"Ah?" Zhao Yanzi's mouth opened so wide that an apple could fit inside.
"Now! Start! "Zhao Kuo said.
"Mom …" Zhao Yanzi looked at Zhao Hongyu for help.
However, Zhao Hongyu ignored Zhao Yanzi's pleading. She moved half a step and stood beside Zhao Kuo.
"Start!" Zhao Kuo yelled again and released a sword energy from her fingertip, hitting the area near Zhao Yanzi's heel.
Bang!
Yellow sand splashed up, and Zhao Yanzi ran in a hurry. Zhao Kuo's sword energy was no weaker than a bullet.
Hao Ren took a deep breath and ran to Zhao Yanzi's side with all his strength.
Zhao Yanzi was the long-distance running champion in her school, but running 20 laps around Purple Bamboo Island was too much for her.
The coastline of Purple Bamboo Island was about 12 kilometers, and 20 laps would be 240 kilometers! It would take her 16 hours to finish a kilometer in four minutes!
"Are you kidding me? I haven't rested for more than a dozen hours on the plane back to East Ocean City!"
She thought. At this thought, she felt wronged. "Why is Third Uncle who used to spoil me so much suddenly so strict with me?"
Hao Ren didn't think as much as she did. He adjusted his breathing secretly while stepping on the soft sand, and each step was steady.
When he was in middle school, he was on the long-distance running team. He wouldn't have complained so much if he had only returned to his old training methods.
"Hey!" Zhao Yanzi couldn't help but yell when she saw Hao Ren running in front of her.
She quickened her steps and looked at Hao Ren pitifully before running side by side with him.
It seemed like even Third Uncle didn't take care of her anymore, and only Hao Ren could share her joys and sorrows.
Hao Ren turned to look at her and smiled helplessly. He adjusted his pace to match Zhao Yanzi's.
It was the scorching sun in the sky, and it was extremely hot.
Zhao Yanzi had only run for a few hundred meters, and she was already sweating all over. The beach was hot from the sun, and it was uncomfortable to step on it.
It took them almost an hour to finish a lap around the island's beach. Their stamina and speed were far beyond mortals. If Zhao Yanzi hadn't reached the Foundation Establishment Realm, she would have been exhausted in half an hour.
"Take a break! Take a break!" Panting, Zhao Yanzi saw that Zhao Hongyu and Zhao Kuo were gone, so she yelled at Hao Ren.
Just as Hao Ren was about to slow down, a sword energy shot out from a high place on the island and hit Zhao Yanzi's feet.
Zhao Yanzi who was about to sit on the beach jumped up immediately.
Bang!
Another two sword energies hit Zhao Yanzi's left and right sides, and the smoky pits were only a few centimeters away from her feet. Zhao Yanzi gritted her teeth and started running again.
Bang bang bang bang …
Another few streaks of Sword Qi struck her back, causing her to not dare to slow down at all. She was on the verge of tears. Since young, when had she ever been mistreated like this?
"Come …" Hao Ren, who was half a meter ahead of her, reached out his hand to her.
Gritting her teeth, Zhao Yanzi hesitated for a few seconds as she ran.
Finally, she reached out and grabbed Hao Ren's hand.
Hao Ren held her hand and started running.
Bang bang bang …
Dozens of Sword Qi chased after their heels.
On the top of the mountain, Zhao Hongyu and Zhao Kuo stood in a pavilion and looked at Hao Ren and Zhao Yanzi who were running around the beach.
"To reach a higher realm, strengthening one's physique is the most basic requirement," Zhao Kuo said.
"Ok. Don't spoil Zi in the next month," Zhao Hongyu looked at Hao Ren and Zhao Yanzi who were as tiny as two black dots and said lightly.
"I know. I'll be leaving in a month anyway," Zhao Kuo said.
Zhao Hongyu turned to look at him and asked, "What about Xingyue?"
"I'll come back and marry her the day I reach the Heavenly Dragon Realm," Zhao Kuo said.
"Did you confess?" Zhao Hongyu asked immediately.
Zhao Kuo's dark face blushed slightly. "No … no."
Zhao Hongyu sighed helplessly.
Hao Ren didn't dare to choose his feelings, and Zhao Kuo didn't dare to face his feelings at all. Zhao Hongyu suddenly felt that the two of them were quite similar.
Zhao Kuo saw Hao Ren and Zhao Yanzi slowing down and shooting out more than a dozen sword energies. He changed the topic and said, "I also think Hao Ren is not bad."
"Yeah, but Zi's realm is too low," Zhao Hongyu looked at Zhao Yanzi who was on the beach worriedly and said, "One day, she will have a baby as well."
"Sister-in-law, are you afraid that her realm is too low, and it will be dangerous for her to have a baby?" Zhao Kuo asked.
"I'm worried about that." Zhao Hongyu nodded. "You know, Zhao Guang didn't let me have a second baby because he was afraid that something would happen to me."
"I know. Big Brother loves you very much, and he didn't agree to my father's request to find another woman," Zhao Kuo said frankly.
"Not only for me but also for Zi. If Zi has a half-brother, it's hard to say if she can live a good life in the future, "Zhao Hongyu said.
Zhao Kuo thought for a moment and nodded.
Zhao Yanzi was the princess of the East Ocean Dragon Palace, and all the elders of the East Ocean Dragon Palace surrounded her. If she had a younger brother who could inherit the dragon king's throne in the future, and this future dragon king's mother wasn't her biological mother …
"You are taking care of Xie Yujia for Zi's sake, right?" Zhao Kuo asked Zhao Hongyu.
