After waking up from a nap, Su Hao immersed himself in the world of training. Besides sleeping and eating, he invested all of his time into an endless session of practice!
“Ha!”
“He!”
His neighborhood in the morning was very peaceful. Su Hao began his training very early. In the beginning, there were some walls to be overcome. But slowly and steadily, his progress was getting faster. Su Hao moved as swift as the wind and was even able to combine all the moves perfectly. After repeating the routine five times, sweat covered his body Su Hao finally stopped his training and laughed out loud.
“Intermediate basic fighting techniques, mastered!
Within this one week of training, Su Hao’s fighting strength increased by a considerable margin. Needless to say, his combat methods increased from 50 to 90 points. It already surpassed more than 90% of the population in the world. It was worth mentioning that his sister Su Ling possessed a prodigious talent. With her origin ability value greater than 8 points, she was able to train her basic fighting technique to the intermediate stage in her sophomore year.
What surprised Su Hao was after seven days of consecutive practice, his physical fitness also increased and jumped up by 20 points. At this point, his origin ability was very stable at 4.7 points.
Also in this one week, Su Hao carried out numerous experiments on his sister. By doing so, he had a better understanding of his upgraded model analysis ability. His model analysis could only analyze common skill cards. His system was helpless regarding origin abilities. For example, his sister’s ability was the amazing, raging nirvana flames. But Su Hao was already satisfied with it. You have to know that by just mastering a basic skill, it could increase his origin ability by 1 point!
Su Hao was sure that for his modeling ability, card analysis is just the first part. In the future, when he gets the chance to enhance his origin ability, his model analysis will be even more powerful! When he was building a character model, he could see a person’s abilities which generates the cards so he can analyze them. What if he was to create a model of the whole world, what would happen?
Does it mean he will be able to control the world?
The change in his origin ability allowed Su Hao to dream big.
After all these years of being oppressed due to being weak, Su Hao had a strong desire to be different from ordinary people. He also wished not to be trash who needed protection from his younger sister.
Zhanzheng college!
The world’s first ranked college!
The dream college of every student!
“The minimum requirement for anyone who wants to enter Zhanzheng college is an origin ability value of 10 points. Currently, I have only reached 4.7 points. The road is still long.” Su Hao thought. “My theoretical basics are 180 points; the remaining 20 points are too extreme. Even if I have a strong memory, I might come across questions I haven’t read before. This is really an impossible task.”
“As for my ability index, there is nothing much to say. Although my origin ability has transformed, the ranking still will not change. It will still be in between the lower range score. Even if I try to increase it, the effect would be minimal. Physical fitness is also not something that can be improved quickly. My only hope will be with combat methods.”
For combat methods, he had already mastered the intermediate basic fighting technique. If Su Hao wanted to go further, he could only learn the advanced basic fighting technique.
As for advanced basic fighting technique, he would gain 100 points! 30 points higher than intermediate. Meaning that he would be able to raise his origin ability to 5 points, an increment of 0.3.
Although the increment was not much, to Su Hao, it was still valuable.
There were only two possibilities to learn advanced basic fighting technique. One would be to go to the market and get himself a copy of the tutorial. The other method would be hiring a personal trainer.
Su Hao had difficulties in executing either option. You won’t get anywhere without status or money, and he has neither. But Su Hao had a third choice which was to find someone who had already mastered the advanced basic fighting technique. By staying beside that person for a time, he would be able to create a card of that skill.
Coincidently, Su Hao knew a person who fits this description perfectly.
At the Jianghe Park, in a tranquil and peaceful environment, there was a row of willow trees swaying gently at the shore of a lake.
When Su Hao reached there, he saw a girl dressed in white practicing martial skills on a willow tree which needed both his hands to encircle.
“Ha!”
“Huo!”
Her fists rained on the willow tree with formidable force. When her fists were thrust through the air, a sound was produced. The sound made it seem as if the air was being torn apart. She seemed to have noticed someone coming over since she stopped her punching movements and stood straight. With a jump and spinning twist, she sent a flying kick to the tree.
_Kacha!_
Soon, a brittle sound was produced. The willow tree pitifully snapped apart from her kick. Su Hao was observing from a distance and took a deep breath. If that kick was directed to a human… She was indeed someone who had reached an origin ability value of 9, Chen Yiran. It seemed that she was even more dominating than before.
“Su Hao?” Chen Yiran turned around. She gave a faint smile to him while wiping off her sweat. “I thought you are purposely avoiding me after being warned by Sun Yaotian.”
Su Hao had a quick laugh. “There are tons of people I fear. Too bad, Sun Yaotian is not one of them.”
“I also think so.” Chen Yiran showed a sweet smile as a reply. Since she had just finished exercising, her clothes were soaked with sweat enclosing her twin peaks like a second skin. She looked very alluring and attractive. It was just that she did not notice it at all.
