Grinding to Become the Martial Saint of the Mortal World

Night fell. 

Returning to his small courtyard. 

Jiang Ning opened his status panel. 

[Skills]: 

Literacy and Comprehension (First Breakthrough 238/2000) (Trait: Photographic Memory) 

Five Animal Forms (Proficient 52/200) 

"Literacy and Comprehension experience increased by 42 points!" 

"Today, I practiced the Five Animal Forms a total of eighteen times. Except for the first round, which only gave me one experience point, the remaining seventeen rounds each gave me two points. In total, I gained 35 experience points for the Five Animal Forms today. Not bad!" 

Jiang Ning nodded in satisfaction. 

Although he had lost the assistance of the wild ginseng today, reducing the maximum number of times he could practice fist techniques in a day by about ten. 

But because he had mastered the essence of the Tiger Form hardness within softness and softness within hardness each round of practice now gave him two experience points. 

As a result, the rate at which his fist technique experience grew had increased, and his efficiency had improved. 

He was already satisfied with this level of efficiency. 

Based on this rate, he estimated that it would take less than a week for his Five Animal Forms to break through to the minor mastery level. 

By then, given his current progress, the accumulated Qi and Blood would be enough to reach minor mastery, allowing him to circulate it through one arm and beyond. 

Moreover, the efficiency of refining Qi and Blood would increase again. 

The next day, the first thing he did upon waking was check his status panel. 

[Source Energy]: 6.4 

"Sure enough, the points gained have decreased! Yesterday, I gained 0.6 Source Energy, but today it's only 0.4." 

"It seems that the wild ginseng supplement helps me a lot." 

Thinking of this, Jiang Ning shook his head slightly. "Forget it, I won't worry about it for now! A single wild ginseng costs over ten taels of silver. Where would I get that much money right now? Besides, I haven't seen Senior Brother Zhou Xing these past few days, so I don't even know the exact value of wild ginseng." 

At this moment, as Jiang Ning thought of Zhou Xing, another figure came to mind Senior Sister Li Qing, whom he had seen on his first day at the martial hall. 

"I haven't seen Senior Sister Li Qing these past few days either. I wonder what she's been up to?" 

In the blink of an eye, another day passed. 

Yesterday, Jiang Ning had spent an ordinary day. 

In the early morning, he took advantage of the rising sun to practice the Inner Elixir Nourishment Technique, performing the breathing technique as the sun rose. 

After a round of breathing, the Inner Elixir Nourishment Technique gained 12 experience points, one less than the previous day. 

Jiang Ning suspected it was because he had absorbed less of the world's energy. 

Apart from that, he spent the entire day practicing fist techniques, reading, and chopping firewood to grind experience points. 

Although it was monotonous, Jiang Ning found himself thoroughly enjoying it. 

Watching the experience points for his skills increase bit by bit, getting closer to his goals, filled him with a sense of satisfaction. 

Especially feeling the two strands of Qi and Blood refined with each round of fist practice, and his physique growing stronger, brought him both physical and mental joy. 

As a result, yesterday, these two skills had gained a lot of experience. 

[Skills]: 

Literacy and Comprehension (First Breakthrough 322/2000) 

Five Animal Forms (Proficient 90/200) 

Inner Elixir Nourishment Technique (Unlearned 25/100) 

In one day, Literacy and Comprehension had increased from 238 points to 322 points, a total gain of 84 experience points. 

The Five Animal Forms experience had also increased from 52 points to 90 points, bringing the progress toward minor mastery to nearly halfway. 

"Yesterday, my fist technique experience increased by 38 points. At this rate, in three more days, my fist technique will reach minor mastery, and my Qi and Blood will be enough to circulate through one arm and beyond! I can call it minor mastery of Qi and Blood!!" 

"This efficiency is incredible! Asking Wang Jin for guidance on the essence of the Five Animal Forms' minor mastery was the right move!" 

