Time flew by, and a whole month passed in the blink of an eye.
Tomorrow was the day he would report to Seigaku Middle School as a first-year student.
During this past month, Ye Changfeng had gradually gotten used to life in Japan.
The only problem was his two shameless older sisters — they had made his life hell.
At the very least, the frequency at which he had to change his underwear reached an all-time high, and he nearly got food poisoning a couple of times after eating his eldest sister’s dark cuisine.
One word: miserable.
Still, he hadn’t wasted the month.
Every single day, Ye Changfeng grinded daily quests like crazy to earn exchange points.
He knew that without points he was nothing more than a weakling far below even a combat power 5 trash.
There was no telling what kind of terrifying punishment this damn system might give him if he failed the main quests.
So every day he kept grinding — 20-meter sprints, racket swings, push-ups, sit-ups, and all the other physical tasks.
He completed one full set in the morning and another at night.
There was one daily quest he especially enjoyed grinding: helping the neighbor kid Shin-chan with his homework.
The task was ridiculously easy.
Having survived China’s brutal exam-oriented education system, Japanese middle school homework felt like child’s play to him.
He could easily net 200 points every day.
Although Shin-chan would often moon him or cause trouble while he was trying to work, increasing the difficulty a bit.
Overall though, it was still a relaxing and pleasant task.
As for those high-point shameless quests… Ye Changfeng hadn’t touched them yet.
After all, as a “proper gentleman,” his goal was to become an existence that surpassed even Liu Xiahui.
“System, open my status!” Ye Changfeng called out again.
[User: Ye Changfeng]
[Combat Power: 20 (Tennis Apprentice)]
[Luck Value: 6 (Fluctuates between 1~10 daily, triggers special effects)]
[Exchange Points: 10,000]
[Owned Tennis Skills: None]
[Self-Created Skills: None]
[Special Skills: Master-level Sleep-Standing]
[System Evaluation: The user’s physical fitness has improved significantly, and combat power has risen accordingly.
However, the user’s tennis technique is still extremely crude.
It is recommended to exchange for skills as soon as possible.]
[Note: Strength ranks are divided as follows —
Tennis Apprentice (1~100) → Tennis Practitioner (101~1000) → Tennis Spirit (1001~10,000) → Tennis King (10,001~100,000) → Tennis Emperor (100,001~1,000,000) → Tennis Sovereign (1,000,001~10,000,000) → Tennis Saint (10,000,001~100,000,000) → Tennis God (100,000,001~)]
“Finally!
I’m no longer weaker than a combat power 5 trash!” Ye Changfeng sighed in relief.
“Haha, I even have 10,000 points now.
If I exchanged all of this for yen, that would be 100 million yen, right?
So much money!”
But Ye Changfeng wasn’t stupid.
There was no way he would waste such precious points on yen.
There were plenty of ways to make money, but points were extremely valuable.
Besides, he wasn’t short on cash right now anyway.
“System, show me the list of redeemable tennis skills!” he thought.
“Yes, Master!”
Ding!
A long scrollable panel appeared in mid-air.
Ye Changfeng scrolled down — it was indeed very long and included almost every skill that had ever appeared in *Prince of Tennis*.
He checked the point costs.
[Twist Serve (Basic) — 1,000 points]
[Small Steps — 500 points]
[B-Drive — 1,000 points]
…
[One Ball into the Soul — 5,000 points]
[Swallow Return Flash — 5,000 points]
…
He quickly scrolled all the way to the bottom.
[First Door of Muga no Kyōchi — 100,000 points]
…
Ye Changfeng was speechless.
“These skills are ridiculously expensive!”
“System, what does ‘unlocking’ mean?
Do I get the skill at perfect level directly?” he asked.
“No.
Taking Twist Serve as an example:”
[Twist Serve – Beginner: 1,000]
[Twist Serve – Intermediate: 2,000]
[Twist Serve – Advanced: 5,000]
[Twist Serve – Master: 10,000]
[Twist Serve – Grandmaster: 20,000]
[Twist Serve – God Level: 50,000]
[Original User: Ryoma Echizen]
[System Evaluation: The protagonist’s signature beginner skill.
Quite powerful and an essential move for slapping faces when going out!]
“Skills are divided into Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Master, Grandmaster, and God Level.
Once a skill reaches God Level, it will gain special effects!” the system explained.
Ye Changfeng was stunned.
“So after grinding for a whole month, I can only afford one Master-level Twist Serve?
System, are you messing with me?”
“Yes!
Please keep working hard, Master.
Good things will come!” the system encouraged.
“Good things my ass… Whatever.
Let’s see what I should redeem first.” Ye Changfeng accepted reality.
“System, do you have any recommended skills?”
“Since Master is still a tennis beginner, I recommend unlocking foundational tennis technique skills,” the system suggested.
Ye Changfeng opened the foundational skills section.
[Foundational Tennis Technique – Beginner: 100]
[Foundational Tennis Technique – Intermediate: 200]
[Foundational Tennis Technique – Advanced: 500]
[Foundational Tennis Technique – Master: 1,000]
[Foundational Tennis Technique – Grandmaster: 5,000]
[Foundational Tennis Technique – God Level: 10,000]
[Original Users: Players above Tennis Practitioner rank]
[System Evaluation: An essential skill for any tennis player.
The strongest foundation at the bottom of the pyramid, often determining a player’s ultimate height!]
“Hmm, the system gives this skill a really high evaluation.” Ye Changfeng thought for a moment.
“Instead of getting a mediocre skill at advanced or master level, I might as well go straight for God Level foundational technique and see what special change it gets!”
He selected God Level.
Ding!
Exchange successful!
User has obtained Foundational Tennis Technique – God Level.
This is the first step toward surpassing the gods!
Ye Changfeng eagerly opened his skill panel.
[Foundational Tennis Technique – God Level: Possesses perfect forehand, backhand, volley, smash, and all other basic techniques.
10% chance to trigger a critical hit.
Critical Hit: Power and effect are doubled (including other active skills).]
“So the special effect at God Level is the critical hit chance.
If it triggers on a Twist Serve, it becomes a double Twist Serve!
Haha, this is actually pretty useful!” Ye Changfeng was quite satisfied with the skill.
Ding!
User’s combat power has increased to 920!
Upgraded to Tennis Practitioner.
“Nice!
I’m finally no longer a Tennis Apprentice.” Ye Changfeng felt motivated.
“Next step is waiting for the main quest to unlock.
I wonder what the first main quest will be… and whether it’ll be difficult…”