However, immediately after, under Lin Chen's twitching gaze—
She easily picked up a 100-kilogram dumbbell.
Spinning it on her index finger like a basketball.
Should he say, as expected of Jörmungandr who controls stress and force?
This kind of control over strength was really somewhat absurd.
"Hurry up and get stronger, Lin Chen."
"This kind of training efficiency is really too low. After becoming stronger, there will be more efficient training methods."
Xia Mi laughed lightly, speaking as a reminder.
"I also want to get stronger quickly, Class Monitor."
'So you should try not to disturb me so often.'
The second half of the sentence he kept in his heart without saying it—after all, the little dragon girl's public strength was enough to casually crush him.
Lin Chen helplessly sighed and continued throwing himself wholeheartedly into training.
If the little dragon girl liked to watch, then let her watch.
She'd definitely discovered something. Whatever—he couldn't give up eating for fear of choking.
[Water Breathing Proficiency +4]
Over the course of the morning, Lin Chen had almost completely drained himself.
And the effect was also extremely obvious.
Breathing technique proficiency increased by four points.
[Water Breathing LV2 (8/20)]
Counting rest time between sets, using breathing techniques during body training actually improved efficiency faster than when using breathing technique swordsmanship.
Perhaps because during body training, attention was more focused on breathing.
Lin Chen gasped heavily, quite excited.
At this rate, his breathing technique would soon break through to LV3.
Xia Mi beside him had long since stopped training, just sitting on a pile of stacked weight plates, quietly watching Lin Chen.
Today, Xia Mi's lower body was clad in somewhat short, hot pants.
Her legs were slender and straight, gently swaying.
Her hands supported herself on the weight plates, her upper body leaning back slightly, like a girl acting cute.
Her beautiful eyes stared at Lin Chen, full of curiosity.
Jörmungandr was the King who controlled stress and force.
She could find the "eye" of all things—that is, the opponent's most vulnerable point.
Infuse power, then easily destroy.
However, just now, Xia Mi had seen Lin Chen's "eye" changing, becoming smaller.
This meant his physique improvement speed was quite fast.
At least this improvement speed shouldn't be something an ordinary person with mediocre aptitude like him should possess.
Moreover—
As a breathing technique expert, Xia Mi quickly discovered something abnormal.
That was, Lin Chen's breathing technique level improvement speed was even faster than his physique improvement speed.
He had clearly just broken through to the second stage of breathing techniques yesterday.
But looking at today, he was already quite skilled with Total Concentration Breathing.
And over the course of the morning, his breathing rhythm got better and better, with quite the obvious improvement.
"You really interest me, Lin Chen."
Xia Mi's eyes narrowed slightly, some golden light emerging in her pupils.
"Hey, Class Monitor, why do you keep staring at me?"
Lin Chen gasped heavily, sweat dripping from his hair, his clothes completely soaked through.
As he withdrew from his extremely focused training state, he saw Xia Mi constantly watching him with eyes like she was looking at something interesting.
Xia Mi didn't directly answer Lin Chen's question, but looked at him with a light laugh.
"Has anyone told you that you have 220 eyelashes, Lin Chen?"
A person's upper eyelashes numbered between 100 to 150.
Lower eyelashes were between 50 to 75.
Lin Chen's total of 220 eyelashes was indeed quite a lot.
"You're really bored enough, Class Monitor."
Lin Chen said somewhat speechlessly.
After saying this, he picked up a towel, wiped the sweat beads from his face, then turned and walked toward the bathroom.
Although the total time since transmigrating was less than a day—
His contact with Xia Mi had been quite frequent.
Lin Chen no longer had the initial fear. Now, aside from some vigilance, his speech and behavior had become much more casual.
"Really quite cold..."
Xia Mi made a face at Lin Chen's back.
Coming to the bathroom, washing away the stinking sweat, after his body relaxed, his brain also became active again.
"Wait a minute."
Lin Chen paused while reaching for the towel hanging to the side.
"Counting eyelashes?"
Lin Chen remembered very clearly.
In the original work, counting eyelashes was a hint that the stoic Old Chu had fallen for Teacher Dai Ye.
Now it had become Teacher Dai Ye counting his eyelashes, though it was in a gym.
"Could Teacher Dai Ye have really fallen for me?"
Lin Chen suddenly had a bold idea in his heart.
Thinking carefully, in the original work, Teacher Dai Ye initially approached Chu Zihang precisely because he bore Odin's mark.
Approached out of curiosity, but fell deeply in through contact.
Although she was a Dragon King with a long lifespan, most of that time was actually spent sleeping in darkness.
In some ways, Teacher Dai Ye was really like a blank slate.
Now she's clinging to me out of curiosity—I really do seem like I've taken the stoic Old Chu's script.
Lin Chen thought as he finished bathing and walked out of the bathroom, drying his hair in front of the wall mirror.
In the mirror was a boy with somewhat disheveled hair but extremely handsome features.
Lin Chen had looked in the mirror yesterday.
This predecessor with the same name was basically his otherworld counterpart.
Looked basically the same as him, plus because he practiced breathing techniques, his health was better, making him appear even more handsome.
Although he hadn't seen Dragon Clan world's Senior Brother Chu's appearance, Lin Chen felt that in a novel, the description should be that his handsomeness wasn't inferior to Senior Brother Chu's.
No reason the killer embryo senior brother could do it, but he couldn't.
After all, the original's Teacher Dai Ye was purely a love-brain, king of tsundere and stubbornness.
"What are you doing, Lin Chen?"
Jotaro, who had also finished bathing, had now come before the mirror. Seeing Lin Chen posing and preening in front of the mirror, he couldn't help but ask curiously.
"I suddenly realized I'm actually quite handsome, JO Taro."
Lin Chen spoke to the mirror.
Jotaro's expression froze.
After a moment of silence, he placed his hand on Lin Chen's shoulder.
"It's because of Xia Mi, isn't it?"
Jotaro spoke. Lin Chen was startled.
He hadn't expected that the taciturn, hard-faced Jotaro also had quite strong intuition in this area.
Thinking carefully, in anime works, there seemed to be many such characters.
Appearing cold, hard, and steady on the surface, yet often silently shipping couples, eavesdropping, and even watching some gossip.
Dragon Clan's Senior Brother Chu was like this; Demon Slayer's Stone Pillar Giyuu was also like this.
Could Jotaro in front of him also be like this?
"You think she has some thoughts about me too?"
Lin Chen asked.
It wasn't that he'd really transformed into a simp.
Rather, if a love-brain like Teacher Dai Ye truly fell for him, he wouldn't need to be so guarded.
He could even accelerate early-stage development.
What meal could compare to being a kept man—especially being kept by a beautiful, flawlessly perfect soft girl? (TL/N: Hmm, you do have a point.)
"No, I think the way she looks at you is like looking at an interesting pet."
Jotaro spoke without mercy.
"I think you'd better use your energy on improving your strength."
Lin Chen's expression immediately fell somewhat.