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Chapter 336: Chapter 336 Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms Chapter 336: Chapter 336 Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms At the beginning, Chris simply couldn’t manage the rising and falling motion, but Wang Hao stood by her side, each time Chris’s force didn’t land in the right spot, he’d give her a kick…

Bruce’s eyeballs nearly popped out!

This Chris, from birth to now, had never been kicked by anyone! Yet today, not only was she kicked, but she also didn’t dare to flare up at all! It was like seeing Jesus!

“Keep the amplitude of the rise and fall small, just an inch with the toes. With each rise and fall, always hone the precision of that one-inch distance. The more precise, the better,” Wang Hao instructed sternly when he was teaching.

Chris didn’t dare to argue and just followed the instructions, even when waiters came in with dishes and stared agape at the bizarre scene, she didn’t even glance their way!

However, it was miraculous, after learning this rising and falling technique, Chris’s standing time increased from the original five minutes to over fifteen minutes. But soon, she felt a bit dizzy, this motion was like seasickness, her stomach churning.

“Feeling a bit dizzy?” Wang Hao seemed to know exactly how Chris was feeling, asking with a smile, “Like seasickness, feeling nauseous?”

Chris nodded urgently.

Wang Hao smiled and said, “No need to keep standing. Get up now, your lower body postures are all correct, it’s just that your head isn’t. When standing, your head should be soaring and free.”

“What does soaring and free mean?” Chris stood up, panting heavily for a while before she managed to suppress the nausea.

“The terrain here isn’t suitable,” Wang Hao helped Chris back to her seat, then he explained, “When you climb high and gaze into the distance, your vision broadens, your mood lightens, and fatigue is relieved. This is what it means to be soaring and free. Thus, in our Kung Fu circles, the horse stance is described this way–rising and falling as if riding a galloping horse, soaring and empty!”

A tribute to “Dragon and Snake”!

Hahahahaha! Discussing Kung Fu with Brother Hao, got you stunned now, right?

“Rising and falling as if riding a galloping horse, soaring and empty!” Chris’s eyes brightened more and more, then she exclaimed, “I understand now, thank you, Mr. Wang Hao, no, thank you, Master Wang Hao!”

She actually addressed Wang Hao as ‘Master’!

The whole place was dumbfounded! Can this be real?!

Brother Hao is simply a god!

Zhao Zhenhao and Fang Wenbin were both astounded!

Brother Hao simply, with just a simple horse stance, made the previously indomitable Chris this amazed, it was incredibly awesome!

“Oh, I’ve just achieved a little success,” after teaching Chris, Wang Hao decisively kicked into boast mode again: “With my current strength, I’m only practicing Yong Chun or such, really that’s nothing. Give me another ten years, and I will be able to cultivate even more profound Kung Fu!”

“More profound Kung Fu!” Chris gasped, her mouth forming an “o” in wonderment, “Does your Heavenly People’s Republic have even more profound Kung Fu?”

“Yes, of course, we have!” Wang Hao seriously spouted nonsense: “You know about Inner Strength and external Kung Fu, right? The Inner Strength I am practicing is called the ‘Nine Yang Divine Skill’, once perfected, I can be in ice and snow wearing just a shirt without feeling cold, immune to all poisons and unaffected by heat or cold! Of course, there’s also another Inner Strength called the ‘Nine Yin Scripture’, which is not bad too, but too complex so I didn’t learn it. As for external Kung Fu, you must have heard of things like Golden Bell Shield and Iron Cloth Shirt, which are about enduring hits, not really my style. So what I practice is a set of palm techniques, called ‘Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms!'”

“Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms?!” At the sound of such a powerful name, Chris’s eyes immediately shone with excitement!

She was deeply impressed by what Wang Hao had said before, so subconsciously, she believed that this ‘Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms’ was real!

“Master Wang Hao, can you tell me about this Dragon Subduing Palm?” Chris was anxious, her appearance clearly showing she couldn’t wait to witness this legendary Kung Fu for herself!

“It’s a palm technique that is supremely firm and positive!” How could Wang Hao miss such an opportunity to show off? Smiling, he started to explain: “This Dragon Subduing Palm technique also comes from ‘The Book of Changes’, the first move is called ‘Dragon in Regret’. ‘The Book of Changes’ states: top nine: Dragon in Regret. The essence of this palm technique lies in a slight bend in the left leg, the right arm curving inward as the right palm draws a circle and then, with a whoosh, pushes outward. Once practiced to a higher level, if there’s a pine tree as thick as a bowl in front, it would snap with a crack, breaking upon touch.”

“OH MY GOD!” Hearing this, Chris was completely stunned: “You can break a pine tree as thick as a bowl with one palm?”

