bookbashuk Chapter 3: Teaching
Chapter 3: Teaching
After the old rascal left, Qian Jin looked at the proficiency panel in his mind.
Ambidextrous (newcomer): 7%
A faint smile involuntarily appeared at the corner of his lips. He can't master it? What a joke.
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Three days later, when the old rascal returned to Qian Jin's residence, Qian Jin was leisurely sitting in the courtyard, munching on roasted meat.
This surprised the old man, who said:
"Little Qianzi, you didn't realize you couldn't master my Ambidextrous Fighting Technique, so you gave up on yourself, did you?"
Qian Jin didn't say anything upon hearing this. He simply reached out and placed the roasted meat on the table. Then, he casually picked up two tree branches and skillfully drew a square and a circle on the ground.
this!!!
The old man rubbed his eyes, looking at the square and circle on the ground with some disbelief.
This ambidextrous fighting technique is a unique skill he created himself when he was young. Over the years, as he has taught it to many people, he has discovered that this skill is extremely difficult for many people, but very easy for many others.
Back then, Guo Jing mastered the Ambidextrous Fighting Technique in just a few days, while Huang Rong could never learn it no matter what she tried.
Therefore, he concluded that the more foolish a person is, the easier it is for them to learn this ambidextrous fighting technique, while the more intelligent a person is, the less likely they are to learn it.
After spending some time with him, he felt that Qian Jin was just as smart as Huang Rong, so the possibility of him mastering the Ambidextrous Fighting Technique was almost zero.
Unexpectedly, after only three days apart, the other party had already mastered the basics of ambidextrous fighting.
"How...how did you do that?"
Seeing the old man's dumbfounded expression, Qian Jin smiled slightly and said:
"What do you think? Do you believe that someone as smart as me is definitely not capable of mastering the art of ambidextrous fighting? Is that why you set such a condition?"
But you never expected that I would actually master it.
Qian Jin saw through his thoughts, but the old rascal wasn't embarrassed. He just chuckled and said:
"You're right, I did initially have the idea of discouraging you from making things difficult."
However, now that you have actually mastered my ambidextrous fighting technique, it would be quite nice for me to take you as my disciple.
But you must remember what you said: after becoming my disciple, you cannot change your ways.
"Don't worry, even if you wanted me to go through all those traditional etiquette rules about respecting teachers, I'd find it too troublesome."
"Very well, from now on, I will be your master, and you will be my disciple."
Qian Jin was stunned upon hearing this, and said:
"That's it? Don't we need a formal apprenticeship ceremony?"
"No need, no need. As long as I acknowledge you as my master and you acknowledge me as your disciple, that's fine, isn't it?"
If you're still not reassured, I'll take you to Chongyang Palace another time when there's an opportunity, and you'll then pay your respects to my senior brother. After that, you'll be considered a formal disciple of our Quanzhen Sect.
Qian Jin was determined to visit Chongyang Palace, and now that the Old Urchin had brought it up, he was overjoyed.
So he put his arm around the old man's shoulder and said:
"Master, when will you teach me unparalleled martial arts?"
Upon hearing this, the old rascal said:
"Now that I've become your master, I can't just teach you any martial art to get by."
Our Quanzhen Sect's martial arts are orthodox and emphasize gradual progress. Since you don't have any martial arts foundation before, you have to learn everything from scratch!
For internal cultivation, focus on the Quanzhen Internal Cultivation Method. For external skills, I will first teach you the Quanzhen Sword Technique, the Haotian Palm, and the Golden Goose Lightness Skill.
"Once you've mastered all these skills, I'll teach you even more powerful martial arts."
That very day, under the guidance of the old rascal, Qian Jin learned these martial arts skills.
These martial arts techniques not only have many obscure and difficult-to-understand incantations, but also a variety of moves. With Qian Jin's current mental capacity, let alone learning them, even memorizing them would be a big problem.
After the old rascal recounted the story, it was as if Qian Jin was listening to gibberish.
I clearly heard it, but it was as if I hadn't.
Fortunately, the old rascal had experience teaching Guo Jing martial arts. After explaining it once, seeing that Qian Jin still looked confused, he explained it a second time.
When he finished explaining it a second time, Qian Jin still didn't react at all, completely as if he hadn't understood it.
No way!
Could it be that I've been seeing things wrong all this time?
Beneath this clever exterior lies a very stupid and foolish man, even more so than his sworn brother Guo Jing. That's why he mastered the Ambidextrous Fighting Technique.
That can't be! This kid seemed really smart when he beat me at the game!
That's enough.
Now that we've already taken this kid as our apprentice, let's teach him again!
Thinking of this, the old rascal told Qian Jin the story for the third time.
After repeating it three times, Qian Jin suddenly had a breakthrough in his mind. The formulas that he couldn't remember before suddenly became clear, and he even felt like he could recite them backwards.
Several new lines of text have been added to the proficiency panel.
Quanzhenxin Method (Beginner): 0%
Quanzhen Swordplay (Beginner): 0%
Haotian Palm (Newcomer): 0%
Jin Yangong (newcomer): 0%
So you've learned all of that?
Qian Jin himself was a little confused.
If he had known this proficiency panel cheat was this powerful, why would he have struggled so hard just now?
Just wait until you've read it three times and you'll naturally understand.
Qian Jin was dumbfounded, and so was the old rascal.
Because after he explained it twice, Qian Jin was still completely bewildered, but now that he explained it again, the other party was still dumbfounded.
He waved his hand in front of Qian Jin's face and said:
"Little Qianzi, after all this talk, how much have you actually remembered? Or rather, have you remembered anything at all?"
Seeing this, Qian Jin slapped the old man's hand away and said:
"What do you mean by 'I remember' or 'I don't remember'? You've already explained it to me three times, so of course I understand it all."
Don't tell me you've been explaining this to me for so long just so I can memorize the formula; that's so inefficient!
Have you grasped it all?
The old rascal stared wide-eyed, circling Qian Jin several times.
Since ancient times, when martial arts are taught, haven't we always taught the other person to memorize the incantations first, so that they can gradually understand them?
There's no way that someone can learn a formula just by being taught a few times without any further guidance.
If someone truly possesses such extraordinary talent, even Huang Rong would be far inferior to them!
"You really learned it all? Then why did you make that face just now?"
Qian Jin thought for a moment after hearing this, and said:
"That expression is naturally because I've been trying hard to understand what you're telling me."
I was a little unfamiliar with it the first time, but I became more familiar with it the second time. When you explained it to me the third time, I suddenly understood and directly grasped the essence of these martial arts.
"If you don't believe me, try teaching me another martial art. After three times, I'll be able to grasp it just as well."