Chapter 17 The Essence of Martial Arts

Night. In the virtual world's personal space training ground, Xu Jingming sat at a stone table, writing notes.

"To teach the world's people martial arts, my instruction is just an introduction, giving them something to follow, a path to take. Ultimately, they still have to rely on their own efforts and comprehension," Xu Jingming said, looking at his notebook.

*Whoosh.*

Li Miaomiao arrived at the training ground and walked to his side. Looking at the notebook, she read aloud, "Ninth lesson, spearmanship? Jingming, you're only teaching spearmanship in the ninth lesson?"

"My course only has nine lessons in total," Xu Jingming said with a smile.

"A total of nine lessons?" Li Miaomiao exclaimed in surprise. "Spearmanship is your forte, yet you're only teaching it in the last lesson. What are you teaching in the first eight lessons?"

Xu Jingming said, "People all over the world practice with various weapons—blades, swords, spears, staffs, cudgels, shields, axes, hammers, flails, flying axes… all sorts of weapons. For example, swords are divided into rapiers, greatswords, shortswords, and so on. Blades are also divided into many types, such as broadswords, Guan Gong's Green Dragon Crescent Blade, katana, Miao blades, Eight-Cut Blades, and so on. Every weapon has many subcategories. If I purely teach weapons, I won't be able to finish teaching them all, and I can't possibly be proficient in all weapons."

"Then what are you teaching?" Li Miaomiao asked.

"The essence of martial arts," Xu Jingming said. "Master one, master all. By understanding the essence of martial arts, you can naturally apply it to any weapon."

Li Miaomiao nodded slightly, then thought, "You're already planning the ninth lesson, so does that mean you've already planned everything?"

"I've only just finished the basic framework," Xu Jingming said. "After I retired, I spent three years at the martial arts hall as a coach, teaching many people martial arts weapons, so I'd already thought about the teaching content. It's just that now that my realm is higher, I can teach it more thoroughly."

"Looks like your time as a coach after retirement has accumulated experience in teaching," Li Miaomiao said with a smile.

"Yeah, fate is so interesting," Xu Jingming said with emotion. "I chose to retire because of my leg injury and felt that my future was bleak. Who would have thought that the experience from teaching for three years… could now be used to teach people all over the world in the virtual world?"

Li Miaomiao nodded. Suddenly, she received a message and opened it to take a look. She immediately exclaimed, "Master Liu Hai is live-streaming!"

"Master is live-streaming?" Xu Jingming asked in surprise.

With Master's personality, he's live-streaming?

"And he says he's going to teach martial arts," Li Miaomiao said.

"Let's go take a look," Xu Jingming said.

*Whoosh! Whoosh!*

The two clicked on the spectator platform and immediately headed to Liu Hai's live-stream room.

…

Liu Hai's live-stream room was now packed with people.

Yellow-skinned, black-skinned, and white-skinned people from all countries and ethnic groups around the world flooded into the live-stream room. Their skin, hair, and even eye colors were different, but they all watched the live-stream with fervor.

"Global number one."

"The global number one, Liu Hai, is starting to teach martial arts."

Countless people in the audience were excited and wanted to listen to Liu Hai's teaching.

Xu Jingming and Li Miaomiao also arrived here and noticed the massive audience.

"In just a moment, the number of viewers has already reached 600 million and is still skyrocketing," Li Miaomiao exclaimed in amazement.

"Everyone, don't be anxious." Liu Hai sat smiling on a bamboo chair in the training ground, calmly facing hundreds of millions of viewers. "In two more minutes, I will begin the official martial arts teaching."

"Many people think that martial arts is very difficult, and progress is slow no matter how hard they practice," Liu Hai said with a smile. "In fact, martial arts is a very simple thing, just like running, long jump, skipping rope, playing badminton—it's all a simple exercise."

"Many people may question me, how can it be so simple?" Liu Hai said with a smile. "In fact, many people have made martial arts too complicated."

As he spoke and chatted, two minutes passed.

"Alright, now we can start teaching." Liu Hai stood up. At this moment, the number of viewers in the live-stream room had reached 1.5 billion! This was the attraction of the world's number one live-streaming his teaching.

"The virtual world has been open for more than three months," Liu Hai said, standing. "Many people understand that when using weapons, body exertion is very important. With the same body, some people can only slash out with a thousand pounds of force, while others can slash out with tens of thousands of pounds of force. Why is that?"

"This is the difference in body exertion."

"Only by mobilizing more of the body's muscles can you generate greater force."

Liu Hai reached out and lightly tapped twice, and a large suspended sandbag appeared in front of him.

