On the second day of concentrated training, Ren Suo went to have a meal and discovered that the students from Team Eight were all secretly giving him thumbs-up, with some even directly approaching him to say, "Awesome."
Ran Suo was clueless until Xie Qiansi explained the situation, "I didn't expect a guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes like you, not as handsome as I am, to be quite swift in action."
"What action?"
"Don't pretend, I only found out just now too. You said you were going out for a stroll last night, but you actually went to the girls' dormitory above! Someone saw you coming out of Qiao Muyi's dorm, and everyone was like, 'Oh, he came back alone!'"
Ren Suo was puzzled, "I just bought some playing cards to play with them."
Ren Suo naturally wanted to seize every opportunity to get close to Qiao Muyi for the sake of the key.
Last night there were no classes, the trainees were still recovering from a tiring day, and at night the sports field didn't activate the congregation effect of spiritual energy.
So Ren Suo bought a pack of cards and went up to the girls' dormitory to play. Although there were four people in Qiao Muyi's dormitory, it didn't matter—playing Landlord, whoever lost would leave the game.
According to Ren Suo's college experience, playing cards was one of the shortcuts to enhancing relationships!
"Tch, no need to explain, explaining is like covering up," Xie Qiansi patted Ren Suo's shoulder, "If you need help from a brother, just say the word!"
Even though Ren Suo had previously snubbed Xie Qiansi a few times, they had slept over one night and basically had no grudges left. Plus, Ren Suo was the only one in Team Eight capable of using the Advanced Breathing Technique, so he was bound to have a brilliant future, and Xie Qiansi naturally wanted to maintain a good relationship with him.
What was the most important thing for a public servant? Connections.
After breakfast, they followed instructor Zhao Jingzhong to another sports field.
"Today, you will be undergoing cultivation training here."
In front of Ren Suo, there was an open-air gym surrounded by a running track, with many pieces of fixed fitness equipment on the ground. Quite a number of people were already huffing and puffing while working out on the equipment, the scene was very lively.
Zhao Jingzhong said, "In the morning, you will use these devices to cultivate. During the cultivation process, just maintain breathing and exhaling. After a rest at noon, you will then go to the track and field for running cultivation in the afternoon."
"The schedule for the day after tomorrow will be similar. You need to develop your Qi Cyclone as fast as possible."
Li Qingxuan raised her hand to ask, "Won't we be too tired? After yesterday's morning training, it took us a whole day to recover... "
"Yesterday was for you to familiarize yourselves with the Breathing Technique," Zhao Jingzhong said, "Now that you're basically familiar with it, even if you exhaust your physical strength in the morning, starting from this afternoon you will be able to drink 'Spiritual Liquid No. 3.' After drinking it and sleeping for about an hour, you will basically recover much of your physical strength and continue cultivation in the afternoon."
The trainees were shocked; there's such a good thing?
Moreover, it's called Spiritual Liquid No. 3, which sounds quite high-end.
"Each person gets one bottle of Spiritual Liquid. If you still have physical strength left, the effect of the Spiritual Liquid will be greatly diminished," Zhao Jingzhong glanced at them, "What are you waiting for?"
"Oh, oh, oh!" The trainees scattered to go workout and practice breathing techniques.
Zhao Jingzhong looked at them, turned around and stepped outside the sports field to the dormitory building below, took out his phone, and sent a message:
'Today, the target did not appear.'
'Do you suspect any targets?'
'No.'
'Continue observation.'
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For the next two days, the students followed the instructors around various sports fields, looking for the most suitable training method for themselves. Some people might be slow when running and unable to use the Intermediate Cultivation Method, but they found doing fitness exercises to be quite easy, and their efficiency improved significantly.
Although Deputy Director Yu Kuangtu didn't say it, the civil servants currently at the training base all belonged to 'key technical talents,' and were very likely to become strategic talents in the upcoming era of Spiritual Energy revival. Naturally, the government wouldn't shortchange them on their cultivation—at least not until they had mastered the basics.
At the same time, they also needed to find their most suitable training method—this was a sample that needed to be reported to the government for statistical purposes.
Meanwhile, it was said that various cities were preparing to build Spiritual Energy training centers, or add 'plugins' to existing infrastructure so that the civil servants could continue their cultivation with local facilities after returning home. However, due to limited funding, not every training method could be covered in the construction of these facilities, and which cultivation method was more suitable for the local civil servants was an important consideration in the construction of the Spiritual Energy Sports Fields.
