We made you practice martial arts, and you've mastered the Great Golden Body?

Chapter 14 Show off
"Hoo~breath~"

Shen Bailian, carrying his schoolbag, maintained a regular breathing rhythm and ran at a moderate pace on the sidewalk. He only slowed down when he saw the school gate.

"I'm never running to school with you, you beast, again."

Wei Peng, panting heavily, slowed down and came to the boy's side, put his arm around the boy's shoulder, and said intermittently.

"You didn't run very far, and you weren't very fast either. Look at how weak you are."

"No...not that far? This is already a half marathon."

Wei Peng's chest heaved violently, and beads of sweat still dripped from his forehead. He barely managed to raise his other hand, which was equipped with a smart bracelet, and extend it in front of the boy.

"Look at how fast the pace has gone!"

The pace displayed on the smart bracelet is 26.98 km/h.

"You ran a full half marathon and you're still not even batting an eye. You're a real beast."

Wei Peng looked at the boy in front of him, and in just over ten seconds, he had returned to normal.

"Cooking, just practice more."

Shen Bailian gave him a curt sneer, then focused more on what only she could see.

[You've run 21km, your running skills have improved, experience points +21]

Your character level has increased, experience points +21.

Your Iron Body skill has been upgraded; experience points +4.

After the notification sound finished, the panel updated to—

Character Level 4 (151/700)

Physical Strength: 2.6; Spirit: 2.3

[Skill: Running LV2 (370/400)]

Iron Body LV1 (190/300)

Five Spirit Fist LV2 (121/400)

"I should be able to upgrade my running skills in the next couple of days."

Shen Bailian looked at his panel and couldn't help but smile.

After unloading goods at his family's small shop yesterday afternoon, he didn't rest. He found a secluded spot and practiced the Five Spirits Fist three times. Then, after dinner, he ran about ten kilometers.

I gained a total of 51 running experience points, 40 Iron Body experience points, 69 Five Spirit Fist experience points, and 110 character level experience points.

"I'll head back now. Take care of yourself."

As they approached the school gate, Wei Peng suddenly let go of Shen Bailian's hand, patted him on the shoulder, and sped off ahead.

Just as Shen Bailian was wondering...

"Senior Shen."

A soft, slightly shy voice suddenly sounded behind him.

Shen Bailian turned his head and saw a girl standing prettily on the sidewalk, holding a pink envelope in her hand.

Her long, black hair reached her waist, and her fair and delicate face was like a peeled egg. Even her loose school uniform couldn't hide her proud breasts. Beneath her blue skirt were a pair of straight, slender legs that shone in the dim morning light, without an ounce of excess fat.

Many students passing by cast pity glances at the girl, and most of them were not optimistic about her.

"Old Wang, look, someone else has confessed to Shen Bailian. This time it's Wang Yueying, the class beauty of Class 8..."

"What's so special about the class beauty? I see her two or three times a month, don't I? Besides, we're all adults, the school can't control us."

"..."

Two high school students, one tall and one short, stopped and started eating melon seeds while offering their own comments.

In Daxia, sixteen is the legal age of adulthood, so at Bozhou No. 3 Middle School, dating is basically left to chance.

Hearing the whispers of passersby, the girl blushed even more, but still didn't flee. She looked up at Shen Bailian's face, which seemed to glow in the morning light. Lost in admiration for a moment, she mustered her courage, handed him the envelope, and said:

"Senior Shen, please accept this."

"Thank you, I'll accept the gift." Shen Bailian hesitated for a moment when he saw the onlookers around him, but still took the envelope, politely said thank you, and then turned and left.

For him now, women only hinder his cultivation speed.

"See? Isn't it always like this?"

"Hey, do you think I'll have a chance if I go up now?"

"You?" The shorter high school student glanced at the taller one and said disdainfully, "Did you wash your face this morning?"

"Wash it."

"You've already washed your face, why don't you look in the mirror?"

"..."

The girl stood there stunned as she watched the boy turn and walk away without hesitation. Although she had expected this to happen, she still felt a little disappointed when she actually faced it.

Before Shen Bailian even entered the classroom, she heard a noisy commotion, like a bustling market.

Monday mornings are always bustling at the Third Senior High School in Bortala Prefecture, and his class is an elite class, which, according to past practice, is considered a reserve for martial arts students.

"Hurry up, hurry up! Stop huddling together and hand in your homework..."

"What's the rush? There are still ten minutes or so before morning self-study... Do we want to hear how Brother Peng escaped from the jaws of death?"

"That's right, Peng, stop dawdling and tell me what happened on Friday."

As soon as Shen Bailian entered the room, he saw Wei Peng sitting at the table, talking boastfully, while a circle of boys surrounded him, looking at the boy on the table with longing expressions.

A girl with her hair in a bun, holding a stack of homework, stood there anxiously stamping her feet.

"Let me tell you, that day was truly a scene of two suns in the sky, lightning flashing and thunder roaring, when the C-class alien beast, Azure Scale Snow-Treading, with a wingspan of tens of meters, descended from the heavens... With a single shake of its arms, it instantly shattered the windows of several buildings..."

Wei Peng sat at the table, talking boastfully.

"So, does that mean you're even more amazing than Li Feng, Brother Peng?"

Suddenly, someone began to praise him.

"What is Li Feng? Brother Peng is a ruthless man who survived the clutches of a C-level alien beast."

"Exactly, Li Feng only managed to escape from the F-level alien beast killer, the Mantis, and even got a face injury. How can he compare to Brother Peng?"

This remark drew a chorus of agreement from the boys. After all, Li Feng wasn't in their class, so there was no harm in saying a few words.

"Brother Peng, do you have any substantial evidence of your presence, just based on your words? If you didn't record a video, at least you should have taken a couple of photos as souvenirs, right?"

A tall, thin boy stood on the outermost edge. Seeing that the atmosphere was quite right, he asked a question.

"I don't have the video, and I don't have the photos either."

"cut……"

These words immediately drew a chorus of boos.

Wei Peng, however, calmly took an object out of his bag, held it high in the air, and said indifferently, "But I have more compelling evidence."

Upon hearing this, everyone turned to look.

A green feather, thirty to forty centimeters long, gleamed under the light, resembling an exquisite jade artifact.

"This...this is the feather of the Azure Scale Snow Treader?!"

“Yes.” Wei Peng glanced around dismissively, then put it away.

"Brother Peng, you're amazing! You actually did it for real..."

The moment the tall, thin boy saw the blue feather, a hint of joy flashed in his eyes. He then immediately pushed through the crowd and walked outside.

"This guy~"

Seeing Wei Peng's actions, Shen Bailian smiled helplessly. He had imagined this scene on Friday, and then walked around the crowded people to his seat.

Just wondering, should we change the book release date? If so, please reply.

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