Proficiency: Cultivated 10 Million Times

Chapter 6: The Problem of Efficiency

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

From the second day onwards, Wang Yu disappeared from the courtyard.

However, he was only a temporary disciple after all. He usually trained alone and rarely interacted with others, so his disappearance did not attract much attention.

Only Song Hezheng, Ji Fei, and a few other disciples knew the inside story. Wang Yu had received special care from Sun Chengshan and was quietly cultivating in Sun Chengshan’s private courtyard.

“What right does this kid have to receive such care from Master?” Ji Fei leaned against a doorpost in the inner courtyard and frowned as he looked at Wang Yu, who was memorizing the fist technique on a rock.

“Junior Brother Wang’s cultivation progress is very fast, even surpassing the two of us back then. It’s reasonable for him to be valued by Master. It’s not strange,” Song Hezheng said calmly.

He had seen Wang Yu’s cultivation speed, but he did not expect his master to discover this so quickly and take him away from the courtyard.

“Hmph, those who don’t know might think that he has already reached the first level of Body Tempering.” Ji Fei snorted as he was dissatisfied with Song Hezheng’s words.

He did not believe that he was inferior to this young man who came from nowhere. He had reached the third level of Body Tempering in less than two years!

He wanted to see when Wang Yu could break through to the first level of the Body Tempering Realm.

Not long after the two of them left, Wang Yu opened his eyes and heaved a sigh of relief.

“I’ve finally memorized the rest of the training method. Entirely.”

He brought up the interface in his mind.

Name: Wang Yu

Race: Human

Cultivation: Body Tempering Level One

Martial Arts Cultivation Method: Shadowless Fist+1

In the martial arts cultivation method column, the entry of the basic fist technique had already disappeared.

After obtaining the subsequent training methods, it officially changed to Shadowless Fist which covered the basic fist technique.

According to Sun Chengshan’s guidance, he learned that the Shadowless Fist was divided into six levels, corresponding to all the training methods from the first to the sixth level of Body Tempering.

Other than cultivating the body, fist techniques could also be used in actual combat.

Shadowless Fist possessed agility, swiftness, and other combat characteristics.

Sun Chengshan had also displayed his Shadowless Fist before, which really broadened Wang Yu’s horizons.

With his cultivation at the fifth level of the Body Tempering and the fifth level of the Shadowless Fist Technique, his attacks were dazzling. Wang Yu could not even catch the shadows of Sun Chengshan’s fists.

He could only feel waves of wind from the punches. It was like a black snake jumping up and biting its prey again and again. It was terrifying and impossible to guard against.

Concluding in one word, ‘fast’!

Next, it’s time to continue practicing the fist techniques, Wang Yu thought to himself.

Time passed quickly. In the blink of an eye, almost three months had passed since Wang Yu started practicing martial arts.

In the past three months, he had never left the house. He stayed in the dojo and devoted himself to practicing his punches repeatedly.

Although it was boring, there was a visible improvement every day. The accumulation also made him more integrated into the martial arts of this world and he enjoyed it.

What was worth mentioning was that the temporary disciples who came in at the same time as him had basically all left. Very few had reached the first level of Body Tempering.

Bull Li who had once lived with him passed this test and reached the first level of Body Tempering with his good aptitude.

It was a pity that Wang Sanwa did not pass and left the martial arts field.

Bang!

In the courtyard, Bull Li punched the wooden stake in front of him to practice his punches. Due to his great vitality, after practicing the Shadowless Fist, not only was his punching speed fast, but the strength attached to his fists was also great. There was a commotion caused by his practice.

“Morning.” Wang Yu came to the courtyard wearing the black training costume of a Shadowless Fist Dojo disciple. He greeted Bull Li.

Bull Li who was usually quiet nodded. “Morning.”

His voice was relatively dull, like the croak of a cow. He lived up to his name.

After greeting each other, the two of them went back to practicing.

Ever since Wang Yu’s cultivation reached the first level of Body Tempering, he had moved to a separate room. In fact, the two of them were only a little more familiar with each other than the other disciples.

He came to a wooden stake in the corner. It was almost his exclusive boxing position.

Few people would come to this corner to disturb him.

