Douluo Continent: Dragon's Journey Across the World

Chapter 69 Mountain Extreme Off-Road

After Yang Ping'an finished his day of training, he returned to his dormitory alone. Since he had joined the academy's team, the Beast Academy treated the team members very well, and his accommodation was upgraded to a separate small building.

After lying on his bed in the dormitory, Yang Ping'an began to carefully consider the issue of joining the team.

Although she joined the Beast Academy team because of Meng Chuan's words, she also had her own purpose, and it can be said that she went with the flow.

Yang Ping'an now possesses a multitude of immortal herbs, but he doesn't know much about them. He's practically a complete novice when it comes to immortal herbs, possessing absolutely no knowledge of them.

Throughout the entire original novel, only Tang San, Yang Wudi, and Chrysanthemum Douluo were truly familiar with immortal herbs in the entire Douluo Continent.

Tang San is his enemy. It is impossible to get the knowledge of immortal herbs from him. It may even cause trouble. You know, Tang San used every means to get the Tang Clan's secret manual in his previous life. If he finds out that he has immortal herbs, who knows what extreme measures Tang San and Tang Hao behind him will take.

The second target was Yang Wudi. Although Yang Wudi appeared to hate evil, he was ultimately unable to let go of the grudges with Haotian Sect. It could be said that he only outwardly hated Haotian Sect, but it was more due to Haotian Sect's attitude. In fact, it could be said that he could never get rid of Haotian Sect from beginning to end.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have joined Tang San's ranks after a seemingly respectable betting match following Tang San's revelation of his identity. It's worth noting that Tang San's father, Tang Hao, was the true culprit behind the massacre of the Po clan. Logically, it wouldn't make sense for him to so easily side with the son of his enemy.

If I were part of the Broken Clan, I would be mortal enemies with Tang Hao and even Tang San. How could I possibly become their subordinate in the blink of an eye? What difference would that make from recognizing a thief as one's father?

After thinking for a long time, Yang Ping'an concluded that the knowledge of immortal herbs would probably have to come from Chrysanthemum Douluo. However, for an ordinary soul master like himself to get involved with Chrysanthemum Douluo, who held a high position in the Spirit Hall, was harder than climbing to heaven.

As for the secret of his own martial soul evolution, he could try to deceive others first. At worst, he could say that he accidentally obtained a certain immortal herb in the Star Dou Great Forest. If all else fails, he could give Chrysanthemum Douluo a pledge of allegiance. It's better than being a blind man. In the end, he would have to make a choice if he wanted to take revenge.

At the same time, Meng Kang informed Meng Chuan of Yang Ping'an's suggestions regarding the training, especially the extreme mountain off-road course which required everyone to run until they were exhausted. Even his usually expressionless face showed a hint of shock.

However, Meng Chuan thought for a long time before speaking: "We Meng family members are ultimately not as good as the previous generation. Whether it is combat ability or real fighting ability, they are much worse. They have not experienced the bloody battles of our generation."

"The Soul Master world may seem peaceful now, but those of us who went through that generation know that this is just the calm before the storm. Rather than letting them die a miserable death because they are not strong enough in the future, it is better to let them truly experience the cruelty of training."

The next morning, after practicing his fist and foot techniques, Yang Ping'an arrived at the training ground and was immediately surprised.

In addition to all the trainees, there were several instructors and a lot of weighted tools on the training ground. It seems that these tools were made overnight.

Meng Kang's face was grim: "The next training session is quite special. We will be entering a new period of training, which I call extreme training. Everyone will be doing extreme mountain cross-country running with weights."

Team leader Meng Haoran asked with some confusion, "Teacher Meng, what is mountain extreme off-roading? And how much weight should each of us carry?"

Meng Kang nodded: "That's a very good question. Based on your different Soul Masters and Soul Power levels, I have basically determined the weight of your load. The load will be different for each person, depending on whether they are a Power Attack, Agility Attack, Support, or Control type."

"Thirty kilograms for offensive units, twenty-five kilograms for agile units, twenty kilograms for control units, and fifteen kilograms for support units. Everyone is carrying these weights and running along the outer perimeter of the Beast Mountain."

Upon hearing this, everyone was in an uproar. Running around the outer perimeter of the Beast Mountain with heavy loads was definitely torture. Although there were no soul beasts, the entire mountain path was rugged and uneven. Running a lap would probably take half a life.

As the team captain, Meng Haoran reconfirmed the training content and addressed the students' questions: "Director Meng, how far do we need to run? Do we need to run at full speed?"

Meng Kang remained serious: "We don't know the exact distance yet. There will be teachers leading the team and supervising you to make sure you don't slack off. The running distance will be the limit of the last person in your group, otherwise we will not stop."

The crowd erupted in uproar again. This kind of training was definitely designed to torture people; it was not regular training at all.

Meng Yiran suddenly spoke up, "Teacher Meng, I'm just a preliminary team member, and a girl at that. Do I really need to do this kind of training?"

Meng Kang nodded without hesitation: "It is precisely because you are a girl that you need to do this kind of training even more. Of course, your load will be slightly lower than others, but it will still be ten kilograms."

Yang Ping'an's lips twitched upon hearing this. He hadn't expected that his suggestion would actually be adopted by the academy. This was, after all, one of the training methods used by special forces on Earth. If his teammates knew that he was the one who suggested this training, he wondered if they would want to kill him.

At Meng Kang's command, all team members began running with their weights on their backs, following the teacher in charge. Yang Ping'an, carrying a 30-pound weight, also followed at the back of the group.

Running is usually a very easy thing for Soul Masters, but running with weights is very good at training their physical fitness, not to mention running in the mountains.

In mountainous areas, roads are often very uneven, with various potholes and obstacles, making even ordinary climbing extremely strenuous.

Especially since everyone is carrying a heavy load, you might not feel anything at first, but as the distance increases, it becomes extremely dangerous, and even the strongest person will find it hard to bear.

After running only a few kilometers, everyone looked quite disheveled. Although there were teachers leading the way, the mountain road was rugged, and it was easy to fall if you weren't careful. Especially when carrying heavy loads, everyone's balance was not as good as before, and they could even be said to be staggering when running.

(End of this chapter)