Chapter Thirty-Eight Set Down Plans

  Song Qingchu watched as Zhou Zhiruo repeatedly practiced the Wudang Mian Zhang, occasionally going over to correct his mistakes, then teaching Zhou Zhiruo again from the beginning and pointing out the key points.

  Every time Zhou Zhi Ruo listened carefully to Song Qing Shu's explanation and then made an effort to avoid making the same mistake again next time.

  This made Song Qing more delighted, after all, compared to a disciple who wouldn't learn even after being taught dozens of times, this kind of disciple who would not make the same mistake again after making an error once was obviously more favored by their master.

  With Song Qingchu's guidance and personal demonstration, after several repetitions, Zhou Zhiruo had already learned everything and could use it from start to finish. Although the transition between moves was still not very smooth, a bit stuttering, what remained was just the need for more practice, no longer requiring Song Qingchu's further correction.

  Although Song Qingxue was no longer guiding her, Zhou Zhiruo did not stop and instead continued to practice the Wudang Mian Zhang again and again.

  This made Song Qingchu very satisfied, without saying anything else, but Zhou Zhiruo's diligence and self-awareness made Song Qingchu very satisfied.

  Song Qing nodded in satisfaction, saying: "Zhi Ruo, you have already mastered this Wudang Mian Zhang very smoothly. From now on, it's just a matter of practicing more to become even more proficient, and I don't need to teach you much anymore. Remember that hardness and softness should be combined, yin and yang should complement each other, not stiff or stagnant, seemingly weak and boneless, but actually hiding iron in the cotton. As they say, 'hardness is easy to break, softness can win in the end', this is the true essence of Wudang Mian Zhang's use of softness to overcome hardness."

  After a slight pause, Song Qing said: "This set of palm techniques is used to strengthen the body and lay the foundation. It's not just about mastering it. From now on, you must practice at least once in the morning and evening every day. This will give you a solid foundation, and when you learn more advanced martial arts in the future, you will find it much easier."

  "Yes! I understand." As for Song Qing's words, Zhou Ziruo completely listened and didn't refute at all.

  Song Qingchu looked at Zhou Zhiruo for a while, then ignored him. He leaned against a tree and thought about the development and improvement of his own martial arts.

  He has now mastered all the martial arts of Wudang Sect, except for a part of "Wudang Jiuyang Gong". However, he has just started practicing "Chunyang Tongzi Gong" and won't make much progress in a short time.

  Apart from the Wudang Sect's martial arts, he also has the swordsmanship cultivated in Sword Devil Valley and the Tibetan Buddhist supreme divine art "Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill" obtained from Fan Monk, as well as the Shaolin Temple's 72 absolute skills, including "Great Power Vajra Finger" and "Great Power Vajra Palm".

  These martial arts, even in the Jianghu world, are all top-notch. He has learned some of them, but not others. Now he is only a third-rate expert and it's not the time for extensive learning, so these martial arts need to be selectively learned. After all, human energy is limited, if one's mind is too scattered, it will end up being a waste of effort.

  After some thought, Song Qingchu picked out a few martial arts moves. The "Pure Yang Child's Work" internal skill was something that had to be practiced, and this was an unquestionable fact.

  Then there is the "Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill", this martial art is easy to learn but difficult to master, but once it is successfully cultivated, it can definitely become a reliance for oneself to dominate the world. The most important thing is that one has obtained a golden fruit, which is the reliance on having confidence in practicing the "Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill".

  Otherwise, with so many masters in the esoteric school, there is no lack of geniuses, but apart from Jinlun Fa Wang, it is rare to cultivate to a high level. How can one dare to think that they will definitely succeed in their practice?

  As for the third one, it is swordsmanship. Although it can be said that when martial arts are practiced to a high level, they all have infinite power, but at the beginning, weapons will still have some advantage.

  Since he had already made up his mind, Song Qing also couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, the confusion in his heart gradually dispersing.

  To know that Song Qingchu actually has a lot of psychological pressure on himself, although he has changed a lot now, Zhang Cuishan and his wife are not dead, and Zhou Zhiruo is not under the tutelage of Mieyue Shitai, but in his heart, he still can't put his mind at ease.

  To know, now Zhang Wuji has gone to Butterfly Valley. Next time he appears in front of himself, he will probably be a top-notch master. At that time, the overall situation of Yitian will be fully opened. And if he wants to change his fate, he is afraid that at least by then, he cannot be inferior to him. At least it should be almost the same.

  But wanting to become a top-notch expert in just a few years, Song Qing knew that he was still far from such a realm.

  Song Qing thought to himself that with his current martial arts skills and progress speed, without any extraordinary encounters or a reasonable arrangement, it was completely impossible for him to reach this level in a short period of time.

  So Song Qingchu would have his own choices in martial arts.

  It took about ten years to reach the pinnacle of martial arts, and this speed of growth and progress was probably no different from a fairy tale for others in the martial arts world. Even Zhang Sanfeng would have been somewhat skeptical. Many top-notch masters spent their entire lives without being able to break through to that level. But for Song Qingyu, it was still too slow.

  He comes from a fast-paced modern society where everything is about efficiency and speed. He himself works in pursuit of efficiency, so he has long been accustomed to everything being highly efficient and rapid. Now having to spend around ten years to become a top-notch master, for him, that's just too slow.

  But he also knew that martial arts was not something that could be efficiently and quickly simplified. It relied on the accumulation of experience through year-round, day-and-night, uninterrupted hard work and bitter practice to gradually improve. Enlightenment was important too, but no matter how high one's enlightenment was, if their skills didn't match up, they would only be all talk and no action, useless.

  You can see the flaws in others' moves and know how to counter them, but your own martial arts skills are not up to par, so what's the point. It's like Wang Yuyan from The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, who has extremely high martial arts knowledge, cultivation, theory, and comprehension, but she herself doesn't have even a bit of actual martial arts skill. If she were to casually encounter someone with just basic fighting skills, they could do whatever they want to her, as she wouldn't even be able to put up any defense.

  Some people might say that Linghu Chong is an exception. After he learned the Nine Swords of Dugu, his combat power rose sharply.

  However, don't forget the era that Linghu Chong lived in. At that time, most of the internal martial arts masters had already disappeared. A "Stellar Devouring Technique" extracted from a fragment of the "Northern Profound Scripture", and a "Purple Mist Divine Art" mixed from the Quanzhen Sect's internal martial art, can be compared to the era of Shaolin Temple's "Sinew Changing Classic". What more could you ask for?