Dawn of a New Era - Chapter 33

Chapter 33: Tutoring

Translator: Lordbluefire Editor: Lordbluefire
“Mom!… It isn’t cold at all! There’s no need to get Xingyue to bring me clothes.”

Chen Shouyi was at a barbecue stall on the streets, and the stall owner had just served the food when he received a call from Mother Chen.

“I still have enough money. The food and residence are provided for, so I don’t really need a lot.”

“Things there are alright. The teacher takes good care of me!”

“I improved a lot! I reckon that I’ll be able to pass the test after everything here ends.”

Chen Shouyi kept on spouting lies while he ate the barbecue sticks.

Suddenly, a commotion broke out next to him. Chen Shouyi frowned, quickly covered the phone, and walked to the side to continue the conversation.

When he came back after hanging up the call, two groups of people had engaged in a fight.

The table he was seated at had been knocked over, and the barbecue sticks he ordered were scattered all over the floor. Chen Shouyi tensed up when he saw this. Thankfully, he quickly found that the briefcase was still in its original position and hadn’t been stepped on.

Otherwise, the consequences would be dire.

He quickly pushed away the few people blocking his way, quickly picked up the briefcase, and then turned to leave this place.

However, there were many times when you didn’t wish to get into trouble, but other people would come to you to pick a fight.

A young man who stumbled a little after being pushed by him immediately flew into a rage. “F*ck it! Do you want to die?”

As he said this, he picked up a beer bottle on the table and smashed it toward Chen Shouyi’s back.

Chen Shouyi faintly felt that something was flying toward him and instinctively dodged to the side. The beer bottle flew past him, landed on streets, and shattered.

Chen Shouyi was also angered when he saw this.

A full beer bottle wasn’t heavy, but it wasn’t light either. It weighed at least one jin.

If an ordinary person were to be hit by it, they would at least suffer from a bruise or even have to lay in bed for a few days.

Chen Shouyi turned and got close to the enraged young man, grabbing his face and pressing him to the ground with brute force. The young man’s head smashed down hard to the cement ground, and before he could put up a struggle, he fell unconscious.

At the sight of this, it was as if a hornets’ nest had been poked. Several young men started cursing and charged over.

Chen Shouyi calmly performed a spinning kick.

A young man who was attempting to land a sneak attack was struck heavily in the head. Feeling giddy, he retreated a few steps and then sat on the ground, spewing white foam from his mouth, unable to get back up on his feet.

This young man had learned martial arts before and been quite fierce in the group fight earlier. He had been on the upper hand despite the fact that he had been fighting against three opponents by himself. But now, he was struck down by a single blow.

Everyone fighting shivered at the sight of this clearcut attack. Both groups subconsciously stopped the fight.

In fact, even Chen Shouyi hadn’t noticed that after he had killed the two barbarians yesterday, his character had an additional hint of violence to it.

Thankfully, his rationality was still present and he did hold back, not daring to exert too much force. Otherwise, given his strength that was comparable to that of a martial practitioner, no one would be able to take an attack from him.

He threw out a cold glance. Wherever his gaze passed by, the young men around him would retreat, shivering. Chen Shouyi then rapidly left the place.

He had to leave quickly as the police were on their way.

…

After having his dinner interrupted, he went to get noodles from a noodle shop. When it was past 6 p.m., Chen Shouyi took out his phone and called his tutor.

“Hello Miss Wang, I’m Chen Shouyi. We agreed on an appointment yesterday. Are you free now?”

“You can come over!”

…

Shanshui District was considered to be a mid-high range district in Dongning City. The environment was beautiful, and the greening efforts were quite good.

After Chen Shouyi alighted, he found his way to Block 12 after some searching.

The person who opened the door was a charming middle-aged married lady. She assessed Chen Shouyi and immediately smiled and said, “You must be Little Chen. Ruyue is in the training room. Come on in!”

The beautiful teacher’s name was Wang Ruyue.

Chen Shouyi saw that this lady shared some resemblance with the beautiful teacher. She was clearly her mother, and so he quickly greeted her.

