The starry sky over the capital at night was as dazzling as the capital's night sky itself.Chen Yu sat in the pavilion of the inner courtyard with legs crossed in a formidable posture, quietly observing the girl who was still "entangled" with the wooden post.
From his perspective, it always seemed that this "girl" was performing some kind of new pole dance...
Another half an hour passed.
The night deepened completely.
The girl stepped back half a step, her intent returning to her Dantian, concluding her training.
Chen Yu finally asked his first question of the evening, "Little sister, what cultivation technique are you practicing?"
"Flexibility technique," the girl replied gracefully turning around, her long hair fluttering in the night breeze, exuding a calm and collected fairy-like aura, "The Li Family flexibility technique."
"I can't learn that, can I?"
"Correct. The Li Family flexibility technique can only be practiced by direct members of the family," the girl said as she walked with steady, small steps towards the villa's terrace, took off her cloth shoes, and stepped barefoot with her smooth and fair feet into the villa, "Besides, you are not a Transcendent. You wouldn't be able to stimulate the special abilities to learn it."
"Why don't you wear socks?" Chen noticed a blind spot.
"Hmm?" The girl looked back in surprise.
"Oh, just asking, it's nothing." Standing up, Chen Yu followed suit and took off his shoes, stepping inside the house with his large feet following the girl. Searᴄh the novel(F~)ire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.
"...What's that smell?" the girl looked down at Chen Yu's feet.
"I smell it too, the fragrance of jasmine," Chen Yu surveyed the surroundings.
The girl said, "Let's go back outside."
The two put their shoes back on and returned to the yard.
"So, little sister, why exactly did you go inside just now?"
"I was originally thinking of having some tea," said the girl, standing in front of the wooden post, "Not in the mood anymore."
With that, she clenched her fists.
She drew her left fist back to her waist and positioned her right fist against the post with a stern expression, "Martial arts is a general term for a system of offensive strategies and tactics in close combat. Different situations require different martial arts to achieve the optimal solution in a confrontation. Do you have any fighting foundation?"
"None," Chen Yu shook his head.
His current fighting technique was just the Wheel King's Eight Fists...
"Then what suits you best would be the hard fist. Practicing a flexibility technique makes it difficult to develop Inner Strength and explosive power quickly."
The girl's arms switched with lightning speed!
With a "bang!" her left fist struck directly, notching the wooden post and revealing the metallic luster of the inner column.
"Teng Fist."
"Fully mobilize the power of both legs, transmit it through the waist, and channel it through both fists."
"Advantage, large movements make it difficult for the opponent to adapt."
"Downside, it's vulnerable to close-range attacks."
As she finished speaking,
the girl switched to another position, her body sinking slightly, transforming her fists into palms. She rapidly slapped the post with her palms!
"Smack!"
The wooden post, made of some unknown metal, shook violently!
The fierce wind it generated blew the girl's long hair into the air.
"Bajiquan."
"Attack instead of defend, swift over slow."
"Advantage, abandoning all large movements, the attack speed is extremely high, and it can hit the enemy continuously, breaking through defenses."
"Downside, limited effectiveness against opponents who are physically stronger."
After the demonstration,
the girl looked back at Chen Yu, changed her stance again, and with agile movements, lifted herself onto the other side of the wooden post.
Then came a powerful side kick!
"Thud!"
The wooden post trembled violently.
"Ying Zhi Chun Yong."
"Use the opponent as the center, constantly changing positions for three-dimensional attacks."
"Advantage, extremely suitable for one-on-one fights. As long as you're more agile than your opponent, you gain a significant upper hand."
"Downside, the damage isn't significant. If the enemy uses stillness to overcome movement, it becomes difficult to break their defense."
She withdrew her foot, bowed slightly to the wooden post, and then looked towards Chen Yu, "Which of the three Iron Fists do you want to learn?"
"The third one," Chen Yu answered without hesitation, "Welcoming the Rush of Spring."
"Why?"
"It adds more characters to the count."
"...Huh?" The girl was puzzled, not understanding, "What?"
"It's nothing, just a bit of humor. Seems like you didn't get it." Chen Yu moved in front of the wooden post, changing the subject and eager to try, "How should I practice this fist technique?"
"...I always feel there's something strange about you." She gave Chen Yu a meaningful glance before formally starting the lesson, "Are you sure you want to learn 'Welcoming the Rush of Spring'? You should change out of your skirt first."
"Because it's not convenient to move in, right?"
"Besides that, you're not suited to wear a skirt," the girl spoke bluntly.
Chen Yu's brow furrowed slightly as he touched the stubble on his chin, "Sis, are you insinuating that I lack femininity? How can you attack me like this?"
"...Sorry, I didn't mean to," the girl startled and waved her hands in quick succession.
He took off the long skirt and changed back into his jeans.
Five minutes later.
Chen Yu stood in front of the wooden post, starting the initial stance of "Welcoming the Rush of Spring" alongside the silent girl.
"Fake left, hit right! Step to the left!"
The girl's figure flickered, an eerie side step that seemed to target the left side of the post but actually hit the middle.
"Thud!"
The wooden post trembled violently.
Chen Yu mimicked her, with a remarkably standard motion, hitting the target.
Since he didn't use his supernatural ability, the impact was mediocre.
However, to those who understood the craft, it was impressive. The girl's eyes suddenly lit up, "Accurate!"
"Discern the enemy's train of thought, hit left, fake right, step to the left! Strike the left side!"
"Bang!"
Chen Yu copied it perfectly.
"Fake high, hit low, half squat with the hips, strike the bottom!"
"Fake low, hit high, double-knee jump, agile turn!"
"Mix up the order!"
"Hit left, fake right, step to the right..."
In just three minutes of teaching.
Chen Yu had nearly perfectly replicated all the girl's moves.
The girl's eyes became increasingly keen.
"Whew—"
After cycling through the seventy-two moves. Chen Yu turned his head to the girl, "Sis, any issues?"
"None," the girl assessed Chen Yu from head to toe, generously lavishing praise, "Have you really never learned 'Welcoming the Rush of Spring' before? Or any similar hard fist techniques?"
"First time learning."
"You're truly a genius! A fighting genius!"
"Is that so, haha..." Chen Yu laughed half-heartedly, recalling in his mind the [Super Fighter] ability he had copied from his rotund neighbor.
[(D+ Grade) (Green) Super Fighter: Superior coordination, muscle explosiveness, and intuitive reaction, combined into this unimaginable Integrated Fighting Potential.]
"Maybe..." the girl pondered, "in a month's time, you could consider learning all three Iron Fists."
"Thank you, sis. Whatever you teach, I'll learn," he responded.
"Then let's call it a day for now, it's getting late," she said.
The girl looked up at the night sky and then took the initiative to bring over two basins, filling them with water from the artificial pond in the courtyard.
One for herself, one for Chen Yu. She offered, "I'd like to wash my feet, would you... care to join?"
"Sure," Chen Yu accepted the basin, pleased, "So it's you who wanted to wash your feet? I thought you were suggesting my feet stink."
"No... not at all..." the girl lowered her head, her hair cascading down, as she busied herself washing her own pristine feet.
"As a fellow woman, sis, your feet are so small. Can you stand steady?" Chen Yu took off his shoes, revealed his own feet, and displayed them before the girl.
The girl's eyes filled with panic as if she saw a steam rising from Chen Yu's feet...
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