"Hitting a sandbag is a tradition in the global combat industry. Different combat schools all hit sandbags because the effect of hitting a sandbag is indeed very good." Liu Hai stood in front of the large sandbag, and his body's muscles were also displayed. "Now, I will display my full-body muscle data so you can see the muscle changes more clearly."

"Good, what I'm going to teach you today is hitting a sandbag. If you hit a sandbag well, you can easily become a God-level expert."

"Sandbag Hitting First Style."

Liu Hai stood in front of the sandbag and began to attack the sandbag in front of him with his fists. The point of impact was at the same height as his head.

One punch after another.

When he struck, Liu Hai's back muscles were like the cylinders of an engine. *Boom, boom, boom.* The inside of the cylinder rotated at high speed, unleashing terrifying power. Liu Hai's back muscles also exploded with terrifying power, sending his fists out one after another, like cannonballs.

"This feeling?"

"This…"

Countless people around the world could clearly see the changes in the muscles through the data displayed on Liu Hai's body.

Liu Hai's legs were like two pillars, transmitting power between the earth and his body! His waist was the core engine, mobilizing the force of the entire body, and at this moment, his back muscles were the direct engine for striking with his fists!

The coordination of the waist and back muscles, like the cooperation of two cylinders, produced surging power.

Liu Hai unleashed 500 consecutive punches in one breath, each punch like a cannonball. After finishing, he stopped.

"This is Sandbag Hitting First Style," Liu Hai said with a smile. "Although it also mobilizes the muscles of the whole body, it is mainly focused on the back muscles. Look at my muscle lines and practice this move diligently every day while facing a mirror and displaying your muscle data. Compare it with my muscle lines, and you only need to slowly make your muscle lines and exertion identical."

"It is said that if you practice a fist technique ten thousand times, its meaning will become clear. But if the exertion is wrong, you will only injure your body," Liu Hai said. "Now, in the virtual world, you don't have to worry about getting injured, so it's much simpler. Just follow me and practice."

"Today, I'm going to teach a total of three moves—yes, just three moves!" Liu Hai said with a smile. "All of them are hitting sandbags!"

"Three moves, each move should be practiced at least a thousand times a day. If you have perseverance, the more the better," Liu Hai said. "Over time, as long as your muscle lines change and become similar to mine, your body's exertion will soon reach Tier 2, reaching God-level will be easy!"

"Alright, now let's start Sandbag Hitting Second Style. Lower your fists and place them at your waist…" Liu Hai then began to teach.

Xu Jingming watched. "Master is still using his teaching style."

"It feels very simple," Li Miaomiao said.

"Yes."

Xu Jingming nodded. "Master's teaching doesn't involve too much profound theory; he only teaches you one or two individual moves and has you practice them repeatedly. Once you've mastered them, Master will teach you the theory. Back then, many members of the national team practiced in a daze at the beginning. Once they had mastered it, Master would give them a hint, and they would naturally have an epiphany."

"Back then, Master had to teach very carefully and carefully watch the state of each disciple, for fear that they would injure themselves during practice," Xu Jingming said with emotion. "The virtual world is simpler; there's no fear of injury."

Twenty minutes later.

"You should all know the three styles of hitting a sandbag," Liu Hai said. "This is the first lesson in my martial arts teaching, teaching the most basic exertion. Go back and practice more, and reaching Tier 2 will still be very easy. I will also edit the live-stream content and add more detailed information to create a teaching course and upload it to the martial arts hall. Everyone is welcome to download it! The courses in the martial arts hall… will evolve teaching scenarios, making it more suitable for everyone to learn."

"Alright, see you tomorrow at 10 p.m. Beijing time," Liu Hai said with a smile, then turned off the live-stream. At this moment, the number of people in the live-stream room had exceeded 2.2 billion.

"It's over?" Li Miaomiao said in a daze. "I still wanted to give a reward; it ended before I could react."

"Master doesn't care about rewards," Xu Jingming said. "Master's nature is more inclined to cultivate disciples into talents."

"After watching Master Liu Hai's live-stream, are you confident in your own live-stream teaching?" Li Miaomiao asked.

"The pressure is quite high."

Xu Jingming said with a smile, "Master's martial arts teaching is simplified to the extreme, but its intentions are profound, and the effects are excellent. However, my lecturing style is different from Master's."

"Different?" Li Miaomiao asked curiously.

"Master's teaching is still rooted in traditional martial arts," Xu Jingming said, shaking his head. "I want to break free from traditional martial arts and teach from another perspective."

Li Miaomiao became even more curious.

"But I have to visit a senior and ask for some experience first," Xu Jingming said suddenly.

"Which senior?" Li Miaomiao asked.

"My grandfather," Xu Jingming said with a smile. "To ask for live-streaming experience!"