"Lower it by three inches, put force into your waist, and press the acupuncture point with the pad of your thumb."
"Rotate the thumb pad clockwise. Apply even pressure without stopping, and make the movement smooth and continuous."
"Still not enough, keep increasing the force..."
...
Li Hao was lying face down on the bed, yet he seemed able to see her every move, which utterly shocked Gu Qianxue.
In particular, the few issues Li Hao pointed out gave her a sudden feeling of profound enlightenment.
"So that's how it is!"
All the problems that had puzzled Gu Qianxue for so long were resolved under Li Hao's guidance.
At that moment, Gu Qianxue felt as if she had been enlightened and everything clicked into place.
"Student Li, how do you..."
"Don't stop, keep going just like I told you..."
Gu Mingyue's comprehension was indeed top-notch. Under Li Hao's guidance, her meridian-opening speed steadily increased.
"The pressure is still not enough, increase it to five hundred catties."
"Did you not eat, keep pushing harder!"
Under Li Hao's instruction, Gu Qianxue massaged while comprehending. Soon, beads of sweat covered her forehead, and speckles of sweat appeared on her pure white dress.
Although she was exhausted, the gains were immense. In just over an hour of this effort, her understanding of the ancient martial meridian-opening method had reached another level.
Perhaps from being too tired, her fingers were already trembling, and her body was about to reach its limit.
"Ring, ring, ring..."
Finally, the preset alarm went off. Gu Qianxue felt immensely relieved and collapsed onto the floor.
Li Hao opened his eyes and glanced at the drenched Gu Qianxue.
At this distance and from this angle, it was simply perfection.
Gu Qianxue looked like a snow-capped peak where the ice was melting, breathtakingly beautiful.
The aloof, icy school belle, high and mighty, resembled a celestial being who had fallen into the mortal world—transcendent and refined yet carrying a touch of earthly warmth.
"I can't go on! I'm so exhausted!" Gu Qianxue murmured weakly.
"Eat some food to restore your energy."
Gu Qianxue did not refuse; her body was trembling right now, and she urgently needed to replenish her energy.
"However, I've reached my limit. Let's call it a day!"
"Why? The lesson isn't over yet!"
"I'm sorry, I have things to do at home!"
"No! We must finish it today..."
"No way!"
"I'll pay five times the amount!"
"Five times..."
Thinking of the fivefold sum, Gu Qianxue's exhausted strength seemed to recover a fraction.
For the sake of money, she decided to fight through it...
"Alright then, I'll do my best!"
"Qianxue, eat slowly. Come on, drink some nutrient fluid."
After half a day of contact, Li Hao and Gu Qianxue had grown familiar with each other, and their forms of address had become much closer.
"Let me tell you, this nutrient fluid is good stuff..."
"Mmm, mmm!"
Half an hour later, Gu Qianxue had recovered some of her strength and hurriedly requested to finish the day's lessons.
The Martial Arts Lesson mainly focuses on cultivating students' physical fitness and teaching the use of common boxing styles and various weapons.
In the New Martial era, traditional martial arts routines have developed greatly, and national martial arts have taken on a new lease of life.
After decades of development, national martial arts techniques have become more mature. Aiming at student instruction, Hua Nation has summarized a more efficient method.
That is: "First piles, second techniques, third weapons."
The piles refer to the Plum Blossom Piles;
The techniques are Form-Intention Boxing and Eight Trigrams Palm;
The weapons are the sword, saber, and spear.
The Plum Blossom Piles mainly test the students' physical fitness and psychological quality. By using the waist and legs to generate force and coordinating the muscles of the buttocks and knees, it enhances lower limb strength and stability, significantly improving students' coordination and reaction capabilities.
Among the three major martial arts systems, Form-Intention Boxing and Eight Trigrams Palm are more practical and direct, making them suitable for use on the battlefield without fancy moves—striking straight ahead and advancing with hard blows.
