My stats are higher than yours!!

[Hint: Applying a decomposition mark]

A white light emanated from Bai Shuodong's hand, which quietly merged into the training wooden sword. The internal structure of the wooden sword was also revealed in a very magical way. What he saw was not the material, but something of another dimension.

What a wonderful feeling!

[Note: The mark has been applied. You can view the temporary skill effect at any time.]

[Imprint Limit: 1/3]

"Check!"

【Sword Technique Channel (Passive)】

Level: first level

Skill Quality: ★★★

Skill Level: 2

Skill Source: Training with a wooden sword

Skill effect: When training, the proficiency of swordsmanship increases by 200%, and the difficulty of breaking through the bottleneck of the first-level skill is greatly reduced.

Duration: 1 hour.

Holy crap!

A 200% increase in proficiency growth rate—isn't that equivalent to 3x faster training? And it also reduces the difficulty of breaking through bottlenecks? This skill is far more valuable than the original wooden sword training!

As expected of a three-star skill, the effect is really powerful, but it's a pity that it only lasts for one hour.

Bai Shuodong lowered his eyes and murmured to himself, "Growth skills are powerful, but in reality, not many people are willing to learn them."

"Because there is a limit to the number of general skills, under normal circumstances, there are only five at level one. If you learn a growth skill, you will lose a passive or active ability. You can improve your special skill level through time, talent, or guidance from a master, but you cannot make up for the missing skill slots, which is obviously not worth it."

"Therefore, even if the results are good, not many people are willing to learn it because the cost is too high."

However...

"If it's a temporary skill obtained by dismantling equipment, then it's great for me."

Bai Shuodong smiled. He could improve his skill level through temporary skills, but the drawback was that it was expensive. Each time he acquired a temporary skill, he had to burn an entire piece of equipment.

This is not a lack of ability.

This is my flaw.

Poor!

...

First year of high school, Warrior class, Class 3.

Bai Shuodong stood outside the classroom, listening to the teacher's voice coming from inside, feeling somewhat nervous.

He coughed twice, then straightened his school uniform, stood up straight, knocked on the door, and greeted the door in a relatively formal manner.

"Go in."

A magnetic voice rang out.

"Crack!"

Bai Shuodong opened the door, meeting the gazes of dozens of students and teachers inside. Feeling a bit of pressure, he said, "Um, the head of the teaching department called me. I just got back."

"Okay, go back to class."

The instructor standing on the platform was a tall, robust, middle-aged man with broad shoulders and a thick back. He had a rugged, angular face. His left lower leg was a mechanical prosthesis, his right arm was a mechanical arm, and his right eye appeared to be normal, but it was actually a prosthetic eye.

His name is Cang Xuan, and he is a teacher of basic literacy courses at the school, specializing in cultivating students' basic literacy.

"okay."

Bai Shuodong nodded in response, then lowered his head and slipped back to his seat.

"stop!"

Cang Xuan suddenly shouted, his voice like a thunderclap, full of majesty and power.

Bai Shuodong stopped, slowly turned his head, and looked at the teacher on the podium. He couldn't help but feel a little timid, but he still forced himself to say, "Teacher, I don't think I made any mistakes, right?"

"You made a mistake; you weren't brave enough."

Cang Xuan stared directly at Bai Shuodong, one hand behind his back, and said, "You didn't do anything wrong, so why are you walking with your head down? You were called in by the head of the teaching department, so you have a perfectly legitimate reason to be late to the classroom. There's no problem with that. When you go back to your seat, you should hold your head high and walk back with confidence."

"Old Cang has had another episode."

"Sigh, there's nothing we can do, that's just how he is."

A few whispers came from below, but they were not loud and seemed not to have been heard by the teacher.

Cang Xuan ignored them and continued, staring at Bai Shuodong: "Remember, courage is the hymn of humanity and the invisible armor of warriors. Without fearless courage and conviction, you will never become a powerful warrior in the future."

"This is the basic quality of a soldier, and it is also the soul of a soldier. A soldier without spirit is just a living corpse. Do you understand?"

"I understand!"

Bai Shuodong answered loudly, head held high and chest out.

Although he didn't understand, he knew that if he didn't do this now, Cangxuan would definitely not let him off easily, so he strode back to his seat.

Back in his seat, he looked at Cang Xuan on the stage, who had lost his right arm, right eye, and half a leg, yet still stood straight and radiant. He couldn't help but think to himself:

Am I living too conservatively?

Chapter Three: There's a Lion in Your Eyes

Soon after, a girl's clear voice came from beside Bai Shuodong.

"Hehe, what bad luck, getting targeted by Lao Cang again. How does that feel? Hahaha!"

He carefully turned his gaze slightly to the red-haired girl beside him, who had a flamboyant smile. The girl had fair and delicate cheeks, exquisitely beautiful features, and eyes that were like those of a wolf eyeing its prey, full of unique wildness.

Xia Yanxin, third in her class in the Warrior Department, has excellent grades, a straightforward personality, and is well-liked by her teachers.

Even if you openly talk to someone in class, Lao Cang won't notice you. On the contrary, Bai Shuodong can still feel the gazes on him, whether intentionally or unintentionally.

What a discriminatory treatment!

Why are you only staring at me!

Why don't you keep an eye on Xia Yanxin too?

"What did the director give you?"

Xia Yanxin leaned back in her chair, squinted her eyes slightly, and asked with a smile.

"you know?"

"Of course, for many students who are inexperienced in the ways of the world, giving them some small, unseen benefits can make them feel grateful and like they have made a profit. In reality, those things are part of the welfare benefits they receive."

