4: Practice the power

Reality often unfolds as expected: your brain tells you, “I got this,” but your hand tells you, “No, you don’t.”

The first attempt naturally failed, and Lin Ye tried a few more times but still couldn't grasp the feeling of Force Emission.

He didn’t dwell on it, instead reviewing the course several times, comparing it to his own training results, and verifying it over and over again.

If he had a private tutor at this moment, the efficiency would undoubtedly be much higher, but unfortunately, an experienced regular professional private tutor costs hundreds of yuan per session, while a private tutor for a rare profession like Lin Ye’s already costs over a thousand. This was the result Lin Ye got when he searched on the private tutor APP just now.

In the entire Ye Hai City, there are many people with private tutor qualifications, but not many for rare professions. Currently, there are only three Martial Artist private tutors, all of whom are masters who have achieved minor success in their cultivation.

Initial professional skills are very important, as they relate to the cultivation of subsequent skills, which is why university admissions are based on them.

Lin Ye practiced again and again; he didn't find the feeling of Force Emission, but his punching power did increase significantly.

Before he knew it, it was already eleven o'clock. Upon returning home, he quickly took a shower, circulated the Star Power Breathing Method a few times, and then fell into a deep sleep.

At lower levels, the number of times the Star Power Breathing Method can be circulated is limited; often, the body reaches saturation within a dozen minutes.

“Should I find some tricks? This Force Emission is too difficult to practice.”

At six in the morning, Lin Ye woke up. He had just glanced at the class group chat and saw that Sun Zong and Wang Laoban had already mastered their initial professional skills.

These two were known as the wealthy ones in the class; their families ran large businesses in Ye Hai City. They usually weren't pretentious and often treated others, so there was no delightful 'showing off and getting slapped in the face' scenario.

As 'pay-to-win' warriors, hiring private tutors was naturally no problem. Lin Ye even felt that the two of them had a head start before acquiring their abilities.

“Work hard, work hard, work hard! Force Emission, huh? Just you wait.”

However, before working hard, Lin Ye decided to look for some tricks. The correct methods and direction could achieve twice the result with half the effort.

After finding several highly popular posts related to Force Emission and a few published books, Lin Ye summarized several useful points for himself.

Firstly, it was the ability itself. Force Emission, at its core, is the application of Star Force. Having Strength Energy Control and Muscle Memory would, of course, be even better, as it would greatly reduce the difficulty of practice.

But that was for later. What was useful to Lin Ye now was to improve the proficiency of Star Force; a more advanced Star Force would make Force Energy as easy to control as an arm.

Abilities are much harder to practice than skills, but Lin Ye had a cheat.

Host: Lin Ye

Level: First-tier (53%)

Ability: Star Force (Beginner 1.2%)

Cultivation Methods: Ninth Set of National Middle School Student Body Forging Method (Minor Success 69.1%) Third Set of National Middle School Student Star Power Breathing Method (Proficient 14.3%)

Skill Points: 18

All 18 skill points were added to Star Force.

Ability: Star Force (Beginner 19.2%)

Lin Ye felt his Star Force had received a slight boost, and his perception and control over Force Energy had also slightly improved.

“I feel like Force Emission should be easy to master very soon.”

With the direction confirmed, Lin Ye began to train intensely in the training room.

This month had no other study tasks; it was all about madly increasing ability proficiency and initial professional skill proficiency to get into a good university.

So the school let students arrange their own time. If they had questions, they could go to the school to ask teachers. The school had a full complement of teachers for common professions.

After three full days, Lin Ye finally mastered Force Emission. Nearly half of his classmates had already mastered their initial professional skills.

Kai-ge had mastered his early. The Titan's initial skill, Hardening, was not difficult; for beginners, it only required mastering localized hardening.

For an entire month, Lin Ye was immersed in the training room. On the twentieth day, Lin Ye’s Star Force was upgraded to the proficient level, and his training efficiency improved by leaps and bounds. On the twenty-fifth day, he finally trained Force Emission to the proficient level.

After training to proficiency, Lin Ye finally breathed a sigh of relief. With proficient Star Force and Force Emission, choosing a good mentor should be a sure bet.

Understanding previous years' results, those who achieved proficiency in both their ability and initial skill were fewer than a handful each year. The main reason was that abilities were too difficult to improve. However, it was more common for initial skills to reach the proficient level, with about five hundred people achieving it.

If it weren't for the extreme difficulty of the Martial Artist's Force Emission, Lin Ye wouldn't have entered the proficient level so late; his physical talent was actually very good.

He didn't idle during the remaining five days. He still added points to his ability and practiced Force Emission with all his might.

After reaching the proficient level, the power of Force Emission greatly increased. Force Emission at the minor success level was no longer limited to the hands; it could be used in more flexible body parts. Force Emission at the great success level showed even greater improvement over minor success, while Force Emission at the peak proficiency level had reached a state where the body remained still, but Force Energy circulated freely, and anyone who touched the Martial Artist's body would be attacked by Force Energy.

Lin Ye had witnessed the demonstration by this Teacher Ma. A Titan, four meters tall, struck Teacher Ma with a fist the size of a sandbag, but was repelled over ten meters by Teacher Ma's Force Energy, while Teacher Ma remained motionless.

Lin Ye watched, full of motivation. Martial Artists were truly cool, exuding the demeanor of a master.

During this period, apart from a small gathering with Kai-ge, Lin Ye basically dedicated all his time to training.

Amidst the diligent training, time quickly arrived for university admissions.

Returning to the classroom, Lin Ye felt a bit disoriented. The classroom was lively; after a month apart, there were naturally endless topics to discuss. When Kai-ge saw Lin Ye arrive, he immediately put an arm around his shoulder.

“Old Lin, what’s up? How’s your training? I really didn't expect that I have pretty good talent in Titan. Hardening has improved by leaps and bounds; it only took me half a month to reach the proficient level. Although Gigantification hasn't reached the proficient level yet, it's not far off.”

Kai-ge was somewhat smug. His usual grades were even better than Lin Ye’s. Because his family was quite wealthy, coupled with his decent talent, his dad gritted his teeth and hired a very famous private tutor for him, allowing him to make rapid progress in his training.

Lin Ye had already known about Kai-ge’s progress when they had their small gathering and couldn’t help but feel envious. A private tutor! A forty-minute session cost several hundred yuan. Kai-ge took four or more sessions a day. His private tutor was somewhat famous, with each session costing 1,500 yuan. In this one month alone, Kai-ge had spent 200,000 yuan.

Lin Ye was an orphan, growing up in an orphanage. He started living independently after he was 12, but thanks to the household robot taking care of him, he hadn't suffered much.

His income came from subsidies from Xia Country and student loans. Xia Country provided a monthly subsidy of 1,500 yuan, plus 1,000 yuan from student loans, giving him 2,500 yuan in disposable income per month. After deducting necessary expenses like rent, training room fees, and food, he had 800 yuan left.

Eight hundred yuan, not even enough for one private tutoring session.

Wait, what was he envious of? He had a cheat!

“Is that all? Kai-ge, your brother here is already fully proficient.”

Kai-ge’s eyes widened in disbelief.