This time, everyone was instantly punished. Ye Chen then said to the captains and vice-captains of these two squads, "As captains and vice-captains, you have failed in your duties. Go out and run with them!"
"Yes!"
The two squad leaders, who were originally soldiers from the Northern Border, immediately went out.
They were too familiar with this situation.
No matter where it was, especially when new recruits came in, there would inevitably be some such problems.
They were used to it. For their bodies, fifty laps with a load was just routine training.
However, it was the people from the Misty Immortal Palace who were worried.
Fifty laps with a load. It was important to know that ever since they entered, Ye Chen had a rule.
In daily training, true qi was not allowed to be used.
Not only were they not allowed to use it, but everyone in the Northern Border was not allowed to use true qi during training.
This was purely physical training.
In the first few days, these disciples of the Misty Immortal Palace could not endure it.
Basically, everyone collapsed during the first day of cultivation and were carried back to their dormitories.
They had been cultivating on the mountains for a long time, and their bodies had indeed been greatly improved with the help of spiritual energy.
But when faced with such pure physical training, they could persist for a while at first, but over time, they could no longer hold on.
Their bones and muscles protested.
Of course, their performance was still much better than ordinary people. At least, they could still endure the fifty laps on the first day and not faint.
However, after running, few could stand properly.
Whether it was the Ming Xin realm or the Dong Xuan realm, the difference in their physical bodies was not very large.
Not to mention these fifty laps with a load.
They knew clearly what "load" meant. It indicated at least fifty kilograms of weight!
Running fifty laps with fifty kilograms on their backs was something they had never seen in their lives. During this period, although they had done resistance training, fifty kilograms of weight... was the first time.
"Reporting, officer!"
A vice-captain from the Misty Immortal Palace immediately came up to Ye Chen and reported loudly.
"Speak."
Ye Chen gestured for him to speak.
"Officer, fifty laps with a load, isn't that too much? Their bodies will be left with hidden injuries." He spoke while looking into Ye Chen's eyes.
"Oh? Then you want to carry the load with them?"
"No..."
"Then what are you preparing to tell me?"
Ye Chen retorted.
At this moment, this disciple of the Misty Immortal Palace understood. They had no room to argue. If they continued to speak, he would be the one carrying the load for fifty laps.
For normal fifty laps, he could already do it with ease. If it was with a load... he felt that he would still make a fool of himself as he did on the first day.
"Sorry, officer!"
After shouting loudly, he ran out.
"Everyone else, continue eating!"
Ye Chen looked around and said.
At his command, everyone quickly resumed eating without looking up.
At least, half of the people from the Misty Immortal Palace were still able to maintain their composure and obedience.
Ye Chen walked to the serving window and said to the soldier inside, "Save a portion for them. It should be enough, right?"
"It's enough. We prepared it just now," said the soldier inside.
"That's good."
Ye Chen nodded.
Such high-intensity training, followed by high-intensity eating. If the calories from the food were not enough, the body would not be able to maintain itself under such high-intensity training, and eventually, it would collapse.
He was here to train soldiers, not to ruin these people's bodies.
On the training ground.
Three people from the Misty Immortal Palace, carrying large backpacks filled with lead blocks on their backs, were running laboriously and slowly on the track.
Beside them, five soldiers were doing the same, but judging from their expressions, the five soldiers from the Misty Immortal Palace looked noticeably more relaxed.
The disciple who had spoken out earlier kept pace with these soldiers, maintaining almost the same speed.
In the first few laps, they did not react much, but after twenty laps, the three of them began to tremble in their legs, and their speed involuntarily slowed down.
The senior brother running with them was not carrying any load and was naturally much more relaxed. Seeing their difficult situation, he couldn't help but say, "How about we go back..."
This so-called tempering was completely different from what they had imagined.
Although they had indeed seen many things here that they had never seen before in the Misty Immortal Palace, more were days of training that completely subverted their previous cultivation methods.
Moreover, these days were getting harder and harder.
"They don't have the energy to talk to you now."
Beside the vice-captain was the captain of their squad, who was also a martial arts master of the Zhi Wei realm. He said calmly, "I remember you said you were here to temper yourselves and improve. If you go back like this, what are you here for? Tourism? Experiencing life? Is this the quality of disciples from your legendary strongest sect in the inner realm?"
"Huang Derui, are you still making sarcastic remarks?" The vice-captain frowned. "Fifty laps with a load, this is going to damage the foundation."
"Is that so? It seems that the foundations of our Northern Border disciples have all been ruined."
Huang Derui remained unmoved. "Before saying these things, look at the five soldiers in front of you."
"They are not even martial arts masters."
Hearing the latter sentence, it almost stimulated the three people who were running with a load.
Yes, the five soldiers in front of them were not even martial arts masters, yet they just kept running and persevering.
And the three of them?
They were clearly strong individuals in the Dong Xuan realm, completely inferior to them!
"...Alas."
The vice-captain sighed with concern, but then, he was more curious. He didn't interact much with the captain of this squad on weekdays. At this moment, he took the opportunity to ask, "How did you manage to persist?"
"Very simple."
Huang Derui glanced at him. "I know you are very capable, but you haven't experienced our lives. Before, if we couldn't persist, if we couldn't do it, we would die."
"I am here to defend the country, not to die for it. Therefore, to live and defend the country, we persisted. It's that simple."
Huang Derui's answer made Jian Chenan fall silent.
If they couldn't do it, they would die.
This was something they had never experienced before.