The Super “Dog Food” System

Chapter 11 The Old Man and the Maiden

The system was indeed full of high-quality things. One thing more than the others that allowed the user to comprehend certain things had been removed. It was a method of breathing into one's belly. With this gone, Ye Tian at a loss of what to do.

“Generate your power from the head, hold your breath into your belly, and keep your chest up high. Tuck in your the back and put your shoulders down, relax the muscles, bones, and waist, and slowly take a step. Use your mind to guide the actions, and be certain to distinguish between the virtual and the real, adjust the Yin and Yang . . .”

The essence of the method kept flashing in Ye Tian’s mind. The obscure essence of Tai Chi, which was difficult to understand, had seemingly already been mastered by Ye Tian. He kept every movement clearly in mind, until he performed them out of mere instinct.

With the help of this system’s abnormal ability of indoctrination, Ye Tian was more like those reborn in the novels of the time. Although his physical quality was far from meeting the requirements, he had already had a thorough and incomparable understanding of the Martial Art of Tai Chi. He slowly and expertly raised his hands, and it seemed as if he had practiced the first move of Tai Chi for countless times.

The Preparation Move, the Covering Hands and Striking with Arms Move, and the Diamond Tamping move. . .

As the Ancient Martial Art of Tai Chi was gradually practiced, it suddenly seemed that these movements were not different from those practiced by the old ladies he had seen in the park. However, if you looked carefully, you could find that there was a peculiar rhythm in all of Ye Tian’s moves, which had a kind of charm that made you addicted to it.

With the practice of Tai Chi, Ye Tian felt as if the bones and meridians of his whole body were injected with a kind of crisp, sour, and itchy feeling. The more the practice was done, the stronger the feelings became.

“How quickly I mastered it!”

Ye Tian couldn’t hide his inner joy. With the help of the indoctrination of the system, Ye Tian had no less than ten years of theoretical knowledge of the Ancient Martial Art practitioners; of course, he knew very well what was going on.

He was the quintessence of the Ancient Martial Art!

This was a rare situation in Ancient Martial Arts, which meant that an Ancient Martial Art practitioner had made rapid progress in his understanding of the Ancient Martial Art after accumulating a lot of experience, thus resulting in an epiphany.

Once the practitioner entered this state, it meant that not only his understanding of the Ancient Martial Art had greatly improved, but also his physical qualities would improve in a very short time.

Under normal circumstances, such a state was definitely not available—let alone it was his first time practicing the Ancient Martial Art. Those that had practiced it for more than ten years, or even for decades, usually had a very small chance of entering this state only after they had made a breakthrough.

To reach the epitome of the Ancient Martial Art, the most valuable trait was the understanding abilities of practitioners of the Ancient Martial Art, which allowed them to improve by leaps and bounds. Because the improvement of understanding was based on accumulation by little bits at a time, it was impossible for practitioners to improve unexpectedly and speedily, which was why this state was so rare.

The problem was that Ye Tian was not one of them. His understanding of the Ancient Martial Art was directly indoctrinated into him by the system. This instruction was not gotten through recitation, but still made Ye Tian fully understand the Ancient Martial Art, just as if he had been practicing the Ancient Martial Art for more than ten years. It could be explained that, for Ye Tian, the ideal plane of the Ancient Martial Art, which was extremely rare in the eyes of ordinary practitioners of the Ancient Martial Art, was as common as eating or drinking to him. In addition, the state wouldn’t disappear until his physical quality kept pace with his understanding ability.

The rapid improvement in physical quality made Ye Tian feel contented and delighted, and as a boost, his practice of Tai Chi became increasingly skilled. After sunset, he very reluctantly stopped. He shouted a little bit, and a puff of stale air shot out of his chest, just like a sword cutting a slowly falling leaf in two.

Ye Tian stretched out a hand to make a fist and ruthlessly punched at a maple tree nearby. The trunk, which was as thick as a person, shook violently. Countless maple leaves fell with the wind and the bark on the trunk even burst open.

“Tai Chi is indeed the most exquisite one of the Ancient Martial Arts. The effect is really extraordinary!”

Ye Tian withdrew his hand and could not help but sigh with emotion. It was just an improvement in strength; no one knew what effect those more exquisite moves would have.

The obvious effects of Tai Chi made Ye Tian have an urge to draw a lottery immediately. But the thought that the Dog Food value would soon reach 100 points made Ye Tian resist the impulse.

Knowing he could get such great things like the Tai Chi method of the Ancient Martial Art, Ye Tian looked forward to the 100 points lottery.

By that time, the sky was completely dark and the moon hung high in the sky. Ye Tian didn’t want to continue to practice, and he went out of the woods.

Ye Tian didn’t notice that after he had just walked out of the woods, an old figure and a young one appeared in his practice place.

