Strength Test

Before long, the two arrived at their destination.

Before them stood a rather large gym, its sign reading, "Wang Fei Fitness and Swimming & Seventh Branch."

Wang Fei was Wang Lin's father.

As the intensity of his training increased, simple running, jumping, and zhan zhuang could no longer meet Yang Yu's needs.

These fully equipped gyms happened to come in handy.

"Welcome, Young Master Wang. What brings you to the gym today?" The Gym Manager immediately greeted Wang Lin warmly upon seeing him.

"Mm. Studying was tiring, so I came to work out and relax. This is my Good Brother, Yang Yu. Get him a Supreme VIP Card right away. Put all his future expenses at the gym on my tab."

Wang Lin gave the order calmly.

As the only son of the owner of Wang Fei Gym, the leading fitness and swimming company in Jiangnan City, Wang Lin's words carried considerable weight.

"Yes, Young Master. I'll handle it for your friend right away."

"You take care of it first. We'll pick it up when we leave."

After giving the instructions, Wang Lin led Yang Yu into the VIP Exclusive Training Room.

"Ding~"

Wang Lin took out an exquisite card gleaming with a pale gold light and swiped it across the door.

Inside was the training room accessible only to holders of a Supreme VIP Card.

Seeing the luxurious and orderly setup before him, Yang Yu could not help but sigh. Being rich really was nice.

"Brother Yu, let's sit and digest our food first. While we're at it, tell me how I should train from here on out."

"Sure." Sitting on the soft sofa in the resting area, Yang Yu thoroughly explained how an ordinary person should begin training, how to gradually increase the intensity later on, and how to advance into practicing Fist Techniques.

Wang Lin was no fool. On the contrary, he was smarter than most people, and he basically grasped these simple concepts after hearing them once.

That was also because he had already learned some basic fitness knowledge before.

It was simply that Yang Yu's explanation was more professional and detailed.

"So at the beginning, I only need to do simple running, zhan zhuang, and push-ups to improve my Physical Fitness. Once I reach a certain level, I can start learning martial arts with you?"

"That's right. Practicing the Martial Way is a gradual process. You have to build a solid foundation; only then can you meet the requirements of what comes next."

"No problem. I'll get up and start running tomorrow!" Wang Lin readily agreed. The moment he thought of Yang Yu's dashing punch, he was filled with motivation.

"Since we have nothing else to do, I'll also teach you the Breathing Method and Meditation Method that go along with training."

Yang Yu then carefully explained the essentials of both methods to Wang Lin, only stopping once Wang Lin had gained an initial grasp of them.

"What an amazing Breathing Method. I feel like all the food I ate is almost completely digested!"

"Haha, this Breathing Method is meant to strengthen digestion and speed up the absorption of energy from food, so that effect is perfectly normal." Yang Yu was quite satisfied to see Wang Lin grasp the essentials of the Dantian Breathing Method in just half an hour.

"The Meditation Method is a little harder. I'll study it slowly after I get home tonight," Wang Lin said happily.

After merely gaining an initial grasp of the Breathing Method, he already felt the difference.

The Martial Way really was what men should pursue!

"Don't bite off more than you can chew. I'll slowly teach you Siming Internal Martial Arts and Xingyiquan later. The food is more or less digested now, so let's begin with basic strength training."

As Yang Yu spoke, he walked over to the Fitness Equipment. Pointing at the barbell in front of them, he said to Wang Lin, "Let's first test how strong you are."

"Okay, I want to know how strong I am too."

With that, Wang Lin eagerly set the barbell's weight to fifty kilograms.

Seeing Wang Lin try a fifty-kilogram barbell right away, Yang Yu did not stop him and simply let him give it a try.

For an ordinary person like Wang Lin, who had barely trained at all and was not even fully grown yet, thirty to forty kilograms was about the maximum he could lift.

Sure enough.

Wang Lin exerted every ounce of strength he had, his face turning red, yet he could only barely lift the fifty-kilogram barbell to his chest. No matter what he did, he could not raise it over his head.

Realizing that he truly could not lift it any higher, Wang Lin did not force himself and set the barbell down. "Whew~ I never thought lifting a fifty-kilogram barbell was anything impressive before. Turns out it's pretty hard."

"I reckon I can only lift around forty kilograms at most. How much can you lift, Brother Yu?"

"I haven't tried before. I only feel that I've gotten a lot stronger recently, so today is a good chance to test it."

Yang Yu walked up to the fifty-kilogram barbell, weighed it in both hands first, and, finding it effortless, cleanly lifted it over his head.

The whole process was as easy as lifting a loaf of bread.

Wang Lin nearly suspected that the barbell had become lighter.

After lifting it a few times, Yang Yu indeed felt that fifty kilograms was too light. He set it down and increased the weight directly to one hundred kilograms.

This time, Yang Yu felt a little pressure. But after calming his mind and exerting force, he lifted the one-hundred-kilogram barbell straight over his head!

"Wow, Brother Yu, you were born incredibly strong!"

Having watched quietly from the side, Wang Lin immediately began flattering Yang Yu when he saw him lift a genuine one-hundred-kilogram barbell.

Yang Yu was the same age as him and had not trained seriously before, yet he could now lift a barbell heavier than his own body weight in one go. Wang Lin truly admired him.

"Haha, that was only a warm-up. I haven't reached my limit yet."

Yang Yu set down the barbell and continued adding weight, only stopping once it reached two hundred kilograms.

"Brother Yu, are you really going to try something that heavy?"

"Mm, let's give it a try."

Before Wang Lin's stunned eyes, Yang Yu slowly lifted the full two-hundred-kilogram barbell over his head.

"Wow! Brother Yu, that's insane!"

Only after Yang Yu gently set down the barbell did Wang Lin recover from his shock and start showering him with praise.

At the same time, he could not help thinking, Is this what a Genius is? Not only could he effortlessly take first place in the top high school in the entire city, even the entire province, but he could also reach a realm ordinary people would not even dare dream of in such a short time through martial arts.

My Brother Yu really is a godlike man!

At that moment, Wang Lin even had the urge to cling to Yang Yu's leg.

"Haha, it's only a two-hundred-kilogram barbell. It doesn't count as divine strength," Yang Yu said indifferently.

After experiencing what it felt like to lift a two-hundred-kilogram barbell, Yang Yu knew this was not yet his limit!

Perhaps two hundred and fifty kilograms was his current limit?

As he delved deeper into Siming Internal Martial Arts, Xingyiquan, and the Meditation Method, Yang Yu's control over his own strength became increasingly precise.

After all, the primary purpose of Neijiaquan was preserving health; fighting enemies came second.

By practicing Neijiaquan alongside the Breathing Method and meditation, Yang Yu had now completely harmonized his soul and body. His control over his body had improved considerably, and his perception of strength had become far more accurate.

By briefly recalling the feeling of lifting the one-hundred- and two-hundred-kilogram barbells, he roughly calculated where his limit lay.

"I think the Olympic Champion record for the seventy-three-kilogram weight class in the clean and jerk is only one hundred and ninety-eight kilograms. Brother Yu, you've already broken the Weightlifting Record for that weight class, and you still have a year before you turn eighteen! Of course that's divine strength!"

Just then, Wang Lin had taken out his phone and looked up the world Weightlifting Record.