Starting from a short stick, becoming the master of the universe

Chapter 8 Introduction to the Short Stick
Nearly two hours later, the proficiency of the short stick on the panel finally reached the entry level.

Logically speaking, one swing of the stick would give you a little experience point, so it shouldn't take so long.

But later on, Jiang Cheng felt his entire right arm was so sore and swollen that his movements were not standard. He could only increase his strength a little after every few chops.

Fortunately, hard work pays off and my proficiency has finally been raised to the next level.

[Short Stick: Beginner (0/300)]

In an instant, Jiang Cheng felt that a lot of information appeared in his mind out of thin air, and he felt like he had been practicing with a short stick for several months.

His eyes moved down to his right hand holding the rolling pin.

First of all, his grip was wrong.

When holding a short stick, you cannot hold it at the very end without leaving any room. It should be about a fist's distance away from the end of the stick.

the reason is simple.

If you hold the end of the stick in your hand, in actual combat, the short stick can easily fly out of your hand due to rapid swinging or violent impact.

If you lose your weapon during a fight, there is no need to say what the consequences will be.

And keep one hand.

Although the attack distance is shortened a bit, it is more conducive to the use of skills. When in close combat, you can use the tail of the stick to smash or pestle, which is more powerful.

In addition, there are enemy monitoring postures and several short stick techniques.

The enemy monitoring posture, as the name suggests, is the way to face the enemy.

The main stance is side step at ease, with the hind leg slightly bent and the mind highly alert. One hand holds the stick and the other free hand protects the face. As for whether the stick is held in front or behind, it depends on personal habit. Generally, it is held in front. Firstly, the attack range is wide, and secondly, it is convenient for attacking and controlling the distance.

As for the short stick techniques, in addition to the chopping and hacking that he had been practicing, there were three more moves.

The first move is to play with sticks.

Just like Sun Wukong, wielding the golden cudgel in his hand tightly.

Stick flower performance involves swinging the short stick in your hand, the faster the better.

Generally speaking, this technique has no lethality. It is mainly to help beginners master the nature of the stick and exercise wrist flexibility, so that they can attack from unimaginable angles.

The second and third moves are lifting and sweeping respectively.

A chop is a blow from top to bottom, and depending on the angle, it can be divided into a forehand chop or a backhand chop.

A flick is a swing from bottom to top, and depending on the angle, it can be divided into forehand flick and backhand flick.

Sweep is a horizontal swing, which is also divided into forehand sweep and backhand sweep.

These are the extra information in Jiang Cheng’s mind.

"It's a pity that there is no footwork. If the short stick is upgraded to the proficient level, the relevant information about footwork should be unlocked."

Jiang Cheng thought to himself.

Including combo skills, force mechanisms, techniques, and experience, none of which have been unlocked yet.

It's just the entry-level level. Even if there's only one thug holding a dagger blocking your way, it's best not to take action and just endure it.

"By the way, let's see how much experience points we can gain by chopping now."

Jiang Cheng's heart moved, he gripped the short stick tightly, and swung it down fiercely from top to bottom, and a sound of breaking through the air was heard.

[Experience points increased by 0.5]

A line of information appeared on the panel.

"It has been reduced by half. At the same time, the experience points required to advance to the next proficiency level have become 300 points. Overall, the difficulty has increased sixfold."

He tried to backhand again.

Although he had only practiced a few times, his movements were very smooth and he made a sound of breaking through the air.

[Short stick experience value increased by 0.5]

“The experience value is the same.”

Jiang Cheng thought for a while and soon understood.

After reaching the entry level, he actually already knows these new skills, but he is just not yet proficient in them.

To verify, he tried the straight scan again.

Sure enough, the experience value increased by 0.5 points. "It seems that I need to practice 600 times to reach a proficient level. Tonight, it will definitely not work."

Jiang Cheng yawned, feeling extremely tired, but his brain was still excited.

"If you don't have the energy, then just practice stick flower."

Jiang Cheng closed his eyes and opened them quickly.

This stick flower, like the chop, can be divided into forehand and backhand.

The correct stick flower moves from top to bottom, and the wrists, elbows, shoulders, and even the entire body have to move.

The reverse stick flower is performed by rotating the short stick from bottom to top.

Apart from anything else, he is good at showing off.

It was clearly Jiang Cheng's first time practicing, but his movements looked pretty good and turning a few or even dozens of circles was no problem for him, though his speed was a bit slow.

At this time, the experience value also increased by one or two points.

He tried to practice the reverse stick flower again. It was much more difficult than the forward stick flower and the speed of rotation was even slower, but in one word, he could do it.

Suddenly, the old man's voice sounded.

"Xiao Cheng, it's getting late. Go to bed. We don't have many raw sweet potatoes at home. Go buy some tomorrow morning."

"Oh, sure, grandma, I'll go buy it tomorrow morning."

Jiang Cheng agreed with a smile and put the rolling pin back to its original place.

The old man looked at him and sighed in a barely audible voice.

Jiang Cheng slept soundly this time.

Although the current situation is not good, he firmly believes that he and the people around him will be able to live a good life in the future.

At dawn, Jiang Cheng woke up, washed up, had breakfast, and then pushed his tricycle out.

It’s not about setting up a stall, but going to the street to buy one or two hundred kilograms of sweet potatoes.

He couldn't carry such a heavy weight back, so naturally he needed a tricycle to transport it.

The old man watched Jiang Cheng go away, suddenly remembered something, hurried back to the house, glanced at the kitchen, and found that the rolling pin was nowhere to be found.

"This child..."

The old man stood there in a daze, not knowing what to do.

For some reason, she felt that her grandson's personality had changed after his serious illness.

Of course, they were both filial and sensible, but there was something more about Jiang Cheng now that she couldn't understand.

Just like now, Jiang Cheng walks with his head held high and chest puffed out, totally unlike before, when he kept his head down and looked timid and fearful.

She didn't know whether this was a good thing or a bad thing.

After thinking about it, she decided to go to Mrs. Chen next door for advice.

Jiang Cheng did bring a rolling pin with him as he walked on the road.

The slums are not absolutely safe during the day and there are also some robberies. Especially for the original body, he was blackmailed many times on the way back from buying raw sweet potatoes during the day.

Bring a rolling pin with you. Even if he doesn't intend to fight with others, taking it out can at least have some deterrent effect.

He knew that the old man was worried that he would get hurt in a private fight with those thugs.

But his ideas are indeed different from the old man's.

No one likes to be oppressed. Wherever there is oppression, there is resistance.

If he didn't have a proficiency panel, perhaps his edges would have been smoothed out over the years, and he would have been bullied and exploited day after day, year after year, like most people in the slums.

But he already had the proficiency panel, yet he was still bullied by a group of hooligans. That was too embarrassing for a time traveler.

If you dare to lay a hand on him, be prepared to have your hand broken!
After more than ten minutes, Jiang Cheng finally pushed the cart to the street, in front of the grain store.

This is the only store selling food on the entire street, so there are always a lot of people no matter what time you come.

It is said that this store is opened by a family in the city with a very powerful background. This street has been managed by several gangsters, but none of them dared to do anything to this store. When people come in to buy food, they dare not pay a penny less.

At this moment, several burly men stood at the door of the store, staring at everyone who entered the store with fierce eyes, as if to say, don't make trouble, I'm watching you.

(End of this chapter)