“Su’er wants to practice martial arts?”
Upon hearing Lin Su’s thought, Lin Zhen Nan was visibly stunned for a moment.
In that instant, he remembered how Lin Su had never loved martial arts since he was a child, how, due to a fortuitous coincidence, he began to engage with beasts and developed an interest in being a Beast Tamer. Since then, he had been filled with aversion towards the martial path, leading to countless arguments and disagreements with himself.
Now that Su’er had become a Beast Tamer, he was interested in martial arts?
Could it be that the amnesia had changed him?
But the path was already set and hard to change.
This truly made Lin Zhen Nan sigh at how fate toys with people.
“Yes, Father, I want to give it a try,” said Lin Su, with a trace of unease in his heart.
According to what he knew about his former self, he shouldn’t have liked martial arts, and yet, at this moment, he was the one who had brought up the idea of practicing martial arts. If Lin Zhen Nan noticed that something was off, that wouldn’t be good.
With that thought, he added another comment by way of explanation, “In a month, the Beast Taming Union is holding a preliminary contest for a major competition among the nations. This time, the preliminaries are an unruled contest, where it’s permissible to attack Beast Tamers. I thought that knowing some martial arts would give me more strength.”
“Preliminary contest…” Lin Zhen Nan was momentarily taken aback.
That’s right, he had mentioned a few days ago about sending some of the Lin Family’s disciples to participate in this selection for young martial arts powerhouses. He had almost forgotten that his own son was also of the right age to meet the preliminary conditions.
However…
“Su’er, you’ve reached the third stage of the Beast Taming Space already?” Lin Zhen Nan couldn’t help but ask.
It was only during last night’s dinner that he had inquired about Lin Su’s condition, and at that time his son had not yet reached the third stage of the Beast Taming Space.
If it was only the second stage of the Beast Taming Space, with only one beast, then participating in the preliminaries would likely not yield a very good ranking, but Lin Su seemed quite confident at the moment, prompting him to entertain the thought.
“That’s right, I made the breakthrough last night,” Lin Su nodded, “I have already formed a contract with Ghostface.”
“I see,” Lin Zhen Nan nodded, understandingly, as the doubts in his heart dissipated.
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He was also aware of the preliminaries on the Beast Tamer side. Given that mechanism, Su’er, who had already contracted with two beasts, indeed stood a chance to get a good ranking.
And as Su’er mentioned, the rules of the competition had changed. So, a Beast Tamer himself having some strength would be a bigger advantage.
If that was the case, then Su’er wanting to practice martial arts made sense.
Soon, he consoled himself.
Although the child had not followed the martial path as he had hoped, learning a good skill in spear techniques would not be letting down the reputation of my “Piercing Thunder Spear.”
“Alright, I’ll teach you. What do you want to learn, Su’er?” Lin Zhen Nan’s face took on a few more smiles.
It was not easy, his son finally took an interest in martial arts.
Starting now was not too late.
“Hmm…” Lin Su pondered for a moment, taking out a fine iron rod from his Space Ring, “How about staff techniques?”
Lin Zhen Nan: “???”
Here I am, your dad, and you’re telling me you want to learn staff techniques?
Your dad, me, Piercing Thunder Spear!
Spear!!
Understand?!
Plus, when have you ever handled a staff growing up? How could I, as your father, not know about this?
No, I can’t scold him. The child has finally taken an interest in martial arts!
Taking a deep breath, Lin Zhen Nan lightly coughed, “Why suddenly take an interest in staff techniques?”
“As you know, Father, due to my memory loss, I’ve forgotten all the martial arts I had learned before,” Lin Su said, scratching his head sheepishly. “I’ve heard that ‘an inch longer lends an inch of strength,’ and with the staff being so long, it should be quite effective to use. Plus, it can deliver a great force just by swinging and smashing, so that’s how I came to choose staff techniques.”
“‘An inch longer lends an inch of strength,’ eh…” Lin Zhen Nan pinched his chin, “Then swing it a few times and let me have a look.”
“Alright.”
In front of his own father, Lin Su felt no embarrassment in displaying his skill. He immediately agreed and began to wield the long staff according to how he felt previously.
“Stop, stop, stop.”
Before he had swung it more than twice, Lin Zhen Nan, with a face full of black lines, called him to a stop.
Taking the fine iron staff from a bewildered Lin Su’s hands, Lin Zhen Nan began to instruct, “‘An inch longer lends an inch of strength’ is indeed true. Without elemental power, a weapon is an extension of the body. When weapons clash, longer weapons naturally have an advantage. But staff techniques are not as simple as you think.”
“Every weapon has its method. What are staff techniques? Staff techniques are the methods that allow you to use staff-like weapons better, to create greater power with the same amount of force.” Lin Zhen Nan gripped the fine iron staff tightly, “There are countless staff techniques in this world, but when you break down their foundations, you get no more than four basic moves: chopping, swinging, thrusting, and deflecting.”
“This is chopping.”
Lin Zhen Nan swung the staff like thunder, not using a trace of elemental power. Yet, the fine iron staff erupted with a piercing whistling sound. It chopped downward from above and halted abruptly just about one centimeter above the stone tiles of the training ground, with the force traveling down to the tip of the staff, bursting forth, instantly causing the tiles to crack.
“Hiss…” Lin Su couldn’t help but gasp in astonishment.
He had no doubt that if that one blow had landed on him, with his Body Refining Realm’s physical condition, it would have resulted in broken bones and torn tendons.
As expected of the Sky Soaring Realm, even without using elemental power, the strength was so immense.
“The force I used just now was on the same level as your strength,” Lin Zhen Nan said simply, perhaps noting Lin Su’s thoughts, after which he added.