A week later.
He pushed open the door.
The courtyard was already a vast expanse of white.
As the frigid wind poured in backward, Jiang Ning narrowed his eyes slightly.
Several goose-feather snowflakes landed on his neck, melting into snow water from his body heat and instantly releasing a chill.
"The temperature's dropped again," Jiang Ning sighed.
Then he glanced at his panel.
[Skills]: Literacy (Fifth Limit Break 5477/6000) (Traits: Photographic Memory, Extraordinary Senses, Keen Mind, Exceptional Comprehension, Heavenly Eye Unveiled) Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique (Minor Mastery 4055/5000)
Over these past few days, these two skills on the panel had changed the most.
After grinding experience for several days, Literacy was no longer far from the six thousand experience points needed for another limit break.
As for the Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique, the past few days had mostly been sunny, so its progress had risen rapidly. It had already surpassed four thousand points and was less than a thousand points away from the five thousand experience points required for great mastery of the technique—when his inner breath would undergo a qualitative transformation and condense into gang force.
But with the sudden drop in temperature, heavy snow drifting through the courtyard, and the temperature plunging overnight, he knew he could forget about cultivating the Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique for the next few days.
This technique could only be cultivated on perfectly clear days, when the sun was unobstructed.
After glancing at the snowy courtyard, he withdrew his gaze, too lazy even to clear away the accumulated snow.
He was not practicing martial arts these days anyway. Every day, other than reading, he was reading.
To increase Literacy's experience, he had long since finished all the books in his home.
Over the past few days, he had bought many books