After I finished devouring more than half of the food that was already diminishing, I had finally felt my hunger go away, I wanted to try and recover my Blood Qi to its peak state, but in the end, I decided against, first I don't know if I would be able to interrupt the breakthrough next time, so it was indeed better not to recklessly practice anymore .
Second, going to the canteen at this hour was currently either risky or suspicious, the canteen might as well have been closed, so even if I were to successfully practice without risking a breakthrough, I might be famished until the morning, which wasn't by anyway good .
In my experimental attempt just now, I was able to discover one of the limitations that panel on my mind have, it can't remove the side effects of me hurting myself willingly due to my own short of knowledge and incorrect choice, or other hurting me, it's still a bit obscured to me, but the situation with the tight meridians earlier helped me in understanding that clearly .
It won't be able to help in removing something that wasn't caused by an outsider stimulation or an effect, Martial Techniques or Martial Skills, both are considered outsiders elements that had affected the normal state of the body, the panel job or at least what I believe its job was, to deal with those element's effects and keep the beneficial effects and remove the debuffs or side effects .
Even though it was a pity, I'm still glad with the effect it already had, now that my body had regained enough Blood Qi, it become vigorous again, the sleepiness that kept assaulting me before had disappeared and instead I was feeling more energetic than before and I know the best way to make use of my energetic state .
I stood up after I finished eating and looked at the state of the huge rock and couldn't help but shake my head and think that I might indeed need to buy some metal posts like the ones in the Dojo to be able to continue practicing, I looked at my hands that shattered the big rock in front of me to pieces and noted that unlike before my state was much better than before, my hand this time didn't get numb or bled, so I guess other than a few aches in the joints, all was good to start practicing my Martial Skills .
I will make use of the advantage that panel gave me in this depart, I calmed myself down first and choose the skill that I wanted to focus on currently and stood in position, I recalled how I circulated my Blood Qi earlier when I punched Deacon Lu with Thunderclap Fist, even though I had some doubts about being able to recall the exact feeling, after all, I was fighting for my life at that time, so it wouldn't have been a surprise to be unable to recall it, but surprisingly, I was able to recall the way I circulated the Blood Qi without a problem .
I readied myself and gathered all the strength in body and moved it towards my clenched fist, cleared my mind of any discarding thought then I punched the air in front of me instantly .
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I felt the air in front of me move, but the whistlin of thunder I heard before was no where to be seen, then a notification sounded in my mind, I hurriedly pointed at it with the intention to check what was going on, the tab from before opened, I directly glued my eyes on the red spots on the red spots on the body, there was only 2 red spots, one was with the circulation of Blood Qi and the other was with the way I struck the punch just now .
The two red spots one was in my arm and the other was in my abdomen, I couldn't help but think that it was related to my Blood Qi, after all other than my Blood Qi, there was really nothing else stored there, not to mention that the moment I decided to display what that red dot was, it was telling me that the problem with the circulation of Blood Qi which was also a result of my breathing rhythm being a bit off from needed .
It seemed that in the life-death situation I was helped in executing that fist with no problem, I absorbed all that info in and tried again and again until the two red spots finally had disappeared .
I adjusted my breathing rhythm and even though it took me over 10 tries, I was finally able to say that my mastery over Thunderclap Fist had tremendously increased, the last punch I throw in the air made the wind faintly whistle, that was an indication of reaching Small Success level of mastery with this Martial Skill as mentioned in the Martial Skill book .
And that before the last spot finally disappeared, now I'm exited to test how my Mastery with it now was, I was also able to get a few clues about how to measure my proficiency through the red dots appearing on my body hologram .
I now was wondering whether will I be able to reach perfect mastery directly with all the spots now gone, I didn't wait much, I adjusted my posture, calmed my heart and mine, got in position again and had a picture of what I needed to do in mind, then I punched forward, my punch this time was faster than before and just as my punch flew in the air, I heard the faint sound of rumble .
I wasn't even able to see my punch clearly just now, but I heard the sound and followed it, my punch just now was similar to the punch demonstrated by my senior brother, I heard no more notifications telling me that cuts and bruises appeared due to the execution of Thunderclap .
