Chapter 14: Fighting, awesome!

After letting Li Ge go back by himself, Xue Jing also walked to the bus stop, ready to go home. On the way, he opened the panel and checked his gains.

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**[System Panel]**

[You have experienced a battle, Fitness EXP +109] 

[You have experienced a battle, Aiming EXP +50] 

[You have experienced a battle, and feel very happy, Health EXP +33] 

[Conditions have been met, activate skills: Fighting] 

[You have experienced a battle, Fighting EXP +68] 

**[Skills and Levels]**

Fitness Lv2 (431/500) 

Health Lv1 (269/300) 

Cooking Lv2 (279/500) 

Running Lv3 (502/800) 

Charm Lv2 (398/500) 

Aiming Lv1 (208/300) 

Fighting Lv1 (68/300)

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First of all, in terms of experience points, the fitness skill directly increased by more than 100. He could only get this number after working hard for an hour in the gym alone, but now he got these experience points just by fighting a not-so-hard fight.

Aiming gained 50 experience points, which should include his use of dynamic vision in battle and aiming when punching. In addition, he hit Pei Youguang's left eye with a stone, which was also a far better gain than usual exercise. 

What made Xue Jing most nervous was that the experience of "health preservation" actually increased by more than 30 points. This skill, which could only gain experience by going to bed early and getting up early, actually gained experience points in a fight?

"What, fighting is a health-preserving exercise now?" Xue Jing thought, but then noticed the "Happy Mood" notification on the panel prompt, and it made sense. 

A very important point in health preservation is to maintain good mental health. The influence of mental health on the body is unquestionable. We often hear about some seriously ill patients who have miraculously recovered because of their positive mentality. After the fight, he felt very refreshed.

"Fighting, cool!"

"It seems that I have to do things that make me happy in the future..."

The large amount of experience points once again proved that the panel does not encourage closed-door work, and you still have to move around more outside.

Finally, there was the newly activated skill - "Fighting". Xue Jing really didn't expect to be able to activate a skill directly linked to combat power here.

"I thought that the previous month's training according to the video online was a waste of effort, but I didn't expect that all the accumulation would burst out at this moment."

In the quiet alley, seeing that there was no one around, Xue Jing raised his leg high to form a vertical split. At this moment, he could hardly feel the pain of his muscles being stretched between his thighs. This was flexibility he absolutely did not have before. And after the leg raised above his head stopped, he did not feel a trace of effort. The only remaining left foot standing alone was also quite balanced and very stable.

"Fighting" had changed his body structure. People's bodies change imperceptibly due to different living habits and exercise methods. For example, the body structures of gymnasts and weightlifters are completely different. Years of training have made their body structures highly compatible with their professions. One is light and flexible, and the other is strong and powerful.

After the fighting skill was activated, Xue Jing's body structure was "specialized", transforming from an ordinary person's structure to a "structure suitable for fighting". In addition to the basic physical fitness bonus, reaction speed, explosive power, flexibility, resistance to blows, agility, dexterity, sense of balance... all fighting-related abilities had also been enhanced to varying degrees.

"This skill only strengthens my 'fighting ability', but does not allow me to directly master 'fighting skills'..." Xue Jing pondered.

"So, in fact, it is similar to Chinese, mathematics, and physics. Skills are also 'knowledge', not techniques themselves. 'Fighting' can help me better control fighting techniques, but it can't instill them into me out of thin air..."

"Rather than calling it 'fighting skills', it's more like 'fighting talent'."

In fact, other skills are almost the same. 'Cooking' also strengthens his control of heat and the use of kitchen utensils, but does not directly give him recipes. 'Fitness' does not give him fitness knowledge, but only strengthens his body.

'Running', 'Aiming', 'Charm', and 'Health preservation' are all the same. They only strengthen his related abilities and do not directly instill knowledge into him.

"In short, I feel great."

Xue Jing looked happy. This feeling of becoming stronger is really irresistible. The body that was originally as light as a swallow due to the strengthening of 'Fighting' feels even lighter.

"Time to go home and play with the cat."

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Taking the bus to the street where his community is located, Xue Jing did not go home immediately but went to the supermarket to buy some food, and then returned home.

He took out the key and turned the door lock. After opening the door, he found the cat squatting at the door, seemingly waiting for him. As soon as he saw him come in, the cat immediately meowed, and its tail with the ring swayed gently behind it, greeting him.

After putting the schoolbag and the food he just bought on the table in the living room, Xue Jing squatted down, ruffled the cat's head with both hands, and scratched its cheeks.

"Kitty, do you want to be massaged, huh?"

The cat wanted to struggle but immediately fell into this superb skill, and it was so good that it squinted its eyes involuntarily.

"Meow~"

The cat's head felt good to touch. Xue Jing stroked it for a while, stopped with a sense of satisfaction, and then pinched its cheek with one hand, smiling "Are you hungry?"

Although he knew that the cat in front of him was most likely a human, in front of such a cute little animal, Xue Jing's tone was still a little childish, as if he was teasing a child.

"Meow~"

The cat stretched out two white gloves and pushed, trying to break free from Xue Jing's hand that was pinching its cheek, but it was useless. It could only meow helplessly, indicating that it was indeed hungry.

Xue Jing smiled, let the poor cat go, picked up the ingredients on the table, and went into the kitchen.

The cat showed a very anthropomorphic look of dissatisfaction on its face and rubbed its sore cheek with its claws.

"Stupid human, you pinch me without any gentleness," the cat thought angrily, having forgotten that it was not a cat.

It walked with cat steps to the corner of the living room leading to the kitchen and secretly glanced at Xue Jing. After confirming that he was busy, it immediately sprinted into Xue Jing's room.

Xue Jing came back too suddenly just now, and it didn't clean up some of its traces.

After entering the room, the cat jumped onto the computer desk, moved the mouse with difficulty with its claws, tapped on the keyboard, cleared the browsing history, and uninstalled a strange software, so that the computer was restored to the state of "nothing happened", and then clicked to shut down.

After doing all this, the cat breathed a sigh of relief, left the room quietly, came to the living room, jumped onto the sofa, curled up lazily, put its paws on the remote control, and turned on the TV.

"... Shang Mingyang, chief of the Qingcheng Security Bureau, said that the police have confirmed the escape route of this group of smuggling gangs from the border area. They are very likely to pass through Qingcheng. The Security Bureau has now issued a yellow safety warning. Citizens must be careful about their personal safety..."

In the kitchen, Xue Jing's cell phone rang suddenly.

He put down the soy sauce and soup spoon in his hand, washed his hands, wiped them on his apron, and took out his cell phone from his pocket.

Xue Jing glanced at the caller ID. It was a number without any name, but he knew it by heart.

He pressed the answer button and said, "Hello~ Mom, what's up?"

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