Proficiency Panel Right At The Beginning - Chapter 27

Chapter 27 Kung Fu Is Honed Through Time

Lu Ren looked at Xiang Yang and thought for a moment. He took out a can of food from his pocket to fill his stomach and asked Xiang Yang for water to drink. He had seen Xiang Yang drink from this water bag with his own eyes, and he had kept it in his line of sight the entire time. Now, he was very short of water. Although he had been judicious about it, it was out of necessity.

He still let Xiang Yang take a sip first. Under the other party’s displeased expression, he took the water bag in his hand and took a sip from it and said suspiciously, “Why does this water taste so strange?”

Xiang Yang: “This is a clean source of water purified by the water sewerage purification device. It tastes weird because the water purifier has been used up. But don’t worry, this water is definitely clean.”

“So, are you saying that the water was filtered from all kinds of dirty pollutants?” Lu Ren’s expression was a little ghastly.

He thought of the pool of green water he had passed when he first entered the sewer. In the center was the skeletal rotting flesh of an unknown creature.

Looking at Lu Ren’s expression, Xiang Yang asked curiously, “Don’t you know that a lot of clean water is returned to the rivers and seas through various purification installations? My father had said that before humans encountered the Great Calamity, most of the clean water source was produced by purifying human-made or discharged pollutants into water which fulfilled quality standards. They were transported directly to each household through the water company.”

“Alright, I understand. Stop talking.”

Lu Ren handed the water bag to Xiang Yang and walked silently to the side and started to practise the Basic Sword Technique. Since there was no need to worry about food and water for the time being, the most important thing now was to increase his strength. No matter what, maintaining diligence at all times was a necessary quality for survival.

[Ding… As you have been practicing the Basic Sword Technique, your Basic Sword Technique proficiency has increased by 1.]

[Ding… As you have been practicing the Basic Sword Technique, your Agility, Strength, and Physical Constitution Proficiency Levels have increased by 1.]

[Ding, As you have…]

Every time he finished a set of Basic Sword Techniques, the System’s proficiency notifications would keep ringing, increasing his proficiency bit by bit. At the same time, because of the Basic Sword Technique, his agility, strength, and physical constitution had all been enhanced.

Xiang Yang, who was watching from the side, could not help but ask, “Is this Kung Fu?”

Lu Ren did not stop his moves and replied, “You can understand it that way.”

“But you keep going back and forth with the same few routines. What can you do with them?”

Xiang Yang was a little puzzled. If he were to follow such a set of routines, would he be able to defeat the enemy? She only had to watch a few times to know the other party’s moves. It was completely meaningless.

“Kung Fu is honed through time.”

“Moves can only be executed naturally when one has developed basic physical instincts.”

Even for Lu Ren, in order to form the skill for the Basic Sword Technique, he had to practice day and night for more than a month before he could achieve his goal. In it, the use of force, the rolling, and the footwork moves, if one had not been taught the true precepts, would be the so-called ‘fake moves’. Perhaps he could still rely on the proficiency system to form the skill, but this would definitely take a long time.

Moreover, even if one had been taught the true precepts but did not have time to let them sink in, what he cultivated would all be fake tricks. Ordinary people would not be like Lu Ren, who could instinctively memorize skills once they were formed.

“With time? How long does it take?”

“It takes at least four years for an ordinary person to reach my level. One has to be diligent day and night, without wasting even a day to reach my level.”

Xiang Yang asked, “What about you?”

“I… I had also spent more than a month to reach this level.”

Xiang Yang looked speechless. She obviously thought that Lu Ren was lying.

Lu Ren sheathed his sword and stood up.

“You think it’s fake?”

Xiang Yang said seriously, “I’m not saying that it’s fake. I just think that the person who taught you this might be a liar.”

Yan Zhenghua was indeed a wretched and lecherous liar. Lu Ren agreed with this.

However, the basic swordsmanship he had taught was indeed of quality. Otherwise, it would not have been recognized by the System and become a skill. It was also worth the 2,500 yuan tuition fee. Having a master to teach and learning without a master were two completely different things. Although Yan Zhenghua did not teach him in-depth, Lu Ren respected him for having been able to really teach him. However, after having interacted with someone like Yan Zhenghua for a long time, the respect he had for him could only be kept in his heart.

“Maybe.”

Lu Ren did not have any intent at all to be affected by his emotions to spar with Xiang Yang. He was not interested in such a little girl at all.

Seeing that Lu Ren was sitting in the corner resting quietly, Xiang Yang pouted in boredom and got up.

“I’m leaving.”

Lu Ren said in surprise, “What are you going to do?”

“To scout around, of course, and then look for patterns.”

“On the ground level?”

“Of course!”

“Why not go directly from the sewer system to that research center?”

“If only it was that easy. The research center was completely built later on. The sewer is an independent operating system. Although the research center is connected to the main sewer, there are many gates in between. After the incident, they had been completely sealed. There is no way to get in through this method.”

“Alright, I wish you good luck in martial arts.”

Xiang Yang opened the heavy iron door and turned around to say kindly, “If you’re willing, you can wait patiently for me to come back. I’ll take you to my real base!”

Lu Ren was very happy to do so. He wanted to stay in such a safe environment. As for whether it was a base or not, it did not matter at all. He automatically replied in a serious manner, “I’ll be here.”

Seeing Xiang Yang close the iron door as she left, Lu Ren retracted his gaze.

“Is this girl really of such a good heart?”

In such an environment, Lu Ren maintained a skeptical attitude.

Fortunately, due to the environment, she was at least very pristine and did not have the messy thoughts and schemes of the real world. Although Lu Ren had rejected Xiang Yang without hesitation just now, the other party still did not have any ill feelings. Apart from being a little disappointed after sulking, she still treated Lu Ren as before.

However…

The corners of Lu Ren’s mouth could not help but curl up slightly. She was still a little too inexperienced.

Young!

After a short rest, he frowned and drank some water. Lu Ren continued to devote himself to the next round of training.

Time passed like flowing water. At this moment, Lu Ren was bare-chested. The extremely intense workouts during this period of time had made the outline of his muscles obvious. Every move he made with his limbs had caused his muscles to bulge and relax, giving a full visual impact of explosiveness.

As his attributes surpassed that of an ordinary person, his physique was quite good.

In between, he had also seriously studied the increase in the value of each attribute. The coefficient of each attribute point increase was 1.25. In other words, the increase of one attribute point was based on the basic attribute value of 5. Moreover, the value was fixed. It would not increase year-on-year with the increase in physical fitness.

In other words, with a base strength value of only 50 kilograms, an increase of 1 point in the strength attribute would give him 12.5 kilograms of strength, and an increase of 2 points would give him 25 kilograms of strength.

The attribute points were constant. Perhaps in a game, it could only be considered an ordinary conversion value, but in the real world, it was quite abnormal.

However, he did not know if there would be any changes in the future. After all, the effect of the increase in attributes on the body was not calculated like this.

The gradual increase in proficiency allowed him to clearly sense his strength slowly increasing. This speed of improvement was definitely beyond everyone’s imagination.