"If I hadn't mastered the essence of the Tiger Form's minor mastery softness within hardness and hardness within softness how could I have achieved such efficiency?" 

Jiang Ning's fighting spirit soared. 

After washing up. 

He sat cross-legged in the courtyard, quietly waiting for the sun to rise. 

During the day, only these brief twenty breaths allowed him to practice the breathing technique of the Inner Elixir Nourishment Technique and gain experience points. 

So he naturally wouldn't waste this opportunity every day. 

A short while later, the sun rose, and Jiang Ning quickly began practicing the breathing technique of the Inner Elixir Nourishment Technique. 

[Inner Elixir Nourishment Technique Experience +2] 

[Inner Elixir Nourishment Technique Experience +2] 

[Inner Elixir Nourishment Technique Experience +1] 

After finishing. 

[Skill]: Inner Elixir Nourishment Technique (Unlearned 40/100) 

"Almost halfway there!" 

Jiang Ning glanced at his status panel and then hurried to the outhouse. 

On the first day, after finishing his morning breathing exercises, he had to visit the outhouse. 

Jiang Ning felt this was part of the detoxification process. 

Over the past few days, he had felt his internal organs becoming lighter and his energy more abundant, which had greatly aided his fist practice. 

His stamina also seemed to recover faster! 

Even though the Inner Elixir Nourishment Technique hadn't been mastered yet, it was already affecting him. 

After leaving the outhouse, he rested for a moment before heading straight to the kitchen courtyard. 

Yesterday, he had spent the entire day practicing fist techniques and reading, so he hadn't chopped any firewood. Naturally, he couldn't slack off today. 

"Besides, today is the day my Firewood Chopping Technique reaches perfection!" 

[Skill]: Firewood Chopping Technique (Major Mastery 633/1000) 

Looking at the progress of the Firewood Chopping Technique on his status panel, Jiang Ning's steps became even lighter. 

He had originally planned to grind the Firewood Chopping Technique to perfection in one go yesterday. 

But Aunt Sun had told him that because he had worked so hard, there was already too much-chopped firewood, and they couldn't use it all at once! 

She asked him to come back tomorrow to chop more. 

It was for this reason that he had waited until today to grind the Firewood Chopping Technique to perfection. 

A short while later. 

Jiang Ning arrived at the backyard of the kitchen. 

By now, the sun had already risen. 

In the already scorching mid-July heat, with the sun shining down, Jiang Ning could feel the wind carrying a wave of heat. 

"This damn weather, it hasn't rained for two months, has it?" 

Jiang Ning's tone was hesitant as he murmured, then thought back slightly. 

"It has been two months!" 

"With conditions like this, this year's harvest probably won't be good!" 

"Forget it! What does that have to do with me?" 

Jiang Ning shook his head, dispelling the distracting thoughts. 

Then he grabbed the five-pound firewood axe. 

"I'd better focus on grinding my experience points!" 

As this thought flashed through his mind, the axe in his hand came down. 

Swish 

The sound of the blade cutting through the air rang out. 

Thud 

The axe fell, splitting the thick log on the chopping block in two. 

[Firewood Chopping Technique Experience +1] 

"Hey, it has become easier!" 

After a long while. 

Jiang Ning wiped the sweat dripping from his forehead. 

Even with his current physical strength, chopping hundreds of logs in a row left him feeling exhausted. 

[Skill]: Firewood Chopping Technique (Major Mastery 990/1000) 

"Just ten more!" 

Seeing the progress on his status panel, his previously tired body was instantly filled with renewed energy. 

[Firewood Chopping Technique Experience +1] 

[Firewood Chopping Technique Experience +1] 

[...] 

With his current efficiency, in the blink of an eye, he had gained the last ten experience points. 

[Skill]: Firewood Chopping Technique (Major Mastery 999/1000) 

When the final experience point notification appeared before him. 

This line on the status panel suddenly changed. 

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