An Afternoon to Get Started

Back home.

Jiang Hao couldn't wait to continue practicing!

But the problem was!

There was no spear at home.

Jiang Hao rummaged around the house.

After a moment, his gaze fell on the handle of a mop in the corner.

It was a smooth, straight hardwood stick.

"Isn't this perfect?"

Jiang Hao's eyes lit up slightly.

"The System only cares about the standard of the movements and the exertion of force."

"It didn't say I had to use an alloy spear to practice."

"As long as it's a long, straight object, wouldn't that be enough?"

With that thought, Jiang Hao immediately got to work.

He twisted off the mop head in a few swift moves.

A wooden stick, of a decent length and weight, appeared in his hand.

Holding this "makeshift spear," Jiang Hao walked into the yard.

In the fading sunlight!

Jiang Hao began his practice of the Tidal Wave Spear Technique.

Holding his breath!

Jiang Hao recalled the complex force-exertion diagrams from the terminal, then assumed his starting stance.

"First Tidal Wave!"

With a soft shout, Jiang Hao twisted his waist, circulating his vital energy, and thrust the wooden stick forward fiercely!

However, the force accumulated at his shoulder, and the thrusting wooden stick was wobbly and lacked power.

Failure.

Jiang Hao's expression remained unchanged, and he immediately began his second attempt.

The movements were still wobbly.

But compared to the first time, the angle of his thrust had a subtle correction.

The third time!

Jiang Hao tried to sink his vital energy into his dantian, then unleash it explosively.

The fourth time!

The trajectory of the wooden stick began to stabilize.

Jiang Hao was completely immersed in this process of discovery.

He repeated, failed, and corrected himself continuously.

He didn't know how long had passed.

Just as Jiang Hao assumed his stance again and thrust forward fiercely!

Jiang Hao suddenly felt the previously unhindered power flow throughout his body find an outlet!

It surged from the soles of his feet, up to his hips, through his spine, and finally twisted into a single force!

"Pfft!"

A muffled sound!

The mop handle in Jiang Hao's hand seemed to have pierced through an invisible membrane!

An unprecedented sense of exhilaration spread through his entire body!

That's it!

This was the feeling!

At the same time!

A notification only he could hear sounded in his mind!

[Ding! Detected host practicing "Tidal Wave Spear Technique" successfully!]
[Proficiency +1]
[Tidal Wave Spear Technique · Novice (1/100)]

Jiang Hao's expression instantly became excited!

"I'm in!"

"Keep going!"

And at the front door of the house!

"Click."

The door opened!

Jiang Keke was back from school.

Humming a tune, she walked into the living room and saw Jiang Hao in the yard, and the stick without a mop head in his hand.

Jiang Keke was stunned on the spot.

She quickly ran to the edge of the patio connected to the yard, her small face full of strangeness.

"Brother?"

"Are... are you okay?"

Jiang Hao stopped when he heard her and looked at her in confusion.

Jiang Keke pointed at the wooden stick in his hand.

"You're fine, why are you waving a mop handle around here?"

Jiang Hao: "..."

Jiang Hao looked down at the "divine weapon" in his hand.

What mop handle!

This is a divine weapon!

"I'm training."

"Pfft."

Jiang Keke rolled her eyes dramatically.

"What normal person trains martial arts with a mop handle?"

Jiang Hao coughed awkwardly.

"It's just... convenient."

Seeing this, Jiang Keke waved her hand helplessly.

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"Alright, alright, just remember to put the mop head back on for me."

"Otherwise, Mom will scold us when she sees it later!"

"Got it."

Jiang Hao nodded.

Jiang Keke mumbled as she returned to the living room, feeling that her brother's crooked posture was probably him practicing some new spear technique.

"Looking at the way he exerts force, it's likely some kind of Martial Skill?"

Jiang Keke thought to herself.

"But with how he looked just now."

"It's impossible to get the hang of this Martial Skill in less than ten days or half a month!"

"It'll take me ten days or eight!"

Time passed!

Because the Martial Arts College Entrance Examination was approaching!

Seeing Jiang Hao practicing martial arts, Shen Man and Jiang's Dad didn't disturb him. It wasn't until it was almost time for dinner that they called Jiang Hao to eat!

The sounds of Jiang Hao's parents cooking came from the kitchen.

At the same time!

Shen Man's voice came out!

"Keke, the food is almost ready."

"Go call your brother, it's time to eat."

"Got it!"

Jiang Keke, who was lounging on the sofa watching TV, reluctantly stood up when she heard that.

She walked to the patio again!

She pulled open the sliding door, about to speak.

However.

When she saw the scene in the yard clearly.

Jiang Keke was completely stunned!

She saw Jiang Hao still practicing that set of spear techniques, but how could his movements still have any trace of their previous awkwardness?!

Jiang Hao's stance was as stable as a rock!

Every movement carried a powerful, imposing aura!

Each move was as standard as a textbook example!

Under Jiang Keke's dazed gaze.

Jiang Hao suddenly lunged forward in a bow stance!

"Pfft!"

A dull explosive sound!

The ordinary mop handle in Jiang Hao's hand actually pierced the air!

You must know!

That was just a broken wooden stick!

Jiang Keke could no longer hold back!

"No... no way?"

Jiang Keke's small mouth formed an "O" shape.

"This... this is already beginner level?"

"Martial Skill?"

"Looking at the movements just now, that surge of power... it's definitely a Martial Skill!"

"And the way this Martial Skill generates power is so complex!"

"This is definitely a Martial Skill that isn't easy to learn!"

"How did my big brother do it?"

Martial Skill!

One afternoon, no, a few hours to reach beginner level?

Even the Key Class wouldn't have such a monstrous talent!

It was said that prodigies who were pre-selected for Key Martial Arts universities and possessed Sun-level talent could indeed reach beginner level in a Martial Skill within half a day.

Was her big brother a Sun-level prodigy?

What a joke!

Jiang Hao was unaware of Jiang Keke's thoughts. At this moment, he only felt that as he watched the proficiency of the Tidal Wave Spear Technique continuously increase, his entire body felt as if it had inexhaustible strength!

After practicing it one more time.

[Ding! Detected that the host has successfully practiced "Tidal Wave Spear Technique"!]

[Proficiency +1]

[Tidal Wave Spear Technique · Beginner (8/100)]

Looking at the proficiency reaching eight points!

This meant!

Jiang Hao had successfully practiced the Tidal Wave Spear Technique eight times to standard before.

Jiang Hao had a strong feeling that once the beginner proficiency reached 10, the Tidal Wave Spear Technique could transform into a Martial Skill he could truly execute!

Instead of being so stiff like now!

However...

Jiang Hao wiped the sweat from his face and looked at Jiang Keke, who was staring at him blankly on the balcony, and asked doubtfully, "What's wrong?"

Jiang Keke snapped back to reality upon hearing this and her slippers immediately went "tap, tap, tap" as she rushed to Jiang Hao's side!

The pleasant scent of her shower gel wafted over.

Jiang Keke looked at Jiang Hao in shock and said, "Brother, was... was that a Martial Skill you just performed?"

"Mm!"

Since he was practicing at home, Jiang Hao didn't plan to hide it!

"Hiss!"

Jiang Keke gasped, still shocked. "I saw your practice just now, you've reached beginner level, right? When you came back... you had only been cultivating for a short while!"

Jiang Hao hadn't expected at all how monstrous his speed of cultivating Martial Skills was!

He thought everyone else was more or less the same as him!

So he nodded straightforwardly!

"Mm!"

"I only started trying to cultivate it near the end of school this afternoon!"