Swords, sabers, and spears are the three weapons used by the greatest number of people, with practiced and skilled cultivation routines, and they are also the weapons commonly used by top-tier powerhouses, naturally making them mandatory weapons for students.
"Today's tutoring content is the Five Elements Fist from Form-Intention Boxing. Memorize the chant first."
"Crown pressed, sitting stance, roots like a rock; quiet the mind, regulate the breath, embrace the elixir field. All rules stem from the Three-Body Posture, connecting the earthly Qi below and the heavens above."
"Metal gives birth to water, water moistens metal; lungs and kidneys are naturally close kin. Split open the volcano to access the alchemy furnace, drill out the kidney water to return to Kunlun."
...
"Next, I will demonstrate the moves..."
Gu Qianxue's figure flashed, turned, leaped, and shifted with extreme agility, showing she had put plenty of effort into the Five Elements Fist.
Li Hao nodded, approving of Gu Qianxue's abilities.
However, as someone who in his past life was a peak Grade 9 powerhouse, Li Hao still saw many shortcomings in Gu Qianxue's routine.
"Chest and abdomen exposed, both ribs flared open; your stance is loose, making it easy for the enemy to invade."
"Arching the buttocks and thrusting the hips, knees splayed and crotch open; the center gate unguarded, making enemy attacks hard to defend."
...
With just a few words from Li Hao, Gu Qianxue's figure suddenly froze.
Her brows furrowed slightly, and she was just about to warn Li Hao not to interrupt and spout nonsense...
Yet, the words reached her lips, but she couldn't say them!
"Why do these few sentences sound so familiar!"
"Right, weren't these taught by the teacher? How does Li Hao know them? Could it be he has studied..."
"But what the teacher said is slightly different from what Li Hao said. It seems Li Hao's words hit right on my problem..."
"How did he figure it out..."
"Impossible, hasn't he been missing classes? Could it be he studied this before..."
Gu Qianxue's mind was in utter chaos right now, so her routine naturally became impossible to maintain.
"Li Hao, how did you figure out my problem? Have you studied the Five Elements Fist?" Gu Qianxue asked directly.
"What's so difficult about that? It's just the Five Elements Fist! I know the Twelve-Form Boxing as well."
"You... don't try to scare me!"
Gu Qianxue truly didn't believe it!
She had heard a thing or two about Li Hao's situation—the top playboy of Yuncheng No. 1 High School and a super academic slacker.
To say he knew Form-Intention Boxing was like saying penguins could climb trees!
Yet, Li Hao had indeed pointed out her problem...
Seeing that Li Hao had no intention of answering, and with the daylight gradually turning dim, Gu Qianxue said directly, "Since you know this set of boxing, today's tutoring ends here."
With that, Gu Qianxue shouldered her backpack and prepared to leave.
Seeing this, Li Hao hurriedly said, "Qianxue, I'll walk you home."
"No need, I can manage by myself."
"How can that do? It's so late, I wouldn't be at ease letting you go home alone!"
"You'd better worry about yourself..."
Afterward, without waiting for Li Hao's reply, Gu Qianxue prepared to leave straight away.
"Wait, Qianxue, take this."
Li Hao took a bank card from the drawer, handed it to Gu Qianxue, and said, "There's 100,000 here, for this month's tutoring fee."
"This is too much..." Gu Qianxue refused.
"Do you think this money is easily earned? I require you to give me a massage after every tutoring session. Massaging is very tiring, and this is what you deserve."
"Then I still won't..."
"Think it over..."
Li Hao took out his phone, opened the class group chat, and said, "Qianxue, you wouldn't want the classmates to know about this, would you?"
Gu Qianxue's face flushed red, feeling as if her little tail had been stepped on by Li Hao, leaving her somewhat powerless.
If she were to compromise so easily, she wouldn't be resigned to it. "Raise the pay!"
Li Hao: "..."