Cultivation Shura Field

The invigilator walked away and continued to patrol the examination room.

Xu Zhe buried his head and continued writing. Just like he said before, he would not deliberately set up any obstacles for Gao Xuefei to copy the answers, but whether he could copy them or not was none of his business.

In this way, after nearly an hour, Xu Zhe finished the entire paper and began to check it. At this time, most of the other students around him were still racking their brains over the word problems.

After a while, Xu Zhe checked twice, confirmed everything was correct, and stretched. By the way, he glanced in Gao Xuefei's direction.

The guy fell asleep on the table.

Xu Zhe raised his hand: "Teacher, can I hand in the paper now?"

The invigilator nodded, walked over and took his test paper.

Xu Zhe stood up and heard that many candidates around him were breathing heavier - was it because he handed in the paper early that caused them psychological pressure?

He shook his head and walked out of the examination room.

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Chinese, mathematics, English, biology, history...

After finishing the exams one subject after another, at the end of the last exam, Xu Zhe once again handed in his paper early and was almost the first one to leave the examination room.

This is probably what freedom is.

Xu Zhe walked out, thinking about what to do when he got home. In the past two weeks, he had been mining on his computer every night - it did not affect his preparation for the exams, as he just needed to find a place to open his laptop and hide it.

Even now, in his bedroom, the laptop is mining diligently. So he is not in a hurry to go home.

As he walked out of the school gate, Xu was thinking, should he turn right and go to the bookstore? Or should he go home and read a book? Or should he take out his PSP and revisit some games?

However, as soon as I turned the corner after leaving the school gate, I saw Gao Xuefei squatting on the side of the road.

As soon as their eyes met, Gao Xuefei stood up and said with a smile, "You handed in your paper early too? That's great. Do you want to come and play with me?"

Xu Zhe: "..."

He was thinking about what reasons to use to refuse.

Gao Xuefei said immediately, "The exams are over. Even if you still need to study hard, there's no need to rush. Just relax today. Don't worry, I'll treat you! You helped me during the math exam, I remember, and I definitely won't let you help me for nothing."

Xu Zhe: "There's no need to talk about this kind of thing."

"Don't say anything, come, I'll treat you to a game of billiards!"

"I won't."

"It's okay, I'll teach you!"

The enthusiastic Gao Xuefei pulled Xu Zhe in a certain direction without saying anything.

After passing the bookstore entrance and another intersection, the two of them arrived at a billiard hall. This billiard hall was located near the school, and the customers inside were very young, and a small half of them were middle school students wearing school uniforms.

Once you step inside, you'll smell a faint scent of cigarette smoke, but fortunately the concentration is still within Xu Zhe's acceptable range.

Gao Xuefei yelled at the counter: "Sister Lan, open a black eight!"

The girl sitting at the counter was wearing glasses. She looked to be under 20, but it was hard to tell if she was in her teens. She had short hair that hung over her ears, and she was looking down at something. When she heard the voice, she raised her head and glanced at it, then moved her computer, which turned on the overhead light of a pool table next to her.

"Here is the ball, take it and place it yourselves."

The girl's voice was a little low. She looked at the two boys who had just come in, and her eyes stayed on Xu Zhe for two more seconds.

Through the lenses of the glasses, Xu Zhe saw a pair of somewhat sharp phoenix eyes.

Although she is not wearing any makeup and is wearing glasses, it is obvious that this girl is not bad-looking and has a unique temperament. Whether it is her voice or her eyes, she exudes a neutral, neat and free-spirited air.

But the next moment she made Xu Zhe fail.

The girl stared at him and said, "How old are you? Let me make it clear that we don't have a ban on minors here, but those who are too young are not allowed."

Gao Xuefei smiled and said, "He and I are in the same class, both are middle school students. Don't worry, there is no way I would bring an elementary school student to play billiards."

Xu Zhe took two steps forward, pointed at himself and said, "Do I look like a primary school student?"

The girl smiled and said, "Okay, then go play ball and have fun."

After saying that, she lowered her head again.

Xu Zhe glanced inside the counter and saw that the girl was looking down at a book, and it seemed to be... a math book?

Noticing his gaze, the girl raised her head slightly, closed the book in her hand, and asked, "Anything else?"

Then Xu Zhe saw the cover of the book, which had the words "Olympiad Mathematics Tutorial" printed in large letters.

"Good boy, Mathematical Olympiad?"

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Chapter 38 038 Blue Lotus

2023-09-06

"Nothing can stop

Your desire for freedom,

A career full of imagination,

Your heart is free from worries..."

When Xu Zhe picked up the pool cue, he was slightly distracted as he listened to the song playing in the store.

Although it has been almost half a year since his rebirth, the popular songs nowadays still often make him feel different.

Gao Xuefei hit the ball and urged, "Don't just stand there, come and play."

Xu Zhe: "Didn't I tell you that I can't fight?"

Gao Xuefei slapped his forehead and said, "Oh, yes, I'll teach you. Playing billiards is very simple. You hold the cue and aim at the white ball. Just aim at the ball you want to hit and then strike out. That's it! Come on, try it first."

There is a white ball on the table, as well as balls of various other colors. Although he has never played it before, Xu Zhe knows the most basic way to play it, which is to use a stick to poke the white ball, let the white ball hit the balls of other colors, and send the colored balls into the hole.

Xu Zhe looked at the playing postures of other people around him and tried to hit the ball.

Like most newbies, the first shot slipped.The white ball did not go in the direction he aimed at at all, but tilted in another direction and weakly touched another ball.

