Chapter 70.
At this time, it was not yet late at night.
On his way back, Zhou An found the last small store that was not closed and ate something before returning home.
After coming back, after just a little rest, he came to the earthbag formation.
In front of his eyes, familiar words appeared.
[Swimming Dragon Steps lv.3 (Speed +2, Dodge +1): 39258/40,000]
During this period of time, every night he only liver Swimming Dragon Steps.
The increase in Swimming Dragon Steps was obvious.
It hadn’t been close, so tonight, Zhou An had to stay up all night to raise the Swimming Dragon Steps to level four.
Thinking about this, Zhou An used the iron pot to fan the gale.
The earth packs shook irregularly under the gusty wind.
It was so densely packed that even if an expert in Body Technique went in, there was no guarantee that he would be able to retreat in one piece.
Zhou An took a deep breath, stepped on the Swimming Dragon Steps and stepped inside the earthbag formation.
He utilized the qualities of the Swimming Dragon Steps, which were as graceful and as a swimming dragon, to the limit.
Instead of a stance, it was more like a dashing walk inside.
Whenever an earthbag approached his body, the air on the surface of his body could always sense it at the fastest possible moment and dodge the earthbag away.
And after dodging every few earthbags, the proficiency level would jump a bit.
This kind of most direct feedback allowed Zhou An to get great psychological pleasure while being boring.
He was originally in the game, so of course he knew why.
It was just like how the blitzes inside the game would always amplify and would be represented by different colors.
This was to bring the player visual pleasure through color and amplification.
The consumption of air for a long period of time to perform the Swimming Dragon Steps was terrifying.
Zhou An had a lot of air.
But after he had consumed it for two hours, it was already gone for seven or eight hours.
“Snap!”
With a clear sound, Zhou An’s left shoulder was hit by an earth bag.
He didn’t practice anymore either, but sat down to recover.
If someone was here, they would have noticed that Zhou An’s air recovered extremely quickly, as if he had more air than someone of the same level.
These days, if one were to open up and still be the same as someone at the same level, it would be better not to open up at all.
After half a column of incense, Zhou An recovered all of it.
“Continue!”
Looking at the proficiency that was getting closer and closer to the end, Zhou An didn’t rest, once again lifting the gale and wandering through the earthbag formation.
In the blink of an eye, a night passed.
When the last earthbag stopped shaking, Zhou An was expressionless as he walked over to the chair and sat down.
His legs were sore and weak, and the air was still repairing the soreness.
Throughout the night, he had even worn out his shoes running.
In the end, he simply didn’t wear shoes and just practiced barefoot.
It was a good thing that the night’s efforts were rewarding.
Zhou An brought a basin of water and washed his feet while looking at the text in front of him.
[Swimming Dragon Steps lv.4 (Speed +2, Dodge +2): 1/60,000]
When he rose to level four, he also tried it and realized that the earthbag formation didn’t work either.
He had to try a new method to liver proficiency.
After level four, there was no change in the speed of the Swimming Dragon Steps, but the dodging had increased a little more.
Don’t underestimate this point, last night’s Zhou An would still be hit by the earthbag.
Today, even with his eyes closed, he could still carry on inside the earthbag formation until all the air was gone.
“Nowadays, it’s just a matter of making iron.” Zhou An thought.
He now planned to raise his Butchering Knife while raising his Iron Beating to Level 3 as soon as possible to achieve a qualitative change.
He was actually wondering why none of the other skills had a qualitative change after level four, and finally thought of a possibility.
He guessed that it was likely that there was a qualitative change every time he reached level three.
In other words, the other skills would undergo a new metamorphosis after reaching level six.
Don’t look at this game he made himself.
After earning money in the later stages, he let that college student take full responsibility.
So a lot of the things that were added at the back, he couldn’t figure out.
A metamorphosis at every three levels, guessing with his gamer’s acumen, was extremely likely.
Of course, all of this was still too early.
“I’m about to step into the second level.”
The corner of Zhou An’s mouth rose slightly as he felt the air in his body.
Ever since he swam upstream and crossed over to the fourth level with the Dragon Steps this morning, the Qi in his body had changed.
Originally, his Qi was semi-curved, equivalent to a semi-circle shape with an empty center.
However, as his skills gradually reached the fourth level, this semicircle of air was gradually increasing.
It turned from a semicircle to a three-quarter circle.
And after this morning’s Swimming Dragon Steps level four, the last bit of blankness was filled in, turning it into a full circle.
If a third-rate expert wanted to cross over into a second-rate expert, he had to turn the air in his body into an air mass and undergo a qualitative change, allowing the air to become more pure.
This was the most rigid standard, and the so-called air mass was to first make the air into a circle, and then fill the center of the circle.
Zhou An was now not far from being a second-rate expert, and only needed to fill the very center of the air.
If he was a heart technique expert, he would need to continue practicing deeper levels of heart techniques diligently.
As for a technique expert, they would need to upgrade their stronger techniques.
Zhou An was different, he only needed to improve his proficiency.
“Blade Technique during the day and night, and Ironmaking at noon.”
Having made up his mind, Zhou An thought about the fact that he still had the Great Chu Celebration today, poured out the foot washing water, washed up, and went out to eat breakfast.
After eating breakfast, he came to the Yamen to order his duty.
At this moment, all the constables were already guarding the courtyard.
After Sun Bo Tou made all the details clear, Zhou An and Yu Hang both went to one of the streets.
The street they were randomly assigned to this time was quite lively.
Both sides of the street were decorated with lights and colors, and there was an endless stream of people.
Every citizen had a happy expression on their face.
All year round, other than the New Year’s Eve, this was the happiest time.
As for any other festivals, for the people, it was not something they often celebrated.
Zhou An and Yu Hang walked through the streets, feeling the festivities around them.
“I’m going to work twice as hard this time after the delay, and after I pass the exam, I want the people to be this happy every day.” Yu Hang clenched his fists and said.
Zhou An felt this festive atmosphere for the first time and after hearing Yu Hang speak, he laughed, “It’s good that you can not be nervous.”
He was just joking, but he didn’t expect Yu Hang to turn his head seriously.
Zhou An had never seen such a serious expression on Yu Hang’s face before and was slightly surprised.
“Old Zhou, the first two times was a matter of mindset, this time it definitely won’t be.” Yu Hang said seriously, “I will definitely pass the exam, my brother is so strong, if I can’t pass the exam, how humiliating it would be.”
Zhou An: “……”
Good guy, so he was the one who inspired Yu Hang.
He patted Yu Hang’s shoulder, “You have this strength, as long as you have a good mindset, you can definitely pass the exam.”
Yu Hang nodded, his fists clenched tighter.
Just at this time, there was a commotion in the crowd.
The two also stopped chatting.
Zhou An’s brows furrowed as he gripped his longsword tightly.
The crowd went in one direction, like a torrent.
Looking in the direction of this torrent, Zhou An saw a theater stage not far away.