The City of Terror - Chapter 260

Chapter 260

Chapter 260 - The Benefits of the Ba-Serpent Aura

    After the English teacher left, Zhu Xin Yi let out her complaints . Wei Xiao Bei had not thought about this, so he immediately appeased her . After that, he pulled Zhu Xin Yi aside in order to have her teach him .

    In learning languages, having a conversation with another person in the same language was a lot more efficient than learning alone .

    Even training in martial arts required another person to spar with to be able to improve properly .

    After learning for most of the night, Wei Xiao Bei looked at his status panel, but no language skills such as English appeared .

    It seems that English is not easy to learn .

    In the next day, Wei Xiao Bei took a vacation from work to bring Zhu Xin Yi and Huang Kun to the Cui Hu City Gymnasium .

    Cui Hu City Gymnasium had Cui Hu City’s largest swimming pool .

    Wei Xiao Bei brought the two of them for one thing, swimming!

    In Wei Xiao Bei’s eyes Zhu Xin Yi was now considered a multi-talented person .

    Other than English, Zhu Xin Yi was also an expert swimmer .

    Thus, Wei Xiao Bei had brought Zhu Xin Yi out . As for Huang Kun, he also pleaded with Wei Xiao Bei that he also wanted to go . Since Wei Xiao Bei thought that swimming was also an important skill, he also brought him along . After all, no one knew what could happen in the Dust World .

    In times of necessity, swimming might even be able to save a life!

    The season was already late autumn, so the weather had been mixed with a slight chill . Thus, when they arrived at the swimming pool, they saw that there were not many people there .

    If it was in the summer, there would be a vast crowd of people sticking together in the pool .

    Now, there was a lot of space for Wei Xiao Bei and company to enjoy swimming .

    When Wei Xiao Bei jumped in the water, he could feel a sense of intimacy with the water .

    Wei Xiao Bei had initially thought that this was an illusion, but after Zhu Xin Yi taught him for a while, Wei Xiao Bei was already able to dive in the pool and swim with ease .

    This kind of intimacy with water seemed as if it was an inborn talent .

    When Zhu Xin Yi had taught him the swimming posture, Wei Xiao Bei felt a bit awkward in using it . Soon after, he used his own swimming method that was most comfortable for him .

    For a person like Wei Xiao Bei, once they gained familiarity with something, it was easy to imagine how fast they could make progress .

    In just a few moments, Wei Xiao Bei had already made 3 laps on the pool .

    At this points, Wei Xiao Bei understood that this had a relationship to the Ba-Serpent aura .

    He never imagined that the aura still had this kind of advantage . Thinking about it, snakes were innate swimmers, especially for a giant snake like the Ba-Serpent .

    Splash . Wei Xiao Bei’s head came out of the water and wiped off the water with his hands . Then he heard someone talk beside him, “Bro, not bad . Which team are you from?”

    Wei Xiao Bei looked to his side with wide eyes .

    It was a youth with a pretty good body type that was around 22 years old, which was close to Wei Xiao Bei’s age .

    “Team?” Wei Xiao Bei was puzzled, but he understood in the next moment .

    “My name is Qu Xin, Qu Yuan’s successor and part of the city’s swimming team . ”

    His voice was full of teasing as he extended his hand . Wei Xiao Bei  grasped his hand and smiled, “Mine is Wei Xiao Bei, Wei Qing is my ancestor . I am not part of any team . I’m just playing around . ”

    “Not part of a team? Your swimming is so good! Looking at your speed, it should be able to beat the national record!”

    Qu Xin did not dare believe it . He did not dare believe that experts could hide among the crowd .

    Although Wei Xiao Bei did not consciously record his speed, his calculation ability and his memory was able to tell him his speed .

    He had swam three laps around the pool which was more than 420 meters, and his time was 3 minutes and 44 . 37 seconds!

    Moreover, he was still swimming in a relaxed manner .

    Wei Xiao Bei remembered that the national record was 3 minutes and 40 . 14 seconds for a 400 meter distance while the newest world record was 3 minutes and 40 . 07 seconds for a 400 meter distance!

    In other words, if Wei Xiao Bei swam a 400 meter distance, then he might be able to break the world record .

    After calculating this, he guessed that he could be twice as fast when he goes all out! If he used his newly obtained [Intermediate Power Burst], then his speed would even be faster!

    At the very least, he would need to try it again to find out .

    After all, [Intermediate Power Burst] was the ability Wei Xiao Bei received when his muscle attribute reached 40 points, upgrading from [Elementary Power Burst] .

    Because he had never used it before, Wei Xiao Bei did not know how much power it would give him . However, no matter what was said, it was definitely a lot stronger than [Elementary Power Burst] .

    After this, Wei Xiao Bei became happy . If he went to join the Olympics, he would have been able to win a lot of gold medals .

