Daily Evolution from Mastering Tai Chi-Chapter 36: The Scent of Blood at the Engagement Banquet

Chapter 36: Chapter 36: The Scent of Blood at the Engagement Banquet

April 30th.

Morning.

6:45

The first ray of sunlight through the gap in the curtain fell on Wang Ye’s eyelids.

Wang Ye slowly opened his eyes and sat up from the bed.

Now every time he wakes up naturally, he feels totally refreshed, without the slightest hint of sleepiness.

Even though the amount of sleep is decreasing, each time he can completely dispel the fatigue from his body.

Wang Ye changed into a set of clothes and then went to the bathroom for a quick wash.

He did some strength tests again, with a handstand result of 203, and the gripper could barely close the 300-pound setting.

Now going back to using the 200-pound gripper has become very easy for Wang Ye, and the harm to his palms has been reduced to almost nothing.

He looked at his palm.

A thin gray callus and tiny scales had naturally formed if not closely examined, one might think it was just a layer of white ash.

Besides his palms, many parts of Wang Ye’s body also developed such a protective layer.

Wang Ye felt inspired and went to the kitchen to fetch a fruit knife, gently slicing it across the back of his hand.

Scrape!

The blade swept over sharply.

Looking at the back of his hand again, it was actually unharmed!

Unconvinced, Wang Ye tightened his grip on the knife handle and sawed back and forth on the back of his hand several times.

Yet he still couldn’t pierce his skin.

The sharp fruit knife, which could easily cut his fingers a few days ago, could not harm him today no matter what, even if he tried hard to cut it, it could only leave a white mark.

Of course, it might also be that he had used the knife so often recently that the blade wasn’t as sharp.

"I didn’t expect my skin to evolve to this extent..."

Wang Ye was slightly surprised.

He thought his skin’s toughness was at most like ordinary fitness enthusiasts, with only the palms having some basic resistance to high frictional forces.

But what surprised Wang Ye was that not only did his often-exercised palms have such toughness, but even other parts of his skin, never trained before, also had such astonishing skin toughness.

This indicates that even if he didn’t deliberately train his skin for impact resistance and callus formation, his skin’s toughness would comprehensively and rapidly improve.

"Am I evolving into some sort of ultimate creature?"

Wang Ye’s mouth twitched.

He pushed away his thoughts, took ingredients out of the fridge, and defrosted them in water for half an hour. Then he went to the kitchen to use his Cooking Skill to make a large bowl of beef noodles for breakfast.

After eating and drinking, Wang Ye went out to take a walk on the Longjiang Park track to digest.

Because his Rapid Step Skill is the upper-rank skill of the Walking Skill, the skill level increases much slower than walking. Wang Ye walked for half an hour and only increased his skill level by about 0.5%.

But Wang Ye didn’t mind.

His Rapid Movement ability had already surpassed the human limit, which means every time he improved, he was advancing into an unknown realm for humans; the slightly slower rate of improvement was reasonable.

Once his stomach had digested the food adequately,

Wang Ye began to start jogging.

He left Longjiang Park and started sprinting along the road at a half-marathon pace.

His running posture was quite stable, and his speed was comparable to many electric scooters.

Even a few electric scooter riders on the road glanced at him with astonished eyes.

Those eyes seemed to say,

"Damn, how is this guy running faster than my scooter?"

But Wang Ye was already used to the strange gazes from many people along the way and didn’t care how others viewed him.

Anyway, his running speed was just at the level of a national first-level athlete, even if someone recorded it and posted it online, at most netizens would be amazed briefly, and he wouldn’t be taken to a lab for testing.

But Wang Ye needed to pay attention to his Rapid Movement speed. Now his full-speed walking is too abnormal; if someone filmed it and posted it online, there’s a real possibility he might be taken in for research.

Of course, "testing" is just an exaggeration. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

If Wang Ye truly exposed his superhuman physical fitness, the most probable scenario would be getting pushed onto the Olympic stage.

But he doesn’t want to be exposed to the public now.

His evolution speed is just too rapid; if it becomes known too soon, his evolutionary rate would be completely exposed to the public eye. By then, he might actually be taken in for secret research.

Wang Ye mulled over these thoughts while traveling at a pace of three minutes.

For a while.

Wang Ye completed the twenty-one kilometers.

The time taken was about one hour and nine minutes, only half a minute improvement from yesterday.

But having this degree of improvement, Wang Ye was quite satisfied; many marathon runners at this level, even after training for many years, can hardly improve by ten seconds and might even regress due to age, which is truly grueling.

Wang Ye didn’t stop and immediately walked back home, took a shower, and changed into clean, neat clothes.

He tossed his sweaty clothes into the washing machine for automatic cleaning.

After all this hassle.

The time had already reached eleven o’clock.

There was only an hour left until his cousin’s engagement banquet.

Just as Wang Ye was about to leave, he suddenly received a call from his mother.

He swiped the screen and answered the call.

His mother immediately asked, "Xiaoye, are you ready? Your dad will pick you up later."

"No need, I’ll walk over, you guys go first, I’ll be there soon," Wang Ye shook his head and refused.

He could improve his skill level by walking; taking a car didn’t make sense to him.

And it was only about five kilometers to the engagement banquet location, he could walk there in at most half an hour.

His mother hesitated for a moment, then replied, "Alright, just don’t be late, I’ll save you a seat."

After hanging up the phone.

Without hesitating, Wang Ye put on his shoes and headed out.

He activated navigation and chose a path with the fewest people,

then used his Rapid Step Skill to head towards the hotel for the engagement banquet.

After about five kilometers, Wang Ye spent over twenty minutes and finally arrived at the hotel. Outside the hotel, many vehicles were arriving in a hurry.

Just as Wang Ye pushed open the door and stepped into the hotel.

A faint smell of blood and rot instantly flooded his nostrils.

"The smell of blood?!"

Wang Ye’s steps suddenly halted,

then he quickly regained his composure and continued walking towards the hotel lobby naturally.

While walking calmly, he dealt with the numerous terrifying guesses erupting in his mind.

"Could someone be injured...? The chef in the kitchen cut their hand?"

"No, an injury wouldn’t have this kind of rotten smell..."

Wang Ye’s sense of smell was now three to four times that of a normal person, catching even the slightest scent around him instantly.