[Task Two: Inspiration +100]
[Experience +5] (Today's limit reached)
"Over an hour, I didn't even spend time pondering, yet 'Flying Leg' has already accumulated 100 inspiration?!"
The gains from "Mutual Teaching and Learning" are not limited to 'experience,' nor only the 'skill level' increased by the insights and realizations fed back from the listeners, but also include the diverse 'inspiration.'
These inspirations are collected by "Derivation Skill," forming data.
The inspiration for [Task One: Yijinjing] hasn't moved an inch.
Yet, the inspiration for [Task Two: Flying Leg] has already reached perfection.
"'Flying Leg' is indeed shallow!"
Yan Chuan immediately told Wei Quan and the other two to practice on their own, walked aside, consumed 100 inspiration, and initiated an enlightenment.
[Research Project Name: Flying Leg (Difficulty: Gui★)]
Inspiration consumed.
Enlightenment on the spot.
Yan Chuan immediately felt all the information about 'Flying Leg' in his mind rushing forward simultaneously, yet it wasn't chaotic, rather orderly, helping him form a clear thread.
Martial arts foundation.
Horse Step foundation.
Even aspects of medical skill and pharmacology.
In Yan Chuan's mind, a martial art had already taken shape from nothing, from principles to effect, all known by heart—
"The Flying Leg technique is swift as the wind, as fast as an arrow shot from a bow. It covers a journey of eight hundred miles a day, practicing diligently during the day."
The 'Flying Leg' of the Seventy-two Skills!
Inside the room, Yan Chuan wrote furiously, documenting the training method and prescriptions for 'Flying Leg,' reviewing them from start to finish, ensuring nothing was missing.
With this, the martial art was considered created, [Task Two] easily completed.
"'Flying Leg' isn't powerful, but as long as ordinary people have persistence, proceed step by step without seeking quick success, neither tire nor idle, remain steadfast, and practice for a long time, they can succeed."
Once mastered, even on rugged mountain paths, uneven grounds, or even on steep cliffs and winding mountain roads, they can run, swiftly cover a hundred miles with ease, which is unimaginable for ordinary people, and they would be regarded as a practitioner with 'a unique skill.'
"'Flying Leg' is just the beginning."
"Once I create the 'Seventy-two Skills,' ordinary people, as long as they persistently practice three to five martial arts, can be considered a good hand in Jianghu, capable of guarding homes and escorting merchant caravans without trouble."
These are not top-notch absolute skills, purely abilities that allow ordinary people to have more survival skills, more abilities to make a living.
It's also considered a way out for Iron Wire Martial Arts Hall.
"Starting with 'Seventy-two Skills,' and then creating even more advanced martial arts, taking the high-end route."
"Two legs walking, this is more stable."
Of course, the fundamental purpose of Yan Chuan's research and development of 'Seventy-two Skills' is still for 'experience' and 'spiritual.'
[Task Two, Settlement]
[Martial Arts: Horse Stance Pile Skill (Fifth Realm), Twelve Bridge Hands (Fifth Realm), Tiger Form Boxing (Fourth Realm), Crane Form Boxing (Third Realm), Thousand Pounds Fall (Third Realm), Gongzi Fuhu Fist (Second Realm), Ten Forms Boxing (Second Realm)]
[Treasure Rock (Level One): You can use 'spiritual' to enhance item levels, nourish treasures. Currently, the number of items that can be enhanced: 2.]
(Upgrading to the next level requires consuming 10000 experience.)
"'Spiritual' can upgrade items."
"For a martial arts practitioner, weapons are most important."
Yan Chuan picked up his most commonly used Red Tassel Spear and used 'spiritual' on it —
[Red Tassel Spear +1: The quality of your Red Tassel Spear has slightly improved]
[Red Tassel Spear +2: The quality of your Red Tassel Spear has slightly improved]
[Red Tassel Spear +10: The quality of your Red Tassel Spear has significantly improved, adding the Armor-Piercing Trait]
"Armor-Piercing Trait?"
Holding the Red Tassel Spear, Yan Chuan could distinctly feel the spear was more handy, with increased strength and toughness, but the greatest, most notable improvement was still the spear tip.