“Grandpa, that man was just practicing Tai Chi, which was not worth looking at.” The younger figure was a maiden, and when she saw her grandpa was carefully looking at the position that Ye Tian had just practiced, she couldn’t help speaking with disdain.

“You know nothing about it! Steady your mind and practice Tai Chi with your feet pointing at the ground, which is the real secret method of the Ancient Material Art. It has been lost for decades. This young man was absolutely not ordinary.

The old man was white-haired, but he had a tall and straight stature, and his old eyes were full of light. Obviously, the man was not ordinary. He stared at the place where Ye Tian had just practiced and his tone grew solemn as he spoke. 

“I didn’t expect that there were descendants of this lost skill living in this world, and I don’t know when such figures appeared in the Ancient Martial Art.”

The maiden's eyes followed the old man’s gaze, and she saw a pattern drawn by feet at the location where Ye Tian had practiced. After looking carefully, she found that the pattern turned out to be like a Tai Chi picture.

Looking at her grandpa’s dignified eyes, the maiden still looked dismissive, and said with derision, “Grandpa, maybe you have just thought too much. That boy looks about as old as I am; perhaps he was practicing Tai Chi for ordinary physical exercise and pretended to be an expert who deliberately painted a picture of Tai Chi on the ground. It’s not a big deal!”

As she spoke, the maiden, as if to prove what she was saying, walked to the middle of the field and practiced Tai Chi just like Ye Tian had done. She paid attention to her feet and tried to make the same Tai Chi picture.

But no matter how hard the maiden tried, there was something wrong with the Tai Chi she practiced, and the figure under her feet was so crooked that it couldn’t be recognized.

The old man looked at his defiant granddaughter and sighed. He shook his head and said, “For Tai Chi, the idea is more important than the moves. Although you imitate it deliberately like this, what good will it be, even you make a Tai Chi picture? The man practices Tai Chi so skillfully that it’s obvious that he has been practicing it for more than a year and a half.”

Listening to the old man’s words, the maiden, unconvinced, began to pout. She mercilessly kicked at the next big tree, and angrily said, “I don’t believe he is as terrific as that. We should meet him later to see whether the Ancient Material Art is better, or our Tang Family twelfth-routine of snap-kick boxing is better!”

Bang!

A blast came out from the trunk that the maiden had kicked, and the trunk, as if hit by a heavy hammer, burst with a thump.

Chapter 11 The Old Man and the Maiden

The system was indeed full of high-quality things. One thing more than the others that allowed the user to comprehend certain things had been removed. It was a method of breathing into one's belly. With this gone, Ye Tian at a loss of what to do.

“Generate your power from the head, hold your breath into your belly, and keep your chest up high. Tuck in your the back and put your shoulders down, relax the muscles, bones, and waist, and slowly take a step. Use your mind to guide the actions, and be certain to distinguish between the virtual and the real, adjust the Yin and Yang . . .”

The essence of the method kept flashing in Ye Tian’s mind. The obscure essence of Tai Chi, which was difficult to understand, had seemingly already been mastered by Ye Tian. He kept every movement clearly in mind, until he performed them out of mere instinct.

With the help of this system’s abnormal ability of indoctrination, Ye Tian was more like those reborn in the novels of the time. Although his physical quality was far from meeting the requirements, he had already had a thorough and incomparable understanding of the Martial Art of Tai Chi. He slowly and expertly raised his hands, and it seemed as if he had practiced the first move of Tai Chi for countless times.

The Preparation Move, the Covering Hands and Striking with Arms Move, and the Diamond Tamping move. . .

As the Ancient Martial Art of Tai Chi was gradually practiced, it suddenly seemed that these movements were not different from those practiced by the old ladies he had seen in the park. However, if you looked carefully, you could find that there was a peculiar rhythm in all of Ye Tian’s moves, which had a kind of charm that made you addicted to it.

With the practice of Tai Chi, Ye Tian felt as if the bones and meridians of his whole body were injected with a kind of crisp, sour, and itchy feeling. The more the practice was done, the stronger the feelings became.

“How quickly I mastered it!”

Ye Tian couldn’t hide his inner joy. With the help of the indoctrination of the system, Ye Tian had no less than ten years of theoretical knowledge of the Ancient Martial Art practitioners; of course, he knew very well what was going on.

He was the quintessence of the Ancient Martial Art!

This was a rare situation in Ancient Martial Arts, which meant that an Ancient Martial Art practitioner had made rapid progress in his understanding of the Ancient Martial Art after accumulating a lot of experience, thus resulting in an epiphany.

Once the practitioner entered this state, it meant that not only his understanding of the Ancient Martial Art had greatly improved, but also his physical qualities would improve in a very short time.

