Heat

For the next three weeks, Gin has to stay in the sand tub for about 6 to 8 hours; when he is not, he will have to practice lightweight steps.

The lightweight steps are just another practice he will have to do before he started practicing Snake form. He has to tie some weights and ran from bottom to top and top to bottom as much as he can until he slept. From the first day, Old 1 saw that Gin's leg strength is off the charts as he can run from the bottom to the top more than a hundred times without using his esper ability.

That made Old 1 suspect that Gin might be cheating with the weight but when he checked the weights, the weights are just fine so Old 1 realized that the weights that Gin used are not challenging him so he made him change the weights and only after the weights reached to 800 kg that Old 1 can see sweats are struggling.

Gin is told by Old 1 when they are dining that his regeneration ability of his is really suitable to practice the Dragon form and there are some ways that can push your body's defenses.

Gin also expected as he thought that staying in the sand tub with fire ants might be the first step of the Dragon form. This is just him thinking as Old 1 wanted to make him feel the pain and endurance of the martial art practices but that plan didn't go as he thought and he also discovered what kind of monster Gin is.

After eating, Gin is brought by Old 1 to the old room from the back of the kitchen. The old room is covered in dust and from the look, anyone can tell that the room is abandoned and unkempt.

"Old 1, are you brought me here to make me get high with dust? If you are then you might be successful as right now, my nose is getting filled with dust and I really have to hold myself not to sneeze," said Gin while waving his hand in front of his face.

"Gin, this room is the room where one of the alternative ways to push your body is here," said Old 1 while ignoring the blaming sound of Gin.

"Then you should have brought me here after you cleared all this dust," said Gin.

"The thing is the thought of cleaning this room is really escaped my mind and you will have to endure the dusty environment," said Old 1.

Gin knew that from the look of Old 1 smirking while speaking told that it is a lie but he can't do anything about that as this might be the payback from Old 1 for breaking the tiles on the stairs while running on the stairs.

After walking to the back of the room, Gin saw the very big tub which is heated by fire. When Gin and Old 1 entered, the water inside the tub is boiling and Old 1 looked at the said "Ok, just the right temperature for you to take a bath,"

Gin looked at the boiling water and looked back at Old 1 as if he joking but he can see that Old 1 is not joking.

"The alternative way is to boil me?" said Gin while pointing toward the boiling water.

"Dragon form is the form in which you have to push your body to the limit until you can't endure and let the body heal from the injury and push until your mind can't handle anymore. The more you can push your body, the more positive result you will receive from Dragon form, this is simple and straightforward. While my ancestors trained the Dragon form, the heat is the most effective way to push your body limit so here we are," said Old 1.

Gin listened to the Old 1 and he can't help but agreed as after he trained in the sand tub, his body will go numb because of the poison of the fire ants but after he recovered, he can feel that his body's defense is getting stronger so Gin took off his clothes and dipped into the water.

Gin felt like he is a fish in boiling water and he can feel that the water temperature is getting higher and higher as he is sitting in the water but he has to be careful as the point of this training was that he will definitely not go unconscious as he will go drown if he was unconscious.

Old 1 is also watching to take Gin out of the tub if he senses that Gin's consciousness is slipping away.

Old 1 thought that Gin might be only able to handle for 20 minutes or so but he got surprised by Gin as he managed to stay for half an hour.

Gin got out of the tub and he felt like his body is on fire but he endured and sat on the ground to wait for the temperature to drop.

On the other hand, the people from the Bee crops who managed to pass the test are currently practicing with the disciples from the dojo.

What make Gin surprised is the number of people who passed the test as more than 20 people managed to pass the test. The executives are people he is expected to pass but he didn't think that all the group leaders of the attack squads will be able to pass the test along with some of the members from the attack squads.

Gin saw that they are practicing along with the disciples from the Tiger form and he can see that they are doing their best. By looking at them Gin can see that in the future he will get more and more time to stay comfortable in other words lazy.

Hwari will call every day to check on Gin as she is worried that he might get assassinated by the people from the Dojo even after he tells her not to worry as he knows that Old 1 and others will not do such low things as they are not that kind of people. Also if they did that, they are doing the same doing more damage to themselves.

If something happened to Gin while he is staying in the dojo, everything that happened in the dojo will be the fault of the dojo and the media will do their best to bring the reputation of the Four beasts reigning style dojo to get more views.

After all, this is not a very small scandal that they can wipe with 'tissues' but they will be cut from the world of the martial world along with the scorn of the people.