Chapter 9: Chapter 9: Entering Stillness to Refine the Body
"You spendthrift! Of all places to stab, you stab the wall. Do you know how much money it costs to renovate?" A mont later, Mrs. Chen’s slightly sharp voice rang out in the dining room.
"Mom, what did my brother do again?"
Just then, Chen Xingyue also returned.
As soon as she spoke, Chen Shouyi’s face turned black with anger. What do you an, what did I do again?
Although I was indeed a bit careless this ti, who would have thought I could actually pierce the wall?
"Look at what your brother did." Mrs. Chen indicated angrily.
At that mont, the wooden chopstick was still embedded in the wall, Chen Xingyue took a closer look and exclaid in surprise, "My brother did this?"
"Who else could it be? He said he was demonstrating a forward lunge thrust, but his head wasn’t clear, and he stabbed right into the wall."
Chen Xingyue was puzzled yet a bit shocked. As they say, outsiders watch the fun, insiders see the expertise. There are plenty of such demonstrations on TV shows, it seems like any martial artist can do it.
But those who can perform aren’t just ordinary people.
They don’t know how difficult it truly is to pierce a wall with tiles using a wooden chopstick. It’s not just about strength and speed.
The angle must be perfectly perpendicular to the wall. Even a slight deviation would cause the chopstick to break imdiately. Even for her, a prospective martial artist apprentice, it’s difficult to succeed one out of ten tis.
But how could her brother, who has no martial arts talent, manage to do this?
In fact, even Chen Shouyi himself didn’t know. The middle-aged martial arts teacher in the mory space from whom he absorbed swordsmanship experience, although only a martial arts apprentice and might never beco a martial artist, seed incomparable to soone like Chen Xingyue with a promising future in martial arts.
However, this martial arts apprentice, through over a decade of repeated daily practice, wasn’t sothing ordinary. Especially since he only taught the forward lunge thrust in swordsmanship classes, this move alone had been practiced countless thousands of tis, far beyond what a young prospective martial artist like Chen Xingyue could compare to.
"Alright, alright! But since it’s damaged, I’ll call soone to replace the tile tomorrow morning," Chen Dawei said jovially. Compared to this little bit of money, he was more pleased with his son’s change.
"This ti I’m making the decision. If you want to attend the martial arts tutoring class, you can; tell us how much money you need, and your mom will transfer it to you."
The financial control of the household lay with Mrs. Chen, and his pockets were even emptier than Chen Shouyi’s.
"You’re acting generous with my money," Mrs. Chen rolled her eyes at him but didn’t argue further.
Although Mrs. Chen didn’t verbally agree, Chen Shouyi understood and quickly said, "I want to enroll in an advanced swordsmanship class, which includes twenty sessions for about six to seven thousand!"
The family wasn’t wealthy, but they were at least comfortable.
Their family-owned shop didn’t require rent, and the yearly inco was around two hundred thousand, plus private lending interests, which was no small figure, making their finances rather manageable.
"I’ll transfer seven thousand to you then, but you won’t have any living expenses this month," Mrs. Chen snorted coldly.
Chen Xingyue, standing beside them, unusually stayed silent, her big eyes blinking as she watched Chen Shouyi, her thoughts unknown.
...
During dinner, Chen Shouyi secretly opened the attribute panel and was pleasantly surprised to find that his energy accumulation had finally surpassed one. He quickly finished eating and was eager to return to his bedroom. However, as soon as he opened the door, he was intercepted by Chen Xingyue.
"Brother, when did you learn the forward lunge thrust?" Chen Xingyue asked with a voice as sweet as honey.
"A few days ago, why?" Chen Shouyi replied impatiently, "Anything else? I need to do my howork. Unlike you, I’ve not received a direct entry, so I have to work hard."
"Oh! It’s nothing, I’m just curious."
"Then I’ll head back to my room." As soon as Chen Shouyi finished speaking, he closed the door.
Chen Xingyue stared at the door that had just been shut, biting her lip secretly. "A few days ago? Who are you kidding!"
...
When Chen Shouyi felt that Chen Xingyue had left, he imdiately locked the door.
His heart was pounding as he hurriedly summoned the Book of Knowledge.
Na: Chen Shouyi
Attributes
Strength: 10.5
Agility: 10.5
Constitution: 10.4
Intelligence: 10.3
Perception: 10.3
Willpower: 11.0
Knowledge: Chinese (Mastery 6); Physics (Proficient 12); Chemistry (Proficient 11); Biology (Proficient 10); Mathematics (Proficient 9); English (Proficient 6); Computer Science (Beginner 6); Cooking (Beginner 5); Body Refinent Thirty-Six Forms (Proficient 2); ditation Training (Not Started); Swordsmanship (Beginner 8); Archery (Not Started)
Energy Accumulation: 1.05
In the past few days, not only have his physical attributes increased significantly, but even his knowledge and skills have improved, such as his English, which has improved by one point.
But the greatest progress is still in Martial Arts.
His Body Refinent Thirty-Six Forms advanced from (Beginner 5) to (Proficient 2), and at the sa ti, Swordsmanship moved from not started to beginner (8). This is only the result of mastering one Sword Form, if discussing Spear Foot Thrust in the sword techniques, the level is at least proficient or above.
He looked at the attribute panel, hesitating a bit, planning the next optimization of knowledge skills, excluding learning knowledge classes right away—it’s still far from his college entrance exam, even optimizing one to two months prior would not be too late.
Moreover, in his heart, he is still more passionate about Martial Arts.
Next, he also excluded Swordsmanship.
He only mastered the Spear Foot Thrust in Swordsmanship, optimizing it is not cost-effective, and he can quickly learn it through mory Space, unless he reaches a level impossible to advance, only then he would spend energy points for optimization.
As for Archery, which is not even started, naturally it doesn’t need consideration.
Chen Shouyi felt his physical attributes were far from the Martial Artist Apprentice standard, decided to continue optimizing the Body Refinent Thirty-Six Forms.
"Optimizing the Body Refinent Thirty-Six Forms again, already so powerful, optimizing it once more, wouldn’t the effect be even better."
Sharpening the axe will not delay the work of chopping wood, only when the physical quality ets the standards, can other considerations be made, otherwise, practicing other areas more won’t be useful.
Just as he was ready to optimize, he was inford by feedback from the Book of Knowledge that the energy wasn’t sufficient.
"The second optimization would consu more energy?"
Chen Shouyi was stunned, hesitating a bit in his heart.
"Should I wait for the Book of Knowledge to accumulate enough energy, or optimize the ditation Training?"
For the forr, the ti is unknown, while the latter would show an imdiate effect, Chen Shouyi didn’t consider much before deciding on the latter.
He couldn’t afford to waste this ti, rather than wait, he opted for what he could get imdiately.
Furthermore, ditation Training is also extrely important, it helps in easier body control, controlling the usage of every bit of muscle force in the body.
Swordsmanship is extrely difficult for many to start, and extrely difficult to improve after starting.
The main reason is the inability to finely control the muscles of the body, but for soone who has initially completed "ditation Training—Body Refinent
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