Douluo Continent: I, the world's greatest immortal master, have taken Ning Rongrong as my disci

Chapter 398 Teaching the Eight Trigrams Swimming Dragon Palm

"Teacher, what will you teach me?"

"What are these tiles used for?"

In the library director's leisurely courtyard, Jiang Nannan watched as the director casually waved his hand, arranging some roof tiles piled up in the corner into a circle about three meters in diameter, just like a small formation.

She had promised to come back to cultivate and study, but her teacher's actions were truly baffling.

Isn't the cultivation of a Soul Master simply meditating, circulating Soul Power, and breathing in the Qi of Heaven and Earth?

"Stand on it, step on these tiles, and walk around it."

Su Ran simply said this.

Although Jiang Nannan was a little confused, she still carefully stood on it. These tiles were not thick and were rather brittle, making it difficult for them to support a person's weight. Fortunately, Jiang Nannan was light and gently walked around the tile ring.

Su Ran added, "Faster, I want you to finish three laps before these red maple leaves fall to the ground."

Su Ran casually picked a maple leaf from the red maple tree next to the courtyard, waved it around, and it slowly fell to the ground in just a few seconds.

Jiang Nannan couldn't help but quicken her pace.

However, with the time limit, Jiang Nannan's movements began to go wrong. She would either slip and slide off the glazed tiles, or step on them with too much force and break them, or simply run out of time.

After trying more than a dozen times, Jiang Nannan finally couldn't help but ask:
"Teacher, what's the point of practicing stepping on these tiles? It doesn't seem to be of any use for Soul Master cultivation, does it?"

"Do you think it's useless?"

"Your martial soul is the Soft Bone Rabbit, a melee martial soul. If your body coordination and movement skills are insufficient, how can you maximize the advantages of the Soft Bone Rabbit?"

"Even the founder of your lineage of dance, didn't he also learn close combat techniques back then?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Nannan, though still believing in the curator's expertise, couldn't help but mutter to herself:
"But Master Xiaowu was personally taught by Immortal Master Su, and she learned the top-level boxing technique—Tai Chi. How can stepping on tiles compare to Master Xiaowu's boxing technique?"

"What? Do you think that your Little Dance Master's training methods when she learned Tai Chi were very sophisticated?"

Su Ran sat calmly in the chair, poured herself a cup of fragrant black tea, took a sip, and then said:

"She also started practicing with sand bricks and iron stakes. She was impatient and suffered a lot."

"Huh? Teacher, how do you even know this? Xiao Wu was Su Xianshi's fifth student. There must be very few people who know how Xiao Wu cultivated her fist techniques. Even the Shrek Academy's historical records don't have detailed records of the training of the various masters."

Jiang Nannan looked at the curator with some confusion. How did the curator know about Xiao Wu's cultivation?

Moreover, the teacher's reaction to Master Su was so cold!

I understand!

The teacher admires the ancestor Xiao Wu, so he pays close attention to matters concerning her.

However, it is said that Master Xiaowu used to be quite persistent with Master Su, so the teacher must have regarded Master Su as a rival in love!
"Don't look at your teacher like that."

"I am a more upright person than you think!"

"I don't know if you've ever heard a legend."

Su Ran explained:
"The library contains many of the secret techniques of the Peach Blossom Academy from the past, waiting for the right person to unlock them."

"Teacher, I am not very talented, but as the librarian, I am well-versed in some of the hidden skills within, and naturally I know more about the former Peach Blossom Academy than others."

"So that's it!"

"Then, teacher, is the pupil technique you taught Huo Yuhao also a unique skill from Peach Blossom Spring?" "And what kind of unique skill is my tile-stepping technique? Is it powerful?"

"Since we've learned the Peach Blossom Spring's unique skills, does that mean we can also be considered... somehow related to the collateral disciples of Peach Blossom Spring Academy, and be regarded as disciples and grand-disciples of Master Su?"

