Chen Muye glanced at Li Shujin and noticed her cheeks were slightly flushed.
What does that mean?
Is she dropping hints?
I, Chen Muye, have always acted honorably and straightforwardly in my life. I am certainly not that kind of person.
"This doesn't seem very appropriate."
"There's nothing inappropriate about it. Just think of me as your best friend."
Well... let's check out those legs!... "Classmate Li Shujin, thank you for your kind intentions, but my wish is simply to live a healthy life."
Li Shujin froze for a moment upon hearing this.
She lowered her head and bit her lower lip.
Chen Muye's wish was very simple.
Yet she was powerless to help.
"Classmate Chen Muye..."
"Hmm?"
Li Shujin remained silent for a long time.
"School starts back in a week. Do you have any plans?"
Chen Muye had no idea why Li Shujin's topic had jumped so abruptly.
Still, her words served as a reminder.
School was starting in a week.
Although he now had the system, had saved his life, and had embarked on the path of longevity through practicing martial arts,
his future prosperity, luxury, and high-end pleasures still depended on his own efforts.
The college entrance examination was an excellent stepping stone.
Chen Muye hadn't believed it back when he was in school.
It was only after getting beaten down by society that he firmly believed it.
The college entrance examination was one of the few opportunities in life to change one's destiny.
With the system's blessing,
as long as he practiced diligently and accumulated enough attribute points to raise his aptitude,
his comprehension, learning ability, memory, and other traits would also improve.
Let's not think about other things for now.
He would first aim to be the top scorer in the exams and bag a few hundred thousand in prize money.
......
Chen Muye looked at Li Shujin and said calmly, "I plan to study hard."
Hearing this, Li Shujin felt a pang of emotion in her heart: Although Chen Muye didn't have much time left, he hadn't given up on himself. Instead, he wanted to walk through the final chapter of his life properly. This was a show of respect for life and responsibility toward himself. Such a person deserved admiration.
"If you... encounter any difficulties with your studies, you can come to me."
She paused and added, "Or with life, too."
Chen Muye smiled. "Then let me thank you in advance."
"You're welcome."
......
Chen Muye had no idea why Li Shujin was taking such good care of him.
Could she really like him?
He shook his head.
The possibility was virtually zero.
The two of them continued strolling by the lake.
Half an hour later, Li Shujin received a phone call and said goodbye to Chen Muye.
"Classmate Chen Muye, I have something to attend to and have to leave first."
She really had a date to go shopping with someone.
"Okay."
Before leaving, Li Shujin flashed Chen Muye a sweet smile.
In an instant, Chen Muye felt completely wrapped around her finger.
He had the urge to step forward and murmur, "Babe, pay attention to safety on your way."
Damn it!
His simping tendencies were getting worse by the day.
No way!
As the proud owner of the Great Dao of Longevity,
how could he let mortal beauty disturb his state of mind?
Looking at Li Shujin's receding back, he called out, "Classmate Li Shujin, watch your step on the way!"
Where the hell did I even get a state of mind?
......
Li Shujin turned back and offered a gentle smile. "Mm-hmm."
After Li Shujin left, Chen Muye didn't idle about.
After resting briefly by the lake, he began practicing the Taiji Guiding Technique.
He practiced all the way until dusk, completing a total of eight rounds.
[Name: Chen Muye]
[Lifespan: 104 days]
[Aptitude: 8]
[Physique: 4.1]
[Mental Strength: 7]
[Allocatable Attribute Points: 0.8]
[Cultivation Manual: Taiji Guiding Technique (First Realm: Beginner 95%)]
He checked the system panel.
The first realm of the Taiji Guiding Technique, Beginner, had already reached 95%.
One more session and it would break through to 100%.
Chen Muye immediately adjusted his breathing and practiced the Taiji Guiding Technique once more.
He wanted to see what would happen after reaching 100%.
Thirty minutes later,
Chen Muye finished a round of the Taiji Guiding Technique.
The next second,
Ding!
[Name: Chen Muye]
[Lifespan: 114 days]
[Aptitude: 8]
[Physique: 4.1]
[Mental Strength: 7]
[Allocatable Attribute Points: 1.8]
[Cultivation Manual: Taiji Guiding Technique (Second Realm: Entering the Threshold 0%)]
At the same time,
Chen Muye felt a warm current slowly flowing through his body.
This current was nourishing and repairing his physique, making him feel incomparably comfortable.
At that moment, he felt as if he had entered a state of ultimate tranquility.
Even his gaze grew somewhat dreamy.
A moment later,
the comfortable sensation faded.