Su Hao also did not seem bothered about it. Since both of them had already befriended each other for a long time, he already got himself accustomed to this scene.
They strolled around the lake while chatting.
“Do you have any plan for next month’s simulation test?” Chen Yiran asked.
“Me?” Su Hao was caught surprised by her question. “Low ranking again, I guess? I am already used to it anyway.”
Chen Yiran was somewhat worried about him. “Actually with your talent, if you are in the same position as Sun Yaotian who is supplied with countless evolution liquid to enhance origin abilities, you would not necessarily be weaker than him. Even though I really do not want to say this, if you need my help, I will really be glad to do so.”
Su Hao understood her meaning, but as a man, he did not have any plans to rely on a woman. He also knew that although their relationship seemed to be favorable on the surface, there was really nothing more. To be able to maintain a friendship with her was already good enough. If he were to involve money in their relationship, he was afraid that sooner or later, even being friends also would be impossible.
But since she mentioned it…
“How should I say this? Well, I indeed need some help from you.” Su Hao laughed.
“Oh? Tell me.” Chen Yiran replied with a mix of surprise and disappointment. The reason she befriended Su Hao was because of his persistence and hard work. If he really opened his mouth to request for some money, then all her respect towards him which was based those qualities would disappear. In simpler words, she would look down at him.
“I just learned a few fighting techniques. I wanted to ask you for some advice.”
“What? This?” Chen Yiran cutely blinked her eyes. Su Hao’s request was beyond her expectations. She looked at Su Hao with his mischievous face and finally realized that he had played her.
“Good, Su Hao. Now you dare to play me, yea?” Chen Yiran snappily replied.
“Che, who asked you to show that expression just now? Although I might be weak, at least I am still honest and clean-living. Furthermore, I’m only the kind of guy who would sell skills but will not sell my body. (1)”
“Not interested!” Chen Yiran was slightly hesitant but could not help herself and asked Su Hao with a serious tone. “Were you serious about your request?”
“Of course” Su Hao smiled at her. He cupped his hand and said, “Student Su Hao, requesting Teacher Chen’s guidance.”
Chen Yiran cupped her hands and politely positioned herself, “Please.”
Su Hao took a deep breath. A ray of light appeared in between his two pupils. Model analysis, start!
_Shua!_
Countless card flashed around in his mind. Su Hao was shocked to notice ten cards around Chen Yiran’s character model. Chen Yiran was in a different league compared to his sister who only had four cards.
Not only due to the difference in origin ability by one point, but also their family’s income gap. He had always thought that his sister mastering four skills was already enough. However, he swore he would do his best to help his sister go further. Su Hao sighed. Without thinking further, he quickly selected the advanced basic fighting techniques card.
Name: Advanced level of basic fighting techniques.
Rank: 1 star
Introduction: The basics of all master arts, basic fighting techniques. If mastered completely, all martial skill difficulties would be reduced by many times. This is a high school self-taught course.
High school self-taught course. It meant that this is not something ordinary students could learn.
“Card selection completed… Advanced basic fighting technique… Analyzing… Establishing model… Card model established…”
_Shua!_
A black card appeared. Su Hao’s origin ability began to activate again. All the energy stored by him in this one week was once again sucked dry by the card. The advanced basic fighting technique card began to brighten.
The virtual image in Su Hao’s mind disappeared. He saw Chen Yiran in front of him with one hand behind her waiting for him to attack. Su Hao took a step forward and attacked with low-level basic fighting techniques.
_Pu! Pu!_
In a blink of an eye, these two people exchanged hits with their fists many times. In fact, Su Hao’s low-level basic fighting technique was something Chen Yiran seen more than enough. However, in order to deepen his understanding, she could only fight back with the same skill. She hoped that Su Hao would gain something from this spar.
However, what really made her depressed was that Su Hao already comprehensively understood the low-level basic fighting technique. It was definitely not at a level lower than her own.
She did not know that his basic fighting skill was actually an integration of his sister’s fighting experience and her own experience during their previous friendly spar in the past.
Two genius girls’ experience coupled with his own integration allowed Su Hao’s low-level basic fighting technique to be executed like a true master. The longer their fight progressed, the more depressed Chen Yiran felt. Gradually, Su Hao had the upper hand instead.
“Nice! Su Hao, you little fox! Already mastering this technique so well, yet asking me for guidance. You are just deliberately trying to make me look bad.” Chen Yiran snappily thought.
Looking at Su Hao who was gaining the upper hand, her heart smiled. Without any warning, her hand movements started to change and began to display intermediate basic fighting technique.
“Let’s see if you can withstand intermediate basic fighting technique.”
1. Kai: Selling skills, courtesans would entertain via music or serve (akin to a waitress), but they won’t sell their bodies