151: Could I be pregnant?

The next morning, just as the sky was beginning to brighten.

The lights in the gym were already on.

Li Qin was dressed in a form-fitting sports tank top and yoga pants, her hair tied in a high ponytail. She was grimacing at the wall mirror while stretching.

"Hiss... This is killer. I drank so much last night, my head is still a bit dizzy..."

She muttered softly, rubbing her temples.

But her eyes were sparkling, full of excitement and anticipation.

Even though she had been drunk last night and forgotten everything else,

she remembered very clearly that Ye Chen had promised to teach her martial arts!

Five o'clock?

She had crawled out of bed at four-fifty!

Just then, the gym door was pushed open.

Ye Chen walked in wearing a simple white tracksuit. He was somewhat surprised to see Li Qin already there.

"Oh, you're up quite early. Didn't stay in bed?"

Logically speaking... this girl was dead drunk last night, and since it was the weekend, she shouldn't have been able to crawl out of bed this morning.

But the result was a bit unexpected.

Li Qin raised her chin.

"Of course! I said five o'clock, so five o'clock it is. This young lady always keeps her word!"

"It's just my head... still has that refreshing hangover feeling."

Ye Chen smiled and walked up to her.

"Alright, it's good that you have that spirit."

"The 'special' method I mentioned last night, we'll start now."

He paused, his expression becoming more serious.

"What I'm going to teach you isn't ordinary external fist-and-foot techniques, nor is it internal breath-regulation."

"It's a set of 'soft arts' derived from an ancient Inheritance; more accurately, it's 'Body Arts'."

Li Qin blinked: "Body Arts? What's the difference between that and yoga?"

"The difference is huge."

Ye Chen explained.

"Yoga focuses on stretching, meditation, and regulating the body and mind."

"Whereas this set of Body Arts focuses on 'Opening and Closing' and 'Guidance'."

"Through specific limb extensions and contractions, combined with a unique breathing rhythm, it works from the outside in to stimulate and clear the subtle collateral vessels within the twelve regular meridians and eight extraordinary vessels that ordinary exercise can't reach."

"Practicing this long-term will not only significantly enhance your flexibility, coordination, and explosive power, but it can also automatically draw in the innate Qi within your body, laying the foundation for internal energy cultivation."

He glanced at Li Qin.

"You have a foundation from long-term yoga practice, so your flexibility and body awareness are better than average. Learning this should yield twice the results with half the effort."

Hearing this, Li Qin's eyes brightened even more: "Then what are we waiting for? Hurry up and start working me over!"

Ye Chen: "..."

Damn!

What kind of provocative phrasing was that?

Speechless, he said no more and walked straight to the open space in the center of the gym. He stood still, took a deep breath, and his entire temperament instantly became calm and still.

"Watch closely."

"First form, 'Cloud Hand Probes the Abyss'."

As he spoke, Ye Chen planted his legs firmly. His waist and hips bent backward as if they were boneless, and his arms followed, tracing continuous arcs.

Li Qin held her breath, her eyes fixed on him without blinking.

Ye Chen demonstrated it three times in a row, each time getting slower, showing the details more clearly.

"Remember the movement trajectory and the points where the breathing coordinates."

"You try."

Li Qin was eager to try and struck a pose, following his example.

With her yoga background, mimicking the physical movements wasn't difficult, and she soon managed a pose that was seventy to eighty percent accurate.

Ye Chen watched from the side, giving instructions from time to time, but most of the time he found his throat going dry.

He couldn't help it.

Li Qin's yoga outfit was just too form-fitting.

To the point that...

What should bulge bulged, and what should curve curved; it was simply torture... At first, Li Qin just thought these movements were like yoga with a larger range of motion. Aside from some twists and folds that required high core strength and made her muscles feel sore, she didn't feel anything special.

She even felt a bit skeptical in her heart... That's it?

It doesn't seem... all that miraculous?

But when she patiently performed it for the third time under Ye Chen's guidance—

A sudden change occurred!

Li Qin's delicate body suddenly shuddered!

She felt very clearly... deep within her lower abdomen, at the position of the energy center, a faint warm current emerged without warning!

That warm current was as thin as a thread, yet it was real and undeniable!

Like a playful little fish, it gently swam a circle inside her belly!

"Ah!"

Li Qin couldn't help but cry out. Her posture instantly collapsed, and she sat directly on the floor.

But she didn't care about the pain. She suddenly turned her head to look at Ye Chen, her face filled with shock.

"Younger... Younger Male Cousin!"

"I felt something! Inside my stomach... it moved!"

"It was warm! Like... like a little fish was swimming!"

"It couldn't be a baby, could it?"

Ye Chen: "..."

His face darkened, and he spoke irritably.

"Baby my foot!"

"That's the sensation of Qi."

"It means your talent is good. The Innate Essence Qi in your body has been guided by the Body Arts and has begun to become active."

Li Qin lowered her head blankly, looking at her flat lower abdomen, and reached out to touch it as if trying to catch that "little fish."

"This... this is the 'Qi' they talk about in martial arts?"

"I really... cultivated it?"

"It's so amazing! It's really just like what's written in novels!"

"Younger Male Cousin! Does this count as... me entering the threshold?!"

Ye Chen smiled and nodded, then shook his head.

