novel-bin Chapter 132 Plum Blossom Stakes
Chapter 132 Plum Blossom Stakes
Chapter 132 Plum Blossom Stakes
If Ning Rongrong still has the protection of her elders, then the others are in an even worse situation.
Oscar was the first to be affected. He was only a food-type Soul Master to begin with, and after a lot of hard training, he was more likely to suffer hidden injuries.
Ma Hongjun, on the other hand, is at the other extreme. Since joining the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, he has needed to release his pent-up desires, and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy is full of temptations and beautiful women. Ma Hongjun has fallen into this trap at an extremely fast pace and is now trapped in a world of pleasure, unable to extricate himself.
Another serious issue involves two Soul Masters from the original first team, including a control-type Soul Master with the Azure Vine Martial Soul and an agility-type Soul Master. Also involved is Bai Xiaofei from the second team.
Although Bai Xiaofei's martial soul is also a beast martial soul, his martial soul, the Swifttail, has extremely poor strength and attack power, making it a rather unique beast martial soul. In the past, Yang Podi spent a lot of money on medicine to improve his physique.
However, after a long period of training, Bai Xiaofei discovered that the medicinal bath was different. After all, he had been in the second team for a full six years, and now he had only been in the first team for a few months, and his physical condition had deteriorated a lot.
Bai Xiaofei hurriedly reported to Young Master Tang San and Yu Xiaogang: "Young Master, I feel that the medicinal bath of the second team is a bit different from that of the first team. The medicinal bath of the first team is obviously not as effective as that of the second team. I feel that my health has deteriorated a lot recently, and the recovery effect of the medicinal bath is not as good."
"Several people in the team feel the same way as me. If we continue training like this, I'm afraid there will be big problems."
Yu Xiaogang and Tang San were shocked to hear this. They were just copying the training plan of the second team, so how could there be a problem?
Tang San, an expert in medicine, began to carefully examine his own body and discovered that he had also developed some hidden injuries. He quickly said to Yu Xiaogang, "Teacher, I feel like there's something wrong with my body. I also have a few hidden injuries."
The three hurriedly went to the academy's teaching office, thinking that there was a problem with the medicinal herbs the academy had given them for the bath. However, after some questioning, they found that the herbs for the first and second teams were issued at the same time and there was no difference at all.
Tang San seemed to have thought of something and quickly asked Bai Xiaofei, "Xiaofei, who used to prepare the medicinal baths and herbs for your second team? Did you ever ask about it?"
Bai Xiaofei shook his head: "Everything in the second team is decided by Big Brother and Teacher Li Xiang. We just need to carry it out. They prepared all the medicinal herbs for the second team's bath."
Tang San sighed: "I think I understand now. Yang Podi handled all the medicinal bath ingredients for the second team himself. The Po family is a family of alchemists, so they can naturally control the dosage of the medicine to ensure that no one suffers internal injuries."
At this point, Tang San felt a pang of regret, lamenting that the Po Yi clan hadn't joined the Tang Sect. Otherwise, the Tang Sect's strength would have increased significantly, and this situation wouldn't have occurred.
Yu Xiaogang looked completely bewildered: "Xiao San, what should we do now? Team One can't stop training."
"Teacher, the only thing we can do now is to stop everyone's training and let them recover. If they want to continue training, we'll probably have to find Yang Podi."
Before Yu Xiaogang could speak, Bai Xiaofei began, "I heard that the second team has gone out for training, and I haven't seen them for several months."
Yu Xiaogang's face was full of anger: "Why did Yang Podi take the team out for training at this time? Is he doing this on purpose, just to see our team make a fool of itself?"
After some discussion, the group seemed to have no solution, so they had no choice but to stop the excessive training for now. They would have to wait until Yang Podi returned to discuss the specifics.
Tang San did know how to handle it. He had a certain method for treating this kind of internal injury, but this method required purchasing a large amount of medicinal materials, and these medicinal materials were extremely expensive. There were more than ten people in the team, and the academy could not possibly buy such high-value medicinal materials.
After six months of training in the Sunset Forest, Yang Podi and his group did not return to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but went directly back to the Po Clan.
There are hardly any outsiders left in the group now. Rather than going back to the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy to face Yu Xiaogang and his group, it's better to go back directly to the Broken Clan.
Besides, what follows is mainly some meditation, as well as some private training methods, which I don't really want Yu Xiaogang and his group to see.
After returning to the Po clan, Yang Podi had a plum blossom stake forest built. It was actually very simple to do; he just took several hundred trees, each about five meters long and about ten centimeters in diameter, and planted them all in the ground.
Each plum blossom stake protrudes about four meters from the ground, and the distance between each plum blossom stake is about one meter.
There are hundreds of them, mainly because of the large number of people.
Yang Podi led everyone to the plum blossom stake forest and addressed all the team members: "The training that follows is relatively simple. You will spend all your daytime hours on the plum blossom stakes, mainly engaging in sparring and running exercises."
Looking at the plum blossom stake forest, Yang Tianyue couldn't help but say, "Brother, this is too simple, and it doesn't seem to help our cultivation at all."
"Tian Yue, do you think this is easy? Then you go up and try it first. Make sure you don't fall off the plum blossom stakes."
"Let's give it a try. It's just removing tree stumps. What's so difficult about that?"
After Yang Tianyue finished speaking, she jumped onto the plum blossom stakes, but after jumping up, she found that it was much more difficult than she had imagined.
Each plum blossom stake is only ten centimeters in diameter, which is about half the length of a foot. To stand firmly, you can only stand on one foot on tiptoe. Moreover, the distance between each plum blossom stake is one meter, which is more than the width of a step. This means that if you stand on two plum blossom stakes at the same time, it will be quite painful.
