Chapter 55: Chapter 55 The Mountain Lord Returns (Request for Yue Tickets, Request for Followers!)
In the end, besides Li Yongfeng, several martial artists all chose stick fighting.
They had also become martial artists by chance, and there was much they didn’t understand; thus, they were quite receptive to the words of their seniors, Wang Sheng and Xu Qu.
Since the seniors recommended stick fighting, they thought, why not choose stick fighting!
They had no particular obsession with any type of weapon; as long as it was useful, it was fine.
After making their choice, Li Yongfeng approached Wang Sheng and asked, “Yun Sheng, should I switch to stick fighting as well?”
The choices of others and Xu Qu’s words ultimately still influenced him.
However, before Wang Sheng could reply, Xu Qu on the side said, “If you have a weapon you’re good at, you don’t need to switch. It’s better to use what you’re proficient in than something that’s merely popular.”
“Yes, Brother Yongfeng, since you’re proficient with sabre techniques, there’s no need to switch,” someone affirmed.
Giving up one’s proficient sabre techniques to learn a new weapon was also something Wang Sheng did not approve of.
“Alright then!”
Li Yongfeng didn’t absolutely insist on switching; he was just influenced by the others.
Once everyone had chosen their weapons, Wang Sheng began teaching.
Xu Qu walked away on his own without any intention to observe.
In fact, Wang Sheng was indifferent; Eight Extremes Boxing was quite a decent martial art without a progress bar, but it was still not transcendent.
In a world where martial arts flourished, there might be even more sophisticated practical martial arts, and perhaps showing them to Xu Qu could trick him into revealing a martial art that could utilize Qi Blood Power.
But since Xu Qu decided to leave, Wang Sheng did not stop him and directly began teaching the routines of Eight Extremes Boxing.
“The martial art I am going to teach is Eight Extremes Boxing. The main characteristics of this martial art are its fierceness, simplicity without frills, and rapid energy emission…”
Since stick fighting was to be taught ultimately, Wang Sheng started with some basics of Eight Extremes Boxing.
He planned to extend these basics to stick fighting. After all, it was difficult to master Eight Extremes Boxing without a progress bar, which required a lot of time.
So, for now, teaching some basic moves was sufficient: things like step technique, the pile method, and the skills of energy emission. As for combat techniques, he would directly teach Shaking Mountain Stick, and the boxing techniques could be picked up gradually.
Even though Eight Extremes Boxing had not transcended the ordinary, it was still a martial art developed and promoted over hundreds of years and had its difficulty; the martial artists from the village initially found learning it a bit challenging.
Because he had a progress bar, Wang Sheng did not face such troubles when practicing Eight Extremes Boxing.
However, he didn’t have any solution for the difficulties faced by Li Yongfeng and the others in their practice.
Practice was a matter of grinding it out, requiring long periods of accumulation and practice, especially for such foundations. Even though Wang Sheng now had a Great Success in boxing and had surpassed the limits of Eight Extremes Boxing, he still practiced energy emission techniques and pile method every day.
“Eight Extremes Boxing requires ‘movement like a taut bow, and emission like thunderous explosions.’ Each punch should be delivered as if it’s about to explode; avoid using a soft and limp fighting style. The power should be channeled from the foot to the fist, so do not neglect your footwork and pile method during practice, integrating them into the instincts of the boxing technique…”
After teaching some basic moves and ensuring there were no mistakes, he let them practice independently, only needing to check on them once a day.
For ordinary people, practice still needed to be gradual and systematic; it was difficult to expect quick results.
However, even learning the basics was enough to enhance their combat capabilities.
The energy emission techniques of Eight Extremes Boxing were a strong addition to real combat.
That was Wang Sheng’s purpose.
It would be a waste to possess strength without being able to fully utilize it; the energy emission techniques of Eight Extremes Boxing could solve this issue well.
After teaching, Wang Sheng returned to his own room. Teaching others was merely something he did during his rest and meal times; he could not forget to advance his own skill progression.
Later, aside from practicing his own skills, Wang Sheng would also check on their training progress every day.
It must be said, with the added benefits of the martial artist’s physique, after a few days, they had quite the bearing if you didn’t look too closely at the specifics – robust and full of vigor!
Of course, in Wang Sheng’s view, they had still not fully grasped even the basics of pile method.
So he just corrected some mistakes and let the five of them continue practicing.
While practicing, they did not stop working.
After Zhou Gu and Wang Shuwen’s injuries were healed, they resumed their previous routine.
Because they had encountered the Green Flood Dragon Gang before, now three of them would go out to scout for information while two led their people into Qingshan Village for emergency repairs on the residential areas, a task they had been doing before.
This affair did not involve Wang Sheng, and the village didn’t bother him with it.
In the village, he was like the needle that steadied the sea; the village chief was very clear on this point.
However, after a few days of teaching Bajiquan, someone did come looking for Wang Sheng.
“Yun Sheng, the Mountain Lord is looking for you…”
The person who came calling was Zhou Yong, a martial artist from the village who had recently been leading the villagers in handling the repair of the houses in Qingshan Village.
“The Mountain Lord is looking for me?”
“Yes, it is currently outside the village in the forest.”
The Mountain Lord had been guarding the food storage in Qingshan Village. At first, the people who went to manage Qingshan Village were very nervous, but later they found that the Mountain Lord didn’t bother them at all. Besides sleeping at the entrance to the food storage, it just went hunting.
Over time, they got used to it.
However, today the Mountain Lord suddenly sought him out, nearly scaring him to death at first, but fortunately, the Mountain Lord was smart enough that he eventually understood what it meant.
“Fine, I’ll go have a look.”
Before leaving, Wang Sheng also took some Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pills with him.
The Mountain Lord had been guarding for almost a month, and he guessed it was coming to ask for a reward, but that was no issue. Every day he would set aside one Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pill, and had already prepared the reward.
Saving one pill each day felt different than giving out three hundred all at once—it wasn’t as painful.
Soon, under Zhou Yong’s guidance, he found the Mountain Lord.
“Roar~”
Seeing Wang Sheng, the Mountain Lord ran over, even knocking down a large tree that had grown for at least ten years along the way.
When it stopped, Wang Sheng just felt a gust of wild wind blowing across his face.
Is this what they mean by “a tiger’s presence brings the wind”?
Its massive body, even without doing anything, simply by inertia could cause extreme destruction.
Yet this very Mountain Lord, in front of Wang Sheng, showed a longing expression, like an eager husky.
“I know what you want, I’ve brought it for you!”
Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pills!
He had used his immense strength to compress the pills very small, so they were easy to bring along.
“From the time I asked you to guard the food until now, it’s been 32 days, which means thirty-two pills. Are you going to eat them all?”
The Mountain Lord shook its head.
Wang Sheng understood its meaning and took out about seven or eight Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pills.
The Mountain Lord didn’t hesitate, and with a flick of its tongue wrapped up all the pills and ate them.
“Roar!”
After eating those, the Mountain Lord didn’t ask for more.
“Good fellow, seems like you’re treating me as a long-term meal ticket, huh?”
Wang Sheng revealed a smile, not annoyed but rather pleased.
The Mountain Lord was showing a considerable amount of trust in him; this was a good beginning. The Guardian Divine Beast, maybe things were going even smoother than he had thought…