Chapter 26: Continue Adding Points for Me

After about an hour or two, Lu Yu looked at his skill bar with a face full of satisfaction.

【Wuji Style: lv2, Trait: Body Strengthening lv2】

【Basic Gestures: lv1】

【Basic Leg Technique: lv1, Trait: Powerful lv1】

【Basic Footwork: lv1, Trait: Swift lv1】

The Powerful trait is similar to the Extraordinary Arm Strength trait; each level gained increases the Strength attribute by one point. Meanwhile, each level gained in the Swift trait increases the Agility attribute by one point.

After Basic Gestures leveled up, no trait appeared; instead, a great deal of clear, relevant memory simply filled Lu Yu's mind.

Furthermore, the Experience Value required to level it up is lower; 1 point of Experience Value is enough to level up once.

The Experience Value requirements for leveling up 【Basic Leg Technique】 and 【Basic Footwork】 are the same as for 【Wuji Style】; both require 2 points of Experience Value to go from level 0 to level 1.

Calculating it this way, Lu Yu consumed 10 points of Experience Value and not only gained a massive amount of memory but also increased his Constitution by 2 points, Strength by 1 point, and Agility by 1 point—a bountiful harvest.

In fact, Lu Yu still had a bold guess in his heart.

He felt that these basic-type skills might not have a level cap; as long as there is sufficient Experience Value, they can be leveled up indefinitely.

By the same logic, the attribute bonuses brought about by increasing skill levels might also be endless, but at the same time, he also had concerns: the actual improvement brought by increasing the levels of these basic-type skills might be relatively limited.

Just like the stance training Wang Shu mentioned, from Wuji Stance to Taiji Stake to San Ti Stake, the difficulty progresses step by step, and the improvements brought about should also be increasingly greater.

Therefore, he only leveled up each skill by one level, leaving the remaining 7 points of Experience Value to see the effect first.

"Alright." Just then, the voice of Wang Shu, Wang Liang, rang out.

He swept a glance over everyone's miserable expressions and said, "I didn't ask you all to memorize everything today. From now on, I will demonstrate it once every day. If you follow along and practice, you will memorize it sooner or later. Besides, these are the basics of the basics. If you can't even do these well, you might as well give up the idea of practicing martial arts early."

Sure enough, once these words were spoken, everyone immediately became excited.

"Wang Shu, we will definitely be able to memorize it."

"That's right, with just this little bit of stuff, how hard can it be?"

"It's much more interesting than reading books before."

Lu Yu secretly rolled his eyes, thinking to himself that Wang Shu was truly too skilled at using reverse psychology. However, looking at Li Yang and the others, they actually fell for it. It was no wonder; after all, not everyone possessed memories of two lifetimes like he did.

"Alright, let's stop here for today. You all go practice spear techniques. Lu Yu, you stay behind."

Upon hearing this, the crowd left with faces full of envy. Lu Yu smiled with a hint of shyness and asked, "Wang Shu, are you going to teach me the Taiji Style now?"

Wang Liang looked at Lu Yu's appearance and inexplicably felt he was a bit cunning. He couldn't help but feel a bit annoyed, snorted coldly through his nose, and said, "Hmph, how exactly did you manage to reach Entry on the first try, kid?"

"Ah?" Lu Yu scratched his head. "I'm not sure either. It just felt effortless to stand like that, and it allowed my mind to go blank, just like... that feeling of relaxation when you're zoning out."

"Zoning out..." Wang Liang blinked subconsciously.

"Ahem, this is not the same as zoning out. If you don't know how to describe it, kid, don't talk nonsense. In any case, your talent is not bad. Focus on learning the Taiji Style next; you can reach Entry in a week. We all went through it this way back then."

"Understood." Lu Yu nodded hurriedly, his eager appearance as if saying, don't dawdle, let's start quickly.

"Listen well." Wang Liang's expression returned to seriousness. "Taiji is born from Wuji; it is the mother of yin and yang. It means that Taiji evolved from Wuji and is the root of yin and yang. Everything in the world has both yin and yang sides.

Speaking of martial arts, one inevitably cannot do without stance training. Stance training is divided into static stances and dynamic stances. Only after the static stances are practiced solidly can one begin to practice dynamic stances, which is the Taiji Stake I am going to teach you next."

