Zhao Lin took a few deep breaths and gradually regained his composure.
Killing hundreds of spotted-tailed wasps in one go while also having to quickly evade pursuit was quite exhausting.
Although the spirit beast map has absorbed the poison, the area where it was stung by the spotted-tailed wasp is still a little itchy.
Yang Lin came over and said in a deep voice: "Although you killed all the spotted-tailed wasps, you relied on your anti-venom physique, and your performance was actually not good."
"The steps are very messy, and the speed advantage has not been used. Didn't you practice the rainstorm pear kick? You only practiced the leg strength, not the footwork?"
"You have to know that leg skills are not just for kicking people, footwork is the key!"
Yang Lin's tone was not harsh. Zhao Lin was only eighteen years old and could not be proficient in everything, but the problem still had to be pointed out.
Zhao Lin hurriedly said: "Disciple has been taught."
When Elder Shui Jing taught him leg skills, he also taught him a set of footwork. However, Zhao Lin felt that he was fast enough and the footwork was of little use, so he did not study it in depth.
Now it seems that this is indeed my shortcoming, and I thought superficially before.
"Footwork is the most overlooked skill. If you have a good foundation, it's not difficult to practice."
Yang Lin showed a smile, turned to an instructor and said, "Wei Hong, come and teach him."
"Yes." Wei Hong responded.
"That's it, let's do it again in a few days."
After Yang Lin finished speaking, he took the other three instructors and left.
"Junior Brother Zhao, do you want to take a rest?"
Wei Hongsheng has big hands, big feet, big ears, broad shoulders, fat hips, thick waist, thick legs, and thick neck, which are the five big and three thick as the saying goes.
He speaks slowly and softly, which is inconsistent with his rough appearance.
The four teachers in the inner courtyard each have their own strengths, and Wei Hong is best at leg skills.
"Thank you Professor Wei for your concern, I don't need to rest." Zhao Lin said.
"Okay, let's go to the practice room that specializes in footwork."
Wei Hong took Zhao Lin out of the courtyard, walked through the corridor and came to a stone room.
The stone chamber is spacious and translucent, and there is nothing in it, except that the ground is a little different. It is made up of many bricks and stones of different sizes and colors to form a Bagua diagram.
In the center of the pattern is a yin and yang fish, and on the outer layer of blue bricks are engraved Qian, Kun, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Li, Gen and Dui, pointing in eight directions respectively.
Then extending outward layer by layer, the color of the masonry turned into a tan color, with the words "lv", "ding", "yi", "jie", "jiji", "mingyi"... etc. written on it.
Zhao Lin counted silently and found that there were sixty-four yellow bricks in total.
"This picture is called the Bu Gua diagram, which is used to practice footwork. The words on it are called Gua positions, which represent the direction and position."
"Don't look at the mere sixty-four hexagram positions, but they can produce endless changes."
Wei Hong explained seriously.
"First memorize the diagram so that as long as I say a hexagram position, you can immediately react and move to it."
Zhao Lin said "Okay", walked closer and looked at the hexagram diagram carefully.
His hearing is far beyond that of ordinary people, and he often has to process a large amount of information. Over time, he has developed a flexible mind and excellent memory.
In less than a minute, I had the entire picture memorized in my mind.
"Teach me, I'll remember it." Zhao Lin walked to the center where the Yin Yang Fish was.
Wei Hong nodded and shouted softly: "Da You."
Zhao Lin didn't even look at his feet. He took a step forward and stepped on Dayou's brick.
Wei Hong looked satisfied and continued: "Qian, Guimei, Lin, Wuwu..."
I read it in one breath and did not stop until the eighteenth hexagram "Zhongfu".
Zhao Lin was startled and saw Wei Hong looking at him with a smile.
Looking down at his feet, he realized that he had stepped on the wrong spot and was standing on the "shoe" position next to Zhongfu.
"Teach..."
Wei Hong chuckled and said, "It doesn't matter, you are already learning very quickly."
Zhao Lin thought quietly and quickly figured out the cause of the problem.
Although I have memorized the diagram, I still have a misunderstanding of the size of each hexagram.
The hexagram positions are larger on the inside and smaller on the outside, and become denser as you go outward. When you first stepped on the hexagram, you subconsciously thought that each grid was the same size, so it was naturally easy to make mistakes.
Thinking of this, he walked around the hexagram diagram from the inside to the outside, circle after circle, measuring the distance between the hexagram positions with his steps.
After walking for a while, Zhao Lin raised his head and said to Wei Hong: "Teacher, I want to try again."
"Bin, Tai, colleagues, Zhen..."
Wei Hong recited more than twenty hexagrams continuously, and Zhao Lin made no mistakes from beginning to end.
"very nice."
Wei Hong praised it and took out a book about two fingers thick from his arms.
"The footwork is actually not difficult to practice, practice makes perfect. Now that you have memorized it, just practice according to the instructions in the book."
There are three words written on the cover of the book: Collection of Hundred Steps.
Zhao Lin opened the book and saw various footwork recorded in the book, and each page was filled with dense hexagram positions.
"Teaching, I can practice by myself, you can do your work."
Wei Hong said with a smile: "It saves trouble to teach a disciple like you, so I won't accompany you." After saying that, he left the stone room.
The first step in the Hundred Steps Collection is called "Flying Shuttle Step" and has more than two hundred hexagram positions.
Zhao Lin held the book and read while pacing in the stone chamber.
After reading it for a while, I felt like I had some enlightenment.
"Wonderful, this hexagram position is like a musical scale, and the footwork is like a tune. When applied in actual combat, every step coincides with the laws of Bagua Guangxiang, Qimen and Five Elements."
"Now that I think about it, the footwork of Liuhe Quan is the same, but the changes are not so subtle."
After about a quarter of an hour, Zhao Lin memorized the flying shuttle steps, and then started walking according to the steps.
"Big animal, festival, no, salty..."
After walking more than 120 steps, Zhao Lin felt that something was not right. When he looked down, he found that he had taken the wrong step again.
"What's going on? Even though I've memorized every position, I still make mistakes."
Zhao Lin walked again without believing anything evil. This time he deliberately stopped at the seventh step and saw that he was standing on the hexagram "Dazhuang".
Although the position is correct, the lower half of the foot has already stepped on the crack of the bricks, landing on the hexagram position of "Gui Mei".
My heart suddenly became enlightened.
There are more than two hundred hexagram positions in Shuttle Step, so there is no room for deviation.
As long as each step is off by a tiny bit, and if it accumulates to dozens or hundreds of steps, the deviation will become larger and larger, eventually causing misalignment!
"I see."
After figuring this out, Zhao Lin calmed down and walked around the Bu Gua Diagram again.
Not only should the picture be engraved in your heart, but your body should also remember every brick.
After repeating this process countless times, Zhao Lin finally successfully completed the shuttle step and accurately returned to the last "small pass" position.
"It wasn't easy, but it finally happened once!"
Zhao Lin happily muttered to himself, recalling the route he had taken, and suddenly understood why this set of footwork was called the flying shuttle.
The hexagrams that have been passed are connected, overlapped up and down, and interspersed left and right, just like weaving cloth. No wonder it got this name.
Zhao Lin was refreshed and was about to continue practicing when suddenly there was a rooster crow in his stomach, and he suddenly felt hungry, and he was so hungry that he couldn't muster any strength.
When I walked out of the stone room, I found that the sky was dark. I was so immersed in practicing that I lost track of time.
(End of chapter)
