Work Isn't as Fun as Digging Holes

Host: Lin Qi.

Age: 25.

Privilege Level: Level 1 Merit-Based Admission Privilege.

Martial Arts Level: Quasi-Apprentice.

Strength: 109.8 kg. (Apprentice Standard: 200 kg)

Speed: 10.6 m/s. (Apprentice Standard: 12 m/s)

Training Method: Soul Shocking Breathing Technique (Level 1 Entry 10%)

Number of Players That Can Be Introduced: 10 (Host's current online limit is 10, current reservation count is 18,752.)

"It's only 10% into the first level, and the improvement is this significant?" Lin Qi looked at his data panel, unable to believe it was real for a moment.

In the High Martial world, people's progress is generally very slow. Even with various resources, very few can become apprentices during high school.

Now, with just 10% entry into the first level of the breathing technique, his strength increased from 92.2 kg to 109.8 kg, and his speed rose from 8.9 m/s to 10.6 m/s. No one would believe it if he said it.

This kind of improvement would normally take students in the martial arts classes of key high schools ten days to half a month, but he accomplished it in just two hours.

Moreover, if his own blood energy wasn't a bit low, his stats would likely have increased even further.

"No wonder those high school martial arts students go crazy hiring tutors. The improvement from training methods is just too crucial. If I can master this first level completely, becoming an apprentice will be a piece of cake."

Lin Qi felt his own strength and his gaze swept over the player list.

"It's a shame I can only absorb five times a day. If I had more slots and could let more players learn the breathing technique, my own progress with the breathing technique would definitely be much faster."

At this moment, Lin Qi suddenly felt that the schedule for repairing the martial arts hall could be moved up.

The task of repairing the martial arts hall would unlock forty more slots. Setting aside whether he could increase his privilege level and raise the daily absorption limit, just having forty more people would increase the chance of encountering a training genius.

Lin Qi had noticed during his absorption earlier. Although they were all absorbing the breathing technique, Fang Zhen and Twilight of the Gods only provided 1% proficiency, while Luo Wu Shang provided a full 5%.

This efficiency was five times that of the other two, equivalent to him absorbing four more people.

"Since this extraction privilege can extract breathing techniques, I wonder if it can extract martial skills. If it can extract martial skills, this privilege would truly be heaven-defying." Lin Qi looked at the remaining seven extractable players on the list, feeling a sense of anticipation.

Training martial skills, just like training methods, though not as fatal if problems arise, can still leave one unable to care for themselves.

Obsidian Martial Arts Hall was located in the abandoned district. Even with a master like Qin Mu guarding it, traveling to other places was not exactly safe.

Even though he had finally become an ordinary person in the High Martial world, it was still a dangerous situation.

However, if he could master two apprentice-level martial skills, his safety in the wilderness would be greatly improved. After all, he needed to repair the martial arts hall and required a large amount of wood. Going to the mines to get wood was only a matter of time.

The sun shone high at noon, but the underground of Obsidian Martial Arts Hall was bustling with activity.

What had been dug out by Fang Zhen and the other two earlier, a subterranean garden, was now crisscrossed with paths. Player after player carried a large sack filled with soil, yet this did not affect their speed in the slightest.

"Damn it! I took the wrong step again!"

"These Leopard Shadow Steps are too complicated. There are sixteen ways to exert force with the legs, and they need to be coordinated with the corresponding footwork. This game is too realistic; can't they simplify it? I accidentally used the wrong force and footwork just now, and my entire leg twisted 180 degrees. My 648 is gone just like that."

"Indeed, it would be great if it could be simplified. I've done quite a few delivery jobs usually, and my legs have long been trained to be one with my body. But learning such complicated footwork is harder than teaching a dog to do a vault."

"You two are fine. If you don't want to carry soil, then switch places now. I've been digging for an hour already. We agreed to switch every ten minutes, and how many ten-minute intervals has it been now?"

The two members of the One Leaf Floating Cloud team carrying soil, seeing the angry gazes of their digging companions in the tunnel, dared not delay any further. Without a word, they quickly ran towards the surface, giving the digging member no chance to speak again.

Although Leopard Shadow Steps were difficult to practice, compared to just digging soil, being able to earn martial hall points while practicing martial skills felt as good as playing games while working at a company. Naturally, they wouldn't easily give up their turn.

And in another tunnel.

A tall, slender figure moved like a gust of wind, landing silently. Carrying a large sack full of rocks and soil did not significantly impede her speed. She moved like an athlete sprinting on flat ground, darting a few times to carry a sack of rocks and soil back, leaving Twilight of the Gods, who was filling the sacks, stunned.

"Sister Wu, are you sure Sister Zhang's brain had problems before?" Twilight of the Gods looked at Zhang Qingwei, who was moving with incredible speed, his jaw agape.

With these movements and reactions, Twilight of the Gods felt that even a healthy person might not reach Zhang Qingwei's level.

Twilight of the Gods even felt that his digging speed was already quite fast, but seeing a sack filled with soil and rocks, Zhang Qingwei was already standing nearby, picking up the sack, and disappearing at the end of the tunnel like another little white rabbit in the blink of an eye.

"Zhang Qingwei's brain did have problems." Luo Wu Shang glanced at the disappearing Zhang Qingwei and nodded. "But now it seems that this new technology from High Martial Descent has solved that problem."

Zhang Qingwei, as a renowned expert in Pilgrimage, had exceptional neural reflexes. Now that High Martial Descent had resolved it, she could naturally display her original level of skill.

Although the direction of this display was a bit strange, as long as she was happy, that was all that mattered.

However, not long after Luo Wu Shang finished speaking, Zhang Qingwei reappeared before them again, her face filled with excitement, like a wolf that hadn't seen a beautiful woman in three days. Even though she was panting from exhaustion, she still felt she could continue.

"Wu Shang, give me another half hour. I feel like I'm almost done practicing." Zhang Qingwei said, still catching her breath, and then reached for another sack.

"Qingwei, doesn't the guild have an important meeting today?" Luo Wu Shang looked at Zhang Qingwei, who was constantly moving soil, and reminded her, "Is it really okay for you to be here digging holes with us?"

As the vice-guild leader, Luo Wu Shang was currently quite idle and not involved in the guild's management. However, she knew that today was a significant day for Heavenly Might.

Blade Saint Su Wuming from Pilgrimage was coming to Heavenly Might for negotiations, a major matter concerning joining Heavenly Might.

In the virtual game Pilgrimage, it was extremely difficult for players to become Saints, even calling it one in a million was an understatement. A Saint was a strategic existence in Pilgrimage, capable of guarding a region and facing thousands of troops without fear.

Heavenly Might became one of the five major guilds in Pilgrimage primarily because it had sixteen Saints.

Su Wuming, as one of the ten Blade Saints in Pilgrimage, joining Heavenly Might was no small matter.

"I'm just a little secretary. It doesn't matter if I'm there or not for that matter. The guild leader will handle it. Besides, digging holes is more fun than that work." Zhang Qingwei waved her hand dismissively. "This Leopard Shadow Steps, I feel like it's just a little bit more, and I should be able to enter the initial stage with a few more repetitions!"

Luo Wu Shang looked at Zhang Qingwei, who was completely unconcerned about the meeting, and said speechlessly, "But I remember that you were the one who arranged the test for Su Wuming today, weren't you?"

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