Chapter 13

Pavak! Pah!
The sandy dust on the ground continued to rise up.
After thrusting out his hand, the question was how to move his foot, how to take a step.
Throwing is easy, you just literally throw.
But then comes the hard part.
You lift your foot and push it forward.
So far, so good.
But then you have to coordinate with your hand or move your foot again, and that’s where the problem comes in.
“I can’t reach my hand because I’m pushing my foot forward…….”
Then all that’s left is to keep moving the foot.
But I couldn’t think of how to do that.
“Ugh, what should I do…….”
I thought, “I can’t throw it down, and I can’t throw it at an angle.
It’s better to just hit it from above, and it’s better to hit it from below at an angle.
“What should I do?”
I think and think and think.
It was very difficult, even if it was just a little bit.
Even if it was just to think about making a single connection, I couldn’t figure out what to do.
“The first time, I was unfocused, and inspiration came to me…… this time…….”
Just thinking about it doesn’t make it happen.
You have to be inspired.
“The difference between arms and legs…… is that they are long and short, and the commonality is that they can be folded…….”
I decided to think fundamentally.
Since the Jiang Chen Shui is handmade, and we’re going to put the legs in it, we can figure it out through the commonalities and differences of the two.
“Fold…… fold…….”
Extend arm, fold.
Extend the foot, fold it.
Fold and extend arms.
Fold and unfold your feet.
“Yes, this is it!”
A flash of inspiration.
I’ve got another one.
I quickly tried it out.
Pow!
“First, extend the leg, then fold it right back. And…….”
Next, you can stretch your legs several times, or you can jump in the air.
Again, improvisation.
Even though it’s a herbivore, you shouldn’t follow it perfectly.
If you do follow it perfectly, what happens if you’ve practiced it before, if you’ve seen it, if you know the form?
The master said.
“Of course, the problem is that not many people know this…….
Anyway, the three seconds ended like this.
“Sichou is a slight change from Jiang Chen Shu.”
Sichuan is half and half.
One half is to cut the vein, and the other half is to reverse it.
“Was it like this at first?”
Chen Shu’s four chi is to cut the opponent’s pulse and counterattack, so there should be an opponent.
But there is no such thing, so I have to face an imaginary enemy alone.
An imaginary fist flies at me.
I dodge…….
“No, you can’t dodge. I need to cut it off.”
I instinctively dodge.
But the point is to break the pulse, and if you dodge, you’re not breaking it, you’re just giving your opponent more momentum.
“I have to block.”
Another punch comes at me.
You turn your head slightly to dodge it, throw an elbow, and then deliver a capital strike to the throat of your momentarily stiffened opponent.
“Here’s the problem.”
Why go for the throat?
It’s true that it can subdue an opponent, but only to a certain extent.
It won’t work against real enemies.
“Subdue, but I need a complete subdue.”
You can’t do anything half-assed.
As Sensei once said.
If you’re going to do it, do it right.
“The first elbow to cut off the pulse is right, but it’s the second half that’s the problem.”
Where should I strike: shoulder, neck, arm, leg, jaw, abdomen, face?
“Well, it’s in the instructions.”
You do it yourself.
I tried each one, one after the other, but nothing worked.
“It’s all annoying, it’s not like this…….”
This is how I felt when I first decided to change Jiang Chen Shu’s diet.
One by one, I didn’t like it.
“What’s wrong?”
The problem wasn’t where I was hitting.
There was something else wrong.
“If it’s not the striking, is it the capital?”
Since he is a swordsman, he is comfortable striking with the sword when he uses his hands.
“Capital…… capital…… handmade…… handmade…… ah! Handmade!”
Yes, that’s right.
Jiang Chen Shui is inherently a hand technique, not an extension of the sword technique of attacking with water.
“Then it’s a fist, or something other than a capital.”
It wasn’t long before a rough framework began to emerge.
“Four seconds up to here, five seconds to…….”
is the application, with the in.
“Pull, and then the elbow of the opposite hand was originally supposed to be the elbow of the other hand, right?”
A little fleshed out.
But it was honestly a great first sentence.
If nothing else, this was one thing I didn’t mind not fixing.
“Still, we’ll see what we can do.”
And so I did.
The part that took me a bit was realizing.
“Hmm…… that’s a good part…….”
Honestly, there’s not much to complain about.
As long as you get it right, you’re good to go.
“Is there something that could be a little stronger?”
I go by feel.
“What’s stronger than the elbow?”
The elbow, honestly, is the strongest part of the body.
The only place stronger than that is the knee…….
“Hmm? Knee? Can I use that?”
I immediately tried it.
Pull in, kick up with my left knee. Then, pulling back, I stepped forward.
“Is this working?”
