【Mountain-Crushing Fist, intent like a mountain, a single punch strikes out like a collapsing giant mountain】
【Initial Mastery: Amplifies 3 points of Strength】
【Mastery: Amplifies 6 points of Strength】
【Proficient 【Stage 3】: Amplifies 9 points of Strength】
【Proficient: Amplifies 12 points of Strength】
【Peak Mastery: Amplifies 20 points of Strength】
"So Martial Techniques are divided into five stages..."
Yang Ling subconsciously glanced at his Attribute Panel.
Character: Yang Ling
Class: Martial Artist level: 8
Strength: 11
Agility: 5
Spirit: 10
Martial Arts: Vajra Wisdom King Art (First-rate cultivation technique, entry)
Experience Points: 10 / 100
Mountain-Crushing Fist (entry)
Proficiency: 0 / 100
HP: 110
"Martial Arts Mental Methods use Experience Points, while Martial Techniques use Proficiency, but both only require 100 points at the starting stage."
"Previously, Wu Que's Black Tiger Fist was at Proficient, and Zhang Hao's Zhang Family Leg Technique was also at Proficient."
"And Huineng's Monument-Breaking Hand and Gale Steps are also at Proficient."
"Judging from the amplification degree, the difficulty of the first four stages should be relatively normal, but the final Peak Mastery is obviously very difficult to achieve, which is why it amplifies 20 Strength points all at once."
"Forget about all that, let's start cultivating!"
Yang Ling closed his eyes, continuously recalling the cultivation method of the Mountain-Crushing Fist in his mind.
The next second, he suddenly struck a pose and began to practice methodically.
Time ticked away second by second.
About an hour passed.
A layer of sweat had already appeared on Yang Ling's forehead.
Just at this moment, a warm current entered his body.
"There's movement!"
He glanced at his Attribute Panel.
【Mountain-Crushing Fist, Proficiency: 1 / 100】
"The Vajra Wisdom King Art only takes about fifteen minutes to increase 1 Experience Point, why does an ordinary Martial Technique take a whole hour to increase 1 Proficiency point instead?"
A flash of suspicion crossed Yang Ling's eyes.
Logically speaking, the cultivation speed of the Mountain-Crushing Fist should be higher than that of the Vajra Wisdom King Art.
After all, this was just an ordinary fist technique.
"Forget it, just cultivation."
Too lazy to care, Yang Ling continued to concentrate on practicing his fist techniques.
Occasionally when he was tired, he would rest for a while.
Unknowingly, the chickens outside started crowing.
Yang Ling suddenly woke up with a start and glanced at his Attribute Panel once more:
【Mountain-Crushing Fist, Proficiency: 6 / 100】
Yang Ling was somewhat pleasantly surprised.
To verify this point, he had no intention of resting and continued to cultivation the Mountain-Crushing Fist.
An hour later, the Proficiency increased by another point.
Unknowingly, it was noon.
【Mountain-Crushing Fist, Proficiency: 12 / 100】
"As expected..."
Yang Ling muttered to himself:
"The cultivation of the fist technique actually has no limit, which means..."
A sharp glint flashed in his eyes as he subconsciously clenched his fists:
"As long as I practice hard every day, I can gather 100 Proficiency points in seven or eight days. By then, wouldn't it be Initial Mastery?"
Yang Ling's heart was instantly filled with drive.
But having not slept all night, he was somewhat tired.
"Cultivating the Vajra Wisdom King Art seems to be able to quickly restore energy. If I can use it to replace sleeping, then I can use all 24 hours to level up..."
Thinking of it, Yang Ling did it right away; he began to cultivation the Vajra Wisdom King Art.
Over an hour later, he gathered another 5 Experience Points.
【Vajra Wisdom King Art, Experience Points: 15 / 100】
Yang Ling slowly opened his eyes, feeling full of Spirit, just as if he had slept for ten hours.
"This is the feeling!"
Yang Ling was somewhat excited.
He wolfed down two flatbreads and then continued to cultivation the Mountain-Crushing Fist.
Anyway, he couldn't enter the mine these past few days, so he could just use this time to push for the Proficiency of the Mountain-Crushing Fist.
