Building the gym was much simpler.
The glove lady also revealed an important piece of information: the Room of Requirement was more like an enormous Rubik's Cube, except that it had far more layers.
It was somewhat like Cube. Each cell was a room, and when the Room of Requirement transformed into a place according to someone's wishes, that place did not disappear afterward.
Instead, it was recorded, and the next time someone had a similar need, they would be transferred straight there.
For instance, the place for hiding things-that enormous storeroom had never changed. It had always existed.
Zhang Xiao arranged the equipment by category. The Daoist Order had methods for conditioning the body, and after such a long period of exploration, they had developed into a thoroughly mature system.
He had practiced them countless times on Dragon-Tiger Mountain and knew them inside out.
Previously, Zhang Xiao had assumed that the Daoist Order would use some ancient method of exercise. It turned out he could not have been more wrong. The Daoist Order was remarkably open-minded and kept pace with the times.
As his dad put it, "This equipment works pretty well. Why wouldn't we use good equipment?"
Exactly. Why wouldn't they use good equipment?
Aside from the equipment, the most important thing was a truly excellent bathroom. Without somewhere to bathe, this gym would have no soul.
The Room of Requirement faithfully carried out Zhang Xiao's wishes.
Amid rumbling sounds and twisting transformations all around him,
an exquisite wooden door appeared in the side wall of the gym.
Its gilded handle gleamed almost blindingly. Zhang Xiao pushed the door open and found a bathing pool large enough to serve as a swimming pool.
The mermaids standing beside the pool with pottery jars suddenly moved in unison. They tilted