Daily Evolution from Mastering Tai Chi-Chapter 69: Preparing for the Eating Challenge, Ten Bowls of Luosifen

Chapter 69: Chapter 69: Preparing for the Eating Challenge, Ten Bowls of Luosifen

The next moment.

Li Hong was struck by a whip kick.

Bang!!!

He felt as if he had been hit hard by a car, nearly irresistible force surging from the outside of his right leg, flipping him over to the ground.

Other members in the studio were also drawn by the loud noise.

"No way, Coach Xiao Li actually got knocked down?"

"Isn’t he proud of having trained for over a decade in boxing?"

"Impressive, buddy, you actually managed to kick down Coach Xiao Li, you’ve got skills!"

...

Li Hong lay flat on the ground, eyes dazed, constant buzzing noise ringing in his ears. It took him quite a while before he managed to sit up from the ground with difficulty, then he looked at Wang Ye standing in front of him with an extremely surprised gaze, astonished in his heart:

"From the moment I swung a punch to the whip leg coming, there was at most 0.5 seconds in between. To manage a high whip kick from a defensive stance in such a split second? What kind of core strength is that? This... is this really a reaction speed humans can possess?"

...

As Li Hong sat stunned, Wang Ye reached out and helped him up, dusted off the dirt from him, and asked:

"Coach Xiao Li, are you alright?"

"I’m okay, just have a bit of a scrape." Li Hong staggered as he stood up, glanced at his right knee and the quadricep of his right leg, both areas having suffered variable degrees of scratches from Wang Ye’s whip kick along with injuries from falling, now the skin was broken and a faint trace of blood was seeping out.

"I’m really sorry, I’ll go downstairs and buy you some band-aids." Wang Ye apologized awkwardly.

"No need to trouble yourself, we have them in the shop." Li Hong leisurely walked to the counter, took two band-aids out of the drawer, tore open the packaging, and carefully applied them to the scraped areas.

"My bad for hitting too hard." Wang Ye’s tone carried a trace of apology.

"When boxing, getting hurt is part of the routine, don’t feel guilty." Li Hong shook his head.

Actually, Li Hong knew better than anyone, that Wang Ye’s whip kick was actually aimed at one of the human body’s thickest muscle areas, the quadriceps.

That’s the outer thigh and hip-leg joint area. This muscle makes up more than seventy percent of the body’s muscle, thick and firm, even if it receives serious shock impacts, at most it results in scrapes and swelling, it’s hard to cause muscle and bone injuries.

This heightened Li Hong’s evaluation of Wang Ye to another level. In that almost instantaneous moment, Wang Ye was not only able to retreat and counterattack freely but also adjusted the target area of his attack consciously. This kind of nerve reflex and muscle control capability is rare in the world.

Thinking of this, Li Hong continued to voice his inner doubts: "Your fighting style and method seem a bit peculiar, it should be a type of traditional martial arts, right?"

"Yes, Tai Chi." Wang Ye nodded.

"Huh? What’s that? Tai Chi? Isn’t that the health exercise old men do in parks? Can it actually be used in actual combat?" Li Hong frowned: "Also, how come a marathon runner can do everything?"

"There’s a difference between Tai Chi and Tai Chi, if you’re interested, I can explain it to you next time." Wang Ye smiled.

"Alright... you go work on your strength training first, I need to recover on my own," Li Hong waved his hand helplessly.

Wang Ye nodded slightly and headed to the strength area.

He arrived at the dumbbell rack, picked up the heaviest 50kg dumbbell, weighed it in his hand.

This 50kg dumbbell is indeed extraordinarily heavy, holding it feels like grabbing a person single-handedly, requires effort to hold onto, with fingers pressed painfully.

But with Wang Ye’s current strength, by slightly swinging his body and borrowing some force, he could barely do a few full curl reps with the 50kg dumbbell, despite the movement being somewhat off standard.

Yet, after completing the curls, Wang Ye still felt somewhat unsatisfied.

Then, he used the other hand to pick up another 50kg dumbbell, and started lateral raises.

Though difficult, he managed to lift them.

Watching this scene, the big guy doing squats beside him was dumbfounded.

That’s a 50kg dumbbell!

50kg, what concept is that?

Most fitness enthusiasts struggle even to hold it in their hand. Wang Ye actually did several curls so easily? And started doing lateral lifts? Has this world finally started having bugs?

...

After finishing the dumbbells, Wang Ye trained for another half an hour on cleans, contemplating the movement of cleans.

When his stomach began to feel noticeably hungry, Wang Ye bid farewell to Li Hong and left the Strength Training Hall.

Then he went straight to the Luosifen shop hosting the big eater challenge.

The shop’s full name is Liuzhou Shengze Star Luosifen, a large red sign over a meter in both length and width stood at the entrance, detailing the big eater challenge.

Essentially, during the campaign period, challengers can order the big eater set from the owner at any time, if eaten within 20 minutes, one eats the 10-bowl original Luosifen set, not only can one waive the fee but also earn a box of vermicelli, if finished in 10 minutes, one earns two boxes of vermicelli. However, if not finished in 20 minutes, the full set original price of 50 yuan has to be paid.

Though the event carries certain risks, if not finished, it wouldn’t entail too much of a loss.

Because the 10-bowl original Luosifen, calculated at original price, would cost over 100 yuan, whereas ordering the big eater set would only require paying half-price 50 yuan.

Wang Ye reviewed the event details, then immediately entered and ordered a big eater set from the boss.

"Sir, we need to record videos of challengers for editing purposes, would it be okay for you to appear in the video and have it uploaded online? If the challenge is successful, you’d receive an extra box of vermicelli." The boss asked casually.

Wang Ye pondered for a while, then said: "No problem."

He then sat down at the table in the Luosifen shop, waiting for the boss to serve up the noodles.

He had specifically chosen to compete post training, to handle it more reliably. Though usually, with his normal appetite, the challenge wouldn’t be hard to complete, but preparing thoroughly brings no harm.

Before long.

The boss along with several servers brought over the ten bowls of Luosifen.

Each of the ten bowls was filled with red oil broth and vermicelli, topped with assorted condiments, appearing quite substantial. The challenge rule was simply to eat up the vermicelli with no obvious remnants left at the bottom.

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