Gaining Double Experience

Gaining Double Experience

In the courtyard, beneath the light of the rising morning sun.

Huu—

Jiang Ning exhaled a breath of turbid air from his belly and rose to his feet.

He immediately felt incomparably light all over, as though a heavy burden had been lifted from between his five viscera and six bowels.

[Skill]: Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique (Uninitiated 13/100)

"Progress has passed one-tenth. In another eight days, I'll be able to get started. Then I'll find out whether this technique can break through any further!"

Just then.

Gurgle, gurgle—

A sharp pain suddenly came from his stomach.

"Not good!" Jiang Ning's expression changed, and he turned and rushed straight for the outhouse.

One tea's time later.

Jiang Ning returned to the small courtyard with somewhat unsteady legs.

Yet his face was brimming with a smile.

That had been his five viscera purging toxins. It undoubtedly proved that the Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique was effective.

"No wonder this fragment of the Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique appeared on Wang Jin's desk. At Wang Jin's age, he truly needs this kind of life-nourishing technique. It can regulate his body, preserve his physical functions for longer, and keep his condition from declining."

After resting for a while longer, Jiang Ning headed toward the courtyard behind the kitchen.

He had spent all of yesterday practicing his fist technique and reading case files, so naturally he had not had time to chop wood.

He needed to make up for it today.

A moment later, he arrived in the backyard of the kitchen.

With his current strength, he only needed to unleash seventy or eighty percent of his power to easily split a thick log in two with a single chop.

Compared to the beginning, when splitting a log with one strike required him to erupt with the power of his vital energy, it was like heaven and earth apart.

As his woodcutter's saber kept falling, the thick logs snapped apart at the sound, splitting into two.

Then he propped them up again and split them from two into four.

[Wood-Chopping Saber Technique Experience +1]

[Wood-Chopping Saber Technique Experience +1]

[Wood-Chopping Saber Technique Experience +1]

In just a few breaths, he had divided a thick log into four pieces of firewood, successfully gaining three experience points.

[Skill]: Wood-Chopping Saber Technique (Great Mastery 112/1000)

"So easy!!"

Watching the three experience points rapidly appear on his panel, he could not help but sigh inwardly. If gaining experience for other skills were this easy too, that would be wonderful!

Then he laughed at his own thought.

Shaking his head, he continued chopping wood.

[Wood-Chopping Saber Technique Experience +1]

[Wood-Chopping Saber Technique Experience +1]

After a long while.

Jiang Ning stopped and opened his panel for a look.

[Skill]: Wood-Chopping Saber Technique (Great Mastery 633/1000)

"So fast!"

He flicked the woodcutter's saber in his hand.

Thud—

The sound of the saber burying itself in wood came from beneath his feet.

That was enough for today!

If I come chop wood again tomorrow, my Wood-Chopping Saber Technique should break through to the next realm.

Jiang Ning clapped his hands and walked toward the kitchen.

The fragrance of breakfast had already reached his nose.

"Sister Sun!"

Hearing Jiang Ning's voice, Auntie Sun poked her head out.

"Heh! You showed up at just the right time, kid! My buns have just finished steaming!!"

Jiang Ning pointed at his nose. "Sister Sun, it's not that my timing was good. It's that your cooking is too good—I could already smell the fragrance!"

"You little rascal, you really know how to flatter people!" Auntie Sun said cheerfully.

When he entered the kitchen, steam drifting from the bamboo steamers had already filled the entire room.

Seeing Auntie Sun still busy tending the fire, Jiang Ning lifted the top steamer with his left hand and reached with his right toward the large meat buns inside, already steamed plump and soft.

"So hot!!!"

He repeatedly shook his hand, baring his teeth in pain, every bit the boy sneaking food for himself.

Auntie Sun could not help but smile broadly at the sight.

"You little rascal, you're far too impatient. How could it not be hot?"

Jiang Ning rubbed his stomach. "Sister Sun, I'm hungry!!"

"Here!" Auntie Sun got up and opened the steamer on the heated pit behind the stove. "The two baskets of meat buns here were steamed long ago, and they're not as hot. Eat these first! I'll bring the rest to Hall Master Wang later."

Jiang Ning grinned. "Sister Sun, you're such a good person!!!"

He then grabbed a large meat bun and stuffed it into his mouth. After a few bites, his throat bobbed, and the bun went down into his stomach.

With one meat bun in his belly, he narrowed his eyes, a blissful expression appearing on his face.

"Sister Sun's cooking is really good. The skin is thin, the filling is generous, and it smells amazing!"

"Hurry up and eat! When you're done, drink this bowl of medicinal soup too!" Auntie Sun said, walking to the side and bringing out a clay pot with steam still continuously rising from its spout.

Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle—

As Auntie Sun poured out the medicinal soup that had long been simmering in the clay pot, a rich medicinal fragrance spread through the kitchen.

At the sight, Jiang Ning quickly wiped out the meat buns before him.

A few bites, and another meat bun entered his stomach.

With Wang Jin's support, Jiang Ning was not afraid of eating too much. He was only afraid that he would not be able to eat enough.

The more he ate now, the longer his body could support him practicing fist techniques, the faster the experience for his Five Animals Fist would rise.

And the source energy points on his panel would increase more quickly as well.

In the blink of an eye.

An entire steamer basket—ten palm-sized meat buns—had entered his stomach.

Jiang Ning patted his belly, satisfaction appearing on his face.

Then he walked over and picked up the bowl of medicinal soup, which was still somewhat scalding.

"Drink slowly, little rascal! It's too hot. Wait for it to cool a little," Auntie Sun said when she saw Jiang Ning frowning as he took small sips of the medicinal soup.

"It's fine! It's not that hot!" Jiang Ning looked up and smiled.

Then he continued taking small sips from the bowl.

Several dozen breaths later, Jiang Ning set down the porcelain bowl, his forehead already covered in sweat.

"Sister Sun, I'm going to practice my fist technique!"

Watching Jiang Ning's hurriedly departing figure, Auntie Sun gently shook her head. "This little rascal works far too hard and endures far too much hardship. It really makes one's heart ache."

When he reached the front courtyard, the sun had long since risen.

But it was not yet the fourth quarter of the Hour of the Dragon. The martial hall's gates would only open then.

Since it was still early, Jiang Ning had eaten his fill and drunk the medicinal soup, so he began practicing his fist technique.

[Five Animals Fist Experience +1]

After one round, he frowned slightly.

"Still a little short. I haven't found last night's feeling!"

After making a slight adjustment to his state, he practiced again.

[Five Animals Fist Experience +2]

When he finished the round, Jiang Ning immediately smiled at the prompt appearing before him.

"That's more like it! Once I grasp the softness within hardness and the hardness within softness, the experience gained from each round of fist practice directly doubles."

He clenched his fists again, sensing the flow of vital energy within his body.

"Unfortunately, even with two points of fist technique experience, practicing the Five Animals Fist once at the Proficient level can still only condense two strands of vital energy, not four."

"If it could double too, I could achieve minor vital energy mastery and open up one arm's meridians within these next two days."

Jiang Ning spent the entire day practicing his fist technique and diligently reading.

Now, he gained two experience points every time he practiced his fist technique, directly doubling his efficiency.

Silently grinding away at the experience for these skills and feeling himself improve bit by bit, Jiang Ning found even greater delight in it.

He knew that possessing such a panel was an opportunity rarely seen in ten thousand years. He had to seize it.