My Foolish Brother

Xu Jun's home was in the city center, but usually, because it was too far, she stayed in the Mingguang University teacher's dormitory on the edge of the city. Su Ti dropped her off at the school gate and stopped there.

About to part ways, both stood rooted to the spot, wondering how to speak.

Xu Jun looked at her toes, her heart filled with complex emotions. What happened today was magical in her twenty-four years of life experience. Her heart was still pounding, and the nervousness made her dare not look at Su Ti.

Su Ti was the same. What he was thinking was how to normally suggest visiting Xu Jun's home. After thinking for a while, he said.

"I'm very interested in that antique bracelet from the Era of Hundred Kingdoms you have. Do you have time these next few days? I'd like to go to your place and take a look."

Xu Jun's eyes widened as she looked at Su Ti. In the moonlight, his expression was natural, without a hint of embarrassment.

"I'm not, you, we."

Xu Jun had a lot to say at this moment. Leaving aside their teacher-student relationship, just based on her own personality, she wasn't someone so casual. Even if Su Ti saved her, it wouldn't work. Although she had a good impression, this didn't mean they could directly go to the point of meeting parents.

Seeing that Xu Jun indeed showed a look of misunderstanding, Su Ti immediately explained.

"Don't misunderstand, Brother Xu, I'm just purely interested in antiques and want to see the antiques in your home."

"My feelings for you are the same as my feelings for Orangutan, Fatty, Glasses, and the others. I treat you like my own child, my brother, so please don't misunderstand our pure brotherhood, and don't listen to them talking nonsense about me having a crush on you or anything. You are my Brother Xu."

Orangutan, Fatty, and Glasses were the three who ran away: Zhao Xu, Hu Rong, and Yao XiaYu.

Su Ti had explained so clearly that with Xu Jun's straightforward personality, she naturally wouldn't think too much. But while feeling relieved, she also felt a strange sense of loss.

"I have something tomorrow, how about the day after tomorrow? If you like antiques, come to my place the day after tomorrow and I'll introduce you to my dad. He also likes collecting antiques, and everything in the house is stuff he's fiddled with. You should have a lot to talk about."

The two didn't linger for too long. After agreeing with Xu Jun to go to her place the day after tomorrow, Su Ti said goodbye.

Leaving Xu Jun alone, kicking small stones by the roadside, slowly walking back to the dormitory.

She let out a burp from the alcohol, her face was hot and flushed, and her heart was also in a mess.

Her mood was still like these stones, fluctuating unevenly. What she saw and heard today completely shattered her past worldview.

Her good buddies, her juniors, who she usually drank with, suddenly turned into martial arts masters, and even stepped forward at a critical moment, displaying great power and saving her. What kind of development is this?!

According to this kind of plot, she should have secretly given her heart and offered herself in return, but the sense of déjà vu from this kind of third-rate plot was too strong, making her feel strange inside.

Especially when Su Ti repeatedly confirmed at the end that he wasn't interested in her, while feeling relieved, she actually felt a sense of defeat.

No, she knew she wasn't some delicate weak woman. She could carry a barrel of water up to the fifth floor by herself, and when she saw cockroaches or mice, she wouldn't scream like other girls, but would directly step on them and kill them. And it wasn't the first time she had done something like smashing a harassing thug's head with a wine glass like Brother Long. Otherwise, why would Zhao Xu and his group call her Brother Xu?

However, this didn't mean she had no self-esteem when it came to being a girl!

Before, they all said Su Ti had a crush on her. She knew in her heart that Zhao Xu and the others were just messing around, but while feeling awkward, her vanity as a woman was still a little happy.

But now that Su Ti had clarified, and he clarified after saving her, she felt that in that aspect of being a woman, she had completely lost.

Lost miserably.

Even the hero who saved the beauty said he treated her as a brother. What dignity did she have left as a woman?

So, she looked up at the sky, her gaze firm, and suddenly made a decision.

She must get her dignity back!

After saying goodbye to Xu Jun, Su Ti first went to the hospital to check his hand, confirmed there were no problems, disinfected it, bandaged it, and was told by the doctor not to touch water during this time before returning home.

When he got home, it was already nine o'clock in the evening.

Since he had been practicing martial arts at the martial arts hall during this time, leaving early and returning late, and had reported to Su Zimo and Liu Qing, they were not surprised, only telling him to be careful and not go to remote places.

"What happened to your hand?"

After returning home, seeing Su Ti's bandaged hand, Liu Qing immediately came over nervously.

"Nothing, I fell and scraped it a bit. The doctor said it will be fine in a few days."

Although the doctor said it would take half a month, Su Ti's physique had improved now, and his recovery ability was fast, so it naturally wouldn't take long.

"You're not careful either. You're such a big person, really, just like your dad."

Su's Father, sitting on the sofa wearing glasses and reading an ancient text, had a helpless expression. He was truly shot while lying down.

"His mother, he's so old, you worry less. Spend more time caring for Su Ling, she's in her third year of high school now, it's a tense time."

Liu Qing glared at Su's Father upon hearing this.

"Do I care less about Su Ling? Food, clothes, what isn't the best? Either you tutor her homework or I do. A few days ago, she said she wanted to learn Kendo, and you said you'd give her the tens of thousands of yuan in registration fees just like that."

Given Su Ti's family background, plus Su Ling being in her third year of high school soon, for Su's Father to give tens of thousands of yuan just because she said she wanted to learn Kendo, that was indeed spoiling her to the extreme.

And after Su Ti's incident, perhaps feeling too indebted to his son, Liu Qing's care had indeed increased these past few days.