Zhao Hongyu smiled and didn't answer.
By the beach, Hao Ren and Zhao Yanzi were getting more and more tired. Hao Ren was doing better, but Zhao Yanzi's feet were dragging on the sand.
If there were no speed restrictions, it wouldn't be too hard to finish 20 laps. However, Zhao Kuo's sword energies forced Hao Ren and Zhao Yanzi to stay alert, which was challenging the limits of their bodies.
The body was like a container that stored Nature Essence. The stronger the body, the more Nature Essence it could hold. The will to challenge the limits was also the necessary spirit energy to break through realms.
The sun gradually sank into the bottom of the ocean from the west, but Hao Ren and Zhao Yanzi were still running. Zhao Yanzi had never suffered like this before. In the past, even when she cultivated, she had to do it slowly. She had never been tricked by her Third Uncle to go to an isolated island for closed-door training.
Hao Ren's pace was still steady. He held onto Zhao Yanzi's thin arm and continued to run along the beach.
On the high mountain, Zhao Kuo stood alone in the pavilion and stared at them. If they slacked off even a little bit, the merciless sword energies would fall at their feet.
The moon was bright, and the stars were sparse. The morning sun rose, and the sound of waves could be heard …
"Third Uncle, I can't run anymore!" Zhao Yanzi couldn't help but yell and beg for mercy.
She had wanted to cultivate to the Core Formation Realm and bully Duan Yao. However, it seemed like she would rather give up on this idea now. Her Third Uncle's cultivation method was too hard!
Zhao Kuo didn't respond. Instead, three sword energies flew over and pierced through Zhao Yanzi's shoes.
"I can't run anymore!" Zhao Yanzi sat on the beach and decided to act shamelessly.
She knew that Zhao Kuo loved her and wouldn't really hit her.
"If you don't finish running, don't call me your Third Uncle anymore!" Zhao Kuo roared fiercely toward Zhao Yanzi's eardrums.
Zhao Yanzi shivered in fear. She had never seen her Third Uncle so fierce to her, and she knew that he wasn't joking. With tears in her eyes, she finally got up and continued running.
Standing on the top of the mountain, Zhao Kuo felt sorry for her. However, as Zhao Hongyu said, the more they slacked off now, the more dangerous it would be in the future.
His mother was a Qian-level cultivator. In more than 100 years, she had given birth to three sons for Zhao Haoran. When she finally gave birth to him, she couldn't take it anymore and passed away.
With Zhao Yanzi's low realm, she would probably be too weak to bear a dragon baby.
As the third uncle, he wanted to hug his grandnephew with his own hands! However, he had already decided not to raise a child!
When Zhao Yanzi's baby was born, it would be his grandson or granddaughter!
At this thought, Zhao Kuo suddenly released dozens of sword energies from his palm. They chased after Hao Ren and Zhao Yanzi, making them scream and run like crazy.
"Hahahaha!" Zhao Kuo laughed happily.
The sun gradually moved to the west, and Hao Ren and Zhao Yanzi finally finished 20 laps. They were hungry, and their bodies were trembling. Hao Ren carried Zhao Yanzi on his back and finished the last three laps.
"From tomorrow onward, Zi will run five laps a day, and Hao Ren will run ten laps a day. However, Hao Ren will be dragging a tire, and the number of tires will increase by one every day."
Zhao Kuo pointed at the forest on the left.
There were dozens of tires in the forest, and each of them was a big tire for a heavy truck!
"I will guide your cultivation. Zi's cultivation is in the morning, which is the time after five laps. Hao Ren's cultivation is at night, which is the time after ten laps," Zhao Kuo continued.
"I'm done cultivating. Can I go play and sleep?" Zhao Yanzi pouted and looked at Zhao Kuo pitifully.
If she had known that the training would be so cruel, she wouldn't have begged her Third Uncle to teach her cultivation.
"Yes, but only if you finish your homework," Zhao Kuo said.
"Homework?" Zhao Yanzi was overjoyed. "I finished the summer homework a few days ago!"
"Your mom got you the textbooks for the third year of middle school. You have to finish reading them this summer," Zhao Kuo said.
Zhao Yanzi opened her mouth in surprise. Then, she grabbed Zhao Kuo's arm coquettishly. "Third Uncle …"
Zhao Kuo's forehead was covered in sweat. "I can't help you with this. Big Brother told me to do it."
"Pu …" Zhao Yanzi sat on the sand softly, and she was about to cry. "This is not summer vacation; it is hell!"
She thought. "Also, Hao Ren, the place I arranged for you is not in the palace but in the forest." Zhao Kuo pointed at a thatched hut in the forest. "You can better sense the nature here."
Hao Ren's eyes widened. "This … this … Is she jealous that I'm too close to Zhao Yanzi?"
"Zi, you must be hungry. Let's go in and eat." Zhao Kuo showed the same loving expression as before and led Zhao Yanzi to the splendid palace.
He suddenly looked at Hao Ren and changed his expression. "Oh, Hao Ren, you have to find your own food on this island. This is also a kind of cultivation."
"Um …" Hao Ren looked at him and almost couldn't breathe.
A few days later, Hao Ren, who was in ragged clothes, ran crazily along the beach with a few giant tires tied to his waist.
More than ten days later, there were more than ten tires …
More than thirty days later, more than thirty tires sped on the beach, kicking up waves of sand.
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