After moving his joints slightly, Wang Yu took a deep breath and suddenly punched out, hitting the top of the wooden stake like lightning.

Bang!

The wooden stake immediately trembled violently. At the same time, a ‘+2’ proficiency number appeared on his fist.

Then, he moved and punched the wooden stake quickly.

The numbers kept popping up. Some only added one point of proficiency, but most added two points at a time.

Wang Yu’s expression did not change. This was something he had discovered before.

If he practiced his fist technique in the air, the proficiency of his fist technique could only increase one point by one point.

On the other hand, if he practiced it against a wooden stake, he could obtain two points of fist technique proficiency most of the time.

The conclusion was that the proficiency would be different depending on the object.

He even sparred with Sun Chengshan because of this. In his opinion, Sun Chengshan was the strongest person in the dojo.

With him as a training target, his proficiency would definitely increase even more.

And the truth was just as he had thought. His proficiency had increased significantly when he sparred with Sun Chengshan. His efficiency was almost three to five times that of when he struck the stakes.

Unfortunately, there were not many such opportunities. Sun Chengshan was usually busy outside and hard to find in the dojo.

Even if he was in the dojo, he needed to guide others. No matter how much he valued Wang Yu, it was impossible for them to spend all his time practicing punches with him.

Later on, he also looked for Bull Li to spar with him. Initially, when he was at the first level of Body Tempering, the efficiency was indeed higher than that of practicing with the stakes.

However, when his cultivation reached the second level of Body Tempering, the efficiency of practicing with Bull Li had greatly reduced.

That’s right. In less than three months, he had mastered the second level of the fist technique.

His cultivation level had also reached the second level of Body Tempering.

Correspondingly, his physical strength had also undergone another transformation.

Bull Li, who was only at the first level of Body Tempering, would usually collapse after taking a few punches.

In that case, Wang Yu might as well use a wooden stake that could replenish his strength indefinitely. Even if he broke it, he could still switch to another one in the dojo.

He had also thought of switching to other disciples at the second level of Body Tempering. However, he was not familiar with those disciples. Besides, these disciples were like Sun Chengshan and often went out.

Those who could stay in the courtyard for a long time were mostly temporary disciples who had yet to pass the test, or disciples at the first level of Body Tempering who had just passed the test.

Or perhaps Senior Brother Song Hezheng who was in charge of the dojo.

However, this Eldest Senior Brother was also very busy. He had to train his own punches and guide the disciples in the dojo, so he could not spare much time to spar with him.

Otherwise, he would be a good source of points.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

With a series of violent strikes, Wang Yu quickly punched out, causing the wooden stake to tremble violently.

At this moment, he had some of Sun Chengshan’s fierce looks when he punched.

He only stopped when he was exhausted. His entire body was covered in sweat and he was panting heavily.

“With the increase in cultivation, my physical strength is also better, but the accumulation of proficiency is even faster. The third level of Shadowless Fist should only take two to three months.”

“According to Master, it’s easier to master the first three levels of the fist technique. The last three levels are the key challenges.”

Wang Yu thought to himself as he looked at the shattered wooden stake in front of him.

He would change to an iron stake next time. A wooden stake was a little too fragile for him.

Other than the fact that the two materials were different, the proficiency feedback they gave was not much different.

He’d tried that before.

In addition, if he ate precious ingredients and practiced boxing during the period of efficacy, his proficiency level would increase greatly as well.

Taking Sun Chengshan’s collection of salted fish as an example, one’s proficiency in boxing after eating it would basically double within two hours. Then, according to the reduction in time, the effect could last one day at most.

Unfortunately, Sun Chengshan did not have many of these treasures. In the past three months, he had given Wang Yu a fish when he reached the first and the second levels of Body Tempering respectively.

“Treasure ingredients…” Wang Yu missed the salty taste of the dried fish.

“If I had a bream to eat every day, I would probably be at the third level of Body Tempering now. Unfortunately, it can’t be bought even if I had money now.”

Speaking of money, Wang Yu was also a little embarrassed.

After paying his tuition fees, he only had a little bit of money left for food.

Now, even this small amount was gone.

At this rate, even his daily meals could be a problem.

“I have to find a way to get money.”