"Did you memorize all of it?"
Looking down at the respectful young man before him, Feng Yue's face revealed a flicker of surprise!
And he wasn't the only one!
Every youth around them stared at Ye Li in shock!
Especially Tang Jian, who had claimed to have memorized seventy percent. He was utterly incredulous!
After all, in his mind, since they both had the [Exceptional Agility] trait, he would naturally pay extra attention to Ye Li. He'd been comparing himself to him from the start!
They both had the [Exceptional Agility] trait, which granted +30% comprehension.
If Ye Li had memorized more than he had, wouldn't that prove he was the stupid one?
Sharing a trait wasn't the problem. The stupid one was the one who'd be embarrassed!
For a moment, Tang Jian's expression changed again and again. He wanted to voice his doubts, but in the end he said nothing. Like everyone else, he simply watched Ye Li's performance in silence.
"Show me a set."
Feng Yue was somewhat skeptical, too, and spoke up.
Without a word, Ye Li lifted his chin. With his cheat in hand, he was brimming with confidence.
He strode out of the crowd and assumed a guard stance, imitating Feng Yue's earlier posture.
Having been a streamer in his previous life, he was long accustomed to people watching him, cyberbullying him, cursing him, doxxing him, making snide remarks, and laughing at him...
So even with dozens of people staring at him without blinking, his expression remained calm as he focused on what he was doing.
Every subtle posture Feng Yue had demonstrated, every shift in the depth of his breathing, every time his muscles tensed or relaxed—all of it came back to Ye Li's mind.
"Hsss~~~"
A clear, long, drawn-out inhalation rang out, shattering the silence of the training ground.
In an instant!
His body moved.
As he inhaled, Ye Li's body began to shift, imitating the movements he remembered Feng Yue making!
His body stretched like a pine tree, curled like a coiled dragon, and twisted like a nimble snake!
At the same time, every posture matched a particular breath, deep or shallow.
The training ground fell deathly silent.
Every youth stared wide-eyed, mouths agape, at the slender figure in the middle of the field.
That complicated sequence of eighty-one breaths paired with eighty-one different postures was enough to make your head spin just to watch. And he'd really reproduced it without the slightest mistake?
This... was it really possible to remember and perform all that after seeing it just once?
"He's struck gold!"
Feng Yue stared blankly at Ye Li's movements, amazement filling his eyes!
Not a single mistake!
The movements were stiff and clumsy, like a parrot's awkward imitation.
But damn, he'd nailed it!
Feng Yue had seen clearly that Ye Li had never practiced the Azure Dragon Force before. This was without a doubt his first time watching it!
Ye Li's Azure Dragon Force was entirely modeled on Feng Yue's, right down to the personal habits in his movements that differed from the original technique.
Clearly, a beginner couldn't tell which movements were personal quirks and which belonged to the technique itself, so he'd copied the whole lot without question!
As the center of everyone's attention, Ye Li felt something entirely different from the others!
As he practiced the Azure Dragon Force, he could feel an unfamiliar rhythm within his body.
With each change in his breathing and posture, it felt as if countless tiny creatures were moving beneath his thin, coarse hemp clothes—crawling, swelling, and contracting under his skin!
Clearly, just as Feng Yue had said,
the Azure Dragon Force was engaging and tempering all five hundred muscles throughout his body.
In everyday life, around two hundred muscles were used in simple activities like walking.
During intense exercise, the number of muscles engaged could reach over four hundred.
And the Azure Dragon Force's training was more effective than every exercise method Ye Li had known in his previous life!
He was only halfway through the movements, yet he could already feel the soreness of his muscles and tendons as they engaged. Sweat soaked through his clothes!
But the changes in his mind amazed him even more than the changes in his body!
As he practiced the Azure Dragon Force, related knowledge seemed to bypass conscious thought and force its way into his brain!
It was as if a teacher in his head were constantly explaining what was wrong with the movements he'd just performed and how to correct them. It was unbelievable!
This part was off. You're putting too much force there. Your breathing was a little too fast...
Incorrect movements would reduce the efficiency of the exercise. Over time, they could even cause hidden injuries in the body, damage one's constitution, and lower one's potential!
Feeling the weight of all that knowledge in his mind, Ye Li wept inwardly!
If he'd had this ability when he was still in school in his previous life, would he really have had to steer clear of the top universities and enter society to become a slacker?
He imitated each movement according to the knowledge in his mind.
After the time it took to drink a cup of tea, Ye Li finished the set, drenched in sweat!
"You carefully practiced the Azure Dragon Force and gained +1 insight" "Azure Dragon Force (2/100)"
Aside from the soreness all over his body, he didn't feel the crushing strain on his heart and lungs that came with aerobic exercise. His breathing was only slightly quickened.
Clearly, the breathing method worked on the entire respiratory system in a structured way!
"Excellent, excellent, excellent!"
Feng Yue stared at Ye Li, clapping his huge, fan-like hands again and again, his eyes full of admiration.
To perform the set without a single mistake after watching it only once was far beyond ordinary, even with the help of a trait.
If Ye Li had an above-average martial constitution, with comprehension like that, he'd have little trouble with bottlenecks in the early stages of training. A few years of cultivation could make him a backbone of the gang.
Turning his head, Feng Yue looked calmly at Tang Jian. "How much have you memorized now?"
"I... I memorized all of it too!" Tang Jian sounded a little dejected. It had taken him two viewings to get it all down.
Feng Yue instructed them:
"Good. From here on, you're in charge of teaching the others. Teach one another, and make sure everyone has learned it all within two days! I'll come by to give you some pointers when I have time."
"Don't think you can slack off just because you've joined the gang. There's a test every month. If your results are too poor, you won't even last six months!"
"The top performer each month gets a Body Tempering Pill from the gang!"
Then Feng Yue looked at Ye Li. "Some of your movements just now were wrong. I'll give you some one-on-one instruction!"
As soon as he said that, the training ground fell silent again.
Seeing him so blatantly give Ye Li special treatment, the young men there looked over with envy or jealousy.
Tang Jian, in particular, was beside himself.
Ye Li understood. He answered, "Yes," then followed Feng Yue as he turned and walked away, with the rest of the group watching him with complicated expressions!
By evening, the two suns of different sizes slowly sank from the sky.
The setting sun cast a faint orange glow over everything.
After his first day in the gang, Ye Li's whole body felt as heavy as if it had been filled with lead.
But he still had to keep his mind focused and follow Feng Yue's instructions, maintaining the breathing method of the Azure Dragon Force to ease his muscle soreness!
He weighed the three taels of silver tucked away in his arms, then headed home, satisfied.
After signing the contract selling himself into the gang, he was bound to the Azure Dragon Gang for life, whether or not he became an official member. Naturally, they would give him a monthly allowance.
For one person, three taels of silver was more than enough to cover a month of ordinary expenses.
"The harder you work, the luckier you get!!!"
"One trait, one life!!!" ×100
On his way home, a chorus of uniform shouts rang out behind him.
Ye Li turned around and saw countless youths shouting slogans as they charged in his direction!
Looking at the way they moved, Ye Li felt inexplicably sick to his stomach!