The Sunset Is Boundless

Watching the "Proficiency +1" notifications continuously pop up on his panel, Chen Jue felt more and more invigorated as he practiced.

This Twelve Taiji Forms was currently his most efficient skill for increasing his attributes.

Compared to Stone Skipping and Darts, which relied primarily on arm strength, the movements of the Twelve Taiji Forms engaged the entire body.

Beyond improving his physical constitution, this martial art also allowed for the rapid accumulation of free attribute points.

He practiced from around 10:00 AM until nearly 12:00 PM, his clothes soaked through with sweat.

A health-focused art that combined stillness with motion was being practiced by Chen Jue with the intensity of someone pumping iron at the gym; the shift in style was truly jarring.

However, looking at the newly increased attributes on his panel, Chen Jue felt it was all well worth it.

Name: Chen Jue

Strength: 0.82+

Constitution: 1.01+

Spirit: 1.08+

Skills: [Stone Skipping (Perfect)], [Darts Lv4 (126/5000)+], [Twelve Taiji Forms Lv3 (726/2000)+], [Climbing Lv0 (23/100)]

Available Free Attribute Points: 0.05

"I farmed 0.03 free attribute points this morning, and my constitution went up by 0.01 as well."

"The efficiency is great; I'll keep at it this afternoon!" Chen Jue glanced at the panel and a faint smile tugged at the corners of his mouth.

He discovered that when he threw himself wholeheartedly into exercise, his focus was far sharper than when he was slacking off at work.

Moreover, time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, it was noon.

After sitting on the lawn to rest and catch his breath, Chen Jue packed up his things and left the park.

He found a place to eat lunch and opened his phone, checking WeChat first.

To his surprise, there were messages from two people.

One was from Jiang Zhe, saying he planned to celebrate Chen Jue finding a job tonight by inviting him to Jingtanghui for a full package: massage and spa, buffet feast, and then gaming together.

Since he had received the cash vouchers from Chen Jue, he certainly wasn't going to let the benefits go to outsiders; he had to bring his buddy along to use them up.

However, Chen Jue knew these were all just excuses.

The main reason was that the weekend had arrived, and Jiang Zhe was ready to let loose.

Young people in Hang City faced immense pressure; if they didn't take the opportunity to go out and blow off steam on the weekend, they would essentially burn themselves out into husks.

"Your 'full package' better be a decent one (side-eye)," Chen Jue typed back while shoveling down a few bites of food.

Besides Jiang Zhe, Wu Fang had actually sent Chen Jue a message as well.

She was now a newly minted internet celebrity teacher!

The video of her using a Rope Dart to fend off a dog had gone viral across the entire internet over the past two days, and reporters from all walks of life were swarming the high school where Wu Fang worked, all to interview her.

Coupled with her striking looks and her toned, athletic physique as a martial arts teacher, she had ridden this wave straight into the "favorites" folder of every lecherous netizen.

Any interview video or daily school footage uploaded by students easily racked up millions of views.

As for the comment sections below, they were completely derailed:

"The moment I saw Teacher Wu, I already thought of names for our children (doge)."

"Is it too late to go back to high school now? (funny)"

"Classmates, the PE teacher is busy, so I'll be taking this class instead (side-eye)."

"I'm at the scene, I'm the microphone in the reporter's hand (awkward)."

"I'm the Rope Dart in Teacher Wu's hand (stunned)."

"If I had a PE teacher like this, I definitely would have studied hard back then (crying)."

In short, all sorts of jokers were emerging one after another.

Even the footage of Wu Fang's interviews and her resume photo from the school's official website had been turned into various memes and avatars, showing signs of surpassing the popularity of Bingbing.

Wu Fang hadn't expected to become this famous outside her circle.

She was originally a low-key young woman who spent her days teaching students at school or practicing the Rope Dart and martial arts routines with her grandfather in the park during her free time.

She never imagined she would become this famous just because of one act of righteous bravery.

Out of respect for the school leadership, she had already dealt with several waves of reporters that morning.

She was on her lunch break now, so she sent a message to ask about Chen Jue's situation.

Because Chen Jue had given her some well-intentioned advice earlier, she had successfully avoided several traps during the interviews.

Feeling grateful, she took the initiative to chat with Chen Jue.

But as an ordinary person, how could Chen Jue possibly receive such viral treatment?

After rejecting the agreement offered by Zhu Hongbin and Liu Li this morning, he didn't even get a chance to be interviewed on camera.

As for the Stone Skipping video he had just uploaded, it was still buried at the bottom of the feed.

It had only a few dozen bot views, without a single real comment or like.

As for the viral rescue video, ever since Wu Fang became a sensation, the ending footage of Chen Jue killing the dog with a Darts throw had long been edited out.

These video platforms possessed a sense of smell for hot topics sharper than that dead Pit Bull!

After just one day, almost no one was paying attention to the other young man who possessed such superb Darts skills.

"This damn world of judging by appearances!" Chen Jue couldn't help but grumble.

However, seeing that Wu Fang had taken the initiative to chat with him, Chen Jue still felt quite pleased.

He replied to her messages generously, specifically reminding her to protect her personal privacy and safety, and not to get followed by any perverted creeps after work.

After all, in this day and age, fame brings trouble.

Especially for a pretty young girl like her; once she went viral, it was highly likely she would be targeted by some crazy fans.

But after seeing the (Barbie-like bodybuilder flexing muscles + "I've got your back") emoji Wu Fang sent, Chen Jue knew his worries were unnecessary.

Given her family's martial arts background and her skills as a PE teacher, no number of creeps would be enough to take her on.

I probably couldn't beat Wu Fang, could I?

Thinking that he was also one of those "creeps," just one who was better at hiding and blending in, Chen Jue's face twitched, and he felt his motivation to train harder intensify even further.

After lunch, Chen Jue returned to his apartment for a nap.

The morning training had been very effective, and this nap had actually triggered the [Deep Sleep] effect once again.

In addition to his Constitution increasing by another 0.1 points, his Spirit attribute also rose by 0.01.

"Awesome!"

The feeling of his body and mind being simultaneously relaxed and restored made Chen Jue feel exceptionally refreshed after waking up.

Checking the time, it was already 4:00 PM; he had slept for over three hours.

"Jiang Zhe probably won't be off work until after 6:00, so I have two hours left to train!"

Thinking of the self-discipline of someone like Yu Jie, who even utilized his class time, Chen Jue began to secretly motivate himself.

He ran to the park to continue practicing the Twelve Taiji Forms to grind for proficiency and attributes.

It wasn't until the distant sun began to slowly descend that orange-red light dyed the entire sky.

The lake in front of him, the lawn beneath his feet, and even his own body were draped in a layer of golden-red sunlight; Chen Jue, who was in the middle of practicing Taiji, couldn't help but become mesmerized.

"What a beautiful sunset!"

"So red! So round!"

Chen Jue watched in a daze, finding himself momentarily at a loss for words.

However, to his surprise, not long after he narrowed his eyes to stare at the disc-like red sunset, his attribute panel, which should have been closed, popped up with a new notification.

It wasn't an increase in proficiency for the Twelve Taiji Forms, nor was it a rise in free attributes, but rather a brand-new prompt:

[Ding~]

[After being exposed to long-wave light in a specific spectrum for a period of time, the mitochondrial activity in your retinal cells has increased, and the function of your photoreceptor cells has slightly improved. Your visual ability has undergone a minor enhancement.]

[Constitution +0.01]