CHAPTER 350: CHAPTER 350: PROVOCATION

How to resolve the Physical Strength issue?

Ji You was immediately troubled.

Her body had Innate deficiencies, and a lack of training in the past led to her short stature, thin arms, and legs. Even with daily training now, she didn’t gain much muscle, not to mention growing taller.

But what Ji You wanted wasn’t to grow taller; she wanted to increase her Physical Strength, to gain more muscles, to enhance her explosive power and stamina... Otherwise, just fighting one match left her in a plight, let alone going to the battlefield or the front lines in the future. Would those Star Beasts wait for her to recover before killing her?

After pondering hard for a while, Ji You couldn’t find a solution to her weak Physical Strength. Suddenly, a person came to her mind: Teacher Mu Jianling.

Without delay, Ji You immediately dialed Mu Jianling’s contact number.

In just a few seconds, the call was answered.

What she saw was an extremely annoyed face. Mu Jianling said discontentedly, "Speak if you have something to say, or hang up if you don’t."

With a quick glance, Ji You saw in the holographic video that Mu Jianling was watching a TV series, the melodramatic one called "Ex-wife’s Temptation."

She wouldn’t have thought this melodramatic series was not only bloody but also disgustingly long, and it hadn’t even ended yet.

Ji You internally ridiculed it, but she put on a flattering smile and hurriedly said, "Teacher, sorry to disturb your rest. I have a question I’d like to ask you."

Mu Jianling said, "Speak."

Ji You didn’t dare to delay Teacher from watching the TV series, so she quickly spilled everything: "It’s like this, I feel my Physical Strength is too poor, and I really don’t have endurance, so I wanted to ask the Teacher if there is a way to change it?"

Upon hearing this, Mu Jianling raised his eyebrows and said, "You just realized?"

Ji You chuckled and flattered, "It’s Teacher’s keen vision that detected my weakness early on. I was just wondering if you have any recommendations..."

Mu Jianling glanced at her and said indifferently, "Recommendations? No, but I have a simple idea: double your current training."

Ji You: "..."

Mu Jianling said, "What? Don’t believe it?"

Ji You distressedly said, "I wouldn’t dare... I wouldn’t dare..."

Annoyed, Mu Jianling said, "Looking for shortcuts? Stop dreaming. You only have the path of hard training ahead of you. Alright, I’m hanging up."

Click.

The communication was cut off.

Ji You felt a bitter emotion inside.

She really wasn’t looking for shortcuts; she just wanted to consult Teacher Mu Jianling for methods tailored to her body’s characteristics, to train purposefully.

Now that she got an answer, Ji You felt a little disheartened. She quickly composed herself, carefully reviewed today’s battle again, and seriously took fighting notes before she stopped to rest.

This was a new habit she had developed.

Recording every battle with text to improve her combat ability.

After all was done, Ji You went to sleep on time.

The next day.

Ji You got up half an hour earlier and quickly finished washing. She immediately put on her work vest and began to run laps around the main road of the dormitory.

Previously, she only ran 2 laps. Since she was already trained, it took her just 30 minutes to run 2 laps, but now, since she needed to double it to 4 laps, naturally, she had to start 30 minutes earlier.

One step.

Two steps.

Three steps.

...

With every step Ji You took, she was earnest, not daring to slack off at all. She knew very well she had no right to be lazy or take shortcuts. She couldn’t step back; she could only move forward, keep moving forward...

As the Black Fog gradually dissipated and the first ray of White Light appeared on the horizon, Ji You completed two laps. Then, as she started the third lap, the silhouettes of other students began to appear on the main thoroughfare of the dormitory area.

The first among them was Sheng Qingyan, who was yawning and reluctant. As soon as Sheng Qingyan saw Ji You, wearing a tank top with a towel draped over her shoulders to wipe her sweat, he spoke irritably: "Poor dead rat, you started running early today, didn’t you?"

Ji You nodded: "Mm."

Immediately, Sheng Qingyan jumped up in frustration: "How can you just suddenly start running early? Doing this, you could kill somebody, you know that right?"

Ji You remained expressionless: "No idea."

Sheng Qingyan looked around surreptitiously and whispered, "I don’t care if you start early and have to run extra laps, but you can’t tell my grandpa... Otherwise—you’ll face the wrath of Little Cutie..."

It was her own decision to increase her running time and the number of laps, and indeed her own private matter—there was no need to involve others. Ji You nodded, "Mm."

Sheng Qingyan converted his anger to satisfaction: "Smart move..."

Ji You didn’t continue speaking with him and maintained her own running rhythm, sprinting evenly.

Before long, Sheng Qingyan also joined the group of runners.

Apart from Sheng Qingyan, the second batch to join was a line of five girls, each tall and slender with long legs. As Ji You looked at their long legs and their towering height over one meter eighty, she felt a twinge of pain in her molars:

Pure envy.

These girls, led by Chen Yan, hastened their pace and caught up with Ji You.

Chen Yan greeted her with a smile: "Good morning, Ji You."

Ji You also smiled: "Good morning, Chen Yan."

Then, the other girls also greeted Ji You one after another, and the atmosphere was very harmonious. These self-funded students who were originally forced to run and harbored complaints, might have, after perseverance for a while, found that running was not so difficult and it cultivated good habits, as well as improved Physical Strength. Thus, gradually, they harbored no resentment towards running.

On the contrary, by running together every day, it promoted camaraderie among classmates.

After the greetings, everyone split up and Ji You was about to resume her previous pace when an incredibly discordant voice came from behind:

"A loser, sneaking into the school by plagiarizing others, got kicked out after being discovered, and still not giving up—taking loans and going into debt to enroll again, now you really think too highly of yourself, don’t you?"

As soon as those words were spoken,

Ji You’s feet abruptly halted.

Seeing Ji You’s reaction, the girl who had spoken curled her lips into a self-satisfied smile: "Or am I wrong?"

Chen Yan’s expression already changed, "Lin Lele, you’ve gone too far."

Lin Lele glanced at Chen Yan indifferently: "Who are you, Chen Yan? You really think you’re the Boss of the self-funded class? I wasn’t talking to you, and I don’t want to bother with you. It’d be wise for you to keep your mouth shut."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yan’s face darkened and the girls behind her also frowned instantly.

Just as Chen Yan was about to speak, a hand suddenly reached out to stop her, and she looked up to see it was Ji You. Thus, Chen Yan held back and stepped aside.

At this moment, Ji You’s face was devoid of expression, and her dark eyes shone with a chilling light. She looked at the girl named Lin Lele, raised an eyebrow, and said faintly, "Lin Lele, is it?"