The First Book: Reborn from the Fire Chapter 43: Learning Hand-to-Hand Combat Skills

  This place is a war preparedness garage for our battalion, because it's not wartime now, many equipment have not been directly distributed to each company, so there are still some empty garages in the troops.

  The garage is very large, with several large sandbags hanging in the middle. On the edge of the garage are also placed a few human-shaped wooden stakes. This is a special martial arts training center built by the camp for soldiers, but to me and Peng Jue, it's more like "Qiao Yanwang"'s private territory, because it's said that the coach here is him, and even the keys are in his hands.

  "I'm giving you five days, memorize it by any means necessary, but you must get these human meridian acupoint diagrams into your heads. I'll be testing you at any time!"

  Qiao Yanwang's voice was exceptionally clear in the empty garage, and it even echoed back, coupled with the slightly dim light of the garage, which made his eyes seem extremely cold and stern, truly having the demeanor of a top martial artist.

  Although his complexion is not as ugly as before, he doesn't scold us or torture us. However, just looking at that small face that refuses to give me a smile, his power remains boundless. Peng Zuo and I stand upright, not even daring to breathe loudly, feeling an intangible pressure coming over us.

  "If you can't get them entirely printed in your minds within five days, then don't blame me for not giving you the opportunity!"

  It seemed like he was afraid that we would be hypocritical, so he furrowed his brow and added another sentence in a cold tone. The implication was clear: the opportunity was gone, just like what happened that day when I got an answer from him. This threat seemed to tell us that he might regret it, and was going back on his promise?

  "Yes!"

  Listening to his tone, which was extremely serious and left no room for negotiation, of course we wouldn't let him off the hook so easily. Our response was extremely loud and clear, shaking the garage with a buzzing sound.

  Open the drawing to take a look, inside is a photocopy of a hand-drawn human body diagram. The difference is that there are red, blue and green lines drawn by hand from various parts of the body, with many small words written densely on those lines, marking many acupoint names.

  Seeing this, Peng Zhuo and I couldn't help but take a deep breath. The heart that had been hanging in the air finally put down lightly. We were most skilled at memorizing books, and it would only take us five days to memorize these? Hehe, 'Qiao Yan Wang' was a bit insulting to our intelligence.

  Farewell to the military training that took our lives, in this place where we used to take reading lightly, we now think that reading is actually a very wonderful thing. I and Peng Zhuo exchanged a glance, and we've made up our minds to rely on you, this martial arts master.

  "How did you feel after practicing muscle tension and relaxation during today's military training?"

  Towards our attitude 'Qiao Yan Wang' seems to be quite satisfied, he looked at us again and seemed to ask us casually.

  "I feel like I'm running a slight fever now and my muscles are really tense."

  Unlike Peng Ze, who still has a bit of fear towards 'Qiao Yan Wang', I don't have such scruples. He agreed to teach us grappling, so it's only fair that I ask him my questions without being polite:

  "I'm curious, when we first started practicing, it wouldn't take long for our muscles to relax naturally, but we found that the time it takes for them to go from tense to relaxed is getting longer and longer. These past two days, I feel like it's taking around an hour or so for us to truly relax! Does anyone know if this is normal or are we doing something wrong?"

  This thing has actually been puzzling me for a long time, because at first, practicing this muscle-building method under the condition of physical exhaustion was not a big deal. However, as we practiced longer, we found that our muscles would become tighter and tighter, and it's hard to relax them. Especially on my forearms and calves, I always feel hot and swollen, like they're filled with blood. This situation once made us consider giving up practicing this method again, after all, without a master to teach us, we often worry that this might be the characteristic of "walking into madness" mentioned in legends.

  "There's no mistake, it's exactly like this, and you guys seem to have practiced very hard, which shows that you've made some progress during this period of time!"

  When I said that our muscles wouldn't relax for another hour, a hint of surprise flashed in Qiao Wang's eyes, but that was all. He suddenly changed the subject and asked us:

  "Do you know which part of the human body requires the highest demand in grappling?"

  "I don't know!"

  This question is really a bit disheartening, after all, asking us two outsiders this kind of question, it's really a bit like playing the piano to a cow. I think more likely 'Qiao Yan Wang' needs an actor who can play a double role, so I very readily said that I don't know.

  "I... I think it should be arm and palm strength!"

  But I found it strange that 'Qiao Yanwang' was not satisfied with my answer, his ambiguous gaze fell on Peng Zu again, and Peng Zu thought for a long time before hesitantly saying the above words.

  I dare say that Peng Zu was definitely inspired by the 'White Eyebrow Eagle King' in The Investiture of the Gods, which led to the above inspiration.

  Because this guy has more than once in front of me and Xie Jian demonstrated the "Eagle Claw" of that old devil king, how formidable it is, and even when no one is around, he will perform a sneak attack with his two hands "Monkey Steals Peaches" ultimate skill.

  The result was naturally obvious, so he often received the same treatment as our Hai Bian. Even in one case where Xie Jian's hand was too heavy, he simply plucked off two "peach leaves" from him, and made this guy walk on crutches for several days.

  "You're getting close, but it's not all of it. Actually, the most important thing is in three places!"

  "Qiao Yan Wang" gestured with his hands on himself, and he seemed to have already entered the role of a master, teaching very seriously:

  "The most important thing in grappling is the hand, and the force of the hand can be divided into three parts: the explosive power of the forearm muscles, the twisting force of the wrist, and the finger strength. This is your main way of attacking; In addition, there are your waist and legs, the waist is the starting point of human movement, all your movements need to work with the waist strength, if you have more strength in your waist, the impact will be greater."

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