Clearly, Jiang Nannan still can't forget Master Su's stunning good looks, and she'll probably be tossing and turning in bed tonight, her bodily fluids overflowing.

However, Su Ran will definitely make sure Jiang Nannan sleeps soundly tonight.

She was so tired that she didn't even have the energy to think wildly!
"Swimming Dragon Eight Trigrams Palm!"

"This palm technique shares similarities with Tai Chi Chuan, but there are also differences. The Swimming Dragon Bagua Palm emphasizes offense and body movement."

"When you can walk three laps on these tiles before the fallen leaves hit the ground, it means your lower body is stable enough."

"Then we can go a step further."

Su Ran moved swiftly, and in the blink of an eye, he had already stood up from his chair.

In the blink of an eye, five blue bricks appeared on each of his hands, and he walked several circles on the circular glazed tile array.

And that's not all.

"Phase Two: Tofu Stands on Tiles!"

Su Ran moved with incredible speed, causing all the previously lying tiles to stand upright, leaving less than a centimeter of contact area between her feet and the tiles.

This means that walking on the tiles becomes more difficult, and a slight misstep could cause them to fall over.

Moreover, the blue bricks on his hands transformed into soft tofu scooped out of a water vat.

Su Ran's elegant figure moved across the roof tiles like a dragon, keeping the tiles perfectly still and extremely steady.

"To succeed in this step, you must ensure that the roof tiles under your feet do not fall over and the tofu in your hand retains its original shape!"

"The third stage: Standing on the tile formation, punching the golden stake!"

After demonstrating the second step of the training plan to Jiang Nannan, Su Ran didn't waste any time. With a slight movement of his finger, a powerful force directly pulled the wooden stakes from the woodshed to the ground, forming a long array of stakes.

With a slight stomp of his right foot, the surrounding tiles landed perfectly upright within the array. His steps were light and graceful, like a swallow or a dragon, moving nimbly across the tiles as he unleashed a palm strike.
"Only when you reach this stage are you qualified in terms of lower body strength, and you can start practicing real palm techniques!"

"The eight trigrams form the compass, and the dragon's body forms the axis. The eight trigrams—Qian, Kun, Kan, Li, Zhen, Xun, Gen, and Dui—are combined with the six states of the dragon: lurking, appearing, being vigilant, leaping, flying, and soaring, to form the extraordinary skill of 'overcoming the strong with the weak, breaking the square with the round, and controlling the still with the dynamic!'"

"Nannan, remember this mental cultivation technique!"

"Qian represents Heaven, the dragon raises its head, the palm moves with yang energy to break through the void; Kun represents Earth, the dragon swings its tail, the strength sinks to the dantian to guard the central palace; Kan represents Water, the dragon dives into the abyss, the soft strength coils and dissipates the enemy's force; Li represents Fire, the dragon flies with wings, the palm wind spreads across the plains and burns the sky; Zhen represents Thunder, the dragon roars, the strong strength splits rocks and startles the world; Xun represents Wind, the dragon swings its head, the light body rides the wind and the steps generate wind; Gen represents Mountain, the dragon coils around the pillar, the pillar is as stable as a mountain and cannot be shaken; Dui represents Lake, the dragon plays in the water, the skillful strength transforms force and leads the enemy to follow."

As Su Ran recited the mental cultivation technique and combined it with his palm strikes, what could be seen in the places he passed through was:
Some of the wooden stakes were broken in half by a single blow, leaving clean breaks.

Some of the wooden stakes were smashed open with a single palm strike, just like a grain of popcorn.

Some of the wooden stakes were missing a corner on each side, but they still stood upright, and the tofu on the stakes was not damaged at all.

……

"This is the Lesser Mastery of the Swimming Dragon Bagua Palm: the palm can split a wooden stake, make a tile stand upright, and make a tofu block remain intact!"

"If you want to succeed, you must turn the wooden stake into an iron stake, a mysterious stake!"

"Teacher... is so amazing..."

(End of this chapter)