For the next four full days, Yang Ling did not step outside.
"Hoo!"
After finishing a set of fist techniques, Yang Ling felt a bit thirsty, so he picked up his cup and gulped down a few mouthfuls of water.
He glanced at his Attribute Panel:
【Vajra Wisdom King Art, Experience Points: 35 / 100】
【Mountain-Crushing Fist, Proficiency: 99 / 100】
"There's only 1 Proficiency point left."
Yang Ling wiped the water stain from the corner of his mouth and continued practicing his fist techniques.
Unknowingly, an hour passed.
The Proficiency of the Mountain-Crushing Fist also quietly reached 100 points.
Hoo!
Yang Ling's fists suddenly gained a bit more strength, and when he threw a punch, even the sound of breaking the air became noticeably louder!
"A breakthrough!"
Yang Ling immediately checked his attributes:
Character: Yang Ling
Class: Martial Artist level: 8
Strength: 14 (3)
Agility: 5
Martial Arts: Vajra Wisdom King Art (First-rate cultivation technique, entry)
Experience Points: 35 / 100
Mountain-Crushing Fist (Initial Mastery)
Proficiency: 0 / 1000
HP: 110
"Those 3 extra points of Strength were brought by the Mountain-Crushing Fist."
"I didn't expect that in just four or five days, I could reach Initial Mastery, but..."
Yang Ling noticed that the Proficiency of the Mountain-Crushing Fist had turned to 1000.
"So to reach Mastery, I have to grind day and night for forty to fifty days?"
"Won't Proficient 【Stage 3】 require 10,000 Proficiency points? That would take over a year..."
"As for Proficient, wouldn't it take more than a dozen years, and that's of the day-and-night kind?"
Yang Ling's burning heart was suddenly doused by a basin of cold water.
He finally understood why Wu Que and the others had only cultivated their Martial Techniques to Proficient.
These guys must have cultivated for well over a dozen years.
But to reach Peak Mastery, I'm afraid it would take over a hundred years.
Before reaching it, one would already die of old age, unless...
"Unless one is uniquely talented. If my fist practice could increase 10 Proficiency points per hour, the progress could be boosted tenfold..."
"The Mountain-Crushing Fist is not the main point. Judging by this... the Experience Points of the Vajra Wisdom King Art might be benchmarked against Proficiency."
"Although it only has four layers, it has a daily cultivation limit, and can only gain 5 Experience Points a day."
"The first layer alone requires 20 days."
"If the second layer also requires 1,000 Experience Points, then it will take 200 days."
"The third layer... two thousand days."
"The fourth layer... twenty thousand days."
"Haha, how many twenty-thousand days are there in a lifetime?"
Yang Ling couldn't help laughing out loud, feeling quite helpless.
"However, there should be some external forces in 【Divine Realm】 that can increase the growth rate of Proficiency and Experience Points..."
Yang Ling's expression stirred.
This guess of his was not unfounded.
It was the experience brought by playing so many games.
In games, it would only be reasonable if there were similar settings.
"If there is a way to inquire about the situation in Jianghu with the local native Martial Artists and see how others are cultivating, that would be great..."
Pondering for a moment, Yang Ling immediately shook off the distracting thoughts in his mind.
At least as long as it takes him a month or two, he could practice the Mountain-Crushing Fist to Mastery.
In another thirteen days, he could also cultivation the first layer of the Vajra Wisdom King Art.
By then, the Mountain-Crushing Fist could amplify 6 points of Strength.
The Vajra Wisdom King Art would also give 5 Free Attribute Points. When circulating the cultivation technique, Strength and Agility would each increase by 15 points, and HP would increase by another 100 points.
This kind of attribute data was actually quite monstrous.
At least in a place like Green Mountain City, it was definitely enough.
"Actually, leveling up is the most practical. Every time you level up, you can add 1 point of Strength."
"Native Martial Artists don't seem to have this advantage; they cannot level up, and all their attribute points come from cultivation techniques and Martial Techniques."
"As expected, I still have to mine to grind for experience."
"I love mining the most."
Yang Ling picked up the Steel Pickaxe by the head of his bed, tucked it into his waist, and pushed open the door to walk out.