Chapter 12 (1/2)

Translator: Lordbluefire  Editor: Lordbluefire

During the second morning, he discovered that his constitution and strength had both increased by 0.1 respectively. His strength attribute reached 10.6 and his constitution reached 10.5. Seeing the shocking speed of increment, Chen Shouyi felt increasingly confident in his heart.

Maybe, there was no need for too long and he really could pass the…Martial Apprentice Test.

In the morning, he practiced his sword techniques as usual.

After having lunch, once noon passed, he swiftly rode his bicycle and headed toward the youth martial training center.

He initially thought he would be the first to reach there. However, on the resting benches outside, there were already quite a few students waiting there.

“Chen Shouyi, you also registered for this class?” Even before he walked near, Guo Qianqian whom he had met yesterday, already stood up and waved at him. Beside her, her boyfriend Lin Feng could be seen. Clearly, she accompanied him here.

“What a coincidence! I found this class’s information online. I heard that the tuition teacher is at a very high standard; hence, I came here on account of her reputation.” Now that he was facing Guo Qianqian, Chen Shouyi could already treat her normally. He smiled at her as he spoke.

Lin Feng felt somewhat taken aback and glanced at Chen Shouyi. This was a high-grade sword technique lesson and the fee was pretty expensive. Therefore, those who came here to register were all people with the hope of passing the Martial Apprentice Test. Considering all the facts, he felt that his judgment was slightly off, but he didn’t really mind it. After all, Chen Shouyi’s image wouldn’t cause much of a threat to him.

As time flowed by, more and more students arrived.

Including Chen Shouyi, there were a total of eleven people. Four females and seven males, and they all seemed to be senior high school students.

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The tuition teacher gracefully walked into the classroom. She clapped her hands. “In the future, unless I especially inform you guys, the class will always start at 1 pm on Sunday. No one should be late.

“Those who come here for tuition, I believe all of you are preparing to pass the Martial Apprentice Test.

“Whether or not it is easy to pass the sword techniques aspect or to win against the combat robot during the test, it is in truth neither easy nor difficult. The key point is whether your sword techniques could be unleashed as per your will perfectly, as well as whether you are proficient in the basic steps.

“Many people have mistaken, feeling that with regards to the mastery of basic sword techniques, the more the better. This is not the case at all. In real combat, fights would usually conclude within a few moves. Other than sparring, there basically wouldn’t be many circumstances of both parties locked in a stalemate.

“Knowing a hundred stances is inferior to being extremely good in just one stance!

“Even if what you mastered is the simplest Bow Stance Pierce, if you could train that to perfection, you can also easily pass the test.

“Usually, for martial apprentices, if you have not reached the state where you can instinctively unleash your sword as you will, it’s best for you not to learn more than three moves. If not, you would be a jack of all trades yet master of none.”

Chen Shouyi felt as though he was awakened from a dream when he heard that. He instantly woke up from the joy of learning a new sword technique yesterday. The martial teacher in his school had also said similar words before, yet this beautiful tuition teacher’s words were more incisive and cut straight to the key point.

“For any standard sword stance, if one added some slight changes to them, they could become a set of terrifying sword art. In this first lesson, I will teach the Bow Stance Pierce. You guys have already learned this technique. Now, what I will be teaching is the upper pierce strike and lower pierce strike, as well as the usage of basic steps in combat.”

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Without realizing it, it had already been a month since the start of school. After entering the senior year, the monthly exam was about to arrive.

It was said that after this test was finished, there would still be a parent-teacher conference. Sun Xin finally felt a sense of anxiousness. He could already faintly predict how dire his ending would be.

“How’re your preparations?”

“What do you mean how?” Chen Shouyi stopped doing the practice questions as he turned his head in puzzlement.

“For the test next Monday.” Sun Xin was extremely angry by Chen Shouyi’s calmness.

“What should be prepared has been prepared long ago. Next, I will just have to see whether the test is difficult or not,” answered Chen Shouyi.

During this month, he didn’t neglect his studies. He still had no idea whether his results would be better this time around, but the grade of the school subjects in his attributes panel had all increased by one point respectively. There were even some subjects where there was an increment of two points.