As the breath slowly exhaled, the palm of his hand placed on the armrest of the seat suddenly clenched!

Blue veins bulged out from Zuo Qing's arms, spreading to his chest, neck, and cheeks... His muscles were tense, his brows were tightly twisted together, endless pain surged from the depths of his soul, and his face, lying on his back in the chair, was painful and hideous.

Beads of sweat slid down his cheeks, gradually leaving a stain on the old floor. Even so, Zuo Qing still gritted his teeth and refused to make any sound. Only the sound of rapid and heavy breathing echoed in the office.

In the cubicle behind the office, Jiang Ziya, who was about to make a move on the chessboard, suddenly had his fingertips suspended in mid-air.

Jiang Ziya let out a long sigh.

He held the chess piece between his fingertips and placed it steadily on a certain spot on the chessboard. At this moment, the black and white pieces were already interlaced on the chessboard, each occupying half of the territory.

Time passed minute by minute, and after about half an hour, the heavy breathing finally stabilized.

Zuo Qing lay on the chair like a pile of mud, his face pale and looking extremely tired. He rested on the chair for a few minutes, then reached out his hand tremblingly and grasped the teacup on the corner of the table in his palm.

He took a deep breath and brought the teacup to his cracked lips, only to find that the cup had already dried up, with only a few tea leaves lying dryly at the bottom of the cup.

He sighed helplessly and was about to get up when a figure slowly walked up to him.

Jiang Ziya held up a steaming teapot and passed the cup of water between his left green palms. The boiling water splashed over the tea leaves at the bottom of the cup, emitting a refreshing fragrance.

"Thank you." Zuo Qing smiled bitterly.

Jiang Ziya handed the cup of water to Zuo Qing with a complicated look on his face:

"Now that the gods of Heaven have returned, Daxia is under the protection of us. Why do you have to torture yourself like this..."

"It's different, Grandfather." Zuo Qing took a sip of tea and shook his head, "Having the Great Xia God protecting Great Xia is naturally a great thing, but if we put all our hopes on you, then what's the difference between us humans and captive livestock?

Commander Ye Fan once said that human power can overcome nature. Without his cultivation and efforts, Daxia would not have so many human ceilings today, and Zhou Ping would not have appeared... If even I, the commander-in-chief, start to slack off because of the return of the Daxia God, then the foundation that the Night's Watch has accumulated over the past hundred years will be destroyed in an instant."

Jiang Ziya stroked his long beard and looked at Zuo Qing with admiration in his eyes.

"Unfortunately, when we returned, Ye Fan had already died, otherwise I would really like to meet him."

Just as the two were talking, there was a hurried knock on the door.

Zuo Qing wiped the sweat off his face with paper, tidied up his haggard face, and then spoke:

"Enter."

The office door opened and a night watchman rushed in with a report.

"Commander Zuo, urgent report from the front line!"

Hearing the words "urgent need from the front line", Zuo Qing's face changed. He quickly took the report and read it carefully.

"Temple of the God of Heaven?!"

His pupils suddenly contracted!!

…

Island.

"I don't know what Gun-ge is going to do during today's 'Heart Gate' training."

Everyone walked out of the medicinal bath and put on their clothes. Cao Yuan shrugged and said.

"What's going on? I think it's quite interesting." Baili Pangpang said with a raised eyebrow.

"It's interesting, but we've been doing this for more than half a month." Cao Yuan's expression was a little strange. "Every day, apart from getting beaten up, I don't know what I do the rest of the time... It's okay for one or two days, but after a long time, I always feel empty inside."

"Actually, I have the same feeling." An Qingyu nodded.

Lin Qiye opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he sighed helplessly.

Although he also felt that the past half month had passed in a somewhat ridiculous manner, this was, after all, the training arranged for them by the Night's Watch commanders. As the captain of the Nightfall team, it was always not a good idea for him to take the lead in setting the pace.

Just as a few people were chatting, Li Kengqiang walked out of the forest leisurely.

"How are things, little guys? Did you have a good rest?" Li Kengqiang pulled down his sunglasses, glanced at everyone one by one, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"…I've had a good rest."

"Just get some rest. Today's training was a bit strenuous."

After hearing these words, a glimmer of light appeared in everyone's eyes. Could it be that after playing around for more than half a month, they could finally have a normal "heart barrier" training?

Under the expectant gazes of the crowd, Li Kengqiang took out a few swimsuits and stuffed them into the arms of Lin Qiye and the others one by one, then solemnly announced:

"Today's training is called 'Dog Paddle Swimming Competition'!"

Everyone: ...

"The rules of the competition are as follows. Everyone puts on a swimsuit and starts from the beach, doggy paddling, without using any restraints. Whoever swims the fastest within the specified time wins!" Li Kengqiang said excitedly.

"How was it? Was this training also interesting?!"

"...Brother Qiang, can we do something serious?" Cao Yuan's mouth twitched wildly, and after a moment, he couldn't help but speak.

"Business? This is your business!" Li Kengqiang raised his eyebrows, turned around and walked towards the coastline, "Come on, whoever arrives the slowest will have to swim two more laps in the sea."

“…”

With helpless sighs, everyone reluctantly walked to the beach of the island, changed into their swimsuits, and dived into the water at Li Kengqiang's passionate whistle.

"Qi Ye, why do you think the commanders did this? I always feel that something is wrong..." Cao Yuan said with a frown, splashing water.

"It's indeed wrong." Lin Qiye looked back at Li Kengqiang on the shore and said truthfully, "Even if this outrageous training is the product of Brother Gun's extreme boredom, then Commander Nie Jinshan, or even General Huo Qubing on the bottom of the island, they can't be so bored, right?

They know we do this kind of outrageous thing every day, why doesn't anyone stop us?"

"Yeah... Chubby, what do you think?"

"... Fatty?"

Everyone looked back and found that Baili Pangpang's figure had disappeared, leaving only gurgling bubbles rolling up from the sea.

Lin Qiye was stunned, and suddenly dived into the sea and pulled up Baili Pangpang who was sinking. The latter put his arm around Lin Qiye's shoulder and started coughing violently.

"Damn it... The thing I'm worst at is swimming."

"Let's just swim two laps symbolically and then go back."

"Okay." Baili Pangpang nodded. Just as he was about to say something else, he saw the sea in the distance and was slightly stunned. "Is someone coming?"

"People? What people?"

"Another enemy attack?!"

Under everyone's vigilant gaze, Baili Pangpang stretched out his hand and pointed to the end of the horizon.

A figure in a Taoist robe was walking slowly towards here, stepping on the waves.

"Don't panic, he's just a Heavenly Lord." Baili Pangpang said calmly.

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