The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#357 - successor

"Really? That's amazing!"

Lu Jing sucked in a breath of cold air. Old Blindman's Four Steady Stances was like a reverse Version of Dugu Nine Swords. The latter could break all the moves in the world, while his Four Steady Stances could defend against all the moves in the world.

Of course, that was on the premise that the opponent's internal energy cultivation was not higher than his. Otherwise, like Han Shi, the master of the Sword Washing Pavilion, one sword strike would not only knock away his weapon, but also almost split him in half.

Apart from that, his Four Steady Stances was equivalent to putting all his stat points into defense. His offensive ability was also very clumsy. Anyway, when Lu Jing fought Old Blindman, he just couldn't get away, but he didn't feel much threat.

But even so, this martial art was amazing enough, and its power had even surpassed some of the ultimate techniques.

It's just why hadn't he heard people talk about it in the martial arts world before?

Lu Jing thought for a while and asked, "So, Senior, your skill can steadily suppress those whose internal energy cultivation is not as good as yours, but you will definitely lose to those whose internal energy cultivation is stronger than yours?"

The originally smug Old Blindman froze when he heard these words.

And Lu Jing also understood where the problem with this martial art was. It was a complete "noob-stomping" divine skill.

If internal energy cultivation was compared to levels, then this martial art was as stable as an old dog against low-level opponents, and as stable as an old dog against high-level opponents...

In other words, it had no ability to fight beyond its level at all.

For top-notch martial arts, fighting beyond one's level was almost a necessary attribute.

The reason why ultimate techniques were strong was largely because they allowed those who practiced them to defeat the strong with the weak, and that was the meaning of moves.

Back then, the young hero Linghu had lost all his internal energy, but he could still rely on a set of Dugu Nine Swords to kill everyone in sight.

However, Old Blindman's Four Steady Stances turned the battle into a pure contest of internal energy.

But the problem was that people with stronger internal energy cultivation usually had an advantage in battle, so even if they didn't practice Four Steady Stances, they could probably win by practicing another martial art.

However, once they encountered a master, they could still fight with other martial arts, but Four Steady Stances, because of its own unique characteristics, was equivalent to giving up for nothing.

From this point of view, Four Steady Stances was a bit of a tasteless skill.

Of course, it wasn't without its advantages, such as being able to trap opponents. Lu Jing had felt locked up and unable to break free before.

In fact, other martial arts also had some similar moves, some to entangle opponents, and some to deliberately drive opponents in a certain direction, so as to follow up with the next move, but none of them were as effective.

Clearly, the bamboo cane wasn't fast, but when facing Old Blindman, Lu Jing had the thought of "absolutely can't escape" for the first time in his life, and he didn't have a similar feeling when he fought with Yan Yun before.

However, Lu Jing also noticed that Old Blindman took two steps towards him before making a move, so he asked, "Senior, your martial art can only work within a certain distance, right?"

Old Blindman nodded, "Your observation is very good. To completely lock down a person with Four Steady Stances and make him have nowhere to escape, he needs to be within three feet of you."

Lu Jing nodded and asked again, "Then, Senior, how long does it take to master your martial art?"

"For ordinary people, it would take forty to fifty years of hard work, and if their aptitude and comprehension are poor, they may not be able to master it in their entire lives. But since you can cultivate your internal energy to such a terrifying level at such a young age, your aptitude and comprehension should be very high, so...ten years. After ten years, you will be invincible."

Old Blindman was actually a little uneasy after saying this. Although ten years was not too long to practice a martial art, Four Steady Stances had another characteristic, that is, it was completely useless before it was completed.

After all, his skill had almost no power. It relied on locking up opponents and then winning by exhausting them. If he couldn't practice it to be flawless, it wouldn't work at all.

But in ten years, Lu Jing could also practice other martial arts to a very high level. Although he might not be as invincible as Four Steady Stances, it was better because he could practice and use it immediately, and he could continuously increase its power.

In addition, Old Blindman actually knew in his heart that his so-called invincibility was somewhat exaggerated.

If Four Steady Stances had the support of superhuman internal energy cultivation in a one-on-one situation, it was indeed invincible, but battles were not arena matches, and often the opponent would not give you a one-on-one opportunity.

No one could tell whether it was a gain or a loss to spend ten years practicing a martial art with such great limitations, and that was where Old Blindman was nervous.

He was not born into a famous sect, so he couldn't practice the ultimate techniques when he was young, but he was unwilling to be suppressed by the disciples of those famous sects for the rest of his life.

So he was determined to create his own set of ultimate techniques, and even stronger ultimate techniques than those of the famous sects.

But he didn't expect that this skill would take him forty years to figure out. In order to achieve the goal of perfect defense, he even stabbed his own eyes to comprehend the formless and ubiquitous momentum.

As a result, what he finally came up with was Four Steady Stances, such a strange martial art.

But in any case, this was his life's work. However, it was a pity that Four Steady Stances had not had time to shine in the martial arts world when he ran into Han Shi. Old Blindman's internal energy cultivation was not as good as Han Shi's, and he was split open by the latter's sword.

His heart was full of unwillingness, not unwilling to lose to Han Shi, but unwilling that his Four Steady Stances would be pierced by One Heart Sword.

In Old Blindman's own words, he had lost, but that didn't mean his Four Steady Stances had lost. It wasn't that this martial art was not good, but that he had dragged down this martial art.

Now, he was about to live to the end of his life, but he didn't want this martial art, which condensed his life's work, to be taken into the grave with him.

So he asked Lu Jing, "Do you want to learn Four Steady Stances?" At the end, he seemed to be worried that Lu Jing would not want to learn, so he added, "As long as you are willing to learn this martial art, I will give you another thirty white shells. This thing is useless to me now, and it was originally won because of you, so I will give it to you as well."