The whole world is cultivating qi, only I am cultivating the body

The middle-aged man standing in the front looked quite old. Although cultivators' bodies generally age slowly, those who really want to prolong their lives through cultivation must at least cultivate to the fourth stage, which is when the Qi-refining cultivator condenses the true Qi in the body into spiritual energy, and when the body-refining cultivator's blood becomes like mercury.

Unlike the books he had read before he traveled through time, which described how one could increase one's lifespan by hundreds of years by advancing one's realm, the people of Tianyi Continent, whether they were cultivating Qi or cultivating the body, had never had any immortal cultivators. Perhaps there were, but there had been no records of any such immortal cultivators appearing on Tianyi Continent.

The middle-aged man standing in the front looks like a middle-aged man, but his eyes are full of vicissitudes. His real age must be older than it appears. The eyes of the two middle-aged men and the mature woman next to him do not quite match their ages. In Zeng Wenyu's opinion, these four people must be big shots in this border guarding city.

As for how big a figure he is? Anyway, when Zeng Wenyu saw the scolding voice just now, all the instructors stood up straight, even if these four people didn't look back at them, they all stood straight.

"You are the new recruits of Border Guard City! You are the embodiment of the spirit of Border Guard City in the future. Look at what you look like now! Not only can you not wear your clothes properly, but you can't even stand in line properly?!" The middle-aged man standing in the front looked at the new recruits who couldn't stand straight in line with a gloomy face, and turned to look at the soldiers behind him, "Who is responsible for this batch of new recruits?"

Hearing the middle-aged man's words, Guo Tie immediately stepped out of the line and trotted to the middle-aged man: "Report to the city lord! This batch of new soldiers will be trained by me!"

"These are the new recruits you trained? So undisciplined? How do you train them?"

"Uh, it's my fault for not doing my job well. Please punish me, City Lord!"

"Take these new recruits under your command and run ten laps around the Border City! I'll be waiting for you here!"

"Yes!" Guo Tie ran over and looked at Zeng Wenyu and the other new recruits with a bad face, "Everyone listen up! The city lord is very dissatisfied with your performance. Now follow me and run ten laps around the border city! Anyone who can't keep up and falls behind will be subjected to the most brutal training!"

The recruits standing on the training ground shrank their heads. They didn't dare to act rashly in front of their instructors, especially with the city lord standing behind them. Even if they had some complaints in their hearts, they didn't dare to show them. Moreover, their instructors were also punished, so it was even harder for them to complain about them.

The border city is not small. If Zeng Wenyu ran at full speed alone, he could finish ten laps in half an hour at most. But he didn't want to appear special, so he ran with everyone else. It took him two hours to finish ten laps, and many people even finished the last two laps.

Following the main force to the cannon fodder training ground, among all the new recruits, only Zeng Wenyu and Huo Xiang were still standing at this time. Looking around at the new recruits who had fallen around him, Zeng Wenyu slowly, slowly sat down on the ground and lay down.

You know what, this trip made Huo Xiang, who was standing next to him, feel a little amused and helpless. Huo Xiang knew Zeng Wenyu's strength. Even Guo Tie said he was no match for Zeng Wenyu. It was just ten laps around the border city, and he, who was weaker than Guo Tie, was still standing. How could Zeng Wenyu be so tired that he lay on the ground?

Huo Xiang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Guo Tie slapped himself on the forehead with his right hand. The city lord, who had been waiting for the return of these new recruits on the parade ground, had a very dark face. The two middle-aged men next to him also looked unhappy when they saw Zeng Wenyu's action. Only the mature woman looked at him lying down with interest and laughed a few times.

"Guo Tie! Come here!"

Zeng Wenyu, who was lying comfortably on the ground, heard the city lord's voice. Then he saw Guo Tie running towards the city lord. He saw that the city lord seemed to be pointing at him and asked Guo Tie something with a dark face. After Guo Tie said something to the city lord, he walked to Zeng Wenyu with a serious face and pulled him up from his lying position.

"Brother Gao, the city lord asked me to take you there."

"Go there? Why does the city lord want me? I don't even know him..."

"Who told you to lie down so suddenly when you were just standing? If the city lord hadn't heard about you from Li Tou'er, and if I hadn't told the city lord about your situation, you would have been sentenced to military punishment for your condition."

"I just want to lie down on the ground and rest for a while, is it that serious... You won't even let me rest? I just ran ten laps, I'm so tired..."

"Tired? Look at the sweat on my head. Then look at your head, there's not even a drop of sweat. You say you're tired? You can't speak against your conscience!"

Guo Tie withdrew after bringing Zeng Wenyu to the city lord. He still didn't dare to be naughty in front of the city lord. After all, he didn't know what kind of personality the city lord had. He was just lying on the ground when he was called over. What if he was naughty at this time and the city lord killed him directly? Even if he couldn't kill him in public, wouldn't he have to fight later? Wouldn't it be better to put him in the most dangerous place?

"City Lord, what do you want me to do?" Although he couldn't be naughty, Zeng Wenyu still didn't really regard himself as a soldier under the city lord.

"Are you the Gao Yi that Li Jiang mentioned who agreed to sign up after hearing that he could eat unlimited amounts of the body-refining herbs?"

"Well, if the Li Jiang you are talking about is the previous recruiting officer, then I should be the Gao Yi you are talking about."

"I just heard from Guo Tie that you have good physical fitness and are also a person who exercises. How about it? Are you interested in competing with one of the three people next to me?"

"Not interested in……"

"You! The city lord asked us to compete with you because he thinks highly of you!" The older-looking man standing behind the city lord spoke hurriedly.

Zeng Wenyu glanced at him. There was no other expression on the man's face. He was simply angry because he did not give face to the city lord.

"Haha, the emperor is not anxious, but the eunuch is." Since the middle-aged man had no ill intentions, Zeng Wenyu did not instigate him. "I haven't learned any means to fight the enemy. I just have better physical fitness. Why should I fight with you who have experienced hundreds of battles on the battlefield? No fight, no fight!"

"I think you are just a coward! You have lost the face of a soldier!"

"Uncle, a soldier's reputation is not about fighting internally, but killing the enemy externally. We are all working under the city lord, and we will face attacks from monsters and Liang State in a few days. Why fight internally now?"

"Well said!" As soon as Zeng Wenyu finished speaking, the mature woman next to him immediately followed up, "General Zhang, of course our soldiers' reputation is earned when we kill the enemy. There is no benefit in such internal fighting. Besides, what this little brother Gao Yi said is right. We are all experienced warriors. Wouldn't it be bullying him to fight him directly?"

At this point, the mature woman took out a book from her storage ring and said, "How about this? This secret book only contains a set of the most basic boxing techniques. Even the dumbest soldier can learn it within an hour. Of course, General Zhang also learned it in the past. You can take it back and learn it first. After an hour, you and General Zhang can only use this set of boxing techniques to compete. How about that?"

Zeng Wenyu could see that there were no good people here. This mature woman was even harder to deal with than General Zhang just now. What kind of lip-reading soldier could learn it in an hour? Isn't this just for him to compete with General Zhang today? Looking at the secret book handed over by the mature woman, Zeng Wenyu took it from her hand: "Then sister, can you teach me? After all, I'm still a little stupid."