Acquiring Source Energy Points

Acquiring Source Energy Points

Early the next morning.

[Name]: Jiang Ning

[Source Energy]: 3.9

[Skills]:

Literacy (First Limit Break 69/2000) (Trait: Photographic Memory)

Five Animals Fist (Beginner 4/100)

When he opened his panel, he froze for a moment.

"Source Energy actually increased by 0.3 in a single day?"

"This is the only time in more than two months that my Source Energy has increased by 0.3!"

"Then my previous deduction was correct! The growth of Source Energy is related to the energy I consume that day!"

"Yesterday, I consumed one-tenth of a wild ginseng root, along with a bowl of medicinal soup from the martial academy, meat, and a large amount of rice. That's why my Source Energy could increase by 0.3 in a single day."

He pondered it, gradually grasping the logic behind the growth of Source Energy.

"Looks like I'll have to find a way to make money in a few days! Without money and tonics like wild ginseng to support my fist training, Source Energy will grow slowly as well!"

He now understood the four words "poor scholars, rich warriors" more deeply.

Wealth was simply too important for his martial arts training!

[Five Animals Fist Experience +1]

[Five Animals Fist Experience +1]

[This training session increased Five Animals Fist Experience by a total of 2 points.]

[Skill]: Five Animals Fist (Beginner 6/100)

"From beginner to proficient in Five Animals Fist, I've already reached five percent progress!"

Jiang Ning clenched his fist again. The power of his qi and blood circulated, surging into his right fist.

"Qi and blood flowing through one arm is called minor qi-blood mastery. I'm still far from it!"

A new thought immediately surfaced in his mind.

He wondered what trait Five Animals Fist would gain once it broke through its limits.

At that thought, he shook his head slightly. "I'm getting ahead of myself! Martial arts techniques also have the five realms of beginner, proficient, minor mastery, major mastery, and perfection. Only after reaching perfection can one break through the limits. At my current efficiency of grinding Five Animals Fist experience, who knows how long that will take!"

Afterward, Jiang Ning went to the stone locks again.

His right hand gripped the hundred-pound stone lock. With a light lift, it left the ground.

"Easier than last night. Looks like my physique has improved a little more!"

Feeling the change in his strength, Jiang Ning secretly rejoiced.

The feeling of improving every moment of every day was somewhat addictive.

He wished he could spend all twenty-four hours of the day practicing his fists and grinding experience.

"No rush! No rush!!" He secretly shook his head. "Haste makes waste! The body's capacity to endure is limited, after all! My rate of improvement is already far beyond that of ordinary people. Besides, no bottleneck can stop me. That is one of my greatest advantages!!"

Elsewhere.

Jiang Li had just stepped out of his room when he saw Jiang Ning lifting the stone lock to test his strength. His pupils contracted, and surprise flashed through his eyes.

His little brother's strength seemed to have improved again. He was lifting that stone lock even more easily than he had last night.

At that moment, Jiang Ning set down the hundred-pound stone lock and walked over to the one hundred and fifty-pound stone lock beside it.

He exerted force with his right hand, and three corners of the stone lock instantly rose from the ground, but the final corner refused to leave the earth.

"Looks like I'm still quite far from one hundred and fifty pounds of strength! I should be somewhere between one hundred and ten and one hundred and twenty pounds! Strength really does grow quickly in the early stages!" Jiang Ning shook his head slightly and gave up on testing his strength any further.

Then, while resting and recovering his stamina, he picked up the book he had not finished reading the night before and slowly continued flipping through it.

[Literacy Experience +1]

[Literacy Experience +1]

"Little brother, come eat!"

A voice called out. Jiang Ning stopped reading and closed the book in his hands.

[This reading session increased Experience by a total of 6 points.]

[Skill]: Literacy (First Limit Break 75/2000) (Trait: Photographic Memory)

"Grinding experience for Literacy really is easy!" Jiang Ning felt this deeply.

When he arrived at the main room, steaming white porridge had already been set on the wooden table, with bits of minced meat floating in it.

"Little brother, eat up! Shall I take you to the martial academy after you finish?" Jiang Li skillfully served a bowl of porridge for his wife, Liu Wanwan, as he spoke to Jiang Ning.

"Big Brother is coming with me today?" Jiang Ning asked in surprise.

"Mhm!" Jiang Li nodded. "Xu Yunfeng followed you all the way back yesterday. Starting today, I'll escort you there and back. With me around, Xu Yunfeng won't dare touch you!"

"No!" Jiang Ning shook his head and continued, "If Big Brother comes with me, then Sister-in-law and the two children won't be safe at home."

Jiang Li looked utterly confident. "You needn't worry about that, little brother! I've already made arrangements. Brothers from the yamen, men I would lay down my life for, will patrol this area."

Liu Wanwan spoke reasonably as well. "Brother-in-law, don't worry about the three of us. Your brother is still a man of the yamen, after all, with an official registry to his name. Xu Yunfeng is a smart man. A smart man would never do something so taboo as forcing his way into a home!"

"Before the yamen's year-end assessment arrives, nothing can happen to the three of us, and nothing can happen to your brother either. Only you are different! Anything could happen on the road to and from the martial academy every day!"

Jiang Li smiled and added, "Your sister-in-law is right. Besides, whether you can become a disciple of the martial academy is the most important matter right now. Your achievements concern both me and your sister-in-law. Under such circumstances, how can we take your safety lightly?"

Jiang Ning silently listened to his brother and sister-in-law's words, his heart deeply moved.

How could he not understand that they had not come up with those words on the spot?

His brother and sister-in-law must have talked through the night to have this conversation with him today.

He shook his head firmly once more. "Big Brother, Sister-in-law, say no more. When I go to the martial academy today, I intend to stay there for a long time!"

"Stay at the martial academy?" Jiang Li suddenly looked up.

Jiang Ning nodded. "Yes. I plan to ask Academy Master Wang Jin for some work to do, then stay at the martial academy during this period."

"Will that work?" Jiang Li hesitated.

Jiang Ning shook his head as well. "I don't know if it will, but I want to try!"

"Alright!!" Jiang Li nodded decisively. "There's no harm in trying. If you can stay at the martial academy, it will certainly help your training. You won't have to run back and forth every day, and you truly will be much safer. I'll take you there later."

"Alright!" Jiang Ning nodded and did not argue further.

A short while later.

The few of them finished breakfast.

"Big Brother, wait a moment!"

Before leaving, Jiang Ning went back into his room. Just a few breaths later, he came back out.

"Little brother, what did you take?" Jiang Li looked at the bulge around Jiang Ning's waist.

Jiang Ning smiled. "A little means of self-defense!"

As he spoke, he patted his waist again.

What he had placed there was none other than lime powder, something often seen in television dramas from his previous life.

Lime powder looked like a trivial thing, but in close-quarters combat, it was undoubtedly a truly useful item.

At the same time, he had also brought a book with him, something to use for grinding Literacy experience during breaks from fist training.

An hour later.

The two appeared before the gates of Blue-Wave Martial Academy.

Nothing eventful happened along the way.

"Head back," Jiang Ning said.

"Alright!" Jiang Li nodded, then added, "I'll come again this afternoon."

Jiang Ning smiled. "Rest assured, Big Brother! I'll make the academy master keep me here."

With that, he strode toward the gates of Blue-Wave Martial Academy.

Watching Jiang Ning's figure disappear through the academy gates, Jiang Li turned and left as well.

Next chapter at eight tonight.

(End of chapter)