Swan Dance

The consequence of trying to be clever and tease Liu Wenyin was that Su Ze ended up washing the dishes alone.

Over in the Dongli Kingdom, they had officially filed Su Ze's records. On the eleventh day since he'd crossed over, he finally had a legitimate, usable identity.

Even though he'd never set foot in Dongli Kingdom, he was now a Dongli citizen.

But he couldn't get his ID card just yet—he'd have to pick it up once he arrived in Dongli.

His household registration was attached to Liu Wenyin's family, of course, under the guise of siblings.

Su Ze hadn't expected that his constant calling her "big sister" would actually make him and Liu Wenyin sworn siblings with no blood ties—different parents, different surnames.

From now on, he could call her "big sister" with even more peace of mind, since they were on the same household register, certified by the Dongli Kingdom Household Registration Department.

In the afternoon, Su Ze started doing some basic physical training in the yard.

Taking medicine while training was the norm for most evolvers.

The Immortal Salamander extract Su Ze had absorbed two days ago still left a large amount of Evolution Substance undigested in his body. The higher the grade and quality of the extract, the longer it took to digest.

During the digestion process, the evolver's physical fitness would steadily improve.

A Tier 2 S-grade extract would take about two months to digest naturally through the body. Taking medication could shorten this process.

The "Body Conditioning and Digestion Tablets" Su Ze was using were the best synthetic drugs of their kind on the market. If he took them daily without interruption, he could finish absorption in about half a month. Adding high-intensity training could shorten that time even further.

Su Ze strapped lead weights to his body and started running with the load.

He circled the yard lap after lap, and before he knew it, his clothes were soaked with sweat.

Many evolvers chose to work out at the gym. High-end gyms nowadays all had training equipment specifically for evolvers, but Su Ze didn't have that luxury yet, so he had to make do with the most traditional method—running.

After running for three hours, Su Ze stopped to catch his breath and saw Liu Wenyin standing at the doorway, waving at him. He had no idea when she'd gotten there.

"What's up?"

"Training like that is way too clumsy."

Su Ze's eyes lit up. "You have a better method?"

Liu Wenyin said, "First, you need to understand what the purpose of exercise is. Evolvers and ordinary people both exercise, but their goals are fundamentally different."

Su Ze vaguely grasped something and analyzed, "Ordinary people exercise to stay fit. Evolvers seem to do the same... Wait, I think I get it!

"Evolvers do high-intensity training to boost their physical fitness too, but plain exercise has limited gains and a low ceiling. That's why evolvers take evolutionary drugs and then pair them with training."

"Exactly." Liu Wenyin nodded. "The reason evolvers can break human limits is because Evolutionary Force and Evolution Substance have transformed their bodies. The evolutionary drugs you take daily also contain various Evolution Substances—those are what rapidly improve your physical fitness."

"So the direct goal of an evolver's exercise is to stimulate the body and speed up the absorption of Evolution Substance. The drugs you take, plus the undigested extract in your body, have built up a lot of Evolution Substance inside you. High-intensity exercise can indeed accelerate digestion, but your training method is too clumsy—inefficient and lacking focus."

Su Ze's eyes were full of admiration, practically sparkling like little stars. "Big sister, as a top-tier expert in Evolutionary Science, you must have efficient, targeted training methods, right?"

"Where did a kid your age learn to suck up like that?" Liu Wenyin recalled that when she was Su Ze's age, she was still a proud, tsundere girl—nowhere near as smooth at flattery as Su Ze.

Even so, a smile crept onto her face. "Those training methods are closely guarded secrets of major powers. But I did some research on this a few years ago and created my own set of techniques. If you want to learn, I can teach you."

Su Ze nodded like a pecking chicken. "I want to learn, I want to learn! A training method Big Sister created herself is bound to be better than those passed down by the big powers!"

"I wouldn't say it's better than theirs, but it's definitely not far off." Liu Wenyin said confidently. "Wait for me—I'll change clothes and come teach you."

"Okay."

It wasn't long before Su Ze saw Liu Wenyin walk out in a very form-fitting yoga outfit.

The tight yoga wear outlined her perfect curves, and Su Ze saw in her both the sweeping grandeur of a Western woman and the delicate elegance of an Eastern one.

"I named this training method 'Swan Dance.' It's a set of movements designed based on human anatomy, combined with special force techniques to concentrate stimulation on the parts of the body most receptive to Evolution Substance. It effectively speeds up the body's digestion of Evolution Substance."

Su Ze felt something was off as he listened... Swan Dance?

Was it the Swan Dance he was thinking of?

"I'll demonstrate it once first. Just watch and learn as much as you can."

With that, Liu Wenyin began to move. She rose onto her tiptoes, placed her hands in front of her abdomen, lifted her chin, and exposed her snow-white neck, looking like a proud, elegant white swan.

Then she lightly stepped, swung her arms, spun, and leaped—her movements graceful and dance-like.

As she danced, she explained the force techniques in detail. It looked like a simple dance, but it blended elements of dance, yoga, martial arts, and gymnastics.

But no matter how you looked at it, it was still a dance!

It was about eighty percent similar to the Swan Dance from the ballet "Swan Lake" that Su Ze had seen in his past life.

He was supposed to dance this?

Every fiber of Su Ze's being resisted.

Soon, Liu Wenyin finished one round and said to Su Ze, "Follow me and do it once."

All for evolution and getting stronger, and no one else is here anyway... Fortunately, Su Ze wasn't the type to care too much about his pride. After some self-reassurance, he started following Liu Wenyin, learning one move after another.

To be fair, as an evolver, Su Ze had great physical fitness—excellent balance and coordination—so he quickly grasped the essentials of the Swan Dance.

After just two or three rounds of teaching, Su Ze had basically learned it and could dance solo.

When Liu Wenyin danced, it was beautiful. But when Su Ze danced... could you imagine a little swan over six feet tall?

Su Ze felt what he was doing should be called "Goose Dance" or "Penguin Dance."

Fortunately, after finishing this dance, Su Ze could clearly feel that the Evolution Substance in his body was digesting faster, and his physical fitness had improved noticeably.

Given how effective it was, Su Ze felt a bit embarrassed but could still endure it.

It's fine—there are only the two of us here. What's a little embarrassment in front of my own sister... But when he turned his head, he saw an old face pressed against the window behind him.

Aunt Yun really wasn't injured badly enough!

At least my sister is considerate—she turned her head away so I wouldn't feel awkward.

Huh? Why are her shoulders shaking like that?