"choo…"
Holding the iron bar from Yin Manshu, Jiang Shaoliu sneezed, rubbed his nose and felt a little puzzled.
"Brother, it's cold outside." Jiang Xiaoyun said to Jiang Shaoliu who was standing outside the glass door: "You can practice inside the room."
Jiang Shaoliu shook his head, put the iron bar back on the shock-reducing rubber, went into the living room and looked at Jiang Xiaoyun with a smile: "That stick is too heavy, it will smash through the floor if I put it down in here."
"Really?" Jiang Xiaoyun reached out her hand and took him by the arm, giggled and said: "You told me you would teach me the martial arts, but when shall we start?"
With a smile, Jiang Shaoliu replied: "We can start now if you want."
"That's great." Jiang Xiaoyun felt so happy, then she tilted her head to one side, frowned and said: "I've learned from the net that the martial arts can be divided into breathing techniques and Kung Fu, can you teach me the breathing techniques only? I find the Kung Fu so cruel."
Jiang Shaoliu smiled, touched her hair and said: "All right, let me teach you whatever you want, come on, follow me now."
They went into the gym of the villa and sat face to face with crossed legs, then Jiang Shaoliu said seriously: "Xiaoyun, you should always remember that this breathing technique is called the Great Sage`s Formula, and it was inherited from the ape ancestors, you should never show it to anyone else."
"I won't." Jiang Xiaoyun promised and said: "Don't worry, brother, I will practice by myself and I will not show it to others. However, you can teach our parents if they want to learn it in the future."
Nodding his head, Jiang Shaoliu felt relaxed, he was breathing slowly while his chest raised, then he said in a low voice: "Xiaoyun, for now you can just try to imitate my breathing rhythm, and I will teach you the formula once you've adjusted."
"All right." Jiang Xiaoyun became serious and tried to breathe slowly in the same rhythm. As she kept the steady breathing rhythm and closed her eyes naturally, her face started to turn red and sweat appeared on her nose and she started breathing more heavily.
Staring at her, Jiang Shaoliu felt a little worried.
He had already practiced the Ape Fist before getting to the Great Sage`s Formula on Huaguo Mountain, his body was much stronger than anyone else's and he had strong lungs too. He found that after learning the Ape Fist, it was not hard for him to practice the Great Sage`s Formula.
Now, with Xiaoyun, she was suffering even with the breathing, there was more sweat on her face now and her skin was becoming redder.
"Brother…" Suddenly Jiang Xiaoyun opened her eyes, panting for breath for a while with a woebegone look: "I'm really suffering trying to breathe so slowly, I feel like I'm struggling for air."
Jiang Shaoliu shook his head, thinking for a while and said: "I will show you the formula and you should reflect on the energy from heaven and earth. Try your best to absorb as much as you can following your own breathing rhythm. Once you get better, you can try my breathing rhythm again and that will be good."
"All right." Jiang Xiaoyun nodded.
Jiang Shaoliu reached out his hands and pointed at her eyebrows, then said in a magic voice: "concentrate on the ophryon acupoint, actuate the channel, then repeat following those acupoints and try to feel the changes around you."
Jiang Xiaoyun closed her eyes and tried to feel, then she opened her eyes and asked: "I can feel nothing except that you're in front of me."
"That's impossible." Jiang Shaoliu felt a little puzzled: "I could feel it very quickly the first time I practiced. The air around was so hot and the air entering my body was becoming so warm as it transmitted to each part of my body, you must have the wrong feeling."
Jiang Xiaoyun stuck out her tongue. Her face was very red: "Let me try again."
As she said this, she closed her eyes and tried hard to feel, but then she opened her eyes again, blinked, and shook her head: "Brother, I really have no feeling, the air is just the air, and it's not hot at all."
"Well…" Jiang Shaoliu felt puzzled.
Jiang Xiaoyun was a little disappointed and shook her head: "Well, maybe it's not suitable for me to practice the Great Sage`s Formula and those martial arts from the Ape ancestors are only intended for men, or they require more."
"That's possible." Jiang Shaoliu scratched his head, frowned and thought for a while, then a good idea came into his mind: "Xiaoyun, Yin Manshu was practicing the breathing technique of the Cold Ice Formula, it is also powerful, would you like to have a try?"
Feeling a little surprised, Jiang Xiaoyun covered her mouth and stared at him: "How did you get her martial arts, did you…"
"No, it's not like that." Jiang Shaoliu waved his hand, repeated the acupoints and said in a low voice: "Now, you can try again to see if it has any effect."
