Chapter 561 - Polearms(2) (1/2)
Once the instructor showed Yuan how to hold the staff, he swung the staff around in a slow but precise manner, allowing Yuan to see every single one of his movements more clearly.
A few minutes later, the instructor stopped his movements and turned to look at Yuan before handing him the staff.
”Here. I showed a little more than I was supposed to, but I wanted to give you a grasp of what it means to wield a staff.”
After Yuan accepted the staff, the instructor went to grab another one for himself.
”Am I holding this properly?” Yuan asked.
”Yes, that's perfect. Now let's start with the basic movements.”
The instructor then executed a single strike with the staff before freezing in that position..
Yuan followed his movements and executed the same strike with perfection.
Of course, it was only a basic movement, so it wasn't that impressive.
”Here's a follow-up.”
The instructor resumed his movements and swung the staff again.
Yuan followed.
The two of them would continue in this manner until they executed most of the basic movements.
”Now try to do it all at once without any long pauses.” The instructor said to him.
Yuan nodded and took a moment to remember all of the movements. Once he was ready, he started swinging the staff around with precise and smooth movements.
Although the techniques were the basics, they looked like it was performed by an expert.
'This guy…' The instructor was amazed by how fast of a learner Yuan was.
It had only been a few minutes since they started, yet Yuan was already performing like he was an expert.
”How did I do?” Yuan asked the dazed instructor after performing the basic techniques.
”N-Not bad. I don't have anything to say, which is a good thing. Practice like that a few more times and we'll move to the next step.”
”Okay.”
Yuan began swinging the staff around again.
About ten minutes later, the instructor stopped him and started showing him more advanced techniques.
This continued for the rest of the day.
Meanwhile, on the fourth floor, Meixiu was doing much better than the previous day.
”Looks like you're back to normal. I hope you've solved whatever was troubling you.” The instructor said to her.
”Thank you for your concern.” Meixiu nodded.
At the end of the day, Meixiu went to the first floor to meet up with Yuan like usual, but when she arrived, Yuan wasn't there.