Chapter 27: Some Young People Just Love Taking Shortcuts!

Qingning Basketball Hall.

Liu Miaomiao left after dropping Lu Mingfei off at the entrance of the basketball hall.

Although she was somewhat curious about Lu Mingfei's Basketball Training, today's events were truly too significant and required time to process, so she canceled her idea of "observing."

Though she spoke lightly, claiming "the innocent need no defense" and that she had "nothing to feel guilty about," as a delicate young beauty, she still needed time to calm her emotions.

Lu Mingfei nimbly changed into his training gear and arrived at the court.

Sure enough, Chu Zihang was already waiting there.

"Senior, your complexion looks much better. Has your health improved?"

Lu Mingfei observed quite carefully; he noticed that Chu Zihang's face finally had some color, and he was wearing training gear instead of winter clothes.

"Yes."

Chu Zihang nodded, his eyes lowered slightly, his right hand subconsciously and unobtrusively brushing over his abdomen.

That wound, which had been shocking to behold just the night before last—one that could be described as disembowelment—was now reduced to nothing more than a faint scar.

For an ordinary Hybrid, even with physical prowess and regenerative abilities beyond the norm, this should not have been so exaggerated.

Without a doubt, this rapid recovery effect came from that secret technique he had only recently mastered—"Blood Rage."

Releasing the Heart of the Lion to obtain a secret technique that enhances one's own bloodline... but what, then, is the price?

It doesn't matter; to slay a god, paying a price is a necessity!

The "thump-thump" sound of a basketball hitting the floor rang out, and as Chu Zihang snapped back to reality, he was left somewhat dazed by a blunt question from Lu Mingfei.

"Senior! Um, do you know where there's any square dancing nearby?"

What the hell!

Fitness and Piano both had plausible reasons: one was to improve his physique to shed his "weakling" image and increase his sexual tension, and the other was to improve his artistic cultivation to cater to someone's interests.

Both were behaviors that could increase one's competitiveness in the process of seeking a partner.

At least, that's what the books Chu Zihang had read said.

That book was the Love Bible; back when he was at Shilan Middle School, a teacher had assigned a group project for an extracurricular book report. The girl in his group highly recommended it, so Chu Zihang read it.

He read it very carefully and wrote his report in great detail, earning an "A" from the teacher, but the girl in his group seemed very unhappy, and the two didn't keep in touch afterward...

Chu Zihang vaguely remembered that she seemed to be the head of the Shilan Middle School dance troupe, and the reason they were in the same group was that they had previously worked together on an extracurricular paper about marine animals.

But by now, Chu Zihang couldn't even clearly remember that dance troupe leader's name or face.

In any case, combining his past knowledge, he concluded that Lu Mingfei was learning these two things just to pick up girls... As someone who was cold and expressionless on the outside but a gossip on the inside, he found this conclusion quite reasonable.

But now, what the hell was this about Lu Mingfei suddenly telling him he wanted to learn square dancing!

Could his crush have a hobby like square dancing?

But there are very few hot girls who like square dancing; otherwise, square dancing would be the most popular public activity for men... Isn't it usually retired elderly people with nothing to do who like to dance that?

Could it be...

Chu Zihang's cold face twitched slightly, and his pupils even trembled a little as he thought of an extremely terrifying possibility—some young people just love taking shortcuts!

But taking a shortcut all the way to the level of square dancing was a bit too "short," wasn't it!

Chu Zihang's expression turned somewhat ugly; he felt that as a senior and an insider, it was necessary to correct Lu Mingfei's seriously misguided thinking... but how should he bring up such a thing?

"If that doesn't work, the Children's Palace should be fine too."

Lu Mingfei naturally didn't know the extent of Chu Zihang's brainstorming; seeing Chu Zihang silent, he assumed it was because he was troubled by the request.

But thinking about it, what kind of person was Senior Chu? An activity like square dancing didn't seem to fit him at all! At the very least, it should be something like a socialite ball...

Upon hearing this, Chu Zihang's pupils shook; having started with a skewed line of thought, he subconsciously continued to imagine things along that path, and the conclusion he reached was that this was even worse!

Although you are still a minor, there are differences even among minors!

Wait, could he have misunderstood?

"What are you planning to do?"

Chu Zihang asked.

"I'm planning to go learn Tai Chi after I finish playing basketball today. I heard before that there was a Wuying Level senior at Shilan Middle School who also practiced Tai Chi. I watched it and thought it looked great, so I wanted to learn it."

Lu Mingfei was still a bit embarrassed, "This should be the last thing I need to trouble you with, Senior. My plan is to practice the three things in rotation afterward..."

Chu Zihang secretly breathed a sigh of relief; it seemed things hadn't reached such a serious point after all.

But... Tai Chi?

"As for Tai Chi."

Chu Zihang thought for a moment.

He first assessed his current physical condition; as long as he didn't engage in strenuous activity, it shouldn't affect his not-yet-fully-healed wounds.

Plus, Lu Mingfei was a Hybrid currently undergoing Bloodline Awakening; he would definitely have to deal with those "things" in the future, so it would be best if he could gain some self-defense ability in advance.

Not to mention that there were still threats in the city that hadn't been completely eliminated...

"I can teach you."

"Really?"

Lu Mingfei was stunned, and then naturally delighted.

"I didn't expect you to know Tai Chi, Senior! Did you learn it at the Children's Palace or somewhere else before? But isn't it bad since your body hasn't fully recovered? And it might interfere with your extracurricular practice..."

"At Cassel College, Tai Chi is my physical education specialization... equivalent to a P. E. class."

Chu Zihang answered each point rigorously, "Tai Chi emphasizes softness; as long as the movements aren't too large, it won't affect recovery, but will actually promote it. Also, what do you mean by extracurricular practice?"

"Just... I asked Chen Shu before, and Chen Shu told me?"

Lu Mingfei performed an easy layup, smoothing out his slightly rapid breathing, "He said that whenever you have things to do at night, it's extracurricular practice."

"Yes."

Chu Zihang nodded; he remembered now—extracurricular practice was the explanation he gave his family and Chen Shu to conceal his true activities.

In fact, strictly speaking, this did not count as a lie, because Cassel College is a school for Hybrids, and its main purpose is dragon slaying; Chu Zihang taking on a mission from the Action Department to kill a Death Servant during his winter break really did count as extracurricular practice.

It was just that this time, the "practice material" was a bit tricky...

A flash of gravity crossed Chu Zihang's eyes; that out-of-control fellow had been severely wounded by him at the same time he was severely wounded, but in the end, it still escaped, and now it was unknown where it was hiding.

Even Norma had no new information regarding it, so no matter how anxious Chu Zihang felt inside, he could only wait patiently.

It was impossible for him to search through this city all by himself; that would be a classic case of looking for a needle in a haystack, completely meaningless.

"Extracurricular practice is suspended for now."

Chu Zihang said.

"I will teach you Tai Chi first; when extracurricular practice resumes, someone will notify me, and I will go then, it won't be delayed."

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