"For example, when you attack with a straight punch, what I can feel is the force of that straight punch," Grandpa Qin explained. "That is known as external energy."
"However, if you can conceal different variations within your straight punch, variations that are invisible to others but can be felt, making them difficult to defend against, that is known as internal energy!"
While sparring with Lu Wenrou, Grandpa Qin used easy-to-understand language to tell her about the difference between external energy and internal energy.
"Grandpa Qin, I get it!"
Lu Wenrou suddenly had an epiphany; she had previously touched on the edge of internal energy but always felt as if there was a thin barrier preventing her full understanding.
Now, with Grandpa Qin breaking that barrier for her, she had an on-the-spot realization and stepped over the threshold into the realm of internal energy.
"Hmm, try attacking with internal energy!"
"Yes, just like that! When you strike, you're concealing variations internally, and the flow of energy can penetrate the opponent's body... Not bad, keep practicing for a while, and you'll get familiar with it!"
Grandpa Qin nodded his head, very satisfied with Lu Wenrou's progress.
After giving her a few more pointers, he approached Qin Yu, "How does it feel?"
"My body feels torn apart!"
Qin Yu said with a blend of laughter and woe.
"It's still early before noon, endure it. The afternoon will be even more painful."
Having said that, Grandpa Qin walked into the hall.
"Qin Yu, I've already grasped internal energy. You have to keep up, or else you won't be able to beat in the future!"
Lu Wenrou also ca over, patted Qin Yu on the shoulder with a hint of schadenfreude.
"I..."
Qin Yu rolled his eyes feebly, thinking that childbirth couldn't be any worse than this, could it?
But having endured the agonizing night before, he resolved to grit his teeth and get through today as well.
Thus, Qin Yu remained in the yard, keeping his legs split at an angle greater than 200 degrees all morning.
It was only when the elder Yan called for lunch that Grandpa Qin let him co inside.
"Bang..."
Qin Yu felt as though his legs no longer belonged to him and couldn't be pulled back, so he simply leaned back and fell straight onto the grass.
Several minutes passed before he got up, staggering into the hall with his legs apart like a crab.
The afternoon continued.
This ti, Grandpa Qin continued to tighten the stone locks, bringing Qin Yu's legs nearly to a 360-degree angle.
You've all eaten burgers, right?
At that mont, Qin Yu was like the chicken leg squeezed between two gigantic stone weights.
Both his legs and body were making a straight line parallel to each other.
"Hiss..."
Qin Yu could only keep drawing in cold air to alleviate the tearing pain in his groin.
And so went the entire afternoon.
By the ti the training ended, Qin Yu was utterly unable to walk.
However, it was Lu Wenrou who picked him up and threw him into the herbal bath Grandpa Qin had prepared. After soaking for several hours, he finally felt alive again.
In the end, he skipped dinner and went straight to bed, falling asleep imdiately.
The next day.
Grandpa Qin took Qin Yu to the foot of the mountain behind their ho, pointed to the summit, and said, "Use your hands and feet, carry , and climb up there!"
"Ah?"
Qin Yu glanced at the steep, narrow trail, stunned by the thought of carrying a person up it.
"Ah what? You also have to carry down! Do you think mastering the Dragon's Ridge Technique is that simple? It's about training the flexibility of your hands, feet, and spine!" Grandpa Qin rebuked, tapping Qin Yu on the head with his smoking pipe.
"Ouch..."
Qin Yu held his head and shrank his neck a little.
"Start now. You're already seventy percent there. If you can adapt today, you'll be basically successful in mastering the Dragon's Ridge Technique!" Grandpa Qin stroked his beard and said.
"Alright then!"
Qin Yu reluctantly nodded, laying down on the ground as if about to do a push-up.
Grandpa Qin sat astride him and said, "If you drop , that's a failure!"
"Okay!"
Qin Yu looked up once more at the winding path and began to crawl upward.
Despite Grandpa Qin's age, he was tall and well-built from martial arts, with a high muscle density, weighing at least 165 to 175 pounds.
Sitting on Qin Yu's back, it felt like carrying a mountain.
Don't even talk about climbing up the mountain using both hands and feet, even in a normal position, it's difficult to carry soone on your back up there.
"Bang... Wobbling for what?"
Grandfather Qin's smoking pipe struck Qin Yu's arm.
"Oh..."
Qin Yu had never undergone this kind of training and felt very unaccustod to it. But in order to successfully execute the Dragon's Ridge Technique, he could only try his best to coordinate his muscles and bones, striving to maintain good balance.
"Bang, you're wobbling again!"
As soon as Qin Yu wobbled, Grandfather Qin's smoking pipe would imdiately land on his body.
Maybe a typical person could hit Qin Yu with a smoking pipe and he wouldn't have any issues, but grandfather was a master of Huajin, and when he struck, the force penetrated right to the bones.
Qin Yu grimaced with pain.
He silently said to himself: You really are my own grandfather!
"Hurry up, you need to speed up!"
Grandfather Qin was sitting steadily on Qin Yu's back, and the smoking pipe landed on Qin Yu's buttocks, as if he was whipping a bull!
"Oh..."
He hadn't even climbed one-third of the way, and Qin Yu's arms and legs were already so sore and swollen that they could hardly function.
If anyone doubts this, they could try carrying a bag of cent and use hands and feet to climb stairs to see how many floors they can climb.
"Speed up, speed up, don't pause!"
"Wobbling for what? Hold steady, where's your sense of balance?"
"Look at the tiger, whether it's climbing up or down the mountain, its posture is so stable and fierce!"
Grandfather Qin kept scolding Qin Yu.
At the foot of the mountain, old Master Yan, the manor's bodyguards, and Lu Wenrou all stood in a row, like onlookers.
This was the first ti they had seen anyone train in martial arts this way.
However, thinking about the difficulty involved, they all sweated for Qin Yu.
It's easy to go up the mountain, but hard to co down.
And yet, Qin Yu still had to steadily carry Grandfather Qin down from the mountaintop.
"Bang!"
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"Use your spine to balance your limbs!"
As long as Qin Yu wobbled slightly, Grandfather Qin's smoking pipe would land on him.
"Huff, huff..."
Qin Yu certainly wouldn't talk back; he just took deep breaths, struggling to keep his balance as he climbed towards the summit.
It took nearly a whole morning for him to finally reach the top of the mountain.
Not only was his clothing soaked with sweat as if he had fallen into a river, but every muscle in his body felt as though it was about to snap.
He lay spreadeagled on the ground, truly not wanting to move an inch.
"I'm hungry and it's ti for lunch. You have one hour to get down the mountain!"
Grandfather Qin kicked Qin Yu.
"Alright!"
Qin Yu, with grandfather on his back, prepared to start descending the mountain.
Obviously, the difficulty of going down the mountain was much greater than going up.
Qin Yu didn't know how many tis he was struck by Grandfather's smoking pipe before he finally found that delicate balance.
Once he got into the rhythm, he was like a tiger descending the mountain, and his speed increased more and more.
Slap... Bang!
By the ti he reached the foot of the mountain, Qin Yu collapsed to the ground, weakly saying: "You all go eat, let lie down for an hour!"
"I'll stay with you!"
Lu Wenrou stayed behind loyally.
"Thank you!"
As soon as Qin Yu's words ended, he closed his eyes, and within less than a minute, his snoring filled the air.
In just half a day, his energy was utterly depleted.
In the evening, it was still a dicinal bath.
The third day.
Qin Yu felt that his agility and strength had significantly improved.
After getting up, he found Grandfather, full of zest, and asked, "Today's the last day, what are we practicing?"
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