Chapter 26: Chapter 26 Tai Chi Form
After about one or two hours, Chen Fan looked at the skill bar with satisfaction.
[Infinite Form: Level 2 (0%), Traits: Strengthening the Body Level 2]
[Basic Gestures: Level 1 (0%)]
[Basic Leg Techniques: Level 1 (0%), Traits: Powerful Level 1]
[Basic Step Technique: Level 1 (0%), Traits: Swift Level 1]
The Powerful trait is the same as Superhuman Arm Strength. Every time it levels up, it increases the strength attribute by one point. The Swift trait increases agility by one point every time it levels up.
As the level of Basic Gestures increased, no traits appeared. Instead, a large clear segment of memory appeared in his mind. Of course, the experience points needed for this were few; just 1 point to level up once.
[Basic Leg Techniques] and [Basic Step Technique], like [Infinite Form], all required 2 points of experience points to level up from Level 0 to Level 1.
So, consuming 10 points of experience points not only provided a large amount of memory but also increased constitution by 2 points, strength by 1 point, and agility by 1 point. Many benefits indeed.
Actually, Chen Fan had a hypothesis in his mind.
He felt these basic skills might have no level cap. As long as the experience points were sufficient, they could keep leveling up.
Similarly, the attribute enhancements might also be endless.
But at the same time, he had a concern. The improvement from leveling up basic skills might be rather ordinary.
Just like Uncle Zhang said about the Posture Stance, moving from Infinite Stance to Tai Chi Stance, and then to Three Body Stance, there is a reason behind it. Not only does it go from easy to hard, but the improvement should also be increasing.
That's why he leveled up each one just once, leaving the remaining 7 experience points to see the effect.
"Alright."
At this moment, the voice of the man with a limp rang out. He swept his gaze over the group with a pitiful look on their faces, "It's not like you have to remember everything today. I'll demonstrate it every day from now on, and you should follow along in practice. You'll remember it eventually. Besides, these are the basics of the basics. If you can't do these things well, you better give up any thoughts of practicing martial arts early."
Sure enough, when these words were said, the group was excited.
"Uncle Zhang, we will definitely remember."
"That's right, it's just a bit of stuff, what's difficult about it?"
"Way more interesting than studying before."
Chen Fan rolled his eyes, thinking that Uncle Zhang really likes using reverse psychology...
However, Wang Ping and the others seem to fall for this trick.
No wonder, after all, not everyone is reborn like him.
"Alright, that's it for today. You guys go practice your spear technique. Chen Fan, stay back."
As the words fell, the group left with envious expressions.
Chen Fan chuckled awkwardly, "Uncle Zhang, are you going to teach me Tai Chi Form?"
Zhang Ren, upon seeing this, couldn't help but feel a bit annoyed with Chen Fan, snorted coldly from his nose, "Hmm, how did you manage to get the beginner level in one go?"
"Ah?"
Chen Fan scratched his head, "I don't know either. Just had a feeling that standing like that doesn't use any energy and can empty my mind, much like the feeling when smoking."
"Smoking..."
Zhang Ren instinctively licked his lips.
"Ahem, this has nothing to do with smoking. If you can't make comparisons, just don't. Anyway, you have some talent. If you focus on learning the Tai Chi Form, you should get the beginner level in a week. That's how we all did it back then."
"Yes."
Chen Fan nodded repeatedly, as if saying, what are we waiting for, let's get started.
"Listen up."
Zhang Ren's expressions returned to normal, "A Tai Chi practitioner, born from the Infinite, is the mother of Yin and Yang. It means, Tai Chi evolves from Infinite, embodying the essence of Yin and Yang. All things in the world have two sides, Yin and Yang.
When it comes to martial arts, we must talk about Pile Skill. It's divided into Static Stance and Moving Stance. After mastering Static Stance, we start practicing the Moving Stance, which is also the Tai Chi Stance I am going to teach you next."
Soon, Chen Fan understood the truth of what the other party said.
[Tai Chi Form: Level 0 (0%)]
Unlock requirements: [Infinite Stance Level 2, achieved]
This gave him some vague speculation that after Three Body Form, including Tai Chi Fist, there might be similar prerequisites. If not achieved, an ordinary person would not be able to get the beginner level. For him, it means the skill level cannot be unlocked?
Perhaps it really is like this.
Next was the practice. The initial movements were similar to the Infinite Stance. Then, he needed to slightly bend both legs and slowly raise both arms to form a ring in front of the chest.
After a few minutes, Chen Fan felt soreness in his arms and had a hard time enduring it.
"Still remember how I taught you to end it? For every five minutes, you can rest for one minute. Practice for a total of one hour." Zhang Ren glanced at him and said indifferently.
Chen Fan breathed a sigh of relief, ended the stance, and stretched his muscles.
He had to admit that Tai Chi Form was much more tiring than Infinite Form. If it came to Three Body Form, wouldn't it be even more exhausting?
Taking advantage of this opportunity, he glanced at the skill bar. Sure enough, new tiny text appeared.
[Tai Chi Form: Level 0 (0.05%)]
"..."
He was dumbfounded.
Good heavens, five minutes only increased by 0.05%? A minute increased by 0.01% of skill level? To level up once, 10,000 minutes of practice is needed?
166 hours, without sleep, precisely a week...
He glanced at Zhang Ren, thinking that Uncle Zhang must be a tough man, practicing non-stop even without breaking for the toilet?
"You practice slowly. Tai Chi Form is the starting move of all Tai Chi Fist routines. Practicing it well can make everything easier. Don't slack off."
After saying this, Zhang Ren walked towards Wang Ping and the others.
Chen Fan gritted his teeth, watching his back, temporarily giving up the idea of adding points.
After all, entering the beginner level in just five minutes is too fast. Better to add points later when it feels necessary. Luckily, with his current constitution attribute now surpassing ordinary people, resting for one minute helps a lot in recovery.
An hour was nearly up.
Zhang Ren walked over, seeing Chen Fan's posture, for some reason, he felt slightly relieved inside, nodded, "Alright, the practice for today ends here. Continue tomorrow."
"Yes, Uncle Zhang."
Chen Fan breathed out a sigh. After an hour, he was quite tired too.
"You rest for a while first, then we'll help you keep practicing archery. Archery has a special quality; if you don't practice every day, it'll become rusty."
"Mm."
Chen Fan nodded.
Now the skill level of [Basic Archery] is almost 60%. Adding up the practice of the afternoon and evening, it will reach Level 5. At that time, the Level 3 traits of Mounted Archery will provide a 90% hit rate.
If he encounters the wildebeest again, they wouldn't dodge his first arrow easily.
In terms of practicing Pile Technique and Fist Technique, it's to enhance his power to draw a heavier bow.
At this moment, his gaze fell on a figure not far away, asking curiously, "Uncle Zhang, is Zhao Feng also planning to practice archery?"
"Mm, might be stimulated by you."
Zhang Ren also glanced over, "But if he really succeeds, it would be a good thing for the village."
Chen Fan deeply agreed.
The stronger the others in the village, the less pressure on his shoulders.
Of course, the most important thing is still to be strong himself.
"If nothing unexpected happens, we'll continue hunting outside the village tomorrow morning." Chen Fan squinted his eyes slightly. He wanted to proceed step by step and save some strength to avoid too much attention.
But every outing was a struggle on the line of life and death. One slip could cost him his life. Being afraid of exposing strength at this time is too foolish.
Thus, [Tai Chi Form], continue adding points!