Chapter 82 (1/2)

Chapter 82

Doctors G.o.dly Eyes

Grandmaster Qin, however, did not start right away. “Now before we begin training let me mention a few things. What you are training in is considered to be very basic techniques. However, it is derived from the basic requirements to learn <doctors G.o.dly=”” eyes=””>. This is a skill my ancestor came up with to partic.i.p.ate in the martial path.

My ancestor was a doctor who was very talented. However, the only thing he truly had in his heart was the martial way. How unfortunate it was that he did not have a talent for such things. But he did not lose his pa.s.sion for martial arts.

Eventually he decided to make a martial skill that combined both his medical teachings and martial arts. While a martial artist’s body s.h.i.+eld makes them almost invincible to striking vulnerable parts, such as acupuncture points, until it is broken, it cannot mask the body itself.

So he researched how the body reacts to channeling Qi through meridians, to making certain motions, what people are thinking, and other various tests. After forty years, when he was nearing the end of his life, he created <doctors G.o.dly=”” eyes=””>. A unique skill that allows one to read an opponent's move and know what they are going to do almost before they know themselves.

Even martial arts cannot escape the all seeing eyes of the doctor. Any flaw or weakness will be picked up and exploited with surgical precision. It also allows the person to channel their Qi into their fingers and use it to pierce through the body s.h.i.+eld to attack acupuncture points.

However, the requirements to learn such a high level skill is difficult. The first is to learn the human body’s muscle movements. The second is to be familiar with meridians and acupuncture. After all, there are skills that allow one to bypa.s.s the body s.h.i.+eld. This was how my grandson survived the bladed apes, by stopping all bleeding with his medical knowledge.

As for you, the first thing you must learn is the human body’s muscle movements. We will use the illusionary array here to perform a demonstration. After that, we shall see.”

Suddenly Chu Shen was no longer in the plain field with rock pillars. Instead he was in a wide dirt arena and a huge person over three times the normal size stood in front of him. Strangely the person had eyes and a nose but no mouth.

“Now pay attention. Since the man is so big, you can study his movements clearly.” Grandmaster Qin said beside him. As he spoke, the giant person suddenly punched forward in slow motion. No fancy movements, only a punch directly forward.

Chu Shen didn’t know what to do though. After the punch was completed he looked at Grandmaster Qin. “So what am I supposed to do?”

Grandmaster Qin sighed. “Just study the movements of the person there. Remember everything about the way he moved. How his body tensed up, where his eyes were looking at, his stance, everything. Only after you can do that can you truly have mastered this phase.”

“Alright.” Chu Shen then started studying his movements. After 200 punches the movements changed. Giant targets would appear in midair and the punch would land on the target, shattering it, before another would take it’s place in a different location. After another 200 punches, the fist still struck outwards in different directions but there was not targets visible.

Another 200 punches struck various invisible targets before switching back to punching in a straight line. This cycle of simple, target, and invisible target punching continued for over three hours.