Li Yundong ascended to the second floor amidst a variety of gazes, and as soon as he arrived, he heard various shouts echoing, sounds like those made during practice.

Taekwondo and Karate share a similarity in this regard; both emphasize seizing the initiative with sound, favoring sharp, intensely powerful yells during combat to intimidate the opponent.

Li Yundong followed the noise and located the Taekwondo club on the right side of the second floor.

The moment he entered, he saw a Taekwondo emblem hanging at the doorway—a figure in a white dobok executing a high side kick. A round-faced beauty approached him with great enthusiasm, saying, "Hello there, student. Are you here to..."

As she spoke, she suddenly gasped, covering her mouth, "Ah, you're Li Yundong?"

Li Yundong looked at her with surprise. "You know me?"

The round-faced girl laughed. "Who in Tiannan University doesn't know you now? The Confession King suddenly transformed into the Parkour Emperor!"

This girl, being instantly familiar, nudged Li Yundong with her elbow and grinned, "Hey, sign an autograph for me."

Li Yundong was struck speechless, chuckling wryly. "Me? What signature would I even sign? No, no, you're just making fun of me!"

The round-faced girl was persistent. "Your video post is stickied right now on the school forum. You’re definitely going to be famous! That day, I saw you carrying a beauty and scaling from the first floor all the way to the fourth—you were even more incredible than Jackie Chan! I was dumbfounded, only regretting I didn't film it!"

Li Yundong’s eye twitched. He thought, Damn it, stickied at the top, too? These idle fools are truly bored out of their minds!

The girl pestered him for a while, and seeing that Li Yundong was adamant, she reluctantly retrieved a form from the reception desk and handed it to him. "Well, you must be here to register for the Taekwondo club, right? Want to fill out a form first?"

As she spoke, her gaze fell upon Su Chan, a mixture of awe and jealousy in her eyes. She muttered under her breath, She’s actually that beautiful. No wonder Li Yundong carried her so fiercely!

The round-faced girl looked at Su Chan, her attitude noticeably less warm than it had been toward Li Yundong. "Miss, are you signing up too?"

Su Chan still hadn't quite grasped what Taekwondo entailed. She glanced at Li Yundong, as if seeking his opinion.

Li Yundong considered it for a moment and said, "You take a look with me. If you want to learn it too, it won't be too late to sign up then."

After Li Yundong filled out the registration form, the round-faced girl’s eyes darted around, and she produced another form, saying, "Please fill out one more. We need two copies for our records."

Li Yundong took it and finished filling it out, only to see the round-faced girl smiling triumphantly. "See? I got the autograph!"

"This must be your first one, right? Ha! When you get famous, I’ll be rich!" The round-faced girl giggled. "I’m your first fan!"

Li Yundong watched her proudly wave the form, which indeed bore his signature. He shook his head, amused. "Alright, you really got me. I give up!"

The beautiful girl smiled and said, "Do you want to pay the two-hundred-yuan registration fee now, or would you like to watch us practice for a month first?"

Li Yundong asked with a smile, "What’s the difference between those two options?"

The beautiful girl explained, "The former means you officially become a club member and can participate in all activities. If your performance is good, the club might even recommend you for competitions. The latter means you can train with us for a month free of charge. However, you must rent your own dobok, and if you lose interest after the month, you can leave the club freely."

Li Yundong nodded, thinking he wasn't short on the money anyway. He fished out two hundred yuan from his pocket. "I'll pay first, then."

After paying, the beautiful girl cheerfully led Li Yundong from the front desk into the main hall and introduced him to a young man wearing a dobok with a red belt tied around his waist. "This is our new member, Li Yundong."

The young man was tall and indeed solidly built, but his face was covered in blemishes, making it look like a badly kneaded lump of dough.

When he saw Li Yundong enter, his eyes immediately fixed on Su Chan, filled with shock and admiration. It took the round-faced girl saying his name twice before he snapped back to reality, sending a glance full of intense jealousy and hostility toward Li Yundong.

"You're the new junior?" The Blemish Guy exhaled sharply through his nose, stepping in front of Li Yundong and assessing him from above, his gaze full of provocation and disdain.

Li Yundong frowned inwardly. He intensely disliked that look and tone, but to learn martial arts, he restrained himself. "Yes, Senior. Please take good care of me."

The Blemish Guy glanced briefly at Li Yundong. "Follow me."

He led Li Yundong and Su Chan to a corner of the hall where various equipment was set up—mostly fitness gear, along with some testing apparatus.

The Blemish Guy kept his gaze fixed on Su Chan until she rolled her eyes at him significantly. Only then did he greedily withdraw his gaze, turning to Li Yundong with hostility and a desire to show off. "This is the machine for testing strength. I'll hit it once to demonstrate for you."

At that moment, several girls near the water cooler or buying drinks from the counter-style refrigerator in the hall were watching Li Yundong's direction, their faces displaying a degree of scorn.

They were well aware that new members usually didn't need to test this equipment, but this Blemish Guy specifically wanted to impress the beautiful girl standing next to Li Yundong by showing off near the strength tester.

Even worse, some of the other boys in the hall crowded over, all eager to display their prowess in front of the little fox.

This childish behavior annoyed the girls immensely. What annoyed them more was that these same guys had been showering them with attention moments before, and now they were treating them like air!

If this level of insult could be tolerated, nothing couldn't!

So, the girls chose to watch from the sidelines, cursing inwardly: Little fox, seductive fox, vixen!

