Last night's assassination incident quietly passed, known only to two people, as the Seventh Legion's new recruits continued their hellish training.
Compared to the first day, the intensity of the second day's training was no less. All the new recruits found that although their bodies, bones, and muscles ached intensely, they could still continue to move.
Rin continued to drink tea and review and approve Legion documents in the Legion Commander's office. After the Seventh Legion's defeat at the northern border last time, the previous Legion Commander had died, and many important documents requiring the Legion Commander's signature and seal had been accumulating until now, needing Rin's personal approval.
However, Rin wasn't quietly reviewing at her desk, but rather on the open space in front of the office desk, where a mat was spread. Zhi Feng, as the Vice Commander (deputy general), had her upper body wrapped only in a white linen cloth, highlighting her ample figure. She wore tight hot pants on her lower body and was doing push-ups like a new recruit, with her hands on the ground, while Rin sat on her smooth, fair, and fit back, approving documents as she moved up and down.
"B-Big Sister… this weight, won't it be…"
"Nah~ If you don't push your body to its limits, how can you tap into your potential and break through them? As my dear deputy general, I won't allow you to fall behind my pace, Zhi Feng."
"Yes… Yes! To be able to continue by your side… 2699!…"
After last night's battle and witnessing Rin's power this morning, Zhi Feng deeply realized her own inadequacy. What value could a vice-general who could only hold back have for a Legion Commander? Even if it was just to follow behind Rin as her subordinate, Zhi Feng urgently demanded that she become stronger.
Therefore, Zhi Feng went to request the strongest person in her memory, her revered big sister and direct superior, Rin, to be her mentor. Rin, who had nothing to do besides approving documents, naturally agreed with pleasure.
"Since it's training, we must start with the basics. To be honest, this is my first time teaching someone to train. For beginners, let's warm up first. How about ten thousand push-ups?"
The number Rin uttered nearly knocked out the young girl who had just firmly resolved to become stronger. Don't think that ten thousand is just double five thousand; the difference in difficulty between the two is hundreds of times greater.
However, Zhi Feng, who was determined to become stronger, could not be overwhelmed by this small difficulty, especially in front of her most beloved and admired big sister. So, without another word, she placed her hands on the ground, ready to begin. Then... "B-Big Sister, why are you sitting on me?!"
"Of course, push-ups must be done with weights. Doing them without is for children."
"Where in this world can you find a child who can do ten thousand push-ups?! Also, Big Sister, why are you so heavy?! You're like a mountain!"
"Haha, although it's rude, it's true. I'm currently using the Iron Body Thousand Jin Drop from the Fist King Temple. My current weight is probably only about two hundred kilograms. Keep it up, my vice-general!"
A stone armor, fully equipped, weighs only about eighty kilograms. Five thousand push-ups made many new recruits want to die. Doing ten thousand with two hundred kilograms on her back, Zhi Feng was now wishing she were dead!
"2777, 3900, 4000..."
After four thousand, Zhi Feng gasped for breath, and crystal clear sweat dripped onto the ground, wetting a patch. Zhi Feng's willpower had reached its limit, but she still didn't stop, beginning to use self-hypnosis from her hypnotism skills.
"I can do it. I squeezed out all competitors with my strength to get the position by Big Sister's side. If I don't get stronger quickly and far surpass everyone else... Ten thousand push-ups are nothing."
Rin sat on Zhi Feng's back as steady as Mount Tai, as if sitting in an office chair, her pen approving documents without the slightest deviation, her handwriting as beautiful and firm as usual, with a hint of resolute iron-blooded aura. As a martial artist whose skills reached the divine and transcended the ordinary, she could 'listen' to the changes in Zhi Feng's muscles, the magnitude and direction of her strength, through every inch of her skin. She could clearly feel every muscle fiber in Zhi Feng trembling, and a faint smile appeared on her face.
This girl has good willpower. I said ten thousand push-ups as a joke, but she actually kept persisting, stimulating a lot of potential through self-hypnosis. She truly is a promising talent.
While approving documents, Rin's peripheral vision watched Zhi Feng, whom she was sitting on, still mechanically repeating the up and down motion. She saw every muscle bulging under the extreme pressure from its owner, and several major tendons surfaced on her skin, like taut bowstrings, ready to snap at any moment.
When Zhi Feng couldn't perceive it, Rin's right thumb tip lightly grazed her index finger, and a drop of crystal clear blood oozed from the wound. Rin, with a gentle force that Zhi Feng couldn't detect, lightly traced the blood drop from her fingertip across Zhi Feng's fair back, the diluted blood drop vanishing into the sweat... "9998, 9999, 10000..."
"Slap."
"Hey, wake up. Did you fall asleep doing push-ups, my dear vice-general?"
Rin's slap pulled Zhi Feng out of her self-hypnosis. Zhi Feng felt every bone in her body creaking, every major tendon on her body felt like steel wires constricting her, and every inch of her skin felt like a balloon expanding. The unimaginable pain made her groan, but Rin's departure also made her body feel as if a great mountain had been removed. Although extremely uncomfortable, her body felt relieved of a heavy burden. She flopped onto the soaked carpet with a thump and fainted.
Rin smiled, looking at her vice-general who had fainted from overexertion, and gently shook her head. Diligent people never elicit ill will from others.
It was now noon, break time. Rin completely disregarded the sweat on Zhi Feng's body, directly picked her up in a princess carry, and leaped out the window, returning to her villa in three steps. She used her Imperial Armament to quickly heat the freshly changed water in the bathtub, and after adding another drop of blood to the water, she placed the naked Zhi Feng into the tub.
Looking at the sleeping beauty soaking in the water, Rin couldn't help but smile genuinely. She could feel Zhi Feng's determination to become stronger and her desire to stay by her side. The feeling of being desired by others was truly wonderful...
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