Chapter 46: Physical Metamorphosis

Chapter 46: Chapter 46: Physical Metamorphosis

Two in the afternoon.

Gu Qing arrived at the athletic field on time.

Xia Shuran had just gotten there as well.

She carried a bag of food in her left hand and a bag of drinks in her right, fully prepared.

"Senior."

"For food, I brought bread, bananas, Snickers bars, and chocolate drops."

"For drinks, I brought sports drinks, glucose water, and mineral water."

"Do you think this is enough?"

"If not, I can go buy more now."

Xia Shuran asked obediently.

Gu Qing smiled. "It’s enough, more than enough. You bought way too much. After eating all this, I feel like I could walk a lap around the Earth."

After speaking, he added, "How much did all this cost? I’ll transfer you the money."

"No need, it’s my treat, Senior."

"I insist. Even brothers settle their accounts."

Gu Qing said with a serious expression, "Besides, I’m the one who asked you to skip class to help me practice my martial arts. It’s only right that I pay for it."

Seeing how insistent Gu Qing was, Xia Shuran couldn’t very well refuse and said:

"It was 32 yuan in total. You can just transfer me 16."

"Alright, I’ll transfer it now."

Gu Qing took out his phone and transferred 32 yuan to Xia Shuran on WeChat.

Xia Shuran blinked. "Senior, 16 yuan would have been enough. Why did you transfer 32?"

Gu Qing laughed. "You’re teaching me martial arts and you often bring me food and drinks. You’d be at a loss even if I transferred you 320 yuan, let alone 32."

Xia Shuran replied, "Alright then. Since you put it that way, Senior, I’ll accept the 32 yuan."

Gu Qing said, "Hurry and put the stuff down. Let’s start training right away and not waste time chatting."

"Oh, okay."

Xia Shuran trotted over to the steps ahead and set down the two bags she was carrying.

Then she returned to her spot and began practicing martial arts with Gu Qing.

They trained for four straight hours.

They went straight from two in the afternoon until six in the evening.

[Physical Strength +1] x4

[Total Physical Strength +96]

’Just four more points.’

’I’m about to get the Muscle Knots ability.’

Gu Qing felt a flicker of excitement.

However, he didn’t show his impatience. Instead, he calmly looked at Xia Shuran beside him and said:

"Junior, let’s stop and rest for a bit. We can sit, eat something to recharge, and then start again at seven-thirty."

"Okay."

Xia Shuran nodded and followed him to the steps. They sat down, restoring their energy as they ate, drank, and chatted.

Once they had eaten and drunk their fill,

Gu Qing looked at Xia Shuran and said, "Come on, put your legs on mine. I’ll help you relax your muscles."

Xia Shuran obediently placed her legs on his, a faint blush appearing on her cheeks. "Senior, be gentle. Otherwise, it’s too intense. I don’t think I can take it."

"No problem."

Gu Qing readily agreed.

But when he actually started the massage, he played her legs like a piano, pressing quickly and forcefully the entire time, which made her moan and groan nonstop.

Xia Shuran wanted to say that her senior had gone back on his word, but feeling the continuous, sore-but-satisfying sensation spreading through her legs, she ultimately chose to enjoy it in silence.

’Embarrassing or not, as long as it feels good.’

’Yep, a mix of pain and pleasure.’

...

Time flew by.

「In the blink of an eye, it was seven-thirty.」

Gu Qing didn’t waste a second. He immediately pulled up Xia Shuran and they resumed their high-intensity martial arts training.

They trained for nearly four more hours.

They barely rested during that time, pushing straight through from seven-thirty to almost eleven-thirty.

Xia Shuran felt like she was about to die from exhaustion.

As they trained,

her legs suddenly gave out. Her body collapsed, and she lay on the grass, completely still.

Only her chest rose and fell ceaselessly.

She was gasping for air.

In stark contrast to Xia Shuran’s utter exhaustion,

Gu Qing, standing beside her, didn’t have a single drop of sweat on him. He was so relaxed it was unnerving.

Regarding this,

Xia Shuran had questioned him several times, asking her senior why he never sweated.

To this question,

Gu Qing always gave the same answer: "I was born with an unusual constitution. I dissipate heat very efficiently."

Xia Shuran didn’t understand it but was always completely stunned. Each time, she would say her senior was born with the perfect body for sports and that it was a waste for him to be an academic-track student.

"Junior, have you rested enough?"

"Let’s train for another ten minutes."

"Just ten more minutes is all we need."

Gu Qing said, looking at Xia Shuran on the ground.

In another ten minutes, he would have completed four full hours of practice, enough to obtain Muscle Knots.

"Senior, give me a hand."

Xia Shuran weakly lifted her right hand, her voice frail. "My body’s gone limp. I can’t quite get up on my own."

Gu Qing reached out and pulled her up.

The two continued to practice.

Ten minutes wasn’t long, passing in the blink of an eye.

Just then, several lines of translucent text popped up before Gu Qing’s eyes.

[You have trained in martial arts with your classmate Xia Shuran for over an hour] x4

[Martial Arts Techniques +1] x4

[Physical Strength +1] x4

[Physical Strength has accumulated to 100 points. You have successfully obtained the Attribute—Muscle Knots]

[Muscle Knots: Your Physical Strength is greatly enhanced.]

The moment the text appeared,

Gu Qing suddenly felt his body swell and heat up, the qi and blood within him surging.

Before he could even register what was happening,

the muscles on his body abruptly swelled, pulling his once-loose clothes taut.

Noticing that his muscles were still growing,

Gu Qing worried his clothes would be torn to shreds.

He didn’t dare stay put.

He hastily told Xia Shuran he’d suddenly remembered something urgent he had to deal with, then quickly left the athletic field.

He left Xia Shuran standing there, staring dumbfounded as his figure vanished into the night.

After leaving the field,

Gu Qing sprinted in the direction of his dorm.

He ran as fast as he possibly could.

He was afraid that if he ran too slow, his swelling muscles would rip all his clothes off, and he’d be mistaken for a perverted streaker.

In less than two minutes,

Gu Qing had dashed all the way from the field back to his dorm.

The moment he was back,

he quickly ducked into the bathroom.

He locked the door from the inside.

This was to prevent his roommates from coming in and noticing something was wrong.

And just as he slipped into the bathroom,

his clothes were finally ripped apart by his continuously swelling muscles.

They tore open on the spot, creating countless shocking rips.

This revealed skin that was fair and smooth, yet as tough as leather.

Ignoring his shredded clothes,

Gu Qing looked down at his own muscles.

They were incredibly solid.

Every one of them was as sharply defined as if carved from stone.

Bulging veins crisscrossed their surface.

They looked immensely powerful.

After sizing up his muscles for a moment, Gu Qing clenched his fist.

’Mmm, that’s a lot of power.’

’I feel like I could smash down the wall in front of me with a single punch.’

After carefully assessing his newfound strength,

Gu Qing grew anxious.

’My body suddenly got this muscular... How am I supposed to explain this to anyone?’

Just as he was starting to panic,

suddenly,

he discovered a new memory in his mind.

A memory about Muscle Knots.

He probed it.

To his surprise,

he found that Muscle Knots, just like Lightning Reflexes, was an active Skill that could be turned on and off at will.

Gu Qing instinctively focused his thoughts, deactivating the Muscle Knots state.

As soon as the thought to deactivate it formed,

very quickly,

the bulging muscles on Gu Qing’s body began to shrink at a visible rate.

In just a few seconds,

his body, which had been as brawny as the Hulk’s,

returned to its previous lean, muscular state.

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