Something’s Wrong with This Game — I Became a God by Mining!

[Boulder Crushing Fist, the will is like a mountain, a single punch strikes out as if a giant peak is collapsing]

[Beginner's Insight: +3 Strength]

[Comprehensive Mastery: +6 Strength]

[Flawless Proficiency: +9 Strength]

[Skilled: +12 Strength]

[Transcendent: +20 Strength]

"So martial techniques are divided into five stages..."

Yang Ling subconsciously glanced at his Status Panel.

Character: Yang Ling

Level: 8

Strength: 11

Agility: 5

Spirit: 10

Martial Arts: Vajra Bright King Technique (First-class Technique, Novice)

Experience Points: 10/100

Boulder Crushing Fist (Novice)

Proficiency: 0/100

HP: 110

"Martial arts cultivation techniques use experience points, while martial techniques use proficiency, though the starting stage for both only requires 100 points."

"Previously, Wu Que's Black Tiger Fist was at the Skilled level, and Zhang Hao's Zhang Family Leg Technique was also at the Skilled level."

"And Hui Neng's Boulder-Splitting Palm and Swift Wind Step were both at the Skilled level too."

"Judging from the amplification degree, the difficulty of the first four stages should be relatively normal, but the final Transcendent stage is clearly very hard to achieve, which is why it gives a one-time +20 Strength boost."

"Never mind all that, time to start training!"

Yang Ling closed his eyes, continuously recalling the training method for Boulder Crushing Fist in his mind.

The next second, he suddenly assumed a stance and began practicing meticulously, one move at a time.

Time passed minute by minute.

About an hour went by.

A layer of sweat had already appeared on Yang Ling's forehead.

Right at that moment, a warm current flowed into his body.

"Something's happening!"

He glanced at his Status Panel.

[Boulder Crushing Fist, Proficiency: 1/100]

"The Vajra Bright King Technique only takes about fifteen minutes to gain 1 experience point, so why does an ordinary martial technique take a full hour to gain just 1 proficiency point?"

A trace of suspicion flashed in Yang Ling's eyes.

Logically, the training speed for Boulder Crushing Fist should be faster than the Vajra Bright King Technique.

After all, this is just an ordinary fist technique.

"Whatever, I'll just keep practicing."

Yang Ling couldn't be bothered to dwell on it and continued focusing on practicing his fist technique.

Occasionally, when he got tired, he would rest for a while.

Unconsciously, the roosters outside began to crow.

Yang Ling suddenly snapped awake and looked at his Status Panel again:

[Boulder Crushing Fist, Proficiency: 6/100]

"6 proficiency points? So it doesn't have a daily cap like the Vajra Bright King Technique?"

Yang Ling felt a surge of pleasant surprise.

To verify this point, he had no intention of resting and continued cultivating Boulder Crushing Fist.

An hour later, the proficiency increased by another point.

Unconsciously, it was noon.

[Boulder Crushing Fist, Proficiency: 12/100]

"As I thought..."

Yang Ling murmured to himself:

"The cultivation of this fist technique actually has no upper limit, which means..."

A sharp gleam flashed in his eyes as he subconsciously clenched his fist:

"As long as I practice hard every day, I can accumulate 100 proficiency points in seven or eight days, and by then I'll have reached the Beginner's Insight stage?"

Yang Ling's heart was instantly filled with motivation.

However, having stayed up all night, he felt somewhat tired.

"Cultivating the Vajra Bright King Technique seems to rapidly restore energy. If I could use it to replace sleep, then I could use all 24 hours for leveling up..."

Yang Ling decided to act on the thought and began cultivating the Vajra Bright King Technique.

A little over an hour later, he had gathered another 5 experience points.

[Vajra Bright King Technique, Experience Points: 15/100]

Yang Ling slowly opened his eyes, feeling completely refreshed, just like he had slept for ten hours.

"That's the feeling!"

Yang Ling felt somewhat exhilarated.

He wolfed down two pieces of flatbread and then continued practicing Boulder Crushing Fist.

Since he couldn't enter the mine these past few days anyway, it was the perfect time to push for proficiency in Boulder Crushing Fist.

