Looking at Lin Yu's youthful face, Huizi remembered Lin Yu's diligent training every morning. While a sense of pride rose in her heart, she also felt a hint of lingering fear.
To confront an entire Gang by oneself, one could imagine how dangerous it was.
Huizi wanted to persuade Lin Yu not to do such dangerous things in the future, but if it hadn't been for Lin Yu this time, they might never have seen her again.
Finally, all the myriad words in her heart transformed into a single expression of concern.
“Lin Yu, you must take good care of your own safety from now on.”
Looking at Huizi's eyes, filled with care and worry, Lin Yu nodded, not continuing the somewhat heavy topic.
“Aunt Huizi, Uncle Kami, let's not talk about it for now. Let's celebrate today and have a good meal!”
“Okay!”
Under the warm lamplight, this small room was filled with laughter and warmth, something not found elsewhere in the Slums.
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In the early morning, Lin Yu still woke up early as usual to begin his morning exercises for the day.
This was an unshakeable routine, crucial for improving his strength, and absolutely could not be interrupted.
Stepping out quietly, Lin Yu stood in the alley, not holding the wooden sword he usually wore at his waist, but the steel nichirin blade he had obtained from the Scarface Leader yesterday.
The wooden sword was merely something used to deceive others on a daily basis. In future battles against Kabane, only this nichirin blade would be useful.
Every nichirin blade has subtle differences, not to mention two nichirin blades made of completely different materials like wood and iron.
To exert maximum combat power, one must quickly adapt to the differences between the two nichirin blades.
This most basic hacking and slashing training was perfectly suited for that.
Facing the thin morning mist, the nichirin blade in Lin Yu's hand began to swing through the air, and clear whistling sounds echoed in the quiet morning, with a faint sharp aura carried on the wind. You are reading on novelping.com, the official source.
As time passed, after Lin Yu completed his daily task of 1000 sword swings, he was drenched in sweat.
Wiping the sweat from his forehead slightly, Lin Yu looked at the 7.13% progress on the system panel and nodded with satisfaction, putting away the nichirin blade with a smile.
He didn't know if it was because of the nichirin blade, or because it was Lin Yu's first time killing someone yesterday.
After yesterday's practical combat experience, the thousand swings in the morning were not as inefficient as before.
Last time he finished the sword-swinging training, his hands felt somewhat exhausted, but now he still had energy to spare. Lin Yu could even feel a more formidable aura emanating from him during the process of swinging the nichirin blade.
It should be known that the weight of an iron nichirin blade and a wooden sword are completely different; the iron nichirin blade is much heavier.
‘Is it because of practical combat?’
Lin Yu pondered. No matter how outstanding a swordsman, no matter how high their talent.
In terms of swordsmanship, one still needs to further improve oneself through practical combat.
Even someone with talent as strong as Yoriichi Tsugikuni became stronger and stronger through continuous battles.
It was not strange to have this feeling after experiencing practical combat for the first time.
He didn't delve deeper into this issue; after all, being able to become stronger was a good thing.
If possible, Lin Yu now hoped to become strong enough to slay all Kabane, and lead Chu Ying and the others to a carefree life.
However, this goal was still far off for now, merely a thought.
Huizi and Kami did not go out to work today.
The food reserves at home were already ample, and they also had more than a dozen gold coins.
The value of these gold coins was enough to support their family of five, ensuring they would not worry about food and drink for several years at Sugu Station. There was absolutely no need to risk danger to earn those meager wages.
With their financial difficulties eased, Lin Yu also began to plan his next steps.
Life had improved, and he had a nichirin blade. Lin Yu's next goal was to focus on the Hayajiro.
Saying Hayajiro is not entirely accurate; more precisely, the goal is to focus on the station.
Every fortress has a station responsible for repairing or docking Hayajiro.
This is also the Hayajiro's foothold within the fortress.
Lin Yu roughly planned for the crisis that would occur in about one or two years.
With the gold coins he currently possessed, the primary goal was to choose a Mansion near the station.
This way, when the crisis arrived, it would be convenient to take Chu Ying and her family to the station quickly and board a Hayajiro to escape Sugu Station.
Additionally, he also needed to send Chu Ying and Ikoma to the academy.
In this era, the academy actually didn't teach much; the most important subject was steam machinery.
As long as one became a steam artisans, they would be considered to have a skill in this world, and they would be indispensable talents for every Hayajiro.
At that time, even if some accident occurred, Chu Ying and Ikoma would be able to live stably in this chaotic world by virtue of their identity as steam artisans.
For now, this was all he could think of. After all, Lin Yu himself, apart from the system, was just an ordinary person, and taking one step at a time was already the best approach.