Although everyone was still constantly hauling sand, I could clearly sense that the state of these few people was already a bit off.
It wasn't until nightfall that I let them stop.
After a day's work, high piles of sand had accumulated at the entrance of the city.
There were five sand piles in total, showing that they had worked very hard during the day.
"Brother Lu... can you tell me what exactly we are training?" Bai Ran asked.
"This..." I smiled awkwardly, "This, physical fitness..."
"Brother Lu, I actually have a suggestion. If we're training physical fitness, we might as well go for a run or do some other exercises!" Chen Ran said.
"Do you all think so too?" I turned my gaze to Zuo Qing, Bei Chi, and Shen Zhi.
"I'll listen to Brother Lu!" Zuo Qing said.
"Me too," Shen Zhi replied.
"Whatever Brother Lu arranges, I'll do!" Bei Chi followed.
"Then I'll think about it carefully... to see if your methods are feasible." I said with a smile.
In fact, I knew very well that this kind of so-called physical training was not as important as imagined.
As long as they could obtain the power of the Shepherd God, their physical fitness would naturally improve.
The most crucial thing was to adapt to the Shepherd God's power, so that when I forcibly instilled strength, their bodies would not reject it.
Everything that was being done now was just to adapt to the Shepherd God's power and then accept the infusion of my power.
"You all wait a moment..." I thought for a while, then took out a few twigs from my pocket and gave one to each of them, "Put this thing in your pocket..."
"This is..." Zuo Qing looked at me in confusion.
"It's something quite useful..." I didn't explain much.
In fact, these twigs were common everywhere, and I believed they had seen them before.
However, I had injected the power of the Shepherd God into this piece of twig, so that it could influence them while they carried it!
"I understand!" Bei Chi nodded, then put the twig into his pocket.
The others, seeing this, didn't say much and put the twigs in their pockets.
"Oh right, come a bit earlier tomorrow," I said with a somewhat apologetic smile. "I thought about it today and decided that we don't need to build it for now, so please bring the sand back... it's a bit of a space hog lying around the city entrance..."
Upon hearing this, the expressions of several people immediately turned sour.
"Brother Lu, can we use tools this time? After all, there's quite a lot of sand, and if we just move it by hand, it'll take too much time..."
"Yeah, yeah. It took us a whole day to move it over there, it should be faster to move it back. We can then use the remaining time to do some other training, which would be beneficial for all of us..."
"I think so too. Anyway, hauling sand like this doesn't serve any training purpose. It's better to take this opportunity to do something meaningful, which would be beneficial for all of us!"
Chen Ran and Bai Ran were clearly agitated and spoke incessantly.
I raised my hand and gestured to stop them, "Don't worry, I have my arrangements. We have plenty of time, so it doesn't matter about this little bit..."
"So, tomorrow, just follow my arrangements!" I said seriously.
Hearing this, the expressions of several people varied, but they still nodded in agreement and turned to leave.
Watching their retreating figures, Lin Chun walked over, "Brother Lu, won't this..."
"I'll explain to you later." I didn't answer his question. "Just do as I say, there won't be any problems. Also, you need to arrive a bit earlier tomorrow, I need you to take attendance for them!"
"Understood, Brother Lu!" Lin Chun nodded.
"How is your cultivation progressing?" I asked.
"It's okay... I've been diligently cultivating during this time and haven't done anything else..." Lin Chun said.
"Hurry up and cultivate, and can you feel the benefits of cultivation now?" I asked.
"Mhm!" Lin Chun's face lit up with excitement. "With my current state, I feel several times stronger than before..."
I nodded and gave him some Stone Spring, "Resources are limited for now, so drink a little of this and try to improve as much as possible!"
"I don't need it!" Lin Chun shook his head. "Since I can cultivate now, there's no need to waste resources..."
"Don't worry, I have my own plans!" I said with a smile.
Only then did Lin Chun accept the Stone Spring, drink it, and immediately sat down to enter a state of cultivation.
I was very satisfied with Lin Chun.
This guy had a certain thirst for power and was also diligent.
Under such circumstances, he definitely had the potential to climb to higher levels.
Having spent time together, I also believed in his loyalty!