For the next full four days, Yang Ling didn't leave his room.

"Whew!"

After finishing a set of the fist technique, Yang Ling felt thirsty and picked up a cup of water, gulping down several mouthfuls.

He glanced at his Status Panel:

[Vajra Bright King Technique, Experience Points: 35/100]

[Boulder Crushing Fist, Proficiency: 99/100]

"Just 1 proficiency point left."

Yang Ling wiped the water droplets from the corner of his mouth and continued practicing the fist technique.

Unconsciously, an hour passed.

The proficiency for Boulder Crushing Fist also silently reached 100 points.

Whoosh!

Yang Ling's fist suddenly gained a bit more power, and the sound of it cutting through the air when he punched became noticeably louder!

"Breakthrough!"

Yang Ling immediately checked his attributes:

Character: Yang Ling

Profession: Martial Artist

Level: 8

Strength: 14 (+3)

Agility: 5

Spirit: 10

Martial Arts: Vajra Bright King Technique (First-class Technique, Novice)

Experience Points: 35/100

Boulder Crushing Fist (Beginner's Insight)

Proficiency: 0/1000

HP: 110

"That extra +3 Strength is from Boulder Crushing Fist."

"I didn't expect to reach Beginner's Insight in just four or five short days, but..."

Yang Ling noticed that Boulder Crushing Fist's proficiency had changed to 1000.

"So to reach Comprehensive Mastery, I'd have to grind day and night for forty or fifty days?"

"Would Flawless Proficiency require 10,000 proficiency points? That would take over a year..."

"And to reach Skilled, wouldn't that take over a decade, and that's with grinding day and night?"

Yang Ling's fiery enthusiasm was suddenly doused by a bucket of cold water.

He finally understood why Wu Que and the others only trained their martial techniques to the Skilled level.

Those guys must have been practicing for over a decade, at the very least.

But to reach the Transcendent level, wouldn't that take over a hundred years?

You'd grow old and die before you even cultivated it, unless...

"Unless you're exceptionally talented. If I could gain 10 proficiency points per hour while practicing the fist, my progress would increase tenfold..."

"Boulder Crushing Fist isn't even the main thing. Looking at it this way... the experience points for the Vajra Bright King Technique probably correspond to proficiency points."

"Even though it only has four layers, there's a daily cap on its cultivation; you can only gain 5 experience points per day."

"The first layer alone requires 20 days."

"If the second layer also requires 1000 experience points, that would be 200 days."

"The third layer... two thousand days."

"The fourth layer... twenty thousand days."

"Haha, how many twenty-thousand-day spans does a person have in their life?"

Yang Ling couldn't help but laugh out loud, feeling rather helpless.

"However, in the 'Divine Realm', there should be some external means to increase the growth speed of proficiency and experience points..."

A thought stirred in Yang Ling's mind.

This speculation of his wasn't groundless.

It came from the experience of playing so many games.

In a game, it's only reasonable that there would be similar settings.

"If only there was a way to inquire about the situation in the martial world from the local native Martial Artists and see how others are cultivating..."

After pondering for a moment, Yang Ling immediately shook off the distracting thoughts in his head.

At the very least, he could train Boulder Crushing Fist to Comprehensive Mastery in just one or two months.

And in another thirteen days, he could also complete the first layer of the Vajra Bright King Technique.

By then, Boulder Crushing Fist would amplify his Strength by 6 points.

The Vajra Bright King Technique would also give 5 Free Attribute Points, and while channeling it, both Strength and Agility would increase by 15 points each, with an additional 100 HP.

These attribute numbers are actually quite insane.

At least in a place like Green Mountain City, it's definitely more than enough.

"Actually, leveling up is still the most substantial. Every level gained adds 1 point to Strength."

"Native Martial Artists don't seem to have this advantage. They can't level up; all their attribute points come from cultivation techniques and martial techniques."

"So it really does come back to mining for experience."

"I love mining the most."

Yang Ling picked up the Fine Steel Pickaxe by his bedside, tucked it at his waist, and pushed the door open to leave.

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