Grinding Experience, Saber Technique Nearing Completion!

Grinding Experience, Saber Technique Nearing Completion!

Night fell.

Back in his own small courtyard.

Jiang Ning opened his status panel.

[Skills]:

Literacy (first limit break 238/2000) (Trait: Photographic Memory)

Five Animals Fist (proficient 52/200)

"Literacy experience increased by 42 points!"

"Five Animals Fist was practiced eighteen times today. Aside from the first run, which added one experience point, each of the remaining seventeen runs added two points. Five Animals Fist gained a total of 35 experience points today—not bad!"

Jiang Ning nodded in satisfaction.

Although losing the support of wild ginseng had reduced the number of times he could push his fist practice to the limit each day by around ten—

Because he had grasped the essence of Tiger Form Fist: softness within hardness, hardness within softness—

Each round of fist practice now gave him two points of Five Animals Fist experience.

Thus, the growth rate of his fist technique experience had not fallen but risen instead, making him even more efficient.

He was already satisfied with such efficiency.

At this rate, he estimated that Five Animals Fist would break through to the Minor Achievement realm in less than a week.

By then, judging by his current progress, the qi and blood he had accumulated would also be enough to reach Minor Achievement, opening more than one arm's worth of circulation.

Moreover, the efficiency of condensing qi and blood would increase once more.

The next day, the first thing he did upon waking was open his status panel.

[Source Energy]: 6.4

"As expected, I gained fewer points! Yesterday, Source Energy increased by 0.6; today, it only increased by 0.4."

"It seems medicinal tonics like wild ginseng really are a great help to me."

At that thought, Jiang Ning shook his head slightly. "Forget it, I won't think about that for now! A single wild ginseng root is worth more than ten taels of silver. Where am I supposed to get that much money? Besides, I haven't seen Senior Brother Zhou Xing these past few days, so I don't even know exactly how much a wild ginseng root costs."

When Jiang Ning thought of Zhou Xing, another figure came to mind—the Senior Sister Li Qing he had seen on his first day at the martial arts hall.

"I haven't seen Senior Sister Li Qing these past few days either. I wonder what she's been doing?"

In the blink of an eye, another day had passed.

Yesterday, Jiang Ning had spent an utterly ordinary day.

At dawn, while the rising sun climbed into the sky, he seized the time to practice the Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique, facing the newly risen sun as he circulated its breathing and exhalation method.

After one round of breathing practice, the Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique gained another 12 experience points, one point fewer than the day before.

Jiang Ning suspected it was because he had absorbed a little less of heaven and earth's energy.

Other than that, he spent the entire day practicing fist techniques, reading, and chopping firewood to grind experience points.

Though tedious, Jiang Ning never tired of it.

Watching the experience points of the skills he had mastered rise bit by bit, bringing him ever closer to his goal, filled him with satisfaction.

Especially when every round of fist practice condensed two strands of qi and blood within his body and made his physique stronger, it delighted both body and mind.

Thus, these two skills had gained considerable experience yesterday as well.

[Skills]:

Literacy (first limit break 322/2000)

Five Animals Fist (proficient 90/200)

Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique (not initiated 25/100)

Over a single day, Literacy had risen from 238 points to 322, gaining a total of 84 experience points.

Five Animals Fist had also risen from 52 points to 90, and its progress toward the Minor Achievement realm was about to reach halfway.

"Yesterday, my fist technique experience increased by 38 points. At this rate, it'll take another three days. Three days from now, my fist technique will reach the Minor Achievement realm, and my qi and blood will be enough to circulate through more than one arm! That can be called Minor Achievement in qi and blood!"

"This efficiency is incredible! Asking Wang Jin about the essence of Five Animals Fist at Minor Achievement was indeed the right choice!"

"If I hadn't grasped the Minor Achievement essence of Tiger Form Fist—softness within hardness, hardness within softness—how could I have such efficiency?"

Jiang Ning's fighting spirit instantly surged.

After getting up and washing himself.

He sat cross-legged in the small courtyard, quietly awaiting the rise of the sun.

Now, only during this brief span of twenty breaths each day could he circulate the breathing and exhalation method of the Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique to gain technique experience.

Naturally, he would not waste any day's opportunity.

A moment later, the morning sun rose, and Jiang Ning hurriedly began circulating the Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique's breathing and exhalation method.

[Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique experience +2]

[Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique experience +2]

[Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique experience +1]

Once he was done.

[Skills]: Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique (not initiated 40/100)

"Almost halfway!"

Jiang Ning glanced at his panel, then hurried toward the latrine.

Ever since the first day, he had needed to visit the latrine after finishing his morning breathing practice.

Jiang Ning felt that this was detoxification.

Over the past few days, he had felt his five internal organs grow lighter each day, while his energy became more abundant. It had also greatly helped his fist practice.

His stamina seemed to recover faster too!

Clearly, although the Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique had yet to be initiated, it had already begun to take effect.

After leaving the latrine and resting briefly, he headed straight for the kitchen courtyard.

Yesterday, he had spent the entire day practicing fist techniques and reading, without chopping any firewood. Naturally, he could not slack off today.

"Besides, today is the day my Wood-Chopping Saber Technique reaches completion!"

[Skills]: Wood-Chopping Saber Technique (major achievement 633/1000)

Seeing the progress of the Wood-Chopping Saber Technique on his panel, Jiang Ning's steps became even lighter.

Originally, he had planned to grind this Wood-Chopping Saber Technique all the way to completion yesterday in one go.

But Auntie Sun had told him then that, because he worked too diligently and had chopped too much firewood, they could not use it all at once!

She told him to come back and chop firewood the next day.

For that very reason, he had waited until today to prepare to grind the Wood-Chopping Saber Technique to completion.

A moment later.

Jiang Ning arrived at the kitchen's rear courtyard.

By then, the morning sun had long since risen.

It was already the scorching middle of July, and with the blazing sun shining down upon heaven and earth, Jiang Ning could feel that even the wind blowing toward him had begun to carry heat.

"This damned weather, it hasn't rained a drop in two months, has it?"

There was uncertainty in Jiang Ning's mutter as he tried to recall.

"It has been two months!"

"At this rate, this year's grain harvest probably won't amount to much!"

"Forget it! What does that have to do with me?"

Jiang Ning shook his head, flinging the stray thoughts from his mind.

Then he picked up and gripped the firewood saber, which weighed a full five jin.

"I'd better just grind my experience points properly!"

As the thought flashed through his mind, the firewood saber in his hand came down.

Whoosh—

The blade tore through the air.

Thud—

The saber fell, splitting the thick log standing on the chopping block straight down the middle, dividing it into two.

[Wood-Chopping Saber Technique experience +1]

"Heh, it really has become easier!"

Much later.

Jiang Ning wiped away the sweat dripping from his forehead.

Even with his current stamina, chopping several hundred pieces of firewood in succession inevitably left him feeling tired.

[Skills]: Wood-Chopping Saber Technique (major achievement 990/1000)

"Just ten more!"

Seeing the progress on his panel, his somewhat weary body was instantly filled with motivation again.

[Wood-Chopping Saber Technique experience +1]

[Wood-Chopping Saber Technique experience +1]

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With his current efficiency, he gained those ten experience points in the blink of an eye.

[Skills]: Wood-Chopping Saber Technique (major achievement 999/1000)

When the notification for the final point of experience appeared before him.

This entry on the panel suddenly changed as well.

Next chapter tomorrow at noon, 12 PM

(End of chapter)