Upon hearing Roger’s words, Jing Huanlian became anxious.
“Sir, you can’t put it like that. I admit that Phantom Movement is indeed the most difficult to learn among all the martial arts in our Martial Arts Hall. But the reason for this is because it is an Ascent-level martial art! Its performance isn’t something that other martial arts can compare to.” Jing Huanlian quickly defended.
“Ascent-level martial art?” Lin Xinghai became even more interested.
“Yes! That’s right,” Jing Huanlian said with 200% enthusiasm when she saw Lin Xinghai’s attitude. “Martial arts are divided into four levels: Initiate, Ascent, Summit, and Peak.”
“Generally, we distribute Initiate-level martial arts. Ascent-level martial arts are at a higher level. Even if you go to other large bases in the future, learning such martial arts definitely won’t make you lag behind.”
“And, what’s even more important is that we’re offering a discount on the Phantom Movement right now. Even if it is an Ascent-level martial art, we’re selling it at the price of an Initiate-level martial art.”
“That’s because no one is buying it.” Roger took a bite of the peeled orange and retorted.
Although the smile on Jing Huanlian’s face remained unfazed, in reality, she wanted to stuff all the fruits from the fruit plate into Roger’s mouth to shut him up.
“It’s alright. Then, I’ll buy it.” Lin Xinghai decided immediately.
Roger, seeing that the conversation was about to end, quickly stuffed all the remaining oranges from the fruit plate into his mouth before saying, “Are you really sure about buying this? Your 10,000 points are likely to go down the drain!”
“It’ll be fine. I learn things quickly.” Lin Xinghai replied with a smile.
Roger wanted to retort. However, after thinking about it, he wisely closed his mouth.
He still wanted to keep the remaining bit of his dignity.
Upon hearing that Lin Xinghai wanted to buy it, Jing Huanlian had already taken out the card reader.
“Mr. Lin, there happens to be an available study room right now. Once you make the payment, I’ll arrange it for you immediately, without any delay.” Jing Huanlian said enthusiastically.
It wasn’t until Lin Xinghai took out the ID card and successfully deducted 10,000 points that Jing Huanlian truly breathed a sigh of relief.
Next, it was time to study the purchased martial art. The study room was on the third floor of the Martial Arts Hall. Jing Huanlian led the way and the group went up to the third floor.
There were ten study rooms here, but they were all empty.
“Is it really a coincidence that there happens to be a spare study room?” Roger sneered.
Now that the customer had paid, Jiang Huanlian didn’t have as many reservations, and she smiled faintly as she spoke, “Sir, with your eloquence, I’m sure you’re still single!”
Before Roger could react, Jing Huanlian already led Lin Xinghai into the study room.
The so-called study room was just a small room with a memory transmitter inside.
The principle of the memory transmitter was similar to that of the neural transmitter, but the former forcibly updated data.
“Please sit on this sofa and relax.”
Lin Xinghai sat down, and then Jing Huanlian brought a helmet-like device and placed it on his head.
“Maybe it’ll feel a bit strange at first, but just hang in there. The whole process takes about a minute or so.” Jing Huanlian said as she pressed a button.
Lin Xinghai immediately felt a large piece of memory fragments pour into his mind.
The sensation was similar to the feeling of starting a mecha, but these memory fragments were even clearer, with every movement etched into his mind, ensuring he wouldn’t forget.
However, the discomfort that Jing Huanlian mentioned did not appear.
The current power level at which the memory transmitter was operating was roughly equivalent to when a mecha was at 50% matching capacity.
All in all, it was all about perception.
One minute later, the memory transmitter stopped running. Lin Xinghai had a new memory segment in his mind, which gave him a deep understanding of the Phantom Movement. At least he already knew how to start learning Phantom Movement.
At the moment when enlightenment dawned upon him, the system notification sounded, as expected.
“Ding! You have acquired the martial art: Phantom Movement!”
A smile appeared on Lin Xinghai’s face. Things were just as he had suspected.
The idea of learning it by himself was futile. Using the system was the way to go.
Lin Xinghai quickly opened the system panel.
Host: Lin Xinghai
Constitution: 25 points
Strength: 21 points
Speed: 30 points
Blood Essence: 17 points
Genetic Enhancement Degree: 30% +
Ability: Extreme Speed (Increases speed by 100% for ten seconds) (Energy Value: 10/10)
Basic Shooting Skill: Proficiency 100% +
Phantom Movement (Novice): Proficiency 1% +
Lin Xinghai eagerly clicked the + sign after “Phantom Movement”.
“Ding! Do you wish to spend 1 point of Blood Essence to improve it?”
As Lin Xinghai chose [Yes], the system panel was immediately updated.
Phantom Movement (Novice): Proficiency 2% +
Watching this scene, Lin Xinghai was slightly stunned.
When he upgraded the Basic Shooting Skill, 1 point of Blood Essence could increase the proficiency to 10%, but this Phantom Movement only increased by 1%.
“What the hell? It’s a 10 times difference!” Lin Xinghai felt somewhat frustrated.
At that moment, he couldn’t help but agree with what Roger had said. The difficulty of practicing Phantom Movement was extraordinarily high. No wonder no one had been able to master it to an intermediate level.
He now possessed only the novice level of the Phantom Movement. According to the nature of the system, he estimated that he would need to wait until his proficiency reached 100% before he could advance to the intermediate level.
At the rate of how the Blood Essence is consumed…
At this moment, Lin Xinghai became even more determined to go out and hunt zombies. The system was like a predatory payment system, relying solely on genetic serum would eventually drive him to poverty.
While thinking about these things, he followed Jing Huanlian out of the study room.
Roger, who had been waiting outside, quickly came over and asked, “How did it go?”
Lin Xinghai, “Huh?“
Roger asked, “What’s the difficulty level of Phantom Movement like?”
Lin Xinghai replied, “It’s indeed quite challenging. To reach the intermediate level, it might take two to three weeks.”
Roger was made speechless.
The two reached the first floor, where Roger gestured to Jing Huanlian behind him, indicating that there was no need for her to follow them any further.
Once they were alone, Roger patted Lin Xinghai on the shoulder and said, “Now that there are no outsiders, you don’t have to worry about losing face. Just tell your bro the truth, do you feel confident about learning the Phantom Technique?”
Lin Xinghai glanced at him irritably, but he understood that some things were futile to articulate.
Therefore, he opened the system panel and quickly tapped the + sign, raising the proficiency of the Phantom Movement (Novice) to 10%.
Lin Xinghai uttered, “There are quite a lot of people here.”
Roger was baffled, “Huh?“
Lin Xinghai said, “So it’s very suitable for executing the Phantom Movement.”
Roger: “???”