I Am Shocked That You Call This Cultivation - Chapter 22

Chapter 22: The Long Jump Demonstration

The sports center was two buildings away from the teaching building. It only took the students a few minutes to cross the several-hundred meter distance.

On the first floor of the sports center, there was a special long jump zone. It was very wide and was about the size of two classrooms.

Considering that summers were too hot and winters were too cold, the school set up an indoor long jump zone to give the students a better experience.

When Chen Pingan arrived at the first floor of the sports center, he saw a lot of his classmates standing scattered around the long jump zone. Some were warming up while others were sizing up each other’s jumping distances. They were all busy doing their own thing.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Chen Pingan suddenly felt like his own school life was now far away from him, like a distant dream.

“Students, gather here. Today’s sports event will be the long jump. Later, I will be testing you one by one based on your student number.”

Chen Pingan clapped his hands and gathered the students. The boys and girls all stood in a row according to their student number.

The standard for long jumps between men and women was the same. This was because the physique and abilities of each person were only dependent on their realms. Therefore, there wasn’t an additional distinction between men and women.

“Why are these old fogeys here again?”

As Chen Pingan was speaking, he caught a glimpse of Uncle Xun and the school’s higher-ups from the corner of his eye. They stood uniformly on the other side with high spirits as they stared at Chen Pingan sharply.

He sighed to himself and didn’t want to keep thinking about it. In any case, his only duties were to tell the students when to start and to record their marks.

How could anything go wrong when he had such a simple job?

“Later on, I will let you know when to start. When it’s your turn, you will start running and then perform your long jump. At the end, I will announce the results. Do you all understand?”

“Understood!”

The students had already finished their warm-up exercises and were in high spirits. To them, this kind of sports test was the most exciting.

Chen Pingan smiled as he looked at the first student to do the long jump. Just as he was about to wave the flag and signal for the student to start…

One of the higher-ups who was spectating the class spoke up.

“Wait, Teacher Pingan.”

Chen Pingan’s hand that was about to wave the flag immediately froze. The moment he heard this familiar voice, he knew who it was.

“Teacher Pingan, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have disturbed your class.”

Uncle Xun’s smile was extremely amiable. In fact, he even looked a little embarrassed. In front of the surrounding higher-ups and students, he maintained an amiable image of a principal.

Only Chen Pingan’s eyelids twitched as he had an ominous feeling.

As expected.

“Teacher Pingan, you may not know this, but these students have just been promoted from middle school and have yet to master the standard long jump movements. They’re not like you, Teacher Pingan. You are experienced and know the standard long jump movements well.”

“Coincidentally, this is your first lesson. How about this… Why don’t you give these students some guidance by performing a long jump demonstration yourself?”

Uncle Xun smiled as he offered his suggestion. His smile was warm and inviting.

Actually, he had only come here as a formality. After this morning’s test, he was already certain that Chen Pingan was an ordinary person.

As for the request for the long jump demonstration, he was just bored and did it on purpose.

When Brother Xiong recommended Chen Pingan, he praised Chen Pingan intensely, claiming that Chen Pingan would have been part of the national team if he had only studied hard.

Since Brother Xiong had claimed that Chen Pingan was so good at long-distance jumps, Uncle Xun also wanted to see it for himself.

He wanted to know just how powerful this legendary long jump genius was. He also wondered if Chen Pingan was even better than those long jump seedlings in school.

“Is that alright with you?”

Chen Pingan could no longer maintain the smile on his face. At this moment, his smiling face looked uglier than his crying face. He wondered if he had heard Uncle Xun correctly when the other party asked him to make a demonstration.

He couldn’t understand why that would be necessary.

He felt that Uncle Xun was plotting against him.

“Students, do you want Teacher Pingan to do a long jump demonstration?”

Uncle Xun said this casually before even giving Chen Pingan a chance to reply. However, despite his casual tone, he had already stirred up the emotions of the students.

The students were all eager to watch the show. After hearing what the principal said, someone in the crowd took the lead and they all started cheering without any worries.

“Teacher Pingan, Jump! Jump!”

When someone started the chant, all the busybodies in the class also joined in, “Teacher Pingan, jump! Teacher Pingan, jump! Jump! Jump!”

“Jump! Jump!”

In the end, the entire class was chanting in unison.

“…”

Chen Pingan was dumbfounded. He had been caught between a rock and a hard place.

This situation was not good at all.

“My jump won’t be perfect! Don’t hold your hopes too high!” He said bitterly, signaling the students to stop chanting.

“Teacher Pingan is too humble. Since you decided to become a long jump teacher, you must have the confidence.”

Uncle Xun did not relent.

He knew very well that Chen Pingan could no longer back down.

This time, Chen Ping was really helpless.

He had no other choice but to bite the bullet!

“Alright, since the principal has already spoken, I suppose I have no choice but to do it. I hope everyone here won’t make fun of me.”

Under everyone’s gaze, Chen Pingan walked to the runway calmly. He stalled and walked for five minutes on a runway that was less than ten meters long.

Without considering the runway, the long jump zone had a distance of about a hundred meters. It was basically a waste to make it so long.

Ever since the school was established, no one had ever jumped more than a hundred meters. Even the school’s long jump geniuses, who were extremely rare, could not do it.

However, the previous principal, who designed the long jump zone, told the public that the reason why they made the long jump zone so long was so that they could better protect the students from getting hurt.

Even so, a hundred meters was still too long.

Back then, everyone thought it was ridiculous but chose to keep quiet.

By now, the long jump zone was ready for Chen Pingan. Chen Pingan stood on the runway and bent down to prepare himself for the run while explaining to the students the key points of the action.

It had to be said that this physical education teacher was very competent!

Just based on his explanation alone, everyone’s impression of Chen Pingan improved.

However, what they did not know was that Chen Pingan was trying to delay for as long as possible.

“I predict that Teacher Pingan will surpass thirty meters!”

Some students started guessing.

“Thirty meters?! You’re exaggerating. That’s the standard for international athletes. Do you think that a physical education teacher is as good as an athlete?”

Most of the students were doubtful, because no matter how good the new physical education teacher was, it was impossible for him to surpass the level of an athlete.

If he really had the ability, he would already be participating in the international long jump competition. Why do you think he’s working at Qin Kai Cultivation School?

“That’s right, I agree…”

The male student laughed as he retorted. In the next moment, a strong gust of wind blew across the field, sending dust flying into his mouth.

However, the male student suddenly seemed to be frozen in place. His mouth was still open as he allowed the dust to fly in.

He was stunned and could not believe it. He stared fixedly at the long jump zone. Was he seeing things?

The figure started running on the runway. His starting movements were perfect and he was extremely fast.

In just a second, he had arrived at the jump line. He bent down on his knees and was close to bouncing out. Every single one of his moves seemed to be perfect.

Now, all that was left was for him to leap out in one fell swoop!

At this critical moment, a crisp voice sounded behind Chen Pingan.

“Teacher, you’ve stepped on the starting line! You’re breaking the rules!”

Eh?

Chen Pingan was momentarily distracted as he wondered who this bratty kid was.

The body that was frozen in the middle of the air instantly fell to the ground. He did not even finish his parabolic trajectory before coming to a full stop, ending his entire jumping process.

The result of this leap was… one meter!