Brush Up Your Proficiency

Speaking of the erhu, one cannot help but mention the piece of music closely associated with it — "Horse Racing."

In Wang Hao's mind, this piece seems tailor-made for the erhu, its exciting and uplifting melody and lively rhythm being very popular.

The erhu's inherent timbre can well simulate the sound of galloping horses, vividly presenting the magnificent scene of horses racing across the grasslands and riders striving to be the first.

It can be said that the erhu has made this famous piece, making it well-known; at the same time, this piece also fully demonstrates the unique charm of the erhu, the two being interdependent and complementing each other.

If Wang Hao were still at the beginner erhu level, even if he obtained this piece, it would probably be quite difficult to play it completely, let alone achieve a pleasing sound.

By playing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" to increase his proficiency, he has now advanced to an intermediate level, making it much easier to play this piece.

Who would have thought that someone who played "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" as their first piece could challenge the highly difficult "Horse Racing" as their very next piece!

Such a leap is truly beyond imagination, and even if it were said, few would believe it.

As Wang Lan watched Wang Hao get ready to start performing, a sense of curiosity welled up in her heart.

She originally wanted to ask her brother which piece he was planning to play, but in an instant, she changed her mind — as long as it wasn't that mind-numbing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star."

After all, putting aside preferences for specific pieces, from a technical level, Wang Lan thought her brother Wang Hao's erhu skills were quite good.

With the ups and downs of the melody, Wang Lan seemed to be in the grasslands, feeling the magnificent beauty of the grasslands.

Before her eyes seemed to appear a vast grassland, with green grass like a carpet and flowers like brocade; in the distance, a group of sturdy and agile horses galloped freely, their hooves stirring up the wind.

As the erhu tune became more and more exciting and lively, the whole scene became more and more vivid, as if a thrilling horse racing festival was being staged.

She only felt that the riders from all sides were striving to be the first, not yielding to each other, the intensity of the competition was astonishing!

At this moment, Wang Lan, who was closest, was completely immersed in this auditory feast and unable to extricate herself, her heart receiving an unprecedented shock.

Before this, although she rarely came into contact with erhu music, she never expected that this ancient instrument would have such a powerful expressive power and appeal.

It was able to give herself such an unparalleled shocking experience, making people feel excited, passionate, and surging with emotions!

Is this still my brother? He… how can he be so amazing!

The "inner strength" that her brother mentioned last night that the old man in the park taught him, actually has such magical power?

It made her brother undergo such earth-shattering changes! Wang Lan was dumbfounded, and for a moment, she was speechless.

Compared to Wang Lan's chaotic inner thoughts touched by the music, the people in the corridor who were originally busy with their own affairs were also stunned at this moment.

The people playing cards stopped their movements, the chatting stopped abruptly, the people practicing musical instruments put down their instruments, and everyone's eyes converged on Wang Hao.

Even the person who was live-streaming with their mobile phone quickly turned the camera around, pointing directly at Wang Hao.

An exciting and澎湃"Horse Racing" made the entire gazebo instantly silent!

At this moment, only the magnificent melody of "Horse Racing" echoed in the corridor, as if a fiery horse was galloping freely in the corridor.

Wang Hao was completely unaware of the strangeness of the surrounding atmosphere and the eerie silence, all his energy and mind were integrated into the interpretation of this piece.

Music, since ancient times, has been an art form with great appeal, capable of evoking strong emotional resonance in people;

And the performer themselves can be immersed in it, feeling unprecedented passion and impulse.

Wang Hao's playing technique, after being enhanced by the intermediate skill, became more and more skilled and free, without having to deliberately look for pitch to perfectly interpret the piece.

At this moment, he closed his eyes slightly, immersing himself in the music with all his heart, using his heart to feel the purest and most direct impact.

In this impact, unknowingly, an exciting and unrestrained "Horse Racing" had already finished playing, but before Wang Hao had time to carefully savor the unique customs of the vast grassland, a prompt from the cheat system suddenly appeared before his eyes.

For Wang Hao, who was already accustomed to it, this situation would not have caused too much of a stir;

However, this time was different from the past, and when he saw the prompt message clearly, he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"Congratulations, your erhu intermediate skill proficiency + 2, current proficiency: erhu intermediate 2.1 / 1000."

Looking at this message, Wang Hao's heart was full of surprise and doubt — just relying on this one piece actually allowed him to gain a full two points of proficiency increase!

This was really beyond his expectations.

Suddenly, Wang Hao's thoughts drifted back to the day his sister first came.

At that time, he personally cooked a braised fish. To his surprise, that cooking experience actually directly increased his intermediate cooking skill by 3 proficiency points!

From that time on, he felt that the increase in proficiency was closely related to the difficulty of the work.

However, in the next period of time, more than two hundred servings of fried noodles every day, or some of the dishes he usually made, only gained 1 point of proficiency increase.

Gradually, he almost forgot the original idea that proficiency was directly proportional to difficulty.

But now, facing the "Horse Racing" piece, which brought a proficiency reward 20 times higher than "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star."

This gap was so obvious in front of him, like a flash of lightning cutting through the night sky, illuminating Wang Hao's original doubts about the increase in proficiency.

It turned out that the erhu skill and the cooking skill are the same, the more challenging and difficult the piece, the higher the proficiency reward that can be obtained after successful performance!

Thinking of this, a hint of excitement flashed in Wang Hao's eyes. Before, when he learned that the erhu skill proficiency could only get 0.1 each time, with Wang Hao's personality, although he was open-minded, he still felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

But now that he understands that the skills given by the cheat system are all applicable to the principle that the greater the difficulty, the higher the proficiency, then he has a plan in his mind.

This discovery not only provided a new possibility for his plan to slowly hone his erhu skill proficiency.

It also solved a very important point of doubt for himself, which made him feel extremely happy and full of expectations for the future.