149 Training 2 (1/2)

The sneering man turns to look at the fellow sitting in the chair and raises his eyelids. ”How?”

”So so.” The fellow says this in a disgusting way,, then simply raises his legs and closes his eyes: ”Fighting skills are left to you, I don't care.”

Then he picks up a worn cowboy hat that didn't know where to find out from the cabin and coveres his face as if he has no interest in seeing it anymore.

”Do you feel very dissatisfied? Do you think you've played pretty well?” The sneering man looks at me with a mockery on his face.

”Yes.” I don't hide my emotions and meet his eyes: ”I think I did it well.”

”Not too bad.” He shrugs his shoulders, but there's more mockery in his smile. His tone is like hiding a needle: ”If you are going to a professional boxing match, or go to be a kickboxer, keeping training well, you may win a championship or something. You have a good body and a good foundation of kungfu. But...”

He utters a ”crack” sigh in his mouth and then asking slowly, ”I ask you, before you punched, you were standing there breathing deeply, and suddenly shouting, what is it?”

”... It's preparation.” I frown and can't help explaining, ”Before I punch, I need to concentrate, and then I need to use the whole body's movements to drive the whole body's strengths to...”

He interrupts me with waves of his hand: ”I'm not asking you the principle of this punch. Speaking of kungfu, I know a little too. I understand the principle. I just want to ask you, is it true that you have to adjust your body before you punch?”

”... Yes.” I have a vague idea of what he's going to say.

”You just adjusted three or four steps and waited at least five seconds before punching...” He shakes his head and feels as if I'm very funny. He looks at me and says, ”If I were your enemy, do you think I would give you five seconds to adjust? I will stand in front of you, do not hide, do not fight back, just stand here and wait for you for five seconds, until you finishi your adjustment to hit me?”

”... No.” I feel a little bitter in my mouth.

”You've done a beautiful punch, but it's not practical.”

”Not really.” I can't help refuting, ”It's just that I'm not good enough! If my master did it himself, he would not need any adjustment at all! ”

”I know.” The sneering man does not refute me, just says lightly: ”Kungfu training to the real high level can be how powerful, I know it better than you! But it is impossible to reach that level without twenty to thirty years of hard work. I'm afraid you'll be over forty when you get to that level.”

I don't say anything, but I'm still not convinced. Then he sighs and stares at me, ”You're practicing split-and-hang boxing, right? Many of the killing tactics in the split-and-hang punch are very powerful. Your puch, on the contrary, it's a bit flashy. Didn't your master teach you anything else? There are many really lethal killings tricks, can you?”

”No.” I'm a little depressed: ”Master didn't teach me.”

He nods and then smiling. This time, the smile is not ironic, but sincere: ”Your master loves you very much.”

”What?”

”Hey!” He's laughing: ”A man good at fighting dies for fight, a man good at swimming dies in water! Haven't you heard that word? Your Master didn't teach you all the real killing tactics. He was afraid you would cause trouble! I think he hoped you would find less trouble in the future. It was also for your good!”

I'm stunned for a moment. I carefully recall that when I was studying, Master was really reluctant to teach me how to kill. The only one I know was finally he sparing his feelings to some extent of teaching me. Unexpectedly, he still left a hidden hand. Master taught me this tactic seems to be very powerful and lethal, but it is not very practical.

At my present level, in order to hit such a punch, I need to adjust it first! When fighting, who will stand in front of you and wait for you to adjust? I fought with people before. One hand, it is because Master warned of not to seriously hurt others for any tiny reason. On the other hand, I haven't met any good fighter and no opportunity to use it.

I never thought it would be of useless.