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“Almost there,” Wang Ritian, who never boasted, said without blushing or skipping a beat, “Of course, that’s the level when it’s fully mastered. Right now, I just know the effects really, but at least another fifteen years of practice are needed before I can make a little progress.”

“That hard to learn?” Chris exclaimed, “So does that mean I won’t be able to see this palm technique now?”

Forget about now, big sister from abroad, you probably won’t see it in the future either…

“I guess so,” Wang Hao nodded and said, “My basics are still not solid, not enough strength in my palms, and I haven’t finished my Inner Strength training. This Inner Strength needs to be trained until my breath turns into a stream in the winter, then I can barely start practicing it.”

To breathe out a stream in the winter, Chris learnt a new word today.

“Then Teacher Wang Hao,” Chris hurriedly asked, “could you tell me about the moves in the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms? I read ‘The Book of Changes’ often, and ‘the dragon oversteps’ is indeed a term from it.”

“Sure,” Wang Hao nodded since he wasn’t really going to demonstrate it anyway, “The second move is ‘Dragon Soars in the Sky’, ‘The Book of Changes’: Qian hexagram: The Image says: nine in the fifth place: ‘The dragon soars in the sky, benefit in seeing the great man.'”

Chris nodded; this indeed had a source.

“The third move is ‘Dragon Appears in the Field’, ‘The Book of Changes’: Qian hexagram: The Image says: nine in the second place: ‘The dragon appears in the field, benefit in seeing the great man.'”

“The fourth move is ‘The Great Bird Gradually Approaches the Shore’, ‘The Book of Changes’: Gradual hexagram: The Image says: nine in the third place: ‘The great bird gradually approaches the shore, the husband does not return to his home, the wife does not conceive, misfortune; beneficial to ward off bandits.'”

“The fifth is ‘Wary Dragon Lies Low’, ‘The Book of Changes’: Qian hexagram: The Image says: initial nine: ‘The wary dragon lies low.'”

“The sixth is ‘Advantage in Crossing the Great River.'”

“The seventh is ‘Sudden Ascent.'”

“The eighth is ‘Shocking All Within a Hundred Miles’…”

“The seventeenth is ‘Fumbling Ram Stuck in the Fence’, ‘The Book of Changes’: Great Strength hexagram: nine in the third place: ‘The lesser men are bold, the noble man is confused, the oracle is dangerous. The fumbling ram is stuck in a fence, its horns are strained.'”

“The eighteenth is ‘Divine Dragon Swings its Tail’, ‘The Book of Changes’: Conduct hexagram: ‘Conduct: walking on the tail of a tiger, it does not bite the man, success.’ The creator of the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms originally named it ‘Walking on the Tail of a Tiger’, akin to attacking the back of a tiger, stepping on the tail of the beast, if it turns its head and bites back, obviously it would be extremely fierce and vicious. Later inheritors found these long-winded hexagram names from ‘The Book of Changes’ hard to say smoothly, so they changed it to ‘Divine Dragon Swings its Tail.'”

Wang Hao rattled off all eighteen moves of the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms in one breath, the coolest part being that each move corresponded to a hexagram from ‘The Book of Changes.’

Chris, who often studied ‘The Book of Changes’, was already deeply familiar with it. Now as she heard Wang Hao explain, she believed it even more!

“These Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms sound so powerful!” Chris decisively asked, “Teacher Wang Hao, when you can practice this palm technique, please let me see it, alright?”

“Definitely, no problem at all!” Wang Hao nodded resolutely, “I’m currently practicing Inner Strength, and as for the moves, I’ve just barely practiced Yong Chun for a few days, but there will come a day when I master it, my martial arts talent isn’t bad.”

Bai Yaning, Zhao Zhenhao, and Fang Wenbin watched Wang Hao boast with smiles on their faces, chatting on WeChat–

Zhao Zhenhao expressed his skepticism: “Brother Hao’s bragging is absolutely unmatched, hey do you guys think these Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms really exist?”

Fang Wenbin wasn’t certain: “Hard to say, didn’t you hear Brother Hao say? All eighteen moves have a source, I tend to believe they exist.”

Bai Yaning stirred the pot: “Right, they must be real!”

The ultimate level of boasting is not just making others believe, but even making your own people believe…

“Mr. Wang Hao,” at this moment, Smith, who had been sitting on the side, listening quietly without speaking, asked, “How is your Yong Chun going?” This gentleman was well-mannered and was the son of Bruce, currently developing his career in Hollywood.

“Fairly decent, I suppose,” Wang Hao looked at him with a grin, “Are you also a martial arts enthusiast?”

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