Tennis: He's so obedient!

Complete the first mission in Chapter 3 and claim your reward!
In the blink of an eye, an hour had passed!
[Serve: 260/1000]

In one hour, Jiang Hongcai completed a quarter of the task.

To be honest, the most difficult part isn't the serve.

Instead, they were retrieving the ball!

After Jiang Hong finished hitting more than twenty balls, he had to run to the other side to pick them up again.

He felt that his most sore part wasn't his arms, but his lower back.

After all, you have to bend over to pick up the ball.

Jiang Hong took a short rest and then continued practicing his serve.

After finishing his meal, Li Hua leisurely walked to the tennis court carrying a bottle of chilled cola.

I thought Jiang Hong had already rested, but when I came over, I found that he was still practicing his serve.

As you walk into the tennis court, you can see that Jiang Hong's sweat has soaked the court.

Fortunately, it was a school facility; if it had been a tennis club, the owner might have demanded compensation from Jiang Hong.

One arm kept tossing the ball into the air, while the other hand held the racket and kept hitting the ball.

After Li Hua walked in, he handed the Coke in his hand to Jiang Hong.

"Old Jiang, want a bite?"

"Row!"

Jiang Hong did not refuse and served the last tennis ball in his hand.

Because I really was thirsty!
Holding the racket, I sat on the steps behind me.

He was panting heavily, and his hair was completely soaked.

It's May now, and it's not the hottest time yet.

If it were August or September, and Jiang Hong continued practicing like this, he probably wouldn't be far from suffering from heatstroke.

He felt like his throat was about to split open.

However, after unscrewing the bottle, he only took a sip before spitting it out to moisten his mouth.

"Brother Jiang, you don't like cola? You should have said so earlier, and I would have bought you other drinks!"

Li Hua patted Jiang Hong on the shoulder and shook his head as he spoke.

Jiang Hong rolled his eyes at Li Hua's words.

Not like it? Who doesn't like an ice-cold Coke on a hot day?

After strenuous exercise, the body is dehydrated. Drinking too much water at once can cause a sudden increase in the burden on the stomach.

Transform directly into a jetpack warrior.

By then, Jiang Hong will already have his own title even before he has entered the tennis world.

It may also dilute the blood and cause discomfort.

Moreover, chilling it could cause a blood vessel to burst!
"After exercising, you need to sip water!"

After a while, when the cola wasn't so cold anymore, Jiang Hong started to sip it slowly.

After resting for a while and feeling more relaxed, Jiang Hong picked up his racket again and stood up.

"continue!"

Then, taking the ball that had been placed earlier, he began practicing serving.

Li Hua watched Jiang Hong's actions, his eyes darting around.

My good brother is working so hard, I can't fall behind!

Afterwards, they stood in another spot and began practicing their serves.

However, the results...

Li Hua practiced for about ten minutes.

"Old Jiang, take a rest, you're a bit tired!"

Half an hour later!
"Old Jiang, it's too hot. How about we practice another day?"

after an hour!

"Old Jiang, let me help you retrieve the ball!"

After all, it's much more satisfying to drag your brothers down than to strive for self-improvement!

Afterwards, Li Hua helped Jiang Hong pick up the ball for a while, then ran to rest in the shade.

Finally, another four hours have passed!

"boom!"

[1000/1000]

"I did it! I did it! Hahaha!"

Jiang Hong, like a lump of soft mud, plopped down on the ground.

At the beginning, Jiang Hong's serve efficiency was ridiculously low.

He finally gained a true understanding of his own serving ability.

I used to think I was pretty good, but now it seems I'm just a pure, unadulterated newbie!

It usually takes two or three serves for one to go into the service box. However, with practice, Jiang Hong gradually found his rhythm in serving, and his movements became smoother.

Originally, it took three shots to score one, but now it takes two shots to score one.

As you swing the racket, your movements become increasingly fluid!

But when it came to the last 100.

Jiang Hong's physical strength was also declining sharply, and he was basically exhausted.

Throwing the ball and swinging the racket have become difficult.