Yang Tianyue tried to exercise on the plum blossom stakes, but after running a few steps, she accidentally missed a step and fell directly off the stake.
After falling off the plum blossom stakes, Yang Tianyue approached Yang Podi with a resentful expression: "Brother, what kind of monstrosity did you design? What use is this thing?"
Yang Podi glanced at Yang Tianyue, then looked at the crowd around him: "After years of training, everyone is quite good in terms of strength and speed, but you have not fully mastered your strength and speed, especially in terms of accuracy, which is indeed much worse."
"This plum blossom forest can improve your stability, flexibility, and accuracy, enhance the elasticity and strength of certain muscles and muscle groups, and strengthen the function of the heart and respiratory system. It is very beneficial for you at this stage."
Upon hearing this, everyone jumped onto the plum blossom stakes, eager to see what their purpose was.
Unsurprisingly, everyone only stayed on the plum blossom stakes for a short time before falling off.
In the following time, everyone trained on the plum blossom stakes. According to Yang Podi, in addition to standing on the plum blossom stakes, everyone also needed to engage in soul battles with each other, and the soul battles would last for several hours.
The most distinctive feature of walking on plum blossom stakes is that you can't make any unnecessary movements. Whether the movement is too large or too superfluous, you're likely to fall off. For most people, this is quite a challenge.
Yesterday, while Yang Podi was cultivating, someone suddenly came to inform him that a guest had come to visit.
Yang Podi was puzzled. He had already returned to his family, so why would anyone come to visit him?
However, when they arrived at the reception room, besides his grandfather Yang Wudi, there were also Ning Fengzhi from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, as well as Sword Douluo and Ning Rongrong.
After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Ning Fengzhi spoke up without hesitation: "Yang Podi, I heard your team is currently short-handed. I'd like to arrange for Rongrong to join your team. Is that possible?"
Yang Podi quickly replied, "I'm really sorry, Sect Master Ning, our team is now complete, and all members have finished their physical training. Right now, everyone is just meditating in the Po Clan, and there are no other training programs."
"But I heard your team only has six people, how come you have a full team?"
"Sect Leader Ning, our team has recently recruited two more outstanding members, so we now have eight people in the team, which is enough."
"But normally each team has seven main players and four substitutes, right? Doesn't your team need substitutes?"
Yang Podi shook his head: "Sect Leader Ning, my plan is that I will not play in the preliminary rounds. The other seven people must participate in every match. This will help them improve their teamwork and gain experience in major competitions. Even if Miss Rongrong joins, she probably won't have a chance to play."
Before Ning Fengzhi could speak further, someone came up to announce: "Clan Chief, Clan Chief Titan, Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Tang San have come to visit and are now at the entrance of the clan's territory."
Yang Wudi initially didn't want to pay attention, but Ning Fengzhi spoke up instead: "Clan Chief Yang, if there's anything you need to do, you can go ahead with your business. I can take a tour of your clan's territory."
After thinking for a moment, Yang Wudi finally spoke up: "Sect Leader Ning, there's nothing shameful about it. Since you two are already familiar with each other, why don't you meet together?"
After saying this, Yang Wudi addressed the messenger, "Please invite the four of them to the main hall."
When Yu Xiaogang and his three companions arrived in the hall, they were surprised to see Ning Fengzhi and his two companions.
This is the first time Titan has come to the Broken Clan since the last break, but they are not as close as before, and can't even be considered friends anymore.
Yang Wudi didn't stand on ceremony: "Chief Titan, may I ask what business the four of you have with our Yuanpo clan?"
Titan spoke with a grim expression: "I came here only to ensure the young master's safety. It is the young master who wants to see you. I have nothing to do with you."
Everyone immediately looked at Yu Xiaogang and Tang San. Yu Xiaogang seemed to hesitate for a moment before speaking, "Yang Podi, may I ask you a question?"
Yang Podi looked at Yu Xiaogang with a smile: "Teacher Yu Xiaogang, just say what you want to say. We're all acquaintances here."
Yu Xiaogang said seriously, "I'm asking you, is the medicinal bath you used for the second team different from the one provided by the academy?"
"That's right. I used some of the family's precious medicinal herbs when I gave the team members a medicinal bath."
"Have you considered the consequences if others followed your training methods?"
Yang Podi smiled and said, "Teacher Yu Xiaogang, I remember that my training method is closed, so no one should use it! If someone steals it and something happens, it shouldn't be my fault."
Yu Xiaogang's face turned completely red: "How can you say that? Since you created this training method, shouldn't you be responsible for everyone who uses it?"
Yang Podi was speechless for a moment: "I've never heard of such a thing. Your disciple Tang San is also proficient in pharmacology. He should be able to create a method to regulate the body. Ask your disciple how many gold soul coins this level of medicinal material requires, and how much it costs?"
"Just because of one sentence from you, do you expect me to spend money to train your students?"
Titan seemed a little angry: "Young Yang, watch your tone when you talk to the young master."
Yang Podi looked at Titan: "Senior Titan, over the past few years, I've spent so many medicinal herbs and so much effort cultivating Tailong. Otherwise, do you think Tailong's aptitude could have improved to the Soul Master level so quickly? Now you're coming to me with Yu Xiaogang to say these things. Isn't that a bit excessive?"
Even though Titan had a thick skin, his face turned slightly red, and he couldn't say anything.
Yang Podi ignored Titan and continued speaking to Yu Xiaogang: "I've heard that the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan possesses a secret technique for dragon transformation, which requires specific medicines to cultivate. However, anyone who tries to learn this technique is killed. Is that true?"
After hearing this, everyone present fell silent.
(End of this chapter)