Chapter 1 (1/2)

Chapter 1: Xu Jing

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Translator: CKtalon

Earth July 2, 2081, 13:50

Clouds and ruathered over the

The weather is so unpredictable in the summer</e h the floor-to-ceiling s before raindrops began to patter on the glass s

The young man walked to the center of the rooround before slowly and steadily doing an inverted handstand He first straightened his arle-hand handstand with his right hand

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“Hu~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~”

The sound of breathing rang in his ears Xu Jinghten and also felt his entire body’s weight burdening his right arm

In the first three minutes, his arm felt very comfortable, and his arm muscles and bones felt the deep stimulus But at the fourth minute, his palm muscles started to throb with pain—it beca was already used to it After persisting for fivethe handstand with his left hand

otten any better today </ehts wandered as he held the handstand; he thought of his sixty-year-old father that suffered from a chronic back injury Yesterday, he heard froravated his back injury whenheavy objects…

that’s on ht

His father had taught hi; it wasn’t part of the national teaood health in his youth, so his father taught hithen his body—one of the-term practice showed, it became one of the five main stances he practiced daily He practiced all year round and had persevered for 20 years—even when he was sick or injured He didn’t take a break unless there was sooes, the practice ofwas a waste of tiy

Just a few days’ break was sufficient for the liga walked over to the desk and sat down after he finished his inversion training He drank a few mouthfuls of water and watched the rain outside

ently ht leg… just won’t recover</e wasn’t injured, I probably stand a chance of beco said softly

Every hout their career To Xu Jinght looked up and said, “White, answer the video call”

Light gathered in front of Xu Jing and condensed into a two-hed and shouted, “Old Xu, we’ve already set off from the hotel We’ll probably arrive at Cosmos in about 20 ht? Let’s have a good drink tonight”

“Don’t worry, Bear I’ve already reserved a barbecue restaurant” Xu Jing smiled at his childhood friend and exhorted “Drive safely”

“Chill, man” The stocky fatty continued, “This batch of kids froliive theap between the folks these days are getting better and better with each passing generation I’ll countsaid with a chuckle

“How can you screw up? I would love for that to happen; it’ll enius” The fatty laughed “Alright, I’ll talk to you later”

“See you later” Xu Jing waved his hand, and the projection in the air disappeared

The Jiangnan provincial tea spanned ten days, and the fee was 50,000 yuan In fact, this couldn’t even cover the venue fees However, a co was also a form of advertisement This attracted more combat enthusiasts to join the center

ladiators need to put food on the table even after they retire </eed his clothes

Although being a professional gladiator sounded impressive, they only earned a few ‘appearance fees’ at their peak in reality Very few in the world earned more than a hundred ladiators onlywas also a world-classinto the top eight at the World Martial Arts Tournament

Income of the martial arts world was pyramidal, and very few stood atop the pyrah income, but income plummeted fro waited at the entrance of Cosmos Center with a few staffover in the rain

When the electric bus came to a halt, the doors opened, and hted

“Bear” Xu Jingood friend, Liu Chongyuan

“Old Xu” Liu Chongyuan walked over excitedly, hugged Xu Jingrie