Learning Makes Me Happy

Chen Mu was proudly showing off when he lowered his head and saw Fang Yue's reaction. He couldn't help feeling puzzled.

"What? You seem... dissatisfied?"

"Uh... no. I just don't really understand how these Martial Arts ranks are divided."

So he had no concept of them.

Chen Mu suddenly understood, and his face flushed slightly.

That was the awkward part about bragging to an outsider—they had no idea what he was bragging about.

Chen Mu hurriedly explained.

"The Martial Path is divided into two types. There are the crude Martial Arts that aren't even ranked. Aside from the three captains, everyone in Ancient Moon Village learns this kind."

"The other type consists of ranked Martial Arts. In terms of rank, they are Innate First-class, Innate Second-class, Innate Third-class, Houtian First-class, Houtian Second-class, and Postnatal Third-rate."

"These two special techniques of mine are both Postnatal Third-rate. However, they complement each other and form a complete system, giving them astonishing power. That's why I can firmly suppress the other two captains and become the Captain-General of Ancient Moon Village."

Crude Martial Arts, Houtian Martial Arts, Innate Martial Arts...

After hearing Chen Mu's explanation, Fang Yue roughly understood the weight of the two secret manuals in his hands.

Simply put, these two Postnatal Third-rate manuals were merely stepping stones into the world of ranked Martial Arts. Yet throughout all of Ancient Moon Village, only three people knew them. They were practically insanely awesome.

However...

Fang Yue suddenly remembered his Analysis Pupil and humbly asked,

"Captain Chen, what level of Martial Arts is Human-grade Low-tier?"

"Human-grade?!"

Captain Chen's pupils suddenly contracted when he heard those two words.

"Where did you hear those two words?!"

Seeing how agitated he was, Fang Yue hurriedly said, "I heard Lord Han mention them."

"Lord Han... If it was Lord Han, then that makes sense. Lord Han is unfathomably deep. I don't know how strong he really is either. But why did Lord Han tell you about Human-grade Martial Arts?"

The second half wasn't directed at Fang Yue but muttered to himself. Soon, he chuckled lightly and stopped worrying about it.

"Human-grade refers to a rank above Innate First-class. Experts like Lord Han, who transcend the ordinary, like to refer to our Martial Arts as Mortal-grade Cultivation Methods."

"Above Mortal-grade is Human-grade. But there are so many mortals, and the struggles among them are so fierce."

"If the term 'Mortal-grade' isn't divided into finer categories, who could say that their Martial Arts were superior to someone else's? After all... Human-grade is rarely seen."

Human-grade was rarely seen?

Fang Yue listened to Captain Chen in a daze, his heart surging!

Damn!

So both of my skills were insanely powerful!

Thinking about how he had walked freely through the torrential rain and frightened Lord Han into reacting so strongly, Fang Yue suddenly felt that this Human Grade High Rank skill really did deserve to be called insanely awesome.

But Analysis Pupil... was genuinely a little underwhelming. Perhaps because it wasn't related to combat, Fang Yue often felt that the skill had little presence.

Maybe... it had some secret he didn't know about?

Suppressing his thoughts, Fang Yue considered it for a moment before asking, "Captain Chen, there's one more thing I don't understand."

Chen Mu hadn't spoken to anyone about these matters in a long time, and he had grown interested as well.

"Go ahead."

"If Martial Arts have ranks, then a person's realm should also be divided into levels, right?"

"Of course. As you are now, you aren't even ranked. After learning my Spark Heart Method, you can accumulate internal energy and break through your realm, becoming a true Martial Artist and entering the Martial Path. That is the Postnatal Third-rate realm. After breaking through from Postnatal Third-rate all the way upward, you can reach Innate First-class and even become a Human-grade expert!"

"Human-grade..."

Fang Yue felt a yearning rise in his heart, but he soon remembered something else. "Then may I ask what level Rain-grade is?"

"Don't know."

Captain Chen shook his head.

"You don't know?"

"Mm, I don't. I've only heard Lord Han mention Rain-grade experts. They can move freely through torrential rain, and their strength is unfathomable."

"Then why do I lose health whenever it rains? Would I lose health even in broad daylight?"

"Of course not. You won't lose health during normal daytime. If it's a day of Three Scorching Suns or something similar, that's another matter."

Captain Chen looked at Fang Yue. "Strange. Before you fled, hadn't you ever seen sunlight where you lived... Oh, I forgot you have no memories. How pitiful."

"Uh..."

"It's like this. There was once an ancient legend circulating through the martial world. It said that humans practicing Martial Arts were defying Heaven and had angered it. Thus, Heaven sent down punishment, causing the weather to become extremely strange and terrifying. Night also became a breeding ground for Anomalies, making humanity's living environment harsh."

"Of course, there's another version of the legend. It says that things like [Cold Night] and [Torrential Rain] are powerful Anomalies. Some people even referred to these Anomalies as... Transcendence-grade Anomalies. It meant that they transcended the ordinary and were mysterious beyond measure."

"But such matters have nothing to do with small fry like us. Being able to survive peacefully is already good enough. Who would care about such major affairs?"

That was indeed the case.

A few [Nascent Anomalies] would be enough to defeat Fang Yue, so why should he care about such matters?

Fang Yue looked at the two secret manuals in his hands and slapped one of them... but nothing happened.

Had he opened it incorrectly?

He casually flipped open a page and silently thought, Learn.

Still, nothing happened.

What was going on?

Fang Yue was somewhat dumbfounded. He truly hadn't expected to get stuck at this step.

"What are you doing?"

Fang Yue raised his head blankly and saw Captain Chen looking at him strangely.

"I don't know how to learn skills," Fang Yue said honestly.

"Read them! Use your eyes to look and your brain to think. Wouldn't you learn them then?"

Captain Chen's matter-of-fact answer left Fang Yue even more bewildered.

He mechanically flipped through the manual at random, skimmed a few pages, then raised his head blankly to look at Captain Chen again.

"I still can't learn it."

"Nonsense!"

Captain Chen was exasperated. "Are you a pig? Who can understand a book if they start reading from the middle? Read it from beginning to end!"

"Oh... You could've just said that. Don't be so fierce..."

Fang Yue gloomily read through the Spark Heart Method from beginning to end. It mostly consisted of diagrams explaining acupoints, accompanied by some text, so he read it fairly quickly.

Once Fang Yue finished reading the secret manual...

System Notification: Would you like to learn [Spark Heart Method]?

So this really was how skills were learned!

"Yes!"

System Notification: Congratulations, you have learned [Spark Heart Method].

The secret manual slowly turned into white light and vanished.

A massive amount of knowledge poured into his mind.

Captain Chen froze. "You learned it?"

"Mm."

Captain Chen excitedly circled around Fang Yue, clicking his tongue in amazement.

"What terrifying comprehension! You're practically a Martial Arts prodigy! Back then, it took me three years of study before the secret manual turned into white light and I entered the basics."

No, that has nothing to do with being a Martial Arts prodigy. This should be a privilege every player has.

"By the way, after you learned Martial Arts, did your secret manuals also turn into white light?"

"What are you talking about? Every manual is like that. Otherwise, wouldn't the manuals remain behind and be passed on to others? No, wait. I heard some manuals can be learned many times, but those have all undergone special treatment."

Fang Yue fell silent.

He also read through the [Spark Saber Technique] completely.

System Notification: Would you like to learn [Spark Saber Technique]?

"Yes!"

System Notification: Congratulations, you have learned [Spark Saber Technique].