Agility training primarily focuses on speed and reaction time, especially speed. When the Agility attribute increases, it is immediately and noticeably reflected in one's speed indicators.
As if confirming Shen Xingyan's guess, soon after he began the agility training, his speed noticeably increased. Stopping and checking his attribute panel, he saw that Agility, just like Strength earlier, had increased by 1 point, and his Speed stat had risen along with it.
Feeling how his body had changed thanks to the attribute increases, Shen Xingyan couldn't help but smile. These were, after all, permanent improvements, not temporary bonuses from martial techniques—they were a true foundation for survival.
He had experienced this feeling of rapid, double-attribute growth only the day before yesterday, but he hadn't expected to live through it again today. For the scions of the great clans, such a phenomenon might have been commonplace, but for a commoner like Shen Xingyan, the probability of it happening was extremely low. The realization filled him with an irresistible, indescribable feeling of satisfaction.
Quickly composing himself, Shen Xingyan reminded himself of the need to control his behavior in a public place so as not to draw unwanted trouble through excessive joy, and he continued his training.
The attribute increases did not alter his training plan. He understood that the recent rapid growth was partly due to external factors, but mainly supported by the potential accumulated before his Awakening. Now that the attributes had risen consecutively, that reserve was likely almost depleted.
Although in the future, thanks to the Insight skill and the increase in Original Energy, the influence of martial techniques on his body would strengthen, and the pace of development would become more noticeable, for now, he could only use the available conditions and steadily move forward. Even if the progress was small, he felt confidence in his path.
Shen Xingyan continued to train until it was time to meet his sister from school. Only then did he leave the training hall and head home with her.
"Brother, why do I feel so energetic today? After a whole day of training, I don't have that familiar feeling of hunger at all. Is yesterday's rabbit meat really that effective?" On the way home, Shen Xingying excitedly spoke about what had thrilled her, as if the event were a miraculous beacon of light in her life.
Previously, after training, Shen Xingying, due to her active growth and lack of sufficient nutrients, always felt intense hunger. This happened so often that the girl, at such a young age, had already grown used to the unpleasant sensation. Today, however, that familiar feeling never appeared, which filled her with joy, and she instinctively connected it to the rabbit meat they had eaten the night before.
Shen Xingyan, who had experienced a similar state, affectionately stroked his sister's head, mentally vowing that she would never have to suffer as he once did.
He knew the true reason for her feelings—the effect of the Physique elixir on her physical state—but he didn't correct her assumption about the rabbit meat. Let her think that way; it was not bad either.
After dinner, the brother and sister retired to their rooms. Shen Xingying began her physical exercises, while Shen Xingyan simply lay down on the bed.
In former times, such behavior from Shen Xingyan might have drawn criticism for laziness, or even punishment. But in the current era, this was an encouraged action. No one would condemn him, as almost all Professionals did the same—they weren't just sleeping; they were laboring for a better tomorrow.
Shen Xingyan's consciousness transferred to the cultivation space, where he activated his innate talent and summoned his fifteenth small skeleton, then handed the newcomer over to Wangcai for training.
He then focused his attention on all his fields. Seeing that the cooldown for his professional skill was complete, he instantly materialized the Beginner's Staff in his hand. Original Energy vigorously circulated in his body, and the effect of increasing growth progress by 10% instantly spread across all fields.
When the familiar staff appeared in the master's hand, the small skeletons surrounding Shen Xingyan dispersed very organizedly to their plots, anticipating the next round of work.
Having completed the professional skill's activation, Shen Xingyan noticed that the visible growth of the plants was less than usual and realized they had entered the fruit/tuber formation phase. Harvest time would soon arrive.
After the professional skill's application, the potato's growth progress reached approximately 14 days, and formally six days remained until full maturation in 20 days. But for Shen Xingyan, the potato harvest would arrive the day after tomorrow.
From his research, he knew that so far, no one had managed to break the Star Source record for potato cultivation. The reason was simple: the too long a growth cycle. Although after reaching Level 20, Professionals could remain in the Star Source world indefinitely, and theoretically, with sufficient mental strength, they could stay there permanently, the innate limitations of the human mind made this impossible at the current stage. Therefore, it was difficult for other farmers to even reach the standards for the Star Source record, let alone surpass them.
As his experience with wheat showed, for long-term crops with a growth cycle exceeding 10 days, breaking the record was not easy. Only with the round-the-clock help of the skeletons, which allowed him to avoid the "task stagnation penalty," could Shen Xingyan hope for success. Other farmers did not have these conditions.
Considering all this, Shen Xingyan believed that the probability of breaking the Star Source record for the potato harvest was very high.
Meanwhile, his promising wheat had reached a progress of almost 9 days, and tomorrow evening, he would finally see the results of his experiment.
"Doesn't this look like I'm cheating the Star Source?" Shen Xingyan wondered, calculating the probability of breaking the records with both crops.
But he immediately shook his head with a smile. After all, he was just farming. The Star Source made the decision about the reward—what business did that have with him, just an ordinary farmer?