Chapter 134: Master Level Skill?

Chapter 134: Chapter 134: Master Level Skill?

The next day.

Sunlight spilled into the room through the gaps in the curtains. Su Yunzhou slowly opened his eyes and stretched. Turning his head, he saw Yiyi sleeping peacefully beside him.

Last night’s "deep work" had been a resounding success, so much so that the celebration lasted late into the night. Energetic and unable to sleep, he figured his luck would be excellent on such a beautiful morning.

Therefore, it was time to draw a prize!

The large wheel in his mind looked as low-quality as ever, but every item on it possessed miraculous effects. He hoped to draw another good Skill as useful as the Power of Lao Ai.

"Start!"

With a simple thought, the slender pointer on the lottery wheel began to spin wildly.

"Stop!"

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining the Advanced Piano Skill through the lottery.]

"Uh... what use do I have for this?" he wondered. "Play the piano? It would have been better if the system had just given me a skill for playing the ’organ’."

The next second, various piano techniques flooded into his mind all at once.

[Detected that the host possesses Kato’s Eagle Finger (Special Skill). Upgrading Advanced Piano Skill...]

[Upgrading...]

[Upgrade failed...]

The continuous notifications left Su Yunzhou a bit dazed. When he recovered his senses, he immediately understood the reason. It boiled down to one simple fact: Kato’s Eagle Finger was particularly helpful for piano fingering techniques, but that assistance was far from meeting the requirements for a promotion. After all, this was a leap from Advanced to Master Level.

However, at this moment, the System Mall displayed:

[Master Level Piano Skills: 12 Skill Points (50%)]

This meant he only needed to pay 6 points to upgrade it. After pondering for a moment, Su Yunzhou looked at his remaining 16 Skill Points and clicked to redeem.

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining Master Level Piano Skills.]

Su Yunzhou’s body couldn’t help but shudder a few times, as if he had just experienced a climax. His mind was occupied by all sorts of piano pieces. He closed his eyes and immersed himself in them, feeling as though the musical notes were dancing at his fingertips. This slight commotion also woke Liu Yiyi.

"Mmh~" She let out a soft groan and slowly opened her eyes. Seeing Su Yunzhou’s strange expression, the corners of her lips curled into a blissful smile. "Good morning."

"Morning," Su Yunzhou replied, pulling his thoughts back. "You must be hungry! I’ll go make breakfast. Go wash up, and I’ll drop you off at work in a bit!"

An hour later.

Sitting in the passenger seat with her beautiful face flushed, Liu Yiyi touched up her makeup while urging him, "Hurry up a little! We’re already late."

"Hehe." Su Yunzhou chuckled dryly and stepped on the gas pedal, making the car fly down the road.

After being nearly half an hour late, Liu Yiyi finally arrived at the foot of her office building. She turned to the man who insisted he had already sped up and said, "Drive safely on your way back."

"Will do!"

After watching her graceful silhouette disappear, Su Yunzhou called out to Tuantuan. "Navigate to the Rongcheng National Rock Climbing Training Center."

The Rongcheng National Rock Climbing Training Center was located in the city’s suburbs. Covering a vast area, it was divided into inner and outer sections and served as the largest rock climbing training base in the entire Southwest District. The outer perimeter was a fun, beginner-friendly training hall designated for climbing enthusiasts and young students. The inner perimeter was a professional rock climbing training center with supporting facilities that were second to none in the country.

At this moment, the atmosphere here was blazing hot. With less than half a month left before the international rock climbing competition, the athletes and coaches were intensely preparing for the event.

"Pay attention to your movements! Your movements! If you can’t even anticipate your footholds, what the f*ck are you competing for?! You bunch of %#%@￥!" Head Coach Yan Peisheng cursed, not giving them an ounce of face.

People in sports were just like this; they had incredibly foul mouths. They usually restrained themselves during major competitions, but when they got too agitated, they would curse just the same. Take Ms. Zheng, who recently won the women’s tennis championship, for example. Her outburst of "Holy sh*t! Are you annoying or what! Dumbass!" went completely viral across the internet.

Yan Peisheng, on the other hand, was famously ruthless and sharp-tongued throughout the training center. The only way to get a single compliment out of him was to hand him the international rock climbing championship trophy. The athletes, who were being scolded mercilessly, didn’t even dare to breathe too loudly.

Right at that moment, Yan Peisheng’s phone suddenly rang. His expression shifted when he saw the caller ID, unexpectedly softening quite a bit. The athletes thought their eyes were playing tricks on them, but they all saw the exact same shock reflected in each other’s gazes.

"Train properly. I’m going out to pick someone up," Yan Peisheng ordered.

"Yes, Coach!"

As soon as Yan Peisheng left, the athletes immediately began whispering to each other.

"I know why he’s so excited! I heard yesterday that the wild card athlete everyone’s been talking about is coming today."

"I heard about that too! But... Coach Lin seems pretty unhappy about it."

"More than unhappy! Your information is outdated. When I passed by their office yesterday, Coach Lin was telling Ning Xiangwu to properly knock this guy down a peg and show him what a real professional athlete looks like."

"Ning Xiangwu? That guy is a human powder keg just waiting to go off!"

"If you were the eternal runner-up for years on end, your temper would probably be just as explosive."

"Hahaha!"

"Sounds like we’ve got a good show to watch today!"

"For sure..."

At the entrance of the rock climbing center.

Yan Peisheng finally received Su Yunzhou, who was dressed in casual clothes and looking completely relaxed.

"Mr. Su, please come this way. Let me give you a tour!" Yan Peisheng offered.

Su Yunzhou greeted him politely and replied with a smile. Of course, Yan Peisheng’s tour route was also meticulously planned. He jokingly called it the ’appeal to emotion and logic’ route.

"Mr. Su, this wall records all the honors our Dragon Country has achieved in international rock climbing events.

"Although we started relatively late and our overall competitive level still has a bit of a gap compared to other countries, we have gradually caught up with the top-tier teams in the speed climbing event.

"However, we’ve never managed to secure a good ranking in the other two disciplines."

Su Yunzhou nodded. On his way here, he had looked up the different rock climbing disciplines and how the competitions worked, so he had a rough idea.

Seeing that Su Yunzhou seemed moved, Yan Peisheng continued.

"And the international rock climbing competition held in Rongcheng this time will adopt the combined rock climbing format."

"What does that mean?" Su Yunzhou asked.

"It means the contestants will participate in all three disciplines separately, and the final champion and runner-up will be decided by their total score across all events.

"To be honest, this rule isn’t very friendly to us. It would be fine if they competed in individual events, but combining them makes it a bit... However, no matter what, we have to find a way to secure a ranking.

"This time around, there’s an incredibly strong opponent from the Little Days Country. He’s also the favorite to win this competition. If we let him take the championship, how could we face the Soul of the Sichuan Army who shed their blood and sacrificed their lives back in the day?

"Therefore, Su Yunzhou, we really need you to join us."

Hearing this, Su Yunzhou was infected by his passionate emotions.

"A genius from Little Life?" he thought. "Heh! With Tong in hand, what does a tournament favorite even amount to?"

Su Yunzhou took a deep breath and nodded. "Since I’m here, I won’t let Little Life have an easy time. I can’t guarantee everything, but I must at least fight for the top three."

"Good, good, good!" Yan Peisheng nodded repeatedly.

He was just about to say something else when a mocking voice came from behind.

"Top three? What shameless boasting!

"Why don’t you just say that first place is already reserved for you?!

"It doesn’t cost a dime to brag, anyway..."