Chapter 67 (1/2)

Half a month quickly pa.s.sed, and the 36 Blood Iron Warriors were obviously much fitter than before. Even Ling Jian who ran along with them was also obviously much fitter.

Furthermore, Ling Jian’s performance in these few days had also made the Blood Iron Warriors changed their perspective of him. With Ling Jian’s original fitness, much less 80 miles, even 40 miles was extremely difficult to achieve. In the first day of training, Ling Jian had already fainted from exhaustion before running halfway. A Blood Iron Warrior then carried him on his shoulder to run a distance. But after Ling Jian woke up, he insisted on running on his own. In the end, he kicked and bite just so he can run on his own. But after running for a short while, he had fainted again.

In this half a month, the Blood Iron Warriors had seen Ling Jian faint many times. However, the nerves of this young man was like steel. He would faint silently. After waking up, he would then silently continue to run.

The Blood Iron Warriors were all trained by the long years of battle. As long as their stamina could keep up, their legs would definitely keep up. But Ling Jian was different, he was only a eight year old child after all. The muscles on his body were still extremely tender. On the first day, his feel had a large amount of blisters from running with some of them being ruptured and b.l.o.o.d.y already. Even the Blood Iron Warriors who tended to those injuries could not help but frown as they saw it. This unyielding young man still appeared in the second day’s training. He still fainted, had new blisters, ruptured them...

At the start, all the Blood Iron Warriors were extremely displeased with Ling Tian for throwing a child in their midst as it was an obvious burden. But in the end, this contempt had transformed into admiration from their hearts!

From the start to the end, even if Ling Jian were to faint or have his feet bloodied from ruptured blisters, he did not even groan once! He did not cry once! He would only slowly chase after the footsteps of the rest, never admitting defeat.

Until the end, an amazing thing happened. When some of the Blood Iron Warriors wanted to skive off because of fatigue, they would feel guilt when they see Ling Jian’s frail body. This ended up in increasing the speed of training greatly!

In the morning, the sun had just rose. Ling Tian was seated in front of the stone table in his own yard. His hands supported his head as though he was thinking about something.

Even the youngest Blood Iron Warrior was already over the age of 20. They were far past the age most suitable for practicing martial arts. It would be an extremely arduous task to get them to cultivate inner strength. Only after eliminating many martial arts did Ling Tian finally find a external martial arts to strengthen their bodies from his memory. He was then prepared to impart it to the Blood Iron Warriors. Since they are going to fight with him in the future, then their strengths must definitely be increased as well.

With regards to the martial skills to be taught to the Blood Iron Warriors, Ling Tian felt a great headache. These fellows basically do not have any basics at all. Everything they know are the moves which they learn from instinct. Ling Tian taught carefully about this matter; if he were to teach them a martial skill suitable for killing large amount of enemies in the battlefield, they would definitely suffer a loss if they were to fight in the pugilistic world. If he were to teach them two different martial skills, these fools would probably not be able to learn it well!

Just when he was in deep thought, footsteps sounded from behind him. Then, a thick sweater was placed on his body. Following which, a gentle tone of concern sounded, ”Young n.o.ble, be careful not to catch a cold.”

Ling Tian then smiled gently and turned behind. A beautiful lady appeared in front of him with thin lips, a sharp nose and two large eyes. From the depths of the eyes, a human figure could be seen with no stain or dirt within it. This girl was Ling Chen. Ever since Ling Tian brought her back and fed her well, her cheeks grew rosy and her body much fitter.

Ling Tian smiled and could not help but hold Ling Chen’s hands, ”Chen’er, why are you up so early? You have not recover fully yet and should rest more.”

Ling Chen looked down in bashfully as she looked at the hands holding on to hers. With respect in her tone, she said, ”Chen’er can’t be at ease if young n.o.ble is here alone. It’s cold!”

Ling Tian then brushed away her messy fringe and said gently, ”My body is strong, it won’t matter. Quickly go back and catch some more sleep, it is still early.”

In truth, Ling Tian was actually one to two years younger than Ling Chen. But every time Ling Tian saw this pitiful young lady, he would always want to dote on her and comfort her like a senior.

Ling Chen then bit her lips and hesitated for a moment. After a while, she finally mustered her courage and said, ”Young n.o.ble, can you let Ling Chen train with Ling Jian and the rest as well in future?”

Ling Tian could not help but be taken aback as he asked, ”Why do you have such a thought?”

Ling Chen lowered her head and mumbled, ”I know that young n.o.ble is training them to do things for you. Chen’er also wants to help young n.o.ble. Can young n.o.ble agree, please?”

Ling Tian then laughed and said, ”Chen’er, practicing martial arts is extremely exhausting. I’m afraid you won’t be able to endure it.”