WaterTao in TG, ScentSword > Fire

Just so you know, if you are using your water tao in training grounds, it's better to hit 2 posts with scent sword than using fire. Make sure you replace your bracelet with an attack ring. I get about tripple the experience this way.

To get scent sword, you have to use low level swords that don't require strength. Then when you reach the right level of sword skill, you can buy the skill book from market and use it. By the time SS gets fixed, you can hit 2 crows.

Since it might not already be posted: You only get XP equivalent to the amount of health the stake/crow has left. Use fire on a crow until it dies and notice that you get less for the kill shot. So stay around others in TG, so you don't get the kills!

Please explain the part about staying around others. Why is that important? My poor old
Medusa needs all the help he can get.

If you get the kills in TG, so that the "white spirit ball" comes to you and adds to your XP bar, you get less XP than for a non-kill shot. If you stand around people doing more damage than you, they will probably get the kills, and you will get a little more XP.