Time Flies, Blade Technique Reaches Great Completion!

Moonlight spilled down.

"What am I supposed to do for a bed tonight?" Jiang Ning was momentarily stunned, his mind blank.

Suddenly.

Tap tap tap—

Suddenly, a string of hurried footsteps rang out from behind the wall.

A burly figure emerged from beyond the courtyard wall.

"Big Sister Sun!" Jiang Ning called out.

Aunt Sun glanced at Jiang Ning and immediately noticed the steam continuously rising from his head, as well as the clothes soaked through with sweat.

"Little fellow, you're working yourself way too hard! You're still practicing at this hour!!" Her gaze held a hint of tenderness.

Jiang Ning smiled. "Since I chose to practice martial arts, shouldn't I be willing to suffer a little? I was born into an ordinary family, and this chance to learn martial arts didn't come easily. I have to seize it tightly."

"Even if you're willing to suffer, you still have to sleep! It's already midnight. If you don't sleep properly and conserve your energy, how are you going to practice tomorrow?" Aunt Sun said, somewhat angrily.

"I do need to sleep!" Jiang Ning nodded.

Seeing Jiang Ning nod, the expression on Aunt Sun's face immediately softened.

"Then come with me! I prepared your bed long ago. I just saw you reading so earnestly and couldn't bear to disturb you!" Aunt Sun began rambling a little.

Listening to Aunt Sun, a faint smile unconsciously appeared on Jiang Ning's face.

The two of them walked through the silent Martial Arts Hall, their feet treading along a path paved with blue bricks.

Moonlight flowed like water, casting the two clearly visible shadows onto the ground, while the cries of various insects rang incessantly in their ears.

After passing through a courtyard and walking several dozen meters, they arrived at another courtyard.

"There are quite a few vacant rooms in the Martial Arts Hall. I'll leave this courtyard for you to live in alone. I'm right next door!" Aunt Sun stopped in the courtyard and spoke.

"Thank you, Big Sister!!" Jiang Ning pursed his lips and spoke with a serious expression.

Aunt Sun couldn't help but smile. "You've already called me Big Sister! What are you thanking me for?"

Then she added, "Oh, right. I haven't had time to sun your quilt yet. Make do for tonight. I'll sun it for you every day from now on."

"It's fine!" A smile appeared on Jiang Ning's face. "Having a bed to sleep in is enough! I came to the Martial Arts Hall to learn martial arts, not to enjoy a life of comfort!"

"You're such a sensible child!" Aunt Sun shook her head slightly. Then a trace of reminiscence appeared in her eyes. "He was just as sensible as you back then!!"

"Big Sister Sun, who is this 'he' you're talking about?"

At those words, Aunt Sun suddenly came back to herself. She steadied her mind and shook her head without answering. Instead, she said, "It's very late. Take a bath and go to sleep. I should head back to bed too!"

Under the moonlight, Jiang Ning watched Aunt Sun's slowly departing figure.

"Looks like Big Sister Sun has a story of her own too!" Jiang Ning sighed inwardly, then walked toward his room.

Creak—

He pushed open the door.

The entire room came into view at a glance.

The room wasn't large, measuring only about forty or fifty square meters. Its layout was simple as well, containing only basic tables, chairs, and stools, along with a Red Flower Wood Bed against the corner.

However, the spotless furniture showed how carefully the person who cleaned the room had worked.

The neatly folded bedding on the mat atop the bed reminded Jiang Ning of his previous life.

In his previous life, whenever he returned from outside at the end of the year, his mother would have already made his bed. The bedding always carried the scent of sunlight.

He let out a soft sigh.

Then he turned and walked out of the room, found two buckets, and carried two buckets of water back from the Front Yard. He gave himself a simple rinse, wrung out and washed the clothes he had been wearing, then hung them on the windowsill.

It was mid-July, and Luoshui County had already entered the hottest period of the year.

In such sweltering weather, any clothes would be completely dried by the warm breeze over the course of one night.

The next day.

The first thing he did after waking was open his Panel.

[Source Energy]: 4.4

"This time, Source Energy increased by 0.5."

