Brush Up Your Proficiency

Back in his room, Wang Hao excitedly took out his erhu, ready to show off his skills. He gently plucked the strings, simply playing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." Although the melody was simple, it was full of childlike innocence.

Wang Hao could also play some more difficult pieces, such as "Moon Reflected in the Second Spring," but he had to look at the sheet music to do so.

After all, the Elementary Erhu skill only instilled basic techniques and fundamental music theory. It's like cooking; knowing how to cook doesn't mean you're proficient in preparing all kinds of dishes. There's a world of difference between the two.

"Congratulations, Elementary Erhu skill proficiency +1, current proficiency: Elementary Erhu 1/100."

Along with the appearance of the proficiency notification, Wang Hao finished playing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." The unique timbre of the erhu added a touch of faint sorrow to the originally light and lively melody, as if it were telling a certain emotion, making it more lyrical.

Although Wang Hao knew that his playing level was still at the level of a park grandpa, not outstanding, the feeling of showing off a new skill still made him feel very satisfied.

Sure enough, playing a piece of music once increased proficiency by one point, which was exactly the same as the stir-frying principle in cooking.

Wang Hao thought to himself: Perhaps in the near future, in order to improve his proficiency, he might repeatedly play "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" to perfection.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but silently apologize to the neighbors who were about to suffer "torture."

Wang Hao opened the door and told his sister to put on headphones, because he was going to continuously play "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star."

Wang Lan nodded understandingly and gave an OK gesture to show that she understood.

Wang Hao turned around and returned to the room, carefully closing every window and door, trying his best to ensure that he would not disturb the neighbors who were about to suffer "torture."

With everything ready, he took a deep breath and began his "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" bombardment tour for the neighbors.

However, things turned sour. After more than an hour, the first person who couldn't stand it and the most direct victim was his sister, Wang Lan.

The headphones could no longer block the erosion of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." Wang Lan went from being slightly interested at the beginning to being annoyed at the end. Unable to bear it, she knocked on Wang Hao's door.

Along with a burst of rapid knocking, a plug-in notification suddenly popped up in front of Wang Hao.

"Congratulations, Elementary Erhu skill proficiency +1, current proficiency: Elementary Erhu 100/100."

Immediately following was another notification.

"Congratulations, Elementary Erhu skill has been upgraded to Intermediate Erhu skill, current proficiency: Intermediate Erhu 0/1000."

Seeing these notifications, Wang Hao immediately felt that the erhu skills and techniques in his mind became more and more abundant.

Even more surprising was that some common and less difficult sheet music began to automatically appear in his mind.

In the blink of an eye, his knowledge base was greatly enriched.

After gradually adapting, Wang Hao was overjoyed: "I didn't expect the Intermediate Erhu skill to be so powerful! My practice of just over an hour is equivalent to several years for others!"

Now my level can definitely easily defeat those self-righteous old men in the park!"

He thought to himself that if he continued to develop at this rate, as long as he gave himself a day to rest and devote himself to playing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star," he might be able to directly advance to the Advanced stage!

Would he unlock new skills at that time? This possibility seemed quite high.

Wang Hao's heart stirred, but he was not in a hurry to make a decision. Now, let's first experience what it's like to use the Intermediate Erhu skill to play "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star."

As his mind moved, Wang Hao's hands, which had already formed muscle memory, involuntarily began to play the erhu in his hand, playing twinkling little stars.

As soon as he started, he immediately noticed a distinct difference from the past—the sound lines of the erhu became more natural and smooth.

From the perspective of an outsider, if the previous skill was compared to 720p low-definition picture quality, then at this moment it was as if it had suddenly jumped to 1080p ultra-high-definition level, and the overall viewing experience was instantly improved by a level.

"Congratulations, Intermediate Erhu skill proficiency +0.1, current proficiency: Intermediate Erhu 0.1/1000."

Seeing this message, Wang Hao couldn't help but sigh: Playing with intermediate skills only increases proficiency by a mere 0.1!

This meant that the difficulty of improving skill proficiency was simply increasing linearly!

Why was he able to smoothly grind the Intermediate Cooking skill before?

Could it be that there is a newbie protection or a discount period like in games?

Wang Hao couldn't figure it out.

What made him even more helpless was that although there was such a magical thing like a plug-in, he couldn't ask it questions or seek answers, completely clueless!

It really lived up to the saying: "Extreme joy begets sorrow!" Wang Hao shook his head with a wry smile.

Fortunately, he was not a person who liked to dwell on things, thinking: "Forget it, proficiency can be accumulated slowly. It's already very good to be able to improve every day. If I'm too greedy, I might lose more."

Just then, his sister's dissatisfied protests and bursts of knocking came from outside the room.

Since his sister had already started protesting, Wang Hao decided to call it a day.

He put down the erhu in his hand, said good night to his sister, and ended this fulfilling and meaningful day.

The next morning, the sun shone through the window into the room, waking Wang Hao from his sleep. He woke up on time as usual, thanks to his good biological clock. At the same time, he and his sister Wang Lan began their day.

The siblings were busy with their daily work, but there was a slight difference today.

As Wang Hao was preparing, he casually put an erhu in his backpack, planning to grind his erhu skills in his spare time.

Wang Lan noticed that her brother was carrying an erhu, and the fear brought by the little star last night involuntarily appeared in her mind.

She stared at Wang Hao's figure, her eyes showing a trace of resentment.

As if able to perceive his sister's mood, Wang Hao smiled and tried to ease her dissatisfaction with a relaxed tone.

In the back and forth pulling, the two came to the snack street and began their day of setting up a stall.