Martial arts mastery? But I'm just a spoiled brat!

Yan Qing was currently engrossed in practicing Baguazhang and had no interest in paying attention to his second brother's commotion.

That night, Yan Qing continued practicing until he reached the "Bagua Palm: Dark Force 18/2500" level before finally stopping.

"Young master, the hot water is ready."

As soon as Yan Qing came out of the training room, Lan Yue quickly stepped forward.

Next comes a hot bath. After the bath, when Yan Qing lies down on the bed, Wan Xing will bring some medicinal wine and then vigorously massage Yan Qing's entire body to improve blood circulation.

In this way, all the fatigue from a day of intense training is eliminated.

The next morning, when Yan Qing got out of bed, his body had returned to its peak condition, completely unaffected by the previous day's cultivation.

"Today we'll consolidate yesterday's progress. You practice, I'll watch, and I'll point out any mistakes."

Upon returning to the courtyard, Gong Ruomei looked at Yan Qing and spoke.

However, Yan Qing still had the same lazy demeanor as when they first met, making it impossible for her to see through him.

But it doesn't matter. We can't see through it now, but we'll see it clearly when we take action.

"OK!"

Without hesitation, Yan Qing drank the bowl of tiger blood wine that Lan Yue was holding in one gulp, and then practiced the Bagua Sixty-Four Palms again in the courtyard.

"Um?"

As soon as Yan Qing started, Gong Ruomei immediately noticed the difference between him and the one from yesterday.

At this moment, every palm strike Yan Qing practiced was extremely skillful, not because it was fast, but because it was practiced.

Baguazhang differs from other martial arts in that it emphasizes rhythm, appropriate speed, coordination of breathing and movement, and the perfect amount of power in each move.

"Yan Qing was quite cautious yesterday, making every move with care and aiming for accuracy, but his performance today..."

Gong Ruomei, standing to the side, secretly clicked her tongue in amazement.

In just one night, Yan Qing's proficiency in Baguazhang improved so dramatically.

For an ordinary person to achieve such a significant improvement, it would take at least a month, but Yan Qing... only one night.

"In that case... he'll develop internal strength in three days at most."

Gong Ruomei made calculations in her mind, but her face remained expressionless.

Yan Qing seemed tireless, constantly practicing in the courtyard. On the first day, it took him thirty minutes to perform one round of Bagua Sixty-Four Palms, but by the afternoon, he could finish one round in just fifteen minutes.

After fifteen minutes, Yan Qing stopped increasing his speed, because that was the optimal pace.

Seeing this, Gong Ruomei knew that she no longer needed to watch over him, because Yan Qing's progress was too fast, and he had already mastered all of the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms.

So in the afternoon, Gong Ruomei left the courtyard with Teacher Jiang. She needed to re-plan what she should teach Yan Qing next.

Besides the sixty-four palms, the true transmission of Baguazhang also includes some techniques that can only be taught after one has mastered internal strength, including some fighting methods and killing moves.

Baguazhang: Hidden Strength 50/2500

As soon as Gong Ruomei left, Yan Qing looked at the line of text flashing before his eyes but did not stop; instead, he began again.

At this moment, he already had a vague feeling that the internal energy within him seemed to be undergoing some changes.

The practice of Bagua Sixty-Four Palms is a unity of palm, body, and footwork. The palms move constantly, the body moves with the palms, and the footwork is ethereal.

After completing the entire set of palm techniques, Yan Qing had stepped on all the Bagua positions and his body returned to its original position.

Baguazhang: Hidden Strength 51/2500

After this, Yan Qing did not start again, but stood there with his eyes closed in deep thought.

"Reaching for the Moon! Wooden Dummy!"

After a moment of contemplation, Yan Qing opened his eyes and uttered a sentence.

Upon hearing this, Lan Yue didn't hesitate at all. She ran to a small room next to her and soon returned to the courtyard with a wooden dummy in each hand. She then placed the two wooden dummy in front of Yan Qing.

These wooden dummy posts are not the wooden dummy posts used exclusively for Wing Chun, but rather two thick wooden posts arranged in a cross shape, one horizontal and one vertical.

Upon seeing the wooden dummy, Yan Qing stepped forward and struck down with a palm.

"Snap! Plop~"

Yan Qing's palm landed on the crossbeam of the wooden dummy. The moment his palm made contact with the crossbeam, a crisp sound rang out, and the enormous force snapped one side of the jujube wood crossbeam in two.

"This is still Ming Jin!"

Looking at the broken beam, the cut was jagged with wood, and the broken piece that had flown out was also cracked, clearly indicating that it had been violently broken.

Without hesitation, Yan Qing struck out with his palm again, but this time he reduced the force considerably, and his palm touched the crossbeam of the wooden dummy and immediately withdrew.

"Bang!"

This time the sound was much quieter, and it lacked the crispness of the previous slap, becoming rather muffled.

But when Yan Qing looked at the crossbeam again, there was a shallow palm print on it.

Baguazhang: Hidden Strength 52/2500

"The hidden strength has been achieved!"

Looking at the faint palm print and the words that appeared before him, Yan Qing smiled.

The techniques for generating hidden force and manifest force are different, and the resulting damage is also different.

Ming Jin primarily relies on explosive power from the root bone; it is a forceful, headlong charge that inflicts damage from the outside in with brute force.

Dark energy, on the other hand, is a concentrated burst of power, an outward burst from within.

"Congratulations, young master!"

Wanxing walked in from outside the courtyard and happened to see the palm print on the wooden dummy. She congratulated him.

Yan Qing simply nodded slightly, then struck out with his palm again. This time the palm was much slower, but the contact time between his palm and the crossbeam of the wooden dummy was extended considerably.

It looked just like Yan Qing reaching out and touching the crossbeam of the wooden dummy.

"Bang!"

The dull sound still rang out, clearly indicating that Yan Qing's move was not as simple as just touching someone; the hidden force in his palm had not diminished despite the gentler movement.

"Bang bang bang~~"

Three more palm strikes were delivered in quick succession, each with different force, angle, and speed, yet three palm prints of varying depths were still left on the wooden dummy.

Baguazhang: Hidden Strength 53/2500

A line of text floated before his eyes, and Yan Qing finally smiled. At the same time, he could sense that the hidden energy within his body had increased slightly.

"Just like Ming Jin, after mastering An Jin, you no longer need to practice the entire Baguazhang routine to gain experience in An Jin. You can improve simply by constantly using your own An Jin."

The repeated practice of Baguazhang is meant to change the body's power generation habits through repeated movements, transforming the power generation method of Ming Jin (manifested strength) into the power generation method of An Jin (hidden strength).

Once you've fully adapted and your body can begin to transform visible strength into hidden strength, you can move on to the next stage.

All you need to do is keep practicing the transformation of internal force. With practice, you will be able to mobilize more and more internal force each time.