Chapter 10 - Attribute Improvement
"So the place you said that can make people feel amazing was actually the massage room on the second floor of the martial arts school?"
On the second floor of Yuan Martial Arts School, Lu Yuan looked at Cheng Peng in surprise.
Cheng Peng asked back, "What else did you think it was?"
Lu Yuan revealed a hint of awkwardness on his face and shook his head, "Nothing."
Cheng Peng looked at him contemptuously, then went to the front desk and presented his student credentials.
After some operations, Lu Yuan was arranged to a separate small room in five minutes.
"Just wait here, someone will come to give you a massage later. This massage is very effective. I guarantee your muscles won't hurt tomorrow and you'll be bouncing around energetically," Cheng Peng patted his chest and assured Lu Yuan. "I'll go practice downstairs first, come find me after you're done."
Lu Yuan nodded.
After Cheng Peng left, he looked around the small room.
The air conditioner was on and the temperature was comfortable.
In the middle was a narrow little bed with a neatly folded bathrobe on it, and a small cupboard stood next to the bed.
Lu Yuan put his backpack in the cupboard, then took a quick shower in the bathroom and changed into the robe.
He then sat on the bed and waited. In the meantime, he briefly talked to his parents on the phone about him being at the martial arts school and coming home a little late.
Soon, someone knocked on the door.
"Come in."
Lu Yuan put down his phone and saw a middle-aged man carrying a box strode in.
Seeing the man's sturdy arms under his loose workout clothes, Lu Yuan inexplicably felt a little uneasy, as if something was off.
Fortunately, the man's kind and friendly smile quickly dissipated this feeling.
"Lie on the bed."
"Yes."
Lu Yuan obediently lay down on the small bed.
The man opened the box, took out a small stove, lit it with a lighter, and placed it neatly on the small stand next to the bed.
A faint scent of sandalwood emanated from the stove, and Lu Yuan's heart calmed down along with it.
"Practiced too hard?"
The man lightly pressed Lu Yuan's legs and body with his hands, and said to him, "Many parts of your muscles are torn and strained."
"Is it serious?"
Lu Yuan couldn't help asking.
"Not too serious," the man shook his head and said, "After all, it's a martial arts school. It's inevitable for disciples to get bumps and bruises. I've seen much more serious ones than you."
Lu Yuan was relieved to hear that.
Next, the man asked Lu Yuan to take off his clothes and lie face down on the small bed.
He then took out a white medicinal ointment and gently applied it to Lu Yuan's thighs, calves, arms, waist and back.
The ointment gave a cool feeling when applied to the skin. This time, the man took the initiative to explain, "This is the martial arts school's secret medicine. Apply it with my massage techniques, and you'll be able to fully recover in a day or two."
"Secret medicine?"
"Yes, only the martial arts school's students are eligible to use it. You can't buy it outside even if you have money."
"I'm going to start now."
The man said calmly, and suddenly exerted force with his hands.
The intense pain from his calf almost made Lu Yuan cry out.
But soon this pain turned into waves of numbness spreading out.
The man's techniques were gentle but forceful. Each stroke accurately landed on the sore and swollen spots on Lu Yuan's body.
With Lu Yuan's experience as a "foot massage prince" in his previous life, the man could definitely be considered a highly skilled master.
Lu Yuan didn't know when he had fallen asleep.
When he woke up, he heard light music flowing in his ears, and someone had put a thin air conditioner quilt over him.
As for the man who had massaged him, he had long disappeared.
"Almost eight o'clock?!"
Lu Yuan took out his phone from his backpack to check the time, and was shocked to find that nearly two hours had passed.
He didn't even bother to take a shower, hurriedly got dressed and rushed downstairs.
"I thought you were going to sleep until tomorrow morning before waking up."
As soon as he got downstairs, he saw Cheng Peng waiting for him in the lobby. Cheng Peng came up and asked him, "How do you feel?"
"I'll tell you later, let's go home first!"
