small sips of water from the kettle.
"I'm asking you a question!" Seeing that Huo Yuhao ignored him, Wang Dong became even angrier. He was quite talkative when he was blackmailing him, so why is he silent now?
"Running like that, anyone who didn't know better would think there was a reward for running fast!"
"Why did I work so hard if I wasn't rewarded?" Huo Yuhao smiled with satisfaction as he observed that his meridians had widened considerably since he started running.
Huo Yuhao doesn't consider himself a person of strong will, but seeing himself making progress little by little is always the best motivation to keep going!
"Are you kidding me? What kind of reward could there be for running?" Wang Dong looked at Huo Yuhao with suspicion, but the genuine smile on Huo Yuhao's face seemed to suggest it was real...
Huo Yuhao ignored her and lay down on the ground after stretching.
All the trainees completed 100 laps within the allotted time. Those who had been resting returned to the group, and the whole group stood loosely in Shrek Square.
Zhou Yi turned to the students with a blank expression and said calmly, "Those whose names I call, please step forward: Cheng Cheng, Qiu Jianrao, Tang Dao, Shangguan Chentian, Lin Zeyu, Zhuge Yun, Tai Long, Tang Ling, and Yun Xiaopiao."
She called out the names of nine people in total. The trainees were obviously surprised that Zhou Yi could call out the names of nine of them so easily, even though they had not introduced themselves.
The student who was called out walked out leisurely.
(End of this chapter)