Skill: Chopping Wood Blade Skill (Perfection 0/1000)
When this skill progressed from Great Success to Perfection,
In that instant,
Jiang Ning felt a difference.
His mind was still flooded with countless images as before,
Each image that flashed by represented every single chop he had made during this period of time.
Countless angles, countless overlaps of light and shadow, ultimately filtering out the dross and preserving the essence.
At the same time, Jiang Ning also felt a tingling sensation in his arms, as if millions of ants were crawling all over them.
A few breaths later,
All the changes had vanished.
Jiang Ning clenched the chopping blade in his hand, a trace of a smile appearing on his face.
"So this is the Chopping Wood Blade Skill at the Perfection level?"
"To think it has such an effect, it's just a blade in my hand, yet it makes me feel an extension of my flesh and blood! I can manipulate it as if it were my own arm!"
He swung the chopping blade casually a couple of times.
Whoosh—
Whoosh—
The sound of the blade cleaving the air appeared, and once again, a faint smile emerged on Jiang Ning's face.
Swinging the blade seemed to be about thirty percent faster.
And moreover!
Jiang Ning swung again, bringing the blade down.
Thud—
With the chopping blade coming down, the sturdy round log lying slanted on the wooden stake was suddenly chopped in half.
"Plus, the force of my swing has also increased by about two to three tenths! This improvement is really good!!"
He held the chopping blade in his hand and nodded in satisfaction.
"If I had a real blade right now, my combat power would at least increase by several folds!"
At this moment, Jiang Ning felt somewhat elated.
He even wanted to go right away and have a big fight with Xu Yunfeng, to directly chop him down with one swing of the blade.
"No rush! No rush!!"
Whoosh—
Jiang Ning took a deep breath, and his turbulent heart gradually returned to calm.
My Qi-Blood strength is far too inferior compared to his, give me some more time!
He tightened his grip on the chopping blade.
Then he opened his panel to take another look.
Skill: Chopping Wood Blade Skill (Perfection 0/1000)
Just a thousand Experience Value away from breaking the limit of the Chopping Wood Blade Skill!
That's not difficult for me!
If necessary, I can grind out that thousand points of experience in a day.
What a pity!
Source Energy Points are limiting my performance!
Source Energy: 6.8
Looking at the Source Energy Points on the panel, he felt some regret in his heart.
"To break past ten Source Energy Points, with my current daily increase of 0.4, I'll need about eight more days! That way, grinding experience for the Chopping Wood Blade Skill is not a problem! But if I go out, I should consider getting a blade for self-defense!"
"For me right now, having a blade in hand and not having one are worlds apart!"
"After all, an inch longer, an inch stronger, how can the flesh and blood contend against steel blades?"
Jiang Ning contemplated in his heart and added this matter to his schedule.
...
In the blink of an eye, four days later.
A round of boxing practice was completed.
Five Animals Fist Experience Value +1
Skill: Five Animals Fist (small success 17/500)
Jiang Ning looked at the prompt in front of him and shook his head slightly.
"Only when form and spirit are united, can one greatly succeed in boxing! It seems utterly impossible for me to achieve this with my understanding!"
After trying for more than a day, Jiang Ning was also ready to give up.
To give up on figuring out the essence of attaining great success in Five Animals Fist by himself.
A few days ago, because he consulted with Wang Jin, he grasped the essence of Tiger Form Boxing at small success, affording his subsequent days of boxing practice a significant boost in gaining Experience Value.
Every time he practiced the boxing, he could gain two points of Experience Value.
Just for that reason, he was able to bring this boxing technique to small success in just a few days.
Then, Jiang Ning clenched his fists again.
The Qi-Blood surged within his body, instantly flowing through one arm, and there was still some left over.
"Now that my Qi-Blood is considered a small success," he thought, "after reaching small success with the Five Animals Fist, I can now condense three strands of Qi Blood Power with each round of practice. With this efficiency, I believe it won't be long before my Qi-Blood reaches Great Success, and even Perfection!"
"However, the day when the Inspection Office opens its doors isn't far off. Qi Blood Perfection isn't much to boast about—I still need to enter Martial Arts Entry and perform well in real combat to join this exceptional organization."
I cannot slack off!
