From Beggar to Emperor: My Profession Has Its Own Characteristics

Chapter 77 Cultivation Progress

Time flies, and half a month has already passed.

Today is the 18th day of the first lunar month.

The dock construction didn't start until the fourth day of the first lunar month. At that time, Zhu Yuan went to the only road leading to the dock to wait for Steward Han and successfully received the three hundred coins of assistance from Situ Susu for this month.

By the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, the number of people on the streets had decreased, and Zhu Yuan resumed his daily routine.

Currently, he focuses on martial arts training, while professionally accumulating experience as a butcher and secondarily as a peddler.

On the morning of the sixth day of the first lunar month, Zhu Yuan went to work at the slaughterhouse.

A normal butcher's daily wage returned to 120 coins, but his wage was still 50% higher than that of a normal butcher, at 180 coins a day.

He can earn ninety coins in half a day.

The reason for focusing on improving the butcher's professional experience is that it is very quick to gain butcher experience in the slaughterhouse.

Normal days, though not as busy as the year-end season, are still about 60% to 70% as busy as the year-end season.

seven days ago.

His butcher level has been upgraded to level four.

In these seven days, he worked as a peddler twice and a butcher five times, and his butcher experience has been quite good so far.

Occupation: Butcher Level: Lv4 (587/4000)

According to his current work schedule, the Butcher's level will be raised to level five in less than two months, thereby unlocking the Butcher's third professional trait.

Because butchers accumulate experience much faster, Zhu Yuan is now reducing the number of times he works as a peddler.

The peddler's experience accumulates slowly. His goal for leveling up the peddler to the maximum level is to unlock the third characteristic of the peddler profession before becoming a martial artist.

in the afternoon.

Dongyun Martial Arts School.

After having lunch, Zhu Yuan was practicing normally in the small training ground.

Zhou Ping came to find him.

"Senior Brother Zhou, is there something you need?"

When Zhu Yuan saw Zhou Ping walking towards him, he immediately stopped his stance and ceased his movements.

"Zhu Yuan, how is your basic swordsmanship training going?" Zhou Ping asked as he approached.

"It has reached its full potential."

His progress in mastering basic sword techniques was indeed very fast, far exceeding his initial expectations.

It should be noted that in the past month, he had to balance accumulating experience as a peddler and butcher, as well as improving his basic stance skills, so the time he could actually dedicate to practicing basic knife techniques was actually quite limited.

"Alright." Zhou Ping nodded with a satisfied expression, then directly explained his purpose: "Now that you have mastered the basic swordsmanship, it's time to start practicing the basic footwork and movement techniques."

"In basic techniques, both basic footwork and basic body movements must be practiced."

"Generally speaking, once a martial artist has mastered a major technique, they can begin to practice the basic footwork that goes with it. By combining footwork with basic swordsmanship, they can launch a more effective attack."

"The combination of basic techniques and basic body movements allows for better dodging."

Zhou Ping looked at Zhu Yuan, thought for a moment, and added, "If you want to stay in the martial arts school and teach disciples like me in the future, then you need to master the basic techniques. You don't need to be an expert in everything, but you should at least understand the essentials and be able to teach others how to get started."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yuan nodded seriously, indicating that he understood.

He knew that there were many introductory disciples like Zhou Ping in the Dongyun Martial Arts School, who were responsible for teaching the registered disciples and formed the foundation of the school's teaching force.

Under normal circumstances, these nominal disciples who have not yet formally entered the martial arts school would rarely see the school master.

Zhu Yuan is currently in this situation.

In contrast, Zhao Tiezhu had met the martial arts school owner once.

That was a long time ago. If Zhu Yuan hadn't gone to work at the dock that afternoon, he would have met the head of the Dongyun Martial Arts School.

"Senior Brother Zhou, thank you for your help." Zhu Yuan said respectfully, cupping his fists in greeting to Zhou Ping.

"Okay, come with me."

Zhou Ping nodded, turned around and strode forward, gesturing for Zhu Yuan to follow.

Zhu Yuan followed closely behind Zhou Ping, arriving at the central area of ​​the small martial arts arena.

In the center of the small training ground, a worker's symbol was clearly drawn in white lime.

"You stand over there first." Zhou Ping stopped and pointed to the outermost end of the pattern.

Zhu Yuan followed instructions, quickly walked to the designated position, stood with his feet shoulder-width apart, relaxed his body, and focused his gaze on Zhou Ping, waiting for instruction.

"Look at me."

As Zhou Ping spoke, he stood at the other end of the pattern, facing Zhu Yuan. He explained and began to demonstrate the movements.

"That's called moving in."

"You need to step forward with your left foot, touching the ground with your toes first, then landing on the ball of your foot. Then, step forward half a step with your right foot, returning to a position shoulder-width apart—" Zhou Ping repeated the movements while breaking down the key points in a clear and fast-paced manner.

Zhu Yuan watched Zhou Ping's every subtle movement intently, especially the rotation of his waist and hips and the smooth shift of his center of gravity.

He imitated what Zhou Ping did.

During the learning process, Zhou Ping kept a keen eye on Zhu Yuan's movements and offered guidance from time to time.

"Lift your feet low and land lightly—that's right, remember that feeling."

Zhu Yuan adjusted as instructed, trying his best to control the force and angle of his foot landing. His movements quickly went from being awkward to becoming more skillful.

Zhu Yuan's learning speed was much faster than Zhou Ping had expected. He grasped the concepts almost instantly, and after imitating them a few times, his movements were quite accurate.

"Zhu Yuan, I remember you haven't specifically learned basic footwork before, have you?" Zhou Ping stopped his movements and looked at Zhu Yuan's already quite standard footwork.

"no."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yuan also stopped practicing.

He had only learned walking before, which was a more basic dynamic balance exercise, completely different from this kind of footwork used for actual combat coordination.

After unlocking the second trait of the peddler profession, his lower body agility is indeed much stronger than that of ordinary people, making it much easier to learn this kind of footwork.

"It seems you have a remarkable talent for learning footwork."

Zhou Ping thought about it for a moment and understood.

"Very good! Continue!"

"Yes, Senior Brother Zhou."

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Zhu Yuan's spirits lifted, and he got into position again.

Once the movements of advancing and retreating were taught, Zhu Yuan mastered them very quickly.

Next, Zhou Ping taught the footwork for moving left and right.

This footwork involves moving left and right without crossing your feet. When you step to the left with your left foot, your right foot follows, and vice versa.

Zhu Yuan followed along and practiced. When moving laterally, he also felt his body was exceptionally coordinated, easily achieving smooth movement without crossing over.

The last step taught was the centering stance, a fundamental footwork technique.

The key to mastering footwork is finding your center of gravity while moving, which is the most crucial and difficult part of basic footwork.

After teaching all the basic footwork techniques, Zhou Ping had Zhu Yuan practice walking the steps continuously.

Soon, Zhu Yuan mastered the basic footwork.

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