But it was a bit more fainter than when my Senior Brother demonstrated it, maybe this was due to the different of strength, as I reached to that conclusion, I couldn't help but suck a breath of air out of amazement, after all, if my guess was correct, then senior brother Fu might be at the Late or even Peak Stage of Flesh Tempering, so how I could not be surprised at this .
From Lu Tu's words earlier, I was able to know that even after practicing Martial Arts for a long time, that Deacon Lu only was able to finally breakthrough by the help of taking medicine and using a lot of resources, yet he only reached the 5th layer of Flesh Tempering, but senior brother Fu who might be younger than him by a few decades, had already surpassed him in achievements .
There was also that prodigy son of his, who had already achieved the same stage of strength as him in a young age, I may have already began to get accustomed to this world to notice this only now, but in the world, people really mature early both mentally and physically as well, I was only 14 years old and already had the stature of a grown up man back in my old world, no, in fact mine in this world might be even better .
Discarding all these useless thoughts of mine, I instead fell into contemplation about what I need to do now to reach the Perfection level of mastery, what was required to achieve full mastery over this Martial Skill, if my execution was already perfected to the point that there was no longer a problem with my execution, then what could possibly be left for me to do .
The Martial Skill book didn't mention how I could reach that state, all what it explained was what my fist speed would be like, after I reach perfection, just like what Senior Brother mentioned before, my punch would be accompanied with the sound of Thunderclap .
No matter how much I wrap my head around it, I can't seem to find a clue out of this predicament, I kept turning it left and right, up and down in my mind, yet still hadn't even reached an answer, not even a clue about how to go forward .
Another shortcoming of the panel sufficed, it seem that my ability to enhance the Mastery level over a skill, can only help me to reach the Great Success level of mastery and then there was no more lending a helping hand, even though I felt more and more that this seemed to be indeed the case, I still believe have some doubts about the problem being with this Martial Skill alone .
Wasting no time, I began to search for the content of the other Martial Skills that I currently have to test if they were the same as well or not, the next Martial Skill that I wanted to test this with was Crouching Tiger, the movement skill .
I positioned myself and made a bit of free distance between me and the destroyed rock, it was necessary to be able to practice without being bothered by all the rubble scattered around .
Seeing that I was standing far enough from all that I bent my knees forward a little and got ready to use my Blood Qi and spurt, that was all that technique was based on kicking the ground beneath me as hard as I could while imitating a Tiger, that's where the name Tiger's Lunge came from .
I executed the move as I understood it in my mind and the moment I did took a step forward kicking the ground powerfully, I felt as if I was suddenly launched from my previous position, then after the sudden burst of speed disappeared, I found that I was in front of what was left from the giant rock from earlier .
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I was completely taken aback and even though it was the first time I'm using it and I was still quite clumsy with it, my eyes had stars in them, the feeling of wind brushing by my body just now and was how fast I went just now, the only word I could use to describe what I was feeling was the word amazing, my whole body was excited to go at it and do it again, but a sudden notification and a message appearing in my mind, spoiled my fun and reminded me of what I was trying to test .
I opened the message that was telling me that I had poorly executed Martial Skill and saw a lot bunch of negative effects that were removed, I also felt as if ants were crawling and biting on my legs, my heart suddenly shuddered, thinking that this feeling was from something that the panel wasn't successful in removing, but just as I was thinking of this, a mysterious energy that I was very familiar with appeared on my lower body and began to temper it .
It was fainter than before, but I was still able to feel that enhancing my movements just now with Blood Qi, allowed me to benefit from this weak tempering effect, I didn't need to get down and sit in a meditative position to control it, the amount was negligible and soon it disappeared .
Focusing on the matter at hands first, I looked at the tab in front of me and like before saw it demonstrating a hologram of my body, but this time, there were 8 to 9 red dots on that hologram, some were on my legs, some were on my feet, some were even in my heart, but those were easy to deal with, they were the red dots that came to be, due to the disturbance in my breathing, after I suddenly lunged like a tiger just now .
