Gaining Experience, Blade Technique Nearing Perfection!

Night fell.

Jiang Ning returned to his own little courtyard.

Jiang Ning opened his panel.

[Skills]:

Literacy (First Breakthrough 238/2000) (Trait: Photographic Memory)

Five Animal Frolics Fist (Proficiency 52/200)

"Literacy Experience Points increased by 42!"

"I practiced Five Animal Frolics Fist eighteen times in total today. Aside from the first round, which increased my Experience Points by one, each of the remaining seventeen rounds increased them by two. Five Animal Frolics Fist gained a total of 35 Experience Points today—not bad!"

Jiang Ning nodded in satisfaction.

Although he had lost the assistance of Wild Ginseng today, reducing the number of times he could practice his fist technique to his limit by roughly ten rounds,

he had grasped the essence of hardness within softness and softness within hardness in Tiger Form Fist.

As a result, every time he practiced the fist technique, Five Animal Frolics Fist gained two Experience Points.

Thus, the speed at which his fist technique Experience Points increased had not fallen but risen instead. His efficiency had actually improved.

He was satisfied with such efficiency.

He made a rough calculation. At this rate, his Five Animal Frolics Fist would break through to the Minor Achievement Realm in less than a week.

By then, with his current progress, the Blood Qi he had accumulated would be enough to reach the Minor Achievement Realm and circulate through more than one arm.

Moreover, the efficiency of condensing Blood Qi would increase again.

The next day, the first thing he did after waking up was open his panel.

[Source Energy]: 6.4

"Sure enough, the points I'm obtaining have decreased! Yesterday, my Source Energy increased by 0.6, but today it only increased by 0.4."

"Looks like Wild Ginseng really is a great tonic for me."

Thinking of this, Jiang Ning shook his head slightly. "Forget it. I won't consider it for now! A single Wild Ginseng is worth more than ten taels of silver. Where would I get that much silver right now? Besides, I haven't seen Senior Brother Zhou Xing these past few days, so I don't even know the exact value of a Wild Ginseng."

At that moment, when Jiang Ning thought of Zhou Xing, another figure came to mind—that of Senior Sister Li Qing, whom he had seen on his first day at the Martial Arts Hall.

"I haven't seen Senior Sister Li Qing these past few days either. I wonder what she's been up to?"

In the blink of an eye, another day had passed.

Yesterday, Jiang Ning had spent an ordinary day.

At dawn, while the rising sun was appearing on the horizon, he had seized the time to practice Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill, circulating the Breathing and Exhalation Method toward the newly risen Great Sun.

After a round of breathing exercises, Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill had gained another 12 Experience Points, one point less than the day before.

Jiang Ning suspected that this was because he had absorbed slightly less energy from Heaven and Earth.

Aside from that, he had spent the entire day practicing his fist technique, reading, and chopping firewood to grind Experience Points.

Though it was boring, Jiang Ning had loved every minute of it.

Watching the Experience Points of the Skills he had mastered increase bit by bit and seeing them draw closer and closer to their goals gave him a sense of fulfillment.

Especially when he felt two strands of Blood Qi condense within his body with every round of the fist technique, making his physique stronger, it left both his body and mind exceptionally refreshed.

As a result, both of these Skills had gained a great deal of Experience Points yesterday.

[Skills]:

Literacy (First Breakthrough 322/2000)

Five Animal Frolics Fist (Proficiency 90/200)

Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill (Not Yet Initiated 25/100)

Over the course of a day, Literacy had risen from its original 238 points to 322, gaining a total of 84 Experience Points.

The Experience Points of Five Animal Frolics Fist had also risen from 52 to 90. Its progress toward the Minor Achievement Realm was already nearly halfway there.

"Yesterday, my fist technique gained 38 Experience Points. At this rate, I'll need three more days. In three days, my fist technique will reach the Minor Achievement Realm, and my Blood Qi will be enough to circulate through more than one arm! I'll be able to call it Minor Qi and Blood Completion!"

"This efficiency is truly fast! Asking Wang Jin about the essentials of Five Animal Frolics Fist's Minor Achievement Realm was indeed the right decision!"

