40: Learn seventeen more sword techniques, learn and create new ones

【Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Sword LV1 → LV2】

【The effects of the skill “Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Sword” have been comprehensively enhanced, and the player can choose one of the following three enhancement options:】

【Nine Palaces: Movement speed increased by 5%】

【Eight Trigrams: Attack speed increased by 5%】

【Strengthen Body: Physique increased by 5%】

His gaze flickered slightly. After this period of experiencing changes in the human body, Bai Xuan had summarized some patterns.

The growth of these four attributes—Strength, Physique, Agility, and Spirit—is the result of natural growth, development, and exercise of the human body.

The limits they reach are merely the basic limits.

The bonuses provided by skills, however, are additional bonuses.

In web novels of the Xuanhuan or Xianxia genres, the limit of attributes is the limit of a mortal body, the limit of an ordinary cultivator.

The existence of skills, on the other hand, is equivalent to special spiritual roots, special Physiques, special talents, special destinies… they are additional bonuses.

The gap between an ordinary cultivator without talent and a genius cultivator with extraordinary talent is naturally like heaven and earth.

If he didn't have skills, he would just be an ordinary person.

Even if all his attributes were raised to their maximum, he would still only be at the limit of a mortal body.

But with the bonuses from skills, he could transform from an ordinary person into a genius.

In other words… for him, who possesses a player template, the more skills he has, the better his talent, and the more of a genius he becomes.

And upgrades and enhancements that can increase basic attributes are, without a doubt, the highest priority options for upgrades and enhancements.

Without any hesitation, Bai Xuan directly chose 【Strengthen Body】.

【Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Sword LV2 → LV3】

… …

He continued to choose 【Strengthen Body】.

“Sharpening the axe does not delay the chopping of wood… My learning ability in swordsmanship has greatly improved now. Not only can I easily learn various sword arts, but once these sword arts become skills, they won't even be the lowest LV1.”

“Since that's the case… why don't I continue to learn swordsmanship, learn all the Wudang Swordplay with instructional videos on the internet, and then 【enter】 the game world?”

“Anyway, it's not that many, just seventeen more.”

Thinking this, Bai Xuan immediately made a decision and directly clicked to play the next instructional video.

Just like that, Bai Xuan watched and learned.

In just one day, he learned these seventeen sword arts and gained a large number of upgrade and enhancement bonuses.

… … …

… … …

“What a great harvest.”

Looking at the sword skill after sword skill in his skill bar, Bai Xuan also curved his lips, revealing a joyful smile.

“Tomorrow, I'll go hunting again, practice these sword arts in actual combat, and quickly level them up to max to gain more enhancement bonuses.”

“And I have a feeling that as my strength continues to grow and I walk further down the extraordinary path, my wisdom, or rather, my comprehension, has also greatly improved. It's a very wondrous feeling.”

“It's as if… I myself can integrate these sword arts, melt them into one, gather them like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea… ultimately creating an unprecedented and astonishing sword art.”

“Thinking about it… this also seems like a very normal thing.”

“The extraordinary path is inherently extraordinary and refined.”

“The wisdom and comprehension of immortals, Buddhas, gods, and demons are inherently far beyond those of ordinary mortals.”

“Extraordinary… it's not just an increase in strength… extraordinary is evolution, metamorphosis, an all-around improvement… things mortals cannot do… for extraordinary beings, perhaps they are just trifles, easily accomplished.”

“Of course,”

“The wisdom of mortals also has its merits.”

“The crystallization of ancient wisdom, the essence of modern science, are all precious resources for me on my extraordinary path. Tomorrow… my express delivery will arrive.”

“But I think I can start by reading e-books, studying knowledge related to the human body, the brain, and even physics, chemistry… all knowledge that is useful to me.”

However, before he started reading, Bai Xuan looked at the dense messages on his phone, especially those from his Good Brother Jiang Yuxi, and decided to reply.

【Jiang Yuxi: Good Brother, Good Brother, you're really famous, and it's a huge sensation. Four of the top one hundred trending topics are about you.】

【Jiang Yuxi: So many people are looking for you now, but they can't reach you, so they came directly to me, it's so annoying.】

【Jiang Yuxi: I told my parents, and they said they would come and resolve all of this.】

【Jiang Yuxi: Good Brother, what are your thoughts?】

【Jiang Yuxi: Good Brother, you know my parents have some influence. If you need any help, you can tell me.】

Seeing these messages, Bai Xuan understood why no one had directly come to his door. It turned out Jiang Yuxi's parents had helped.

Indeed, Jiang Yuxi's family was quite influential in Lehan City.

【Bai Xuan: Thank you, Good Brother, and also Auntie and Uncle for your help.】

【Bai Xuan: Internet traffic comes and goes quickly. I'll keep a low profile for a few days, and the heat will pass soon.】

【Jiang Yuxi: Good Brother, this is what I should do. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have gone to the comic con, wouldn't have been photographed by so many photographers, and then exploded online, attracting so much trouble.】

【Bai Xuan: Good Brother, why would you say that… how can you blame yourself?】

【Bai Xuan: With my looks, as long as I'm alive and still go out, sooner or later I'll be secretly photographed and then cause a storm on the internet, attracting some trouble.】

【Bai Xuan: So how can you blame yourself for this? Blame me for being too handsome!】

【Bai Xuan: A handsome young man like me will attract everyone's attention and cause some trouble wherever he goes.】

Bai Xuan replied, a smile on his face.

On the other side, Jiang Yuxi saw these messages and, while feeling a bit amused, also felt that Bai Xuan was not wrong.

When one's looks reach a certain level, it's destined to be hard to keep a low profile.

The saying 'beauty is a curse' still holds true.

Moreover, in this world, handsome men are simply rarer than beautiful women.

How could a handsome man of Bai Xuan's caliber possibly stay low-key his entire life?

More or less, he would attract some trouble and gossip.

【Jiang Yuxi: Okay, okay, okay.】

【Jiang Yuxi: Good Brother, you're really quite narcissistic.】

【Jiang Yuxi: But seeing that you can still joke, I know you're in a good mood.】

【Jiang Yuxi: And you're right, keep a low profile for a while, and the internet's popularity, which comes quickly, will also fade quickly.】

【Jiang Yuxi: That's it then. We'll go out and play once the fuss dies down.】

【Bai Xuan: 'Once the fuss dies down'… that makes us sound like villains from a TV show.】

【Bai Xuan: But that statement isn't wrong. Once the fuss dies down, we'll go out and play together again.】

【Jiang Yuxi: OK.】