Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Su Chen was very proud of his martial arts skills until Luo Shan had appeared.
He wondered if Zhao Tai would hire someone even more powerful to come after him.
Therefore, he had decided that he would also start to cultivate the Thirteen Cross Practice, and would cultivate both the Inner Vitality and the Forced Technique.
However, there was a problem.
He needed a place to practice his skills in peace. Obviously, he couldn’t do that in his dorm room, although he trusted Guo Lei and his other roommate would not tell anyone about it. However, there was not enough space in his room.
When he was troubled by this issue, a solution came to his doorstep.
The Huaxia Martial Arts Association at the University of Magic City had only a few members.
Youngsters nowadays were more interested in the commercialized and marketized martial arts that looked cooler, such as Taekwondo, Karate, etc…
The president of the Huaxia Martial Arts Association, Liu Qing, reached out to Su Chen. Liu Qing was a short-haired girl with a heroic spirit who practiced Yongchun fist since she was young.
She was very passionate about ancient Chinese martial arts. She founded the association after entering the University of Magic City, but it did not attract as many students as she expected.
There were all sorts of student associations in the university, including Taekwondo, Karate, Muay Thai, Free Boxing, etc… Students were more willing to join those associations compared to the not-so-popular Huaxia Martial Arts Association.
When Su Chen’s story was spread around, Liu Qing saw the video on Weibo. She was immediately convinced that she had seen a miracle unfolding before her. That was why she reached out to Su Chen and invited him to join her association.
“Su Chen, I am sincerely inviting you to be a part of our association. I believe you know that the ancient Chinese martial arts culture has a very long and rich history. It is the heritage left by our ancestors, but now the foreign martial arts have stolen the thunder of the Chinese wushu. This should never have happened.”
Su Chen and Liu Qing were in a bubble tea bar in their university. Liu Qing solemnly looked at Su Chen, who was sitting in front of her, and said, “I have always wanted to improve the situation, but my influence is way too weak. If you can join us, I am sure that more students would follow your footsteps.”
“To be honest, I am trying to find a spot to practice my martial arts skills. If you can provide me with a quiet place, I can join your association,” after taking a sip of his cold watermelon juice, Su Chen smiled and said.
“Really?” Liu Qing was overjoyed. She nodded continuously and said, “Of course. We have a quiet dojo at our location. Usually, I am the only one who uses it, but if you join our association, you are more than welcome to use it.”
“Now we have a deal.” Su Chen nodded, with a smile on his lips.
“Do you want to go and have a look at the dojo now?” Liu Qing could wait no more.
Su Chen looked at the time and shook his head. “There is no rush, I’m going to have lunch with my girlfriend now. Let’s exchange contact numbers, and I’ll call you when I have time.”
“What people said is true; you are really good to your girlfriend. I’m sure many girls are jealous!” Liu Qing grinned and said. They then took each other’s phone numbers.
Su Chen finished his watermelon juice and stood up. “I’m gonna go now. Thank you, senior, for the drink.” Liu Qing was a third-year student, so he naturally addressed her as “senior”.
“Hmm! I’ll be expecting,” said Liu Qing joyously.
Su Chen nodded and stepped out of the bubble tea bar.
***
In the afternoon, Su Chen was sitting in his classroom, swiftly going through a book, as if no one else was there.
There were about ten books stacked up in front of him, they were all about computer science. In his system, they were grouped under the informatics skill.
[Reading related books, informatics skill proficiency +2]
[Reading related books, informatics skill proficiency +2]
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As notifications appeared in his mind, one after another, the level of his informatics skill was progressing toward the advanced level.
He was planning to find out who posted the photo to their university forum, therefore, he decided to acquire knowledge about information technology.
There were security cameras in the library, but students were not allowed to view the footage.
Su Chen’s classmates were already used to his way of learning, but the books he brought to the classroom today were slightly more than usual.
Su Chen was totally in love with learning now. With the skill, Genius’ Will, he would get carried away easily when he was reading and dive down into his own world.
They were in an English language class, taught by a foreign teacher, Carolyn. All the interaction in her class had to be in English, but most of the students had only passed the first four levels of the English language course, and some were still at Level Three. Therefore, the English language class was torture to them.
The main problem was that Carolyn was very strict. She would not hesitate to deduct marks from the students’ General Score if they did not do well in class. Hence, to not fail the course, the students could only pretend that they understand what she said.
“The student with student number 30, please translate the third paragraph into Chinese,” Carolyn spoke with fluent English as her blue eyes scanned through the students in the classroom.
However, no one stood up after she finished her sentence.
“I think Number 30 is Li Yan!” the class monitor, Xu Lei, said.
Everyone looked in Li Yan’s direction.
Li Yan was startled, and he stood up nervously. He stammered, and could not even say a complete sentence. Just now, he pretended to be paying attention, but, in fact, he was daydreaming.
Li Yan had excellent results in sciences and mathematics. His English language, on the other hand, was very weak; he had not passed the Level Four exam.
He did not understand a single word Carolyn said just now, thus he did not know which part to translate and was not able to answer.
Carolyn, who stood on the podium, frowned and repeated, “Translate the third paragraph into Chinese.”
Li Yan was still confused. Carolyn spoke too fast. He could only catch the word “Chinese”.
His best friend, who sat beside him, explained the situation to him.
Only then, Li Yan saw the light. He looked at the third paragraph of the text and tried to translate it. He hemmed and hawed, and what he translated was totally incorrect.
“That’s enough!” annoyed, Carolyn interrupted him, and then scolded him with her ineloquent Chinese. What she meant was basically that Li Yan should pay more attention in class since his English was so bad, or else he could easily fail the course, and so on.
Then, she deducted one point from Li Yan’s General Score.
Li Yan’s face crumpled. He pointed at Su Chen out of the blue and growled, “Teacher, Su Chen reads other books in your class every day, and doesn’t pay attention at all. Why don’t you deduct his points?” Li Yan said this very quickly because he was mad.
“Sh*t!” Pan Xiaojie and Guo Lei glared at him furiously.
The other students gave him dirty looks. Even the guy sitting beside him looked at him strangely and moved farther away from him subconsciously.
Even though Carolyn’s Chinese was pretty good, she needed some time to process what he said. Then, she sneered, “So, you are jealous of Su Chen? Is your English better than his? Su Chen’s English proficiency is sufficient for him to pass the Level Eight exam. Aren’t you ashamed of yourself for being jealous of him? If you were half as good as him, I wouldn’t say a word, even if you didn’t come to class.”
Carolyn was also mad when she first saw Su Chen reading other books in her class. However, after asking him some questions and seeing that he was able to answer perfectly, she just let him be.
Su Chen was able to converse with her in fluent English. Why would he need to pay attention in class?