If it were someone else, the teacher would probably directly have them find a martial technique to practice. But Long Weili could only be left to figure out his own methods. Unexpectedly, Long Weili had actually come here to find a solution.
Also, the "three thousand barriers" he mentioned above was a type of force measurement facility at First Academy Under Heaven. Shaped like a wall, and based on this thing's bearing capacity, they were divided into thousand-barrier, two-thousand-barrier, and so on.
"I know this, use layered force!" Xiaoyao said. This wasn't too difficult to find. Something that could be solved with one sentence - why not help someone and save them time?
"Layered force?"
"Yes, it's overlapping force in theory. If you can achieve double layering, you'll have double the strength. If you can do triple layering, naturally you'll have triple the strength! You said you have a thousand jin of strength - as long as you can achieve triple layering within a month, you can break through three thousand barriers! Achieving triple layering isn't very difficult, especially since you're not using it in combat..." Xiaoyao replied casually.
The technique of layered force wasn't too difficult. The difficulty lay in applying it in combat. In rapidly changing battles, there wasn't much time to execute layered force, and sometimes if the timing was wrong, it wasn't better than simply using direct force.
In martial arts, it wasn't about having the greatest strength possible, but about being just right - using the minimum force to achieve maximum effect!
Of course, layered force could sometimes have miraculous effects, so quite a few people practiced it.
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"..." Long Weili looked at Xiaoyao for a while, his eyes full of confusion.
Xiaoyao was startled by this confused gaze, thinking he was being suspected and wondering where he had revealed a flaw. Had he said too much? Shouldn't Xiao Ming know these things?
That wasn't right either. Xiao Ming was a good student who liked studying, it was normal for him to know these things. Even if he were suspected, it shouldn't be by Long Weili in front of him, who wouldn't be able to tell whether Xiao Ming should know this or not.
Therefore, Long Weili's confusion should come from something else...
After a while, Long Weili spoke, "You said so much, but I still don't understand what layered force is. How do you layer it?"
Xiaoyao wanted to explain, then suddenly remembered, if Long Weili could understand explanations, then there wouldn't be this problem. The teacher could have explained directly.
"Follow me!" Xiaoyao said, leading Long Weili to where the force barriers (general term for thousand-jin barriers) were located. He wasn't afraid of encountering Xiao Ming, because Xiao Ming had taken leave today for family matters and might not be around for several days. Only his class instructor knew this.
It was impossible to be so unlucky as to encounter the instructor. Even if he did, he could get by with some random excuse!
"Use your most comfortable technique to strike once. Remember, most comfortable, not strongest." Xiaoyao brought Long Weili in front of a force barrier and pointed at it.
"Oh, okay!" Long Weili nodded obediently and threw a punch according to Xiaoyao's requirements.
A horse stance, then a very formal straight punch. Although it was a simple movement, it gave people a strong sense of fierce power!
From this, it could be seen that Long Weili was indeed good talent with very solid fundamentals!
"So you like punching like this - that works. Watch me, just like this!" Xiaoyao threw a punch that seemed to have no force at all, but easily broke through the force barrier in front.
"Ah... this is a thousand-jin barrier! Did your punch just now have a thousand jin of force?" Long Weili was stunned, somewhat surprised by the result before his eyes.
"No, but I used layered force, so it was very easy to achieve." Xiaoyao shook his head. This Long Weili really was somewhat simple-minded. Since he came to teach layered force this time, he naturally couldn't have thousand-jin strength. Even if he did, he wouldn't directly punch it out.
"Oh, right, right, how could I forget, layered force! Hurry up and teach me."
"Didn't I just teach you? Didn't you see clearly?"
"Ah, I was only watching the force barrier..."
"..."
"Look more carefully this time. I'm now using double layering, this is the simplest!" As Xiaoyao spoke, he used layered force. This time, Xiaoyao's fist didn't break through the thousand-jin barrier in front.
"..., You didn't break through. Will this work?" Seeing this result, Long Weili looked at Xiaoyao very doubtfully.
"Can't you be a bit smarter? I'm only using double layering now, so naturally the force isn't enough to break through. You try using the technique I just used!" Xiaoyao said somewhat helplessly. This Long Weili was a bit extreme. He really admired whoever could cultivate him into talent - this was a massive project worthy of admiration.
"Oh, I got it!" After Long Weili said this, he began using layered force. The result made Xiaoyao feel very surprised.