Feeling that my whole body suddenly leaping off the ground and going this fast like that, shocked me to the core and certainly made my breathing unsteady, a few times and I might get accustomed to it, the other red dots was also easy to deal with, practicing a few times and adjusting my posture should allow me to overcome them as well .
I just felt a bit weird just now as after I lunged like this, I felt that I actually make another lounge to another direction the moment my feet touched the floor again, recalling some videos I saw of how tiger moved back in my previous world, I suddenly had a brilliant idea in mind and without wasting a second, I began to check how correct my idea was .
I turned around and got in position then once again lunged forward with a few new adjustments to my body postures, then the moment my feet landed on the ground this time, I didn't break my focus and just put another direction in mind and in sight and once again lunged forward in that direction, then again and again, that went on for a dozen of times, then I felt my whole body become hot and as if someone was guiding me towards how to get loose of that heat .
I changed the way I was circulating my Blood Qi which was now more vigorous than before, I was in no mind to notice that Blood Qi was flashing outside my body, the moment I tried to use Tiger's Pounce and picked a direction, I felt my eyes suddenly contracting and the next second I saw myself suddenly standing in front of my house, completely bypassing the the rubble and what was left of the rock that should have stood in my way .
As I arrived in front of my own house, I stopped circulating my Blood Qi and directly sat on a meditative position, I finally arrived how Tiger's Pounce can be called the offensive move of this Martial Skill, using the acceleration I gained from lunging a few times in unison like what I just did, allowed me to actually bypass some of the obstacles in front of me, if not all of it and pounce to my designated location like a Tiger pouncing on its prey .
If I'm not interpreting what just happened wrongly, then I could very much be able to surprise my enemy by a sudden burst of speed that will catch them of guard and allow me to get close to them, enough to be able to land a direct threatening attack on their life .
There were still a few problems, like the fact that it would be difficult to achieve such an effect in a cramped terrain and the fact that I'm kicking the strength with all my strength which had an impact on the earth itself, I was currently sitting in a crater of my own making, it wasn't deep or anything like that, but it did indeed happen because I was literally kicking the earth beneath me to achieve such an effect .
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The worst weakness this move had would be the lack of the ability to move backwards with both moves, I was imitating a tiger, but I wasn't one, yet even so I couldn't use that move to go backwards, the Martial Skill was designed to circulate Blood Qi in the body and forcing the whole body to go forward, he can change direction and lunge a few times to be able to turn backwards, but to do it directly wasn't possible, the moment I even tried to turn backwards, I sensed that the acceleration in my speed was getting down .
The idea in my mind about being able to lunge was correct, I even was able to discover a few more things than intended, but those shortcomings I found made this Martial Skill look a bit unreliable to my eyes, Tiger's Lunge wasn't a move that would allow me to escape tight situation, both the two moves of Crouching Tiger were more focusing on catching the opponent off guard and attacking him from close distance .
They weren't suitable to use for retreating, I now was beginning to see why Senior Brother really might have recommended this skill to me for, it together with the skill Thunderclap Fist made me indeed quite formidable, if I were to use them right, but I wonder if he were to have idea about my current situation would he still pick this skill for me, I might end up plotting myself to death, if I tried to use Tiger's Lunge like earlier .
The only thing that I considered to be a bonus was the fact that with the amount of lunges I made, the amount of mysterious energy seemed to have increased as well, at least more than before, that was why I was currently seated crosslegged like that .
After confirming that the mysterious energy had dissipated, I stood up and shook my head, trying to discard all these useless thoughts of mine and instead cheered myself up, the notification that just sounded didn't have the word ' poorly executed ' in it, so even though I was beginning to look in this skill of mine in a bad away, I still decided to continue to see what mastery level can I reach with it today .
After finishing my intense training session, I sighed a bit disappointedly and went to the house, turned off the lantern and went to sleep, thinking of only one last thought, that it seem that it was the same case with this Martial Skill, I can't improve the mastery of these Martial Skills beyond the Great Success, at least not by depending on the panel .