成了！

Fang Yue's heart filled with joy, but he suddenly thought of a problem.

That was, only at night, with the buff of [Night Breathing], were his stats high enough to learn martial arts.

So, what would he do during the day?

Fang Yue immediately brazenly asked Captain Chen for more manuals.

"Mundane martial arts? You already have my blade technique lineage, what do you need mundane martial arts for?"

"Uh... for reference."

Captain Chen snorted.

"What reference value is there in something that's not even worth mentioning?"

"Captain Chen, just give me one, any one will do. Preferably one that doesn't require any stats, preferably one that can increase stats when practiced, preferably..."

Captain Chen frowned.

"Xiao Ye, do you know the saying 'bite off more than you can chew'? Learning martial arts is just the beginning; truly mastering and becoming proficient is the most difficult part."

Well, judging by Captain Chen's meaning, there was no point in trying to get any benefits from him.

In fact, if it weren't for Han DaRen being his backer, Fang Yue wouldn't even have the qualifications to contact Captain Chen, let alone shamelessly ask for this and that.

After giving a few instructions, Captain Chen left.

This wooden house was a property under Captain Chen's name.

A two-bedroom apartment with a yard, and the yard even had equipment for martial arts practice. It could be said to be a mansion.

However, Captain Chen was a native of Guyue Village, and his family had several houses of this size. This house was temporarily for Fang Yue to live in.

He himself lived with his family in a larger house in the north of the village, telling Fang Yue to go to his house or the guard team if he needed anything.

Fang Yue inspected the room and found that it was full of dust, with a pile of杂物 (záwù) messily placed in the corner. If you didn't look closely, you'd think it was an abandoned warehouse.

Fortunately, it could shield him from the wind and rain, and there was a stove for cooking and living. All kinds of equipment were available, but it was covered in dust and needed to be thoroughly cleaned before use.

Fang Yue was a lazy person, and he was somewhat resistant to this kind of rough cleaning work.

It wasn't that he wouldn't do it, but he would procrastinate if he could.

Returning to the room, he sat down again, and Fang Yue silently recited the word 'stats'.

"Name: Ye Se Liming."

"Realm: Mortal."

"State: Ordinary."

"Health: 100/100."

"Control: 32 (+20)."

"Defense: 32 (+20)."

"Talent: Night Breathing (Human Grade High)."

"Skills: Analysis (Human Grade Low), Starfire Blade Technique 0-dan (Postnatal Third-Rate), Starfire Heart Technique 0-dan (Postnatal Third-Rate)."

"Lifespan: 11 days and 10 shichen."

According to the information in his mind, he circulated the Starfire Heart Technique.

The yangshou in his human soul immediately began to burn, and Fang Yue felt a certain something representing vitality within his body, that mysterious and profound existence. It was being ignited like a rope, slowly burning.

At the same time, an invisible aura surged toward the dantian within his body.

Unfortunately, a lot of aura came in, but a lot also went out, like a leaky bucket, leaving very little behind.

Fang Yue carefully felt this tiny amount of inner force, his mood a little complicated.

At the same time, he felt as if his body had undergone some kind of qualitative change. As the inner force circulated within his body, he felt unusually relaxed.

[System Notification: Congratulations to the player for unlocking [Inner Force Value]. Current inner force value 1/1.]

[System Notification: Congratulations to the player for successfully circulating the Starfire Heart Technique for one cycle. The Starfire Heart Technique has been upgraded to 1-dan.]

[System Notification: Congratulations to the player for breaking through the [Mortal] realm and upgrading to the [Postnatal Third-Rate] realm. Reward: +100 Health.]

+100 Health!?

Fang Yue was overjoyed. This was doubled!

So, breaking through realms increased health. How else would other people train and never hear anything about increasing their maximum health?

And the Heart Technique is already at 1-dan. Could it be that I'm so gifted that I can improve so fast?

Upon closer inspection, Fang Yue understood what the so-called 1-dan was all about.

So, reading the manual and learning martial arts was really just learning it theoretically.

Only by upgrading to 1-dan could one truly master it and break through the realm, entering the realm of martial artists.

But upgrading the Starfire Heart Technique to 1-dan didn't bring any changes. He guessed that changes would only occur when it was upgraded to 2-dan, but upgrading to 2-dan wouldn't be easy.

Randomly picking up a wooden stick from the corner, Fang Yue used the stick as a sword and circulated the Starfire Blade Technique.

The human soul immediately burned, then stopped in an instant.

Fang Yue had just raised his starting stance, but there was no follow-up.

Because when he activated the Starfire Blade Technique, the inner force of the Starfire Heart Technique would be automatically mobilized, and then...

[System Notification: Inner force exhausted.]

No wonder the learning condition for this broken blade technique was to first learn the Starfire Heart Technique. Turns out you can't even use it without this Heart Technique.

Helpless, Fang Yue sat down again and patiently practiced the Starfire Heart Technique.

The human soul burned frantically. After a dozen cycles, the inner force finally climbed to 15 points.

Fang Yue came to the yard outside and walked to the dirty stone block.

He activated the Starfire Blade Technique again.

Starting stance, inner force boiling.

And then... the first move, Starfire Power Slash!

The wooden stick was raised high above his head.

Bang!

With a loud bang, the human soul burned frantically, igniting the starfire in the air.

The starfire exploded, turning into a violent flame, burning the wooden stick.

The yard was immediately brightly lit, and the fire burned Fang Yue's hands, making them feel hot.

Damn it! Next time I try out the blade, I must use a real blade!

Clenching his hands, Fang Yue gritted his teeth and slashed down.

Boom!!

The wooden stick turned into fragments, and charred wood chips flew everywhere.

The stone block only had a large gap blasted open, charred black.

The force wasn't even fully used, and the 'weapon' was scrapped, so the power was naturally greatly reduced.

Fortunately...

[System Notification: Congratulations to the player for successfully circulating [Starfire Blade Technique]. [Starfire Blade Technique] has been upgraded to 1-dan.]

Never mind, as long as I've learned it. I'll ask Captain Chen for a real blade tomorrow and continue practicing.

Fang Yue's current Control stat was 32 points, +5 points from the Starfire Heart Technique, and +10 points from the Starfire Blade Technique.

That is, his peak state could have 47 points of Control, coupled with the Starfire Heart Technique and Starfire Blade Technique complementing each other, doubling the power.

With this combat power, what was there to fear from the strange creatures!

The sky has cleared, the rain has stopped, and I feel like I can do it again!

Fang Yue was secretly excited until he saw the pitiful 0/15 inner force value, and his expression froze.

Peak combat power was strong, but with this inner force value, he'd probably be done after one strike.

No, maybe he couldn't even unleash a complete strike. Fang Yue felt earlier that the inner force was declining and couldn't keep up with the consumption.

He glanced at his stats.

"Name: Ye Se Liming."

"Realm: Postnatal Third-Rate."

"State: Ordinary."

"Health: 200/200."

"Inner Force: 0/15."

"Control: 32 (+20)."

"Defense: 32 (+20)."

"Talent: Night Breathing (Human Grade High)."

"Skills: Analysis (Human Grade Low), Starfire Blade Technique 1-dan (Postnatal Third-Rate), Starfire Heart Technique 1-dan (Postnatal Third-Rate)."

"Lifespan: 10 days and 5 shichen."

Fang Yue looked at the stats, very satisfied, but suddenly felt that something was wrong. He looked back and scanned again, and his face suddenly changed drastically.