Bab 11: Energy Fluctuation
Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"You won't break through, will you?" Wang Minzhong asked in disbelief when they were having dinner in the cafeteria.
The entire Military Academy had been in operation for three months, and the talented students were still working on building their muscles and bones and training hard. The training they had to undergo was cumulative across the long horizon that lay ahead.
Students like Chi Qiaosong and Li Weiwei, who had poor martial arts qualifications, were the targets of dismissal.
After a month, Chi Qiaosong was able to flatten the enamel tea jar with one hand. This strength was not something ordinary people could muster. After all, enamel products had the hardness of stainless steel.
"I was lucky this time, but I'm still lacking," Chi Qiaosong said modestly.
He would not announce about breaking through the Wrestler Plane for a while. It was more appropriate to announce the breakthrough after the impression of his poor martial arts qualifications had been cleared away.
Otherwise, it would be too abrupt.
He turned to ask, "What about you? You have performed well before the holiday. Now that you've been home for a month, have your skills improved?"
Wang Minzhong was a little annoyed. "I can't get any peace at home. So I... just focused on the chores. However, I secretly practiced boxing at night, but I didn't make much progress."
His family situation was relatively complicated. After his parents divorced, his mother and father both remarried, and they were unwilling to care for him.
His grandfather was annoyed by the behavior of his son and daughter-in-law, so he asked for all the alimony to raise his grandson and invested it in the Military Academy, hoping that Wang Minzhong would be able to forge his own path.
Once his parents knew about this, they made a big fuss, thinking that the money was wasted.
The old man would definitely ask them for more money in the future.
Anyway, he did not have a peaceful time at home.
"Just come back to the Military Academy. You can practice boxing here with peace of mind. After breaking through the Wrestler Plane, your parents won't dare interfere in your matters," Chi Qiaosong comforted him.
"Thanks."
The two returned to the dormitory after dinner.
Not long after, Chen Hai and Mao Sanjian came back from dinner. Chen Hai lingered at Chi Qiaosong's bedside and asked Chi Qiaosong, who was lying on the bed reading a magazine, "Hey... Are you at the Wrestler Plane?"
"Not yet, but it should be soon." Chi Qiaosong put down the magazine.
Chen Hai breathed a sigh of relief and replied, "Oh," before he went back to his bed. After that, even though he did not talk to Chi Qiaosong all afternoon, he did not dare bully others.
The same went for Mao Sanjian.
Although the growing boy was a little confused, he was not stupid. He knew that it was better not to provoke Chi Qiaosong at this time. However, it was absolutely impossible for them to put down their airs and come over to flatter Chi Qiaosong.
Classes began the next day.
Chi Qiaosong met teacher Kong Hongcai, who taught him the Crazed Bull Heavy Fist move. Kong Hongcai was short and fat, but he had excellent strength. He was at the upper-middle Warrior Plane.
When he launched the Crazed Bull Heavy Fist move, it was mighty and powerful. Following his move, a bull's shadow formed.
Even if it was not considered complete, it was still an outstanding achievement.
Before class began, the students practiced together. Kong Hongcai was pacing in the crowd, stopping to stare at a student from time to time to observe him, and when he came to Chi Qiaosong, his brows kept twitching.
Chi Qiaosong's punches and kicks had a unique charm to them.
It made Kong Hongcai more and more alarmed, and this had the flowing water consistency of the Crazed Bull Heavy Fist.
After Chi Qiaosong finished punching, he could not help but ask, "What did you do when you went home? How have your boxing skills improved so quickly?"
His improvement was so tremendous that he soared from the bottom of the class to the top.
Only three or five of the students who practiced martial arts could achieve the proficiency of flowing water consistency with the Crazed Bull Heavy Fist move.
Chi Qiaosong replied calmly, "My family lives in the mountains. I encountered a big wild boar and fought it to the death. I suddenly comprehended the intrinsic part of the Crazed Bull Heavy Fist and then killed the big wild boar."
