Surviving in the chaos of battle, I'm grinding for proficiency.

Li Chuan knocked on the inner courtyard gate.

A child wearing a tiger-head hat opened the door and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

Li Chuan said, "I'm looking for Senior Brother Luo Zheng."

The man in the tiger-head hat shouted, "What do you want with my dad?"

Li Chuan paused for a moment, then stared intently at the five or six-year-old child.

Is this Senior Brother Luo's son?!

I'm only eighteen years old, and Senior Brother Luo is only two or three years older than me. How come he already has such a big child?

However, this is indeed different from the previous life, where women are generally considered to be ready to marry upon their first menstruation.

Eighteen years old is considered an "older single woman".

Upon closer reflection, it makes sense.

Li Chuan wore a smile on his face:

"Just say that Li Chuan wants to discuss something with him."

The tiger-head hat responded with an "oh":

"My dad had to go home, please come back tonight!"

Li Chuan closed the door to the inner courtyard, but some doubts remained in his heart.

At this time, Senior Brother Luo would usually be in the inner courtyard.

Is something wrong at home today because of this unusual behavior?

Li Chuan shook his head, knowing he wouldn't be able to figure it out anyway, and that everything would be clear by evening.

He decided to go back to the dormitory first to practice his newly acquired Thunder Shadow Leg technique.

As he passed the training ground, Yu Sinian stopped what he was doing and smiled:

"Going back so early today, aren't you going to practice a little longer?"

Li Chuan smiled bitterly and said:

"Senior Brother Yu, I'm no match for you, you 'martial arts fanatic.' I have some things to do back home. I'll ask you for a few more moves next time."

Yu Sinian looked regretful and sighed:

"It's okay, I'm not important."

Li Chuan gave him a strange look.

How come I never noticed before that Senior Brother Yu has a bit of a tea-tea-like air about him?

After passing the training ground, Li Chuan returned to the dormitory.

He closed the wooden door and locked it with a bolt before taking the Thunder Shadow Leg out of his arms.

"When I used to read storybooks, I always liked to complain about why some people liked to carry secret manuals with them. Now I realize that I only feel at ease when I have them on my own..."

Li Chuan shook his head and began to examine Lei Ying's legs.

After quickly browsing through it, the panel in front of me changed.

[Skill: Lightning Shadow Kick (Beginner)]

[Proficiency: 0/1]

"The basic training method is simple; just practice the horse stance. There's nothing difficult about it."

"The only difference from the traditional horse stance is that you have to put a large stone on each leg."

Li Chuan thought about it and felt that this was normal.

Since it's a leg technique, you need to first stabilize your lower body by assuming a horse stance.

Only when the lower body is stable can one proceed with further training.

Li Chuan found two square stones weighing about fifty pounds each in the shop.

This was used to train one's strength before one had even reached the gates of enlightenment.

Now that it's placed on my lap, it fits perfectly.

Li Chuan squatted down and placed the stone squarely in the center of his thighs.

Based on the unique power generation of the Raikage's leg, combined with the breathing pattern of three inhalations and three exhalations.

But in a little while.

[Raikage Leg Proficiency +1]

[Raikage's Leg Technique Has Been Mastered]

[Skill: Lightning Shadow Kick]

[Proficiency: 1/500]

The moment the panel updated, Li Chuan felt a strange sensation in his legs.

The pain was mixed with a pleasant sourness.

After setting the stone down, he gently lifted his right leg.

I could clearly sense that although the strength of my legs hadn't changed much, they seemed to be more agile.

The hips, groin, and knees have become more flexible.

Li Chuan tried it and was surprised to find that he could even do the splits!

You should know that these martial arts masters, with their well-developed muscles and abundant blood and energy, actually have less flexible joints.

This also indirectly makes it difficult to perform many dodge maneuvers in actual combat.

But after practicing the Raikage Kick, everything seemed to change.

"I've learned this leg technique correctly!" Li Chuan thought with satisfaction.

