"Master, when are you going to teach me Tiger-Crane Dual Form?"
When they returned to the courtyard, Zhang Hu asked out of habit.
"Right now."
"Then when did you learn it... huh?! Right now?"
Zhang Hu blurted out the rest of his sentence instinctively, then suddenly froze, realizing that what his bargain master had said earlier was... right now?
But he was finally willing to teach him!
"Just learned it. Still fresh and hot."
Huo Yuanhong sat down and was about to pour himself some water when Zhang Hu immediately hurried over and filled a whole cup for him.
"Hehe, Master, please."
"Mhm."
Huo Yuanhong nodded and drained the tea in one gulp. "Let me see how your stance training is coming along."
Zhang Hu immediately assumed a stance and let Huo Yuanhong inspect it.
"Make some adjustments. Switch to this stance, and take this medicine to build yourself up for a while longer. Then you can begin learning Tiger-Crane Dual Form."
Huo Yuanhong adjusted Zhang Hu's stance, then placed the prescription Master Huang had written on the table.
With the foundation he had built from studying so many martial arts manuals, he had already reverse-engineered seventy to eighty percent of this art's Training Method by observing the circulation of force throughout Master Huang's body during the fight. It was enough to train up to Dark Force.
"Thank you, Master. Thank you, Master."
Zhang Hu beamed with delight.
Next, Huo Yuanhong walked into the courtyard, reflecting on the insights he had gained from that bout of Tiger-Crane Dual Form.
He had entered Gang Strength directly from Transformation Strength, so he truly lacked much practical experience in using Elixir Strength. However, his Fist Intent was simply too powerful, and so was his calculating ability. Where others calculated one step ahead, he