Senior, did you eat a spring or something?

Because the sun was setting, the light on the basketball court was rather dim.

The few students who happened to catch a glimpse did not see Chen Jue’s face clearly; otherwise, they definitely would have recognized that the master who had nearly touched the top of the backboard was none other than the mysterious senior who had previously blown the roof off the entire arena with his dunking prowess.

However, even though they did not recognize Chen Jue, those basketball-loving Jiangda University students were deeply impressed by the ultra-high palm print.

So much so that while eating at the cafeteria, they were still discussing just how high that master had actually reached.

Some guessed 3.8 meters, others guessed 3.7 meters—in short, those close friends almost came to blows over a single palm print!

Determined to figure out just how terrifying that palm print was, after dinner the group specially ran to the dormitory manager to borrow a tape measure and a simple maintenance ladder.

Returning to the basketball court under the lights, they immediately started measuring.

"How much is it really?" asked the two students below, helping to hold the ladder and press the tape measure.

"3.85 meters... No wait, it's 3.87 meters!" The student on the ladder rubbed his eyes, thinking his vision was playing tricks on him.

As soon as this vertical jump record came out, it directly shocked the group of Jiangda students gathered on the sidelines playing night basketball!

"Holy crap! 3.87 meters?"

"Doesn't that mean it was only 8 centimeters away from the top of the backboard?"

"Which master from the heavens pulled this off?!"

"I couldn't reach the rim even if I ate springs every single day!"

The Jiangda basketball court at night was completely abuzz, and even the sweaty palm print left behind by Chen Jue was treated like a miracle, visited and worshipped by onlookers.

Curious students even used their camera flashes to take photos on the spot, directly posting the sweat palm print onto the Jiangda forum and various WeChat groups.

There was simply no other way!

This vertical jump result was too heaven-defying!

Even outside the race of East Asians, it ranked among the very best in the entire world.

Be aware that Jordan, known as "Air Jordan" in the NBA, only reached a vertical jump of 3.85 meters during his peak. Yet Jordan stood at 1.94 meters tall, with a wingspan of 2.18 meters and a standing reach of 2.69 meters.

Chen Jue was much shorter than Jordan and had shorter arms than him, yet he could surpass the former "God of Basketball" in leaping ability. One could easily imagine how terrifying the power of his casual jump was.

When the photo of this palm print spread across the internet, netizens began discussing it in the comments: "Fake, right? Can anyone in the country reach 3.85 meters? I remember the NBA vertical jump record is only 3.87 meters." (Thinking)

"This picture was taken at night, the Photoshop traces are a bit too obvious!"

"If someone could jump that high, forget the CBA, they could waltz right into the NBA. Even sitting on the bench they could make the Slam Dunk Contest." (Laughing)

However, before these doubters could finish questioning, Jiangda students stepped forward to verify, attaching photo check-ins of the sweat palm print from various angles in the comment section.

They even passionately argued with the netizens, providing precise locations and coordinates—even naming the exact basketball hoop number—strongly striking back at those who raised doubts.

With that, the rumors about "Jiangda's sudden appearance of a mysterious spring-legged man" began to intensify within various basketball enthusiast circles, to the point where Jiangda students who had just heard the news ran to the basketball court to observe the palm print.

As for Chen Jue, the culprit himself, long before all this—right after leaving his palm print with a "thwack!"—he had shouldered a bunch of stuff and slipped away.

Because if he didn't slip away, once the temporarily stacked attribute buff faded, lugging the 40-kilogram weight and training sundries back to his apartment would have been a hassle.

...

He took a taxi to Tianyu Center for a massage; since he had spent 18,000 on a membership, he had to get his money's worth of massages no matter what.

While relaxing, Chen Jue received a message in the Qianhe work group. After a day of busy, around-the-clock overtime, the video footage shot in the morning had been finely polished.

The editing style followed Chen Jue's previous vision and was set to beat-synced background music. Even a casual glance showed it was much more refined than his previous, rather crude mastery skill videos.

"Having a team makes all the difference!"

"Fluency and clarity are maxed out, way smoother than before." Chen Jue enjoyed watching the entire video, dropped an (OjbK) sticker in the group to give his feedback, and sent the drafted title 【Mastery Skill: Weaving Rainbow】 to the copywriter, telling the operations team to upload it directly.

After signing the agreement with Qianhe, the operations team gained partial access to the 【Mastery Prodigy】 account, eliminating the need for Chen Jue to upload things manually step-by-step as he had done before.

With the team's help, he could save a considerable amount of time.

As for himself, he dozed off comfortably while Master Liu massaged and stretched him.

By the time the hour-long session was over and he went to Tianyu Center's restaurant to eat and restore his energy, Chen Jue even saw fellow Tianyu members in the restaurant browsing the latest installment of his mastery skill series.

"With more and more fans, my influence is growing bigger by the day!"

"If I ever show my face in the future, I'll probably be treated like a celebrity wherever I go," Chen Jue sighed inwardly.

As for the comments beneath the new video, they were flooded by netizens within a mere hour.