He promptly opened his panel to take a look.
[Name]: Jiang Ning
[Source Energy]: 8.4
[Skill]:
Reading and Writing (Break Limit once 416/2000) (Trait: Unforgettable)
Five Animals Fist (Small Success 17/500)
Chopping Wood Blade Skill (Perfection 1000/1000)
Inner Elixir Cultivation Skill (Beginner 91/100)
"I have four more days before I can accumulate enough Source Energy Points to Break Limit the Chopping Wood Blade Skill."
"As for the Inner Elixir Cultivation Skill, I should reach the beginner level tomorrow. This is a method of Inner Strength that normally Martial Artists at the Martial Arts Fifth Grade would pursue. I'm curious about the effects after entering the beginner level of Inner Elixir Cultivation."
He then closed the panel.
...
In the afternoon.
After one round of practicing the boxing technique.
[Five Animals Fist Experience Value +1]
[Skill]: Five Animals Fist (Small Success 18/500)
Feeling the growth of his Qi-Blood and physical strength, Jiang Ning felt somewhat pleased and went to the side to pick up a bucket of icy well water and poured it over his head.
"Refreshing!!"
He shook his hair, and water droplets immediately splashed in all directions.
"Brother Jiang, you've splashed water on me!"
Hearing the voice from behind, Jiang Ning turned around to see that it was indeed Cheng Ran, the only disciple in the front courtyard of the Martial Arts Hall who had made friends with him.
These days, after arriving at the Martial Arts Hall, every day he had been grinding for experience and practicing.
Having obtained Wang Jin's permission to stay at the Martial Arts Hall permanently.
Jiang Ning had not even set foot outside the Martial Arts Hall's gate, thus he hadn't participated in any of the social activities like dinners and drinking with the other disciples.
As a result, he naturally didn't have much conversation with the other disciples.
Especially since Jiang Ning was so diligent in practicing his boxing, he had even less time to intersect with them, and nobody had the spare time to go out of their way to cause him trouble.
Seeing Cheng Ran walk over, Jiang Ning smiled and continued to shake his head lightly, with water droplets from his hair flying onto the mud around him, which were quickly evaporated by the heat of the scorched ground.
"Brother Cheng, you came over here yourself, you can't blame me for that!"
Cheng Ran said, "Heh, isn't it just a joke with Brother Jiang?"
As he spoke, he tossed the bucket down into the well.
"This damned weather, it's getting hotter and hotter!" Cheng Ran spoke up.
Jiang Ning looked up at the sky, which was clear and boundless.
He nodded in agreement, "It seems like it hasn't rained for over two months now!"
"That's right!" Cheng Ran confirmed.
At that moment, the wooden bucket he had thrown into the well was already full of water, and with a few pulls, he lifted the bucket filled with cool well water.
"Awesome!!!" he exclaimed.
Then, he continued to complain to Jiang Ning, "Brother Jiang, did you know that it's the time for the harvest this July? A couple of days ago when I went on inspection, a whole bunch of tenants were wailing miserably in front of me! I couldn't bear it and waivered their taxes for half a year, and when I returned, my father beat me fiercely!"
As he said this, Cheng Ran seemed to recall the painful lesson he'd learned that day, slightly baring his teeth.
"Brother Cheng has a kind heart indeed!" Jiang Ning sincerely said.
Hearing this praise, Cheng Ran's face showed a bit of pride.
Then he put on an air of being unmoved by honor or disgrace, "Let's not talk about that! Brother Jiang, do you know about the big event happening at the Martial Arts Hall in a few days?"
"What big event?" Jiang Ning was a little curious.
"Have you seen that tiger in the cage?" Cheng Ran said.
Jiang Ning nodded.
Cheng Ran pointed towards the left side of the courtyard.
"In six days, that fierce tiger will be released and placed in that yard!"
"At that time, the true disciples of the Martial Arts Hall will go down to the arena for us to watch the tiger fight up close, which will be of great help to us in breaking through to the Great Success Realm of Tiger Form Boxing!"
"I've heard that recently, Sister Li Qing has been in seclusion at home, preparing for her final sprint to Martial Arts Entry, and she will probably take the field that day!"
At this point, Cheng Ran's face showed a trace of excitement.