ACultivator'sCampusLife

Chapter 22 An Invitation from Wang Ping

Outwardly, Lin Jiayi seemed composed as usual. But in reality, she became more and more curious about Lu Yao.

Lu Yao could face Chu Minghui and Ma Xiaolin with equanimity. He also remained calm whenever he talked to her. He looked as if nothing could faze him.

Chu Minghui made trouble for him again and again. After this exam, he even threatened to let Lu Yao get out of Shuangta City. But in the end, it was Lu Yao who won the bet. And Chu Minghui got a real walloping.

Chu Minghui didn't come to school recently perhaps because he wanted to lie low for a few days. Lu Yao could have taken this opportunity to make a show of himself before other students. But he didn't do that. Instead, he just let it go at that and he even didn't blame Ma Xiaolin and his friends for what they had done.

What was more, nowadays, nobody except for Lu Yao could cheerfully admit that he had never celebrated his birthday before!

How come this young man became so mature and cool-headed? What happened to him?

"Lu Yao, how on earth did you do this?"

Lin Jiayi kept thinking on her way back.

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After saying goodbye to Lin Jiayi, Lu Yao acted on her suggestion. He bought some fruits and a ten-inch two-layer cake. Finally, he bought a set of thermal underwear. Although it was not a famous brand, he spent almost all his cash bonus.

After that, he looked at his watch. It was about time to meet Wang Ping, so Lu Yao walked to the martial arts school again.

When Lu Yao came to Tianxin martial arts school again, Wang Ping was training students. There were more than a dozen students inside. He didn't disturb Wang Ping. Instead, he sat on the sofa not far away and looked at them.

"As a fighter, you must be proficient in footwork, which requires a correct stance and a good sense of balance. First of all, you need to understand the most basic principle. If you want to move right, you need to move your right foot first and vice versa. But remember that you must place your foot down toe to heel, not heel to toe. This will help you move quickly and easily. The same rule would apply to stepping back. What's more, in the process of fighting, you can't move at your own will. Instead, you should control the distance between your feet every time you move."

Wang Ping kept walking among the students, carefully corrected their postures, and said to them, "However, the fundamental footwork is only used to control the distance between you and your opponent in case he suddenly attacks you when you are on the defensive. But when you need to attack your opponent, you should use Knock Step, or Jump Step, which is all about speed. You should take a small step forward, step that back foot up to meet the front, and then move forward quickly..."

Because Lu Yao had just started to cultivate, Li Jiang only taught him Tuiyun Hand, the first move of Mixed Spirit King Kong Skills. After hearing Wang Ping's explanation about footwork, Lu Yao could not help but stand up to practice.

He slowly practiced Tuiyun Hand with Knock Step.

Although he didn't push the stone roller this time, Lu Yao believed that this palm strike would be more powerful than before.

"How powerful your palm strike is!"

In fact, Wang Ping had been watching Lu Yao for a long time. But he didn't disturb him because Lu Yao was so involved in his practice. When he finally practiced Tuiyun Hand with Knock Step, Wang Ping couldn't help cheering.

"Brother Wang, please don't laugh at me!" Hearing Wang Ping's cheers, Lu Yao noticed that there was only Wang Ping and himself left in the hall. He looked up at the clock on the wall and found that it had been an hour since he came in. He said in embarrassment, "I was waiting for you at first. But now it was you who have been waiting for me. I'm so sorry!"

"Never mind. Your palm strike was very powerful. Lu Yao, did your master teach you that?" Wang Ping ventured.

"No. I just tried to practice after hearing your wonderful explanation about footwork. Don't take it seriously!" Lu Yao said casually.

Although Lu Yao was very appreciative of Wang Ping's martial arts skills, he couldn't tell him all his secrets. After all, this was only the second time they had met.

"Really? Brother Lu, you are a martial arts genius. The palm strike that you casually practiced is so powerful! I almost envy you!" Though Wang Ping didn't believe his words, he still exclaimed and said, "Just wait a moment. I'm gonna pack up my bag. And then we can go to celebrate your godfather's birthday!"

"OK!"

After that, Wang Ping turned around and went upstairs. Lu Yao stood still, thinking about the Tuiyun Hand he practiced just now.