Gao Xuefei scratched his head and said, "It's okay. This is your first time playing, so just practice."

Xu Zhe: "How about you play two shots first and let me see?"

So Gao Xuefei hit a shot. Although she didn't score, it was obviously much better than Xu Zhe, the novice - the white ball hit the target ball, and the target ball hit the hole twice before it bounced out.

Xu Zhe carefully observed Gao Xuefei's posture and immediately discovered a key point. When he played, his center of gravity was very low, and he almost lay on the table. Xu Zhe quickly figured out why he was like this.

Only when you get low enough can you keep your sight close to the club, just like when you shoot a gun, you want the crosshairs to be as close to the barrel as possible.

But at this moment, a voice rang out not far away: "If you want to learn, don't learn from him. His posture is wrong."

Xu Zhe turned his head and saw the girl who was at the counter just now. She was standing outside the counter, not far from the pool table, looking over here.

Gao Xuefei stood up straight immediately, with a look of dissatisfaction on his face: "Why do you say I'm wrong?"

“Because it was wrong.”

"You fight better than me?"

"Correct."

"Then let's try two shots!"

"can."

After a few words, the two decided to order a plate.

So the girls rearranged the balls on the table, and Gao Xuefei hit a powerful drive, breaking the balls apart again. He was lucky and scored a goal with his drive.

"The full color is mine. Xu Zhe, look, besides the black eight, there are two other balls on the table, full color and half color. I scored the full color ball, and the half color is hers." Gao Xuefei explained with a smile and started to hit the next ball.

The second one swung around the mouth of the bag and bounced out again.

It's the girl's turn to shoot.

She also crouched low, with her left hand stretched out in front of her to support the front end of the club, and her right hand behind her to hold the back end of the club. At first glance, her posture was exactly the same as Gao Xuefei's.

But he couldn't tell why, Xu Zhe felt that her posture seemed to be better.

Sure enough, she hit the ball into the hole. The target ball didn't even touch the pocket, it went in hollow, and the sound was very crisp.

Gao Xuefei's face suddenly froze.

The basic rule of billiards is that once you hit one ball, you can move on to the next one.

One, two, three... After the short-haired girl took the lead, every shot went in, leaving Gao Xue no chance to hit the ball out at all.

Looking at the situation on the table, Xu Zhe asked, "What if she hits all the half-colored balls in? Does that mean she wins?"

Gao Xuefei turned around and said, "No, we still need to fight for the black eight."

Xu Zhe: "That means we are about to win the black eight."

Gao Xuefei: "I... Shit!"

In the time it took to say these two sentences, the girl scored three more balls. So when Gao Xuefei returned her attention to the table, she found that the other party had really scored all the half-colored balls, leaving only the black ball marked with number 8.

And while she was scoring the previous ball, she was also controlling the movement of the white ball to facilitate the next ball. So when it was time to hit the last black eight, the white ball stopped at a perfect angle that was almost a straight line.

With a "bang", the black eight went into the hole crisply.

The girl put down her cue, looked at Gao Xuefei, and asked, "Would you like another round?"

Gao Xuefei shook his head vigorously.

She looked at Xu Zhe again and said, "The way I played just now..."

"I've seen it all. You need to keep a steady posture, especially your left hand. Don't let it shake. Keep your center of gravity low and your sight line as level as possible with the club. When you use your right arm, don't move your shoulder. It's mainly below the elbow that's exerting force. This way, the club will be almost in a straight line, which means it's very accurate."

Hearing Xu Zhe say this, the girl's eyes suddenly lit up: "You have good observation skills. Then, do you want me to teach you?"

Gao Xuefei protested: "Hey, I paid for this table."

Xu Zhe simply said, "It's okay, I'll pay. I'll learn from her and then I'll fight you."

Gao Xuefei: “…Ah?”

The girl smiled and said, "Okay, I'll teach you. But first, I'll charge you extra. In addition to the table, you'll also need coaching fees."

Gao Xuefei slapped her thigh and said, "I knew she wouldn't be so kind! Xu Zhe, you've been fooled, haven't you?"

But Xu Zhe just asked: "What is the standard for coaching fees?"

The short-haired girl's eyes first moved upwards, thought for less than a second, then returned to his face and said, "Thirty dollars an hour."

Gao Xuefei was about to complain that the price was much more expensive than the table fee, but Xu Zhe simply agreed, "No problem."

The short-haired girl's smile became more obvious. When she smiled like this, her cool and neutral style seemed to be mixed with sugar, becoming much sweeter.

Gao Xuefei was about to protest: "Then what should I do?"

The girl pointed to the empty table next to her and said, "You can play here. If you don't turn on the lights, we won't charge you."

Seeing that Xu Zhe was determined to learn from her, and that he had just cleared the table with one shot, leaving her with no excuse for failure, Gao Xuefei could only helplessly light a cigarette and start playing casually on the empty table next to her.

On Xu Zhe's side, the short-haired girl placed the white ball and several colored balls on the table, ready to start teaching.

She asked casually, "Your name is Xu Zhe, right?"

"Yes. What's your name?"

"My name is Shen Lan. I should be a little older than you. You can call me Sister Lan."

"Okay, Sister Lan, are you the daughter of the owner of the billiard hall, or your niece or sister?"

"She's the boss's daughter."

"No wonder……"

"What do you mean?"

"No wonder, it's a smart way to earn pocket money."

After Xu Zhe said this, he saw a hint of surprise on Shen Lan's face.

She said, "You figured out I was making extra money? How did you figure that out?"