Su's Father was speechless for a moment. He just felt that his son should be raised poorly and suffer more, while it was fine to raise his daughter richly.

Moreover, compared to his son, his daughter was indeed much more outstanding in all aspects, developing comprehensively in morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor. She should be a key focus of cultivation, and with Su Ti being kidnapped before, he felt there was nothing wrong with his daughter learning Kendo for self-defense.

Of course, he didn't dare to say this out loud, he could only cough twice and continue flipping through his book.

"Hmph, ignore your dad. Mom bought you two sets of clothes and put them in your room. Go try them on and see if they fit."

"Okay, sure."

On the way to his room, he happened to pass by Su Ling's room.

From the tightly closed door, faint sounds of exhaling and inhaling could be heard, along with the sound of sharp weapons cutting through the air.

Su Ti hesitated for a moment, then knocked on the door.

The sound from the room disappeared, and after a while, the door opened.

"What do you want?"

Appearing was still Su Ling's beautiful but expressionless face, her slightly furrowed brows openly showing her annoyance at Su Ti's interruption.

"Nothing, I just wanted to say that if you want to practice Kendo, you can go to the park. Practicing at home disturbs others' rest."

Glancing at the unsharpened practice iron sword on Su Ling's back, Su Ti kindly reminded her.

"Hmph, none of your business!"

Su Ling snorted irritably and slammed the door shut.

Inside the room, Su Ling swung her long sword again and again in anger.

That stupid guy, what does he think I'm working so hard for?

Isn't it to accumulate more strength in the coming apocalypse and protect this family?

Not only does he not understand, but he actually complains that I'm noisy?

If it weren't for my phone call, he would have been dead by now!

Thinking of this, Su Ling became even more furious. The dark history of her crying after fighting with him when they were children couldn't help but surface in her mind. The sword, which had been quite methodical, instantly turned into wild swings.

"Idiot, idiot, idiot!"

Her stupid brother has no idea how much she has shouldered and sacrificed for this family!

After venting, Su Ling calmed down. She then had another thought, imagining the moment when the apocalypse truly arrived, danger struck, and she stepped forward, slaughtering the enemies and displaying her might.

The look on that guy's face behind her would definitely be spectacular.

Thinking of that scene, Su Ling chuckled foolishly a few times and practiced her sword techniques even harder.

Inside the room, Su Ti sent a few messages to Zhao Xu and the others saying that he and Xu Jun were fine, then turned off his phone.

He took off his clothes and stood in front of the full-length mirror by the bed. The young man in the mirror had an ordinary face and average skin, but his calm demeanor and deep eyes that seemed to hide something added a touch of mystery to him.

Streamlined muscles filled his upper body. The outlines of his chest and abdominal muscles were clearly visible, and even the shark muscles on his sides were faintly discernible.

"After achieving Great Accomplishment in the Dragon Shape Five Forms, my current body, strength, speed, and reaction time are all roughly more than twice that of a normal person."

Looking at his strength and agility of 1, Su Ti came back to his senses.

Based on his control of his body and analysis of data during this time, he estimated that the values for strength, agility, physique, and intelligence of a normal person who doesn't exercise and has reached their peak development should be around 0.6.

Su Ti's intelligence of 1.2 should be due to the amplification from digesting the original owner's memories after transmigrating. This value is equivalent to nearly two and a half times the thinking speed and agility of an ordinary person.

This allowed him to think more and calculate more than others in the same amount of time.

Of course, this has nothing to do with thinking style. True geniuses, like Einstein and Newton, have completely different ways of thinking from ordinary people. Su Ti's intelligence hasn't changed; only his thinking speed is faster.

Based on these, Su Ti also deduced.

"Every 0.1 increase in attribute value is a multiplicative increase based on the original attribute. The later it is, the greater the increase."

"My current physique is already equivalent to the peak level of humans. I might not be able to compare to some strongmen or sprinters in specific areas, but in terms of overall ability, I have far surpassed them."

These were the changes that achieving Great Accomplishment in the Dragon Shape Five Forms brought to Su Ti. Moreover, he also found that he had grown taller.

He had grown from his original height of 1.71 meters to 1.74 meters, a full three centimeters. Even his sleeves and pant legs were a little shorter. Don't underestimate these three centimeters; this means that practicing Ancient Martial Arts can promote human growth and development again!

Thinking of Yao Juan's height of over two meters, Su Ti couldn't help but wonder if it was from practicing Ancient Martial Arts or if she was born with it.

However, the numerical changes were not the strongest aspect of the Dragon Shape Five Forms. The strongest aspect of this Ancient Martial Art lies in Integrated Strength.

Su Ti felt that his spine, hand bones, leg bones, and all the bone joints were locked together like an iron chain, and moving one part affected the whole body.

This feeling was like the bones coming alive, training the bones of the spine, hands, and feet to be alive, and everything moved together.

Muscles, bones, and joints all assisted in exerting force, layering upon layer. The power was like a whipping motion. A seemingly soft whip, inconspicuous, could produce a sonic boom at the end with a gentle flick!

"Integrated Strength is probably the first dividing line between modern and Ancient Martial Arts."

Su Ti secretly guessed.

Once Integrated Strength is developed, every move of an Ancient Martial Artist possesses incredible power. A simple punch or kick can cause damage that a modern martial artist couldn't achieve with a hundred punches!

Such powerful lethality is comparable to controlled knives and firearms!

No wonder the country prohibits it, and Ancient Martial Arts are almost never seen on the dark web. Those "sects" would also desperately protect their own Ancient Martial Arts and prevent them from being spread outside.