After three days of trying out all the facilities in the Spiritual Energy Sports Fields, the morning of the fourth day was free training. From the second day on, people started to scream like seagulls while running, working out, playing soccer, basketball, or badminton, but rest assured, it wasn't because their otaku attributes and sports attributes were clashing, leading to a mental breakdown; it was because they had awakened their Qi Cyclones.
Simply put, they now had an 'organ' at the location of their lower dantian that they could control, which was even more mysterious than giving birth. After awakening their Qi Cyclones, they rushed to train intensively. After all, there wouldn't be Spiritual Energy Sports Fields back home, and they also needed to master the Intermediate and Advanced Cultivation Methods as soon as possible.
The instructors weren't surprised by the students' swift progress at all, as they themselves were cultivators meticulously selected from various military units. People like Zhao Jingzhong were among those fierce figures who awakened their Qi Cyclones on the second day.
Ren Suo claimed that he only awakened his Qi Cyclone on the morning of the third day, which was around the average time for most people, so it didn't draw much attention.
However, only Ren Suo knew that he had awakened his Qi Cyclone right from the start.
On the very first day of cultivation, Ren Suo felt a subtle pulsation in his lower dantian, but at the time he thought it was part of the normal process, until he attended the Spiritual Energy Recognition Class and learned that was the Qi Cyclone.
However, the Spiritual Energy Recognition Class mentioned that the formation of a Qi Cyclone would be accompanied by a noticeable sensation; Ren Suo asked others, and they too said the feeling was quite distinct.
But Ren Suo had no idea when he opened his own Qi Cyclone!
He thought it over and decided it must be due to the 'Physical Fitness Optimization.' Because he had fallen into a deep sleep then, he was unaware of anything happening to his body; apart from that, Ren Suo couldn't find any other explanation.
But this didn't affect his training. It was now the fourth day, and the training would end tomorrow.
Just thinking about returning home to play with his Mini-World Game Console, Ren Suo was like an arrow on the bowstring, eager with anticipation.
At the cafeteria during lunch on the fourth day, Ren Suo finished his Spiritual Liquid and waited for his roommates to finish eating so they could go back to the dormitory together and sleep, digesting the Spiritual Liquid well in preparation for the afternoon's training.
But he wasn't idle at this time; he took out a deck of cards to play Fight the Landlord with Qiao Muyi and the others—his favorability ratings should be about there by now, right?
Could he finally manage to sneak the key out after a few minutes of sleep?
At Ren Suo's 'strong request' over the past few days, their dormitory always dined with Qiao Muyi and her group, and the other roommates didn't object to the request—in fact, they even gave Ren Suo smirks and encouraging looks, as if they were split personalities patting Ren Suo on the shoulder and saying, "We will definitely help you, but you have to help us too!"
Ren Suo almost thought they were volunteering to act out 'The Calabash Brothers.'
Just then, the sound of an argument came from the entrance of the cafeteria, and everyone curiously looked over. Ren Suo took the opportunity to tilt his head and peek at Li Qingxuan's hand of cards—she was the landlord now.
"What are you looking at?" Li Qingxuan curled her finger and flicked Ren Suo's forehead. "Can't you keep it honest when playing cards?"
The noise at the cafeteria entrance grew louder at this point, and it seemed as if someone had started a fight. The spectators quickly cleared a circle to watch the scuffle, and the already small entrance got even more crowded.
Ren Suo, seeing that he was almost certain to lose to the landlord, put away his cards and said, "Everyone's finished eating, right? Then let's go back and sleep."
Everyone placed their trays on the recycling conveyor and prepared to leave. As they passed by the entrance, they indeed saw a fight had broken out. Two male students wearing gray vests were angrily glaring at each other while being pulled apart by others, just like Huskies and Teddies in a square.
But the fight seemed unlikely to continue; everyone was already holding them back, and after all, the students here were civil servants with high levels of discipline—they wouldn't let the fight escalate further.
However, as they were about to leave, a furious roar suddenly erupted from the crowd, "I want you dead!"
Boom! Like a torrent, countless fiery flames rapidly spread across the ground!
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