Chapter 37

No matter what kind of world it is, the reality of society is manifested here: different backgrounds create different destinies. Only a few lucky ones can, under the guidance of fate, obtain the protagonist's aura. Otherwise, no matter how hard they try, it's all in vain. However, who can know if they are the protagonist in the game of fate?

Liu Ping also relied on the foundation of a martial arts family to achieve the ninth level of innate martial arts before the age of forty. If it were an ordinary commoner, they might spend their entire life practicing martial arts and only reach the first or second level of innate martial arts.

As for Zhu Lingwu, with his current scholar-gentry status, he could easily obtain various martial arts techniques from Liu Ping. As long as he asked, even if Liu Ping was unwilling to give them, there would be more martial arts practitioners who wanted to attach themselves to the gentry and would contribute their unique techniques.

Now, the Thunder Palm and Swift Swallow Step that Liu Ping passed on to Zhu Lingwu involved many acupoints. Although they are called palm and step techniques, many of these acupoints are directly connected to the heart, requiring the essence blood to surge from the heart, mobilizing the body's strength to be transmitted to the hands and feet.

This allows the hands and legs to release powerful energy, generating extraordinary power, with the force originating from the entire body, and the qi and momentum arising with movement.

Liu Ping did not demand that Zhu Lingwu immediately start unblocking the acupoints and practicing. He understood that this was not a problem for Zhu Lingwu. It had only been five months since he unblocked the Ren and Du meridians, and unblocking the acupoints required for the Thunder Palm and Swift Swallow Step was just a matter of time.

He only hoped that before Zhu Lingwu formally began practicing the martial arts techniques, he could understand and comprehend the true meaning contained in the palm and step techniques, ideally grasping the imagery of thunder and swift swallows.

Of course, being able to comprehend the imagery contained in martial arts techniques already means that one has cultivated them to the highest level. Those who can comprehend the imagery can be considered martial arts masters.

Such comprehension is also beneficial for advancing to the innate martial arts realm, akin to the understanding of the natural way by cultivators.

If there is an opportunity to cultivate qi and lay the foundation, the speed of cultivation will be much faster than that of ordinary people, especially from the Foundation Establishment stage to the Golden Core stage, which is originally a process of understanding nature. Therefore, if a martial arts master enters the path through martial arts, it is easier for them to become a Golden Core True Person.

Liu Ping naturally did not have such high expectations for Zhu Lingwu. This is not something that can be understood through imagination alone.

It requires long-term observation of natural lightning and swift swallows to gradually accumulate and comprehend. Enlightenment can only occur under certain circumstances, and what each person comprehends is different.

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Thus, several more months passed, and it was almost the end of the year.

The winter in Tongshan County was not very cold. Snow could only be seen on the mountaintops, while the lower areas were still colorful.

In the courtyard behind the Tongshan County government, in Zhu Lingwu's training yard, a rumbling thunder-like sound echoed.

In this courtyard, which was over 300 square meters, countless wooden stakes had been placed. These stakes, about the size of a fist, were arranged according to the positions of the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams, like many randomly placed bamboo skewers.

On these wooden stakes, countless sandbags were hung, at various heights and densities. With the help of the attendants, these sandbags were swinging rapidly, moving back and forth, creating a dizzying scene.

Now, two figures were moving quickly among the wooden stakes and sandbags, their movements accompanied by rumbling thunder-like sounds.

One was tall, the other short, with the short one chasing and striking the tall one. However, the tall one seemed very relaxed, moving as if strolling leisurely in a courtyard. In such a complex environment, he only needed to occasionally wave his hand to force the short one back a few steps.

These two figures were naturally Liu Ping and Zhu Lingwu, with Liu Ping being the tall one and Zhu Lingwu the short one.

Zhu Lingwu had already unblocked the acupoints required for the Thunder Palm and Swift Swallow Step. After passing the basic palm and step techniques under Liu Ping's guidance, he had now achieved this effect, with rumbling thunder sounds accompanying his every movement, and his steps being incredibly agile.

The swinging sandbags and the narrow wooden stakes, which could only accommodate half a foot, had become second nature to Zhu Lingwu. With the help of his powerful soul consciousness, he could quickly calculate the trajectories of the sandbags and the landing points of his steps. Of course, this was something he only needed to pay attention to at the beginning; now it had become an instinct.

Zhu Lingwu no longer needed to calculate his movements with his soul consciousness. He only needed the early warning from his soul consciousness to dodge the sandbags in the first instance. His feet naturally moved according to the special steps, though not always accurately. However, as long as he didn't deviate too much, the qi released from his feet would naturally help him land on the deviated stakes.

Now, Zhu Lingwu could walk among the wooden stakes and sandbags with ease, so he could practice and spar with Liu Ping in this complex environment. However, he mainly chased Liu Ping's figure, and Liu Ping could still handle it easily.

After all, Liu Ping was at the ninth level of innate martial arts, while Zhu Lingwu was barely at the fourth level. Zhu Lingwu couldn't be so extraordinary.

However, his extraordinary training speed still surprised Liu Ping, even though he was prepared for it.

Zhu Lingwu had already become very proficient in the Thunder Palm, with each strike accompanied by rumbling thunder, just as Liu Ping had originally expected. As Zhu Lingwu cultivated the Nine Revolutions of the Thunder Dominating Body Technique, his palm force naturally contained electricity.

However, the electricity could only be contained in Zhu Lingwu's palm, and he couldn't yet achieve what Liu Ping could, where a single palm strike could ignite a flame several meters away.

Thus, Zhu Lingwu, stepping with the Swift Swallow Step, continuously struck with the Thunder Palm, but he could never touch Liu Ping's clothes, which was quite frustrating.

After nearly an hour of this chase and dodge, Liu Ping finally spoke calmly, "Young Master, today's practice is enough. I see that Young Master's progress is such that there's no need to continue practicing on the wooden stakes and suspended sandbags. Yes, what Young Master needs now is practical combat experience! How about this, I'll arrange for some guards to spar with Young Master tomorrow!"

As Liu Ping spoke, his figure had already reached the edge of the training array composed of wooden stakes and sandbags. With a slight movement of his feet, he stood on the adjacent empty ground, as light as a falling goose.

Practicing with Liu Ping, given his current strength, had no practical significance. With Liu Ping's current strength, if he were to truly attack Zhu Lingwu, it would only take two or three moves.

Now that Zhu Lingwu's Swift Swallow Step and Thunder Palm had achieved some initial success, the rest was just long-term practice and comprehension of the imagery...