“Hello, Auntie!”

“This child…” The middle-aged lady laughed.

There was already a pair of paper slippers placed by the door. He took off his shoes and entered.

It was only upon entering that he realized that the house was very big. Just the living room alone was about 30 to 40 square meters. The interior design was also quite fashionable.

Chen Shouyi assessed it for a second then drew back his gaze.

At this moment, the middle-aged woman had already opened the training room for him.

He entered. The size of the training room was about 50 to 60 square meters, furnished with a weapon rack and a human figurine. Other than that, there was nothing else.

Right now, the beautiful teacher was holding a real sword and practicing her force exertions repeatedly.

Her movements were slow and gentle, and her muscles moved like flowing water. She seemed to be consciously adjusting her force exertions.

“Place the slippers outside, close the door, and enter bare-footed!”

“Alright.” Chen Shouyi immediately removed his slippers and stepped onto the soft plastic flooring.

“Go and bring a wooden sword over!” Wang Ruyue glanced at him and said calmly.

The beautiful teacher gave Chen Shouyi a completely different feeling this time around. There was a hint of coldness in her voice, no longer gentle and approachable like she had been in the training class.

He had the feeling that this might be how she was really like. The image she kept up in the training class was only a disguise she maintained for her work.

Chen Shouyi picked out a hard wooden sword and stood at the side, waiting for her to finish her training.

Thankfully, it didn’t take her long before she stopped her actions and also picked up a wooden sword from the weapon rack.

“Come, attack me!”

Chen Shouyi thought that he might have heard wrongly and opened his mouth in surprise. “It’s too dangerous to be using a wooden sword for this.”

Wooden swords weren’t the same as the safety swords used in the tuition class. The terrifying explosive speed when performing martial force exertions, as well as when it pierced into the body, wouldn’t be inferior to real swords by much.

“The first lesson that I’m going to teach you is to let you know what a real battle is. Only real danger can stimulate one’s potential.”

“Come on!”

“Are you sure?” Chen Shouyi ascertained once again.

“You talk so much crap despite being of such a young age. If I tell you to attack, then attack! Do you really think that you’ll be able to hurt me?” Wang Ruyue said a little impatiently.

“Then I’ll be attacking!”

Chen Shouyi was provoked. With a tap of his foot, his body moved like illusions. As he glided around on his feet, he performed a pierce strike at lightning speed.

Wang Ruyue’s body moved slightly, avoiding Chen Shouyi’s attack. She then rapidly returned to her fighting stance and launched a lower pierce strike. The wooden sword pierced out toward Chen Shouyi’s lower thigh at lightning speed.

Chen Shouyi raised his leg and backed off by one step, easily dodging this.

He realized that compared with wearing protective attire and wielding a safety sword, using a wooden sword for battle really felt very different.

Every move and stance gave off an astonishing feeling. He was worried that he’d be careless, failing to control his strength and hurting her. At the same time, he was also scared that he might end up losing his life by accident.

The wooden sword broke through the air, releasing “swoosh” “swoosh” sounds.

When Wang Ruyue saw that Chen Shouyi seemed to be at ease during the battle, she pursed her lip. Her countenance turned increasingly cold, and she gradually unleashed her strength.

In the blink of an eye, the two of them had exchanged over ten blows.

Their speed got increasingly faster. It’d be very hard for ordinary people to see the trajectories of the wooden swords clearly. Each of their moves and stances was like an illusion, disappearing after a flash.

Chen Shouyi felt tremendous pressure. All the hair on his body stood up, and he no longer had any distracting thoughts in his mind. As for the laughable idea of holding back, he had already tossed it away a long time ago. He had almost gone all out.

He realized that compared to senior martial apprentices, even though his body attributes were one notch higher, his techniques were still a far cry from them.

Even if both of them were using pierce strikes and basic steps, her pierce strikes were faster, and her feet were more agile.

Finally, the two wooden swords collided as a loud sound rang out.

The wooden swords exploded, and countless pieces of wood shot out in all directions.