"Alright, I'm starving."
The effectiveness of the massage room on the second floor of the martial arts school was beyond Lu Yuan's expectations.
In just the second day, the soreness in his body had almost completely disappeared.
Not just back to normal, it should be said that his condition was even better than before.
After all, muscles grow stronger through repeated tearing and damage.
"Huff-huff-"
After Lu Yuan finished a set of basic boxing movements, beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, but his whole person looked more spirited.
"Not bad!"
Lin Zhiqin looked at him with some satisfaction and nodded, "Most of the moves were done very well, just a few places that need improvement."
After that, Lin Zhiqin corrected a few mistakes in Lu Yuan's boxing moves hands-on, and then shouted towards the students again, "Next."
The main purpose of today's class was to check the students' mastery of the content taught in the previous class.
Lu Yuan was praised by Lin Zhiqin as soon as he went up, attracting many people's attention.
"The handsome boy is awesome!"
The girl with a bun hairstyle last class had changed to a ponytail this class, and her makeup was also more delicate.
She deliberately greeted Lu Yuan loudly. Seeing that he ignored her, she wasn't angry and giggled, "This handsome boy is quite cool."
"You're really good. Among the people who went up, you practiced the best."
After Lu Yuan came down, the round-faced girl Liu Yue quickly came up to him and said admiringly.
"I'm planning to take this as an elective for the unified exam next year, so I'm working hard on it," Lu Yuan smiled at Liu Yue and casually said.
"I also signed up to learn martial arts because of the sports electives for the unified exam. I heard the exam's requirement for martial arts scores is much lower than badminton and such. But I feel like I don't have any talent for it, no matter how hard I practice I can't get it right."
Liu Yue sighed.
"It's just the beginning, and girls are naturally disadvantaged in this area anyway," Lu Yuan casually comforted her, while his attention was on the attribute panel he had brought up.
[Name: Lu Yuan]
[Age: 17]
[Profession 1: Student lv3 (345/400)
Profession 2: Fighter lv1 (98/100)]
[Strength: 7]
[Agility: 8]
[Vitality: 7]
[Intelligence: 10]
[Profession 2 Basic Skills: Beginner Body Tempering lv2 (121/200)
Basic Boxing lv2 (23/200)]
Compared to a week ago, the Fighter Profession experience had increased by a large margin.
Just 2 points away from reaching lv2.
The two basic skills had also reached lv2.
Especially Beginner Body Tempering, there was only about 40% experience left until lv3. This showed just how hard Lu Yuan had "grinded" in strength training this week.
But strangely, his four attributes hadn't changed at all.
"But I can clearly feel that my strength has increased and my body has become stronger. Even my appetite has increased a lot."
Lu Yuan was puzzled by this.
"Alright, next I'll take you guys to reinforce what was taught last class. Do two sets of strength training, then start teaching new content."
At this point, Lin Zhiqin had a grasp on everyone's mastery of basic boxing. He began announcing today's lesson content.
Following Lin Zhiqin to go through a set of basic boxing moves, the lv2 Basic Boxing gained some more experience.
This effect was much better than when Lu Yuan practiced alone at home, probably because of the hands-on guidance.
Next was two sets of strength training as a warm up before the class.
Right after finishing one set, Lu Yuan suddenly got a prompt from the panel.
[Congratulations, your Strength attribute has increased!]
[Congratulations, your Vitality attribute has increased!]
Lu Yuan was startled, then checked the attribute panel again. Sure enough
His attributes were now:
[Strength: 8]
[Agility: 8]
[Vitality: 8]
[Intelligence: 10]
Strength and Vitality had both increased by 1 point.
"How did they suddenly increase when I didn't feel any particular change?"
Lu Yuan was baffled.
But he soon figured out what was going on.
"It must be that after a week of training, my Strength and Vitality attributes were already close to increasing.
The improvements in Strength and Vitality happened but weren't reflected on the panel.
Now that the threshold was broken through, so it showed the increase."