"Don't worry about me, I think my strength should be sufficient to get through. Look at my body, doesn't it look strong?"
Zhu Jiao told Lin Chen while flexing his arms.
"Hmph! It's no use if your muscles are just nice-looking, it has to have a purpose too. A burly guy standing behind them exclaimed loudly."
"Oh shit, you're one of those 'functionality vs aesthetics' type guys aren't you? It can be aesthetically pleasing and useful at the same time. My body is like that!"
Zhu Jiao replied, looking at the burly guy up and down, sizing him up.
"Look at you! It's very obvious you build your muscles just to make yourself look better, look at mine, it's full of vitality when it comes to widening my meridians, it would definitely do better than yours."
The Burly guy flexed his bicep as he looked at Zhu Jiao with a smile.
"It's too bad there's no way to settle our debate…. If there's only a way for us to once and for all find out whose body is better…."
Zhu Jiao asked, looking around while squinting his eyes just a little bit.
"We can! On the stage, we can test and see whose body is better!"
The Burly guy got excited at the thought of competition.
"Right… We can do that… but isn't it a bit too boring without any incentives? It'll be like gambling with no money… "
Zhu Jiao innocently looked at the Burly guy, his eyes looking as if it was straight out of a shoujo manga. Giving anyone who's seen it the chills.
The Burly guy instantly scratched his head.
"I don't have any money on me… Nor am I from a rich family, but I have one life! If you win you can take my life."
Zhu Jiao smacked the burly guy at the back of his head.
"Why are you offering your life? I mean what can I do with your life? How about if you lose, you become my lackey? I need someone to help me out. If I lose, I'll give you 1 million gold, how about ....?"
A hand flew out and covered Zhu Jiao's mouth preventing him from speaking anymore.
"Lin Dong! Are you crazy? It's 1 Million gold we're talking about! The family can afford it, but you can't just use it for some stupid bet! Thankfully you didn't seal the deal otherwise… otherwise, it'll really be a great loss for the Lin Family."
Beads of sweat rolled down the brows of Lin Chen, thankful his actions were fast enough to prevent Zhu Jiao from making this bad decision.
A voice spoke from behind him.
"Okay, the bet is set. The school will overlook this bet as a neutral party."
Lin Chen frantically spun around and took a look behind him. He gave an exasperated sigh as he wanted to cry. Zhu Jiao had extended his hand for a handshake behind his back while he was trying to stop him from talking, effectively sealing the deal.
"Now that the bet is set, I'm looking forward to the 1 million gold, I'll fund the functional muscle bodybuilding club, men with bear-like bodies like me will be the norm!"
The Burly guy started smiling widely, already dreaming about what he would do with that large amount of money. Buy his own work out equipment? Buy his new members lunch at a restaurant? The thoughts he had went wild in his head as he started to drool.
Lin Chen felt like crying, seeing his idiot cousin that his father believed had turned over a new leaf standing there wasting a million gold like that. He started fiddling with his fingers counting the things the family had to sell and let go off to get the million gold.
"Lin Chen, what are you doing?" Zhu Jiao asked while looking at his cousin counting his fingers.
"What do you think I'm doing! I'm seeing what we can do to cover your mess!" Lin Chen scowled in anger, before grabbing his hair and cursing under his breath for losing count again.
"Don't worry, I've got this!"
Zhu Jiao smiled, he was extremely confident in his body's capabilities, why wouldn't he be? When he was 1 he learnt how to walk and run, 1-month-old mind you, at the age of 2 he could lift cars no problems. At the age of 3, nurses couldn't even draw his blood because the needles would bend before entering his skin. At the age of 5, his body was so strong that it was virtually invulnerable.
Before long, Lin Chen was up, he had absolute confidence in his abilities and had no difficulty passing the test, lifting up huge rocks? Easy. Heading to the 150kg rock,
Lin Chen introduced himself with a loud shout. "Lin Chen! Age 16!"
Lin Chen picked up the rock with slight difficulty before hoisting it clean above his head.
His triceps trembling from the weight, sending a shudder down his back and into his quadriceps. His legs feeling like jelly started to tremble too, as he waited for the examiners to tell him to put the rock down.
"Okay, you can drop the rock." The examiner nodded his head as he gave the cue.
'Crash, Lin Chen released the rock as it landed on the floor'
"Good job, you can move on to the next stage of the test." He moved aside asking Lin Chen to head through the gate.
"Next!"
Zhu Jiao looked at the Burly guy and motioned him to go first.
"For this kind of face slapping, it's obvious that the best go last." He mumbled to himself.
The Burly guy walked up to the 180kg rock and challenged it.
"Shi Tou! Age 16!"