"Newbie Valley has really changed."

Jiang Shang, with a head of white hair, walked into Newbie Valley.

At the entrance of the valley, a few players were still laboriously moving bricks.

After Er Ha had messed up the newbie wall, he felt somewhat fearful and immediately used the daily set amount of experience points given by Zhong Shenxiu to issue a task for repairing the city wall.

The players then quickly accepted it.

However, the players were exploring various methods, and Er Ha occasionally went berserk, causing this cycle of destruction—reconstruction—destruction—reconstruction to almost become routine.

Later, a player realized, "Could it be that the game development team is worried that the real game won't have so many infrastructure tasks available, so they sent an Er Ha to tear down our houses every day?"

In any case, Er Ha's interactions with the players were harmonious and joyful...

"Wow, look, it's really eating!"

"Damn it, this NPC actually sleeps at night and hits me when I try to get a task from it!"

Another player complained.

Then, he was slapped against the wall by Er Ha from afar.

The spectating players were unmoved, "Have you guys noticed its name? It's super cute, it's called Er Ha... Hahaha, I can almost sense the dog planner's wicked sense of humor..."

Jiang Shang ignored these comments, walked up to Er Ha, and bowed respectfully, "Respected career mentor Er Ha, I've come to learn skills..."

"Roar, woof woof… has a player who can really learn skills finally appeared?"

Er Ha widened his eyes, sized up Jiang Shang, and opened the shop panel.

A row of Black Tiger series skills popped up, looking as if he had robbed the Black Tiger Escort Agency, which in fact was almost true.

Moreover, he could only sell these skills, and Divinity of any kind was absolutely forbidden; even leaking half a word would cause the "Ha Seal" to immediately act.

[Would you like to spend 100 experience points to learn Black Tiger Fist (Beginner)?]

Looking at the prompt on the attribute panel, Jiang Shang forcefully restrained his excitement and confirmed forcefully, "Yes!"

The next second, his experience points were completely emptied.

In an instant, a set of Black Tiger Fist martial arts entered his mind, various moves swiftly flashing through, as if he had practiced them millions of times.

Not only that, Jiang Shang also felt an indescribable yet perceptible refreshing energy from between heaven and earth entering his body through his pores, turning his skin bright red, making him involuntarily grunt...

"Ha... Hah!"

After completing the learning process, Jiang Shang couldn't wait to get into a fighting stance and began punching vigorously.

Suddenly, with a clear whistle, he punched a wooden wall beside him, causing the wall to shake continuously and leaving behind a faint fist mark.

"This feeling... it's almost like my fists are wrapped in thick cowhide... According to the Black Tiger Fist manual I got from the Black Tiger Escort Agency, once it reaches the junior achievement level, this layer of film will extend to the limbs, and at the great achievement level, it covers the whole body, achieving Copper Skin Great Success, and I could be called a ninth-rank martial artist!"

These days, Jiang Shang was unmatched in Three Elements City, and managed to obliterate the Black Tiger Escort Agency, gaining quite a few benefits.

For instance, the Pu Family Boxing and some techniques from the Black Tiger Escort Agency.

But he soon found out that the skill books in this game were tricky, as they all required practice by oneself.

For example, the beginner level Black Tiger Fist; even if he tried to imitate the manual painstakingly, it might still take years in the game to reach the entry level!

And now, with a flood of experience points, it instantly equaled years of hard work!

'As long as there is enough experience, it's probably not a big problem to become a sixth-rank martial artist right away...'

Jiang Shang was overwhelmed with emotions.

He secretly discovered a secret about experience points, it seemed easier to farm experience in the big cities with many people.

And it wasn't entirely from killing monsters, but more like achieving various goals or completing certain achievements, which would grant some rewards.

After realizing this, he recently kept causing trouble in Three Elements City, always making a scene, and finally gathered a hundred points of experience, and immediately came to experiment.

'Indeed... it's too hard for players to actively learn skills, better to rely on the system.'

'But... is this really just a game?'

'Next, the most important experiment.'

...

Grotto Heaven.

After logging out, Jiang Shang immediately rushed into the living room, eager to practice Black Tiger Fist.

"Black Tiger Ripping Sheep!"

"Black Tiger Jumping Beam!"

"Black Tiger Heart Stealing!"

Jiang Shang swept with his fists, a blue and white porcelain vase fell to the ground and shattered...

He didn't care at all, closed his eyes, and after a long time, he exhaled deeply, "My body seems to have completely memorized this boxing technique, familiar with the routines, even with my current physical quality, fighting a few thugs is not scary at all... But... the special effects are gone."

The most important part of the beginner level Black Tiger Fist was that layer of film on the hands.

Yet in the real world, even though he had become a master of Black Tiger Fist, he felt much weaker than his in-game self!

"Heaven and earth have qi, turbidly bestowing forms. Below as rivers and peaks, above as sun and stars..."

Jiang Shang thought back to when he was practicing boxing in the game, absorbing the refreshing energy from the outside world, and suddenly realized, "Does our world... not have qi?"

At this moment, his expression was relaxed, yet sorrowful.

"Although I can't become a Transcendent, it seems not bad, otherwise the empire would undergo major changes..."

"Even so, it's difficult, at least the current me, several Great Hans are completely beyond my reach..."

Familiar with the boxing routines, coupled with the practice in the game, daring to kill, enriched with real combat experience.

The current him could totally compare to that kind of real combat martial arts master.

If he were to gain transcendental powers, Jiang Shang didn't even dare to think further...

"As of now, am I considered a martial arts master? But on the internet, various martial arts masters are being exposed too miserably..."

"Now, with this game, at least there will be quite a few players with abundant life-and-death battle experience in the real world, that's already an unstable factor..."

"And as for the later stages of the game, it's still unknown..."

...

"So soon a player has discovered the issue?"

Inside the villa, Zhong Shenxiu took a sip of red wine.

Xuanming Sky's boxing skills naturally transcended the ordinary, but once they reached Grotto Heaven, without the support of qi, they were nothing but fancy routines.

Of course, even if they were just fancy routines, they were still well-honed killing skills, good enough to handle ordinary people.

And for him, he had long transcended the need for natural qi. Not only could he generate 'mystery' by himself to support the transcendent, but he could also absorb some metaphysical stuff and transform it into qi, allowing the transcendent to manifest their sanctity even in the Absolute Demon World.

"However, it's too early for just the first internal test, some theories still need to slowly be verified..."

His gaze then shifted to Xie Biqi.