"The punching post in front of you is your enemy."
"While practicing your punches, you must ensure that your fist can unleash maximum power under any circumstance!"
Since yesterday, after Fang Qingyu persisted, Qin Jiao began giving guidance to Fang Qingyu personally, causing some envy among the onlookers.
But everyone saw Fang Qingyu's determined practice yesterday, and no one dared to say anything.
Fang Qingyu nodded and began practicing the basic boxing around the punching post.
"Bang, bang, bang..."
The loud sound of fists made Qin Jiao, who intended to leave, turn his head back in surprise.
"Wait a moment."
"?"
Fang Qingyu stopped, looking at him in confusion, having just started practicing... Did he do something wrong?
"Come with me for a moment."
Qin Jiao didn't say much, just left a sentence and led Fang Qingyu to the edge of the field.
There were some unknown instruments placed here.
Upon arrival, Qin Jiao didn't speak immediately but fiddled with those instruments.
After a while, he pointed to the black panel beside him.
"Punch with all your might."
Fang Qingyu complied.
Bang——
The black panel didn't even wobble, which puzzled Fang Qingyu about how heavy this equipment must be.
Qin Jiao stared intently at the screen in front of him.
75KG!
Hiss...
This kid, progressing so fast!!?
Just on the first day of arrival.
From practicing the Pile Skill, he already noticed Fang Qingyu was very inexperienced.
However, he learned the Pile Skill very quickly.
So he personally taught him a bit, which is something anyone in that position would have done.
Then moving on to practicing basic boxing.
He also noticed Fang Qingyu's diligence.
So, as there was nothing else to do, he decided to teach him more and see if he could enter the Elite Class.
But now Fang Qingyu's progress...
Gave Qin Jiao a new idea.
Maintain this speed.
This kid genuinely has more than a fifty percent chance of entering the Elite Class!
"I will urge you to train from now on, can you handle it?"
However, before that, he had to seek Fang Qingyu's opinion.
Fang Qingyu was pondering whether 75KG was a lot or a little.
Upon hearing this, he immediately nodded.
"I can handle it."
He's not afraid of hardship, he's afraid that after the hardship, there's no sweetness to follow.
But now with the chart in place.
The sweetness will come eventually.
"Alright, come test daily from now on and continue practicing."
Qin Jiao nodded, letting Fang Qingyu practice on his own first.
He then turned to the weapon rack, found a short stick, and watched by Fang Qingyu's side.
Then...
Fang Qingyu's nightmare began.
Snap—
The short stick hit the inner side of Fang Qingyu's elbow.
"When punching, your forearm should tighten like a steel cable; you're swinging spaghetti."
Fang Qingyu groaned, retracting his right fist, just adjusting his stance when the short stick poked his lower back: "Was your Pile Skill practice for nothing? The waist and hips are the power axis!"
Bang!
The second punch struck the punching post.
Qin Jiao's short stick tapped under the collarbone: "Dropping shoulders and sinking elbows doesn't mean turtling your neck!"
What Fang Qingyu thought was the correct fist technique was full of mistakes in Qin Jiao's eyes.
But Qin Jiao was correct.
The short stick tapping his body wasn't very painful.
The challenge was accepting all these mistakes.
Someone stubborn might not tolerate this kind of supervision from Qin Jiao.
But Fang Qingyu was all about taking advice.
Whether right or wrong...
The chart would tell him the answer.
[Your profession "Martial Arts Apprentice" experience +1]
[Your Professional Basic Skill "Hidden Dragon Posture" experience +1]
[Your Professional Basic Skill "Basic Boxing" experience +1]
[...]
On the professional panel, all three experiences were soaring!
Today's choice, indeed was not a mistake.
Waking up this morning, Fang Qingyu originally intended to keep adding to his physique, to recover his physical fatigue.
However, he also wanted to try adding points to power and speed, to see what the effect would be.
After all, all three attributes could be considered part of the physical attributes.
The result was as he thought.
The recovery effect wasn't as good as physique, but it didn't affect his normal training.
Moreover, like the physique.
