Chapter 80
In a rare occurrence for him, Bo Jinyan realised that the atmosphere had turned a little awkward. His fingers traced a line on the table, back and forth, several times, while he affected an indifferent tone to say, “Is your skill right now really that great?”
Jian Yao replied, “Yup.”
Bo Jinyan pondered briefly before asking, “Can you tell me, to what extent?”
The tone of Jian Yao’s voice became even more indifferent. “Fang Qing says I’m probably about half his capability, now.”
Bo Jinyan did not speak for a while.
This was because, a year ago, Bo Jinyan had also engaged in hand-to-hand combat with Fang Qing so they could learn from one another. At that time, Fang Qing had made the following assessment: Bo Jinyan was only at one-tenth of Fang Qing’s capability.”
Jian Yao was obviously also thinking about the same thing. She laughingly said, “The thing about training combat skills is, they don’t develop at a constant rate. It’s possible that, when an ordinary person is just starting out, his skill level might only be one-tenth of Fang Qing’s. But, once he starts practising, one-tenth doesn’t become one-fifth, but goes directly to one-fourth or even half.”
It was indeed fortunate that this husband-and-wife pair were able to talk about the process of learning and developing hand-to-hand combat skills so academically. Moreover, Bo Jinyan nodded cheerfully, signalling his acceptance of this explanation.
“Are you willing to try it out with me?” Bo Jinyan asked out of the blue.