*Yawn*

After an hour or two hitting the books, there was little to none progress. A lot of the information could be applicable for my [class] but the problem is that it could be applicable. I found there is a significant overlap for the [waterbender] [class] with others but there is still no class like it. Many of the water based [skills] are either complex spells and incantations for [mages] or use an entire different type of energy to fuel them making them fundamentally structured for said energy. All they could do really would be giving me an idea how to acquire the waterbending versions of them.

Talking about energy, the [cultivation] books spent most of their contents on how to properly start cultivating so you could achieve a [class]. They are like a step by step guide on how to be a [Cultivator]. Plus the rest of the information was what I figured out already, or at least my interpretation on how to [cultivate]. [Cultivation] can be interpretated differently by anyone and the way you perceive it shapes on how the qi works so some of the general advice cultivating can allow me to get a better handle on what I was already doing but won't massively change it.

The two [cultivation technique] manuals on the other hand was absolutely useless for me. One half of the book like the [cultivation] manuals mentions how to achieve said [classes] through specific [cultivation] methods that are currently incompatible with my [class]. While two, many of the [techniques] that are mentioned later in the texts are too advance for me to replicate. Some examples would be creating a small storm surrounding me to block all ranged attacks or a palm strike that causes your enemy's organs to explode. Wild stuff. If I ever wanted to gain their [classes] separately later, which I don't, maybe they would be useful but not now.

Even though I was not lucky enough to discover the secrets of waterbending at my local library, like before and what I would not be surprise to find out to be reincurring pattern in the future, in this world, knowledge is power since I did not left with nothing. When I was about finish looking through the first [skill] books, I received these notifications.

For showing your knowledge and experience in the Arts of a specific Element

Gained [Waterbender] Skill:

[Water Magic 1]

Unlocked [Waterbender] Stat:

[Water Affinity: 2]

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Without specific guidance on what to do next, I just decided to continue what I did before and put full focus on my training during my free time. Working on my movements with my body mimicking the flow of water while also getting better control over said substance I could manipulate.

As time went on, I progressed at a steady rate through the next two weeks or so. In the end, my growth was not just on the surface as my control over my body and water became more refined but in the [class] as a whole. Not just an increase to stats but the number of water I had command over increased to the amount of a normal bucket or around a gallon while if I focused enough, I could control separate it into two separate blobs. The traditional practice from the show of circling a sphere of water around does help.

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My competence in waterbending was not the only thing that changed. My [status screen] is currently drastically different than what is was before. I gained new [skills] like [Sympathetic Movement] after some practice and it ties many of my [waterbender] [skills] like [Hydrokinesis] to my physical movements like in the show but it turn it prevents these [skills] from being used through different means like using my thoughts/mind, which I could not do anyways.

Another [skill] I gained was [Soothing Water]. One day being absentminded during a menial chore at the tavern, I was reminded of the unspent [stat] and [skill pts] I had. After some thought, I realized that one of the main reasons I choose this [class] was its healing abilities so using it to gain said ability appeared to be the best choice, I don't know when I would ever need it, it could be a couple minutes to decades from now. Its better to be safe than sorry.

The way [Soothing Water] works is that it allows me to channel qi through the water I have contact with and control over to repair the flesh and mend injuries but right now, the [skill] can only heal surface flesh wounds like gashes or bruises but still useful. For the [stats] on the other hand, my options were quite limited so I asked Elizabeth for advice and what said was quite insightful.

"I'm personally from the school of thought that believes in letting the [System] guide you since it obviously knows which is best for your growth. People who follows this believes in expanding your capabilities through randomizing your points as it increases the likelihood of gaining previously locked [stats] or [skills] instead of wasting these resources to focus on what you already have which you can do on your own through training."

"So you're saying if I let the [System] decide on my [stat pt] it will give me one that I should have?"

"Well no, the [System] rarely lies and do not when it does not have to so when it says it is randomly generated, it is 100% random. Anyone else who says so is on technical terms committing blasphemy but everyone have their own beliefs and philosophies on the [System] so it does not matter."

After considering her viewpoint, I decided to follow that advice since I had no other reason not to and asked it to be randomized and I was happy with what I got.

Spent [Stat pt]

Asked to Randomize

Randomly Generating...

Unlocked [Waterbender] Stat:

[Fluidity: 8]

It is similar to [Agility] and [Grace] but more focused on smoothing over my motions making me more and more like water and which in turn synergize with [Sympathetic Movement] making the communication between my body and the water more closely align.

By the end of my training arc, my [Information Page] started to look a lot like this. (The title just appeared surprisingly after some time staying in the city, I too even did not notice it until recently.)

Name: Mark Thompson

Gender: Male

Age: 20

Title(s): Citizen of SereneValley

Class(es):

Waterbender

Agility: 9

Water Affinity: 3

Fluidity: 8

Hydrokinesis 2, Cultivation, Meditation 3, Water Magic 1, Sympathetic Movement, Soothing Water 1

Otherworlder

Wisdom: 9

Adaptability: 7

System Assistant, Language Comprehension 2

Cat Boy

Fluffy: 5

Grace: 9

Sapience