Chapter 19
To save time, the martial arts teacher only asked everyone to memorize a few of the most commonly used positions. Even if you can't remember them, don't worry, there is a human model with the positions painted on his body under the stone platform for everyone to refer to.
"Then why do we still need to memorize the degree?" The students who had just worked so hard to memorize the degree with a bitter face felt like they were being fooled: there are ready-made degrees, why do we still need to memorize them?
The martial arts teacher had a look on his face that said, "Here we go again!" "Why don't you memorize it? Can you guarantee you'll always have the academy chart with you? What if one day you stumble upon a secret manual in another world and can't take it with you, so you can only flip through it temporarily? And you can't remember the academy chart at all? What will you do then?"
He had to explain this problem in every class, from patience to impatience and then to numbness. Now, he has gotten used to it: "This is not alarmist, something like this really happened before. Later..."
"What happened next?" All the students raised their heads, their expressions excited and anxious, almost cracking melon seeds to liven up the atmosphere.
Martial arts teacher: “…”
"Hurry up and tell me, teacher!"
Martial arts teacher: "...Later, that person misremembered a certain acupoint, causing problems with the circulation of his internal energy while attempting to practice, and ultimately paralyzed on the spot. If his roommate hadn't discovered it in time and sent him for acupuncture, the consequences could have been even more serious."
"Oh, that's serious." All the students sighed seriously and then asked, "Is there nothing more at the end?"
"...That's all." The martial arts teacher curled his lips: They don't listen carefully during serious lectures, but when they talk about gossip, their necks are stretched longer than those of geese. It's really... Well, I'm used to it. Whatever happens, it's not like I can work overtime anyway. I just need to complete the task on time.
"Okay, that's enough of this topic. Next, we'll move on to the main point of the trial class, which is the introduction to internal energy."
"Because this is a trial class, the original text of 'Basic Internal Qi' cannot be provided to you. Next, I will recite the formula orally. After listening, everyone can follow the formula to stimulate their internal energy." The martial arts teacher stepped down from the stone platform with his hands behind his back and walked around the crowd. "Now, everyone, sit cross-legged. You don't need to assume the lotus position. The posture is based on your comfort. Okay, next, calm your mind and let the Qi flow to your Dantian..."
"Teacher, how do I move my Qi?" Many students are unable to feel the flow of Qi when they first try, and inevitably become anxious and impatient: "I can't feel where the internal force is."
"Keep calm and wait." The martial arts teacher answered skillfully: It's a familiar question again.
"What are you waiting for?"
"Wait for the internal force to come out... Don't glare at me. There is no shortcut to practicing internal force, and there is no knocking on the door. Just recite the formula, sit cross-legged, and then wait for the internal force to appear. There is nothing else." There are always people who think that these trial class teachers are hiding their secrets. It's really enough.
Getting started with internal energy is a very difficult thing, and it will not happen overnight.
Over the next hour, the students made very slow progress, or rather, most made no progress at all. Only three lucky individuals accidentally developed internal energy, and were later corrected by their martial arts teacher in their energy training methods. However, their current internal energy wasn't enough to support a full cycle of internal energy circulation within their bodies.
As for other students, the martial arts teacher cannot say whether they can cultivate this internal energy and when they can cultivate it, and there is no experience for them to refer to.
"Martial arts training is a rather mysterious thing. Some people are very good at fitness, climbing mountains and diving into the sea, and even doing extreme sports with ease, but they can never cultivate a single bit of internal energy in their entire lives..."
"There are also people who are not in good physical condition, but they can develop internal strength in a very short period of time," the student who is good at drawing inferences from one example quickly interjected.
The martial arts teacher resisted the urge to roll his eyes. "No, quite the opposite. People who are weak or in sub-health conditions absolutely cannot cultivate internal energy. So you must always pay attention to your health, go to bed early and get up early, and exercise regularly. This will increase your chances of success. If you don't succeed, it simply means you're not suited to this path."
"Teacher, how long will it take to develop internal energy?"
"Didn't I just say that? It depends on the individual. Some people can get it right in a trial class, while others can't see any results even after a year of practice. It's purely a matter of luck."
The trial class used the most basic introductory formula. The internal force cultivated was not the most powerful, and the difficulty of getting started was not the lowest. However, it had an advantage that other secret books could not match, and that was the potential harm it caused to the human body was the lowest. The consequences of internal energy going through the wrong meridians were the lightest, and sometimes one could even recover slowly by lying on the ground.
"But this doesn't mean you can act as you please. There are people in the game who practiced martial arts blindly and ruined themselves, and they were the ones who regretted it in the end. You should still practice step by step according to the secret books sold on the official website. Currently, there is no one in the game who can create his own martial arts secrets...Okay, time's up, get out of class dismissed!" Great, it's time to get off work!
