Dark Fairy

Chapter 17 Eighth Grade
It was still after dinner, still in the woods outside Dongcheng, but the location was slightly changed, and the simple wooden knife before was replaced by a real short knife.

Through the faint moonlight penetrating into the woods, one can see Bailang's agile figure, light footsteps, and the dagger in his hand fluttering like a butterfly flying and blooming like a flower.

When he didn't have a real weapon before, Bailang thought that the wooden knife he made was not bad, but now he realizes that the gap is so big.The same set of saber techniques is practiced again, but the effect of refinement on the attribute panel has a huge gap.As the saying goes, if a worker wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his tools. This should be the truth.

The effect of practicing with a real weapon has improved. Correspondingly, the movement of the sword technique has become more rounded and smooth, and the time it takes to use up each sword move has also been shortened bit by bit.Until Bailang felt that he had reached a delicate balance.

Because the sword technique can't blindly pursue "fastness", but also has the spare power to make changes. Otherwise, if a move is used without change, it will be a deadly move, and it will be easily grasped by the enemy in actual combat.

At the last moment when the knife was sheathed, an invisible sharp edge flashed across the short knife. It was separated from the blade by a full inch. In an instant, it neatly cut off a small tree as thick as a wrist that had brushed against it. The fracture was smooth, even a breath away. Only then did the tree trunk slip from the break.

"Is this a knife light?!" Bailang himself was also surprised.But soon he reacted.

The "Sword Qi Jue" must have been completed!
Although it is a gray word technique, the Dao Qi Jue can be practiced and shared with the saber moves when carrying the saber.So if you really want to count it, Bai Lang's care for "Sword Qi Jue" is higher than that of "Ten Styles of Tiger Saber".It's just that the efficiency of this gray word skill can't be improved, so it will be hindered.

Standing with the knife back, Bailang seemed to be still recovering.But only the attribute panel in the field of vision that he can see has been called out by him.

【Name: Bailang】

[Status: Eighth-level warrior, average talent 10%]

[(Purple) Destiny Skill: Extreme Concentration]

[(White) Tiger Saber Ten Styles: Small Success 33%], [(Gray) Sword Qi Art: Small Success 1%]

[(Blue) Qi Yang Jue: 2% entry level]

[Cooking skills: entry level 12%]

[Equipment: Ordinary clothing, currency, (grey) inferior short knife]

really!

"Sword Qi Jue", which was originally "Introductory" on the attribute panel, has become "Little Success 1%".At the same time, the status of a ninth-level warrior before has also changed to an eighth-level warrior.From this point of view, the saying often said in knife shops that "the threshold for waist knives is the eighth grade" is what it means. Once you have achieved minor success in "Ten Tiger Sword" and "Sword Qi Jue", you can immediately enter the ranks of eighth-level warriors.

It seems like an unexpected surprise but it seems entirely reasonable.

Because ever since he got the "Nurturing Qi Jue", Bai Lang didn't stop practicing even during the time he was recuperating from his injuries.And the changes in "Nursing Qi Jue" are showing a steady upward trend.Don't look at it's just "2% entry level" now, but it has already increased Bailang's talent by a full [-]%!And the improvement of talent is to double the practice speed of "Tiger Saber Ten Styles" and "Sword Qi Jue".

Bailang's experience is particularly profound.

I used to sneer at the saying "talent trumps everything" and thought it was just the self-exculpation of a self-degenerate, looking for excuses not to work hard and give up halfway.

Now Bailang discovered that "talent" is indeed "better than everything".

The results you have accumulated with all your efforts and sweat may be easily achieved by some people.

Although this is cruel, it is true.If you don’t have talent, you may be able to stand up with just hard work.But if you want to fly, it’s impossible just by working hard.

I figured out my new attribute status now.Bailang swept away the fatigue from practicing the sword just now, and seemed to have regained his energy. He pulled out the short sword from his waist again, and used another sword technique. This time, he consciously guided the weak air flow generated in his body towards the short sword. It's not that the knife's light can be an inch away from the blade all the way, but it can cover the blade with the knife's light, so that this inferior short knife also has the terrifying sharpness of cutting iron like mud.

Of course, increased intensity also means greater consumption.Even if Bai Lang did not activate the destiny skill "Ultimate Concentration", compared with the previous sword movement, the cost of using the sword after covering the sword light was a full 50% higher than before!If you include the [-]% increase in consumption of "Ultimate Concentration", Bailang found that he was now unable to perform a complete sword technique without maximizing the attack effect!
It's like you have a lot of strength, but you can't use it because you're weak. It's so uncomfortable.

Bai Lang didn't even need anyone's guidance to understand that this was not the result of something wrong with him, but the natural shortcomings of the gray-letter technique "Sword Qi Jue".

So Bai Lang could only sigh to himself, and the joy of successfully being promoted to the eighth level warrior was shortened a bit.It's a pity.

But although it cannot support a complete set of strongest attack methods, it is still possible to support part of it.Bailang felt that this required him to distinguish the timing in actual combat, seize the opportunity and use the strongest means, so that he could hit a surprise, which could be regarded as his own special trump card.

Sheathing the knife again, Bailang looked even more tired this time, and slowly left the woods and returned to the city to rest.

Not long after Bailang left the woods, two figures came out from the shadowy terrain not far from where Bailang practiced his sword.The appearance of the two can be vaguely distinguished by the moonlight.Surprisingly, it was Li Jiang, the blood guard chief of Yuzhong, the state capital, who hadn't shown his face in public for a long time and had saved Bailang's life!Li Jiang's deputy chief accompanied him.

"My lord, there seems to be something wrong with Bailang! This cultivation speed is getting faster and faster, how long has it been? There are only a few days left in a month, and he is actually an eighth-rank martial artist. He was still a lot worse before!" The deputy chief said this time. By the time Li Jiang opened his mouth, he had already noticed the problem.

For ordinary warriors, especially those at the lowest level like Bai Lang who have no foundation and no resources, it is not an easy task to cross levels. It is absolutely impossible for them to be as smooth as Bai Lang.This is not the result of inference, but the result of experience.

The corner of Li Jiang's mouth turned up slightly, and he nodded: "That's right. It's not in vain that we have been watching him every day for more than half a month. Otherwise, we really wouldn't be able to detect the strange changes in him. It seems that Bailang really may be related to the clay figurine! Our luck seems pretty good!"

"It's just my lord. The two commanders seem to have decided that the clay figurines can't be used by warriors, but can only be hidden. They insist on searching secretly, and at the same time observe every move of the Anxie Qi practitioners who entered the city during this period. We were attacked for a while Reprobate. If you persist this time, do you think the two commanders will?"

"It is said that wealth and wealth are sought in danger, but this time we are desperately trying to save ourselves. Things were lost under our noses. No punishment now does not mean that we will not be punished when the situation stabilizes. At that time, we will not be able to save our lives. I can't tell. If we can find clues now, it will be a great achievement, and the two of us will survive if the merit is overwhelmed. So, what is there to be afraid of?"

(End of this chapter)