Madam You thought for a moment and said, "No, let me ask you this: have you ever seen Zhang Hu perform the Fierce Tiger Fist Technique?"
"Of course I have. He used three layers of force with that fist technique at the time. That was why I thought it had something formidable about it and should count as a First-Class Technique," You Lian'er replied.
"Three layers? Quickly, demonstrate it for me," Madam You urged.
"Oh!" You Lian'er answered. Then she recalled how Zhang Hu had performed the Fierce Tiger Fist and went through its sequence from memory. This was only its form, only its moves, without any use of internal power. Moreover, the Fierce Tiger Fist followed a hard, ferocious approach, and in You Lian'er's hands, it felt rather neither fish nor fowl. Although she tried her best to make her punches fierce and powerful, she was a woman, after all, and the spirit of her movements differed considerably from a man's.
Madam You did not mind any of this. After all, these fist techniques had to be paired with an Internal Cultivation Method to truly qualify as First-Class Techniques. Otherwise, moves alone were of little use.
As her daughter performed the fist technique, Madam You watched intently. As You Lian'er demonstrated more and more moves, her expression shifted from slight puzzlement to something like understanding, before finally revealing excitement and elation.
Noticing the changes in her mother's expression, You Lian'er stopped and asked, "Mother, that was more or less how it went. This fist technique feels so awkward." It was a fist technique unsuited to women in the first place, so it was perfectly normal for You Lian'er to find it awkward.
"That's right. This must be the Heavenly Demon Subduing Tiger Fist!" Madam You said.
"The Heavenly Demon