Amidst a chorus of sighs, Bei Qiao exited the martial arts trial class. Just as the martial arts teacher had said, internal energy training was only effective in otherworldly realms. The little bit of energy Bei Qiao had cultivated in class dissipated the moment he left, and now he couldn't feel it at all.
"It really is a different world, maybe the rules are different." Bei Qiao clicked on the paid martial arts course channel, looked at the long list and fell into deep thought: Now, the question is, which internal strength method should I choose... Oh, okay, I thought too much, except for the basic methods taught in the trial class, I can't afford anything else.
"Martial arts secret manuals starting at five figures..." Life is really reminding people all the time that without money, everything is difficult. How did the heroes in those martial arts novels manage to easily get a handful of silver?
The sense of Qi developed through trial classes alone is not enough. After confirming the prices of all the secret books, Bei Qiao finally spent money to buy the book "Basic Mental Technique" and the accompanying video course: Fortunately, there are discounts for fresh graduates.
After paying, Bei Qiao looked at the wall clock and decided to spend two hours trying. No matter what the result was, she couldn't stay up all night. It turned out that her luck was good. Before ten o'clock, she successfully transformed the Qi sensation into a trace of internal energy in the martial arts class.
With the idea of testing the power of his internal energy, Bei Qiao grabbed the handle next to him, exited the classroom and logged into "Another World of Martial Arts".
Rising from his bed in the second-floor bedroom, Bei Qiao cracked the window a crack and peered outside in the light. Yuanshan Village had just rained, and the ground in the yard was damp. The air was humid and a bit stuffy.
Holding a lantern, Bei Qiao walked carefully into the front yard along the cobblestone path and stretched towards the dark sky: It looks like it will rain again soon, so let's make quick work of it.
"Woof!" Dudu crawled out of the doghouse and ran over, wagging his tail happily: Do you want to play?
"Be good, go back to sleep." Bei Qiao rubbed Dudu's head and stuffed it back into the doghouse: "It's going to rain again soon, don't catch a cold."
Bei Qiao found a place without water at the foot of the wall between the front yard and the back yard. He took a deep breath, jumped up more than three meters high, and landed steadily on the wall.
Looking down at the wall, Bei Qiao was certain that, in the past, she would have needed a relay to climb up to this height. Unfortunately, she only had a limited amount of internal energy left, and it was gone after she jumped onto the wall. If Bei Qiao wanted to try using internal energy to jump from a height, she would have to wait until she could cultivate more internal energy.
"Woof woof! Woof!" As if hearing some noise, Dudu suddenly jumped out of the doghouse and barked wildly at the courtyard wall where the side door was.
"What's wrong, Dudu?" Bei Qiao turned his head and looked at the courtyard wall: Oh, a little thief?
"What's going on, Qiao Qiao, why is your dog barking?" Dudu is small in stature but has a loud voice. After howling a few times, several neighbors next door were woken up by the noise.
"It's okay, we just caught a petty thief." Bei Qiao shouted at the neighbor's house at the top of his voice: "I can handle it myself...Shh, Dudu, no need to shout." Yu Qian next door didn't say a word, it seemed that she had already logged off.
“Woof woof, woof woof” Dudu closed his mouth and tilted his head in confusion: Why aren’t you barking?
Neighbor: "Oh, let's go back then. Remember to shout loudly if you need anything."
"I know, auntie."
"Where did you come from, thief? You're climbing someone else's wall in the middle of the night." After taking a look at the patrol team walking on the street in the distance and confirming that there was only one person on the other side, Bei Qiao walked over to the wall with the short stick at his waist, and stopped steadily on the top of the wall to the upper right of the side door.
The thief who was discovered by Bei Qiao cautiously stuck his head out. After hearing the question from the suspected owner, he lied reflexively: "Ah? I, I'm from the neighbor next door, I'm staying here to stay." Originally, when he heard the dog barking, he wanted to take out the drugged meat bun from his arms and throw it away, but unfortunately he had no chance now.
"Do you think our village is so big that we don't know each other?" Bei Qiao looked at the other party calmly, pressed the top of the short stick and pulled out the dagger, pretending that he climbed up the wall to look at the moon on a whim, instead of having no internal strength to jump over the wall directly without buffering.
"I'm sorry, I lied!" The little boy, who hadn't expected to be exposed and threatened, froze against the wall. However, he reacted quickly, gritting his teeth and holding back tears. He pretended to be pitiful, sniffing and saying in a coquettish voice: "I really have no other choice, big sister, I..."
"Captain Chen! There's a thief over here!" Bei Qiao shouted at the approaching patrol team with all his might: "There's no way? Do you think I believe this?"
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