Subsequently, he started to seriously watch the instructional video for the Shaolin Twelve-Legged Spring Kicks.
In the video, a monk dressed in training clothes was demonstrating the moves of the Shaolin Twelve-Legged Spring Kicks, with simultaneous voice-over explanations and instructions.
"First move: Spring."
"Second move: Step."
"Third move: Cut."
"Fourth move: Kick."
"..."
Soon, all twelve moves of the Spring Kicks were demonstrated and explained.
With his extraordinary enlightenment, Lin Beichen also figured out the essence of these twelve moves. It can be said that he had theoretically mastered this traditional martial art, only lacking practical application.
He put down his phone and then began to practice based on the memories and understanding in his mind.
The first time, it was a bit stiff.
The second time, it was not so stiff.
The third time, it became fluent.
...
He practiced over and over again.
Lin Beichen didn’t know how many times he had practiced the Shaolin Twelve-Legged Spring Kicks. His sweat drenched his clothes, and his legs were trembling slightly.
But the effect was obvious...
Every move he made seemed to carry the force of a tiger.
Natural and unforced!
Ordinary people might not achieve this level of proficiency even if they practiced their entire lives!
However, even so.
Lin Beichen was not excited in his heart. After all, he was someone who had researched and created the Thunder Skill. In comparison, mastering traditional martial arts to this extent this quickly was not difficult for him.
Moreover...
This level was far from enough for him.
He could feel it himself...
Still far off!
"The problem lies in the basic skills!"
Lin Beichen was well aware of where the issue was.
Lack of solid basic skills!
Or rather...
No basic skills at all.
Although his kicks now seemed perfect, they were actually superficial, more like modern-day performance martial arts.
If he wanted to get genuine training...
This approach certainly wouldn’t work.
"I need to strengthen my basic skills!"
He didn’t need to check to know what to do—Horse Stance!
The Horse Stance is the basic skill of lower body traditional martial arts.
It seems simple, like just spreading your legs and bending your knees, but it’s actually very intricate.
Lin Beichen had this bit of common knowledge.
However, his legs were really tired at the moment, and it was getting dark. He searched for a proper traditional Horse Stance video tutorial, then picked up the Thunderstruck Wood, watched the video while walking back to the dormitory, planning to learn the Horse Stance in the meantime and let his legs relax, and train again once back at the dormitory.
"Horse Stance, legs spread parallel, the distance between the feet should be three-foot lengths, toes pointing forward parallelly, knees pushed outward, knees should not extend past the toes, thighs parallel to the ground."
"Hollow the chest and round the back, don’t protrude the chest, the chest should be flat, the back should be rounded."
"Keep the head up with a light touch, as if the top of the head is suspended by a string."
"Control breathing with the Dantian, inhale long, exert the whole body, exhale short, exhale completely, eyes focus on the nose, the nose on the mouth, the mouth on the heart, the tongue touches Heaven, and the mind guards the Dantian."
"..."
Soon, Lin Beichen returned to the dormitory.
His three roommates were all there, and when they saw him walk in drenched, they were all dumbfounded. Was it raining outside?
In that moment, the three of them glanced out the window, but it wasn’t raining.
Han Yuan laughed wickedly and asked, "Beichen, why are you so wet? How did you get so wet?"
Lin Beichen caught his jest, threw him a sideways glance as he passed, and said, "Exercising."
As he spoke, he sat down at his place and put the Thunderstruck Wood aside.
At this moment, Han Yuan asked in confusion, "What’s wrapped inside that canvas?"
The Thunderstruck Wood wrapped in canvas looked rather conspicuous and out of place.
Leaning on the bed rail, he continued, "I noticed it when you came back yesterday, but I was too worried about you to ask. I remember you didn’t have this when you left, did you bring it back from Wuling Mountain?"
"Yeah."
Lin Beichen did not shy away. The Thunderstruck Wood being seen by his roommates was a matter of time, so he directly unveiled the canvas and said, "This is Thunderstruck Wood I found on Wuling Mountain."
Roommates: ?????