"You could say you've touched the edge of the door."

"But this is just the beginning. The Qi Sensation has just been born; it's weak and uncontrolled."

"What you need to do next is to strengthen this strand of Qi Sensation through repeated practice of this set of Body Arts and learn to guide it to run along specific routes."

"The road ahead is still long."

Li Qin wasn't discouraged at all; instead, she was full of drive.

"If it's long, then it's long! I'm not afraid of it being long!"

She jumped excitedly on the spot, then immediately struck a pose again. "Again, again! Younger Male Cousin, what's the next form? Teach me quickly!"

Seeing Li Qin's impatient look, Ye Chen smiled.

This girl's bone structure and comprehension seemed to be even better than expected.

Afterward.

He began to teach Li Qin every move and form of the Ancient Body Arts over and over again... By the time they came out of the gym, it was almost eight o'clock.

Li Qin was drenched in sweat, her white sports tank top completely soaked and clinging to her body, outlining breathtaking curves.

A few strands of wet hair were stuck to her flushed cheeks and the side of her neck.

She wiped her sweat with a towel while gasping for air, looking as if she had just been fished out of the water.

"Phew... I'm exhausted..."

She leaned against the wall, her legs still a bit weak. "Younger Male Cousin, what kind of Body Arts is this... It looks simple, but doing it is really killer. I feel like there isn't a single muscle in my entire body that isn't sore!"

Ye Chen walked out without a change in expression.

"Sore is right. It means you've practiced it properly."

Just as he finished speaking, Sister Bing Lan's bedroom door was gently pushed open.

Sister Bing Lan walked out.

She had clearly just woken up; her long hair was slightly messy, and her face carried a hint of laziness.

Looking up and seeing Li Qin leaning against the wall, Sister Bing Lan was slightly stunned.

"Qin Qin, you're... soaked?"

Hearing this, Li Qin didn't feel embarrassed; instead, her eyes lit up, and she instantly regained her energy.

She let go of the wall, puffed out her chest, and said,

"Sister Bing Lan! You're awake!"

"Younger Male Cousin taught me martial arts! It's so amazing!"

"Do you know? Just now! In the gym! Younger Male Cousin taught me so many positions!"

"Those positions look strange, but they made it feel like my entire body has been opened up!"

She completely failed to notice... that her words were full of ambiguity that could easily lead to misunderstandings.

Combined with her currently soaked and seductive appearance and her flushed face... after Sister Bing Lan finished listening, the expression on her cool face became somewhat strange.

Ye Chen, who was following behind, had his face instantly darken.

"Li Qin!"

"What nonsense are you talking?!"

"I was teaching you Body Arts! Ancient Martial Body Arts! A legitimate cultivation method!"

"What do you mean 'so many positions'... those are forms!"

"Saying it like that makes it easy for people to misunderstand, you know?!"

Li Qin shrank her neck, then raised her chin again righteously.

"I'm just speaking the truth!"

"You did teach me many positions! If those movements aren't positions, then what are they?"

"And it really feels comfortable after doing them! My whole body is warm, and my spirit is better!"

As she spoke, she even made a face at Ye Chen and stuck out her tongue. "Blehhh, your own thoughts are unhealthy, and you're blaming me for telling the truth!"

Ye Chen: "..."

He was speechless and really wanted to sew this girl's mouth shut.

Sister Bing Lan watched the two bickering and shook her head helplessly.

"Alright, Qin Qin."

"You're covered in sweat; go take a shower quickly so you don't catch a cold."

"What do you want for breakfast? I'll go make it."

Upon hearing 'breakfast,' Li Qin's attention was instantly diverted: "I want to eat the sunny-side-up eggs you fry, Sister Bing Lan! And toasted bread! With lots of peanut butter!"

"Okay, go shower now," Sister Bing Lan said gently.

"Mm-hmm!"

Li Qin nodded vigorously, made another face at Ye Chen, and then hummed a song as she ran toward the bathroom.

Sister Bing Lan turned around and looked at Ye Chen: "Does Qin Qin... really have talent?"

If her best friend could step into the path of martial arts, it would indeed be good news!

Ye Chen nodded.

"Yes, better than I imagined."

"Her comprehension and bone structure are one in a hundred."

Sister Bing Lan asked curiously.

"What about me?"

"You said before that my constitution is special and that I need to wait for a specific timing to start cultivation."

"Do I have talent for martial arts?"

Ye Chen smiled.

"Of course you do."

"Your Extreme Yin Body is a special constitution rarely seen in ten thousand years. Once you start cultivating, your progress will far exceed ordinary people."

"It's just that you need to wait until a month from now, at the final moment of your life..."

His words paused.

Ye Chen rubbed his nose, his eyes wandering slightly.

Seeing this, Sister Bing Lan knew what Ye Chen was referring to.

The next second.

Her fair cheeks suddenly turned completely red!

As if stained with the most brilliant rouge, the redness spread all the way to the base of her neck.

"I... I'll go make breakfast!"

She suddenly lowered her head and turned to walk toward the kitchen.

Ye Chen stood in place, laughing and shaking his head.

Just as he was about to walk into the kitchen to help out... suddenly!

"Buzz buzz buzz—"

The phone in his trouser pocket suddenly vibrated violently.