34: Speed ​​70 mph...

The next day, early morning.

Yang Dian, whose energy was incredibly vigorous after martial arts practice, once again woke up early.

He pulled back the curtains and stretched lazily at the sun, which had risen at the same time as him.

After washing up, Yang Dian changed into a tracksuit.

That’s right, he planned to run home.

If it had been before 11 PM last night, he might not have had such an idea.

But after learning Grass Tread Flight, and knowing that he could gain Grass Tread Flight experience simply by adjusting his body’s exertion posture and breathing frequency while walking or running, he decided to run home today.

It only required 16 energy points to unlock the first entry for Grass Tread Flight, even less than the energy needed to learn Iron Shirt.

Since that was the case...

To be able to react faster than others when encountering danger in the future...

Yang Dian naturally wouldn’t be stingy.

He would unlock the first entry first!

As usual, he ate a three-person breakfast at the breakfast shop.

Just as he was about to pay, Yang Dian suddenly noticed something and looked around:

“Boss, where’s your daughter?”

Yang Dian liked to eat breakfast at this obscure breakfast shop, which didn’t even have a sign, and there was a reason for it.

Firstly, the taste of the breakfast here was indeed good, and the ingredients were plentiful.

Secondly, it was naturally because of the boss’s beautiful and lively daughter.

Food and sex are human nature.

Although he wasn’t planning on developing anything with the breakfast shop owner’s daughter...

Still, having a beautiful and lively girl busy around him while eating breakfast always made one feel happy and refreshed.

The breakfast shop owner, who was a bit more silent than usual, paused when he heard this.

Then, following his usual routine, he started wrapping glutinous rice for the customer.

“She hasn’t been feeling well these past two days, so I told her to rest at home.”

Yang Dian echoed in agreement:

“Working at a breakfast stall is indeed not easy.”

“Every morning at four or five o’clock, before dawn, you have to get up and start working.”

“Even adults can’t stand it, let alone a young girl like your daughter.”

“Honestly, it’s already surprising that she’s been able to help you out so much for so long.”

“If she’s not feeling well, let her rest for a few more days...”

After chatting for a few moments and paying for breakfast, he walked slowly for half an hour to aid digestion.

Once he felt his stomach wasn’t so heavy, the navigation he had prepared earlier came into use.

“Walking navigation, 20.5 kilometers total, passing through a national highway, please be aware of passing trucks...”

“Continue straight on the current road.”

“Hmm, there are indeed a lot of large trucks on the national highway, I need to be a little careful.”

“My current small body can’t withstand being hit by a dump truck.”

He stood in place and did a few chest expansions, then jumped a few times.

Feeling that he had warmed up sufficiently, Yang Dian leaned his entire body slightly forward, adopting a running posture.

“What did Grass Tread Flight say again?”

“When running, use the glutes and hamstrings to propel the body forward.”

“Arms naturally bent, swinging rhythmically with the rhythm of the thighs.”

“When the foot lands, use the full foot or forefoot, avoiding excessive heel impact with the ground.”

“As for the running style, use short, quick steps.”

“Because taking overly large strides will increase impact.”

“The number of steps is best around 3-5 steps per second.”

“Uh, 3 to 5 steps per second, that frequency is indeed a bit fast, almost like a sprint speed...”

“And breathing.”

“Depending on the running frequency, at low frequency, breathe once every two steps.”

“At low frequency, inhale through the nose and exhale through both the mouth and nose.”

“At high frequency, inhale once every two steps, then exhale the Qi inhaled into the lungs within one step.”

“At high frequency, both the mouth and nose need to be used for breathing.”

“But this isn’t ancient times...”

“There’s so much car exhaust on the road; if I breathe through both my mouth and nose, my tonsils will get inflamed after running...”

“No, that’s not right. After practicing martial arts, my physical fitness has improved by who knows how many times.”

“I should be able to withstand car exhaust... right?”

...He recalled the contents recorded in Grass Tread Flight once.

After confirming its accuracy, Yang Dian stepped out with his left foot first.

Initially, because his body muscles were somewhat uncoordinated, although Yang Dian knew how to exert force, his running was always a bit jerky.

But as the energy on the panel began to be consumed, Yang Dian’s body also spontaneously began to adapt to the running posture and breathing frequency of ‘Grass Tread Flight’.

From the initial jerkiness, it gradually became effortless.

By the time he had run 20 kilometers and arrived at a small slope where he could vaguely see the familiar farmhouse courtyard, Yang Dian had completely adapted to the running posture of Grass Tread Flight.

‘From here to home, there’s roughly 500 meters left.’

‘Let’s see how long it takes to run 500 meters at full speed!’

As the thought arose, Yang Dian had already lowered his body and simultaneously took out his phone.

As the timer on his phone started, Yang Dian, leaning forward, suddenly pushed off with his feet.

The next moment, he created a “whoosh~” of wind and transformed into a black shadow, rushing into Taoyuan Village.

Under the big tree at the village entrance.

Yang Guosong, holding a ‘red chariot’ chess piece, stroked his graying hair and looked around, shaking his head.

Yang Guodong, who sat opposite him, also with graying hair but sparser than Yang Guosong’s, couldn’t help but tap the chessboard when he saw his appearance:

“What are you doing, what are you doing?”

“Why are you looking around?”

“What, are you going to take back a move or steal a piece?”

Yang Guosong’s expression was serious:

“Old Dong, did you just feel a big black rat ‘whoosh’ past us?”

As he spoke, he also touched his hair:

“Look at my hair, it just floated up.”

Yang Guodong reached out and slapped away Yang Guosong’s left hand, which was secretly reaching for the chessboard:

“Your hair floated up, indeed.”

“I think your mind has floated away.”

“If you try to play tricks on me again, I’ll find someone else to play chess with...”

...Yang Dian, panting heavily as he stopped outside his courtyard gate, naturally didn’t know about the interesting incident between the two old men at the village entrance.

He propped one hand on his knee and used the other to pick up his phone and press the pause button.

Upon seeing the time displayed on his phone, a hint of joy appeared on Yang Dian’s face.

“17.2 seconds.”

Running 500 meters in only 17.2 seconds, what does that mean?

Running speed exceeding 29 meters per second.

Speed breaking 100 kilometers per hour!

Even if he had the advantage of a downhill and the last stretch was a sprint, which couldn’t be sustained...

But this was still outrageous!

Moreover, at his normal running speed, Yang Dian felt that with his current stamina, running 80 kilometers in an hour was still no problem.

He called up the panel again and took a look.

The progress bar next to Grass Tread Flight had already reached 20.8%.

‘Roughly 1% proficiency for every 1 kilometer run?’

‘If I work hard, I can finish it today!’

‘I wonder how much the running speed will increase after I unlock the trait...’

With anticipation, Yang Dian, who had already adjusted his breathing, looked at the courtyard gate in front of him.

‘But there’s no rush for this.’

Clutching the blue lotus seed in his pants pocket, Yang Dian slowly exhaled a breath:

‘First, go home and boil the blue lotus seed.’

Thinking of this, Yang Dian straightened up and pushed open the half-open wooden door.