From there, it was all improvisation.
Since Zhang Tianxiu is the original Bo Ping disciples’ first food, there isn’t much in the way of first food.
Therefore, the rest of the time, he could only improvise.
“Then it’s time for the last meat meal…….”
Time passed quickly.
The first five seconds were fine and I finished it in almost a day.
But six seconds was a problem. I couldn’t think of anything.
A week of grunting and wrapping my head around it.
Six seconds, done. But there was another problem.
I had a general idea of what I needed to do, but I hadn’t organized it well enough.
That distracted me, and I immediately started organizing again.
There were times when things didn’t work out the way I thought they would.
It wasn’t easy.
I had to eat, continue my usual training, play with Yeonhwa when she came to visit, name and organize the new Plum Blossom Sword’s herbage, and…….
And finally, after another week or so, I finally got it down to the last six seconds.
Paaang!
A cheerful wave gong sound.
I unfolded the last bit of the first meal, looked up at the sky, and exclaimed.
“It’s done!”
It was far from boring.
It was a time to learn the movements that I had known in my head but not in my body, to realize new movements, and to summarize my thoughts on wushu so far.
“Aha!”
I jumped up and down the stage with a sense of accomplishment.
“What are you doing?”
I heard a familiar voice ask.
I turned my head to see where the voice was coming from and saw Yeonhwa looking at me with pitying eyes.
Even though she was looking at me with pitying eyes, it was hard to put a dent in my happy heart.
I wiped the smile off my face and walked over to her with a big smile on my face.
“Hahaha, it’s finally over.”
“What, ah, Jiang Chenxu?”
“Yep. It’s finally over.”
“Good. I was surprised when you threw down your sword and suddenly clenched your fist…….”
“Ahaha…….”
A variation on the plum blade.
I could have told him, since he’s my best friend, but I thought the fewer people who know about this, the better.
Yeonhwa would be disappointed if she knew what I was thinking, but I suppose it’s okay…….
“But why are you here?”
It was morning, and the sun hadn’t even risen in the middle of the sky yet.
It was time for Yan Hua, a swordswoman, to focus on her training.
There was no reason to come unless there was something to do.
“Ah, that’s right. Master Zhang Wenyin wants to see you.”
“What? Me?
“Yes, you.”
“Why?”
I didn’t do anything wrong, but I didn’t do anything right either.
I think I’ve been as quiet as if I didn’t exist in Quyunam. …… Oh, right. No way…….
“Yoo-hyuk, is it because of Jang-il’s execution……?”
“Huh? What do you mean?”
“No, I’m just talking to myself.”
“Then it’s okay, but you’d better prepare yourself.”
“Huh?”
“You had a serious look on your face when you were talking to me.”
Yoohyuk’s assumption that it was because of the death penalty was confirmed.
“Hah.”
I sighed deeply, feeling my body sag.
Yeon-hwa was curious.
“Did you have an accident or something?”
“No, no, no. I think it’s just a feud between the three brothers-in-law.”
“That sounds serious.”
“It’s okay, don’t worry about it. Can we go right now?”
“No, it’s at noon. I want to eat.”
“Oh, okay. I’ll see you later.”
“Bye.”
With a cheerful wave, Yeon-hwa walked away.
“Haha, what’s the trouble with these crooked executioners…….”
The good mood quickly subsided.
Time passed, and the sun rose in the middle of the day.
After a quick meal, I walked along the familiar path to the Plum Pavilion of the Shang Palace.
Along the way, I saw Bo Ping’s disciples practicing, and I passed by the Yujidang, where I could hear the sounds of students reading books to learn the Six Wisdoms.
It was a long walk, but not boring.
In the distance, I began to see Plum Blossom Pavilion.
“Woohoo!”
I cheered up and knocked on the door.
Ding!
“It’s Qingwu, a land inspector from the Volcanic Sect.”
After a moment, a voice answered.
“Come in.”
Hiss.
An old man with his face buried in a stack of papers was visible.
It was Zhang Wenyin of the Great Volcano Sect, the Plum Blade Sect’s Zhang Chuiyi.
He raised his head and looked at me.
The eyes of a deep abyss.
I felt like I would fall into the abyss if I looked into them.
‘Besides…….’
I felt a strange sensation.
Was it ominous? Or was it friendly?
It was a weird feeling, and it made me feel strange.
I felt the gaze of an old man.
I quickly shook it off and took control.
“Yes, welcome. Woohoo.”
Zhang Wenyin sighed.
It was embarrassing.
The executioners were pathetic in personality, but as a Mundo of the old Huashan Sect, they did such a thing…….
Of course, I saw the damage, and it was self-defense, but I couldn’t believe it.
“I called you here because…….”