Very soon, the ti reached exactly five o'clock.
"Ding! Task [Swordsmanship Maniac] triggered."
[Swordsmanship Maniac: Seriously perform one hundred slashes with a blade and gain insight into the true aning of swordsmanship.]
[Current Progress: 0/100.]
At the mont he heard the system notification sound, Su Xin's eyes lit up with excitent.
"Indeed, the task is triggered!"
"It seems that, as I suspected earlier, the completion ti of a task determines when the next task is triggered."
"If the task is completed on the sa day, the next task will trigger three days later."
"If the task is completed the next day, the next task triggers six days later."
"The pattern of a three-day interval has been confird multiple tis, so it must be correct. The six-day interval only happened once, but it should also be accurate."
"Every extra day to complete a task delays the next task trigger by three more days."
"Therefore, each task must be completed as soon as possible. It's even more important than earning karma points, since karma points can be earned anyti, but tasks can only be triggered automatically by the system and shouldn't be delayed."
Su Xin quickly shifted his focus to the new task after understanding the task triggering chanism.
Performing a hundred slashes is not difficult at all for him. Although the task description emphasizes the word 'seriously,' it still poses no real challenge. It's even incredibly simple, sothing even a primary school student could easily do.
But the biggest issue is that the task specifically requires gaining insight into the true aning of swordsmanship.
Having completed multiple tasks before, Su Xin is well aware of the system's peculiar nature; nothing in the description is superfluous.
Therefore, gaining insight into the true aning of swordsmanship might be the actual requirent of the task, potentially adding significant difficulty.
Of course, he must try regardless.
Su Xin imdiately took out his phone, opened a map application, and searched for well-known local sword dojo.
Martial arts, in this world, are considered a mainstream sport, with many enthusiasts and various related competitive events, including unard combat and sword and blade styles. There are even so rare weapon styles.
Su Xin had paid attention to martial arts when he was a few years old, thinking perhaps there would be Extraordinary martial arts in this world due to his journey through ti. But the result was that martial arts masters were only physically stronger, with richer combat skills but still ordinary people. A world champion could possibly be stabbed to death by a regular person with a knife, and after this realization, he lost interest in martial arts entirely.
Very soon, Su Xin found his target.
Yixin Sword Dojo, a large chain sword dojo in Wanghai Country, wasn't far from Lening High School, about a twenty-minute drive.
After school, Su Xin dashed out ahead of everyone, not bothering to eat, and took a taxi straight to the Yixin Sword Dojo.
Yixin Sword Dojo was located on the second floor of a street-front building, bearing a large golden sign, indicating it wasn't small in size.
Su Xin walked up the stairs to the second floor, pushed open a glass door to enter the lobby, where a sweet-looking girl imdiately stood up and smiled:
"Welco!"
Su Xin walked to the reception desk: "I want to practice swordsmanship for a while, what should I do?"
"Do you need a coach, or do you just want the space and equipnt to practice on your own, sir?"
"I'll try practicing on my own first."
The sweet girl handed Su Xin a leaflet and began explaining: "You can take a look, sir. We have various pricing options. The public space costs thirty yuan per hour, and you can use our standard protective gear and wooden swords free of charge."
"A C-level private room costs one hundred yuan per hour, and you can also use our standard protective gear and wooden swords freely, and have access to our shower room and quality tea service."
"A B-level private room costs two hundred yuan per hour, offers a bigger area, and other features similar to a C-level private room."
"An A-level private room costs five hundred yuan per hour, offers a larger area and superior protective gear and wooden swords, with a private shower room inside."
Su Xin nodded and casually said: "Give a C-level private room for one hour first."
He handed over one hundred yuan to her, and she quickly completed the transaction, then called a staff mber to escort him to the room.
After he closed the private room's door.
Su Xin picked up a finely crafted wooden sword from the weapon rack, mimicked scenes he'd seen in films and TV, slightly lowered his body, spread his legs slowly, gripped the sword handle tightly with both hands, imagined an enemy in front of him, and after concentrating for a mont, slashed powerfully.
"Swish!"
The sword tip swiftly cut through the air, issuing a slightly sharp whistling sound.
Listening to the sword wind's whistling, Su Xin himself felt the slash was quite majestic, yet the system offered no progress update.
Clearly, this slash did not et the task requirents.
"Just as I thought, it won't be easy."
Su Xin felt slightly pressured.
His previous slash was executed with utmost focus and seriousness, yet the only elent not fulfilling the task requirent could be the condition of 'gaining insight into the true aning of swordsmanship.'
Even though he anticipated this from the start, actually encountering this difficulty in the task still gave him pressure.
Because this task, unlike any previous ones, lacks a clear standard.
But this task...
The standard is too vague.
Gaining insight into the true aning of swordsmanship isn't sothing that can necessarily be accomplished by following specific thods. If he doesn't find the key and fails to truly understand, he may not advance even slightly in a long ti.
And the task requires a progress of one hundred points.
This difficulty is sowhat maddening.
After trying a few more tis, Su Xin decisively gave up, returned to the reception desk, and spent six hundred yuan to hire a private sword coach for two hours.
Based on the sweet girl's introduction, the coach hired is a professional fifth-level sword coach nad Xing Shiqiang. He has achieved notable accomplishnts and trained students who earned good grades, making him a high-level coach.
Returning to the private room with the coach, before the coach began to instruct, Su Xin directly made his request:
"Coach Xing, I just want to learn the slashing technique in swordsmanship, could you instruct on this?"
"Alright."
Although Xing Shiqiang found Su Xin's request odd, to him, the custor is king, and he felt no need to ddle with their decisions—just instruct as the custor requested.
"However, although you only wish to learn slashing techniques, it would be easier to understand and comprehend the essence of swordsmanship if you have a basic understanding of it."
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