Yan Chuan brandished the spear, the spear tip lightly tapped the surface of a brick, with a bang, the spearhead pierced into the brick effortlessly.
Yan Chuan was delighted.
A good weapon can greatly enhance a martial artist's combat capability, and with this '+10 Red Tassel Spear,' his strength increased as well.
"This is merely 10 points of spiritual."
"What if it's 100 points, 1000 points?"
Yan Chuan eagerly anticipated.
However, to gain more 'spiritual,' more tasks have to be completed, and Yan Chuan soon established the second "Derivation Skill" project—
[Research Project Name: Roof and Wall Walking Skill (Difficulty: Gui★)]
[Completing the task earns 'Experience +10,' 'Spiritual +10.']
Yan Chuan got up early and started practicing 'Flying Leg.'
Bags of sand were bound to his legs, and a sand suit worn on his body.
These sandbags and sand suit were prepared last night, with sand first heated in an iron pan, soaked in vinegar overnight, taken out, dried, then packed into sandbags. This way, it avoids toxic gases from wearing down and causing skin erosion.
Additionally, carefully measured amounts of medical ingredients such as Chuanwu, Aconitum, red flowers, Angelica dahurica, coptis, Chuanxuduan, Qianghuo, Eucommia, Frankincense, myrrh, cinnabar, natural copper, sesame, five-leaf akebia, Aeginetia indica, Chinese gromwell, blood scorpion, Achyranthes, dried tangerine peel, bone fracture remedy, broken bone oil, purple-backed Aster, earth mole beetle, Variegated Spider Flower, silk gourd fiber, etc. were ground into fine powders as per proportion, each serving 1 qian, to be taken with rice wine before practice.
This completed the preparation for 'Flying Leg.'
Yan Chuan sprinted out of the Martial Arts Hall, out of Guangling, to begin his practice.
Ordinary people practicing 'Flying Leg' need to proceed step by step, initially with sandbags and sand suits weighing at most 4 jin, covering no more than twenty miles per session, twice daily in the morning and evening.
With a year or two of hard training, the weight gradually increased to thirty to forty jin, and the distance expanded accordingly.
Including the terrain, initially, they should choose flat roads, gradually moving to rugged paths.
"Land Flying Skill is comprehended, requiring eight years of effort. Once mastered, movement is like lightning, freely traveling in any direction, north, south, east, or west."
It takes six to eight years to achieve.
But Yan Chuan is different.
With twenty years of martial arts foundation, he could start by carrying ten jin or more right from the outset, including training volume and environment, starting at the level of ordinary people who have trained in Flying Leg for three to five years.
"'Flying Leg' is hard work, but for me, there can be shortcuts to swift mastery."
Yan Chuan carried weights and sprinted back and forth thirty miles, approximately running for an hour. During the latter half, 'experience' never ceased, and Yan Chuan constantly maintained focus, meticulously experiencing the reactions and changes in his legs, feet, and entire body muscles and qi-blood during his weighted long runs.
After returning to the Martial Arts Hall.
Yan Chuan then began practicing 'Pile Skills,' standing in stances and breathing qi-blood. In a state of absolute focus, even the 'Horse Step Pile Skill,' 'Tiger Stance,' 'Crane Stance,' and 'Thousand Pounds Fall,' which were previously difficult to improve on physical quality, gained new insights. Internal potential was re-explored, gaps were identified and filled, and Yan Chuan could distinctly feel that after 'Flying Leg' training, every muscle in his body trembled, absorbed medicinal power, explored potential, and visibly improved.
The 'skill level' numbers of martial arts jumped from time to time, rapidly increasing, bringing joy as he watched.
[Experience: Each 1 point can enhance a quarter-hour of martial focus, significantly speeding up cultivation progress.]
"Significantly speed up cultivation progress!"
Yan Chuan had only noticed yesterday that 'experience' could enhance martial focus. Today, he realized that the so-called 'significant speeding up of cultivation progress' might be more beneficial for him.
The former speeds up the improvement of 'skill level.'
The latter accelerates the enhance of 'physical quality.'
Experience fortified.
Side by side, rapid progress.