Tuiyun Hand was a forging skill of Body Refining Phase taught by Li Jiang. Lu Yao cultivated hard these days. Now, he became much stronger and his skin was also tougher. But recently, he found that he could only lift around 400 catties and couldn't make a breakthrough.

So Lu Yao didn't expect this forging skill that consisted of two movements to be so powerful. When he combined it with the most basic footwork, he found that he would likely make a breakthrough.

Was that the magic of skills?

After a while, Wang Ping walked to Lu Yao with two exquisite gift boxes and said, "Let's go, Lu Yao!"

"Brother Wang, you..." Lu Yao said, looking at the gift boxes in Wang Ping's hands.

"Let's go. Today is your godfather's birthday. As a junior, I should buy something for him. Hurry up. Don't waste time." Although Lu Yao didn't say it, Wang Ping knew what he wanted to say. So he pulled Lu Yao and walked to the door.

As the head coach of Tianxin martial arts school, Wang Ping was paid a huge salary. Recently, he bought a 2.0T Audi A6 as his mode of transport.

They drove towards the slum where Lu Yao lived.

"Lu Yao, there's something I've been meaning to ask you!" Wang Ping asked while driving.

"Brother Wang, just say it. As long as I can do it, I won't hesitate to help you!" Lu Yao said politely after hearing Wang Ping's word.

"I want to invite you to join our Tianxin martial arts school. What do you think?" Wang Ping asked.

"Brother Wang, can we talk about this later? I'm still a student after all. And now I should focus on my studies." Lu Yao politely refused Wang Ping's invitation.

In fact, Lu Yao was very excited when he heard Wang Ping's words.

It was Tianxin martial arts school!

To all the people who learned martial arts in Xinlu Province, it was a holy place. Anyone was tempted to join this school because it had such excellent coaches like Wang Ping and Buick, not to mention those outstanding martial artists who graduated from there.

But considering that he had to cough up 5,000 or 6,000 yuan a month for tuition, Lu Yao refused the invitation with great regret.

Although his godfather had saved some money for the operation, the money was earned through hard work. Lu Yao felt bad when he spent the hard-earned cash on his studies. So he couldn't spend so much money on learning martial arts at this time.

Lu Yao thought it was the second time he had met Wang Ping. But in fact, Wang Ping had already known Lu Yao's family background and abandoned the idea. But today Elder Huang reminded him to reconsider this idea.

He asked Lu Yao that question because he wanted to confirm something.

Single-mindedness was one of the most important attributes of a martial artist. If Lu Yao had agreed just now, he might have felt that Lu Yao's future would not be so great. But Lu Yao refused. So Wang Ping was happy for Lu Yao.

However, Wang Ping still hadn't found a way to let Lu Yao join Tianxin martial arts school.

And then they just talked about Lu Yao's academic performance. As for the martial arts school, neither of them mentioned it again.

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After returning home, Lu Yao pulled the only small bench that he used to study and asked Wang Ping to stay in the room for a while. And then he went to the yard to wash the fruits he bought.

Last time, it was through a high-power camera that Wang Ping looked at this place. At that time, Master Qian and his fellows came to stir up trouble. Wang Ping just focused on how Lu Yao would solve the problem at the request of Elder Huang, so he didn't pay attention to other things.

Therefore, this was the first time that Wang Ping had watched Lu Yao and his godfather's living place carefully.

Wang Ping looked around. The house had two rooms and its gross area was less than 40 square meters. In addition to two brick beds and some simple kitchen utensils and toiletries, there was only a self-made desk and chair that Lu Yao used to study.

Although the walls were pasted with newspapers one layer after another, some newspapers became warped. Obviously, plaster had fallen away in places.

However, though the house was shabby, it was very neat.

Wang Ping touched Lu Yao's desk and chair and found that there wasn't a speck of dust. Looking through the window, he saw that Lu Yao was standing beside a very large bucket in the yard, carefully washing the fruits with a broken gourd.

Wang Ping was deeply shocked.

"Brother Wang, please have a seat. Help yourself to the fruits!"

Wang Ping stood there, staring blankly. He didn't notice Lu Yao had come in until Lu Yao stood behind him and spoke to him.

When Elder Huang assigned this task to Wang Ping, he didn't tell him much about Lu Yao's background. If Wang Ping had not witnessed it today, he couldn't have believed that Lu Yao attained an optimistic attitude towards life in such an environment.