Chen Jian's Excitement

Although a single grain of rice did not improve Xiao Yang by much.

He could eat more than just one grain a day.

Although this Level 1 rice contained a considerable amount of energy, one grain was enough to fill Xiao Yang up now.

Still, eating two or three, even three or four grains a day was not a problem.

In other words, he could increase his strength by 150 or even 200 kilograms a day.

That was already quite good.

As Xiao Yang's strength increased, the energy in a single grain of rice would no longer amount to much for him.

He would be able to consume even more rice each day in the future.

So in his eyes, this rice was extremely valuable.

And now that he had more land, Xiao Yang did not need to worry about running out of rice anytime soon.

He could even have plenty left over to sell.

What Xiao Yang looked forward to most now was saving up one million copper coins, then buying the Enlightenment Tea Leaves outright the next time he saw them!

After resting for a while, Xiao Yang went to the training room, picked up his spear, and began practicing basic spear techniques.

The original owner had trained with a spear before.

The original owner's foundation in spear techniques had been quite solid.

Xiao Yang was not particularly concerned about what weapon he used.

Since he possessed the original owner's memories, continuing to practice with the spear was undoubtedly the most cost-effective choice.

After all, while weapons such as sabers, swords, and staffs were easy enough to pick up, mastering them was not something that could be done in a short time.

Besides, under his parents' guidance, the original owner had already practiced spear techniques for several years.

With the original owner's memories, Xiao Yang only needed to familiarize himself with them to return to the original owner's former level.

When he first began swinging the spear, Xiao Yang still felt somewhat unaccustomed to it.

But as time passed, his spear movements grew increasingly fluid.

He gradually found the feeling for it.

He began practicing the basic spear techniques according to the original owner's memories.

Before long, time flashed by, and midnight had passed.

Xiao Yang nervously opened the game screen and tapped the daily items in the shop.

Sure enough, the items in the daily shop had refreshed.

The Enlightenment Tea Leaves he had been hoping for had also disappeared.

Seeing this, Xiao Yang could not help showing a hint of disappointment.

Although he had been prepared for it, seeing it with his own eyes still left him a little disappointed.

And the items refreshed today were all pretty bad!

[Level 0 Watermelon...]

[Ordinary Fishing Net (10 Copper Coins)...]

[Poultry Feeding Device (100,000 Copper Coins)...]

Only three items had refreshed today.

Two pieces of junk and one thing he had no use for.

Xiao Yang was not even raising poultry yet.

Besides, he could easily have such a device custom-made in reality.

Wouldn't that be far more cost-effective than spending money in the game?

Unfortunately, he had tried before, but for the time being, he could not bring living creatures into the game.

Otherwise, he might have brought in some chickens or ducks to raise. Who knew whether something different might happen?

After closing the game screen, Xiao Yang continued practicing with his spear.

Before long, several days flashed by.

Over the past few days, Xiao Yang had also figured out the pattern behind the daily item refreshes.

Most of the time, they were ordinary things. Sometimes watermelons and rice appeared, or seeds for either of them.

As for other crops, the Enlightenment Tea Leaves were the only ones he had seen.

Over the past few days, Xiao Yang had eaten quite a lot of rice.

His strength had also increased by 900 kilograms!

His current strength was around 2,750 kilograms.

Chen Jian had not seen Xiao Yang come looking for him these past few days.

So today, Chen Jian came to his door on his own, intending to train Xiao Yang's practical combat ability.

Seeing this, Xiao Yang could only put all his rice and watermelons into the game warehouse first.

Although he had not continued growing watermelons, he still had quite a few left from before.

After practicing his spear techniques, Xiao Yang would sometimes eat a slice or two.

It was mainly a habit he had kept from before.

Xiao Yang had been practicing spear techniques when he heard the doorbell upstairs. He quickly set down the spear in his hand and ran upstairs.

As soon as he opened the door, Xiao Yang saw Chen Jian standing outside.

Seeing Xiao Yang covered in sweat, Chen Jian could not help but laugh and scold him.

"Why have you become such a homebody lately, kid?"

"I told you to come find me so we could work on your practical combat skills, but you never came."

"What, does the great genius not want to bully a cripple?"

Xiao Yang quickly said,

"No, Uncle Chen."

"I've been practicing spear techniques at home these past few days."

"I was planning to come see you in a few days."

Chen Jian did not stand on ceremony. As he spoke, he walked into the house.

He skillfully took a pair of shoe covers from the shoe cabinet and put them on.

Chen Jian and the original owner's parents had been close friends.

He often came to Xiao Yang's house as a guest.

So he was very familiar with the place.

"Come on, let's go to the training room."

"Let me see how your practical combat ability is now that your strength has increased."

Xiao Yang did not refuse. He directly led Chen Jian toward the basement.

He also wanted to see what his practical combat ability was like now.

No matter how well he practiced his spear techniques, it would be useless if he did not know how to use them in actual combat.

When they reached the underground training room, Chen Jian skillfully took out a pair of training shoes from a shoe cabinet nearby.

Then he went to the weapon rack beside it and picked up a training Tang saber.

As Clearwind Residential Community was a villa complex for martial warriors, every villa's underground training room was fully equipped with all kinds of training weapons and equipment.

There were practically every kind of weapon here.

Holding the saber in one hand, Chen Jian walked toward the open space in the center of the training room.

"Come on, attack me."

Chen Jian held the saber horizontally before him in his left hand and lifted his chin at Xiao Yang.

Xiao Yang did not hold back either. He picked up a spear nearby and charged directly at Chen Jian.

Xiao Yang feinted with his spear, tested him briefly, then immediately retreated.

A spear was not suited for getting too close to an enemy.

He kept that point firmly in mind and maintained his distance from Chen Jian.

After observing for a moment, Xiao Yang thrust straight toward Chen Jian's right side.

Since this was actual combat, he naturally had to attack the enemy's weakness.

"Not bad. That's how it should be."

"In actual combat, you must do everything possible to find the enemy's weak points."

As Chen Jian spoke, he turned sideways and swung his saber to block.

Clang!

Chen Jian knocked Xiao Yang's spearhead aside.

Seeing that the strike had failed, Xiao Yang was about to pull back and wait for another opportunity.

But Chen Jian instead took the initiative to widen the distance between them.

He stared at Xiao Yang in shock.

"You successfully absorbed Genetic Origin Energy?"

"Your strength is actually this great?"

"That's at least 2,500 kilograms, isn't it?"

Although it was a question, Chen Jian's tone carried a trace of certainty.

"Exactly how much strength do you have now? When did you successfully sense Cosmic Energy?"

Chen Jian lowered the saber in his hand and asked Xiao Yang excitedly.

Xiao Yang did not hide anything and answered directly.

"The day I came back after the Quasi-Martial Warrior assessment, I sensed Cosmic Energy."

"My strength is currently around 2,750 kilograms."