"Alright, do you have the strength to continue now? Get up quickly and keep going." Rin said to Aoko, who was lying on the ground feigning unconsciousness.
"Ugh! My first kiss! It's just gone!" Aoko, like a pouting Little Girl, jumped and bounced at Rin.
Speaking of which, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old high school girl throwing a tantrum at a seemingly less than twelve-year-old elementary school student (who is actually not even elementary school age yet—||), this scene looks so strange no matter how you look at it.
"Honestly, it's just a first kiss. Giving it to me is better than saving it for those stinky men later, right? Besides, it's my second time, okay? You're not at a disadvantage." Rin said to the angry Aoko.
"Second time? Then who did you give your first time to?" Someone who looked like an elementary school student wasn't even a virgin. Who was the first? Could it be her parents?
"First time? The first time, of course, belonged to my dearest sister, Sakura!" As soon as Rin thought of this, she couldn't help but cup her face with both hands, looking like an obsessed woman, which scared Aoko into involuntarily retreating ten meters.
It wasn't that a ten-meter distance was safe, but rather that at some point, an invisible wall appeared behind Aoko, or more precisely, a defensive barrier, and it was obvious who had set it up.
Rin, having returned to normal, turned to Aoko, who was cowering and trembling in the corner of the barrier, and said: "Alright, let's continue now. To defeat your genius sister, who has been practicing magic for nearly 20 years, how can you do it without paying some price? Now, you must first quickly master Mana Burst.
There's no time for you to progress gradually now.
Fortunately, Mana replenishment isn't like pulling seedlings to help them grow.
If you fail again… I personally wouldn't mind, though."
"Dad! Mom! Alice!!! Where are you?! I've encountered a pervert, hurry and save me!!!!"
"Don't even think about it. This barrier is soundproof. It's useless no matter how much you scream."
Holy crap, such a strong sense of déjà vu… "I don't believe it!"
"Try it if you don't believe it."
"Broken throat! Broken throat!…"
"…"
"…"
Aoko also felt that Rin had scared her into becoming a clown.
"Quick! Get into a good horse stance! Oh my goodness, have some common sense, be more standard!"
"Damn Rin! Why are there so many rules for a horse stance?!"
"There are many rules. Your posture isn't correct. When you squat, the force must first reach your feet.
Have you seen someone ride a horse?"
"Yes, I have. What about it?"
"When a person rides a horse, their body moves up and down with the horse.
The horse stance is the foundation of boxing that the ancient sages learned from horseback riding.
When you rise, your five toes must grip the ground like a chicken's claws.
When the five toes grip, it moves the bones and muscles of your calf, and your knees naturally straighten.
When your knees straighten, your thighs tighten, you lift your waist, and pull in your abdomen.
This is the upward force.
For the downward force, your feet should be like those of a duck or goose, with webbed feet, and all five toes should be relaxed.
This way, your knees relax, your thighs relax, your waist sits, and your abdomen expands.
Do you understand?"
"Honestly, where do all these demands come from? Can't we just practice properly…"
"Slap!"
"Ah! You hit me! Even my dad has never hit me!"
At some point, Rin had a branch in her hand.
Don't let it fool you; this was just a branch, but in Rin's hand, it could be harder than steel.
"Slap!"
"You hit me again!"
"You should call me Master now!"
"Damn Rin! When did I become your disciple?"
"Just now."
"I don't want to!"
"Whack!"
"You, you hit me again! Teachers should lead by virtue!"
"Whack!"
"Ah!"
"Well, if you don't submit, then resist."
"You, you, you... ah, stop hitting me! I'll practice."
Aoko, to put it plainly, was a naughty child. If you indulged her, she'd take advantage; but if you gave her a good smack, she'd immediately understand her place.
"Alright, now I will help you seal your body surface. You just need to control it so you don't unleash too much Mana at once and self-destruct."
Why did Rin know so much about martial arts? Of course, it couldn't have been Shizuki Soujuurou who taught her, because he practiced assassination techniques, not martial arts. Rin's martial knowledge came from Li Shuwen.
After her battle with Shizuki Soujuurou, Rin never relaxed her martial training. Projection was ultimately not the true path, so Rin repeatedly projected Unmatched Strike during her practice, deeply engraving the essence of the movements into her bones through muscle memory. Since martial memories couldn't be retained, Rin wrote down the knowledge gained from projections on paper!
At this point, Rin had completely mastered Baji Quan (Eight Extremes Fist), with its core principles fully in her mind. Perhaps she wasn't a grandmaster, but she was at least a master-level practitioner.
In any case, it was enough to teach a disciple.
Mana fluctuations, like moonlight on a lake, covered every part of Aoko's body under Rin's absolute control. Once finished, Rin said to Aoko, "Good, you can start."
Aoko, sweating profusely in her horse stance, forced herself to concentrate. Following what Rin had just taught her, she condensed Mana within her body, then ignited it!
"Start," Rin looked at Aoko curiously. She didn't feel any impact from a Mana Burst within Aoko's body.
"I already ignited it," Aoko looked at Rin a little aggrieved, feeling like she had done it but it was as if she hadn't.
"Hmm? That's strange."
Then Rin began various tests and checks on Aoko, and after extensive examination, she finally reached a conclusion.
Rin sighed slightly as she patted Aoko's well-developed breasts. Aoko initially refused this form of greeting, but Rin enforced it, claiming she couldn't reach her shoulders.
"Aoko, you truly are a genius at learning Mana Burst. Your body cells are naturally 100% adaptable to the flow of Mana, so a Mana eruption won't cause any impact to your body at all. As expected, how could someone who can naturally release Mana externally still need Mana Tempering?"
No one dislikes praise, especially a naughty child like Aoko. Aoko immediately exclaimed excitedly, "Can I also wrap myself in Mana and rush up to hit people like you?"
"Yes," Rin smiled and nodded affirmatively, "You can, as long as you resolve one final, most basic minor issue."
"What is it, what is it? Tell me quickly!" Aoko was already impatient to fight like Rin, splitting mountains with a punch and shattering earth with a kick! It was too passionate, too exciting, wasn't it?!
"Practice Mana control."
"Thud!"
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