She nodded, closed her eyes, and gradually, there seemed to be a layer of frost on her face, it was like crystal and very transparent, now she was breathing slowly naturally.
"There's no effect when you practice the Great Sage`s Formula, but Yin Manshu's breathing technique fits you so well." Looking at his sister, Jiang Shaoliu began to understand: "It must be individually different to practice different breathing techniques, and each technique has different requirements for different people."
Jiang Xiaoyun was still, continuing to breathe slowly. Her spirit and breath were changing slowly while her face seemed calm and steady, which meant she was in the right condition for practice.
After observing for a while, Jiang Shaoliu stood up and crept out of the room.
He walked out of the room and waved at the iron bar.
"I don't know when she'll wake up from her practice session, let me take this time to study this stick."
As he said this, Jiang Shaoliu lifted his wrist and turned on the smartwatch: "Let me find what kind of stick martial arts can be bought with the contribution points from Yin Manshu."
He clicked the exchange page, selected the martial arts option, which included knife, sword, fist, gun, and axe …there were hundreds of them.
"Such low grade martial arts." Jiang Shaoliu muttered to himself.
There were mostly low or intermediate grade martial arts displayed. While there were a few high-grade ones, they needed a large number of contribution points and there were no treasure-grade martial arts for silver masters.
"Yin Manshu is so stingy, there are so many silver masters at Gangxing and those kind of treasure-grade martial arts are so indispensable. Maybe they are used for the core members since they cannot be bought." Jiang Shaoliu found some stick movements and began to read.
Respect Cudgel was a low-grade magic-weapon with an intermediate level of movements that could be used in attack or defense. It was suggested that you use it with a breathing technique in order to make it more powerful.
Shadow Cudgel was an intermediate grade magic-weapon which focused on defense at high speeds, it was suggested that you buy it separately since it could be used as defense for dense bullets but with a lower ability for attack.
Wind Cudgel, the waving strike in the wind, could be used for surprise attacks, it was hard to guess the movements and couldn't be exchanged without a breathing technique.
"Those are rather low grade…" Jiang Shaoliu checked and frowned: "It's impossible to buy the high-level cudgel from the Gangxing Group here, and it's also meaningless to buy the low-level ones."
As he thought about this, a good idea came into his mind.
The powerful stick was an intermediate grade treasure with a fierce movement, you needed to be brave enough, or else it would not be very powerful, and it would become more powerful combined with the analeptic. However, it could only be bought with a breathing technique.
"This seems to be good, and it's just like the Ape Fist according to the introductions, so I'll choose this."
As he clicked and checked, he felt surprised: "Wow, it costs 800,000 contribution points after discounts, and it would be 1 million without the discounts."
That was too bad, why was it so expensive? Was it because it was the name of the magic-weapon martial arts?
After thinking for a long time, Jiang Shaoliu made a final decision: "Anyway, those points were free, let me buy it since it might be useful for me right now."
He clicked the confirm button and the delivery was made automatically from the system, one martial art and a breathing technique was sent to the smartwatch while 800,000 contribution points disappeared immediately.
"This kind of breathing technique is much easier than the Great Sage`s Formula and the Icy Formula from Yin Manshu." Jiang Shaoliu looked at the meridian routes displayed on the watch, and he memorized all of them in several minutes. After this, the true qi was running inside his body and he nodded and agreed: "It's just ok."
It seemed as if the meridians were designed for this breathing technique since the true qi was running rather smoothly inside the meridians without any lag at all.
"Let me check the movement." Jiang Shaoliu opened the map and squinted his eyes.
There were more than 60 maps in total without many changes, the person inside was holding the stick with both hands. He shook, picked, punched in the air or swept with it. The movements were rather simple and it was not hard to learn.
Jiang Shaoliu concentrated and checked his progress while learning, he gestured in the air and moved his steps on the ground to try.
"It seems this technique is not very strong." Jiang Shaoliu picked up the iron bar and followed the map to practice again, he made some changes according to his comprehension, but he felt more hesitant: "This movement is good but the breathing technique is a little weak, the amount of true qi will not be sufficient since it requires more muscle power."
As he practiced more, Jiang Shaoliu became faster and more proficient while the air flow was indulging in a wanton massacre or persecution and his eyes filled with a bright light.
"I guess it's right, the movement is good, but I still feel like the breathing technique is too weak, the true qi will be depleted in less than half an hour if you're not strong enough."