Xia Yanxin leaned forward, tapping the table with one hand and resting her chin on the other, her smile meaningful, as if she was deliberately targeting someone.

"..."

Bai Shuodong's expression changed slightly, sensing that he had been given a hint. Then, he heard the girl beside him ask again, "Is it a regular-grade training wooden sword?"

He replied softly with an "Mm," then slumped onto the table, no longer looking at the person beside him.

"I knew it."

Xia Yanxin's smile grew even wider as she stared at Bai Shuodong's face and continued, "Although the Spirit Realm also produces training wooden swords, the actual output can't keep up with the consumption. Most training wooden swords are made by us psychics in the real world, so the cost is very low."

"Oh."

"I'm using a black iron-grade training wooden sword, which can increase proficiency by 5%, but the effect is so-so. Over time, it's better than nothing."

"..."

Bai Shuodong was silent for a moment, then suddenly raised his head, turned to look at Xia Yanxin beside him, and asked abruptly, "You just said... this thing is very cheap to produce, right?"

"Yes, training wooden swords are very easy to manufacture. Basically, every school has a huge stockpile, which is more than enough. On the surface, it is equipment that needs to be purchased, but in reality, it is usually given to students as a benefit."

Xia Yanxin tilted her head slightly, looking at Bai Shuodong with a puzzled expression, and asked, "Why are you suddenly concerned about the cost of this thing? You don't mean you want to buy it, do you?"

"Yes, I want to buy it."

Bai Shuodong did not deny it, and said, "I want to buy a better quality wooden sword for training, but I don't know how much it costs. Do you know?"

"The wholesale guide price for a standard-grade training wooden sword is 1,000 yuan, and for a black iron-grade sword it's 10,000 yuan."

Xia Yan paused for a moment, then rested his chin on his hand with a meaningful smile and said, "But the guide price is only for guidance, you know? A high guide price is mainly to inflate its value, but its actual value will be much lower."

How low?

"If your grades are good, just talk to the head of the teaching department, and he can give it to you for free." Xia Yanxin's eyes gleamed with a strange light.

"I'm not you."

Bai Shuodong sighed helplessly.

His academic performance was not ideal. There were a total of 8 classes in the Warrior Department, with about 30 students in each class, and a total of 265 students in the entire grade. His grade ranking usually hovered between 170 and 200, which was considered to be in the lower middle range.

However, he has awakened a B-level talent, which will allow him to receive additional subsidies. As long as he continues to work hard, his ranking can still rise.

But it will take some time to catalyze.

“I can give you a black iron-grade training wooden sword directly,” Xia Yanxin suddenly said, her smile gradually becoming aggressive.

"?"

Bai Shuodong's vigilance surged.

He knew very well that there was no such thing as a free lunch in this world, and this guy definitely had conditions, and very troublesome conditions at that.

"Don't be afraid, I just want you to spar with me. It's great to practice with a beautiful girl and get some good stuff, isn't it?" Xia Yanxin licked her lips and leaned closer to ask.

"Great my foot! I'm not doing it!"

Bai Shuodong refused without hesitation.

This wild woman wields a heavy sword, a two-meter-long weapon, and her fighting style is extremely wild. Every move she makes is domineering and fierce. Her terrifying fighting spirit is like that of a hungry wolf with red eyes.

The number of people who sparred with her and ended up in the infirmary after serious injuries could now form a football team!

The one who was injured the worst had a total of eighteen fractures, and his arm was almost broken when he was carried off the plane. It took him a full week to recover, and afterwards, he would unconsciously tremble whenever he saw Xia Yanxin, and he didn't dare to fight her at all.

This guy is a monster!

They didn't even know their own strength!

It should be noted that the school clinic has an extremely high level of medical care, and most injuries can be healed quickly. Injuries that require a week of treatment with the assistance of the school clinic to recover are already considered life-threatening or disabling injuries.

Teacher Cangxuan got a prosthetic limb because he encountered a special situation. It is said that he was attacked by a soul-severing ability, and his soul was severed. Even if he was healed with a limb regeneration ability, he could not use it normally, so he could only live with a mechanical prosthetic limb.

"Hey! How about this, if you agree, I'll teach you swordsmanship techniques from now on, okay?"

What's your skill level?

"Swordsmanship skill level 6".

"monster."

Bai Shuodong murmured softly.

Skills in the spirit world are generally divided into three categories: professional skills, general skills, and comprehension skills.

Occupational skills are the skills learned through occupational templates in the spirit world after acquiring an occupation. Different occupations have different skill sets, and there are also cases where a skill can be learned by multiple occupations.

General skills consume a limited number of general skill slots in the Spirit Realm. These skills are learned through skill books after certain prerequisites are met. The advantage of general skills is that they are not restricted by job categories, allowing you to learn the abilities you need most, but the number of slots is limited.

Finally, skill acquisition refers to skills learned through comprehension, with technical skills and specialties falling under the category of acquired skills. However, because other acquired skills besides technical skills and specialties are too difficult to master, most people categorize technical skills and specialties separately, and technical skills and specialties are usually not included in the context when discussing acquired skills.

Skills and expertise are only categorized as skills in the strict textbook sense; they are not considered in real life or normal communication.

Anomalies in ditch design – key points for exam preparation!

Exams are specifically designed to trap underachievers!

In the first year of high school, a skill level of 1 is considered poor, level 2 is considered average, level 3 is considered excellent, and level 4 is the highest level.

As for levels 5 and above?

If one of these emerges every three to five years, we'd be incredibly lucky!

Xia Yanxin's level 6 special skill is that of an absolute monster, a monster that surpasses the category of genius!