Chapter 77: Stealing the Secret and Two Lottery Draws
"Stupid bird, you caught the wrong one!"
Du Ruo used his other finger to push the kestrel away and watched it fly back to its nest. This time, Du Ruo did not put the minced beef in his hand, but just placed it on the stone.
"Shu~"
This time, the kestrel flew out of the nest again and grabbed the beef with its sharp claws. Following the same routine, after grabbing the beef, it immediately flapped its wings and flew into the nest.
"Hehe, what a silly bird."
Du Ruo smiled, wiped his body again with his hands to wipe off the sweat, and then stopped sitting on the bulge to enjoy the scenery, and chose to climb up.
Although the rock wall was steeper, Du Ruo climbed faster, with his legs almost hanging in the air. He relied entirely on his fingers and arms to grab onto the protruding stones one by one, and in just a few steps he reached the top of the rock wall.
When he reached the top of the stone wall (cliff), Du Ruo discovered that the vegetation here was much more lush. There was not only grass, but also Chow Chow and some thorns.
But after passing this col, there is the same steep stone wall above.
Du Ruo just took a look and didn't intend to continue climbing up. Instead, he came back to the place where he had just come up.
Facing the cliff, Du Ruo looked for a while, then turned sideways to the cliff and began to take a stance, performing the Xingyi Five Elements Boxing that he was most familiar with.
At this moment, on Du Ruo's left was a valley with lush pine trees, and on his right was a stone cliff hundreds of meters high.
Du Ruo stood on the edge of the cliff, with endless mountains in sight, as if he might step into empty space at any time.
It was the first time for Du Ruo to practice martial arts in such a scenario. He did not dare to perform the Xingyi Twelve Forms with larger movements. He could only concentrate his energy and focus on performing the Xingyi Five Elements Boxing with smaller movements to prevent himself from accidentally stepping on empty space.
With his mind highly concentrated, he was still a little cautious at the beginning. Even though he was sure that he had mastered the Baguazhang mud-wading step and the natural door balance skills to a very high level and would basically not miss a step, he could not get rid of the nervousness in his heart.
Du Ruo practiced the Five Elements Fist again and again, and his heart became calmer. He performed the Five Elements Fist's chop, collapse, cannon, drill and horizontal moves one by one.
Du Ruo only felt that under this state of high mental concentration, his use and understanding of these forces were improving rapidly.
At the same time, on the attribute panel that Du Ruo had never had time to pay attention to, his experience in Xingyiquan was increasing rapidly.
"Hu~~"
Only after Du Ruo performed the Five Elements Fist once again did he put away his fists, took a long breath, and looked at the cliff again. Du Ruo stood like a pine tree, his eyes calm.
"Is this what stealing the secrets of heaven is? As expected, there are some tricks that are not suitable for frequent use. They are a bit too dangerous."
Du Ruo murmured something, and there was no longer any fear of the cliff in his eyes. He no longer felt anxious standing on the edge of the cliff.
When Du Ruo was boxing just now, in order to prevent himself from falling off the cliff, he had been highly focused, but he couldn't move his hands and feet freely, and his punches were a little deformed. It was the fear in his heart that was at work.
People who practice martial arts must have an open mind and not be constrained, otherwise they will not be able to punch with full strength, and their power will not be able to flow freely. It's just like when Du Ruo instructed Qiangzi to hit the sandbag. His hands hurt from hitting the sandbag, and he would subconsciously not dare to use his fist strength. He would not be able to exert his strength, and his power would not flow freely, so the power of his punch would be reduced by 30%.
As Du Ruo progressed towards the end of his practice, he slowly loosened his hands and feet, knowing that his lower body was solid and he would not sprain his ankle or step on empty air easily. Slowly, he loosened his fists and feet. Facing this life-and-death test, his energy was subconsciously highly concentrated, and his understanding of boxing became deeper.
Normally, when practicing boxing in the yard, it is impossible to achieve such a high level of concentration.
In fact, self-confidence is cultivated in this way. When facing the unknown, normal people will lack self-confidence and will inevitably question themselves in their hearts. As long as they are timid and hesitant, their lack of confidence will increase.
But after trying, you will find that you can do it easily, and then after success again and again, your self-confidence will become stronger and stronger. At the same time, it is also a victory over yourself, and your heart will become stronger. At least you will dare to try next time.
Thinking of this, Du Ruo smiled and called out his panel. Du Ruo's natural gate skills and Baguazhang experience were about to be upgraded today. He just climbed up the cliff to test whether this "stealing secrets" was effective. Otherwise, Du Ruo would not be so idle and risk climbing up. After all, he could also climb up along the side of the mountain, but it was a little farther.
Name: Du Ruo
Age: 31
Fine:
Qi:
God:
Attribute points:
Skills: Xingyiquan LV2 (281/500)
Natural Gate Technique: LV2 (5/500)
Baguazhang: LV2 (3/500)
Tongbiquan: LV1 (36/200)
Special Skills:
Hidden Weapon: LV2 (10/500)
Get two chances to draw a lottery, whether to draw a skill.
"This is a double happiness."
Du Ruo couldn't help but feel pleasantly surprised when he saw the two lottery opportunities displayed on the panel.
Du Ruo practiced the Natural Gate technique for a while when he first acquired it, but he didn't practice it too much afterwards. After all, many of his basic skills overlapped with the basic skills of other techniques, so Du Ruo had been letting it grow passively all along, and would only occasionally gain some experience when practicing other basic skills.
I didn’t expect that it would be upgraded at the same time as Baguazhang.
"It seems that Dao Tian Ji can not only quickly comprehend strength, but also greatly increase the experience of other boxing and kicking related training. It's a pity that Dao Tian Ji can easily hurt the body if practiced for a long time, and it is difficult to avoid accidents. Otherwise, it would really be a good way to practice."
Du Ruo looked at the Xingyiquan skills, the Ziranmen skills, the Baguazhang skills, and even the Tongbiquan skill experience he had just gained, all of which had been greatly improved. He was excited, but when he thought of the dangers of "stealing the secrets of heaven", he quickly got rid of the dangerous idea of practicing like this in his mind.
"All skills are extracted."
In order to get rid of the dangerous thought from his mind, Du Ruo quickly decided to draw two prizes to calm his nerves.
Skills acquired:
Fujian Bronze Man Technique LV0 (0/100)
Bajiquan LV0 (0/100)
After Du Ruo silently recited the lottery in his mind, two skills immediately appeared on the attribute panel.
Before the knowledge could be transferred into his mind, the skill panel changed again.
Fujian Bronze Man Technique LV1 (0/200)
The Fujian Bronze Man Technique was automatically upgraded to a higher level.
"What's going on? What is this bronze man technique?"
Du Ruo was confused for a moment. He didn't expect that there were skills that could be automatically upgraded as soon as they were acquired.
When you first acquired a skill, you had 0 experience. Even if you could level up quickly, it would still take half a day or a day of personal practice to quickly gain experience.
Du Ruo quickly reviewed the relevant knowledge of the two skills he had just acquired in his mind.
(End of this chapter)