    Naturally, he was only thinking of this in his mind . Wei Xiao Bei would never expose himself like that . If he was suddenly asked how he got so strong, then he would not know how to explain it .

    However, Wei Xiao Bei’s smiling expression gave Qu Xin some thoughts . He tried asking Wei Xiao Bei, “Brother Wei, are you interested in joining our swimming team?”

    Wei Xiao Bei was stunned and found it a bit funny, “Don’t worry about me . I won’t try to steal your livelihood . ”

    This Qu Xin did not pay attention to his excuses and waved his hand, “Don’t mind it . In any case, the city team can only reach such a level, earning more achievements would be difficult, so it's better to find an expert and bring them back . It would give me a lot more face . ”

    This was a recruitment, but Wei Xiao Bei would never go join some swimming team . Moreover, Qu Xin was also only a member, so he might not have such an authority .

    Naturally, the most important question was still about time . If he had the time to go join some swimming team, he would rather use that time to go learn more languages and cook more food . It would be a lot more beneficial to do so .

    Additionally, Wei Xiao Bei had already looked at his status panel . Even if he swam so well, the swimming skill still did not appear . This meant that swimming was not a skill by the rules . It should be a type of limb movement just like running . In this case, running was also not a skill .

    If it was like this, why would Wei Xiao Bei waste anymore energy on it?

    He once again clearly refused Qu Xin’s invitation . After they chatted for a bit more, Wei Xiao Bei moved towards Zhu Xin Yi and Huang Kun’s direction .

    At this moment, had shamelessly gathered towards Zhu Xin Yi . Who knew if this was caused by her beauty or the charm she was unconsciously exuding . The youths tried to use Huang Kun who was being taught by Zhu Xin Yi as a means of striking up a conversation with her .

    However, how could Zhu Xin Yi even pay any attention to these youths who came to the swimming pool for no reason .

    Seeing Zhu Xin Yi unwilling to talk with them, they began to direct the conversation to Huang Kun .

    Huang Kun did not have a gift in swimming . He was already a 2-Star Creature, but he simply could not learn much after half a day and was still choking on water .

    Because he still could not learn it, he was incredibly gloomy . After hearing the ridiculing tone in those youths’ voices, he immediately became angry and punched the water .

    Boom!

    He had already been training in the Dust World for quite a while so when the fist landed on the water, huge waves were sent splashing towards the youths . In an instant, the youths were smashed under the water .

    With Huang Kun’s big moves, it had naturally attracted other people’s attention .

    At this moment, Wei Xiao Bei came over just in time . He did not bother swimming anymore and pulled Zhu Xin Yi and Huang Kun into the changing room . After they changed their clothes, they hurriedly left the pool .

    When they returned to the dojo, Huang Kun was thoroughly scolded by Wei Xiao Bei and was even badly battered by him to make him more obedient .

    When it came to Zhu Xin Yi, Wei Xiao Bei was more at east . She had a firm heart and her own principles .

    Huang Kun was different . He was still a second year junior middle school student . Whether it was his values or worldview, they were still gradually forming, and his experience in the Dust World had largely affected it .

    A way to describe it was that his bad tendencies had slightly become stronger .

    Thus, Wei Xiao Bei needed to teach him a lesson once in a while . Otherwise, Huang Kun might become a terrible disciple that would murder anyone he hated .

    This was something Wei Xiao Bei did not want to see .

    Luckily, Huang Kun was still deeply respectful towards him . After being taught a lesson, he did not only become more well-behaved, but he was even self-reflecting . HIs face had recovered a bit of childishness, making Wei Xiao Bei relax a bit .

    After busying himself for a few days, Wei Xiao Bei had gained a new skill .

    [Language]!

    However, this skill was different from other skills .

    Other skills would have the rank of the skill written behind like beginner, advanced, etc .

    [Language] on the other hand had Chinese (Proficient), English (Beginner) written behind it .

    After testing it out, he attempted to put evolution points into his Chinese, but it did not have any effect . It seemed that Chinese (Proficient) was already the peak .

    On the other hand, after putting 200 points into English, it had turned from beginner to proficient . Afterwards, he could not put in anymore .

    It appeared that language was something that was learned one by one and did not have many ranks separating them .

    Wei Xiao Bei copied the words on an English magazine and read it out loud .

    For Wei Xiao Bei, with English (Proficient), there were no walls that stopped his reading . Moreover, when he read it, his understanding towards English had deepened .

    However, there was still a gap between his English (Proficient) and his Chinese (Proficient) .

    Wei Xiao Bei guessed that this was the difference between using the mother tongue as a foreign language .

    After all, the mother tongue was something learned from adolescence to adulthood . For Wei Xiao Bei, he had been using it for the past 21 years while he used English for just a few days .