He practiced for a while longer until his thighs became sore and painful before he stopped.

"I'm also quite hungry, let's eat some donkey meat first."

Li Chuan cooked the fresh donkey meat in a pot for half an hour, then scooped it out and enjoyed it immensely.

But while eating, he frowned.

"Although the taste is still good, it just doesn't feel quite right in terms of providing that kind of energy and vitality."

Li Chuan knew that this was due to the difference in taste between eating good venison and donkey meat, which he was used to eating.

But there was no other way; without money, they could only afford donkey meat.

"Let's practice for a while and see how much difference there is."

Li Chuan then practiced Baoshan Zhuang and Tongbei Quan in the open space.

Three hours later.

With a thought, Li Chuan summoned the control panel.

[Skill: Mountain-Holding Stance (Minor Mastery)]

[Proficiency: 1508/2000]

[Skill: Tongbei Quan (Minor Mastery)]

[Proficiency: 1412/2000]

[Skill: Lightning Kick (Beginner)]

[Proficiency: 10/500]

The rate at which proficiency increases is too slow.

After eating venison for a month and a half, my proficiency in the Baoshan Zhuang stance increased from over 800 to 1,500.

This speed is satisfactory.

But now that they've switched back to donkey meat, it feels like they've gone back to that slow, sluggish way of the past.

"There are only two and a half months left until the martial arts exam. If all we can do is eat donkey meat, at most we can master the Mountain-Embracing Stance and the Tongbei Fist. The Thunder Shadow Kick is out of the question. I don't know if that's enough?"

Just as he was pondering this, there was a knock on the door.

Li Chuan opened the wooden door and saw a familiar face:

"Senior Brother Luo?"

Luo Zheng looked a little tired, but he quickly concealed it and smiled:

"Junior Brother Li, my son told me you came to see me."

Li Chuan decided to voice his doubts:

"Senior Brother Luo, you must have participated in the martial arts exam last year. I wonder what your skill level was and how you ranked?"

A hint of embarrassment flashed across Luo's face:

"I ranked sixty-ninth last year and failed to pass the martial arts examination."

As for my skill level... at that time I had only mastered the Tongbei Fist, which was considered average among various internal strength techniques.

Li Chuan nodded, his mind racing.

If I can only master Tongbei Quan to a high level, then my ranking will likely be similar to Luo Zheng's last year.

We are still far from being in the top 50.

To become a successful martial arts scholar, one must at least be in the top thirty in terms of skill level, so as to be able to handle many unexpected situations.

In that case... we can't just eat donkey meat anymore.

However, if one wants to eat venison, a lot of money is needed.

After mastering the Raikage Leg technique, he still needed to buy medicinal herbs to make a kind of ointment, which cost him money.

Why do I have to spend money everywhere?!

Indeed, the ancients were right: the poor are scholars, the rich are warriors...

Li Chuan thought about it and made a decision in his heart.

We absolutely need to make money.

"Senior Brother Luo, you told me a while ago that you were going to transport some rare medicine tomorrow?" Li Chuan asked.

"What?" Luo Zheng seemed a little distracted, as if he had something on his mind. "Oh right, my uncle said that tomorrow he has a shipment of 'Tiger Heart Grass' worth four hundred taels of silver to be delivered to Huangshi County. He asked me to ask if you were interested?"

"We'll have to take a special route, which is a bit dangerous, but if you manage to deliver it successfully, you'll get at least seven or eight taels of silver. Any more will depend on your contribution," Luo Zheng added.

Li Chuan's eyes flickered.

The guaranteed minimum of seven or eight taels of silver is almost enough for a month's supply of venison.

If I can make a contribution like last time, then ten taels of silver is not impossible.

As for danger, there's no such thing as a safe way to make money.

He wasn't afraid of taking risks, he just didn't want to take meaningless ones.

After completing this transaction, the money he earned would be enough to cover his expenses when he went to the military academy.

"Senior Brother Luo, tell Uncle Hou Ping that I've delivered this batch of medicine."