The Blemish Guy twisted his neck and rubbed his wrist, then settled into a deep stance, took a sharp breath, and slammed a heavy punch onto the impact panel of the strength tester.

After a series of beeps, a line of numbers flashed across the display: Two hundred and eighty-nine pounds!

A gasp swept through the surrounding crowd.

"Damn, that's impressive! Brother Zeng’s punching power has improved again!"

"Yeah, his last test was only two hundred fifty-seven pounds!"

"That's almost one hundred forty kilograms of force per punch! Terrifying, truly terrifying! If you get hit by that, you're dead for sure!"

The surrounding boys buzzed with conversation.

The Blemish Guy beamed smugly at Li Yundong. "Come on, you try. Of course, don't compare with me; I've been training for a long time to achieve this. If you can hit two hundred pounds, that'll be good enough."

Li Yundong felt intensely annoyed; he longed to punch this guy right in the face. But with everyone watching, refusing to hit it would make him look weak.

Especially since the surrounding boys were sizing him up with condescending looks, which made Li Yundong extremely uncomfortable.

Even the girls watching him with sympathy didn't hold out much hope for his performance.

Only Su Chan softly encouraged Li Yundong from the side, saying, "Hit it, Yundong, you'll definitely beat him."

Li Yundong felt a warmth spread through his chest hearing her. In a critical moment, it was still classmate Su Chan who was thoughtful.

Li Yundong copied the Blemish Guy, twisting his neck and wrist, settling into a deep stance. He inhaled deeply, held his breath, and unleashed a heavy punch!

As Li Yundong threw the punch, he suddenly felt a surge of heat rush up from his lower abdomen. That feeling of overwhelming power he experienced during parkour returned once more.

This boiling heat, like a torrent, rushed rapidly from Li Yundong's body, down his arm, to his wrist, and into his fist!

With a deafening BANG, the numbers on the strength tester display violently jumped to: Five hundred and thirteen pounds!!!

"Hiss..." All the boys present sucked in a cold breath, their eyes nearly popping out of their sockets. "Five hundred and thirteen pounds? Even Tyson’s best punch was only four hundred ninety-eight pounds! How is this possible?"

The girls cried out in shock, chiming in, "No way? Could the machine be malfunctioning?"

Not only the Blemish Guy gasped and stared wide-eyed: "The machine must be broken! How is this possible!"

Even Li Yundong looked at the number displayed on the machine in bewilderment, then at his own fist. He himself couldn't believe he could produce such a high reading.

Only the Little Fox looked on with an expression of utter certainty, secretly mocking the crowd: A bunch of people who haven't seen the world. Yundong possesses the body formed by the Golden Core Remolding. Although he hasn't fully revealed his true power yet, his punch output already far surpasses ordinary people in this world!

Hmph, the Human Origin Golden Core is called the living immortal pill for nothing, is it?

The Little Fox looked smug, as if she were the one who had just stolen the limelight.

The Blemish Guy stared at Li Yundong for a long moment with dead-fish eyes, scrutinizing his physique from head to toe. Then, shaking his head vigorously, he turned to the round-faced girl. "Feng Na, register this. The strength tester is broken; have someone come fix it tomorrow."

Feng Na responded, but a hint of disdain flashed in her eyes. She said casually to Li Yundong, "As your first fan, I support you—it’s definitely not the machine that’s broken!"

Li Yundong smiled at her.

The Blemish Guy's face immediately darkened. "Feng Na, what did you say?"

Feng Na glanced at him. "Your own score was fine, but his is a machine error? Is that how it works? Don't you know he's the guy who parkoured around school yesterday carrying someone?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the surrounding students let out an exclamation of surprise, murmuring among themselves: "Holy crap, he's the Parkour Brother? You couldn't tell at all!"

"Yeah, this guy looks chubby; you wouldn't know!"

"If he can do parkour like that, I can become an action star!"

"Listen up, you bunch of good-for-nothings! Just because you're useless doesn't mean everyone else is like you. Why don't you try carrying a living person and running fast?" Like attracts like; girls are often quick to side with a guy.

"Exactly! Didn't you ever learn the saying when you were kids: never judge a book by its cover?"

Li Yundong listened to their endless chatter, feeling incredibly awkward. This situation should feel exhilarating, yet he felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

The Blemish Guy’s face grew uglier. He grabbed Li Yundong’s shoulder roughly. "Hit it again. I don't believe that result wasn't a mechanical glitch."

Li Yundong, thoroughly irritated, slapped the hand off his shoulder and said angrily, "I came here to learn Taekwondo, not to punch machines!"

After submitting to the Human Origin Golden Core, Li Yundong’s essence, energy, and blood were vigorous and abundant. When he glared, his eyes flashed with electric sharpness. The look on his previously somewhat sluggish face carried an imposing aura that was difficult to ignore, causing some of the girls nearby to brighten, nodding inwardly: This guy actually has some masculine spirit. It’s not without reason that little fox likes him.

The Blemish Guy instinctively took a step back under the glare, but he quickly grew enraged again, shooting Li Yundong a hateful look before snorting heavily through his nose. "Fine then, let's go. Follow me into the dojo."

He led the way, but he was sneering inwardly: Just wait until later, I’ll show you how to…

Li Yundong was already strongly considering leaving at this point, but he remembered he had paid the two-hundred-yuan membership fee and held back, following the Blemish Guy into the training hall.

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