58: Free martial arts: Iron Mountain

That afternoon.

Li Canglan had some free time, so he took the membership card He Qianxun gave him and went to the Jinghai Martial Arts Hall.

Martial Artist training definitely requires giving it your all.

To avoid causing a stir, he used He Xinghai's identity.

That day, it just so happened that a Martial Artist instructor was teaching a Martial Skill for free.

With the idea of getting something for free, Li Canglan also mixed into the ranks of the students.

You can never have too many skills.

Mastering one more Martial Skill would improve his safety coefficient whenever he headed into the wilderness in the future.

Martial Artists don't only have to rely on Martial Skill scrolls to learn Martial Skills.

The effect of a Martial Skill scroll is that it allows a Martial Artist to learn in an immersive way.

Mastering a Martial Skill with the fastest efficiency.

But in contrast to that is the high price of Martial Skill scrolls.

After all, Martial Skill scrolls are one-time use and cannot be reused.

Even for certain considerations, individual Martial Skills are still under official control.

For ordinary people or ordinary Martial Artists.

The best way to learn a Martial Skill is to have a Martial Artist with extremely high proficiency teach it.

Although the efficiency is lower than that of a Martial Skill scroll.

But if there are enough people listening to the lecture, the spread will be much wider than that of a Martial Skill scroll.

Of course, this only applies to low-level Martial Skills.

For Advanced Martial Skills, even if the teacher is willing to teach, students probably wouldn't be able to learn them after watching just twice.

"Today, I will teach a practical E-rank Martial Skill: Iron Mountain Lean."

The person in charge of teaching was a Two-Star Martial Artist who looked to be in his thirties.

He said loudly, "Today, any student who comes to my Jinghai Martial Arts Hall, regardless of whether they have a membership card, can learn for free!"

As soon as these words were spoken, many students immediately became restless.

They sent messages to their familiar friends and family members, asking them to rush over as soon as possible.

Other martial arts halls also have times when they teach Martial Skills for free as a promotional method.

But this kind of situation, where even people without membership cards can learn for free.

Is definitely an extremely rare opportunity!

An E-rank Martial Skill would cost tens of thousands of dollars no matter what.

Even those in the Qi Blood Realm and Body Tempering Realm can learn it.

As long as one is lucky enough to learn it, they can save tens of thousands of dollars!

"Not only that!"

The instructor looked at the enthusiastic students and laughed loudly,

"This time, we will also give out rewards to the top ten best performers!"

"The first place will be rewarded with three bottles of elemental potions of their choice!"

"Second and third place will be rewarded with two bottles and one bottle of elemental potions respectively."

"Fourth and fifth place: rewarded with two bottles of Blood Tempering Agent!"

"Sixth to tenth place: rewarded with five jin of one-star Demonic Beast meat!"

Hearing this, the venue immediately became a sensation.

"My god, they are even rewarding expensive elemental potions!"

"Even five jin of Demonic Beast meat is worth several thousand dollars! Coming here this time was the right choice!"

Li Canglan's eyes also lit up.

Although he was not short of these things.

But who would complain about having too much stuff?

Even if he couldn't use them, he could share them with others.

What surprised Li Canglan even more was that the instructor didn't set any prerequisites.

Once the set time arrived, he really began to demonstrate the Martial Skill.

"This first-place reward, I, Wang Teng, am determined to take it; no one can snatch it away!"

At the front of the queue, a Martial Artist was overflowing with self-confidence.

"Wang Teng, that guy, actually came too. Now it seems I can only take second place."

"Sigh, my requirements are lower; just top ten is fine."

Under the gaze of hundreds of students, the instructor began to demonstrate the Iron Mountain Lean.

For an E-rank Martial Skill, the difficulty wouldn't be very high.

While demonstrating, the instructor explained the path of Qi Blood circulation within the body.

How to maximize the power of the Iron Mountain Lean.

And, as much as possible during close-quarters combat, catch the opponent off guard.

The movements looked simple, but actually wanting to execute them was extremely difficult.

The instructor demonstrated the Iron Mountain Lean a full ten times before stopping.

"Next, you can try it out first."

Upon hearing this, many people excitedly began training with their companions.

The students were all fully equipped, so there was no need to worry about the problem of getting injured.

Bang!

The sounds of collision echoed one after another in the training hall.

But almost no one succeeded in executing it.

"Isn't this just an E-rank Martial Skill? Why is it so difficult?"

Most of the students there had not reached the Martial Artist Realm.

They had originally thought that the lowest-level E-rank Martial Skill would be something they could easily grasp with their talent.

But when they actually tried to execute it, it severely damaged their confidence.

Li Canglan also followed the method the instructor described and executed it once.

Bang!

The student practicing with him let out a muffled groan and was sent flying by Li Canglan's Iron Mountain Lean.

Fortunately, Li Canglan had been restraining his own strength all along, so he didn't injure this Martial Apprentice.

This scene attracted the attention of many students around them.

"Damn, comparing people is infuriating."

"I've only watched it a few times, and I can't even perform the movements smoothly, yet someone is already able to execute it?"

Although the surrounding students were envious, Li Canglan frowned slightly.

Because he understood that his movements were only in form but lacked spirit.

In actual combat, it didn't unleash the power of the Martial Skill at all.

The reason he was able to execute it so smoothly.

Besides his stronger power leading to powerful comprehension ability.

The bigger reason was that his level of control over Qi Blood was much stronger than others.

With Li Canglan as a target.

The other students also diligently continued to Cultivate.

But very quickly, one by one, they wilted like eggplants hit by frost.

It was too difficult.

Sure enough, wanting to learn a Martial Skill just by observing with one's eyes is really not that simple.

Now it was the half-hour self-training time, and the instructor had already left.

Many people came to Li Canglan's side, wanting him to teach them some insights.

However, whenever there were too many people, there would always be someone making discordant sounds.

"Such petty tricks, and you're here grandstanding?"

Everyone frowned and looked in the direction the voice came from.

They discovered it was the Martial Artist who had declared earlier that he would take first place: Wang Teng!

"It's just similar in form, you haven't grasped the essence of the Iron Mountain Lean at all."

Wang Teng walked up to Li Canglan with an arrogant expression,

"I admit your talent is quite good, but wanting to compete with me for the first-place reward is simply wishful thinking!"

Li Canglan was speechless.

"Do you usually have no sense of presence, so you have to come out and act cool at this time?"

The veins on Wang Teng's forehead bulged, and he snorted coldly,

"A person should have self-awareness; I just hope you don't have delusions!"

Without waiting for Li Canglan's reply, after finishing speaking, Wang Teng looked at the surrounding students.

"Is there anyone willing to train with me?"

Upon hearing this, everyone stepped back a few paces.

Wang Teng was a Martial Artist after all.

They were just Martial Apprentices in the Body Tempering Realm; if they were not careful, they would likely get injured.

"I'll do it!"

A student walked out from the crowd.

Everyone quickly recognized his identity, He Jie.

He was also a Martial Artist student of the Jinghai Martial Arts Hall.

Under everyone's gaze, the two set up their stances.

Only hearing a bang, Wang Teng unleashed an Iron Mountain Lean.

It sent He Jie stumbling back seven or eight steps before he could barely stabilize his body.

"This Iron Mountain Lean looks much more imposing than He Xinghai's."

"Sure enough, as Wang Teng said, He Xinghai is only similar in form."

A chorus of exclamations arose from the crowd.

But the look in Li Canglan's eyes when he looked at Wang Teng was very strange.

Because this guy's proficiency in Iron Mountain Lean was extremely high.

It had likely reached the level of thorough mastery!