Name: Du Ruo
Age: 31
Jing: 9.06
Qi: 9.08
Shen: 9.40
Attribute Point: 0.03
Skills: Xing Yi Quan LV2（2/500）
Natural Gate Cultivation Method: LV1（0/200）
Special Skill Hidden Weapon Chapter: LV0（0/100）
"Special skill? Hidden weapon?"
Du Ruo was ecstatic. If obtaining Xing Yi Quan wasn't exactly common in reality, it wasn't far off either. Although the Xing Yi Quan he received seemed to be the complete version, as if it were the true teachings of the great Grandmasters of the late Qing Dynasty, it still could not change the fact that it belonged to the category of Traditional Martial Arts.
The second thing he obtained, the Natural Gate Cultivation Method, was even more so. He had originally hoped for the kind of Lightness Skill that allowed one to fly around, but in the end, it still turned out to be Traditional Martial Arts. It wasn't that Du Ruo was dissatisfied, but the difference from his expectations was too great. Now that a hidden weapon had appeared, it couldn't help but pique Du Ruo's interest, and he hurriedly recalled the knowledge about hidden weapons in his mind.
Because the hidden weapon knowledge in his mind was at level zero, it belonged to the basic chapter, recording only the techniques and styles for small hidden weapons like flying locust stones and flying needles. Although Du Ruo was somewhat interested in these, his attention was involuntarily drawn to one thing.
『Coiling Dragon Silk』 - Shaped like a metal bracelet, hollow inside, with nearly eight feet of transparent silk thread coiled within. A coiled dragon sits on the bracelet; the coiled dragon can be separated into a Dragon Head and a Dragon Tail. The Dragon Tail is at the end of the silk thread, and the Dragon Head is in the middle of the silk thread. When attacking, one only needs to flick open the Dragon Tail, and with a light pull, the silk thread will appear.
When used, one can hold the Dragon Tail as a Weapon, wrap it around the Enemy's limbs or neck, and after wrapping, give it a light pull to sever the Enemy's limbs or take their head.
It can also be used as a Hidden Weapon, ejecting the Dragon Tail to manipulate the silk thread, killing in a Formless way.
"This is exactly what I wanted."
When Du Ruo saw this introduction in the Hidden Weapon Chapter, even though the description was of a lethal Murder weapon, it could not stop Du Ruo's love for it. Who doesn't have a martial arts dream? This weapon perfectly matched Du Ruo's mysterious fantasies about martial arts. Holding it in his hand was like a modern person holding Firearms; I might not use it to kill, but I cannot be without it.
"Just a design drawing? And the method to manipulate it? Then what am I supposed to do? Do I have to forge it myself?"
After reading it, Du Ruo was dumbfounded. There was only an introduction, and the introduction was extremely detailed—how to manipulate it, how to forge it, and what materials to use—but there was no physical object. This was like a bucket of cold water poured over Du Ruo's head; the excitement that had just risen immediately dissipated. Being able to look but not touch, how is this any different from a eunuch visiting a brothel? It's not like Du Ruo has to learn forging himself; that is not something that can be done overnight.
"Forget it, let's put it aside for now. I'll find time to draw the design drawing, and then see if anyone can forge this. That's better than researching it myself."
After thinking for a long time, Du Ruo sighed in his heart and could only temporarily put this aside, then began to receive other knowledge. However, having finally found something he truly liked, Du Ruo still felt some reluctance in his heart.
After Xing Yi Quan leveled up, it added quite a few things. The knowledge in his mind this time was very different. If level zero was learning Health Preservation, and level one was starting to come into contact with Taolu and Combat Method, then level two began to have a qualitative change.
Now, Du Ruo's understanding of Xing Yi Quan in his mind had been upgraded. The Zhan Zhuang had changed; the original Zhan Zhuang was a textbook-style template, but now it had become more suited to his own Body, and some movements had undergone subtle changes, making the exercise effect better.
Then, a lot of knowledge was added to his mind. His understanding of Xing Yi Quan was no longer limited to Five Elements Fist and Twelve Forms Fist, but also included Chain Fist, Six Harmonies Fist, Eight Style Fist, Xing Yi Three Harmonies Saber Technique, Xing Yi Six Harmonies Spear, Xing Yi Chain Sword, and so on.
It can be said that Du Ruo now had mastered all aspects of knowledge regarding Xing Yi Quan, from the Foundation Establishment Zhan Zhuang, introductory Health Preservation and Taolu, advanced Combat Method and techniques, to even derivative Weapons. Any knowledge related to Xing Yi Quan could be easily handled by Du Ruo.
Of course, knowledge is knowledge; the actual mastery still requires Du Ruo to practice and grasp it himself.
The upgrade of Natural Gate also added some new knowledge, no longer limited to Lightness Skill, but adding some knowledge about Hard Qigong in Natural Gate.
Such as pushing rings, Tiger Mouth Stick, striking exercises, sand insertion, Yi Zhao Jiao, Grab Jar, and so on. These are all things for exercising the body.
Du Ruo finished absorbing all the knowledge in his mind and opened his eyes, feeling as if he had completed a Transformation. He was still the same person, and his Body had not been strengthened, but his mastery of techniques was completely different.
Du Ruo looked around. Because he had been practicing Martial arts here, Mom had already cleaned the place up. Not to mention fallen branches and the like, even larger Stone were cleared away by Mom.
Du Ruo set his sights on the tree to the side and took a stride, arriving under the tree. This stride included the Exert Force method of the Xing Yi Quan Tiger Form. A stride of nearly two meters brought him to the big tree in an instant. Then, his Body bent slightly, and with a sudden force from his feet, his Body soared into the air. The Natural Gate Lightness Skill Dry Land Scallion caused his Body to rise sharply.
"Snap!"
As Du Ruo's Body soared, he reached out, and a branch on the tree snapped in response, falling into Du Ruo's hand. Du Ruo looked at a green pepper plant not far away, aimed at the largest green pepper, clamped the branch with his Finger, and flicked it hard. The section of the branch he had just broken flew out with a "whoosh" sound.
He missed the green pepper; the branch grazed half a meter above the target pepper plant and then landed on the pepper vegetable patch, knocking down some unripe green peppers.
"Uh... the application of Xing Yi Quan is more fluid, and the Natural Gate Lightness Skill is not bad either. That branch just now must have been two point eight meters high, so my actual reach must be more than that. As for the hidden weapon... my Finger Strength and accuracy are a bit lacking. It seems I have a direction for my next practice."
Du Ruo stood where he was and summarized things for himself in his heart. Although it was a summary, the smile on his lips that he could no longer suppress betrayed his inner thoughts.
He had been practicing for a while, and this was his first time putting it into practice. Although the hidden weapon aspect was unsatisfactory, his overall physical fitness had far exceeded Du Ruo's imagination. One must know that he was just testing it out just now and had not used his full strength.
"Maternal Grandmother, Maternal Grandmother~ Maternal uncle is using a Stick to hit the peppers, come and scold him, don't give him vegetables to eat tomorrow."
Huang Ya Mei, who was sitting on the side, did not understand at all what Du Ruo's two-meter stride and the two-point-eight-meter jump to pick the branch meant. She only knew that her maternal uncle had broken a branch to hit the vegetable patch and had even knocked down the peppers that Maternal Grandmother had planted. She turned around and ran toward the room, shouting as she ran.
As for why she did this, it was naturally because she had taken a Stick with Mao Mao a while ago and chopped up more than half of the peppers, and then she had her Palm hit, and she had half as much food at mealtime. She only knew that the suffering she had endured, her maternal uncle had to endure as well.
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