Swallowing the Stars: Sacrifice to Become Stronger, Fiancée is Alluring

Chapter 5 Ultimate Martial Arts Gym

Five days later, at dawn.

Jiang Lan turned over and sat up in bed.

After standing up, he twisted his left calf slightly, and a look of joy appeared on his face.

"Finally done..."

After suffering from this injury for about twenty days, Jiang Lan has finally fully recovered.

His calf muscles tensed slightly as he continued to feel the sensation for a while.

The area where the wound was on his calf felt no discomfort at all, and it didn't even affect Jiang Lan's ability to exert force.

Under normal circumstances, even if a penetrating wound heals, it is highly likely to leave sequelae.

However, this did not happen with Jiang Lan.

Jiang Lan's eyes flickered for a moment, and a possibility came to mind.

"A Body Tempering Pill... Impressive."

After saying that, he stood there for a while before going to the restroom.

Jiang Lan turned on the tap, letting the cool water flow over her face, feeling the refreshing coolness.

After washing up carefully, he went to the wardrobe, found a set of sportswear to wear, then pushed open the security door and went downstairs.

Upon arriving outside the building entrance, Jiang Lan took a deep breath.

Five days have passed in the blink of an eye, and I haven't left the house again...

For the past five days, in order to recover from his injury, he didn't leave the house once, and he even ordered takeout for meals.

At the entrance of the residential compound, Jiang Lan hailed a taxi.

"Master, let's go to the Extreme Martial Arts Gym."

"Okay." The driver agreed and stepped on the gas, heading towards the Yian District Extreme Martial Arts Hall.

A moment later, the taxi stopped outside a large courtyard.

After paying the fare, Jiang Lan got out of the car.

Jiang Lan took out a student ID card from his pocket and swiped it on the sensor in front of the door, and the martial arts school door slowly opened.

Upon entering the courtyard, Jiang Lan paused slightly.

Before him stood three enormous buildings, resembling spaceships.

These three massive buildings are the teaching building for junior students, the teaching building for intermediate students, and the teaching building for senior students.

Jiang Lan walked towards the first building on the left, which was the location of the primary student training building.

Although he is physically very strong now, he is still only a beginner student in the martial arts school's registration and does not have the authority to enter other teaching buildings.

Inside the martial arts academy, many students were gathered in twos and threes, some chatting and others hurrying on their way.

However, these students all looked older than Jiang Lan, and very few of them were the same age as her.

To join a martial arts school, one must be at least sixteen years old, and those who do not wish to continue studying there until they are thirty are prohibited from attending and using up teaching resources.

Jiang Lan, on the other hand, just turned eighteen this year and has only been a member of the martial arts school for two years.

Upon entering the teaching building, a middle-aged man saw Jiang Lan and looked somewhat surprised.

"Jiang Lan? What brings you here? If I remember correctly, you're about to take the college entrance exam, right? And today isn't a day off."

Looking at the middle-aged man, Jiang Lan said, "Brother Wei... I took leave from school because I was injured before. I'm here to test my strength."

Hearing Jiang Lan's words, Yang Wei smiled and said:

"Not bad, you didn't forget to train even though you were injured. How's it going, any progress?"

"You've made progress." Jiang Lan nodded slightly.

There has definitely been progress, but the magnitude of that progress is somewhat large.

Yang Wei's smile remained unchanged. "You're quite confident. Let's go to the testing machine and see how many kilograms your punching power can reach now."

Jiang Lan has no objection.

Follow Yang Wei and take the elevator to the seventh floor.

The elevator doors opened, and a bustling scene immediately appeared before Jiang Lan.

In the huge hall, there are more than a dozen punching power testing machines, a speed testing track, and a room specifically for testing nerve reaction ability.

In other areas, various kinds of fitness equipment are placed.

In front of each piece of fitness equipment, there were students exercising.

There were also quite a few people standing in front of the punching power testing machine.

"Come on, let me see how much you've improved." Coach Yang Wei patted Jiang Lan on the shoulder and led him to the punching power testing machine.

The machines inside the martial arts school are quite different from those at Jiang Lan's house; they look much more advanced.

Instead of a simple LCD screen, there was a black, plastic-shell-like thing on top.

After the impact, a virtual light screen will pop up on the testing machine to display the force data.

Jiang Lan did not move immediately, but turned her head and asked:

"Brother Wei, what's the maximum force our punching power testing machine can withstand?"

"Maximum? I don't know." Yang Wei shook his head, then laughed, "What, you think you can smash this punching power testing machine to pieces?"

"Maybe..."

"Hahaha...you've hurt your brain, kid."

Yang Wei laughed heartily, but there was no sarcasm in his tone. He continued to joke, "Don't worry, the punching power testing machines are all the same. The martial arts assessment uses the same model. It can withstand three to five thousand kilograms of force without any problem."

After hearing Yang Wei's suggestion, Jiang Lan shrugged and said, "Then I'll begin."

From the very beginning, he had no intention of hiding his strength.

Since you've decided to make a name for yourself, you have to make it a truly spectacular success.

If he were hiding his true strength, he wouldn't have come to the martial arts gym for the test.

Jiang Lan knew perfectly well that the better his performance, the more the martial arts school's higher-ups would value him and the more resources he would receive.

As for their rapidly improving strength, Jiang Lan doesn't need to worry about that at all; they'll figure it out themselves.

Even now, humans have not fully figured out what the RR virus is all about.

While extremely rare, it certainly happens.

As for the possibility that some people might link his strength to the Black-crowned Golden Eagle that suddenly disappeared, Jiang Lan was not worried at all.

Even if someone does guess it, where is the evidence?

Twenty days ago, when the black-crowned golden eagle landed in front of him, Jiang Lan didn't even touch it. Moreover, at that time, his calf was pierced by a steel bar and he couldn't move at all.

No one else would guess that he had a system inside him.

Jiang Lan's mind raced; although she thought about many things, it was only a fleeting moment.

He stood in front of the punching power testing machine and took a deep breath.

Yang Wei also stared at the punching power testing machine with a curious expression.

But in the next instant, Jiang Lan's fist landed directly on the punching bag at a speed he couldn't even see.

"Thump!"

An explosive sound rang out, and the punching power testing machine shook violently. The springs underneath, as thick as an adult's forearm, which were used to support it, emitted a tooth-grinding groan.

Yang Wei's eyes widened immediately, as if he was shocked by Jiang Lan.

At the same time, the virtual screen on the punching power testing machine lit up, displaying a series of data.

3886KG

(End of this chapter)