"Elder Brother, besides that, once you've acquired the key item, you can go to the Martial Arts School or other places to take on a master… You can do a few sparring tasks with your senior and junior fellow apprentices every day. Although the progress is a bit slower, they won't finish you off after defeating you… Occasionally, the master will personally enter the fray and give some guidance, which can drastically speed up your proficiency."
"In the end, well… that's entirely up to luck, like stumbling upon natural treasures or encountering experts passing on skills… These are serendipitous encounters, and common unlucky folks shouldn't even dream about it."
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Aaron walked out of the Association branch, nodding to himself: "Found a place to eat, and I can even make an extra twenty thousand a month, not bad, not bad…"
As for the Association tasks?