Very quickly, Lu Yu discovered that what Wang Liang said was correct.

【Taiji Style: lv0】

Unlock Requirement: 【Wuji Stance lv2, Achieved】

This made Lu Yu vaguely guess that the subsequent San Ti Style, and even Taiji Fist, might all have similar prerequisites.

Ordinary people cannot reach Entry if they don't meet the conditions, while for him, if he doesn't meet the conditions, the skill proficiency cannot be increased. Perhaps, it really is like that.

Next, the practice began. The initial movements were somewhat similar to the Wuji Stance. Immediately after, one had to slightly bend the legs, and both arms were slowly raised to form a circle in front of the chest.

After not even a few minutes, Lu Yu felt his arms go sore and numb; he couldn't hold on much longer.

"Remember the closing form I taught you? For every five minutes you persist, you can rest for one minute. Just stand for a full hour," Wang Liang glanced at him and said in a flat tone.

Lu Yu let out a sigh of relief and moved his muscles after performing the closing form. It had to be said that this Taiji Style was much more tiring than the Wuji Style. If he practiced the San Ti Style later on, wouldn't it be even more tiring?

Taking advantage of the rest, he glanced at the skill bar, and sure enough, a new line of small text appeared.

【Taiji Style: lv0 (0.05%)】

"..." Lu Yu was instantly dumbfounded.

Good heavens, it only increased by 0.0005 proficiency after five minutes? Wouldn't that mean it only increases by 0.0001 in one minute? To level up once, he would have to stand for 10,000 minutes! That is 166 hours, standing for a whole week without sleep or rest...

He peeked at Wang Liang, thinking that Wang Shu was truly a ruthless person. For the sake of practicing martial arts, did he not even need to rest?

"You practice slowly first. This Taiji Style is the starting movement for all Taiji Fist routines. Practicing it well can yield twice the result with half the effort. Don't be lazy." After Wang Liang finished speaking, he walked toward Li Yang and the others.

Lu Yu gritted his teeth. Looking at Wang Liang's back, he temporarily dismissed the idea of using Experience Value to add points. After all, wanting to reach Entry after only practicing for five minutes was just too exaggerated.

He would add points when the time was right. Fortunately, his current Constitution attribute already exceeded that of an ordinary person, and he could recover quite a bit of stamina after resting for one minute.

An hour was almost up. Wang Liang walked over, and seeing Lu Yu's posture, for some reason, he felt a slight sense of relief in his heart. He nodded and said, "Alright, let's stop the stance training for today. Continue practicing tomorrow."

"Understood, Wang Shu." Lu Yu let out a long breath. After practicing for an hour, he was also exhausted.

"You rest for a while first. We will continue practicing archery later. Archery is something very special; if you don't practice for a day, you will become rusty."

"Mm." Lu Yu nodded.

Currently, the proficiency of 【Basic Archery】 is already close to 60%. If he continues to practice in the afternoon and evening, he can reach level 5.

By then, the level 3 Mounted Archery trait will provide a 90% hit rate. If he encounters a Giant-Horned Rhino again, the first arrow he shoots won't be so easy to dodge.

As for practicing stance techniques and fist techniques, it is to increase his own strength so that he can draw heavier bows.

At this moment, his gaze turned to a figure not far away, and he asked curiously, "Wang Shu, does Liu Kai also intend to practice archery?"

"Mm, it might be influenced by you." Wang Liang also looked over. "However, if he can really master it, it will also be a good thing for the Zhai."

Lu Yu deeply agreed. The stronger the people in the Zhai, the less pressure on his shoulders. Of course, the most important thing is that his own strength must be sufficiently powerful.

"If nothing goes wrong tomorrow morning, we will continue to go outside the Zhai to hunt." Lu Yu narrowed his eyes slightly. He originally wanted to follow the routine and retain some strength so as not to be too eye-catching.

But every time they went out to hunt, it was like hovering on the edge of life and death; one slight carelessness and he would lose his life. Under these circumstances, it would be too foolish to still struggle over whether to expose his strength.

Therefore, 【Taiji Style】, continue adding points!