Chapter 54 Dragon Fis (2/2)

The bracelet was still similar to the one he received, but the difference was with the beads themselves. Instead of being just stone beads on a band, they were actually carved little butterflies that looked incredibly life-like. Laz couldn't help but stare at it over and over again and touch them as though they were real.

”Thanks Grandpa Chu!!” Laz said with conviction.

”You are very welcome. I'm sure she will love it,” The old man responded back with a gentle nod.

”But that doesn't change anything.” Grandpa Chu followed up with while looking at Laz.

”You have no idea how to fight, do you?”

”I uh... don't really need to do anything other than hit them and avoid getting hit myself... wait. How do you know I got into a fight?” Laz asked while looking questioningly at the old man.

”That's not important. The important thing is that wailing your strength around like a monkey is fine when you are just fighting monkeys. But what happens when you come across someone who is trained? Then what? If you can't even hit them, what use is all the strength in the world?”

The old man had taken on a rather forceful tone, as though he was trying to get this really important point into Laz's thick skull.

”Now, I know that Bill is teaching you a bit about survival and he will probably show you how to fight a bit as well, but to be blunt, he's old. He can only teach you so much by himself. On top of that, what he will show you is just basically military self defense training that is good, but it only relies on physical strength. Although you have plenty of that from what I hear, it isn't going to be enough.”

Grandpa Chu informed Laz before reaching into his back pocket and pulling out a white piece of paper. He unfolded it and slide it across the table for Laz to look it.

Curiously, Laz looked at the piece of paper and found it contained three illustrations and some characters that he had no idea how to read.

”What's this?” He couldn't help but ask.

”It's called the Dragon Fist,” Grandpa Chu responded back without any other explanation.

”What does it say?” Laz again probed, hoping for something more.

”That doesn't matter,” the old man responded rather bluntly.

Laz's eye couldn't help but twitch at this response. How was he suppose to learn something if he couldn't read it.

The old man, seeing Laz's reaction, couldn't help but laugh out loud at the young, confused man's face.

”Grandpa Chu...”

”Look, I know what you are going to say so I shall explain a little bit. Look at the drawings. They are the three steps on using the Dragon Fist. Notice how the first picture is a step forward and the dragons come out of the leg. This shows that the energy is suppose to explode from the leg. In the second illustration, the other leg comes forward and the dragons are shooting out from the entire body, although they are really small compared to the first picture. In the last picture, the man throws a punch and you can see the dragons circulate around his whole body before exploding from his fist.”

Laz just nodded while looking at the pictures and thinking through the explanation that he had just been told. There was nothing really profound about it as it was just a basic summery about what each picture was. If he was going to describe the picture without having the picture, that would be exactly how it would sound.

”The important point here is that the dragons show the flow of energy. The characters that you can't read tell how to circulate the chi in your body to get the desired result. But then ask yourself, are you going to be using chi?” The old man asked.

Laz was stumped at his meaning for a few breaths of time before it dawned on him. Obviously he wasn't going to be using chi, but the energy inside his body. So no matter what was written, it would be of no help to him. He couldn't help but smile at the intelligence of this old grandpa of his.

”Ah. You do understand eh? There is no point in learning how to do this wrong. Actually, it might hurt you more than help you. Instead, look at the pictures and feel the energy inside you and figure out how you can make it happen. Take this as a guide, not a given. At least this gives you an idea about how you can start moving the energy in your body.” Grandpa Chu explained.

”I see. I see. So is this like some mystic martial art?” Laz asked, feeling really excited inside.

”Something like that.” Grandpa Chu responded while laughing a bit.

”Ohhh.. So this is a copy of an old scroll or something?” Laz asked while looking at the amused old man.

”What? No. I found it on the internet and printed it off. I didn't even have to buy the book it came from. Google is a wonderful thing, isn't it?”