12dz Chapter 540 Learning Lightness Skill
Chapter 540 Learning Lightness Skill
"You really should start training. Your martial arts are terrible, and your lightness skill is even worse," Jiang Mo said disdainfully.
Insulted by a master, Lin Ping was speechless and could only plead shamelessly, "Little Black, can you teach me top-notch lightness skills? I want to be able to fly over rooftops and walk on walls too!"
After Jiang Hongling's transmission of her skills, Lin Ping gained a lot of energy, and his swordsmanship improved rapidly.
However, his lightness skill was really not impressive. He clearly possessed the strength of the White Lotus, but only had the lightness skill of the Yellow Lotus, and was even inferior to Shui Peng and Yin Chen.
“First-rate won’t do; I can only teach you third-rate lightness skills,” Jiang Mo said seriously.
"Why third-rate? Can't second-rate be acceptable?" Lin Ping made a concession, but Jiang Mo still showed no sign of backing down.
“First-rate lightness skill requires training from a young age, second-rate lightness skill requires extremely high talent, and only third-rate lightness skill is most suitable for you,” Jiang Mo continued.
"Don't I look like someone with high talent? The way I practice swordsmanship is more shameless than anyone else's," Lin Ping said defiantly.
"Fine, don't learn it then." Jiang Mo said, his hands behind his back, looking indifferent.
Lin Ping could only concede again: "You're handsome, so whatever you say is right. Third-rate is fine, as long as it's not vulgar."
"How do you know that third-rate is vulgar? First-rate is called upper-rate, second-rate is called middle-rate, and third-rate is indeed vulgar." Jiang Mo stared at Lin Ping with suspicion, admiring his erudition even more.
"Can we stop swearing? It's really hurtful to our self-esteem," Lin Ping said speechlessly, not daring to speak again to avoid being insulted further.
Ten days later...
"I've almost mastered the sword moves for 'Sunrise over the River Flowers,' so why not try 'Blazing Sun and Flowing Fire'?" Lin Ping pierced a tree trunk with his sword, then took out the sword manual Jiang Hongling had left him and studied it carefully.
"It's so hard to understand. Why do we have to write it down? Can't we just draw a simple diagram?" Lin Ping was completely baffled by these technical terms. He tried to gesture a few times, but it didn't help much.
"Little Black, come here for a second." Lin Ping beckoned and said, "Could you teach me the Blazing Sun move?"
"What? Blazing Sun? You're going to practice this move?" Jiang Mo's eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
He was quite talented. It took him a whole year to master the "Bai Ri Yi Shan" (White Sun Leaning on the Mountain) and another three years to learn the "Ri Chu Jiang Hua" (Sunrise over the River Flower). To this day, he is still at the level of "Lie Ri Liu Huo" (Blazing Sun and Fiery Blaze).
Lin Ping had only been learning the Crimson Sun Sword Technique for two months, yet he had already mastered the previous combos?
That's impossible and unfair.
"Is there something wrong?" Lin Ping asked innocently.
"That's not appropriate. You haven't even mastered 'Sunrise over the River's Flowers,' how can you practice 'Blazing Sun and Flowing Fire'? I understand your desire to become stronger, but martial arts training requires taking one step at a time. Building castles in the air is unrealistic."
Jiang Mo said with a hint of reproach.
"Who says I haven't learned it? Isn't this exactly how it is?"
After speaking, Lin Ping made a swift move, his longsword, shimmering with light and shadow, instantly piercing through the tree trunk.
Jiang Mo stared in disbelief, unable to suppress the jealousy in his heart.
Why is yours so prominent when you both have intervertebral discs?
"Could it be that you haven't mastered the Blazing Sun technique?" Lin Ping asked disdainfully, seriously doubting Jiang Mo's swordsmanship.
"Who said that? I had already mastered this move when I was sixteen!" Jiang Mo retorted angrily.
How old are you now?
Twenty-six!
"Which move have you mastered?"
"Scorching sun and blazing fire..."
Jiang Mo answered in a low voice.
