High Martial Arts: Creating a Prodigy Character from Scratch

[Emperor Qin, you have failed in your challenge to create wine from mountains and rivers. You have been demoted to Star-level 4.]

[Start the next match?]

Above the deep starry sky, Qin He gasped for breath, his spirit heavy as mud, feeling as if he couldn't open his eyes.

In the virtual battle just now, Qin He ultimately lost.

There was nothing that could be done about it; the gap between the two sides was too great. If he had been a martial artist in the Nascent Soul stage, the outcome of this battle might not have been like this.

However, the opponent didn't fare well either, taking several sword strikes from him and cursing as he left the combat space.

"Exhausted, both physically and mentally, it seems I can no longer continue fighting!"

Qin He put his hand to his forehead. Although Star Path Matching is a virtual battle and does not actually consume physical strength, it does consume mental strength.

Qin He clearly felt mentally exhausted, probably due to excessive mental exertion. He could only wait until his mental energy recovered before making any further decisions.

Qin He gained a lot from these virtual battles.

[Refining to Immortality: 2]

Besides the Flowing Cloud Sword Technique, Qin He also encountered an opponent who used a new martial art called the Cold Spring Spear Technique.

The gun is like a cold spring, calm and deadly, a single shot is sure to hit and kill.

Needless to say, Qin He successfully defeated his opponent and learned the Cold Spring Spear Technique, converting it into Refinement Points.

"Six matches, two new martial arts skills, a near 3:1 probability—no wonder it's a virtual combat game for martial artists; the drop rate is really high!"

Qin He smiled, quite satisfied with the proportions.

After all, this is a stable source of martial arts skills. Just by playing a few times on weekends, you can acquire several martial arts skills. What could be easier than that?

However, besides obtaining Refinement Points, Qin He also had a special gain.

[Sharp Metal Sword Technique: Mastery (20.74%→37.24%)]

As Qin He watched the changes on the career page, his smile grew even wider.

He never expected that virtual battles could actually improve his martial arts skills.

This may be why "Star Path" has a realistic feel and the combat is quite similar to real combat, which helps to improve martial arts skills.

"There are more and more ways to improve your martial arts skills: training in martial arts techniques, practicing sculpting skills, real combat, and virtual combat!"

Qin He muttered to himself, pondering ways to improve his martial arts skills.

In these respects, there are relatively diverse ways to improve martial arts skills, and each one can provide some help to varying degrees.

Qin He calculated that the progress improvement of each match varied, but on average, each virtual battle could improve the progress by about 2.75%.

Practicing carving techniques: 2%, martial arts training: 2.5%, virtual combat: 2.75%—these are the data Qin He recorded.

As for actual combat, Qin He wasn't quite sure, but based on his previous battle with Lin Bao, the improvement from actual combat would be the greatest.

This is normal. Life-or-death struggles provide the strongest sensory stimulation and are most helpful for growth, but they are also the most dangerous.

Based on the overall data, virtual combat is still the most cost-effective option.

It seems that he can participate in more virtual battles in the future if given the opportunity.

Qin He smiled broadly and exited the game with satisfaction.

As his spirit returned to his physical body, Qin He opened his eyes, slowly stepped out of the virtual pod, and looked at the ceiling of the game hall, feeling a strange sense of being in another world.

All I can say is that the gaming experience in "Star Path" is incredibly realistic.

However, Qin He's expression didn't look so good when he received the notification of the deduction.

Since he spent 2 hours in the virtual pod, which offset the 1 hour free trial for internal staff, he still had to pay for 1 hour.

Of course, this fee was deducted directly from his salary without any additional payment, but it still made Qin He feel a little heartache.

"Forget it, let's just consider it tuition for learning a new martial art."

Qin He muttered to himself, trying to calm his emotions.

He has already gained enough; there's no need for him to worry about this little expense.

"How's Qin Ge doing? Star Journey is pretty good, right? Once it connects to the interstellar network, you can even spar with the martial arts masters of the entire Federation."

Yuan Bo, a staff member at the game center, walked over with a smile and greeted Qin He.

With the backing of the sculptor Wei Tongzhou, and Qin He's own intention to befriend him, the two have become quite familiar with each other.

Qin He asked curiously, "Interstellar network? Xiao Yuan, is it offline right now?"

Is it in standalone mode since it's not connected to the interplanetary network?

Who were those opponents he just fought?

Human-machine interaction? It doesn't seem like it!

At least "Floating Clouds Without Flowing Water" and "Mountains and Rivers as Wine" have a real human feel to them, without any of the stiffness of a human.

Or perhaps the Star Martial Federation's technology has advanced to the point where artificial intelligence is completely identical to that of humans; that would be a bit of an exaggeration, making it impossible to distinguish between humans and machines.

"There is a network connection, but it's the internal star network of Wing Guard 12. The Mirror Lake Wanxiang Building was only recently built, and the interstellar network is not yet fully connected. Currently, we can only use the local star network..."

Got it, it's a local area network, right?

He had assumed his opponents came from various inhabited planets, but they turned out to be locals. No wonder two-thirds of his opponents used basic Five Elements martial arts techniques.

But it doesn't matter, as long as he can learn new martial arts skills and gain refinement points, that's enough.

While resting, Qin He chatted with Yuan Bo, talking about various interesting things related to the StarCraft game.

During this process, Yuan Bo mentioned something interesting.

"As a virtual combat game, Star Journey naturally has a power ranking, which is further divided into an overall ranking, a regional ranking, a rank ranking, and so on."

"In order to maintain the game's popularity, major Star Martial Arts Consortiums provide various rewards to players on the leaderboards at the end of each season."

"And the rewards are quite generous. I heard some players have obtained a lot of Star Coins, or even Star Intent Soldiers and advanced martial arts techniques. I wish I could get some of those game rewards..."

Hearing Yuan Bo's envious sigh, Qin He's eyes lit up slightly.

Earning rewards while playing games is a pleasant surprise.

Qin He doesn't think he's that great at this stage, capable of competing with top players, but he's still very interested in the Star Ranking in the Wing Guard 12-Star region.

However, Qin He did not tell Yuan Bo about this, but silently remembered the list.

After chatting with Yuan Bo for a while, Qin He got up to say goodbye and headed to the single employee dormitory he had applied for that day.

The staff dormitory at Vientiane Building is quite nice, with bed sheets, blankets, toiletries, and even air conditioning and a refrigerator. It doesn't look like a regular staff dormitory; it seems more like it was prepared for the management.

Thanks to Wei Tongzhou's renowned reputation, Qin He was able to enjoy such high treatment.

The only downside was that Qin He hadn't planned to stay overnight and forgot to bring an extra set of clothes, so he had to spend money to buy a set of casual clothes.

Qin He had originally planned to practice his boxing skills for a while, but after a whole day of practicing carving techniques and fighting in the game, he was now exhausted and couldn't spare the time to practice boxing.

After tidying up and washing up, Qin He fell into a deep sleep.