Chapter 8

"Uh, I just changed my job... I became a farmer and have been plowing the field. The plowing skill reached LV.3, and I learned a skill called 'Polearm Mastery,' which is now at LV.5. I also learned an attack skill called 'Wild Dance.'"

Sun Shijia's body didn't move as he spoke to Kang.

After hearing Sun Shijia's words, Fu Kang's eyes started to dart around, as if he had some idea.

"Brother Su, Brother Fu, I'm going to eat!" At this moment, Sun Shijia finally decided to get off the machine to eat. He greeted Su Peng and Fu Kang, then popped out of the game pod and walked away.

"Uh." Both Su Peng and Fu Kang responded. Su Peng suppressed his joy after changing his job, logged into his account, and continued practicing dissection at the butcher shop.

Time passed quickly. Su Peng practiced dissection with the materials in the butcher shop, and soon, his dissection skill also upgraded to LV.3.

When the dissection skill reached LV.3, Su Peng's character gained a point in dexterity and learned a related skill called "Skinning," as well as a skill called "One-Handed Weapon Mastery"!

At this moment, in the game, the butcher Zhang Tuhu shook his head and walked out from the inner courtyard.

Su Peng handed the silver coins from selling meat to Zhang Tuhu, who seemed very happy and taught Su Peng another skill in the back yard.

"You have learned the skill: Butchering, current level LV.0."

"Your courage has increased a bit."

The system notified Su Peng that he had learned another skill.

"The village hunters sometimes come here to sell game. You can also buy it. I'll tell you the prices, and you can handle it." Zhang Tuhu said, then told Su Peng the prices for buying meat and went back to the back yard to drink.

After a day of dissecting meat, Su Peng's attributes improved again.

"Your arm strength has increased a bit, your strength has increased a bit, and your waist strength has increased a bit."

"Indeed... The Butcher profession adds more attribute points compared to the Farmer profession." Su Peng thought to himself.

At this moment, Su Peng suddenly heard someone calling Zhang Tuhu outside. He looked and saw it was the village hunter Hu!

However, Hu was not alone; someone was following him. Su Peng was taken aback when he saw this person—it was none other than the lone wanderer Ji Ming!

It was unclear whether it was due to the high realism of the game, but Su Peng saw Ji Ming's character squint his eyes, seemingly surprised to see him.

"Master, I know him. I'll talk to him." Ji Ming said to the hunter, who replied, "Alright, since you know him, talk to him and get a good price. Zhang Tuhu is very stingy and won't budge on the price."

Ji Ming nodded and walked to the outside of the butcher shop, saying to Su Peng, "Is it Su Peng? You're pretty good at this game. As far as I know, becoming a butcher's apprentice in the village requires some reputation, which is much harder than being a farmer."

"Hehe... You're not any different, right? You changed to a Hunter. It's a good profession, with ranged attacks, so you don't have to worry about your safety. After all, the characters in this game only have one life."

Su Peng listened and said to Ji Ming, who smiled and replied, "It's harder in the later stages, after all, this is a martial arts game, and there are almost no martial arts related to bows and arrows."

"Oh? Then why did you choose it?" Su Peng asked, curious. Ji Ming didn't seem like a short-sighted person.

Although the game allows infinite job changes, everyone's time and energy are limited. While bows and arrows seem good now, if there's no further development, it feels like a waste of time to improve proficiency.

Ji Ming smiled but didn't answer the question, instead changing the topic, "Let's look at the game we hunted outside. Try to give a higher price. I'll compensate you in the future."

"Alright." Su Peng nodded. Zhang Tuhu's friendliness towards him had increased, giving him some pricing power, though not too much, just a range.

However, when Su Peng looked at the game Ji Ming brought, it was quite good—a small wild boar with an arrow through its eye, well-preserved fur, a large snake with an arrow through its head, and several wild chickens.

"Good, the meat looks good. However, we don't buy animal hides here. I'll dissect it for free. You can take the hide back, and I'll count the meat as the best quality."

Su Peng said to Ji Ming. Actually, Su Peng felt good about Ji Ming. Although he seemed a bit 'lonely,' Su Peng had a hunch that his true character wasn't like that, but rather he had some secret. Since they were just acquaintances, Su Peng didn't want to delve too deep, but giving some convenience was fine, and it was at Zhang Tuhu's expense.

"Alright, thanks." Ji Ming said to Su Peng. Su Peng used the dissection skill and quickly removed the wild boar and snake meat, as well as the hides. Su Peng's dissection skill also upgraded to LV.4... Su Peng found that dissecting game seemed to increase the dissection skill more.

"Five taels and fifteen cash, take it." Su Peng handed the silver coins to Ji Ming, who nodded. The hunter Hu was very pleased and praised Ji Ming.

"This kid is really good... He reminds me of the female apprentice I once had. I haven't seen her for a long time. Why doesn't she come to see me?" The hunter took the silver coins, praised Ji Ming, and said.

