"How did she do that?"
The strength-training equipment was specially made. It looked ordinary, but every piece was incredibly heavy. Imperial Capital Academy spared no expense: even its smaller pieces of equipment, made from mixtures of bluestone, Black Ghost Stone, and rare metals, weighed as much as several grown adults.
They had just watched Ye Chuqi lift those weights and rattle through her routine without breaking a sweat. She was already done, making their own sweaty, desperate struggles look ridiculous.
"Could they be fake?"
Had someone tampered with the equipment?
One boy refused to believe it. He ran over and hefted a piece Ye Chuqi had just used. It weighed exactly as much as the ones they normally trained with. "Damn. It's real."
If the equipment was real, then was there something wrong with Ye Chuqi?
How could a normal person handle such heavy equipment as though it weighed nothing at all?
The students exchanged looks, then all turned to Akes.
Akes said, "What are you looking at me for?" She couldn't do that with strength alone, okay? She could pretend a workout that intense was easy, but Ye Chuqi clearly hadn't been putting on an act or forcing herself through it. It really had been easy for her.
"You all seem to have plenty of free time if you can watch someone else train. Have you finished your own training? You still don't seem to realize that this newcomer isn't just some pampered young lady. She has real ability. Otherwise, even with Teacher Bai Fenghua vouching for her, Imperial Capital Academy would never have admitted someone without the strength to back it up."
However chaotic Imperial Capital Academy might be, it had always respected strength above all else.
"So give up on that idea and work hard. That young