Splashing sound——
Turning on the faucet, the cool tap water gushed out.
Cupping his hands, he splashed the first handful of water onto his scorching face.
Then he took a towel, soaked it, wrung it out, and carefully wiped every inch of his muscles along his arms, chest, and back.
Where the towel passed, the residue of salt and dirt on the skin were erased, the sticky feeling was gone, leaving only a refreshing and slight coolness.
After wiping his body, he poured so shampoo in the palm of his hand and rubbed it, washing his hair.
Once completely tidied up, Fang Cheng raised his eyes to look at himself in the mirror.
His eyes were bright and spirited, his hair still damp and not yet dry, black and dense, silky and glossy.
With a blow from the hairdryer, it waved as if it were waves of wheat, he’d have no trouble shooting a shampoo comrcial.
Even though quite a bit of True Qi was consud in his Dantian, his body was still as healthy as ever.
The only thing he wasn’t quite satisfied with was that his muscles were too bulky, standing out even with clothes on, a tough guy physique that was sowhat conspicuous.
"I hope grandpa still recognizes ..."
Thinking of this, Fang Cheng imdiately summoned the panel and looked at the progress bar on the left side of the Attributes column.
After a period of training, the decimal value of the four basic Attributes had increased slightly.
Strength 25%, Agility 89%, Constitution 41%, Spirit 36%.
Especially the Agility Attribute had increased significantly, from 53% to 89%.
The main reason was last ti, when comprehending the essence of Tai Chi Boxing "conquering the swift with the slow, overcoming the hard with softness," he entered a mysterious state similar to the flowing changes of water.
Thus, to a certain extent, the flexibility and balance of his body had improved.
Looking at the Agility Attribute that was not far from breaking through, Fang Cheng felt a warmth in his heart and muttered to himself:
"With a bit more effort, it shouldn’t take long to get back to looking like a regular handso young man..."
The tap was turned off and the sliding door was moved aside.
Fang Cheng walked out bare-chested, shuffling in his slippers, and exhaled gently.
He walked comfortably towards the kitchen and opened the fridge.
But inside, it was empty, except for two carrots and half a piece of pork, there was no other food.
He had been locked up in the building for the past few days and had consud too much of his food supply.
Although the police also provided basic guarantees and would buy daily necessities on their behalf, his own appetite was too big to withstand eating.
It looked like he would have to go out and do so shopping for food.
He glanced at the clock on the wall.
7:58.
It was still early.
Fang Cheng then went back to the bedroom, to the desk,
Several books lay silently on the desk where they were left last night.
The daylight seeped through the crack in the window, quietly casting on the cover’s lettering as if lively sprites were beckoning him.
Fang Cheng reached out and pulled open the curtains, allowing the sunlight to fully flood into the bedroom.
Then he pulled out the chair and sat down again.
"Let’s continue practicing Skill."
He looked at the panel displaying the progress bar.
[Speed Reading lv1 (243/250)]
After several consecutive days of diligent practice, this Skill was finally at the point of promotion.
And in the process, he seed to have faintly grasped a different kind of breakthrough from before.
Fang Cheng sat at the desk and picked up the thickest volu.
It was the latest edition of the National Dictionary, a total of 1658 pages, including about 11000 Xia Country characters.
Besides the annotations and interpretations of commonly used characters, it also included explanations of many idioms and phrases, as well as their historical evolution and usage examples.
It could be said to be an extrely comprehensive, imnsely detailed reference book.
At the sa ti, it was also an excellent tool for exercising mory.
Fang Cheng stretched out his hand and turned to the first page of the dictionary.
Then he took a deep breath, cald down, and murmured to himself:
"Activate Speed Reading Skill."
In that mont, it was as if a mysterious button had been pressed in his mind.
Fang Cheng’s eyes beca incredibly sharp, his hands holding the heavy dictionary with a steady grip.
Imdiately after, his fingers rapidly flicked through the pages.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh——
As the continuous flipping of pages resonated.
The dense text on the page seed to co alive, lining up and rushing towards his gaze.
anwhile, countless neurons in his brain sparked, transmitting massive amounts of information at the speed of light.
In this mont, Fang Cheng was like being in an absolutely rational chanical state.
His pupils shone brightly, like a laser printer, instinctively scanning and recording the contents of every page.
Where his gaze went, he didn’t miss a single piece of text information, those complex vocabulary combinations, and tough academic language were quickly dismantled and absorbed in the process of ultrafast reading.
Fang Cheng faintly entered an extraordinary state, as if touching upon a key to unlock the door to his Palace of Wisdom.
The second hand of the nearby clock was ticking, tick by tick.
Ti around him seed to slow down.
Yet, the dictionary pages continued to turn at an increasing pace.
An hour passed.
The thick dictionary was nearly at its last page.
Fang Cheng, however, seed still imrsed in the boundless ocean of knowledge, searching for a key secret among rapidly turning pages.
Suddenly.
A warning ssage floated before his eyes.
[Warning! You are starting to overdraw your spirit and affecting your physical state, please rest]
Fang Cheng’s brow furrowed, his face showing a pained expression.
He imdiately dropped the dictionary and vigorously rubbed his temples to ease the headache that was erging.
It wasn’t until a few minutes later that his furrowed brow relaxed, and he exhaled deeply.
At this mont, new information rolled before his eyes, erging.
[Congratulations, through relentless effort, your Skill has reached a master level]
[Speed Reading lv2 (0/500)]
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