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My disciple is so diligent in practicing martial arts!
"Master, it's alright, I can still learn."
Long Yan felt full of energy and could practice a few more martial arts techniques.
"Alright then, your master can teach you a lightness skill: crossing the river on a single reed!"
The abbot with long eyebrows agreed, then changed the subject:
"However, there is a condition for learning lightness skill, which is that you must have true qi. Without true qi, you cannot make your body fly into the air."
True Qi is the foundation of Lightness Skill!
Otherwise, you can't fly if you step on your right foot with your left.
"It's not too late to learn after you've developed your own internal energy..."
Before Master Long Eyebrows could finish speaking, Long Yan immediately added:
"Master, I have already cultivated true qi!"
"You...what did you say?"
Master Long Eyebrows stared wide-eyed, wondering if he had misheard.
I just gave you the Yi Jin Jing manual yesterday to teach you how to cultivate Qi.
He's already developed true qi on only the second day?
impossible!
I must have misheard!
Auditory hallucination!
"Master, look! True Qi!"
Long Yan circulated his internal energy and released it outside his body, causing a gust of wind!
Master Long Eyebrows could sense it; it was true qi!
That's real qi!
"This……"
"Oh no, am I getting Alzheimer's?"
Master Longbrow suddenly panicked, doubting his memory was failing him.
"Long Yan, did I just give you the Yi Jin Jing manual yesterday?"
“Master, you’re not sick!” Long Yan smiled, wondering if Master Changmei had been traumatized.
Please don't let it scare you into getting sick.
"How is that possible? How did you develop true qi? It's only been a day!"
Master Long Eyebrows was in a daze, feeling like he was dreaming. He even pinched his face, and it hurt a little, so it must not be a dream.
"Master, let me correct you," Uncle Da suddenly couldn't help but interject.
“Junior Brother Long Yan didn’t develop true qi in a day. He actually mastered the Yi Jin Jing to the minor completion level yesterday noon, which took him a total of four hours!”
"Uh!"
Master Long Eyebrows suddenly felt his blood rush to his head, causing him to hiccup and his body to tremble; he was clearly too excited.
I never expected that I would underestimate my disciple Long Yan's talent!
"Why didn't you tell me yesterday?"
Master Long Eyebrows was having some difficulty speaking and complained to Uncle Da.
“Master, I saw you were busy repairing the bell tower yesterday, so I didn’t say anything,” Uncle Da explained. “Besides, I was worried about your health. What if you got too excited and had a heart attack?”
"Nonsense! I'm perfectly healthy!"
Master Longbrow said irritably, then looked at Long Yan with delight and said:
"To have mastered the Yi Jin Jing in four hours is unprecedented in the history of Wulong Academy!"
Even my genius junior brother, who meditated in seclusion, is far inferior to you. He only achieved minor success after a year of practice!
In terms of natural talent, you might be comparable to Bodhidharma.
"I'll teach you how to cross the river on a single reed!"
Although it was already night,
However, Master Changmei was in high spirits and even skipped his meal, insisting on teaching Long Yan the lightness skill first.
"Xiaolong and Xiaowen, you can listen in too."
Master Long Eyebrows had the two adorable children study together, and asked Long Yan to set an example for them.
"Ugh……"
Xiaowen sighed, just like a student who has to attend extra classes after school, forced to work hard!
Xiao Long, being rather honest, wasn't opposed to martial arts training. He looked up at Long Yan, silently sighing.
"When I grow up, I want to be as outstanding as my senior!"
"Master, I've already learned how to cross the river on a reed, so I won't participate." Uncle Da was the eldest disciple and had already mastered the skill.
Although I'm not very proficient, I don't need to learn it a second time.
"Stop! Although you don't need to learn, you still need to demonstrate for your fellow disciples. Do you expect your old bones to personally demonstrate crossing the river on a reed?"
Master Long Eyebrows called out to Uncle Da, not giving him a chance to slack off.
and,
Master Changmei is nearly ninety years old, and his health is not as robust as it was in his youth.
If you fall while using your light-footed skills, you might actually break a bone.
The elderly are most afraid of falling.
Master Long Eyebrows has long since retired from the martial arts world and can no longer risk using his highly dangerous light-body skills.
So he asked Uncle Da to demonstrate.
"Yes, Master," Uncle Da had no choice but to agree.
Then,
Arriving at the foot of an ancient tree in Wulong Temple,
Master Long Eyebrows began teaching the art of crossing the river on a reed.
Crossing the river on a reed is the most profound martial art of Wulong Temple.
Legend has it that Bodhidharma once crossed the Yangtze River by stepping on a single reed, hence the name "Crossing the River on a Reed".
of course,
Crossing the river on a reed isn't just something that can be done on water.
It can also be done on land.
Its key lies in controlling Qi!
By harnessing true energy, one can eliminate the body's gravity, and even stepping on a chicken feather will allow one to remain stable and even take flight.
"The practice of crossing the river on a single reed is divided into three stages."
Master Long Eyebrows recounted his cultivation process, saying:
"I call it: jump high, stand firm, and fly far."
"These correspond to the three levels of beginner, minor success, and major success, respectively."
"Long Yan, if you can use this as leverage to jump up this ginkgo tree and reach the top, then you've mastered the basics."
Then stand on the very top branch, completely still, and you've achieved a minor success.
Long Yan looked at the ancient ginkgo tree, which was at least thirty meters tall, and thought it was quite a challenge.
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"Long Yan, let your senior brother demonstrate for you first."
Under Master Long Eyebrow's instructions, Uncle Da began to demonstrate his lightness skill.
He bounced off the ground and leaped onto the ginkgo tree.
Then, stepping on the branches of the ginkgo tree, climb the steps and finally reach the top of the tree!
I jumped almost ten times in total!
"Long Yan, do you see that? You need to channel your true energy into the soles of your feet, making you as light as a swallow."
Uncle Da stood at the top of the tree and shouted down:
"You try it too, but remember to keep your balance, or you'll fall!"
As soon as he finished speaking,
A gust of wind blew by, and Uncle Da lost his balance!
"what--"
He was standing on a twig that was only as thick as a chopstick, making it difficult to maintain his balance.
As he spoke, Uncle Da stumbled and fell from the top of the tree!
It crashed straight down to the ground!