The time taken for each serve is also increasing!

However, the progress displayed on the panel made Jiang Hong make up his mind.

I absolutely have to finish this for you!

【Ding! 】

[Host has completed the first suggestion. 2 points in basic serve technique, 100 yuan, and one bottle of training and repair potion have been awarded.]

[Reward upgraded for the host's first successful completion of the suggestion!]

[The host's reward has been changed to 20 Basic Serving Skill Points, 1000 yuan, and a bottle of Body Repair Potion (Note: After use, the Body Repair Potion will complete the repair of any injuries to the host's body within 8 hours while the host is in a dormant state)]

Jiang Hong found the system notification sound incredibly pleasant.

Li Hua, sitting in the shade, was licking an ice cream when he looked up and saw Jiang Hong sitting on the ground.

My heart skipped a beat.

"Is he suffering from heatstroke?"

He immediately ran towards the court, only to hear Jiang Hong shouting that he had succeeded and laughing loudly.

"You beast, what have you become?"

Although Li Hua cared about his godfather, he still shamelessly took advantage of him.

She reached out and grabbed Jiang Hong's arm, pulling him into the shade.

Because Jiang Hong had just said that he couldn't drink ice water, Li Hua thoughtfully prepared a bottle of room temperature mineral water when buying ice cream.

After drinking water, Jiang Hong recovered somewhat.

"It's nothing. Going to the school clinic will probably just mean drinking some Huoxiang Zhengqi Water, which won't do much good. I'm fine too!" Jiang Hong waved his hand. "I'm just exhausted. I'll be fine after a rest."

Li Hua looked at Jiang Hong suspiciously, "Are you sure you're alright? I saw you collapsed on the ground."

"Really, I just felt weak after practice!" Jiang Hong explained.

After resting for more than ten minutes, Jiang Hong drank some water and felt much better. He slowly stood up.

Back in the dormitory, Jiang Hong's other roommates teased him when they saw him soaking wet.

"Old Jiang, did you go swimming?"

Jiang Hong nodded and said with a smile, "Pretty much, dry swimming!"

Afterwards, I took my things to the toilet at the end of the stairs, washed up, and hung my clothes on the balcony.

After lying on his bed in the dormitory, Jiang Hongcai remembered the system.

After finishing the task, I was too tired to check the system messages.

"panel!"

He silently recited the command in his mind, and the panel that only he could see appeared before his eyes.

After reading the contents, Jiang Hong was overjoyed, not expecting the reward to have been upgraded.

"Body repair potion? It's missing the word 'training'."

This is a good thing, after all, after growing up so much, the body must have suffered some damage.

Training recovery potions can only restore injuries or fatigue left over from the current training, but the upgraded version is different.

All I need to do is practice serving to get training recovery potions, which is practically an extra lifesaver.

This is a huge win for the athletes!
Furthermore, the serve skill points have increased from 2 to 20, so of course I should use it immediately.

Since saving attribute points won't increase your stats anyway, you might as well use them directly!
"panel!"

He silently recited the command in his mind, and a bright blue system panel appeared before his eyes.

[Serve: 29]
Before the practice, Jiang Hong's attributes were 28.
It seems that in addition to adding points, practicing one's technical attributes can also improve them.

"System, give me more!"

Jiang Hong added all the basic serving techniques!

[Serve: 29→49]

Jiang Hong felt his vision blur and found himself on a tennis court.

His body involuntarily began to demonstrate serves—flat shots, topspin, backspin, all kinds of techniques were used with ease, and the landing points were frighteningly accurate. Aces on the outside corner and inside corner were as easy as playing around.

My movements have also been corrected a lot. My previous way of exerting force was just messing around and would have ruined me if I had continued practicing it for a long time. Now I can exert force in a coordinated way, and it is both stable and powerful.

When Jiang Hong came to his senses, he realized that his serve had been ridiculously bad!

If he practices 1000 serves again, he is confident that he can complete it within 1100 serves.

It's already this powerful at only 49; if it were 59... it would practically take off!

(End of this chapter)