Chapter 10

"Is the place you mentioned that makes people feel great the massage room on the second floor of the martial arts hall?"

On the second floor of the Yuan Martial Arts Hall, Lu Yuan looked at Cheng Peng beside him with a look of surprise.

Cheng Peng retorted, "What did you think it was?"

Lu Yuan's face showed a hint of oddness, and he shook his head, "Nothing."

Cheng Peng gave him a disdainful look, then walked to the front desk and showed his student ID.

After a series of procedures, Lu Yuan was arranged to a private room five minutes later.

"Wait here. Someone will come to give you a massage in a moment. This massage is very effective. After one session, your muscles won't hurt tomorrow, and you'll be as lively as ever."

Cheng Peng patted his chest and guaranteed, "I'll go down to practice for a while. Come find me after your massage."

Lu Yuan nodded.

After Cheng Peng left, he scanned the small room in front of him.

The room had air conditioning, and the temperature was comfortable.

In the middle was a narrow bed, with a neatly folded bathrobe on it. Next to the bed stood a small storage cabinet.

Lu Yuan put his backpack in the storage cabinet, then went to the bathroom for a quick shower and changed into the bathrobe.

He then sat on the bed and waited, using his phone to briefly inform his parents that he was at the martial arts hall and would be a bit late coming home.

Not long after, someone knocked on the door.

"Please come in."

Lu Yuan put down his phone and saw a middle-aged man carrying a box walk in.

Seeing the man's two thick arms under his loose training suit, Lu Yuan felt a bit uneasy, as if something was off.

Fortunately, the man's kind and friendly smile quickly dispelled this feeling.

"Lie down on the bed."

"Yes."

Lu Yuan obediently lay down on the small bed.

The man opened the box, took out a small incense burner, and placed it on a small stand next to the bed after lighting it with a lighter.

A faint scent of sandalwood wafted from the burner, and Lu Yuan's heart gradually calmed down.

"Did you overdo it during your training?"

The man gently pressed on Lu Yuan's legs and body, speaking to him.

"Many of your muscles have torn and strained."

"Is it serious?"

Lu Yuan couldn't help but ask.

"Not serious."

The man shook his head and said, "After all, this is a martial arts hall. It's common for disciples to have injuries. I've seen many cases much worse than yours."

Lu Yuan felt relieved.

The man then asked Lu Yuan to take off his clothes and lie face down on the small bed.

He took out a white ointment and gently applied it to Lu Yuan's thighs, calves, arms, and back.

The ointment gave a cool sensation when applied. Before Lu Yuan could ask, the man explained, "This is the martial arts hall's secret medicine. With it, combined with my massage techniques, you'll be fully recovered in a day or two."

"Secret medicine?"

"Yes, only the hall's students are eligible to use it. You can't buy it even if you have money outside."

"I'm about to start."

The man spoke calmly, and his hands suddenly applied force.

The intense pain in his calf almost made Lu Yuan cry out.

But soon, the pain turned into waves of tingling.

The man's technique was gentle yet powerful, each stroke accurately landing on the sore and swollen areas of Lu Yuan's body.

With his previous life's experience as a "foot bath prince," the man was undoubtedly a highly skilled master.

Lu Yuan didn't know when he fell asleep.

When he woke up, he found light music playing, and someone had covered him with a thin air conditioning blanket.

The man who gave him the massage had long since disappeared.

"It's almost eight o'clock?!"

Lu Yuan took out his phone from his backpack and saw that nearly two hours had passed, his face turning pale.

He didn't even bother to take a shower, quickly put on his clothes, and hurried downstairs.

"I thought you'd sleep until tomorrow morning."

As soon as he went downstairs, he saw Cheng Peng waiting for him in the hall, asking, "How did it feel?"

"Let's talk about it later, I'm going home!"

"Alright, I'm almost starving."

The massage on the second floor of the martial arts hall exceeded Lu Yuan's expectations.

By the next day, the soreness in his body had almost completely disappeared.

He was back to his original state, no, even better.

After all, muscles become stronger through repeated tearing and healing.

"Phew—Phew—"

After a set of basic boxing movements, sweat appeared on Lu Yuan's forehead, but he looked more energetic.

"Great!"

Lin Zhiqin looked at him with a hint of satisfaction and nodded, "Most of your movements are well-practiced, but there are a few areas that need improvement."

After saying that, Lin Zhiqin corrected a few errors in Lu Yuan's boxing movements and then called out to the other students, "Next."

The main content of today's class was to test the students' mastery of the previous lesson.

Lu Yuan received praise from Lin Zhiqin right away, drawing many people's attention.

"Wow, the handsome guy is amazing!"

The girl with a ponytail, who had a pigtails in the previous class, had a more elaborate makeup.

She loudly greeted Lu Yuan, not getting angry when he ignored her, and giggled, "This handsome guy is pretty cool."

"You're really good. Among those who went up, you did the best."

After Lu Yuan came down, Liu Yue, the round-faced girl, quickly approached him, speaking with admiration.

"I plan to use this as my special skill for the unified exam, so I've been working hard."

Lu Yuan smiled at Liu Yue and said casually.

"I also signed up for martial arts training for the sports special skill in the unified exam. I heard the requirements for combat are much lower than for badminton or other sports."

"But I feel like I don't have a talent for this. No matter how much I practice, I can't get it right."

Liu Yue sighed.

"It's just the beginning, and girls are naturally at a disadvantage in this area."

Lu Yuan comforted her casually, but his attention was on the attribute panel that appeared in front of him.

[Name: Lu Yuan]

[Age: 17]

[Occupation 1: Student lv3 (345/400)

Occupation 2: Fighter lv1 (98/100)]

[Strength: 7]

[Agility: 8]

[Constitution: 7]

[Intelligence: 10]

[Occupation 2 Basic Skills: Basic Body Training lv2 (121/200)

Basic Boxing lv2 (23/200)]

Compared to a week ago, the experience points for the [Fighter] occupation had increased significantly.

Just two points away from reaching lv2.

Both basic skills had also reached lv2.

Especially the Basic Body Training, which was about 40% away from reaching lv3, showing how much "liver" Lu Yuan had put into strength training this week.

But for some reason,

His four attributes had not changed at all.

"I can feel that my strength has increased, and my body has become stronger.

Even my appetite has increased a lot."

Lu Yuan couldn't understand this.

"Alright, let's review the content from the last class.

Do two sets of strength training, then start the new lesson."

At this moment, Lin Zhiqin had a good understanding of everyone's mastery of the basic boxing techniques and announced the content of today's class.

Following Lin Zhiqin's demonstration of a set of basic boxing movements, the lv2 Basic Boxing skill gained a few more experience points.

This effect was much better than when Lu Yuan practiced alone at home, probably because of the hands-on guidance.

Then came two sets of strength training as a warm-up.

Just after completing one set, Lu Yuan received a panel notification.

"Congratulations, your Strength attribute has increased!"

"Congratulations, your Constitution attribute has increased!"

Lu Yuan was surprised and checked the attribute panel again, indeed,

His four attributes had changed to—

[Strength: 8]

[Agility: 8]

[Constitution: 8]

[Intelligence: 10]

Both Strength and Constitution had increased by one point.

"How did it suddenly increase? I didn't feel any significant changes."

Lu Yuan was a bit stunned.

But he quickly figured out the reason.

"Probably after a week of training, my Strength and Constitution were already close to the threshold for an increase.

They had improved, but it wasn't reflected in the panel.

Now that I've broken through this threshold, the increase is shown."