The trees in the area around the Single-Log Bridge were tended by beginners like Ling Qing, who were responsible for trimming their branches.
It was both a way to train everyone and to keep the trees from growing too large, leaving a path for the senior brothers coming up the mountain.
He felt the tree in front of him and sized it up.
He had been chopping this tree for a while. Most of its smaller branches had already been cut off, leaving only a few branches as thick as his thigh.
He had spent the past two days constantly pruning it, making sure it would not keep growing.
Today, he planned to cut it down completely.
Woodcutting Skill had helped him a great deal. Even without spending experience to level it up, his Five Animal Frolics was almost at Master level.
When he had first comprehended this martial art, he had spent experience to raise it to Expert level.
The experience bonus at Expert level had risen from 10% to 30%.
That meant that for every ten parts of effort he put in, he could reap thirteen parts of reward.
Originally, upgrading Five Animal Frolics to Master level would have required 4,800 points of general experience, but now it only required 1,830.
At this point, he no longer held back and spent the experience to fill the proficiency bar.
"Character skill—Five Animal Frolics level increased (Expert → Master)."
"Based on the level increase of skill—Five Animal Frolics, character attributes Strength +1, Agility +1, Constitution +1, Intelligence +1. Attributes increased to 13 points."
"Since your Perception attribute has already exceeded the improvement range of Five Animal Frolics, your Perception attribute has not increased."
"Based on the level increase of skill—Five Animal Frolics, character's bearing improved, Charm +1."
At this point,