It was unclear whether it was an illusion, but Su Peng saw Ji Ming's character's face look a bit unnatural when the hunter said these words, but the expression quickly disappeared.

"An illusion, right... How advanced could it be? The player's expression reflecting on the game character..." Su Peng thought and didn't delve deeper.

Thus, Su Peng worked for a few hours at Zhang Tuhu's place. The sun in the game world gradually set, and in the real world, it was around 4:30 PM.

The company's working hours were the same as a normal 9-to-5 job. There was still over an hour before the end of the workday.

And Su Peng had finished his work at Zhang Tuhu's for the day.

Including the wild boar delivered by the hunter Zhao, Su Peng had processed everything. Zhang Tuhu had finished drinking and asked Su Peng for an account. Su Peng reported the accounts and handed over the silver coins. Zhang Tuhu nodded, not saying much, seemingly satisfied with the income, but not reducing his friendliness.

Su Peng left Zhang Tuhu's house. The sun in the game world had set, and the village was quiet, with only a few children playing.

Su Peng stretched and yawned. Now that he had changed to a butcher's apprentice, his dissection skill had finally reached LV.5, and he gained a passive skill called "Deboning." He also learned a passive skill called "Bleeding," which has a certain chance to trigger, dealing 12-15 points of damage per second for three seconds.

"Today's tasks are basically completed." Su Peng stretched and yawned, noticing that his game character also stretched and yawned, making him smile. He looked at the ring on his hand.

"Let's play a fighting game! I'll go first, ha!"

At this moment, a group of children ran past Su Peng. One of them shouted and made a pose like in a martial arts movie.

"Alright, I'll go second, ha!" Another child immediately responded and made a pose.

Su Peng smiled as he watched the children play, reminding him of his own childhood. He wanted to relax for a while, but after a bit, his high perception noticed something.

"Hey, kids, who taught you these moves?" Su Peng finally couldn't resist and walked forward to ask the children.

He noticed that although the children's poses were not standard, the stance was clearly not just for play but had some traces of martial arts!

The children looked at each other. They were a bit afraid of adults. After a while, a child leader said, "We learned it from a small figure."

"What kind of small figure? Can you show me?" Su Peng asked the child leader.

The child leader hesitated for a while but finally took out a wooden figure from his pocket.

Su Peng looked at it. The wooden figure was a rough carving but clearly in a standard martial arts stance!

"This... is a standard martial arts stance?" Su Peng thought to himself.

"Do you have more of these figures? Can you show me?" Su Peng squatted down and asked the children.

The children looked at each other, and several shook their heads. The child leader who gave Su Peng the wooden figure seemed to want to speak, as if he wanted to take it back.

Su Peng immediately understood that the children were afraid he would take their toys.

"Hehe, don't worry, I have new toys to give you." Su Peng said, then walked to a nearby pile of wet, soft mud, squatted down, and scooped up a handful of clay.

Su Peng's hands moved, and soon, a lifelike clay figure of Crayon Shin-chan was made.

"Wow, that's really good..." Su Peng was impressed. As a child, he had learned to make clay figures from an old man in his neighborhood. The old man, seeing Su Peng's talent and dexterity, taught him a few tricks. Making clay figures was easy for Su Peng.

He didn't expect that this skill would be useful in the game.

"Wow!" The child leader was moved by the clay figure of Crayon Shin-chan.

After thinking for a while, the child leader walked over and said, "Uncle, can I have this clay figure? I'll trade you my wooden figure!"

"Sure, anyone who has a wooden figure can trade for a clay figure. I can make all kinds, one for one." Su Peng smiled and said.

"Deal!" The child leader walked over, a bit reluctant to give up the wooden figure but more attracted to the clay figure. He handed the wooden figure to Su Peng, who gave him the clay figure.

Children are easily influenced. Seeing the child leader trade, the others also shouted for Su Peng to make clay figures for them. Some even went home to get their wooden figures. Soon, Su Peng had collected over a dozen wooden figures.

Su Peng kept making clay figures—Crayon Shin-chan, Ultraman, Doraemon... He made them all. These modern toys were designed to attract children, so he wasn't worried about them not being interested.

Soon, Su Peng had collected eighteen wooden figures.

"None left..." Su Peng saw that the children had no more wooden figures, so he patted the dirt off his hands and dismissed the children. Some children who didn't get clay figures looked at Su Peng with longing.

After dispersing the children, Su Peng began to examine the eighteen wooden figures.

After looking for a while, Su Peng arranged the wooden figures in a sequence, making it easier to see.

"These wooden figures seem to form a set of martial arts moves..." Su Peng thought, becoming engrossed.

"You have started to comprehend the wooden figures... You have started to comprehend the Wild Ball Fist! Comprehension requires 10 points of insight and 300 points of martial arts experience!" A prompt appeared on Su Peng's screen, along with a light blue cooldown bar...

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