"Finally found you~ The mastery master is amazing, never delaying updates every week, this creative bottleneck doesn't even exist." (Glowing stick)

"This video looks a lot smoother, did you hire a post-production team? There's even slow-motion special effects." (Thumbs up)

"I work in an MCN, and I heard through the grapevine that the Mastery Prodigy has already signed with a talent agency, signing bonus eight figures." (Covering face)

"So envious! An ordinary person getting rich overnight." (Drooling) "Hope the mastery master can keep his original intention and continue serving us delicious pickled mustard tubers." (Grinning)

The discussion in the comment section was initially quite harmonious, with most people praising the video's production quality.

However, after half an hour, a new wave of netizens poured in, and the tone in the comment section began to shift.

"Holy crap! Throwing needles to weave a rainbow? Does your mother know you're showing off like this online?" (Staring)

"This video was definitely filmed for his girlfriend! So handsome and romantic, my mind went numb the moment that rainbow appeared." (Electric shock)

"Brother, stop grinding, will you? The holidays are coming up, and my girlfriend saw this rainbow-weaving video and insists I buy her a matching rainbow." (Covering face) "She even said the bags and cosmetics I prepared are outdated." (Cracking up)

"My girlfriend too, she randomly called demanding I buy a rainbow." (Startled) "I thought to myself, I'm no immortal, how am I supposed to conjure a rainbow for her? Turns out the source is right here with the mastery master." (Suffering a backstab)

"As a female fan, I choked down a mouthful of dog food and lemons, I want a rainbow too!" (Crying loudly)

"The mastery master's girlfriend received a one-of-a-kind rainbow, while my boyfriend's girlfriend received a 198 RMB blockbuster dazzling colorful holiday gift box from Taobao, the kind that flashes and plays music when opened." (I'm cracking up) "That's right, my boyfriend's girlfriend is none other than yours truly." (I'm the clown)

"Speaking of which, our factory originally made bubble guns for kids. Today is Saturday, finally the weekend, but the boss just called saying we need to design a rainbow gun—one that sprays mist, lights up, and makes a rainbow. Now I'm miserably called back to work overtime." (Weeping bitterly) "If I'd known, I wouldn't have clicked like." (Mentally broken)

"Bro above, hurry up and drop the link once the rainbow gun is made." (Begging on knees) "If I don't buy a rainbow, my girlfriend is gonna—" (Expletive)

"Yiwu small commodity vendors are ecstatic seeing this, planning to treat the mastery master to a chicken leg." (Haha)

...

Chen Jue never expected that the 【Weaving Rainbow】 video he filmed would have such an enthusiastic response, instantly bringing out a swarm of female fans.

With Christmas and New Year just around the corner, merchants were also scrambling to capitalize on trending topics.

Couples' holiday gift boxes, which usually looked quite tacky, were instantly outshone this year by a hot-selling product called the Rainbow Magic Gun.

A search on Taobao showed that the top items with 999+ sales were unexpectedly all this Rainbow Magic Gun.

The problem was that this gadget was still in the pre-order stage; even before the product was made, hordes of people were rushing to place orders, all looking to ride the coattails of the mastery master's new video.

Since they couldn't learn the mastery skill of throwing needles to weave a rainbow, they settled for buying a low-spec alternative instead.

Even Douyin began pushing this trend, rolling out a new dazzling 【Rainbow】 special effect, which attracted a crowd of influencers to follow suit, threatening to sweep across the entire internet.

With this momentum behind it, the new video 【Mastery Skill: Weaving Rainbow】 truly broke out of its niche, with both views and popularity skyrocketing crazily.

This was no longer just spreading among a group of fans; it had even spilled over from online to offline, affecting the work and livelihood of numerous people.

Even in Qianhe's operations group, people kept discussing: "Boss Mastery is too awesome! This video made the top 10 trending list again!"

"Everyone else is chasing trends, but our boss is creating trends. The level is just not in the same league." (Pushing glasses)

"Don't even mention it, my daughter is yelling at me to buy a rainbow gun or she'll disown me. Working overtime only to get backstabbed by your own kid, how about that?" (Meltdown)

Chen Jue didn't pay much attention to the developments in the group. Knowing that the new video's performance was stellar put him in a great mood, as it meant his income for the coming week was secure.

Returning to his apartment by nightfall, he greeted the property management and security guards, then moved the earthen stove he bought during the day up to the rooftop to start a fire and decoct his medicine.

Brewing Chinese medicine inside the room could easily fumigate the entire building and disturb others, and getting complaints would be quite troublesome.

Watching the coal briquettes in the stove begin to burn, Chen Jue warmed himself by the fire while controlling the heat of the earthen stove.

Since the decocting process took several hours, Chen Jue, with time to spare, brought his newly purchased mung beans up to the rooftop and poured them into a large iron wok.

Finding two stools to support the wok, Chen Jue then imitated the Qigong-exertion posture from the booklet. Settling into a deep horse stance, he used the method of 【External Strength】 to plunge both hands deep into the cold beans in the wok.

The fine, dense friction caused a slight stinging sensation in the skin of Chen Jue's hands. He intended to get an early feel for the effects of practicing the Iron Sand Palm.

To his surprise, after executing the breathing and strength-exertion techniques and thrusting his hands into the wok a few times, a notification popped up on his attribute panel:

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【Ding~】

【Completed a qualified comprehensive exercise.】

【Activated Skill: Longmen Iron Sand Palm】(End of Chapter)