Xiaoyao's surprise wasn't because Long Weili hadn't learned it. On the contrary, Long Weili had learned it, and very perfectly. It was precisely because it was so perfect that Xiaoyao felt surprised.
Although he knew Long Weili was a representative of the hands-on learning type, he hadn't expected him to be this strong - learning it immediately upon seeing it. No wonder he could enter First Academy Under Heaven - he really wasn't an ordinary person.
Since Long Weili had such talent, why didn't the teacher directly teach him instead of having him comprehend it himself? This actually had reasons. Although the teacher could teach and demonstrate double layering once, the result would definitely be that Long Weili hadn't learned it - Long Weili would still have to comprehend it himself.
Why could Xiaoyao's demonstration be learned immediately?
The principle was actually simple. Xiaoyao used Long Weili's habits to execute moves, equivalent to Long Weili's own techniques, so naturally he understood at a glance.
This was why he had first watched Long Weili throw a punch, and it had to be Long Weili's most comfortable technique. He was imitating Long Weili's moves to execute his own moves.
Simply put, Xiaoyao had modified it based on Long Weili's foundation!
To achieve this was very difficult, extremely difficult. This wasn't something ordinary people could do. Even the teachers here couldn't do it, or they would have done it long ago.
If the teachers here knew about this, Xiaoyao would definitely be pursued by these teachers, begging Xiaoyao for guidance. Because someone who could so easily create new moves based on others' techniques was definitely a master among masters - a peerless master!
Fortunately, Long Weili hadn't noticed this point. He hadn't even thought about how many layers Xiaoyao had used before!
Xiaoyao's strength didn't look strong, but he could break through a thousand-jin barrier. This required several times the force, equivalent to several layers. Generally speaking, double layering was easiest to master, triple became quite difficult, quadruple and above was very difficult, and quintuple and above required long-term cultivation and extremely high talent.
So far, no one would cultivate this layered force to the highest level, because it was unprofitable. Being able to execute triple layering in combat was already very good. Quintuple and above was extremely rare, because this technique was too complex - no one would spend this time executing attacks, and opponents wouldn't give you this time either.
Simply put, it was impractical!
Based on the strength Xiaoyao displayed, plus his breaking through the thousand-jin barrier, it could be shown that his layered force had a very high number of layers, possibly unbelievable to others.
Although Xiaoyao's cultivation method was still at basic skills, he could still master these martial techniques - just without cultivation method support, the power would be somewhat lacking!
"Alright, you've already learned layered force. Now practice slowly. Triple layering just adds another layer - the technique is the same. You should understand this." After Xiaoyao finished speaking, he left. Long Weili didn't try to stop him, because he understood Xiaoyao's words and knew what he should do.
Because of Xiaoyao's casual help, Long Weili had a different attitude toward Xiao Ming than before. This made Xiao Ming feel somewhat flattered, a bit unaccustomed and a bit puzzled.
As for Xiaoyao, he now faced a problem, what to do next? After completing his reading plan, he found he suddenly seemed to have nothing to do.
Current Xiaoyao had no servant work, and Guxing obviously didn't need him to take care of her. He now had to think about what he should do.
Should he find long-term work, do short-term jobs, set up a stall to sell things, or perform for money?
If working, what kind of work should he do? If selling things, what should he sell? If performing, what skills should he perform...
Really troublesome. Sometimes knowing too much was also a vexing problem!
Forget it, let fate decide. Whatever he encountered today, he'd go with!
"Wanderers' Alliance!"
Xiaoyao suddenly saw a group of people gathered in front of a building. This place seemed to be the legendary Wanderers' Alliance. The so-called Wanderers' Alliance was an organization that the vast majority of people could join.
The nature of this organization was actually a kind of employment intermediary. Every day they would accept tasks from various clients, then publish them for alliance wanderers to complete. After completion, they would receive corresponding rewards. Based on task difficulty, they would receive corresponding evaluations. These evaluations could accumulate, and after reaching a certain level, one could upgrade their status within the alliance.
From the most basic first-level wanderer to the highest tenth-level wanderer - the higher the level, the higher the status in the alliance, the more information available, and naturally, the higher-level tasks they could accept.
Due to its systemic advantages, the Wanderers' Alliance was an extremely large organization with very powerful intelligence sources. The alliance would sell various types of information, and if they lacked certain intelligence, they would publish tasks for people to investigate.
(End of Chapter)