In other words, for a full ten years, he remained stuck at the level of sword techniques that resembled blazing sun and fiery heat, making no further progress.
"Don't think that the Crimson Sun Sword Technique is easy to learn. The Blazing Sun Flowing Fire is completely different from the previous two sword moves. You only have twenty days, so don't waste your energy on it," Jiang Mo said seriously, trying to find some psychological balance.
It is true that the Blazing Sun and Flowing Fire sword technique is much more difficult than the previous two sword techniques, but it took him three whole years to master the Sunrise over the River, while Lin Ping only took a little over a month.
Twenty days may be a bit short, but if Lin Ping is given three months, he is confident that he can grasp some of the key points.
After all, the two started from different points. Jiang Mo cultivated and improved his internal strength at the same time, while Lin Ping directly possessed the internal strength to cultivate the Blazing Sun Flowing Fire.
"Alright, alright, teach me some low-grade lightness skill first, no, I mean third-rate lightness skill," Lin Ping said, sounding slightly disappointed.
Upon hearing that Lin Ping did not practice the Scorching Sun and Blazing Fire Technique, Jiang Mo's mood improved considerably, and he wholeheartedly introduced Lin Ping to the art of lightness skill.
"So-called 'lightness skill' is about increasing movement speed and climbing speed. This is inextricably linked to internal energy," Jiang Mo explained.
Lin Ping agreed with this point. Even though he hadn't systematically practiced lightness skills, he felt that his speed had increased significantly these past few days, which must be due to the improvement in his internal strength.
"To improve your lightness skill, you need to focus on three aspects: first, enhance your internal strength; second, master the methods to control your internal strength; and third, possess good techniques. Since your internal strength is insufficient, you can only focus on the last two points."
"Then why did you give me the worst cultivation method, which only allows me to start from the second point?" Lin Ping said with dissatisfaction.
"To practice or not to practice?" Jiang Mo asked, dissatisfied.
"Practice, practice..." Lin Ping chuckled and immediately backed down.
“Actually, practicing lightness skill is the same as practicing swordsmanship. It’s just that practicing swordsmanship requires concentrating internal energy in the palms, while practicing lightness skill requires concentrating internal energy in the soles of the feet. Try it first,” Jiang Mo said seriously.
"Should I concentrate all my internal energy in the soles of my feet?" Lin Ping asked doubtfully.
“Your internal energy is very weak, so even if you concentrate it all on the soles of your feet, it won’t matter,” Jiang Mo continued.
"Oh..." Lin Ping nodded obediently, concentrating on circulating the energy within his dantian.
Before long, a powerful force gradually gathered on the soles of the feet along the meridians throughout the body.
"Crack!"
With a crisp sound, the ground collapsed under the weight, startling Lin Ping.
"Shall we continue?" Lin Ping asked.
"That's enough, pull back a bit. I didn't expect your internal strength to be so good, probably about a tenth of mine," Jiang Mo muttered.
Seeing Jiang Mo's serious expression, Lin Ping couldn't bear to tell the story of how Jiang Hongling passed on her skills.
"Sigh... This is so hard for me. I always end up having relationships with the goddesses in some people's hearts. I have to change this habit!" Lin Ping thought to himself.
After withdrawing most of his internal energy, the ground beneath his feet was finally able to support him.
"Try jumping forward one step," Jiang Mo continued to instruct.
"I understand now! As long as I concentrate my internal energy on the soles of my feet, I can jump farther!" Lin Ping seemed to have suddenly realized something, and he didn't even want this mentor anymore.
"Come on, you can do it, ten zhang in one step!" Lin Ping suddenly exerted his strength.
"Fly, soar freely, from now on you are an eagle!" Lin Ping was overjoyed, waiting for the moment he would leave the ground.
Bang!
Lin Ping returned to reality when his entire face kissed the ground.
Because of the excessive internal force on the soles of his feet, which was like a weight binding them, he couldn't even do the simplest jump, let alone soar through the sky. He could only fall face-first to the ground like a dog.