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Xiao Lan put her hands behind her back, imitating how her master usually taught her. She pretended to be deep as she said, ”The inner strength is the foundation of the path of martial arts. If his inner force was strong, even if it was an ordinary technique, it would still have a great power. On the other hand, if the inner force is extremely weak, even if you have a sword that can cut through iron like mud, in the eyes of an expert, it would be nothing more than a flowery martial art. ”
Liu'er thought back to that day at the Fortune Inn, when Big Bro Jiang only used a peanut to shake away Wang pigeon's treasured sword. She could not help but nod in agreement.
Xiao Lan continued, ”The supreme martial arts in this world often require one to be able to comprehend. Furthermore, you just happen to have the talent to be stupid. If you want to have the inner strength of a human, it will definitely not be an easy task. However, practicing inner force didn't necessarily depend entirely on whether one was smart or not. ”If you practice diligently and step by step, you must not be impetuous, and you will succeed sooner or later.”
Liu'er didn't know that what Xiao Lan said was what her master usually lectured her with. She only felt that at her age, she was able to say such profound words. She couldn't help but feel a burst of admiration. When she thought about how she was a few years older than Xiao Lan and yet, not long ago, she was still fighting over food with the dog, she felt a little ashamed of herself.
Xiao Lan continued, ”The qinggong requires the use of one's own inner strength. Only by channeling one's true qi into one's feet can one travel thousands of miles in a day. Since you have no internal energy, you should learn from the basics. Are you willing? ”
When Liu'er saw how serious she sounded, she couldn't help but laugh. She teased her, ”I will do my best. I will not lose face for master.”
Xiao Lan nodded in satisfaction, suppressing her laughter with great difficulty, ”Un! That's right! Martial arts and mental cultivation methods were not to be taught to outsiders. However, the methods to train one's inner force skills were always the same. There was not much difference. I am only teaching you how to adjust your inner breathing, so it is not considered that you have revealed my mental cultivation method. ” After saying so, he could no longer hold back his laughter.
Actually, what Xiao Lan said was not nonsense. There were many martial arts sects and schools, and each sect had its own internal martial arts method. The depth of one's comprehension was different, and their martial arts had their own strengths and weaknesses. However, for the entry level of inner force skills, it was indeed the same. It was nothing more than teaching people how to channel the Qi from their dantian into their whole body. If it were a profound inner force skill, then it would be vastly different. Inner force mental cultivation methods tended to integrate the eight extraordinary meridians within the body. Because they missed by a hair's breadth in their cultivation, their inner force cultivation was far weaker than others. Some people even went berserk, and even lost an uncountable number of lives.
Xiao Lan only told Liu Shi Yan how to condense his Dantian Qi, just like how a vegetable farmer told someone to dig a hole and grow vegetables. As for what to grow and what to plant, that was not a problem.
Xiao Lan replied, ”The skill I learnt, 'Sparrow Steps', came from a bird that was looking for food. He didn't flap his wings, and only danced lightly. That was why it was called 'Sparrow Steps'. Although it was incompetent, it was still a first-class movement technique. If he was proficient in it, it wouldn't be bad for him to walk on his own land. It's just that training in martial arts requires a great amount of talent and perseverance. I can see that you have a dull aptitude, and are not suited for martial arts. ” She sighed and shook her head.
When Liu'er heard the name, she was overjoyed. ”Her name is pretty elegant. The person who named her is probably a girl.” Then he asked, ”Is your master a female hero?”
Hearing him ask about her master, Xiao Lan smiled happily and said, ”Of course it's a female hero. It's just that my master has been ordered to go out and scout for information, otherwise he would have let you meet him. If she knew that her disciple also has a disciple, she would definitely be extremely happy. ”
Liu'er replied, ”I just don't know if she likes her stupid grandstudent.”
Little Lan giggled and said, ”Listen carefully: Sit on the ground, cross your hands in front of your belly, put your tongue in front of your chest, put the curtain down, focus on your thoughts, everything is empty. The whole body is like a moment to practice, inhale from the Heaven's Eye acupuncture point, will be pneumatic, to the Dantian prescription stop. One breath, one breath. Then lift lung gold qi, start from Taibai acupoint, slightly bend the knees, luck in the Zhongdu acupoint and stop. Taibai Jinxing's body was so light that it could be controlled by Qi. A round trip can travel thousands of miles in a day! ”
Liu'er did not understand, but she was still confused. Xiao Lan was anxious. She sat down cross-legged and said to Liu'er, ”Sit down as well.” Liu'er sat down, and Xiao Lan continued, ”This is only a method to send Qi into the Dantian, I cannot teach you how to circulate the Qi in the sky. But even if you did, you wouldn't get it. Just try as I say. ”
Liu'er thought about what Xiao Lan had just said and slowly calmed down with her eyes closed. In just a moment, he felt a warm stream of air from his Heaven's Eye acupoint flowing down his face and chest and entering his dantian before disappearing.
Liu'er thought it was interesting and breathed in and out non-stop. After about the time it took to make a cup of tea, he suddenly felt the Qi in his dantian rolling like the waves in the ocean, slapping his lower abdomen to the point where it was in a little bit of pain.