New Interception Sect Headquarters, Martial Arts Training Plaza
"Calm your heart, straighten your body, and your qi will flow naturally..."
Ah Rou, already level 73, was guiding the hall's soul masters in practicing Tai Chi. Beside her, seven-year-old Xiao Wu was imitating the movements with remarkable seriousness.
The current New Interception Sect was primarily made up of three divisions.
Gentle Hall: Ah Rou served as its hall master. Most of its disciples came from Biyou Village and specialized in Tai Chi.
This was the authentic Tai Chi Ah Rou had obtained from the Inner Landscape, not the widespread calisthenics practiced outside.
The entire cultivation system included circulating qi, meditation, sleeping exercises, and even specialized training for regulating the internal organs, breathing and guiding techniques, as well as the eyes, ears, teeth, tongue, and other body parts.
Practicing Tai Chi not only allowed one to master a powerful offensive technique, but also greatly increased one's cultivation speed.
However, Niu Gao at the side looked on with disdain.
"It's all soft and limp, without even a hint of imposing presence. Our Heavenly Gang Qi is much stronger."
Heavenly Gang Qi was Jin Yong's signature skill, one of Biyou Village's Twelve Supreme Root Artifacts in Under One Person.
As long as practitioners followed the specific rules of stepping the Gang and fighting the Dipper, the meridians throughout their bodies would be fully opened, allowing them to absorb all kinds of natural energy and transform it into protective gang qi.
With the Defense Clan's defensive strength paired with the Heavenly Gang Air-Shattering Palm, they could achieve both offense and defense in one!
Moreover, cultivating Heavenly Gang Qi also noticeably increased their cultivation speed.
Watching the members of the two halls train diligently, Yang Wudi lowered his head and sighed as well.
"Ah, why can't