"Tsk tsk, it seems that you have good comprehension."
Kong Hongcai had no doubts about him. He did not scan his level and could not see what plane Chi Qiaosong was at.
Turning around, he said to the students, "Fighters, you are born to fight against the sky and the earth, just like fighting with humans and beasts. Only in actual combat can you better hone your martial arts. However..."
He paused for a while and said in a serious tone, "I don't advocate Chi Qiaosong's approach. You are still laying the foundation, and you have no practical ability at all. If you fight rashly, you are the one who suffers."
For the whole morning, Kong Hongcai took the students to practice Crazed Bull Heavy Fist.
He taught his students to uphold a principle, read a book a hundred times over to understand its essence, and practice a hundred times to see their improvement.
Soon, it was lunch break.
While going to the cafeteria for lunch, several students who did not talk much before came over to chat with Chi Qiaosong. They even got together to eat at his table.
Chi Qiaosong did not despise this behavior, but he was not very interested in socializing.
These 13- to 18-year-old lads had a generation gap with his actual age. What was more, it seemed that there were not many people who could really cultivate martial arts in the future.
There was no more boxing practice in the afternoon, and the students were to self-study.
There was an energy skill class, so Chi Qiaosong rushed to the energy skill classroom with a leather mat. Unfortunately, not many students came to learn energy skills, and fewer than 20 people were in the empty classroom.
Chi Qiaosong found a corner, put the leather cushion down, and sat on it. The other students did the same and crossed their legs.
Five minutes after the class bell rang, the teacher came in with a teacup, wearing a Taoist robe. The teacher's real name was Liu Chun, and he was a Taoist priest at the Taoist temple in the provincial town.
In private, the students jokingly called Liu Chun "Chunchunzi." This was because most of the Taoist priests had a Taoist name.
In fact, Liu Chun did not take a Taoist name.
"Hello, teacher." The students stood up weakly.
Mr. Liu waved his hand. "Sit down. As usual, recite a Purple Cloud Serenity scripture with me, and then let's practice the Guidance Technique to find your energy fluctuation."
Chi Qiaosong also had the scriptures of Purple Cloud Serenity. Everyone was handed a copy when they first entered the Military Academy.
However, scriptures alone were meaningless. Only by having a teacher teach the Guidance Technique could they find the so-called energy fluctuation and guide the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into the body to nourish one's own "Qi."
When their Qi reached the high depths, they could receive thunder in their palms, and its power was unstoppable.
However...
In the internal strength planes of the Three Disciple Planes, the Qi would hide in the body and not be expended externally. Only when one has achieved the advanced Three Master Planes can they leverage their Qi to fight.
"The Six Major Planes of the External Sects of Martial Arts are the Wrestler Plane, Warrior Plane, Knight Plane, Guardian Plane, Master Plane, and Grandmaster Plane.
The Internal Sects of Martial Arts are also divided into Six Major Planes, but the Three Disciple Planes consist of the Novice Plane, Taoist Plane, and Crest Plane, while the Three Master Planes are the Mage Plane, Divine Plane, and Great Divine Plane...
The names are somewhat different.
It was precisely because there were no practical skills that could be used when one was in the Three Disciple Planes of the Internal Sects of Martial Arts that the students who learned the Purple Cloud Serenity energy skill from Mr. Liu were so rare.
Most of them were female students.
Several of the male students were probably there because of the female students.
Everyone followed Mr. Liu and nodded their heads while reciting the scriptures. Mr. Liu also pointed out some critical points of the Guidance Technique.
Chi Qiaosong was also following the method of the Guidance Technique. He inhaled and exhaled.
It seemed that some special gaseous substance was filtered from the air, but when he exhaled and inhaled, he could not find any special feeling.
There was no smell, but a faint fragrance came from the tip of the nose.
Some female students who attended the energy skill classes must have rubbed body powder or the like, which made him slightly annoyed. "It really affects me finding my energy fluctuation!"
-- Hadiah diterima