"That's all for today's training."
Zhang Hongtao's voice pulled Blake back to reality.
He snapped out of his focused state, surrounded by the noisy sounds and the warm smell of sweat. Blake wiped his face with his hand, which was covered in sweat. His training clothes were almost entirely soaked.
His limbs were slightly fatigued but still within a tolerable range.
Turning his head, he saw the other students already heading to the changing room.
Blake stood still for a moment, calming his heartbeat and letting his body cool down. He raised his right hand, brushing his wet hair back, revealing his clean forehead.
Just as he was about to move.
A clear and pleasant female voice sounded from beside him.
"Blake, right? Nice to meet you. I'm Li Xuefei."
Turning his head, he saw a long-legged girl in female training clothes standing to his right. She had a tall and slender figure, fair skin, and long black hair tied back in a ponytail that almost reached her waist.
Li Xuefei was looking at Blake with curiosity, her pretty face and bright eyes giving off a clean and fresh impression.
Isn't this the girl with the black ponytail who was with Guo Hao earlier?
Why is she talking to me now?
Blake glanced at her and replied expressionlessly.
"Hello, is there something you need?"
"Not really, I just wanted to get to know you. We've been in this training class together, but I've never spoken to you," the black ponytail girl smiled lightly. Judging by her youthful appearance, she was either a college or high school student, likely having just graduated like Guo Hao.
With her outstanding looks and figure, and considering she was without makeup, she must have been the crush and white moonlight of many boys in her previous high school.
"Well, now you know me."
"Sorry, I have some things to do. I have to go."
Blake nodded to Li Xuefei and then walked straight to the changing room. His expression was a bit odd, clearly realizing that Li Xuefei was trying to chat him up. But Blake had long passed the stage of youthful infatuation and excitement about the opposite sex.
Those moments made seventeen or eighteen-year-old boys blush and get flustered.
For him, they hardly had any effect.
After all.
Girls? Can they be used to gain skill points?
If not, then they shouldn't waste his precious time.
In his vision, the occupation panel information is displayed.
[Your skill "Sanda" has gained +11 experience points!]
[Your occupation "Fighter" has gained +2 experience points!]
Blake pressed his tongue against his left molar, smiling contentedly.
Only progress brings joy.
Back in the No. 2 Training Hall.
Li Xuefei's attempt at conversation was only half successful, but she wasn't upset. Instead, she found Blake quite interesting. Next to her, a short-haired girl who seemed to be her close friend walked over. The two linked arms, chatting and laughing, heading to the left changing room.
Their conversation seemed to hint at something about Blake.
Earlier, while Blake was immersed in his "Pure Heart" state, he hadn't noticed that some eyes were drawn to his figure as he worked up a sweat.
When a person is deeply engaged in something, they create their own magnetic field.
That's why there was once a popular topic on the internet.
"Men are most attractive when they are focused on their work."
In the training hall, most people had left, but Guo Hao hadn't hurried off. He randomly picked a black rubber sandbag and started punching it, using moves taught in the training class.
At this moment, outside the Bai Niao Martial Arts Academy.
Blake had already changed his clothes and was walking out with his backpack. His gaze drifted across the street to a dance training institution that had just opened today. Inside, a group of elegant and beautiful girls were being assigned to different classes: traditional dance, classical dance, ballet...
Regardless of the dance style, the girls trained in these disciplines always had tall, graceful figures and an air of elegance, possibly influenced by the art itself.
"A dance class right next to the martial arts academy..."
"The boys in the training class are probably going to be quite distracted."
Blake glanced over, then turned and walked straight towards the bus stop.
Before he left the street, he noticed out of the corner of his eye that Li Xuefei, the black ponytail girl who had tried to chat with him earlier, and her short-haired friend were heading towards the dance class. They might have friends taking classes there.
At 3:45 PM, Blake returned to his apartment.
Before he could take a shower, he received a call from the grandparents of the original owner of his body, who lived in the countryside. Their simple, heartfelt dialect filled with concern made Blake feel inexplicably warm. The entire conversation was stress-free, just about whether their good grandson was doing well in the city, if he had lost weight, and so on.
"No worries, I'm doing fine."
"Once I make a name for myself and earn more money, everything will get better."
Blake promised, following the original owner's habit, to reassure the elderly couple on the other end of the line.
Finally, the call ended with a beep.
It was clear that the grandparents feared for their grandson, the only one left after his parents died in a car accident, now a recent college graduate bearing the weight of the family. They were afraid the pressure might overwhelm him and frequently called to check on him. The original owner often assured them he would succeed and make everything better.
"Make everything better?"
Having inherited the original owner's body and identity, Blake naturally felt this aspiration too. Making everything better was also what he wanted.
"It's already on the way..."
Next, it was time to grind through the delivery and security guard occupations.
This time, Blake quickly found his rhythm.
By 8:30 PM.
[Your occupation "Deliveryman", experience +13]
[Your skill "Electric Bike Riding", experience +18]
[Your skill "City Route Mastery", experience +18]
...
By 2:00 AM.
[Your occupation "Security Guard", experience +11]
[Your skill "Patrolling", experience +14]
Back in his apartment, Blake began to summarize.
The occupations of Security Guard and Fighter had both been recently activated and still had some time before either the occupations or skills would level up. However, the Deliveryman occupation was close to upgrading from LV.1 to LV.2.
[Occupation: Deliveryman LV.1 (89/100)]
[Skill 1: Electric Bike Riding LV.2 (56/200)]
[Skill 2: City Route Mastery LV.2 (39/200)]
With one more day's effort, the Deliveryman occupation would reach level two.
He wondered how many potential points the Dark Red Modifier could extract.
Blake looked forward to it...
Bang!
A punch landed heavily on the sandbag.
"Hiss."
Guo Hao winced slightly, clearly having hit the bruise from his earlier distracted practice.
"Is Blake really that suited for Sanda? I remember when he practiced boxing before, he wasn't that good," Guo Hao thought, feeling a vague sense of threat. He recalled Coach Zhang mentioning that there would be competition for spots in the elite class.
That spot wasn't necessarily guaranteed to be his.
Bang!
Guo Hao threw another punch and then turned around.
With a cold expression, he headed towards the changing room.