Chapter 122 (2/2)
While climbing the slanted trunk with the scorpion’s posture, he felt much more stable!
Of course, the credit could not only be given to the black scorpion, it was also due to the Hidden Dragon Pillaring, because climbing the slanted trunk needed not only technique and strength, it was also important to have balance.
And Hidden Dragon Pillaring was the mediator that could accurately control the strength and balance. Now, as Qin Lang’s kung fu cultivation progressed day by day, he realized that Old Poison had put careful thoughts into making him cultivate Hidden Dragon Pillaring; at first, Qin Lang had thought Hidden Dragon Pillaring was a simple stance technique to cultivate strength, but only now did Qin Lang start to realize its profoundness.
‘Scorpion technique’ and Hidden Dragon Pillaring were well-matched with each other and soon, Qin Lang was able to crawl on the tree trunk like wind. He even realized that if he continued practicing it, not only could he crawl the tree freely, he would even be able to move straight up and down the tree, just like a scorpion crawling upside down.
Crawling upside down sounded somewhat stupid, but in truth, it contained profoundness, because from an upside down position, the scorpion could immediately notice any preys or predators underneath it, and could quickly react to it. And, even when it ran into danger, it would be occupying geographical dominance. But if it was in an upright position, it naturally wouldn’t be able to sense the incoming danger.
It was no wonder that Old Poison thought highly of ‘scorpion climbs the city’ movement technique; it was not only due to the scorpion being one of the five poisons as it wasn’t so easy to satisfy this old guy’s appet.i.te.
The more fascinating thing was when Qin Lang practiced scorpion climbs city, the blood mantis also practiced together with him by making attacking movements in order to test if Qin Lang’s movement techniques had any problem.
Like this, one man and one insect continued training for quite a while, Qin Lang naturally was becoming more adept at the movement technique.
If there was a compatible support tool, Qin Lang would even be able to crawl upside down like a scorpion.
Morning pa.s.sed by quickly, and only when the bell to signal the end of morning self study cla.s.s rang, Qin Lang realized how much time had pa.s.sed while he was training, but he was still not satisfied and wished to continue, because he still hadn’t achieved a ‘killing move’: it was the move which had stunned Qin Lang, precisely the ‘scorpion swings its tail’.
Those that didn’t know of the scorpion’s nature, would think that the scorpion’s most ferocious weapons were its two pincers, but it was not so. A scorpion’s most ferocious weapon was the stinger of its tail. Even when hunting for food, the pincers would only act as support to capture the prey, then the stinger would move to take the prey’s life by injecting poison into the prey.
That unbridled black scorpion was simply not at the same level as the blood mantis, but when it used the move ‘scorpion swings the tail’, even the blood mantis had to avoid it, and that was enough to prove the ferocity of a scorpion’s tail.
But, Qin Lang didn’t have a tail, so how could he use ‘scorpion swings its tail’?
Qin Lang wasn’t stupid, he possessed abundant creativity. How could many martial artists practice kungfu like Eagle claw, Tiger and Crane form and so on? They didn’t have claws or wings, but instead they used their own hands to replace them.
Similarly, Qin Lang didn’t have a tail or poison stinger, but he could replace it with something else:
His leg!
There was a saying in northern styles ‘hands are like two doors, it all depends on the legs to win the fight’. Mantis fist prioritized hands, it was sharp and fierce, but if there was a compatible leg technique, then it naturally would become more perfect.
Qin Lang kept on practicing the ‘scorpion swings its tail’ till he became much more skilled in it, and only then did he head back to school.
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