The difference in the body can be clearly perceived.
That illusion of invincibility, on the contrary, felt even stronger.
This is exactly why.
Qin Jiao suddenly changed his mind today.
It was a lucky hit.
Pain and joy went hand in hand.
The people around felt their scalps tingle.
"This guy... is a masochist, isn't he?"
The short stick didn't hurt much, but the red marks were very real.
"So desperate..."
Most people come to the Martial Arts Hall for two purposes.
One is to strengthen their body.
The other is to get better at fighting.
Even if they can't enter the official classes or Elite Class, it doesn't matter to them.
But after seeing today's scene.
No one dared to say anything about Qin Jiao giving Fang Qingyu special attention.
Extra practice ended.
Qi Hao, seeing Qin Jiao watching closely today, didn't come looking for Fang Qingyu.
"That's it for today."
Qin Jiao put the short stick back on the rack.
Fang Qingyu finally sat on the ground, gasping for breath, and looked at the panel.
[Profession: Martial Arts Apprentice Level 1 (38/100)]
[Professional Basic Skill 1: Hidden Dragon Posture Level 1 (52/100)]
[Professional Basic Skill 2: Basic Boxing Level 1 (21/100)]
He had never progressed so quickly.
Just profession experience alone, he gained 17 points today.
The two skill experiences each increased by about 20 points.
At this rate, it won't take many days to level up.
All attributes in the Four Dimensions had gains as well.
[Power: 9.2→9.3]
[Speed: 8.3→8.4]
[Physique: 9.2→9.3]
Each increased by 0.1, not much.
But the larger the base, the harder it is for physique to improve, Fang Qingyu understands this.
Moreover, if every day's training is like this.
"Qin Jiao, how long at my speed will it take to get into the official class?"
After changing clothes, Fang Qingyu walked out of the Martial Arts Hall with Qin Jiao.
"What, trying to run before you can walk?"
Qin Jiao took a cigarette from his pocket and lit it.
"No, just curious."
Or rather, to understand the gap.
Fang Qingyu doesn't have much concept of the formal students and Elite Class members at the moment.
"When you can punch with 150 kilograms, it'll be about time."
Qin Jiao, with the cigarette in his mouth, said lastly and then walked towards his car.
"...150 kilograms?"
Fang Qingyu mumbled this number.
If so, the students in the formal class are even stronger than he imagined.
Qi Hao usually didn't showcase his skills either.
As for the Elite Class, that's even more out of reach.
Even Qi Hao has been stuck for so long; the intensity of the Elite Class might exceed his imagination.
But not only was Fang Qingyu not disappointed, he was faintly excited...
A clearly upward path lay before him.
The strong are naturally excited by it.
Only the weak see it as a chasm, impossible to cross.
Fang Qingyu shook his head with a wry smile, walked towards his electric bike, first going to Qingtang Clubhouse for lunch.
This time the attribute gain wasn't much.
There was no embarrassing display like yesterday.
The heavy rain pounded on the takeaway box with a clattering sound.
Fang Qingyu stopped at the green light countdown, the front wheel of his electric bike bumping over a puddle, pants already soaked with mud, and cheap raincoat seams dripping with water lines.
He picked up his phone, with the system showing seven minutes remaining.
Even during rainy days, maintaining a 0 tardiness rate, he figured he might be on par with many veteran riders.
This smoky, everyday life kind of job, under the chart's support, gave Fang Qingyu a decent sense of accomplishment.
"Ding Dong~"
Before he could put his phone away, a new message popped up on Feixin.
It was an all-member tag message.
Sent from a recently joined delivery group.
People usually shared some tricky areas in it.
Low-priced jobs with lots of hassle.
Fang Qingyu clicked to check.
"@Everyone please be careful when delivering at night recently, try to avoid remote areas!"
"What's happened?"
"Received!"
"..."
Below, someone asked what was going on.
But the group owner didn't reply.
Instead, someone else posted some news screenshots.
"Recently at night until early morning in Qingjian City, multiple homicides occurred in remote areas; citizens are urged to stay safe at night...."