Jiang Ning thoughtfully stroked his chin. "Looks like the increase in Source Energy is indeed related to what I consumed that day, just as I predicted. Yesterday, I ate Wild Ginseng twice, and both lunch and dinner were far more sumptuous than on any previous day. That's why the increase this time broke the previous record, rising by a full 0.5."

He then murmured inwardly, Judging by yesterday's efficiency, it'll take at least another eleven days for Source Energy Points to reach ten. In that case, I don't need to rush grinding Experience Points for Firewood Chopping Blade Technique. As long as I can grind the required Experience Points to full before Source Energy Points reach ten, that'll be enough!

He then pushed open the door and walked out of the room.

At this moment, even though it was the hottest period of the year, the breeze blowing in the early morning still carried a thread of coolness.

At the edge of the sky, faint streaks of Red Glow spread across the horizon. It was obvious that the Fire Red morning sun would rise before long.

Jiang Ning drew in a deep breath of fresh air.

Whoosh—

Then he slowly exhaled the Stale Air that had accumulated in his abdomen overnight.

After several cycles, he immediately felt both body and mind become incomparably relaxed.

"On a morning like this, I should be practicing my fist!" Jiang Ning smiled.

He immediately assumed a stance. After adjusting his breathing rhythm, he began practicing his fist techniques.

[Five Animal Frolics Fist Experience Points +2]

After completing one round of the fist technique, nearly one Incense Stick's worth of time had passed.

The horizon, which had only just begun to brighten, now had a warm-red Great Sun poking its head above it.

At this moment, Jiang Ning's body had also begun to heat up completely.

His skin was faintly red, steam rose from the top of his head, and beads of sweat the size of beans began dripping from his cheeks.

Yet his body and mind were incomparably delighted.

One round of the fist technique increased his Experience Points by two, equivalent to practicing the fist twice.

Such efficiency naturally brought him a pleasant surprise.

After resting for a moment, he continued practicing his fist.

[Five Animal Frolics Fist Experience Points +1]

[Skills]: Five Animal Frolics Fist (Initiation 31/100)

Looking at his Panel.

Whoosh—

Jiang Ning let out a long breath, expelling the Stale Air from his abdomen.

He had reached one-third of the progress!

He was one step closer to the fist technique's breakthrough.

Jiang Ning nodded in satisfaction.

In the blink of an eye.

Another two days passed.

Over these few days, Jiang Li personally came to the Martial Arts Hall once more and brought Jiang Ning several sets of clean clothes.

Seeing that Jiang Ning's originally somewhat frail body had become sturdier, Jiang Li returned home at ease.

Jiang Ning hadn't slackened in the slightest during these days, making the most of nearly every moment.

Aside from practicing his fist and chopping firewood—physical work that consumed his strength—he spent his time reading.

The thick book he had brought from home was also completely finished the previous night.

[Name]: Jiang Ning

[Source Energy]: 5.4

[Skills]: Literacy (First Breakthrough 148/2000) (Trait: Photographic Memory)

Five Animal Frolics Fist (Initiation 88/100)

Firewood Chopping Blade Technique (Great Completion 109/1000)

Three full days had caused some changes in Jiang Ning's Panel.

His Source Energy had increased by 0.5 each day, reaching 5.4 points.

His fist technique had also advanced greatly, with only the final twelve Experience Points remaining before its breakthrough.

Of all the changes, however, the greatest was in Firewood Chopping Blade Technique.

Over these few days, he had directly grinded it to Great Completion.

After reaching the Great Completion level in Firewood Chopping Blade Technique, Jiang Ning could clearly feel that his blade had become faster and more accurate.

He only needed to unleash eighty percent of his former strength to just as easily split a heavy Log in two.

If the unleashed force was twenty or thirty percent higher and the speed two or three tenths faster, then if this were a technique for killing enemies, it could produce an overwhelming effect with ease.

This was the change that came after Firewood Chopping Blade Technique broke through from Minor Completion to Great Completion, providing him with an all-around enhancement.

After experiencing the changes from Minor Completion to Great Completion in Firewood Chopping Blade Technique, Jiang Ning was filled with even greater anticipation for the Five Animal Frolics Fist's subsequent breakthroughs.