But he said “learn”?
“Close your eyes,” the deity commanded. Simultaneously, Yu Yi felt a wave of dizziness and involuntarily closed her eyes. Many things flashed before her eyes at a speed she couldn’t clearly see.
“Done,” the deity said. “Try it now.”
Yu Yi slowly stood up and tried moving her arms, but felt no change had occurred.
Suddenly a completely black figure appeared, throwing a right punch towards her. She quickly leaned back, simultaneously shifting her right shoulder back. Her left hand grabbed the opponent’s wrist, gripping and pushing right, causing the punch to miss. In the next instant, Yu Yi’s right hand formed a fist and swiftly struck the figure’s chin.
At this moment, she noticed the black figure had no face, with its entire head being black. The black figure fell backward and then disappeared.
All of this was done through pure instinct; she had reacted without thinking.
The deity said: “Basic combat skills, costing one hundred merit points, consider it a gift from me. If you want to learn intermediate and advanced skills, including weapon techniques, you’ll have to pay yourself. Physical training can’t be quickly learned and requires your continuous practice.”
Yu Yi hesitated: “I have no money.”
“You earned payment from your first two tasks. Let me check… one hundred and eighty points. But learning intermediate, advanced combat, and cold weapon skills will cost over four thousand points. How about this – you’ll owe it and repay through future tasks.”
“
Yu Yi felt the deity was quite business-like and suddenly realized, joyfully asking, “Great Deity, can I stay?” Since he wanted her to repay through future tasks, it meant he had essentially accepted her.
“I never said that. If you fail this time, you still can’t stay. Those skills I can take back,” the deity’s voice sounded extremely cold.
Yu Yi felt disappointed but didn’t show it, telling herself she would definitely complete the task.
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Yu Yi became a martial maidservant, usually dressed as a servant, staying close to the prince. What she found strange was that she had never heard of this prince. The princes in the court should all be over fifty, yet this one was only in his thirties, in his prime, and the people around him wore clothing and hairstyles somewhat different from what she was used to.