Chen Muye felt a lingering sense of unfulfillment.
The feeling just now had simply been too wonderful.
He stretched his limbs.
His entire body felt as refreshed as if he had been reborn—light and unburdened.
He checked the system panel again.
His lifespan had directly increased by 10 days.
The allocatable attribute points had increased by 1.
Could this be the upgrade reward?
Not bad at all.
After a brief thought,
Chen Muye allocated 0.8 attribute points to aptitude and 1 point to physique.
His top priority right now was still to improve his physique.
His physique was far too weak. A normal person's rating was 10, while his was only 4.1—not even half that of an ordinary person.
Therefore, improving his physique had to take precedence. The body was the foundation; without a body, calling a hundred escorts would be completely useless.
Next was aptitude. School was starting in a week, and his comprehension, learning ability, memory, and other faculties needed to improve accordingly.
Otherwise, if studying back at school proved too strenuous, how could he aim to be the top scorer, how could he win prize money, and how could he...
Ding!
[Name: Chen Muye]
[Lifespan: 114 days]
[Aptitude: 8.8]
[Physique: 5.1]
[Mental Strength: 7]
[Allocatable Attribute Points: 0]
[Cultivation Manual: Taiji Guiding Technique (Second Realm: Entering the Threshold 0%)]
After allocating the attribute points, Chen Muye experienced an entirely new sensation.
He could clearly feel that his body had been strengthened.
The experience brought by the increase in aptitude was extremely mystical.
It felt as if the clouds had parted to reveal the bright moon.
Many things he couldn't figure out before, especially math problems, now seemed to have some clues opening up to him.
"Hah, little math problem, nothing special."
"Just give me enough time, and I'll solve PhD-level math problems for you!"
Chen Muye made a grandiose declaration.
A primary school student holding a notebook walked over.
"Big brother, big brother, can you help me explain how to solve this problem?"
"Hand it over!"
Chen Muye readily took the notebook.
"Given that in trapezoid $ABCD$, $AD \parallel BC$, $\angle B = 40^\circ$, $\angle C = 50^\circ$, and points $E$, $F$, $M$, $N$ are the midpoints of the four sides respectively, prove that: $BC = EF + MN$."
Chen Muye: ......
What the heck!
Whose kid is this perverted?
Solving such difficult problems at this age.
Couldn't they just ask about one-plus-one or something!
Don't push me too far, because if you push me too far, I can do anything!... Except math problems.
Are you kidding me? Although his aptitude had improved somewhat, it was still only at the level of an ordinary person.
The problem brought over by this elementary school student was clearly an Olympiad math question.
Who could possibly solve this?
He handed the notebook back to the primary school student and said righteously, "Such a simple problem and you have the nerve to ask! Go back and check the answer yourself!"
The primary school student pouted and turned to leave.
"Phew!"
Chen Muye breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly walked further away.
This high-tier arena was no longer suitable for him.
Half an hour later,
Grandpa Li sent Chen Muye a message saying he had arrived at South Lake, along with a location pin.
Chen Muye followed the location and found Grandpa Li.
Although Chen Muye had already learned the Taiji Guiding Technique,
he still practiced it together with Grandpa Li.
Not for anything else, but to secure Li Shujin in the future... ah, spit! Just because Grandpa Li had saved his life.
Li Shujin couldn't possibly ignore what Grandpa Li said! ...Ah, spit! Grandpa Li was open-handed and spoke so nicely; he surely had other martial arts manuals.
The two of them practiced the Taiji Guiding Technique three times, then sat down to rest on a nearby bench.
Grandpa Li drank some water and praised admiringly, "Little Chen, your learning ability is not bad at all. You picked it up so quickly."
Chen Muye smiled. "It's mainly thanks to Grandpa's great teaching."
"Sigh, what a pity. If you didn't have that illness, I would take you as my disciple and pass on my martial arts to you."
Chen Muye's eyes lit up. He had just been thinking about it casually.
He hadn't expected Grandpa Li to actually have other martial arts and boxing forms!
Chen Muye said sincerely, "Grandpa, actually I've had a martial arts hero dream since I was a child. Even though I have a terminal illness, I still want to experience real martial arts."
"Well... Little Chen, it's not that Grandpa is unwilling to teach you, I'm just afraid your body won't be able to handle it!"
"Grandpa, apart from mortal beauty, I can handle anything else!"
"Hahaha! Little Chen has a good mindset, quite similar to my demeanor when I was young. Grandpa will demonstrate it for you once first, and then you can decide whether you want to learn it!"
"You got it!"