Under normal circumstances, such a state was definitely not available—let alone it was his first time practicing the Ancient Martial Art. Those that had practiced it for more than ten years, or even for decades, usually had a very small chance of entering this state only after they had made a breakthrough.

To reach the epitome of the Ancient Martial Art, the most valuable trait was the understanding abilities of practitioners of the Ancient Martial Art, which allowed them to improve by leaps and bounds. Because the improvement of understanding was based on accumulation by little bits at a time, it was impossible for practitioners to improve unexpectedly and speedily, which was why this state was so rare.

The problem was that Ye Tian was not one of them. His understanding of the Ancient Martial Art was directly indoctrinated into him by the system. This instruction was not gotten through recitation, but still made Ye Tian fully understand the Ancient Martial Art, just as if he had been practicing the Ancient Martial Art for more than ten years. It could be explained that, for Ye Tian, the ideal plane of the Ancient Martial Art, which was extremely rare in the eyes of ordinary practitioners of the Ancient Martial Art, was as common as eating or drinking to him. In addition, the state wouldn’t disappear until his physical quality kept pace with his understanding ability.

The rapid improvement in physical quality made Ye Tian feel contented and delighted, and as a boost, his practice of Tai Chi became increasingly skilled. After sunset, he very reluctantly stopped. He shouted a little bit, and a puff of stale air shot out of his chest, just like a sword cutting a slowly falling leaf in two.

Ye Tian stretched out a hand to make a fist and ruthlessly punched at a maple tree nearby. The trunk, which was as thick as a person, shook violently. Countless maple leaves fell with the wind and the bark on the trunk even burst open.

“Tai Chi is indeed the most exquisite one of the Ancient Martial Arts. The effect is really extraordinary!”

Ye Tian withdrew his hand and could not help but sigh with emotion. It was just an improvement in strength; no one knew what effect those more exquisite moves would have.

The obvious effects of Tai Chi made Ye Tian have an urge to draw a lottery immediately. But the thought that the Dog Food value would soon reach 100 points made Ye Tian resist the impulse.

Knowing he could get such great things like the Tai Chi method of the Ancient Martial Art, Ye Tian looked forward to the 100 points lottery.

By that time, the sky was completely dark and the moon hung high in the sky. Ye Tian didn’t want to continue to practice, and he went out of the woods.

Ye Tian didn’t notice that after he had just walked out of the woods, an old figure and a young one appeared in his practice place.

“Grandpa, that man was just practicing Tai Chi, which was not worth looking at.” The younger figure was a maiden, and when she saw her grandpa was carefully looking at the position that Ye Tian had just practiced, she couldn’t help speaking with disdain.

“You know nothing about it! Steady your mind and practice Tai Chi with your feet pointing at the ground, which is the real secret method of the Ancient Material Art. It has been lost for decades. This young man was absolutely not ordinary.

The old man was white-haired, but he had a tall and straight stature, and his old eyes were full of light. Obviously, the man was not ordinary. He stared at the place where Ye Tian had just practiced and his tone grew solemn as he spoke. 

“I didn’t expect that there were descendants of this lost skill living in this world, and I don’t know when such figures appeared in the Ancient Martial Art.”

The maiden's eyes followed the old man’s gaze, and she saw a pattern drawn by feet at the location where Ye Tian had practiced. After looking carefully, she found that the pattern turned out to be like a Tai Chi picture.

Looking at her grandpa’s dignified eyes, the maiden still looked dismissive, and said with derision, “Grandpa, maybe you have just thought too much. That boy looks about as old as I am; perhaps he was practicing Tai Chi for ordinary physical exercise and pretended to be an expert who deliberately painted a picture of Tai Chi on the ground. It’s not a big deal!”

As she spoke, the maiden, as if to prove what she was saying, walked to the middle of the field and practiced Tai Chi just like Ye Tian had done. She paid attention to her feet and tried to make the same Tai Chi picture.

But no matter how hard the maiden tried, there was something wrong with the Tai Chi she practiced, and the figure under her feet was so crooked that it couldn’t be recognized.

The old man looked at his defiant granddaughter and sighed. He shook his head and said, “For Tai Chi, the idea is more important than the moves. Although you imitate it deliberately like this, what good will it be, even you make a Tai Chi picture? The man practices Tai Chi so skillfully that it’s obvious that he has been practicing it for more than a year and a half.”

Listening to the old man’s words, the maiden, unconvinced, began to pout. She mercilessly kicked at the next big tree, and angrily said, “I don’t believe he is as terrific as that. We should meet him later to see whether the Ancient Material Art is better, or our Tang Family twelfth-routine of snap-kick boxing is better!”

Bang!

A blast came out from the trunk that the maiden had kicked, and the trunk, as if hit by a heavy hammer, burst with a thump.