#73 - Chapter 73 Wheat Ripening

The Comprehension skill's enhancement to Shen Xingyan's comprehension ability was immense. On the surface, it was simply a mathematical relationship of one plus one equals two, but in reality, it provided an exponential increase to his understanding of martial techniques.

The previously obscure and difficult-to-understand Demon Subduing Staff technique, after understanding it and now actually practicing it, gave Shen Xingyan a feeling of sudden enlightenment, leaving him somewhat amazed:

"So, the difference between a genius and an ordinary person is so vast, with a seemingly insurmountable gap between them!

If I, an ordinary person, were to practice martial techniques without the Comprehension skill, after the comparison just now, the difficulty would be unimaginable! It would be too hard!"

Shen Xingyan couldn't imagine someone spending years practicing a martial technique and still not mastering the basics. It would be such a test of one's patience that someone with an unstable mind would probably break down. No wonder the school doesn't recommend practicing martial techniques.

Thinking this in his mind, his hands didn't stop moving. As he wielded the Demon Subduing Staff, he felt like he was getting closer and closer to the transparent figure.

After more than forty minutes, Shen Xingyan felt that his body's strength and his staff technique had suddenly changed, with an overall noticeable improvement.

This feeling was similar to when his Dragon Elephant Fist broke through last time. He took out his Star Origin Card with a flash of insight to check:

Demon Subduing Staff (Elementary): After activating the martial technique, consumes corresponding stamina, can temporarily gain Strength +2, Defense +1, current progress: 1%

Seeing the introductory information for the Demon Subduing Staff martial technique appear below the Dragon Elephant Fist martial technique, Shen Xingyan smiled and nodded in satisfaction.

The Demon Subduing Staff itself leans towards offense, so he wasn't surprised that it provided a 2-point Strength boost. However, he didn't expect the added Defense attribute.

You should know that the Dragon Elephant Fist, which combines offense and defense, only gained the Defense attribute when its progress reached 50% at the elementary level. But the Demon Subduing Staff gained this attribute upon just entering the elementary stage, which shows that while emphasizing attack, its defensive properties are also quite prominent, embodying the idea that the best defense is offense.

After checking, Shen Xingyan didn't waste any more precious comprehension time and continued to dedicate the remaining time to the Demon Subduing Staff.

A dozen minutes later, when he finished his comprehension and made his final staff movement, Shen Xingyan saw that the Demon Subduing Staff's progress had increased to 24%.

"Another martial technique under my belt, this rate of improvement is really fast!" After putting the staff away, Shen Xingyan smiled softly with a hint of admiration.

In the following time, Shen Xingyan, as usual, began to exercise his body, and in the afternoon, he went to the training hall to continue training. Everything was proceeding in an orderly manner.

After the previous period of improvement, it was only natural that Strength, Agility, and Constitution did not increase. Shen Xingyan was aware of this and did not feel disappointed.

It wasn't until he finished training and picked up his sister from school that Shen Xingyan's calm mind during training began to fluctuate, because in a few hours, his wheat test field would usher in the final result.

After having dinner with his sister, Shen Xingyan went straight back to his room.

Lying on the bed, his consciousness connected to the Star Origin Space through the Star Origin Card. After a period of chanting, he summoned his 16th little skeleton, patted the new little skeleton's skull as a greeting, and then handed it over to Wangcai, before quickly walking to the one-acre wheat field in the center of the farmland.

He squatted down and gently weighed the wheat ears. He felt that after a day of growth, their weight had increased somewhat, but the increase was not very large in his opinion.

"It seems I can only wait a few hours and then use my class skill." Thinking of this, Shen Xingyan couldn't help but look at the class skill in the attribute panel, which had already finished cooling down.

"Now, it all depends on you," Shen Xingyan murmured.

Shen Xingyan didn't choose to return to the real world to continue training during this time. Instead, he worked slowly in the farmland with Wangcai and the others, focusing on taking care of the acre of farmland where the wheat was planted.

Although he knew that this behavior would have almost negligible impact on the final yield of the wheat, he still did it, as a kind of psychological comfort.

Shen Xingyan worked while waiting for the wheat to ripen.

When a person is waiting for a known event to happen, it always feels difficult to endure.

In these short few hours, he felt like time was passing incredibly slowly.

You should know that during normal training, this amount of time was not enough for him at all. Often, a few hours would pass in the blink of an eye.

However, now this time seemed to be stretched several times longer.

In this long wait, time slowly came to the moment when the wheat was about to mature.

Shen Xingyan, who had been preparing for a long time, released his class skill at the precise moment.

"Ding~ Detected that you are using a class skill on a portion of crops that are about to mature. The use of this skill may result in failure for this portion of crops. Do you want to continue?"

The same Star Origin prompt appeared again as last time. Shen Xingyan, who had expected this, quickly confirmed "Continue."

As Shen Xingyan's thought fell, the surrounding crops suddenly made a strange noise, which allowed him to judge what was about to happen.

"Congratulations, you have successfully used the class skill, Farmer class experience +1."

Sure enough, the prompt sound of successful skill use rang in his ears, and the worry in Shen Xingyan's heart instantly disappeared by a large margin.

At this time, the origin energy in his body instantly covered all the farmland through the novice staff. The potatoes began to show obvious changes. They were in the later stage, just when they were bearing fruit, so the surface changes showed how terrifying the +10% progress was.

However, Shen Xingyan didn't pay attention to them, but instead focused all his attention on the wheat in front of him.

Through his careful observation, he found that the wheat at this time had undergone the same changes as last time. The grains of wheat inside the ears first rapidly expanded, and then quickly shrank back, again presenting a sign of failure.

However, upon seeing this familiar phenomenon, Shen Xingyan's mood not only did not show any frustration, but instead thought with a slight excitement:

"It's this phenomenon. Last time, I thought it was a sign of failure. Later, after analysis, I confirmed that this should be a necessary process to improve the yield and quality of crops!"

As Shen Xingyan thought this, a prompt sign also appeared above this acre of wheat, indicating that the wheat had entered a harvestable state!