As he spoke, he casually pointed at a student in the distance: "Look at Qian Shen, taking 12 shots of Dragon Elephant Formula a day to enhance his muscles and bones, 2 painkiller shots to suppress the tearing pain of body growth, and 2 shots of Gourmet Power to speed up metabolism and the absorption of Immortal Path elements through food, eating fifteen pounds daily to gain weight..."
"In just three months, his Physical Strength surged from 0.13 to 1.15, making him the strongest freshman, equaling your natural Body Refinement of twenty years."
As Wang Hai recounted, Zhang Yu remembered how Qian Shen transformed from a skinny kid less than 1.7 meters tall three months ago to a little giant over two meters tall and weighing more than three hundred pounds today.
Wang Hai then pointed to another student: "Look at Zhao Tianxing, who was worse than you before; he also broke through the 1.00 Physical Strength level the day before yesterday. Now, his blood is like lead-mercury, his arteries are jelly-like, and his heart has tripled in size..."
After casually pointing at students, Wang Hai sighed: "Zhang Yu, I only told you all this because you used to rank in the top ten in Physical Strength and have exceptional drug resistance..."
Seeing Wang Hai's earnest demeanor, Zhang Yu felt his concern. But whether it was for lack of money or fear of death, he didn't want to take the drugs now.
Just as he was thinking about how to explain this to Wang Hai, he saw him take a box of drugs from his bag: "They say it's thirty percent training, seventy percent diet, and the remaining ninety is down to how you use drugs."
"This is the latest Divine Elephant Power Enhancer from the Vajra Sect, guaranteed quality from a major sect, one shot equals ten."
"To be honest, this stuff is still in the lab. I got it from a good brother, and since you have potential, I'm offering it to you at a 20% discount, ten bottles for 8800..."
Watching Wang Hai push his products, Zhang Yu suddenly remembered that more than half of the body enhancement supplements the students in the class took were bought from him.
Such situations are normal at Songyang High School. After all, training and drugs are inseparable, and every gym teacher is both an expert in Body Refinement and a top-notch salesman, often with multiple pharmaceutical channels supporting them.
But right now, Zhang Yu couldn't afford these drugs, nor could his body handle them, so he just thought of brushing it off.
Seeing Zhang Yu making excuses, Wang Hai snorted coldly, put the drugs back, and said with a disappointed expression: "Fine, deal with it yourself then."
Watching the gym teacher turn and head to advise and sell to other students, Zhang Yu sighed helplessly, thinking to himself: "Is PE class this hard in this lousy place?"
Just then, a young boy approached, leaning close to Zhang Yu and asked: "Did Wang Hai try to sell to you again?"
The student looked like a fresh-faced, neighborly young man.
Memories of him started surfacing in Zhang Yu's mind.
"He is... Zhou Tianyi."
Zhou Tianyi was someone Zhang Yu met on the first day of school and was his partner for meals and self-study.
They'd eaten together for three months, joined self-study sessions for three months, and developed a fragile friendship in the process.
But as memories flooded in, Zhang Yu first thought of Zhou Tianyi's grade ranking.
"Ranked 25th in the grade, good enough to eat at the same table... Hmm? Why do I have this kind of ranking bias?"
With memories merging, Zhang Yu felt increasingly influenced by the school's emphasis on rankings.
Hearing Zhou Tianyi's question, he nodded and replied: "Yeah, he tried selling me Divine Elephant Power."
"And you didn't buy it?" Seeing Zhang Yu nod, Zhou Tianyi gasped and said: "Aren't you afraid of Old Wang getting to you?"
"Getting to me?" Zhang Yu said: "Just for not buying drugs, really?"
Zhou Tianyi kept shaking his head: "Hey, want to hear a gossip about Wang Hai?"
"Forget it, I'm not one for gossip."
Zhang Yu turned toward the exercise equipment, planning to get familiar with his body and PE class requirements.
Zhou Tianyi continued: "Heard from a teacher complaining that Wang Hai was masturbating in the next office, and it shook the ceiling when he ejaculated."
Zhang Yu halted. Though not a gossip lover, this gossip was so absurd he had to find out what was going on.
Zhou Tianyi said: "Wang Hai later explained that he wasn't doing that, and that the banging sounds were actually him disciplining disobedient students."
"Then I asked students from the previous two years, and it turns out Wang Hai has long had a habit of corporal punishment for poor students."
"Especially those whose grades drop and don't buy his drugs, they're even more likely to be bullied by him."
"Heard a few years back, a student had a mental breakdown because of him."
Hearing this, Zhang Yu's eyes narrowed sharply: "Wang Hai gets away with this?"
Zhou Tianyi replied nonchalantly: "Wang Hai's teaching results are always good. He's the star PE teacher at Songyang High School, having had three students top the city in Physical Strength exams, and they say he has access to some experimental drugs from major sects."
"Even if the school did want to let him go, most students and parents wouldn't agree, since they rely on Wang Hai to buy drugs to boost their Physical Strength."
Saying this, he warned Zhang Yu: "If you never buy drugs and don't improve your grades, you'll probably get targeted too."
Seeing Zhang Yu frowning, Zhou Tianyi curiously asked: "Hey... you used to take quite a few shots, why'd you stop buying them all of a sudden? Are you out of money? Want me to lend you some?"