"If I hadn't grasped the essentials of Tiger Form Fist's Minor Achievement Realm—softness within hardness and hardness within softness—how could I have achieved such efficiency?"

Jiang Ning's fighting spirit soared in an instant.

After getting out of bed and washing up,

he sat cross-legged in the courtyard and quietly waited for the Great Sun to rise.

At present, the only time each day he could circulate the Breathing and Exhalation Method of Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill and gain Skill Experience Points was during this brief span of twenty breaths.

Naturally, he would not waste the opportunity each day.

A moment later, the morning sun rose, and Jiang Ning hurriedly began circulating the Breathing and Exhalation Method of Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill.

[Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill Experience Points +2]

[Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill Experience Points +2]

[Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill Experience Points +1]

...

When it was over,

[Skills]: Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill (Not Yet Initiated 40/100)

"It's almost halfway there!"

Jiang Ning glanced at his panel, then hurried toward the latrine.

From the very first day, after finishing his morning breathing exercises, he had gone to the latrine.

Jiang Ning felt that this was detoxification.

Over the past few days, he had felt his five viscera become more relaxed each day, while his energy grew more abundant. This had helped him considerably in practicing his fist technique.

His physical strength also seemed to recover faster!

Clearly, although Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill had not yet reached Initiation, it had already begun to take effect for him.

After leaving the latrine, he rested for a moment before heading straight for the courtyard behind the Kitchen.

Yesterday, he had spent the entire day practicing his fist technique and reading, without chopping any firewood. Naturally, he could not be lazy today.

"Besides, today is the day my Firewood Chopping Blade Technique reaches the Perfected Realm!"

[Skills]: Firewood Chopping Blade Technique (Great Completion 633/1000)

Looking at the progress of Firewood Chopping Blade Technique on his panel, Jiang Ning's steps grew even lighter.

He had originally intended to grind this Firewood Chopping Blade Technique to the Perfected Realm in a single day yesterday.

But at the time, Aunt Sun had told him that because he had worked too hard, there was so much chopped firewood that they could not use it all at once!

She had told him to come back and chop firewood the next day.

That was precisely why he had waited until today to grind this Skill, Firewood Chopping Blade Technique, to the Perfected Realm.

A moment later,

Jiang Ning arrived at the Backyard of the Kitchen.

The morning sun had long since risen.

It was already the middle of July, when the weather was scorching to begin with. Under the radiance of the Great Sun, Jiang Ning could now feel even the wind blowing toward him carrying heat.

"This cursed weather. It hasn't rained for two months, has it?"

Jiang Ning's tone was somewhat hesitant as he muttered, then he recalled it for a moment.

"It has been two months!"

"Judging by this situation, this year's grain harvest probably won't amount to much!"

"Forget it! What does that have to do with me?"

Jiang Ning shook his head, casting the distracting thoughts from his mind.

Then he grabbed and gripped the Firewood Blade, which weighed a full five pounds.

"I'd better focus on grinding my Experience Points!"

The thought flashed through his mind, and the Firewood Blade in his hand fell as well.

Whoosh—

The sound of the blade slicing through the air rang out.

Thud—

The Firewood Blade came down. The heavy Log standing on the Wooden Post split down the middle, cleaved into two.

[Firewood Chopping Blade Technique Experience Points +1]

"Heh, it really has become easier!"

After a long while,

Jiang Ning wiped the sweat dripping from his brow.

Even with his current physical strength, chopping several hundred logs in succession inevitably left him feeling tired.

[Skills]: Firewood Chopping Blade Technique (Great Completion 990/1000)

"Ten more!"

Looking at the progress displayed on the panel, his somewhat weary body instantly filled with energy again.

[Firewood Chopping Blade Technique Experience Points +1]

[Firewood Chopping Blade Technique Experience Points +1]

[...]

With his current efficiency, ten Experience Points were in his hands in the blink of an eye.

[Skills]: Firewood Chopping Blade Technique (Great Completion 999/1000)

When the notification of the final increase in Experience Points appeared before him,

this section of the panel suddenly changed.